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- Did you sleep with him?
- Yes.

And now Gideon is on your side.

Were you seducing him so you
can get out of this alive?

- I don't know.
- Elizabeth is sending you an offer

to succeed her as queen of England.

In return, she will
choose your next husband.

You are going to accept.

The Vatican wants something.

They want me to accept
Elizabeth's offer,

and then when I am named her successor,

your queen will be assassinated,
and I will take her throne.

I'm just a pawn, even if I
were assassinated, they'd just

replace me with the
next Catholic in line.

A man would be their preference.

I have named Queen Mary Stuart

as my successor in exchange

for choosing her next husband,

and I choose you.

It's the Red Knights.

Catherine, watch out!

"Your debt will be paid."

You and Father executed 13 knights

on the trumped up charge of heresy,

simply because you couldn't pay them?

How could you believe
that was your only option?

Not the only one, the cleanest.

I've already made the unwelcome
move of deposing Lord Narcisse...

a popular regent... so that you may rule

by my side. I cannot have

your past sins affecting my reign.

You won't.

This vendetta is against me,

and I will handle it.

Impressive.

Where did you learn to shoot like that?

My late husband.

He thought it was a skill
that would serve me well.

Well, King Francis was right.

Now that I've seen your
abilities with a bow,

I certainly won't be crossing you.

It's funny, isn't it?
The two of us here.

Both knowing we've already
had our one true love.

Still, you do as your
queen commands, Lord Dudley.

I realize that Elizabeth's
given me something

that I needed following my wife's death.

A fresh start.

You'll be starting anew

as the king consort of Scotland.

That's not so bad, is it?

Neither is being named
Elizabeth's successor.

Becoming the next in
line to the English throne

validates you as a female monarch,

allows you to rally waning support.

I can't imagine things
have been easy of late.

What with finding yourself
a guest at French court,

while your own country
turns against you.

Your queen's decision probably
has less to do with helping me

and my uncomfortable political position,

and more to do with bolstering her own.

It's very clever,

naming a weakened Catholic
queen her successor,

to reinforce herself
as the better choice.

Elizabeth is shrewd.

I suspect the two of
you have that in common.

Perhaps, through our
marriage, I can build a bridge

between the two of you.

That would be beneficial.

I want you to know that I am
fully committed to this union.

I know that ours might
never become a great love,

but I do believe we can have
a congenial life together.

I believe that as well.

Well, then, shall we make it official?

Mary,

Queen of Scots,

would you do me the
honor of becoming my wife?

Yes, I will.

I know you and Robert
Dudley have history,

but he's not as terrible as
you made him out to be, Gideon.

The man is as ambitious
as he is self-serving.

Apparently Elizabeth finds
those to be appealing qualities.

He all but admitted that
he's still in love with her.

Their love was real,

I can tell you that.

Yes, perhaps, that's the
answer... encouraging him

that to wed you would be to give up,

when he should be fighting
for Elizabeth's hand.

Well, they have no chance
of a future together.

He knows that.

Well, I could lie and tell
him you're a miserable lover.

Dudley made one thing clear,

he needs this marriage.

He believes it's his only option.

Lately, however, I've been
pondering a different man.

Likely the Vatican
thinks that once I take

the English throne, I will be ousted

or killed. If they plan

to put a king on the throne after me,

they must have someone in mind.

That someone isn't Dudley,

because he isn't getting
the Crown Matrimonial.

Nor is he Catholic.

Are there any other Catholic
males in the line of succession?

The most likely candidate
in our family tree

is a distant cousin of
mine and Elizabeth's.

His name is Joseph Tudor.

A Catholic and a Tudor to boot.

Do you have any idea where he is?

After Mary Tudor died

and Elizabeth turned England Protestant,

Joseph fled to France.

If my theory is correct,

then Archbishop Ridolfi has
already been in contact with him

about stepping in to rule England.

If we can find real evidence of this,

and I can get it to
Elizabeth, she will be forced

to rescind her offer to
name you her successor.

Well, that would be taking quite a risk.

Lest you forget, I also
have a duty to Elizabeth.

By stopping the Vatican's
plot, I save my queen's life.

I would take this risk,
even if it weren't my duty.

We will stop the Vatican,

but to start, we must find Joseph Tudor.

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I trust your visit to Mary's
chambers was to end your liaison.

