After the emperor and Marin had a sinister smile, they suddenly thought of something:
"By the way, Marin, after the successful implementation of this plan, what reason should I use to recognize your legal status? You know, there must be an excuse, right? For example, you have made a contribution or something. This way, it can also block Saxon The Duke's mouth."
"Isn't it considered credit for the minister to contribute this strategy?"
"That's the case, but this trick is shady, and I can't use this excuse to reward you, it will affect my reputation..."
Well, Marin had no choice but to think hard for an idea. After thinking about it all night, Marin didn't come up with a solution until the next morning...
"Your Majesty, I have a solution!"
"Oh? What way? Make sense on the surface..."
"I am very sure of that!"
"Your Majesty, didn't I discuss with you before, and asked you to pretend to be assassinated and be seriously injured?"
"Yeah, what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, you can pretend to be seriously injured, ordinary doctors can't see it well..."
"and then?"
"Your Majesty brought two genius doctors over there, happened to 'cure' His Majesty, and saved His Majesty's life, is that considered a great achievement?"
"Can it still be like this? But it's a way... But, Marin, do you have a famous doctor in your hand? Don't bring a doctor who is not convincing..."
"Of course, I happened to invite two Mongolian doctors with excellent medical skills from the Golden Horde..."
"Mongolian doctor? Is it okay?" The emperor obviously had never heard of the reputation of Mongolian doctor.
"Of course, at least in the treatment of bruises and bone setting, they are the top doctors at the master level! Your Majesty can send someone to Eastern Europe to inquire. You don't have to go elsewhere. You can go to the Teutonic Knights to find out. Doctor Mongolia His medical skills are much superior to those of local European doctors... "
"Okay, it's up to you. I will pretend to be seriously injured. When the time comes, you will bring someone here. I will play a scene with you. Just say that your Mongolian doctor has cured my wound and saved my life." Then, I have an excuse to save my life, and officially canonize you as an earl. I think the Duke of Saxony can't say anything... "
"Of course, His Majesty's life is very precious. He has done a great job in saving him, and it will definitely convince people!"
"By the way, you should come up with such insidious good ideas for me in the future. I like it very much, and I want a large piece of territory, haha..." Maximilian I was in a good mood. The Graubünden area has more than 7,000 square kilometers of land, and some duchies are not so large.
He was very fortunate that a ghost like Marin was from his own side, not from his opponent. Just like Charles VIII, because he was the king of the enemy, he suffered a big loss and lost his face... Probably, Charles VIII died early and died of shame—Maximilian I thought so...
After finishing the pleasant negotiations with the emperor, Marin returned to East Frisia with a relaxed and happy mood. However, after returning to Aurich, a letter from Paris made Marin's happy mood disappear instantly...
It turned out that the letter was from Archbishop Rovere in Paris, the future Pope Julius II. Before, Marin had been entrusted by Angela to send someone to Paris to contact Archbishop Rovere. Now, Archbishop Rovere did reply, and Marin began to be very happy. It seems that the Pope will still attach great importance to Angela in the future, and he replied so quickly. However, after peeking at the letter, Marin's face darkened instantly...
The letter was written in Latin, but fortunately it was not in Italian, otherwise, Marin would not be able to understand it. When he first read the letter, Marin was very happy. Because, according to the address in the letter, Angela turned out to be the daughter of Archbishop Rovere, not a niece or something like that. In other words, marrying Angela is tantamount to becoming the son-in-law of the future pope. This good news made Marin extremely happy and full of imagination.
But after reading it, Marin's face darkened...
It turned out that when someone was sent to Paris to contact Bishop Rovere, Marin was only Baron Varden. Archbishop Rovere looked down on Marin, a little baron with only a few small broken islands (he didn't know how rich the Wadden Islands were). Therefore, in the letter, Bishop Rovere strictly asked Angela not to get involved with Marin. As for the life-saving grace, Bishop Rovere claimed that he would find a way to make up for Marin in the future.
However, on marriage, Archbishop Rovere said he had recently been in touch with the heir of a French count. The other party saw the oil painting that Archbishop Rovere had asked the painter to paint for Angela, and expressed his interest in Angela.
Therefore, Archbishop Rovere is planning to marry Angela to the heir to the earl. Because this earl is the favorite of the new French king Louis XII.
Archbishop Rovere's original backer was Charles VIII, but Charles VIII has passed away and the new king has ascended the throne. Bishop Rovere, in exile in Paris, is currying favor with Louis XII. Therefore, he was happy to marry the favorite of Louis XII. As for a "country baron" like Marin, it is not within his consideration...
Marin read the letter, his mouth crooked. Nimad, look down on me so much? Moreover, if Archbishop Rovere really took Angela to France to marry the son of some French count, would he be in vain
So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to withhold the letter first and not show it to Angela, lest the little girl have other thoughts. Although Marin is very confident in himself, he is afraid that the little girl will listen to her father too much.
However, Archbishop Rovere's reply still needs to be shown to Angela. Of course, whether it was the original letter or not, then I can't say for certain...
Don't forget, Marin is a master at imitating handwriting...
Then, after a day's work, Marin forged another "reply letter" by imitating Archbishop Rovere's handwriting. In this letter, the tone of Archbishop Rovere is completely different.
In the letter, "Archbishop Rovere" praised Marin as an extinct good man. Moreover, he also said that he was most at ease entrusting Angela to Marin...
In the end, Marin made up a lie in the letter, saying that Archbishop Rovere would return to Italy with the army of Louis XII. So, he doesn't have time to come to his daughter's wedding, but will send best wishes...
After checking the letter repeatedly, he checked the original letter from Archbishop Rovere to see if there were any secret notes or the like. As a result, Marin really found that there was a special mark on the envelope, which was probably used to identify the authenticity and prevent outsiders from forging letters.
So Marin continued to use Archbishop Rovere's original envelope and re-sealed it with wax. However, the letter inside was dropped by Marin...