I Am Louis XIV

"Probably because your mother has never suffered." Mrs. Milady said with a smile.

It was the young Duke of Colonna who walked with her in the moonlight, and Mrs. Milady was also considered to be one of the king's guests on the couch, but as far as the Duke of Colonna had seen in the past few years, this witch The secret agent seems to be more enthusiastic about his own career than begging his father for a love-this is an important reason why the Duke of Colonna is willing to confide his troubles to her and seek a solution. Milady stopped, sighed and thought that she could no longer caress the head of the little duke casually. Firstly, the Duke of Colonna would be despised, and secondly, she should also keep a distance from the king's son—— It seems that Milady has been in Gayola Island for more than ten years. Compared with Mary, who is not so good at intrigues and tricks, in terms of governance and management, she is half the teacher of the Duke of Colonna. Moreover, there are rumors that There are also examples.

The little Duke of Colonna was not spoiled by his mother to the point where Louis had to give him up, thanks to Milady.

"Can you go into more detail?" Duke Colonna asked annoyed.

"Let's go up again," said Mrs. Milady, and they went around the Holly Labyrinth and walked along the perimeter of the palace to the elevator that could reach the highest point.

As I said before, the Palace of Versailles is a Latin cross in plan. Then, you can say that it is a three-story building, or it can be said to have five floors, because it has a one and a half basement, which is almost the same area as the hall above. Large, halls on the first floor, Bacchus Hall and Neptune Hall on the left, Venus Hall and Mars Hall on the right, Victory Hall in the middle, Victory Gallery in the front, and Jupiter in the back Hall and Juno Hall are the places where the king works and discusses—the second and third floors are suites of different sizes, only a few of which are occupied, and some of them are specially reserved by the king for Viscount Turenne, The rooms of the Duke of Luxembourg, Captain Vauban and other generals, as well as the rooms of the Minister of Finance Colbert, the father of the Marquis of Lois, the current Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, etc., the Duke of Lorraine is willing to bow his knees to the king The princes also have their rooms, and some envoys also have rooms, but this room is only reserved for them during the celebration banquet, but on the third floor, there are only members of the Bourbon royal family. There is a beautiful large dome pavilion in the center, where the cross crosses. At the top of the pavilion is a gilded statue of Apollo, which is similar in size to an adult male. On the top of the guardrail around the platform, there are Miu with musical instruments standing at intervals. It is a marble statue about one-third the size of Apollo.

Two hydraulic lifting devices are specially set up on the platform for the guests to go up and down, so that the guests do not need to wait for a long time crowded in the stairs and corridors before and after watching the fireworks - this weird and novel machine also comes from the king A bachelor of the Academy of Sciences, a person named Calais Pascal, of course, he only proposed the law that fluid can transmit pressure at the beginning, and applied it to water pressure gauges and syringes. This is a matter of 53 years. At that time, the king was instructing Descartes and Colbert to build the Royal Academy of France, and Pascal was also invited, so he came with his family happily. The king was always very generous to these bachelors and rarely interfered with their research, so Pascal quickly brought out the most primitive hydraulic lifting device-driven by a steam engine, the machine and the lifting passage were all wrapped in oak and marble, and it looked like a cute little room from the outside and inside.

For us, this kind of device is undoubtedly extremely crude, but for people in the seventeenth century, it is simply a kind of magic—but both Milady and the Duke of Colonna know it is not, at most it is a kind of alchemy , At this time, the people had already dispersed, and when they arrived on the terrace, there was only silence to accompany them, and the evening wind carried a slight chill. Mrs. Milady stretched out her hand, and the invisible cloak gently enveloped the two of them.

"You know that I don't have a good background, and I'm even a bit ugly," said Mrs. Milady, "Although a large part of it is caused by my being too frivolous and stupid-I naively regarded a bishop with real power as a I did those men I met before, thinking that I could easily play with them in the palm of my hand, I was wrong, the price I paid was going to prison, you may not be able to understand the concept of a mortal prison, because in the other world The worst condition of a wizard is a hundred times better than that of ordinary people. Mr. Duke, there is a living hell there. You will never imagine how much you need to pay in order to live, to be able to breathe, eat, and see the sun... …sometimes you can’t afford it, and I was lucky, and I was young and beautiful, but I watched the last light go away every night, and I thought I was going to lose my mind the next day.”

She paused: "There you can see, hear, and feel all the evil in the world. In order to survive, everyone is struggling at all costs, without morality, and without thinking," she shook her head, " Only instinct."

If another person said that, the Duke of Colonna would definitely say some comforting words, but he knew that Mrs. Milady would never say these things to him for no reason. He looked at Mrs. Milady, who challenged her with a smile. Raising one eyebrow: "The problem you want to talk about is that your mother always has many unrealistic dreams about His Majesty..."

"Hey..." The Duke of Colonna hesitated for a while, but still nodded. He is already twelve years old, and maybe two or three years later, he will also enter into a marriage contract with the noble lady chosen by the king for him. It stands to reason that he has already arrived At the age of the beginning of love, he still couldn't understand his mother's obsession. Her willful behavior in the Venus Hall not only made it difficult for His Majesty to deal with it, but also put Madame La Vallière in an embarrassing situation. Fortunately, The Duke of Orleans came over immediately, invited Madame La Vallière to dance a minuet, and took the hand that the other party had already extended, otherwise Madame La Vallière would become the biggest joke of the night.

