The Rise of the European Emperor

Pope Alexander VI is chatting with his favorite son, Caesar Borgia, in the living area behind the Basilica of St.

It was mid-August and the weather in Rome was still very hot. Therefore, both father and son wore thinner silk clothes. On the side, some servants are still fanning the two bosses. At the same time, around the room, there are ice cubes stored last year cooling down.

As one of the wealthiest families in Italy, the Borgia family is naturally rich in luxury. Although it is said that when he ran for the Pope that year, Alexander VI almost smashed the family's funds. However, when he became Pope Empress, Alexander VI was madly accumulating money.

In order to achieve the purpose of collecting money, Alexander VI, the most shameless pope in history, openly auctioned the position of cardinal, and the highest bidder won. Moreover, the archbishop of the bishopric in the German region must also pay to be recognized by the Holy See.

Although it is said that the appointment of some small bishoprics in the German region requires the support of one of the three religious electors, the Archbishop of Cologne, the Archbishop of Mainz and the Archbishop of Trier, but even with support, he will serve as Pope in Alexander VI. During this period, if you do not pay the Pope tens of thousands of gold coins, it is impossible for the Holy See to issue a commission to you. Therefore, in the German region, the archbishops who took office during the reign of Alexander VI were all unlucky and had to accept the blackmail of Alexander VI.

This is not bad. In the Holy See, those cardinals who are not part of Alexander VI's henchmen have really suffered from blood mold for eight lifetimes.

A few years ago, when Alexander VI first came to power, he was more restrained. In recent years, when Alexander VI has a firm control over the Papal State, chaos has begun.

He started to auction off the position of bishop through his son Caesar Borgia. After receiving the money, what if the current number of bishops is full? No problem, my Borgia family has the magical chronic poison Cantrella. Come on, you fancy the cardinal position of that parish? Ah, that can't be, it's my own. Well, this parish... no problem, wait for me for a few days...

In the blink of an eye, Pope Alexander VI himself or Caesar Borgia would invite the bishop to dinner and drinks. Then, a few days later, the cardinal of the original diocese who had been doing well received news that he had died of poisoning. After that, Caesar Borgia will kindly tell the person who paid before, you can go to office...

and,

The unfortunate bishop who was poisoned to death, his family's property will also be robbed by Caesar Borgia's men. After all, Caesar Borgia is the supreme military commander of the Papal State. In Rome, who can beat him?

Those cardinals, who are nominally single, even if they have illegitimate children, dare to jump out and fight for their father's inheritance? Anyone who jumped out would be killed by Caesar Borgia. Even the original descendants of the Cardinal's family could not compete with the robbers under Caesar Borgia unless they wanted to die.

The most exaggerated one was a cardinal named Ferrari. After he was poisoned, Caesar Borgia brought people from the residence of the dead bishop and got a huge fortune of 500,000 ducats.

On another occasion, a cardinal named Mikieki was presumably poisoned by the Borgias as well. What is too much is that, just after Bishop Mikieki died, the body hadn’t cooled down yet. Caesar Borgia’s men rushed directly into Bishop Mikieki’s residence and looted 150,000 ducats worth of gold coins. property……

In fact, the Borgias had already created an extremely terrifying atmosphere in the city of Rome. Makes those cardinals, except for the lackeys of Alexander VI, in danger. Even Alexander VI's lackey, if he had too much wealth, would feel fear, for fear of being missed by the Borgias.

Now, in the city of Rome, the Pope's invitation to dinner has become one of the most feared things for cardinals and nobles. Because, a week after eating, you are likely to be poisoned to death... Then, a group of savage men of Caesar Borgia will rush to your home to snatch the property...

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At noon, the Pope and his son were chatting in the room, surrounded by their most trusted servants. So, speaking of it, the notorious father and son of the Pope are not shy:

"Caesar, is there any suitable target recently?" Alexander VI asked his son after drinking a sip of wine.

"There is one, I recently fell in love with Cardinal Corneto, and I plan to invite him to drink... This old guy has a large territory, is very rich, and is a fat sheep..." To invite someone to drink is to ask the other party to drink. dead.

"That old guy from Corneto? You don't think you can invite him, so let's go to their house in person." Alexander VI thought about it and planned to go out in person. Corneto is a high-ranking figure in the Roman Cardinals. Caesar Borgia's face is not enough to look at, unless he uses force. And if Alexander VI personally came out, whether he liked it or not, Bishop Corneto must also give face.

Now, the cardinals of Rome have been afraid to eat the meal invited by the Pope and his son. In desperation, the Borgias planned to visit the door in person, and then let their servants wait for the opportunity to poison the other party's wine...

Early the next morning, Alexander VI and his son Caesar Borgia visited Cardinal Corneto and went to the bishop's castle in Rome.

Because it was too hot, after entering the castle of Bishop Corneto, Alexander VI quickly ordered his loyal servants to find water:

"Paul, hurry up and get us some water, this damn weather is so hot!" Alexander VI ordered while wiping away his sweat.

On the side, a simple and honest-looking man named Paul in his early thirties quickly responded, and then went to find water...

In the kitchen of the castle, Paul, with a simple and honest face, found two large bowls filled with cool well water. But before taking the two bowls of well water to the living room, Paul quickly took out a packet of white, tasteless medicinal powder from his pocket, put it into the two bowls of water, and stirred it.

After this white powder is poured into water, it quickly dissolves in the water, without changing the color of the water, nor giving off any smell, even if you taste it with your mouth, there is no peculiar smell. Of course, those in the know wouldn't do this to death...

After calming down his nervousness, the "loyal servant" named Paul regained a simple and honest face, without any expression, and brought two large bowls of well water with ingredients to the living room, and handed it over to Alexander Six. father and son...

Alexander VI and his son did not suspect that he was there, so they directly gulped it down. Then, wait until the master Cardinal Corneto appears...

It is a pity that Cardinal Corneto was very cautious and refused to drink alcohol on the grounds that he was ill. When entertaining Alexander VI and his son, Bishop Corneto kept persuading Alexander VI and his son to eat and drink, but he didn't eat much, only some bread...

Alexander VI and his son were immediately dumbfounded. The other party didn't drink, so how could they be poisoned? Do you want to sprinkle the poison "Cantrella" on each other's bread? Isn't it obvious to the other party?

In desperation, Alexander VI and his son went back so depressed...

It's just that they don't know that although they didn't succeed in poisoning Cardinal Corneto, they themselves were poisoned... Now, after only one week, the poison exploded...

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