Now that she's my fiancée, your
mission to seduce her is obsolete.

Well, Mary will be devastated.

It seems I'm quite good at my job.

Drawing women in,

seducing them, learning
their every secret.

But you already knew that, didn't you,

given my time with Elizabeth.

Stay away from the queen of Scots.

Is that the queen of England's order?

No, that's my order as
the Earl of Leicester

and the future king consort of Scotland.

Joseph Tudor

appealed to us for asylum

when Elizabeth took the throne,

and started persecuting all

of Mary Tudor's Catholic supporters.

As we are a Catholic monarchy,

Henry granted him
sanctuary here in France.

Since when did you become interested

in the whereabouts of a distant cousin?

It's a theory I'm
working on with Gideon.

How are things with
the English ambassador?

I know you.

You've come to care for him, correct?

Perhaps a little.

But I have bigger worries.

I came to ask you

about Archbishop Ridolfi.

Has he had any visitors?

No, he's been too busy
borrowing the royal carriages,

for what he calls "holy errands."

- Do you know where he's been going?
- No.

But his drivers loathe him.

I'm sure they'd share
that information with you.

What are you up to, Mary?

It's best you remain unaware.

Joseph Tudor?

Who's asking?

I have a message from
Archbishop Ridolfi.

It's about time. Did he say

how much longer I'm to
stay in this dreadful house?

It's ridiculous.

A man of my future standing.

Why don't we discuss that future inside?

Thomas and I like the name Logan
for a boy and Fiona for a girl.

No.

Your choices are far
too Scottish for a child

growing up in France.

We want the child to fit in, don't we?

Lord Thomas, for you.

What is it?

Someone knows.

Somehow they knew.

It says that your pregnancy is a ruse.

That the mother is your sister,

a "purveyor of whores."

They're demanding
gold for their silence.

We are being blackmailed?

How did the secret get out?

I've been so careful,
barely coming out of my room.

We should all leave town
until the baby's born.

Once that happens, the blackmailer
will have no way to prove

that we aren't the real parents.

I'd rather not go.

It puts my business
at risk, for one thing.

And traveling now, I'm
not sure that's wise.

The point of pretending
this baby is yours

is to give it a chance to
grow up with a good name.

For its sake and yours,

we have to agree to
the blackmailer's terms.

Perhaps they'll take
the money and go away.

And if they press for more, well,

then we might have a better idea

of who we're dealing with.

Catherine,

an update.

Charles has been
apprised of the situation

with the Red Knights.

Your assailants were last seen
riding east from the castle.

My men have searched
the nearby villages,

but they seem to have vanished.

Well, someone threw that pike at me.

Is it possible the families

of the original Red
Knights are involved?

They had no families.

Henry only recruited orphans,

training them as boys
to ensure their loyalty.

And once they came of age, they
had to take oaths of celibacy.

Well, you couldn't have expected them

to uphold those vows.

I didn't.

Which is why I discreetly

incentivized them with sex.

For every battle won,

the Knights, they had their choice

of my finest courtesans.

Trust me, they won often.

So it is possible one
of them fathered a child.

I suppose it's worth investigating.

And I know exactly

where you can go to find out.

Would you like to try
some sipping chocolate?

It's from Spain.

Catherine's daughter, the queen,

has it sent specially for us.

Catherine does seem to treat
her former courtesans well.

Our reward for a job well done.

Did she send you to us for
something special, then?

No, no.

- I'm here on business.
- Oh, you sure?

I may be retired.

I'm not dead.

I'm sure.

It's actually quite serious.

There was an attempt made
on the queen mother's life.

We believe it was
someone seeking revenge

on behalf of the Red Knights.

They're heretics.

They didn't just turn
against the monarchy,

they turned against God.

Catherine revealed that
many of the women here

entertained these men before
their beliefs were known.

And you want to know if any
of us bore their children.

We are no common whores.

We were trained to
abide by strict rules.

The most important
being never get pregnant.

I'm afraid you've come
all this way for nothing.

Thank you.

You overheard me talking
about the Red Knights.

- I should go.
- Is there anything you can tell me?

Any information could help.

I fear you may be looking for my son.

A child fathered by a Red Knight?

I fell in love with one of those men.

When I discovered I was with child,

I left court.

