Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 394

Just when Qian Yong and Yuri reached a preliminary cooperation intention and were about to send someone to deliver the news to Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Zhanhe was meeting an unexpected guest.

Charles VII.

He really didn't expect that Charles VII would drop everything and come to see him in person with almost all the chips he could bring out.

Zhu Zhanhe's first reaction when he heard the news was, is this really true?
The second reaction is this Charles VII, is it really Charles VII?
After the first two reactions were confirmed, Zhu Zhanhe had a third question besides feeling incredible.

Is mental illness also contagious?

However, Zhu Zhanhe himself denied this statement without waiting for confirmation.

Mental illness refers to Charles VI, who is now Charles VII’s father.

Seven years ago, when Charles VI was still on the throne, Charles VI was forced to sign the Treaty of Troyes with the English. The treaty stated that the English would retain the land in the Kingdom of France as far as the north of the Loire River. , and at the same time married his daughter Catherine to King Henry V of England.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he personally denied his son's inheritance rights in the treaty.

The French at that time did not recognize the treaty because of Charles VI's abnormal mental state. This was the origin of the Mad King.

So Zhu Zhanhe's first reaction at the time was that Charles VII inherited his father's mental illness, and then he denied this possibility.

After all, Charles VI was not really mentally ill, he was just a cowardly monarch who had no choice but to stand in the position of a defeated country.

But even so, Zhu Zhanhe was still shocked by the arrival of Charles VII.

"Is this Joan of Arc?" Zhu Zhanhe had no interest in Charles VII. After a brief self-expression, he looked at Joan of Arc.

The translator quickly conveyed Zhu Zhanhe's words to Charles VII, and then sent a positive reply back to Zhu Zhanhe.

"Tsk tsk..."

Zhu Zhanhe walked around Joan of Arc twice with an expression of admiration on his face.

He really didn't expect that the famous Joan of Arc in European history would stand in front of him in such a state.

Joan of Arc didn't know about Zhu Zhanhe's deal with Charles VII. She only knew that Zhu Zhanhe was the master of the Hell Legion, which had recently become famous in Europe.

She knew that Charles VII suddenly changed his destination and came to Constantinople in order to cooperate with the master of the Hell Legion, but she still could not hide her disgust.

She was disgusted with Zhu Zhanhe's gaze, disgusted with Zhu Zhanhe's attitude, and even more disgusted with Charles VII's approach of seeking skin from a tiger. She believed that the final result would definitely be extremely bad, even worse than a life-and-death battle with the English.

However, she couldn't say anything.

Because once she tells her true thoughts, the enemy that the Kingdom of France faces is not only the Kingdom of England, but also the enemy that has recently become famous in Europe and won consecutive battles. Even the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire are under his control. A man who has lost battles.

In the final analysis, Joan of Arc has not been deified yet, she is just an ordinary person. She cannot bear such a big consequence, nor can she bear an enemy like Ming.

"As a bargaining chip, I took this person away."

After circling Joan of Arc twice, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly turned to look at Charles VII and asked.

However, although what he said was a question and his tone was questioning, its meaning was full of irrefutable meaning.

King Charles VII lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe waved, and Zhu Sanfeng quickly walked up and took Joan of Arc away.

Before leaving, Joan of Arc looked at her king with an incredible look. From being recalled to the Kingdom of Aragon to arriving in Constantinople, she never thought that her king actually used her as a bargaining chip.

And it seems that his king is still on the absolutely weak side, which means that he is not the only one who has the bargaining chip.

As for what the other bargaining chips are... Joan of Arc no longer dares to think about it.

Besides, she didn't need to think about it.

On the battlefield, she is not only Joan of Arc, but also the commander of the French people, controlling everything on the battlefield, even the life and death of some people.

But here, although she is not just Joan of Arc, her additional identity is not the so-called commander, but a bargaining chip, a woman, and...

Other definitions depend on how Zhu Zhanhe bestows on her, but one thing is certain, that is, in the future, she will be whatever identity Zhu Zhanhe bestows on her.

Even if she doesn't want to accept it, she has to accept it, unless...

No, she might not even be able to die.

Seeing Joan of Arc being taken away, Zhu Zhanhe once again set his sights on Charles VII.

"Besides Joan of Arc, I wonder what else your noble King of France has brought?"

Zhu Zhanhe seemed to be asking Charles VII in a respectful tone, but in fact, this sentence, which was originally a question, was full of ridicule.

Charles VII could not understand what Zhu Zhanhe said, but he could feel Zhu Zhanhe's tone. Combined with the content relayed by the translator, Charles VII's heart was full of humiliation.

But, there is no other way.

People are actually very mean, and it's not just one or two people who are like that, it's the vast majority of people.

Although he felt the humiliation, Charles VII could still accept it, because what he felt in his wife's natal family was no different from the humiliation given to him by Zhu Zhanhe.

It was all humiliation. Charles VII was more willing to accept the humiliation given to him by Zhu Zhanhe than to bear the humiliation given to him by his mother-in-law.

This is how mean people are.

Generally speaking, what relatives or friends say to you when you are in deep trouble will indeed be humiliating, but most people will still help you in the end. After all, you have relatives or friends. , they really want you to make a comeback.

But it is different like the current Zhu Zhanhe, he is really humiliating Charles VII, and unlike his mother-in-law, there is also a bit of meaning to make him vigilant.

Zhu Zhanhe was simply humiliating Charles VII.

But even so, Charles VII was more willing to accept Zhu Zhanhe's humiliation than his mother-in-law's.

The reason is simple. Relationships with relatives or friends may sometimes bring not comfort, but double humiliation.

Humiliation in front of strangers is just humiliation, but humiliation in front of relatives and friends is even more unacceptable.

