Queen Anna is back, and Felipe IV is still happily running to the gate of the palace to greet her in person, pull her in and walk in.

However, this time, there was a hint of dodging in his eyes.

That look like a child who made a mistake.

This younger brother was pulled by her own hands, so Queen Anna could see at a glance that this guy was a little abnormal.

However, she didn't say anything.

The two of them came to the familiar back garden and sat down in the pavilion. Queen Anna then turned her face and said seriously: "Little Felipe, are you hiding something from your sister?"

Uh, this one.

Felipe IV was still as scared as when he was a child, and said at a loss: "No, no."

Queen Anna still said with a serious face: "Why are you rubbing your hands without you?

Do you think your sister doesn't know?

Every time you do something bad without hiding it from your sister, your little hands will be out of control.

Tell me quickly, what did you do?"

This cannot be said, it must not be said.

Felipe IV shook his head repeatedly and said, "Mom, I really didn't do anything."

Humph, I dare not be honest.

Queen Anna subconsciously raised her hand and was about to pull Felipe IV's ear.

However, when she saw Felipe IV's mature face, she was suddenly stunned.

This little brother has grown up and is the lord of a country. She seems to be unable to teach him a lesson like a child.

She was stunned for a moment, then she said helplessly: "Little Felipe, you must have something to hide from your sister.

I heard that thousands of armed merchant ships with French flags suddenly appeared in the Mediterranean, and these were advanced ships.

France does not have so many advanced armed merchant ships, neither does Spain, nor does it in the entire continent.

Only the Ming Empire in this world has so many advanced armed merchant ships.

If the armed merchant ships of the Ming Empire want to enter the Mediterranean, they must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Would you not know about this?"

Uh, this one.

Of course Felipe IV knew.

When he heard that the armed merchant ships of the Ming Empire were dragging black mercenaries to the estuary of the Nile River, he was gloating.

He said embarrassedly: "Mom, our Spain and the Ming Empire are still allies on the surface, so we cannot intercept their armed merchant ships."

You know everything about this!

Queen Anna looked up and down with surprise on her face, and then couldn't help but sigh, "Little Felipe, you have really grown up and you actually know how to play tricks with your sister."

This seems to be a bit heavy!

Felipe IV quickly explained: "Mom, don't be angry, I have my own difficulties, too.

The Duke of Richelieu did too much. Everyone formed an alliance, and he even underestimated us behind his back.

Do you know that the 600,000 troops we attacked West Africa were almost wiped out, and Wallenstein fled back with 20,000 cavalry.

These are all good things that Richelieu, the old fox, did.

He knew that the Ming Empire would not allow us to attack West Africa, but he deliberately asked our Spain and the Holy Roman Empire to attack West Africa. He wanted to use the Ming Empire's hands to weaken the strength of our Spain and the Holy Roman Empire!"

Alas, so what if you know?

Queen Anna sighed leisurely: "Sister is not angry. You are for the benefit of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, and the Duke of Richelieu is also for the benefit of France.

You are not wrong, nor is the Duke of Richelieu, and no one is wrong.

This is the world, the strong prey on the weak, and everyone wants to become the most powerful beast in the jungle.

My sister doesn't mean to blame you.

But, you shouldn't hide everything from your sister.

It is not wrong to allow the armed merchant ships of the Ming Empire to bring black mercenaries into the Mediterranean to attack Luo.

But at least you can send a letter to France!

You can use the hands of the Ming Empire to weaken France's strength, but I won't blame you.

However, you can't let France be unprepared!

In this way, wouldn’t it be that you helped the Ming Empire weaken France’s strength?"

Felipe IV was stunned. He thought for a while and then asked, "Is there any difference?"

You are still a little childish.

Queen Anna had no choice but to teach patiently: "This is a big difference.

If you report a letter to France, France will try its best to guard Cairo.

In this way, the Ming Empire or the mercenaries supported by the Ming Empire will break out with the anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Regardless of the final result, the strength of the Ming Empire and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance will be weakened.

This is the most beneficial to Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

You didn't say anything, just let the Ming Empire secretly pull people to the mouth of the Nile River and attack Cairo. Do you know what the result is?

The result is that if you only weaken the strength of France, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the Ming Empire would not suffer any losses at all.

My sister told you that the Ming Empire is not the same as us, they are our biggest enemies.

Although the Anti-Habsburg Alliance is not our real ally, you can use the anti-Habsburg Alliance to weaken the Ming Empire.

Your mistake is that you shouldn't be completely biased towards the Ming Empire, do you know?

Even if both sides are enemies, you should be slightly inclined toward the anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Because the Ming Empire is too powerful, if you cannot use the anti-Habsburg alliance to weaken the strength of the Ming Empire, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire are no match for the Ming Empire at all.

Do you understand?"

She was really helpless. For the sake of her baby son, she could not stand completely on the side of her younger brother and sister, but she didn't want her younger brother and sister to suffer.

Fortunately, everyone still has a common enemy now and has not reached the level of complete opposition. She can try to consider it for both sides.

If there was no common enemy of the Ming Empire, she would have to choose to support one side to suppress the other side.

By that time, she would not be helpless, but was in pain.

When Felipe IV heard this, he began to rub his hands again.

Queen Anna said it was right, he shouldn't be so slutty this time.

He should remind France to let the Anti-Habsburg Alliance and the Ming Empire go to dog bite!

However, he did not expect that the Ming Empire would be so powerful that it would take down the important city of Cairo in one go.

He rubbed his hands for a while before he asked embarrassedly: "Mom, now it's like this, what should we do?"

Queen Anna has long considered this.

She said without hesitation: "You should block the Strait of Gibraltar and prevent ships from passing through the Ming Empire, so as to cut off Cairo's support.

Then, you're sending a little armored warship to help the Anti-Habsburg Alliance regain Cairo.

Of course, you don’t have to do your best, let alone send an army to support you.

In this way, the Ming Empire, France, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire will suffer heavy losses, just watch the show."

Uh, block the Strait of Gibraltar?

Felipe IV began rubbing his hands again, and this time he rubbed it faster.

Seeing this, Queen Anna couldn't help but curiously said, "Little Felipe, what's wrong with you? Why do you rub your hands?

You won't have anything to hide from your sister, right?"

Uh, this one.

Felipe IV hesitated for a moment, and still gritted his teeth and explained: "Mom, Ceuta has been taken down by black mercenaries, and we can't block it at all!

So, I can't blame me completely in Cairo.

The armed merchant ships of the Ming Empire walked just south of the strait, and we didn't know what they pulled into the Mediterranean.

I didn't expect that Cairo, the important city, would be so vulnerable, and would fall so quickly."

ah!

Queen Anna was shocked when she heard this, she said, "What's going on?"

Why is Ceuta so important to be lost?
To be continued...