Rome, Palazzo Mancini.
This is a recently built luxury residence in the center of Rome, near the Capitoline Hill and very close to the Palazzo Venezia, the embassy of the Republic of Venice.
The owner of this mansion was a wedding gift given by Henry Marie Mancini to his sister Holstein Mancini and her husband King Charles I of New England (the historical King Charles II of England) - but Charles I and Holstein did not live in this mansion for a day. When they left Europe, the construction of Palazzo Mancini had not yet begun!
Marie Mancini's other sister, Olympia Mancini, was the first hostess of this luxurious residence. She and her large group of children now live in the Mancini Palace.
And now, the palace named after Mancini has welcomed two distinguished guests, Henry Zhu and Zhu Lundun.
"Dear Henry, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! God! You will become the founder of the Mancini dynasty... Mancini dynasty! Do you know how rare this opportunity is? It's so great It’s exciting!”
The speaker was a mature woman, but her charm was still there. I saw her wearing a white palace dress with half of her breasts exposed, sitting on a carved sofa, holding a cup of hot Mancini milk tea in her hand, and was persuading Henry Chu to agree to the Sun King. The condition was to give up the surname Zhu and become the new Archduke of Austria in the name of Henry de Mancini.
Needless to say, this woman is the hostess here, Olympia Mancini!
How could she not be excited?
She is also a Mancini! And she's Henry's aunt. If Henry becomes the Archduke of Austria and creates the Mancini dynasty, then she will have noble royal blood... a senior mistress of royal blood!
How noble is that? Is there any chance to correct it? Everyone knows that the Queen of France is in poor health. If the Queen dies...who will become the new Queen? Of course it is Olympia Mancini who has a noble royal bloodline!
However, Zhu Lundun was very dissatisfied with Olympia's words - What is the Mancini dynasty? It sounds like a dynasty selling milk tea. How can it be compared with our old Zhu family? Our old Zhu family has been a long-established dynasty for more than 300 years, and it is also recognized as the first dynasty in the world!
In addition to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, there are also the King of Korea, the King of Xinzhou United, the Overlord of Western Chu, King Qing, the United King of Nanzhou, the King of Luzon, and a large number of other heads of the country! Even the Bourbon Dynasty in Europe can't compare with it. A dynasty that sells milk tea still wants to compare with the Zhu Ming Dynasty? Are you drunk from milk tea?
Henry Chu also held a cup of milk tea and sat on the sofa with a smile. After listening to his aunt finish speaking, he turned back to look at Zhu Lundun, "Tianru (Zhu Lundun's font name), what do you think?"
"My lord," Zhu Lundun said, "you are already the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and you also have a fiefdom on Henry Island... Why bother to go to the muddy waters of Europe? And you have to change your surname to be this bad prince. You want to change it." If we lose our surname, Henry Island will be gone."
Henry Chu smiled and said: “My mother has more than just one son... I don’t want to be the king of Henry Island, and my brother can go there to be the king!”
Mary Mancini was Zhu Cixiang's favorite woman. She had been with Zhu Cixiang for more than 20 years. Of course, she had not just one son, Henry, but two sons and three daughters. The eldest son is Henry, and the second son is named Zhu Xiang. He is only 10 years old this year, and his brother Henry will be tricked into going to an isolated island in the Southern Ocean to become king... It turns out that the problem that tricked the younger brother can be inherited!
"But..." Zhu Lundun frowned, "But the surname passed down by our ancestors cannot be changed just by saying it."
“Am I not born out of evil?” Henry Chu smiled, “Otherwise I should be called ‘He or something’, look at what my name is? I haven’t even entered the Jade Certificate, so just change it!
And I am doing something for my ancestors, so there is no shame in it! "
There is nothing shameful about creating a dynasty! Even if it is a "double son grand duke" milk tea dynasty!
Besides, Henry's "son Grand Duke" was not obtained in exchange for his country and nation, but in exchange for his merits - if he had not worked tirelessly to obtain Indian military expenditures and Ming's cork bullets for the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire would have been The empire had long been defeated by Leopold I!
So Henry was the hero behind Mohammed IV's defeat of the Holy Roman Empire, and he deserved half of the Archduke of Austria.
"And this Austrian Archduke has a wonderful effect!" Henry Chu said with a smile, "With me, Vienna will be the banking capital of Europe in the future!"
I wonder if the Swiss will shed tears after hearing this? But this European financial capital will definitely be Vienna in the future, not somewhere in Switzerland!
Henry Zhu calculated: "As long as I come to power in Vienna, the head office of the Shenou United Bank will definitely move to Vienna! And I still have a way to open up the money trade between the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Timurid Empire in India, and also Being able to lend usury to all parties...hehe, Vienna will be a good place to sit and collect money from now on!"
Vienna, which has become the financial capital of Europe, will of course also become a place that needs to be taken care of and cared for in all aspects.
"Olympia," Henry said to Olympia Mancini in French at this time, "after careful consideration, I am ready to accept the conditions of the Sun King and become Henry de Mancini!"
In fact, he had already decided, but he had to put up some airs in the Colonna Palace, so he did not agree to King Louis immediately.
Olympia Mancini chuckled: "That's great...but you should put in one more condition!"
"What conditions?" Henry asked.
"You're not married yet?" Olympia asked.
“Not yet.” Henry Chu said.
Of course Zhu Cihong and Mary Mancini wanted to find Henry a good match, but it was not easy to find a good match! Zhu Cixiang asked Zhu Cibing to recruit several people, but Mary Mancini didn't like them, so Henry stayed alone.
Of course, as a bachelor, there will be no women around him...
Olympia smiled and said: "That would be great...you can propose to Miss Marie Anne of Blois, the daughter of the Duchess of La Valliere!"
"The Duchess of La Valliere? She is..."
"She is the eldest illegitimate child of the Sun King. She was born in 1666 and is almost 10 years old!" Olympia smiled, "That is a rare beauty!"
"Only 10 years old..." Zhu Lundun interjected, "How can you get married at such a young age?"
“How many years will it take to grow old?” Henry Chu smiled, “Olympia, will King Louis agree to marry his daughter to me?”
"Of course," Olympia said with a smile, "You are the son of the Ming Emperor and the Archduke of Austria... It is difficult for an illegitimate daughter, even the legalized Miss Blois, to marry an illegitimate daughter. A European monarch. Not to mention, your bloodline is nobler than most European monarchs... and you are also very rich!"
Mademoiselle Blois's Blois comes from the Château de Blois, which belongs to the French royal family and was once the palace of the French kings.
Obtaining the title of Miss Blois means that Mary Anne, a young lady from the French royal family, can use the Bourbon surname.
But no matter what, she was an illegitimate child. Although her appearance and IQ were far superior to most European princesses (most of whom were the product of incest marriages), she was still inferior in the marriage circle of European royal families.
Although Henry Chu’s Grand Duke was “bought” from the Ottoman Empire, he was the son of the most powerful monarch in the world—and he was also very rich!
Henry Chu smiled and nodded: “Okay, 10 years old is 10 years old, I can wait...but I still have something to talk to King Louis.”
Olympia, who had succeeded in being a matchmaker, was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "Henry, what else do you want to say to Louis?"
"King of Portugal!" Henry Zhu said, "The army of Alfonso VI has arrived in Tunisia...Will King Louis allow King Alfonso to return to Portugal?"
