Despite experiencing a worrying episode in the Ligurian city, Juana remained perfectly normal for the next half month.

However, Elanova still insisted on giving medicine to her mother every day before going to bed. Anyway, through various efforts of His Majesty the Emperor, the Princess of Stone was given a very sufficient amount of medicine.

They traveled eastward and kept in communication with Buda.

They had been worried about Katherina on the way, and she had not written a letter. Both Ladislaus and Mary's letters mentioned that she was not recovering well.

Ladislaus and Catharina did not go out of the city twenty miles to meet them as planned.

But it wasn't until they were at the foot of Buda City that even though Buda had no city walls, they still didn't see Katherina coming to welcome them, did the two realize that the situation was serious.

The sad faces of Ladislaus and Mary made Juana and Elanova extremely nervous.

"What happened to Catharina?" Juana asked directly to her prospective son-in-law without all the nonsense.

"Mother, according to Katharina's request, she and I held a wedding in the early hours of this morning with the blessing of Pastor Ode Kessler. Now that you have arrived in time, let's go to the palace immediately to hold the coronation ceremony. Katherina will be very happy

Happy." In fact, Ladislaus is already Juana's legal son-in-law, although he will soon become his ex-son-in-law.

At the same time, Mary threw herself into her mother's arms and cried loudly, leaving Juana and Elanova at a loss.

Their carriage went directly to the palace, and Mary cried and talked along the way to give them an overview of the development of the situation.

The severity of Katharina's shock after falling into the water was much greater than initially expected, and her body never recovered.

Although Ladislaus slept with her, they did not have sex out of caution, but this could not prevent Katharina's increasing physical weakness.

My condition suddenly took a turn for the worse yesterday morning. I couldn't eat and kept vomiting. Last night I started vomiting blood.

Neither the court doctor nor several powerful priests could do anything. Oded Kessler and Machiavelli, who arrived a few days ago, had already tried and failed.

They could only advise Ladislaus to reconsider his coronation.

Maybe there is a last chance for the super powerful Mary to give it a try. But it would be better if Mary rescued Katherina, but if she could not, Ladislaus would not be able to escape even if she jumped into the Danube.

Ladislaus obviously could not risk making Spain and the world suspect that he had conspired with Anna to kill Catharina in such a desperate attempt.

This morning, Katharina suddenly got out of bed and demanded that the wedding and coronation be held immediately.

This was obviously a return to form because she still couldn't eat.

Ladislaus was helpless and fulfilled Katharina's wishes in Buda Church. They had exchanged rings and vows under the witness of Pastor Kessler.

Even though she had been mentally prepared to a certain extent, Juana still felt sad when she saw her little daughter in the palace, whose body was like a candle in the wind.

She had the rare luck of a woman in this era. She was pregnant six times and gave birth to six healthy children, each of whom lived to adulthood.

However, Charles V had passed away before her, and the youngest daughter, Katharina, was dying at such a young age.

"Mom, don't cry, I'm going to be the queen, don't cry." Katharina's voice was already too low to be heard, but she still showed a sincere smile because her mother arrived in time.

"Mother, we must hurry up so that Katharina can get what she wants." Ladislaus whispered in Juana's ear.

Juana nodded and took the crown from Florentino.

The crown of St. Stephen, which carries much of Hungary's history, was brought back to Istanbul by Suleiman, but some of Ladislaus's grandfather's inheritance fell into the hands of the Styrian branch after his death. Among them was this crown.

The crown was returned today.

At the request of Ladislaus, the palace goldsmith in Madrid modified the crown so that it could be stacked with the "Crown of Pazzi".

Next is Katharina's tiara, a gift from Ferdinand.

Ladislaus sat on the crown, and Juana placed the crown on his head.

"By the grace of the great knight, I, Ladislaus Habsburg, am crowned King of the United Kingdom of Austria and Hungary. I will protect my people and guard my territory...

..........." Just in the middle of Ladislaus's oath, he suddenly picked up the crown and put it on the head of Katharina who was sitting next to him.

Katharina gradually leaned completely on Ladislaus, and Ladislaus realized that his wife could no longer hold on.

