I Am Louis XIV

Milady looked at the queen calmly, wondering when she would react and call out the assassin. This kind of response was undoubtedly the best. She saved herself from torture, and she could directly kill King Carlos II after he woke up. The blame lay upon Milady—and it was true, too, that the murder weapon was still in Lady Milady's hands.

The nobleman and woman that Mrs. Milady saw—there is no mistake here, there are too many. Generally speaking, noblemen will not consider a lowly "famous lady", even if she rushed out to rescue her; as for the woman Well, it's not that Mrs. Milady has never seen a woman whose nose and eyes are swollen by her husband. If someone comes out to uphold justice and make her husband suffer, she will jump up and curse or even tear her.

Who knows if this little queen will be delusional, thinking that catching the assassin will give Carlos II a different look.

The queen's head was still a little dizzy. She sat on the ground and thought for a while, then grabbed a chair on one side and climbed up, leaning her body against the table, enduring the burning heat under her ribs one after another—it was also after arriving here, Only then did she know that her skin and muscles would be hot after being beaten. The edge of the table was inlaid with gilt brass, which took away the annoying temperature. She felt a little more awake before looking at that... lady.

This lady in a vermilion velvet dress is actually quite calm, and she speaks in an orderly manner, with a gentle accent. Maybe she has a very good background, and the world is changing. Earlier, Anthony Ya never thought that a princess or a queen would be beaten like a beast, now that she is gone, how fate will play with mortals, she still doesn't know?

Antonia was startled when something cold came against her face, and then she realized that the lady was pressing a handkerchief soaked in wine to her swollen face. She subconsciously thanked her in a low voice. Mrs. Milady could almost cover her face with one hand, and a slap from Carlos II could make half of her face look like a pig's head. The former recalled what she saw when she ran out - the other party had been able to skillfully bend her body, hide her abdomen and chest, and put it on a girl born in a poor shanty town. On the princess and queen...

Her hand was suddenly grabbed.

The queen did not shout loudly that there was an assassin as Mrs. Milady thought. She said in a low voice and hurriedly: "Wait." In order to avoid arousing the "interest" of Carlos II, the nobles in the Spanish court now Almost all women wear long black or gray dresses with dull colors. As soon as this lady goes out, people will question and stare: "I have a big hooded cloak, madam, you put it on, and then I will take you Go out, I will ask someone to send you away, to a place that no one else knows, and don't tell anyone about it, never, don't let the king catch you, or..." The queen said: " Believe me, there is always something scarier than burning hands, gutting, and dismembering corpses."

"Hey, I heard you right, Your Majesty, are you going to let me go?" Mrs. Milady asked curiously, letting her hold her hand.

"You meant to save me," said the queen, "you could have stayed in the room."

"If he hadn't hit it hard," said Mrs. Milady, she had been in prison, she had been in the most chaotic and darkest neighborhoods, and she knew that a person just wanted to teach someone a lesson, or wanted to kill someone, or Is completely out of control - like an alcoholic father or husband, what would it look like, she could tell that today's Carlos II is clearly the third category: "He wants to kill you, can you feel it? , or rather, he thinks it doesn't matter if he kills you."

"It really doesn't matter," said the queen. "Spain has already had a connection with the Holy Roman Empire." Of course, Leopold I may have other ideas, but if she dies, it's nothing, and no one will do it for her. Seeking justice: "So I want to thank you."

Mrs. Milady looked at the queen curiously. It was a typical Habsburg face. The protruding mandible caused her pretty pretty upper half of her face to look like a crushed clay figurine, which was completely deformed. A pair of eyes are still touching and bright, "You have a beautiful heart, Your Majesty the Queen." Some people may criticize the Queen and the noble ladies for hiring famous ladies and wandering girls to be their scapegoats, but since Mrs. Milady has been The most embarrassing thing, of course, knowing that the queen's employment is a way of life that some girls can't wait for: "What about you," she asked, "What will you say when the king wakes up?"

"When you are gone," said the Queen, "I will take him to bed and drink him, and when he wakes he will remember nothing."

"If that's the case," Mrs. Milady smiled brilliantly. Even though they were both women, the queen could not help blushing. It was a very charming smile—although she didn't know where the charm came from—she felt that Seeing that the hand that was pressing on her face fell, she quickly squeezed her body: "The bones are fine." Mrs. Milady said, "But don't give him that hop wine, you didn't expect hop wine Has it no effect on him?"

"Who are you?" asked the queen.

"We have our means," said Mrs. Milady. "You have days and nights in your life, and we have only nights. We know how to deal with offal." She said, "If you will trust me, I can. Let him remember nothing."

The little queen supported the table and stood up. She didn't speak, but took off all the jewelry - from hairpins to bracelets, from rings to necklaces, everyone knew how Carlos II treated his wife, every time... …Afterwards, they would bring jewelry to comfort her, and she did not lack for these things at all. The sparkling diamonds were piled up in a small pile on the table: "You can take all of these."

"You are such a generous and good man." Mrs. Milady smiled, and then she lifted Carlos II with a bow and threw him on the bed. When Carlos II hummed and was about to wake up, she She straddled him, pinched his cheek, and poured him a small bottle of potion.

"Now I can guarantee that he won't remember anything when he wakes up tomorrow."

The queen looked at Carlos II. After swallowing the potion, one side of his head fell asleep as if he was dead.