I wanted to keep the baby,

but when the Knights were revealed to be

Devil worshippers...

What did you do?

I had the baby.

And left him

and any belongings I had
of his blasphemous father

to die in the woods near Dijon.

I have felt nothing since

but guilt and remorse.

For leaving the child.

For giving birth to Satan's spawn.

I brought a monster

into this world.

What if he still lives?

I assure you,

if your child is still alive,

he is no monster.

Only a man.

Are you sure this is the man?

He was found abandoned
in the nearby woods

as a suckling infant.

Geant!

You were right.

The Vatican brought Joseph
Tudor from Saint-Veran

and rented a house
for him in the village.

That's where Archbishop Ridolfi's

been holding secret
meetings to negotiate

his ascension to the English throne.

So Joseph Tudor is complicit.

In searching his house,

I found damning
correspondence between him

and the Vatican.

This says the Vatican
was going to pressure me

into naming Joseph Tudor as my successor

to the English throne.

Yes.

Joseph was already
reaching out to prominent,

Catholic English nobles in an effort

to consolidate support
for the Vatican's plan.

He wanted to be king,
at the cost of your life.

And what if the Vatican
says these are forgeries?

I'll bring Joseph to England with me,

where I will get a
confession out of him.

He's being held on a
ship awaiting my return.

I sail tonight.

Elizabeth will be alerted

to the Vatican's plot against her.

She will never think you were involved

in any way, as none of it

will tie back to you.

I know I said that nothing real
could ever happen between us...

but it has.

I have come to care for you, Gideon.

Then why do you seem so sad?

Even if our plan works,

and my engagement to
Dudley is called off...

I'm not so foolish as to think
I will end up with a queen.

I understand the
reality of our stations.

We are loyal to two different countries.

But there's something else I know.

Life is short.

At this point, I thought I would be

raising my daughter
with my wife by my side.

Instead, I-I've only just met my child,

and my wife is gone.

The best I can do is live day by day.

If something feels right,

I embrace it.

And being with you on
this particular day,

it feels very right.

That's him.

That's the man I saw
entering Master Tudor's house.

What's the meaning of this?

This boy works for Joseph Tudor.

He was on his way to fetch firewood

and saw you enter the house.

When the boy returned, he
found the place ransacked

and Joseph gone.

He is mistaken.

I saw him, dressed as a priest.

Guard, take Ambassador Blackburn

- into custody.
- On what grounds?

You were the last person to
be seen with Joseph Tudor,

and now he is missing.

Stop fighting us, or you will regret it.

This is outrageous.

You have nothing but conjecture.

Then produce Joseph Tudor.

If you can't, the Vatican
must assume you killed him

and will be charged with murder.

Leith.

Thank you for coming.

I had a meeting with a wool
trader in the village anyway.

Is that so? What for?

I'm trying to strike out on my own.

Raise my station by breaking
into the merchant class.

- Good for you.
- Yes.

Except I haven't any experience,

so no one wants to take a chance on me.

I'm what they call an unproven entity.

Maybe you just haven't
met the right person yet.

Maybe, but

I've met with everyone I
know, and so far nothing.

I'm sorry.

Why did you want to see me?

I need your help.

But first,

I have to show you something.

I'll take him, my lord.

- Well?
- The wool merchant turned me down.

Another opportunity will come along.

I'm sure it will.

In the meantime, we
have a romantic getaway

to Paris to look forward to.

- I can't go.
- Oh, come on.

You've been so busy
trying to build a business,

we haven't spent any time together.

- I miss you.
- I know, I'm sorry.

I promised Greer I would do her a favor.

A favor.

For your ex.

Versus Paris with me.

Your lover. Your princess lover.

I assure you, it is out of friendship.

Greer is pregnant.

No.

Who's the father?

A pirate.

Greer is having a pirate-baby?

Don't call it that.

Don't call it anything. It's a secret.

Greer plans to give the child away

fore anyone's the wiser,

but somebody's learned
the truth of her plans

and is blackmailing her.

That's so sad and awful.
We have to help her.

- "We"?
- Yeah.

Greer has asked that I covertly

follow her brother-in-law

when he drops off the money,

so that I can expose the perpetrator

and stop this threat for good.

You really want to help?

Of course.

Besides, this is a fantastic adventure.

