@animusviincit eplied to your post: SAME. I can understand most of the things he does in s2b, but what bothers me much more is actually s2a. That francis lied to Mary and shut her out. (And don’t let us talk about that strange woman that is henry’s Ghost)
To me, S2A makes sense. I mean, him withholding the truth from her fell into the same line of selflessness he’s generally shown in regards to her. Regicide was a crime of high treason, which was punishable by death, a horrific one on top of that. Now Francis’ situation was even more grave, as he was the direct heir to the French crown, which can bring about the insinuation that he did what he did solely out of greed as to ascend to the throne, which directly and automatically also puts her in the line of fire. The entire decision of not telling May was because the only chance she would’ve had to not be trialed/charged (and killed) in the same way as him, is if she could fully deny any involvement or knowledge of it. And there’s a major difference between pretending to not know and actually not knowing. Francis cares too much for her, it was filled with too much risk— if he had told her, it would’ve been the most selfish act on his behalf, which doesn’t suit him. He’s not selfish, he’s suggested giving himself up for people he loves on numerous occasions, he wouldn’t turn a 180 here, especially not in regards to Mary.
As for ‘Henry’s ghost’, what can I say; Narcisse is not a stupid one by any means whatsoever. He had a hunch, he followed up on it and took a risk of his own to potentially get information that was more valuable than anything else. Controlling a King’s hand is massive.