Theodora can also agree with Guo Kang's point of view. After all, capable people often have special requirements. It’s not surprising that Monk Dao Yan behaves like this.
Thinking about it carefully, she was indeed worrying too much. Apart from anything else, the parental problems pointed out by Guo Kang definitely exist.
"I suspect that in the future, Princess Ma and Princess Jeanne will also fight for it." Guo Kang said: "It would be okay if it is just little Jeanne. If Zhu Wenkui is allowed to inherit, they may have to fight for their son. So this We don’t need to get involved in the matter, otherwise we won’t be pleased no matter which side we take.”
Theodora thought it made sense.
In the eyes of Ming Dynasty people, the identity of the child's mother was also influential. The same is true for monogamous churches. There is indeed no problem in letting Zhu Wenkui inherit, but it is easy to become a situation where "Zhu Wenkui is the son of Princess Jeanne" in legal terms.
To the Romans, this didn't matter, they just regarded him as Princess Jeanne's adopted son. But for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it was like recognizing a different mother. The age gap between them may be a small problem, but the most serious thing is that it threatens Princess Ma's direct line status.
She would not be happy to travel thousands of miles to accompany her husband, only to encounter such a bad thing. When she became dissatisfied, the entire Prince Wu's mansion was thrown into chaos. So, when you think about it, you know that this matter is not as simple as it seems.
"In fact, the best way is to let Zhu Wenkui marry the French royal family and establish a direct marriage relationship." Guo Kang told Theodora: "In this generation of French kings, only one princess is not married yet."
"Regardless of whether we can grab it or not, there is still the question of whether we can. Even if we convince the French royal family to marry this or other princesses to him, the family relationship will be very chaotic - he and Princess Jeanne will become 'you Call me mom, I call you brother-in-law, we all have their own opinions on this relationship."
"That's true." Theodora nodded: "And because they have been enfeoffing, the French King's other close relatives are almost all independent powerful forces, and at the end they are princes of one side. If you marry them, you can even seize power later. , it must be someone else’s local snake taking advantage.”
Guo Kang was convinced.
"And there is nothing to choose for the next generation." He said: "If you can't choose for this generation, you have to be the daughter of the next King of France, that is, the daughter of Crown Prince Charles, or the daughter of the King of England."
"The English are definitely not happy. Prince Charles is in a weak position now, but he can be persuaded. The problem is that he doesn't have a daughter. Just like the 'son of King Wu and Princess Jeanne', he has to gamble on the future... even if The French royal family has always been able to survive, and we cannot rely on this."
Betting on the descendants of the royal family is like betting on drawing cards - the number of drawing cards is still very small. In this world, giving birth is actually a very risky job for women. Even if Guo Kang has managed to improve the technology, the risk is still not low.
The only advantage is that the genes of the French King's family are probably really good. Princess Jeanne's mother gave birth to a total of 12 children; and in Guo Kang's previous life, she married the Duke of Brittany. Had 7 children.
The younger sister Catherine was historically married to King Henry V of England and gave birth to a child; after her husband died, she remarried Owen Tudor and gave birth to at least 6 children. Of course, some people think that the latter marriage is illegal because it involves a complex power struggle in later generations - Catherine's grandson Henry founded the Tudor dynasty, and the legality of her marriage has of course become a focus of debate between the royal family and opponents. .
In short, no matter what the method is, the ladies who are married into and out of the French royal family are generally ruthless people who start having children in their teens and then continue to have more children. In that environment where sanitary conditions were worrying and nobles often died of heirs, the lineage of the Dharma King actually lasted for thousands of years, which shows its strength.
"If you think she can have children, why don't you just find her? Anyway, the Valois family and the old Zhu family are both very fertile, and they will definitely make their relationship happy." Theodora became angry.
Guo Kang looked puzzled.
"I didn't say anything. Why do you care about this all of a sudden?" He asked in surprise.
Seeing that Theodora was struggling with this, Guo Kang had no choice but to comfort him: "Don't think about it, your old Liu family is also very fertile. Look, aren't there relatives everywhere in Europe and Asia..."
——That's right, the Purple Khan Room actually also has Han surnames. For example, Tuo Huan is named Liu Huan; Theodora is named Liu Diduo. These two names were specially chosen by Guo Di, who was proficient in various languages.
Of course, this surname is entirely a surname. It was specially chosen by Basil III in order to facilitate dealing with businessmen in Southeast Asia.
At that time, Guo Di's original idea was to take Guo as his surname and give him the surname Luo. But there weren't enough related allusions to this surname, so a businessman recommended "Liu" with a similar pronunciation. Although there are no special regulations to confirm, it has also formed a habit. To this day, I still use this title from time to time when interacting with Javanese Yuan.
However, after hearing what Guo Kang said, Theodora became inexplicably shy again: "Then, let's have more children..."
"Don't imitate those people." Guo Kang quickly stopped her random thoughts: "Have you noticed? Many noble women over there live to be in their thirties or forties before going to see the Heavenly Father. I have always suspected that The lamp of childbirth has run out of oil.”
"Moreover, when I studied the disinfection of delivery rooms before, I found many examples of this. Several princesses were in their thirties and died after giving birth to their last child. Those middle- and lower-class nobles who do not have such high requirements for the number of heirs Women will live longer."
Of course, having said that, there are indeed French supermen like little Jeanne's grandmother, who gave birth to more than a dozen children and lived to be healthy and healthy into her sixties or seventies. It can be seen that people’s physiques cannot be generalized...
As a result, Theodora also stopped talking. The pursuit of accountability for Guo Kang ends here.
Guo Kang gave her a few more instructions, asking her to pay attention to the activities of Princess Xia Ma and Princess Jeanne recently. He always felt that the two of them were actually not economical lamps, but one was playing the role of a good wife and mother, and the other was playing the role of a harmless outsider.
But he couldn't come forward directly about this kind of thing, and he couldn't tell Zhu Wenkui - or in other words, with his current level of resourcefulness, it might be useless to tell him... So, it's better to ask Theodora to do it. Play it safe.
Just as he was talking, he saw Wu Han walking over quickly.
"Princess, Mr. Guo." He greeted the two of them, and then said to Guo Kang: "Sir, Master Wang asked me to call you over."
"What's going on?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.
"That Ryazan nobleman, Mr. Pronsky is here." Wu Han replied.
(End of chapter)