Better than stuffy old Paris.

Were you seriously not
planning on asking me

to be part of the fun?

Claude, I don't think
it will be much fun.

Well, I can be of great use,
because if you're skulking

through the village streets alone,

Greer's brother-in law
will spot you straight away.

But, if you're getting henpecked

by some horrid fishwife...

Some horrid fishwife?

Of the many useless

"ladies arts" I was forced to study...

needlework, harpsichord and the like...

there was one in which I excelled...

theater.

To pull off this enterprise,
you need an actor.

And that, my darling, is me.

Unless Gideon can prove
that Joseph Tudor is alive,

the Vatican will hold him for murder.

I had no choice but
to let them lock Gideon

- in the dungeon.
- Catherine, no.

I need Gideon. Without
him, my plans fall apart.

Are these the plans that I'm
best to remain unaware of?

Your words, not mine.

Tell me, or I can not help you.

My theory was right.

Once they have done away with
Elizabeth and installed me

as the new queen of
England, the Vatican planned

to position Joseph Tudor to replace me.

They're making you, a woman,

do the dirty work to benefit a bunch

of spineless men.

Gideon has kidnapped Joseph.

He is going to present him to
Elizabeth to expose the plot.

It's the only way to convince Elizabeth

to change her mind about
naming me her successor.

Something which won't happen
as long as Gideon is locked up.

And you can not go to
Elizabeth with this.

The fact that I would
benefit from her death

by sitting on the English
throne is enough to convince her

that I would be a willing participant.

No one close to me at French
court can expose the plot either.

She'll still think you're behind it.

However, there is one recent arrival

to France who can help.

Someone who is trusted by Elizabeth

and would do anything

to protect his queen.

Dudley.

What is the meaning of this note?

"Visit me in the dungeon.

"You are the only one
who can save our queen.

"I need you to take the risk,

even if it is not your duty."

- The Vatican plans to kill Elizabeth.
- What?

They want a Catholic English
royal to ascend the throne.

Because the Vatican doesn't
want this plot revealed,

they're accusing me of murder.

But Mary is to be named
Elizabeth's successor.

The queen of Scots

is an oblivious pawn.

A seat warmer until the Vatican

can place a king on the English throne.

I found evidence which confirms

their choice is Joseph Tudor.

It's between two stone planters

in the southwest
corner of the courtyard.

Now get it and make
your way to the docks.

There is a ship set
to sail later tonight.

Now Tudor is being held on board.

You must go to England

in my stead and put both him

and those documents
in front of Elizabeth.

And I'm to return to a country

where I am scorned, challenged
to duels in the streets?

You will return having
uncovered an assassination plot.

Not only are you saving
the woman you love,

but this will work towards
giving you something

I imagine you very much seek...

a second chance in England.

Give Mary an excuse

why you must leave court and go.

I bet you've never done
a thing in your life

which didn't also benefit yourself.

So what is it now?

I understand why you
have this opinion of me.

But the truth is, when I
am in service to a queen,

I am in service to a queen.

It was true with
Elizabeth's predecessor,

and it's true with Elizabeth now.

I'm trying to save her life,

and I'm asking you to help me!

I'll do it.

I apologize for the blade,

but I've seen the destruction
you can cause, Geant,

and I am in need of answers.

Where were you three nights ago?

In the ring.

Fighting before a crowd of a hundred.

What is this about?

Your father...

what do you know of him?

Nothing.

You wear his helmet.

All I have of a man that I've never met.

But more than I got from my mother,

whose only gift was to
leave me to die in the woods.

You've become something of a
legend in the sparring pits.

Ah, people love a good battle.

But if you've been sent
to try and recruit me

because of that damn helmet...

again, the answer is no.

Who tried to recruit you?

Some men approached me recently,

having heard of a champion who fights

wearing a Red Knights' helmet.

They asked me to join their cause,

revenge on the queen mother.

And what was your response?

I sent them on their way.

I see no point in avenging
a father I never knew.

Can you give me any
details about these men

that might reveal their identities?

Highborn? Lowborn?

One man wore a ruby ring.

He said he'd give it to
me if I'd join their cause.

You've been threatening
Catherine de Medici from afar,

claiming to be the Red Knights.

Well, now you're going
to face the woman herself.

After Mary's nuptials to Robert Dudley,

will you be inviting
her to English court?