"May the Knights of Ambitions bless you, and I will crown you, Katharina Habsburg, as Queen of the United Kingdom of Austria and Hungary..."

Ladislaus only spoke half a sentence before Katherina fell into a coma.

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After the coronation, Katharina fell into a dying state. During this period, she briefly woke up twice, and she was still conscious enough to say the last few words to her mother and sister.

Finally, on December 20, 1526, the first queen of the United Kingdom passed away.

The only consolation was that most of her relatives arrived in time to say goodbye to her, and she eventually died in her husband's arms.

In order to show the close relationship between the Austrian and Hungarian people, Ladislaus announced the construction of a royal tomb in Buda after capturing Buda. The relocation of the tombs of his grandfather and parents was already in progress.

But he never expected that this cemetery would have new residents so soon.

The wedding turned into a funeral, and all this naturally depressed Ladislaus, who felt a little desolate when he returned to the palace in Vienna.

The hostess will never come back, and Anna, who has not recovered from her serious injury, is still recovering in Buda. Now only Harna's eldest cousin is left in the once crowded Vienna palace.

Although Queen Juana and her two other daughters also lived here temporarily, they were leaving soon. Mary was disturbed by her sister's death and insisted on leaving.

They only stayed in Vienna for a few days so that Elanova could meet the Duke of Bourbon, who did not arrive in Buda in time.

Ladislaus really wanted to take a month's rest. Deep down in his heart, Li Di even wanted to go on a beach vacation in Hawaii.

But his short vacation only lasted a few days from Bud to Vienna. After returning to Vienna, he still had to work.

There is no choice but to continue struggling in the world that Katherina has left.

So does everyone else.

"Please accept my deepest condolences again." Ladislaus's guests were his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, the exiled king of Denmark and his wife.

Christian II came from the Netherlands to attend his sister-in-law's wedding, and hoped to get the support of the now powerful Ladislaus in Nordic affairs.

On the day he arrived in Vienna, Ladislaus had dinner with the couple as a courtesy to the Danish king.

Ladislaus and Queen Isabella of Denmark both lost their closest relatives, and they also expressed their condolences to each other.

After the two sides exchanged cups for a few rounds, Christian started talking about business: "My brother, your great victory on the Danube River is really impressive. It can be compared with the Roman Empire's victory in defeating the Huns in the Battle of Chalon.

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"The Ottoman Empire is still vast and has a strong army. I'm afraid this enemy is not comparable to Attila's barbarian tribal alliance." Of course Ladislaus could not accept the kind words of his brother-in-law.

"No matter how powerful an empire is, losing 50,000 standing troops all at once is an extremely heavy blow." This is true. Fifty thousand soldiers with armor are enough to dominate the world.

Any empire that loses 50,000 standing troops will fall into an existential crisis, but the problem is that Ladislaus did not destroy Suleiman's 50,000-strong army.

He only advertised that he had wiped out 50,000 people.

"You are too modest. Now that the Ottoman Empire is in ruins, I think the King of France must be on his own, right?" Christian said, still minding his own business.

"My brother, I don't think things will be so optimistic. I believe that this despicable man François will not abide by the most solemn and sacred Madrid Contract and hand over Burgundy to His Majesty the Emperor honestly." Hohenthal.

The chief of staff had actually had a full exchange of views with the attendant of the Danish king.

Before the monarchs met, they had reached a basic agreement, that is, as long as France handed over Burgundy, Spain would definitely interfere in Danish affairs, and Ladislaus would also send at least five thousand troops to help his brother-in-law reset.

"Even if the King of France is stubborn, I believe that the close alliance between the United Kingdom and Spain will be able to crush his resistance."

"Then I'll lend you your good words, but no matter how things develop, I will support you with fifty thousand talers every year for the next three years for your just cause of regaining the throne."

In any case, Ladislaus reiterated his promise, which gradually improved the atmosphere of the party.

His brother-in-law and sister-in-law toasted to him one after another.

Although Ladislaus had no desire to pay to sponsor the Baltic conflict, Ladislaus needed to show that despite his relatively distant origins, he was still very concerned about the common interests of the Habsburg family. (To be continued.
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