Jeanne of Valois, or Val Siniang, was a somewhat famous figure in Guo Kang's original world.
She married her husband, who claimed to be the Duke of Brittany, at the age of five, and officially became a duchess at the age of eight. Later, her husband was trapped by a hostile family. She remained calm in the face of danger, organized the vassals to fight against the enemy, and even successfully kidnapped important figures from the other family, forcing the other party to accept peace talks and replace the duke.
At that time, she was a famous figure at the level of a strong woman. Some people believe that her deeds of commanding soldiers are one of the prototypes of the story of Saint Jeanne.
In this world, due to Zhu Yunwen's intervention, the royal family took advantage of the fact that Princess Jeanne was not officially married and changed the first marriage partner to him. But after the failure to reduce the vassal status, everyone obviously did not want to waste such a princess quota that could be married. The queen and the Count of Armagnac, who controlled the court, wanted her to "renew their relationship" and marry one of her previous marriage candidates, the Duke of Brittany.
However, Princess Jeanne has her own ideas and has the power of action that is not inferior to that of another world line. It might be that she didn't like the person introduced by her family, or it might be for other reasons - in short, she ran away directly under the pretext of visiting friends to join her daughter and cheap son.
At this time, Guo Kang was in an embarrassing situation.
"If we accept her, will we offend France?" This was the first question that came to his mind.
"There is no 'French side' now." Jeanne reminded him: "Our beloved King, his madness has become more serious. He now thinks that he is made of glass and will break if he is touched. So he banned Anyone who touches himself and builds some iron bars to try to strengthen himself..."
"And the queen... she will spend money to maintain her luxurious life. Some people say that in order to maintain a stable life, she and her followers have privately decided to accept the English proposal and use the inheritance of the kingdom in exchange for peace promise."
"Of course, many nobles cannot accept this situation at all. The entire palace is in chaos now, not to mention the Duke of Burgundy who is eyeing the outside." She spread her hands: "At most, the queen can come out to protest. There won't be any dissatisfaction from France. ’.”
"Then why did she come?" Guo Kang gradually calmed down from the panic of causing diplomatic trouble: "Borrowing troops? We don't have the ability now, and we don't have enough reasons. Or is she being further persecuted in the palace? Already?"
"Then you have to ask her yourself." Jeanne shrugged.
Guo Kang fell silent.
"Is there any way?" Theodora raised her eyes, glanced at him, and sighed again.
"You must have been scared enough this time, right? Don't be so rash next time, otherwise you will get into trouble. Let me clean up the mess for you..."
"Wait, it seems it's not that simple." Guo Kang suddenly reached out and interrupted her.
"What's wrong?" Theodora was a little unhappy.
"She was talking about the English proposal just now." Guo Kang reminded: "What has been the reason for England and France to go to war?"
"The issue of inheritance." Theodora blurted out: "You must have thought about it too."
"I'm still not very sensitive to this. But it makes sense." Guo Kang scratched his head.
"I remember that the King of France was extinct, so the King's cousin and nephew started fighting. The French nobles used the Salic Law as a reason to refuse the King of England's inheritance. Of course, the King of England refused to accept it, so they used this as a reason to fight. .”
"I don't know what their current relationship is, but England has always demanded that the descendants of female members of the royal family also have inheritance rights. I should remember this correctly." He turned back and asked Jeanne: "Are the British going to war again?"
"What's going on?" Jeanne didn't seem to understand.
"If the English win, no matter how far-fetched their reasons are, how distant their bloodline, how contrary to tradition their inheritance, everyone will have to hold their noses and accept it. And unless the King of England is prepared to change the family and ask the King of France to adopt him as his adopted son, no matter how he operates, it will definitely We should still follow the idea of inheritance by female offspring." Guo Kang reminded: "That means that everyone will be forced to give up the Salic method."
"So, since a certain French princess has the right to inherit from the descendants of the English royal family, what about the other princesses? Wa Siniang is also a princess herself. I think she may not only be fleeing, but also take a fancy to this." He judged.
"Yes." Jeanne said in surprise: "It seems to make sense."
"According to the royal family, Princess Jeanne does not have a valid marriage now. But in fact, she did marry King Wu and has a daughter." Theodora said: "There is a lot of room for maneuver here."
"That's right." Guo Kang nodded: "She is still the fourth child in the family. In a few years, no matter which of her nephews becomes the king in England and France, she can launch a war of appeasement and teach her nephews a lesson as the fourth aunt..."
"Ah? Is that a reason to declare war?" Theodora didn't understand what he meant.
"Well... that is, she can clear the king's side." Guo Kang explained: "Then she will say that the Burgundians and the Armagnacs are bad guys and kidnapped the king. She wants to eliminate the treacherous ministers around these kings. This is A common casus belli.”
"Well, if it is to actually control the power of the country, it seems to make sense. Now the French nobles are indeed trying to compete for the highest power..." Theodora nodded helplessly: "Unfortunately, no matter how good the idea is, we don't have enough troops to go there. Help her."
"That's my guess. Maybe they really just came to see the child." Guo Kang said quickly.
"That's not the case." Theodora said: "If she is a qualified French noble, then even if she has no other ideas, she has to estimate that we may think she has this idea - do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Guo Kang nodded: "Does the current situation push people away? She also grew up in the palace, so she should understand these things. Then we take her in?"
"What do you think?" Theodora still asked him to think for himself first.
"I think we can ask Zhu Wenkui." Guo Kang said: "France is in such chaos now, it is actually not bad for us to take in a princess. But after all, she has a relationship with King Wu... Well, although I can't do it either I understand what the relationship is now. But since it can be related to something, I should still ask him."
"The King of Wu himself is not here, so the prince should take over the responsibilities of the head of the family." He decided to kick the ball back: "I'll ask him first."
"I've already asked him." Jeanne interrupted Guo Kang's thoughts: "The prince didn't think so much. He always thought he could take him in. But it's just not easy to arrange at home..."
"Then it's up to you." Guo Kang tried to throw it to Theodora again: "You also heard that Zhu Wenkui is just a blacksmith, and he doesn't even consider so many troublesome things. You can't force others to make things difficult."
"What about you?" Theodora asked.
"I'm just a cannon maker, I don't understand either!" Guo Kang hurriedly excused himself.
(End of chapter)
