Cherchen took the delegation to Riga. Robert Douglas told the queen of Sweden about the decision of everyone to support Christina as Queen of Sweden and presented the document of allegiance.
Christina certainly has no reason to refuse this unexpected joy from the sky. She accepted the document of allegiance and announced that she would forgive the nobles and officers who had been loyal to Carl X.
Both the mercenaries who have been working for Christina and the members of the mission are happy at this time.
When the meeting was over, Christina left General Robert Douglas alone.
"Your Majesty," Robert Douglas saluted Christina.
Christina motioned Robert Douglas not to be polite. Then she showed an expression of hesitation.
After a while, Christina said, "general, were you there when Carl died?"
Robert Douglas dropped his eyelids and looked sad.
Although he was really loyal to Christina, for many years, Carl X had always been kind to Robert Douglas. People are not plants, and who can be ruthless.
"I was with his majesty Carl x when he died," Robert Douglas said in a low voice.
"So, how did he spend the last moment of his life?"
Christina asked eagerly about the situation.
Robert Douglas recalled and said to Christina: "Your Majesty''s health is not good. That''s the root cause of the disease in Denmark. When he learned that you had captured Riga, his Majesty was shocked and angry, and even vomited several mouthfuls of blood. Marshal Brauer weixingsburg begged your majesty to return to Stockholm for rest and let him lead the army to Riga to attack you, but his majesty Carl x refused. He insisted on supporting his sick body and insisted on driving himself."
Hearing Robert Douglas talking about Carl X''s persistence, Christina''s heart filled with sadness.
"Carl, even if you are terminally ill, do you still regard me as the biggest thorn in your eye and flesh and want to deal with it quickly?" Christina thought.
Robert Douglas did not know what Christina was thinking. He continued: "The day after the army marched along the dogava River, his majesty Carl x fainted on his boat. Then there was a high fever. Our military doctor treated his majesty. Even he said that he had never seen such a high temperature, which was almost melting people. The military doctor reluctantly prescribed medicine, but by this time, his majesty had no medicine stone Yes. I remember that night that the priest with the army received the Eucharist for his majesty and was ready to listen to his dying confession. "
"What did he say?"
"Your Majesty ordered the priest to leave and told him frankly that he really needed to repent, but not to God, but to someone else."
With that, Robert Douglas glanced at Christina.
In the general''s opinion, the man Carl x said on his deathbed should undoubtedly be Christina.
But Christina''s face was not happy or angry. She just said, "forgive him, God."
"After the army priest retired, his majesty summoned us to him. His majesty, holding the cross with the crucifixion in his hand, he asked us to take an oath in an urgent and repressed voice that we would never betray his son until we died."
"So Carl made a will on his deathbed to let his son succeed to the throne?"
"Yes, your majesty," Robert Douglas replied clearly.
Then, Robert Douglas showed an embarrassed look on his face. He seemed to harden his head and say the following: "however, we think it was just the nonsense of his majesty Carl x on his deathbed. It is well known that his Majesty was in his deathbed at that time, and the king was only four years old and could not rule a country at all."
On their deathbed, they talked nonsense. This is why the nobles and officers who defected to Christina found excuses for themselves. Only by thinking so can their hearts be free from the condemnation of breaking the oath.
Christina didn''t listen to what Robert Douglas said behind her. She waved to the general to step down.
On March 5, Christina led her army to Stockholm.
On the way, the supporters of Queen Hedwig ilionora sent troops to block her many times, but all the troops turned against Christina as soon as they saw her flag. Almost all the old ministers of Christina''s era returned to her.
The pen holders in Stockholm are even more capable of steering according to the wind:
When Christina set out from Riga to march into Stockholm, the headlines of a Stockholm newspaper were as follows: the man eating female monster set out from Riga; on the fourth day, the greedy devil marched towards reval; on the seventh day, the usurper entered Narva; on the eleventh day, Christina occupied Viborg; and on the fourteenth day, the former queen approached Stockholm On the 15th day, your majesty will arrive in his loyal Stockholm today.
On March 20, Christina returned to Stockholm. At this time, she already had a regular army of 20000 and a volunteer army of 50000. Queen Hedwig ilionora tried to escape back to her home country with the young Carl Xi, but as soon as she left the palace in Stockholm, they were caught by the "insurgents".
Finally, these "insurgents" did not poison their mother and son, but escorted them to a manor in the countryside, waiting for the disposal of the new king Christina.
Shortly after entering Stockholm, Christina was preparing to ascend the throne as expected by Wittenberg and others, but after she met Baron Carl Gustav franger who came to swear allegiance to her, Christina suddenly changed her mind. She suddenly took Carlson and Chechen to the country manor where heidwich elionora and Carl Xi temporarily lived.
The place where they were imprisoned was an old manor. This manor was originally built for the hunting of members of the vasa family. It is close to a large area of virgin forest. Decades ago, it was the king''s favorite place to spend his holidays.
But after Gustav, the "Northern European lion", succeeded to the throne, the monarch who loved war more than hunting never came here once. Christina seldom came after that, and Carl x spent his time in the war soon after he became king, without taking care of others.
So it''s getting depressed here.