Why do you ask?

The more time I spend by your side,

the more I think you two might get on.

Not to mention, it would
be a great opportunity

to show the world you
are two queens united.

You must miss your friend.

I do.

What are you doing here?

All of you pressured
me to pick a successor,

for the good of the realm.

And against my better judgment,

I did.

The only good to come of this

was my decision to send
Robert Dudley to French court.

Because while he was there, he
uncovered a Vatican plot to kill me.

But that was not to be
the end of their plan.

After Elizabeth's successor,
Mary Stuart, took the throne,

the Vatican intended to
let the queen of Scots fall,

in order to install a Catholic king,

an Englishman with a claim to the throne

and an eagerness to have it.

That man is Joseph Tudor.

This is the fault

of everyone in this room.

Forcing me to open the
door to the possibility

that even a queen

can be replaced.

Certainly you aren't suggesting

we go up against the Vatican?

To accuse them outright
would be to declare war.

No, Joseph Tudor will
be blamed for this.

The traitor has been
brought home to England,

where I have ordered him
to be drawn and quartered.

That will serve as an example

to anyone

who dare threaten my reign.

We all owe a show of gratitude

to Robert Dudley,

the Earl of Leicester.

Hail Dudley.

Hail Dudley!

As for Mary Stuart,

I am rescinding my offer.

I shall never name an heir,
unless it is my own child.

To name a successor

is to place a target on oneself.

And so long as I live,

I shall be the queen of England.

And when I am dead,

whoever has the most
right shall succeed me.

It worked.

Elizabeth has rescinded her
offer to name me her successor.

She attributes the entire plot

to Joseph Tudor, who has been executed.

Does the Vatican suspect
you were involved?

I kept them in the dark.

I gave Archbishop Ridolfi the news.

He assured me that I continue to have

the Vatican's full support
for my return to Scotland.

That is wonderful,

as is knowing you are no longer engaged.

I guess I'll be expected
to continue my duty

to seduce you.

So you don't make
another marriage alliance.

What is it?

The Vatican knows they've been caught.

They want to punish someone,

and that someone is you.

But Dudley claimed credit

for absconding with Joseph Tudor.

That's why the Vatican were forced

to drop their charge against me.

They are convinced that
you were Dudley's accomplice

in undermining their plot.

What jurisdiction does
the Church have in France?

None, which is why

the Archbishop is going
to approach the regent

and ask her to hand you over.

- Hand me over?
- The Vatican wants

to take you to Rome, put you on trial,

and have you hanged

for acts of aggression
against the Faith.

They have no evidence but for a
testimony from some servant boy.

They will create evidence.

This can't be happening.

I need to take my daughter,
and... and... and leave.

With your best horses, we
can make it to the Netherlands

in a few days time.

If you escape, and then you are caught,

it will only solidify the
impression of your guilt.

I will talk to the one
person who can save your life.

I don't give my heart or give up easily.

We won't end like this.

Not with your death.

The king's deputy,
Sebastian, who captured you,

believes there's an
informant in the king's guard.

Is that true?

Who told you about

our investigation in Dijon?

If you think you're not going to talk,

you are mistaken.

Do you have other agents

who infiltrated the castle?

Only time will tell.

Ah, he speaks.

What is your connection to
the original Red Knights?

Who are your conspirators?

Answer and the pain will stop.

Christophe, our friend here doesn't seem

too attached to his hands.

Let's see how he feels about his eyes.

Have you heard of Spirits of Salts?

It's used to etch designs into metal

by corroding it.

Imagine what one drop can do

to a human eye.

Did you frame me for poisoning Francis?

Was Cardinal Morel one of yours?

How do you plan to destroy me?!

Destroy you?

This is about destroying

the entire House of Valois.

Your corrupt rule is in

its final days.

There's a reason I saved you one eye.

So when I open up your chest,

you can see your own beating heart.

Your boy seems to like this work.

Your answers can stop him.

Never.

I will not be the first to die

for this cause,

nor the last.

We are legion.

Christophe.

If the gold was to be
dropped in a vacant room

at the inn down the street,
why is Thomas at a tavern?

Maybe he needed a drink
to calm his nerves.

He hasn't ordered one yet.

He seems awfully calm.

Making fast friends.

I'm sure it's nothing.