"I thought she was able to accept the existence of Madame La Vallière." The Duke of Colonna said dryly. In fact, Marie Mancini was not only incomparable to Queen Teresa in terms of status, but also It cannot be compared with Mrs. La Vallière, who is the first royal lady recognized by the court after all. Even Mrs. Milady is easier to be accepted by the people in the Paris court than her, but on the other hand, Marie also had places beyond the reach of the queen and Madame Lavallière. For example, in Gajola and Calais, Marie was the only mistress.

"That's why I say that your mother, the Duchess of Colonna, has never suffered," Madame Milady said leisurely: "If she has ever been in a desperate situation, she understands and understands herself." You are in the same situation.” She said: “You too, you are very lucky, you were born as the son of a king, and His Majesty is willing to recognize you, giving you a prominent and innocent status, and a bright future, it is difficult for you to understand——Colonna Madam should have told you about the relationship between the king and her, so you know, your father has not always been smooth sailing. He ascended the throne at the age of five, and all the government affairs were done by Cardinal Mazarin and the Queen Mother—he He didn't even have a little power in his hands, and when he was ten years old, the riots of the Fronde even forced him to escape from Paris overnight, escape from his capital, and from the hands of his people-this kind of riot was not once, but Twice, the second time was his blood relatives, Prince Condé and Prince Conti dominated, his uncle Duke Gaston deliberately waited for them both to lose, and then stole the crown from it, His Majesty fled from Paris to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, I fled from Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Hetel, and when I was in the most embarrassing situation, I needed the Queen Mother to pawn clothes in exchange for food and necessary expenses..."

"I've heard some."

"But you are more focused on your Majesty's current glory," Mrs. Milady made a gesture, "Although it is too contemptuous and even a kind of blasphemy to use me as an example, I must say that at that time the king was The threat to life is not less than that of a prisoner in a prison, but my little Highness, one thing is the same, it is difficult for a person who is struggling to support under such pressure to have any charming thoughts—— —Even if he is relieved, his reason will always override his emotions because of this experience, and he may need comfort, but he will definitely want help and support more than empty words."

"Mother has done as he said." Duke Colonna murmured.

"Not enough," said Lady Milady; "she should think in your father's shoes, as a ruler."

"Perhaps I shouldn't have made such a request," said the Duke of Colonna.

"It's not a matter of whether you asked or not," said Madame Milady, "you have to make the Duchess Colonna understand that love is an extremely luxurious thing, and it can only be obtained after giving up a lot of things. Possession includes power and responsibility, but the problem is that once they are lost, the flower of love will be destroyed by the storm. Therefore, if she wants to get the king's love, she must let His Majesty eliminate all worries... "

"How is this possible?"

"Then the majority," said Lady Milady, "or take a step back and don't add new troubles to Your Majesty."

"I can probably understand what you mean," said the Duke of Colonna. "It's like when you are in prison, in order to survive, you don't care about whether you can get love at all, and my father, the king of France, Before he stops his conquest, he will not put love in an important position..."

"That's right," Mrs. Milady clapped her hands. "You finally understand what I mean. You have to state your interests to your mother—she should grow up too."

"I wish I could," said the Duke of Colonna hopelessly. "She's too stubborn."

"My Majesty has his faults, too," said Lady Milady. "He is too indecisive in this respect."

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His majesty, indecisive, was in Madame Lavallière's chambers when Madame Millais was trying to convince the Duke of Colonna. The maids are already asleep, because of today's incident, the king came to accompany Mrs. Lavallière on purpose. What he didn't expect was that Mrs. Lavallière didn't feel sad: "Because seeing her, it's like I saw another me, Your Majesty," she smiled palely: "You should have told me earlier, Your Majesty, I am so ugly, you don't love me as a matter of course, who can love someone like that."

"You have done nothing wrong," Louis said calmly, "I cannot repay your love."

"Because that's not what you need," said Madame Lavallière, "but let us love you, Your Majesty, we can't love anyone else." She followed the king's gaze and looked out of the window , from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the holly labyrinth, and there are thousands of large and small fountains inlaid in the blue pattern. Puton (the Roman god of the sea) to Diana (the god of the hunt and the moon), and then to Hercules, Hercules, and monsters and spirits, some of them can ignite fire in the abdominal wall, some can make a cry, and some can shoot from the arrow in their hands. The arrows, the pouting lips and the pouring water bottles pour out the crystal water column - it is the Versailles Grand Canal that provides the pressure and water source for these landscapes, and you can see it from the bedroom of the Palace of Versailles on the other side. The foot extends to the sky and the earth. This Grand Canal not only exists for this palace, but also solves the problem of drinking water and water for nearly 100,000 residents of Versailles.

She was suddenly relieved, yes, both Mary and she were losers, because no one could be more worthy of His Majesty's love than this country.

"His Majesty……"

"What?"

"No, nothing." Madame La Vallière turned around, "It's time to rest, Your Majesty, you still have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

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The little Duke of Colonna received Mrs. Milady's persuasion, or an analysis. Although he was still heavy-hearted, he had at least thought of a way to comfort his mother. Before becoming an unshakable and powerful country, Louis XIV's eyes will never stop on Marie Mancini or anyone else. There are too many things he needs to bear, so many that he has no time to take care of them. For personal love, his mother either continued to wait silently, or, like Mrs. Milady, became the king's indispensable wings and minions—even if she couldn't get love, she could still gain His Majesty's trust.

He thought so, but before he could knock on the Duchess' door, the heavy oak door suddenly opened, and Mrs. Colonna stood behind the door with red eyes: "She is pregnant! Lucy , she has Louis' child!"