Eagle Byzantium

Praise the Virgin Mary! The woman's hair was as bright as the gold coins in the emperor's treasury, her skin was like the snow on the peak of Mount Olympus, and her eyebrows were full of provocative charm. Then she introduced herself, "I am the court lady appointed by your majesty, Eudoxia. Nicetas."

Raymond immediately stood up and introduced himself, "Your Excellency, beautiful lady, I am Raymond the Fourth from Saint Gilles." He introduced himself with great effort but in a flattering way, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down with difficulty because of stuttering.

"Your Majesty asked me to serve you, respectable and handsome duke." After saying that, Eudoxia accompanied the Duke of Toulouse, then she lowered her eyes, smiled, and raised the wine glass to offer to the other party. She looked at Alexius, who was also holding a wine glass on the throne, and the captain of the guards, who bowed his head and looked a little painful, and was also her husband Mikhail.

All the other seats of the dukes and earls were accompanied by noble ladies of the Roman court and beautiful maids. This was also one of the emperor's strategies, because these things could not soften people like Godfrey before. Besides, what's the use of giving that bastard Gawain more beauties? He still kidnapped his beloved daughter. But it was obviously very effective against this group of barbarian lords from more remote areas.

"Just a little handsome!" Raymond took Eudoxia's wine enthusiastically and drank it all.

Then he saw Alexius's trusting eyes, and saw the beauty beside him, and he suddenly became bold and heroic, and drew his sword. Everyone turned their heads to look at him, but saw that the Duke's right eye was shining with heroic spirit, looking at the cold and sharp sword. He pondered, "This, this sword, accompanied me on the battlefield of Corvado, Dor, and was stained with countless, countless blood of Crescents, pagans, pagans, ah, blood (Raymond had previously been in the Spanish Crusades. He fought against the Crescents, made many contributions, and married Alfonso's illegitimate daughter)! Today, today, we must follow your Majesty's favor, continue to fight the pagans to the east, fight!" Then the Duke raised his sword high, looked up to the sky and roared, and began to recite poems in the Grand Palace. People covered their ears and felt that time had frozen awkwardly. At this time, Hugh Capet, who was sitting closest to the emperor's throne, stood up and interrupted, "I think what the Duke of Toulouse said is very reasonable and sincere. We are all willing to follow your Majesty's royal flag and serve the great Roman emperor. In two or three days, we will cross the strait to fight the pagans." In this way, Raymond was finally stopped from reciting poems in Castilian, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Wiping the cold sweat, everyone talked and laughed.

"No. No, I have to wait for the Holy See, the Holy See, the High Priest Adhemar, who comes from Le Mans. Sir, he is the envoy sent by His Holiness the Holy See to me." Raymond said this to Hugh, in fact, he wanted to boast that the Pope only sent envoys to him, so among these pilgrims, he was undoubtedly the boss, and the Capetian royal family had always been at odds with the Holy See, so Hugh Capet had no intention of replacing him. "Only, only when Lord Adhemar comes, can we set out."

"Mr. Godfrey's army has fought a fierce battle, defeated the Turkish bandits, and surrounded Nicaea. I think His Majesty the Emperor also hopes to take back this city that was cheated away by the dishonest Sulerman as soon as possible, so we will cross the strait immediately to help Lord Godfrey and Lord Gawain." Hugh stood up and spoke beautifully, touching everyone present.

However, when Alexius heard Gawain's name, he scratched the armrest of the throne with his fingers in anger, but he quickly suppressed his emotions. Raymond was still stammering and emphasizing that they had to wait for Adhemar to arrive by boat before they could set off, with the posture of a leader who said, "If I don't agree, you can't leave." The whole scene was about to quarrel.

At this time, Robert of Flanders bowed and continued to persuade everyone, "We can temporarily split into two groups. I and the two lords of Normandy and Blois will quickly cross the channel to reinforce the pilgrims in Nicaea. A week later, when the head of the clergy of Adhemar comes to the palace, the respected Raymond and the honorable Hugh will let your Majesty's ship transport it, and then organize an attack on the city of Nicaea together and present it to your Majesty as the first prize."

"Since your Excellency has said it, I have no objection." Raymond put away his sword without temper, sat down, and continued to drink.

The emperor also looked at the steady Robert with satisfaction, and then said, "The troops I promised to Godfrey are now ready. They will be led by my confidants, and they will cross the sea with the two Roberts and Stephen."

After the banquet, the emperor specially summoned Raymond to a relatively secluded side hall. Eunuchs and maids came and went, guarding his ears, and lowering the curtains and silk curtains. Raymond was flattered. "My dear friend, the entire pilgrim group is now leaderless, but I believe that you can fully trust everyone's prestige and recover the Holy Sepulchre. After the Battle of Nicaea, the troops of Taitius and Branus will be handed over to you to control the commander." After saying that, the emperor smiled meaningfully and put his hand on Raymond's shoulder intimately, "However, the hearts of the other pilgrim lords will be left to you, my dear friend, to subdue. I can't help."

"Antioch, Jerusalem and Damascus, these magnificent cities, I, I will hand them over to His Majesty with my own hands without reservation." Raymond was so excited that his stuttering improved a lot and he spoke out in one breath. .

Even Alexios himself did not believe this kind of empty rhetoric, but he still praised Raymond's attitude. At the same time, he was secretly happy to drive a wedge into the pilgrims, so the emperor turned around and raised his head. Raymond saw that The beautiful palace lady who had been drinking with him just now turned out from the emperor's side and lowered her head to accompany him, "Eudosia, serve the lord of Toulouse well..." Alec Hughes smiled and dropped these words and left.

Late at night, in the small hall next to the Grand Palace, candlelight flickered, Raymond snored loudly on the couch, Eudocia opened her eyes, with her blond hair hanging down, looking at the ceiling blankly, "Yes, I just A physical tool in the palace, which is why the emperor was willing to forgive me before. In his eyes, my value is like this... When I said goodbye to my hometown, the three brothers and sisters We came here together, I married Mikhail, and then I came to this palace, this sunken palace. I gave up everything, body, dignity and shame. I only hope that my eldest brother will have a successful official career and that my husband will be successful. To revitalize the family, I only hope that Ingrina can be happy..." Suddenly, Eudocia wanted to write a letter to Princess Anna, how envious she was of her! Even though Ziyi and the surname Komnenos are gone, she can finally wander around the world like a bird with the man she likes. Eudocia just wants to ask her now, "How is Gawain treating you?" ”

But then he thought of his sister in Barry City, "Inglina, you stupid bitch, if you don't take action, I'm afraid Gawain will be taken away by the princess." (To be continued ~^~)