But many people forget that relatives and friends really wish you well, but others... probably don't.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that your relatives are real relatives and your friends are real friends, rather than those two-faced people who seem to be relatives and friends, but in fact they want to drink your blood and eat your food. Your flesh man.

"In addition to Joan of Arc, I have brought everything I can, and I promise you that there will be a place for you in the future Kingdom of France."

Forcibly suppressing the feeling of humiliation, Charles VII raised his head, looked at Zhu Zhanhe, and said calmly.

"I swear to God I will do whatever I say!"

"Okay, very sincere." Zhu Zhanhe nodded and waved at the same time.

Zhu Ling walked up quickly after seeing Zhu Zhanhe's actions, and Charles VII also showed a surprised expression after hearing what the translator said.

However, the next moment, the surprised expression froze on his face.

Charles VII lowered his head in disbelief. A sharp sword with a cold light was resting on his heart, and scarlet blood gurgled out from his heart.

He raised his head stiffly and looked at the sharp sword inserted into his heart. What Charles VII saw was Zhu Zhanhe with an indifferent face, and...

The sword in his hand, the sword that pierced his heart.

呲......

Zhu Zhanhe pulled out the sword mercilessly and handed it back to Zhu Ling. At the same time, he looked at Charles VII who was slowly falling to the ground with an indifferent expression and said something very disdainful.

"Are you a fool? Kill you and make your son the next king of France. Everything from now on will be mine..."

After hearing these words, Charles VII closed his eyes unwillingly.

The cruel fact told him that his seemingly crazy behavior as a gambler ultimately ended in failure.

He originally wanted to use part of France's interests, his wife, and what he would get in the future in exchange for Zhu Zhanhe's help, but he bet that Zhu Zhanhe would not dare to take action.

Because his wife is the titular King of Naples, and his mother-in-law is the Queen of Aragon who is the only one in Europe who has control of the sea. His...

However, it is useless to say anything now.

Zhu Zhanhe, a lion, opened his mouth and wanted everything he had, and...

He has this ability.

"What are you going to do?" Seeing Zhu Ping and his men dragging away the body of Charles VII, Zhu Zhanhe turned to look at Mary.

Marie de Anjou, queen consort of Charles VII, daughter of Yolanda of Aragon, titular king of Naples.

Just now, she was standing by, watching with cold eyes, watching helplessly as her husband was killed by the man in front of her without making any move.

It's not that she doesn't want to take action, but that she is very aware of her current situation, and at the same time...

She really didn't want to make any move.

After waking up from her coma and getting rid of the drug her husband had given her, after seeing the man in front of her, and after seeing Joan of Arc being taken away, Mary understood everything.

She was no longer the daughter of Aragon, no longer the queen of France, no longer the titular king of Naples.

From the moment she boarded the ship, she was her husband's bargaining chip.

No one knew about the transaction between Zhu Zhanhe and Jeanne II of the Kingdom of Naples, but the news that the Holy See had united the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily to attack the castle but failed in the end spread throughout Europe.

Mary did not believe that her husband did not know about the life-and-death relationship between Zhu Zhanhe and the Kingdom of Naples, and in this case, he brought her, the titular king of Naples, with his obvious thoughts.

Therefore, she didn't react to Zhu Zhanhe killing her husband in front of her, and she even felt very happy.

"Since you killed him, then I am yours." Mary said very bachelorly.

Mary has completely accepted everything in front of her, and she has also accepted her future destiny, because she has no choice.

In Europe, especially in medieval Europe, women's status seemed to be very good, and there were even queens, but in fact, that was just an exception.

Just like the Central Plains in the feudal era, in Europe, women are also a kind of tool and are mostly used for marriage.

If it had not been for the emergence of Zhu Zhanhe, there would have been a famous woman in French history who married four people in her life. It seemed that through marriage and the death of her husbands, most of France was unified, but in fact But she still made wedding clothes for others.

Just like the current English, why can the English become the nominal king of France?It is because they obtained this name through marriage.

Therefore, Mary positioned herself very well. She knew that after her husband's gamble failed, she was one of the chips lost to Zhu Zhanhe.

But the problem is that Zhu Zhanhe is not interested in her, and he is even less interested in her than the child in her arms.

That was the next king of the Kingdom of France in history: Louis XI.

Zhu Zhanhe needs this child, just like the princes in the history of the Central Plains, he needs the righteousness brought to him by this child, so that he can have the opportunity to enter and even occupy France.

However, he was not interested in Mary.

You think that the daughters of the princes and nobles of the Central Plains, the royal families of Europe, and the dukes' families must be beautiful. That's just because the beautiful ones are used for marriage and are recorded in history. In fact, there are more unbeautiful you. Just don’t know.

Mary was not beautiful, but because she had too much added value, like the daughter of the Kingdom of Aragon, the titular king of the Kingdom of Naples, etc., she was still used for marriage.

If Mary was beautiful, why did Charles VII have Agnès as his mistress?

If you say that everyone in the family will always get bored, this is understandable, but how can Agnès become an officially certified mistress in France?
Therefore, for such Mary, even though she has the blessing of being a wife, Zhu Zhanhe still has no interest in him.

In his opinion, playing with Marie is not as good as playing with Agnes. At least she has the capital to become a mistress, and she is really beautiful.

but!

Mary's value is not without any value. On the contrary, her value is far higher than that of Agnès, the officially recognized mistress of France.

Mary's value is low, just because she is not beautiful, so men have no desire to ride her, while Agnes's value is high, just because she is beautiful, so men have the desire to ride her freely.

In short, the value mentioned here is just beauty.

But in a political sense, Marie’s value is countless Everests higher than Agnès’s.

(End of this chapter)