Well, I don't like it.

We need to hear what they're up to.

What's that?

I'm going over there.

No, Claude, wait.

Some ale, gentlemen?

- No.
- Oh, but ours is world famous.

King Charles once came in for a pint.

Oh! Oh, I'm so sorry.

Clumsy me.

Uh, get away from us, you wench.

A thousand pardons.

We need to stop that transaction.

Greer's brother-in-law isn't
being blackmailed at all.

Your brother-in-law was buying a château

in Switzerland with your money.

Thank you, Leith.

If you could return my
gold to the counting house,

I'll handle it from here.

Were you planning to move
away without telling me?

Take my baby under the cover of night?

I wasn't taking your baby.

I was saving it from
this moral cesspool.

The blackmailer lectures me on morality?

It was my idea, Greer.

I convinced Thomas to do it.

You?

After all I have done for you,

you were going to raise my child

in another country without telling me?

Was this your plan all along?

No. We arrived with
the best of intentions.

This was my opportunity
to finally become a mother,

and of course I wanted you to
be involved in the child's life,

but I realized you were
never going to let go.

Not really.

And there was no me or Thomas.

Just you, as the
mother, as the provider,

as the decision-maker.

Not as the doting aunt,

as you initially promised.

Greer, I wanted a baby,

not a job as your baby's governess.

Then why didn't you say something?

I said it a hundred ways

but you never heard me.

You wouldn't even let me name my child.

I was willing to give up so much

for you.

But now I want you
out of my life forever.

- I can protect this child.
- How?

It will always be the
bastard of a fallen lady.

It will be spat upon.

Thomas and I, we lied to you.

Yes. But we would have given this baby

a better home.

Compared to you, almost anyone would.

Get out.

You ask me

to defy the Vatican.

I am asking the regent of
France to save Gideon's life.

He protected me

from Vatican control,

and from Elizabeth's potential wrath.

There may be a way to help him.

I am under attack

by a rogue group calling
themselves the Red Knights.

And my best general,

imprisoned in England,

could be of great help to me.

General Gaghan.

Francis' godfather.

Hmm, he's been devoted to this family.

He was captured while
fighting in Scotland

during the Battle of Restalrig.

I can offer Elizabeth a prisoner swap.

Gideon in exchange for Gaghan.

The only solution you can come up is one

that serves your own purposes?

You've worked hard to
preserve the Vatican's support

for your return to Scotland.

And while I am glad that
you have opened yourself up

emotionally to Gideon,

do not let those emotions
cloud your judgment.

But I will lose him.

Then I leave the decision to you.

Make the trade.

What are your plans now that
you're no longer engaged?

I don't know... I didn't
think it would be up to me.

It seems that the
queen's been making most

of my life decisions of late.

Catherine de Medici requests the release

of General Gaghan from the Tower.

In exchange, she will
allow Gideon Blackburn,

suspected enemy of the
Catholic Church and France,

to return to England.

If not, she will hand him over

to the Vatican, and
he will hang in Rome.

I thought he was a free man.

Who somehow infuriated the Pope.

I guess he can't charm everyone.

He's your ambassador, Elizabeth.

You're just gonna let him die?

I sent him to France to woo Mary.

He's more a male prostitute

than a master of diplomacy.

What?

You loathe him.

Besides, I'm not about to trade him

for a general who commanded a battalion

that killed hundreds of my soldiers.

The trade is completely uneven.

I can't believe I'm saying this,

but you should agree to the trade.

It was Gideon who uncovered

the Vatican plot against you, not me.

Gideon stayed true to
his ambassador's mission.

He protected you and the realm.

You can thank him for saving your life.

And what of his other mission?

Did Mary truly fall for him?

I believe so, yes.

Then tell me, what would hurt more...

knowing the person you love will die,

or knowing they are alive,
but you cannot have them?

Knowing they're alive.

But you can not have them.

I don't care if the queen of England

agreed to a prisoner exchange.

Gideon Blackburn is
an enemy of the Church,

and he must be punished.

Have you been to England,
Archbishop Ridolfi?

Everything's damp, the food's wretched.

Trust me when I say, he
will be in his own hell.

I don't think you appreciate

how upset the Vatican is over this.

This monarchy is under attack

by a group, who I suspect

turned one of your own, Cardinal Morel.