"I wish I had more courage," said the Queen.

"He is the king of the Spaniards," said Madame Milady; "life and death are for the Spaniards alone.

"Who are you?" asked the queen again.

Mrs. Milady lowered her eyes, "A person of humble status, Your Majesty, is also hired." She pretended to hesitate and said: "Your Majesty, I don't need to pay, but if I can, I want to know if you Have you seen a girl named Bella, the Molilo family?"

The queen was confused at first, and then her body tensed up suddenly, and she quickly looked away, "Sorry, I don't know if I have seen this girl before."

"Four months ago she was hired to work in the palace. She could count and write and read. People said she would serve the nobles instead of staying in the kitchen. But after only a few days, she suddenly disappeared. , her family went to inquire and search, but suddenly there was no sound..."

"Don't ask!" the queen said sternly, lowering her voice.

"A young man who loved her and was willing to die for her entrusted me to inquire about the news." Mrs. Milady responded softly. "He sold all his property and waited outside the palace, just wanting to get a certainty. The answer - is she... dead?"

The queen took a deep breath: "Don't ask, you can take that book, which is worth almost as much as my jewels, and take it to the young man. Tell him to fly away and never return to Toledo .”

Lady Milady stared at the queen: "He told me that if the girl is indeed dead, then tell him where her bones are buried, and he will go to her grave and sing for her instead of the nightingale."

The little queen sat there upright, wringing her hands: "I can't tell you," she said sadly: "Santo Domingo will take care of her, and if he can't forget her, let him go to any Santo Domingo." Go down to the icon of Mingo, pray to the saint, and ask him to protect the girl he loves."

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Santo Domingo is the most valuable thing Mrs. Milady has obtained in this operation.

What she said to the queen was nine percent true and one percent false.

Bella is indeed a real person, and what happened to her is also true. The young man who admired her also exists, but he lost the courage to pursue the matter after Bella's family suddenly disappeared. , how did Lady Milady know? Like most men, he confided in a famous lady after drinking.

Leaving aside how strange this behavior was, Lady Milady took advantage of it skillfully and naturally, and what is more interesting is that the Queen did know the girl.

In any court, those who serve the queen mother, queen, princess, and princess must be daughters of famous families, but most of their maids, as well as those maids who really do things, are hired—just according to the current practice, These maids and maidservants also came from the servants' house of the royal palace.

In this era, sons would of course take over their father's occupation and property, and daughters would often marry the sons of their father's colleagues. The sects were clearly divided, and the inheritance was orderly. Some servant families could even serve members of the royal family of several dynasties in a row.

But sometimes the royal palace will also absorb new blood. Usually, these new blood are not ordinary civilians. They are usually related to a servant family, or a distant branch. This time Bella is such a girl , she had studied in a monastery, and her family's assets were not considered rich, but she had no worries about food and clothing. According to her father's original idea, she hoped that she could find a husband in the palace.

But like all favored children, Bella has her own thoughts, and her idea is to be with her beloved.

They had been secretly exchanging letters, and occasionally dated outside the palace... so unlike other girls, Bella's first no-show for no reason made the young man start to worry. At this time, he heard some very bad rumors... It's just that when he saw the end of Bella's family, he couldn't help feeling scared—he only dared to seek help secretly, but as a commoner, who could he find? He didn't even dare Explain to others what it is.

This is a chest of treasures, Madame Milady thought, and I got the key from Queen Antonia.

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When Carlos II woke up the next day, he really couldn't remember what happened before. He only remembered that he hit the queen, the familiar feeling—then he went to push the bookshelf in the queen's bedroom, which he had never touched before. , he has long been tired of studying. The bookshelf was not moving, so he had it broken down, but there was only a stone wall inside.

Queen Antonia looked numbly at all her cherished books being thrown on the ground, and forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart. After the lady left last night, she warned her that, just in case, it is best to keep the secret room Sealed up—her maid found some servants who admired them. These brave young men worked frantically for two or three hours, and finally made up the wall. In fact, if Carlos II went to Touch it, and he will find that the wall is still wet.

Fortunately he didn't.

But for this tyrannical king, sometimes evidence is not necessarily needed. He was upset and forced the queen to his "underground palace".

What kind of underground palace is this? !

The Old Royal Palace of Toledo is located on a hill with a height of about 1,000 feet, surrounded by city barriers, and there are also churches and monasteries, many of which were transformed from temples built by the original pagans. ——Because Toledo has been retaken several times, religious sites will be rebuilt and rectified each time, so in some places, even the original designers and builders cannot figure out the real structure.

The "underground palace" of Carlos II is a huge mausoleum located under the monastery of Santo Domingo. It is unknown that he came and went here because the old royal palace of Toledo has a secret passage with the monastery, which was originally built It may be for refuge, but since the establishment of the Toledo Inquisition in this monastery, it has not only changed the catacombs into prisons and interrogation rooms, but also turned this secret passage into a place similar to that of the original double kings (Cass). Queen Tilia and King of Aragon's United Kingdom - Spain) conspired).

Just like what Bishop Mazaran and Louis said bluntly, at that time, the two kings used the hands of the Inquisition to destroy many political opponents and plunder countless wealth. The Spanish Inquisition also became the longest and most prosperous one in the entire Europa region. place.

When Carlos II became more and more unable to control his evil thoughts, this place became his "pastime" again.