So you can understand,

why I took the opportunity

to get one of my most loyal
generals back to France...

a Catholic country, that
you and I and Pope Pius

all care for greatly.

Did King Charles approve this?

Of course.

As well as the privy council?

Are you asking me if I got permission

from the men of this country
to make a political move?

That would be the prudent thing to do.

Why do you dismiss me?

Because I'm a woman?

I have a mind of my own.

One that leads me to
wonder about things,

like your true intentions
for Mary, Queen of Scots.

If you were just using her as a puppet.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I find it hard to believe

that Joseph Tudor acted alone.

Makes perfect sense that you
wanted Elizabeth unseated,

and that it would be easy
to dupe that poor fool, Mary,

into thinking the Vatican truly
wanted her to rule England.

Poor fool?

You've always spoken
quite highly of her.

She lost her husband and her country.

Her guard was down, and
you took advantage of it.

From where I sit,

which is on the French throne

as its regent,

I see the Vatican pushing
around female monarchs,

and I don't appreciate it one bit.

You can go now.

It is a great pleasure.

It was the least I could do.

Lord Narcisse.

A word.

Excuse me.

To what do I owe this pleasure?

Do you have more false accusations

of treason to hurl my way?

On the contrary, I have
come to realize that you

were not behind the accusation
that I poisoned Francis,

or behind the recent
appearance of the Red Knights.

What changed your mind?

We captured one of the
Red Knights' conspirators.

He confessed to a plot

to dismantle the monarchy.

Stephan, your skills of treachery

are great,

but your love of country is greater.

You would never have
betrayed France in that way.

And people like you...

people who will protect
this country at any cost...

those are the people
that I need around me now.

Do I hear the sound of an apology?

You hear the sound of
me asking for your help.

To join me

in the fight against the Red Knights.

Then my help you shall receive.

Oh.

Is it done?

Our prisoner's corpse has been hidden,

even from God's sight.

I was keen to see if
the Spirits of Salts

could dissolve a whole body.

It can.

The Red Knights will strike again,

so I will continue to require
your particular... skills.

When he threw himself at my blade

and it pierced his chest,

hot blood spilling onto my hands...

You couldn't have pulled the knife back?

I needed information from him.

What can I say?

He caught me off guard,

and my instinct was

to drive the knife into him forever.

The instincts of a killer.

I couldn't help but notice that

when you were torturing that man,

it triggered quite...

a reaction.

That I was able to share
such an intimate moment...

to have you by my side as I
held a man's life in my hands...

It was exciting, wasn't it?

We are no longer lovers, Christophe.

Just two people who keep
each other's secrets.

So many people want to cause you harm.

All I want is to protect you.

So tonight, and every night,

I will sleep at the foot of your bed.

Christophe,

you can't be serious?

Please, stop that.

Hmm-mm.

Are you...? Yes, you
are sucking my toes.

We make a brilliant team, don't we?

Yes, I would say we do.

Not just that.

Although, that was rather brilliant.

The other day,

working together to expose
Greer's brother-in-law.

I enjoyed that.

As did I.

Up until the point
where I had to tell Greer

her brother-in-law was swindling her.

What if...

Well, I know you want
to raise your station

so that we can be together.

What if I helped you?

Claude, I can't take your money.

Especially as I don't really have any.

To get any, you have to ask the realm.

It's all very formal and accounted for.

I have jewels and the like.

Claude, really, it's-it's all right.

But I know people.

My title opens doors, Leith.

And that's what you
really need, isn't it?

So you would provide the contacts,

and I would do the work.

Yes.

And you must work very hard,

because I want to be with you

very much.

All right.

Really?

Yes.

That's marvelous.

Oh, the adventures we'll have.

Be sure to watch out for sea creatures

when you're crossing the channel.

My father says if I see a dolphin,

it means we'll have good luck.

I'll miss you, Agatha.

I'll miss you, too.

I'll see you at the carriage.

Thank you for convincing
Catherine to spare me.

It's the least I could do,
after all you've done for me.

But now I must continue
my service to England.

And you will take back your country.

It's unlikely our
paths will cross again.

But I will hope that
they do, that one day

I will be walking
through Scottish court,

turn a corner and meet

my new English ambassador.

I don't give my heart,

or give up easily, either.

You will see me again.

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