I Am Louis XIV

But after a pause, the princess denied herself again: "No, wait, words can't represent the soul, and love doesn't necessarily only bring benefits to people." Even Mary Mancini is said to have thought Make the king abdicate the throne and live in seclusion with her in Gayola.

"My mother is a Mancini." Joseph said. The history of the Mancini family is not so open and aboveboard. It was because of the wife of the Mancini family that Yivalo had to escape from the other world.

Also because of this, people in the Mancini family will always be extra sensitive about love affairs.

"How did she let you know?" the princess asked again.

"During the interrogation," said Joseph, "when she heard people say that the plot was against His Majesty, she immediately swore that she would never do that to a loved one." Wizard to wizard, oath But effective.

The princess smiled: "It may be true, or it may be false, maybe she herself doesn't know whether it is true or not."

"Why do you question His Majesty's charm so much?" Joseph said jokingly: "People in the court first hated Mrs. Mary Mancini, then Mrs. La Vallière, then Mrs. Montespan, and even the queen. Your Majesty, is it because even without the crown and scepter, our Majesty is still as impeccable and perfect as the sun god." He turned around and looked at the king's position: "Time is especially lenient to him. My father said He is like a diamond that has been sharpened and tempered to become more dazzling, while others are like glass that has become smooth and dull due to constant damage and contamination."

The princess also looked over with him: "I don't deny your words," she said, "I'm talking about Mrs. Montespan, she is not the kind of person to be trusted, and no matter how sincere her heart is, she can't be trusted." Will change as circumstances change, and if she does come under severe scrutiny, she will put love on the table as a bargaining chip and beg for the king's tolerance-but she can still appear here now, it seems that the incident It really has nothing to do with her."

"I hope the Duke of Orleans will not mind what I tell you," said Joseph, "but it is my mother's wish."

"Does she hate Madame Montespan?"

"It's the same as a woman and a Mancini." Joseph said——Mancini's five sisters, the elder sister died young, and the four sisters had their own experiences, but the one who has the best relationship with Mary Mancini is Laura Mancini, she is not as good as Olympia or Marie in appearance, but she has a pure temperament and has great talents in literature and music. Even if her background is awkward, after marrying the son of the Duke of Vendome, The relationship between the husband and wife is quite harmonious. As their life, Joseph did not achieve nothing like his father, and he showed outstanding qualities when he was still very young - the old Duke bluntly said that this came from his mother rather than Inherited and nurtured by the father.

And what Laura Mancini has always been worried about is the emotional tragedy between Mary and the king. She can't criticize the king's choice. After all, she is the wisest and most understanding of the sisters. The other lovers of the king will have a good face, especially Mrs. Montespan. Mary was framed entirely by this witch, and if Mary was still the Duchess of Colonna, those people might not have chosen her as the queen. "Introduction".

In short, the lady mustered all her strength to make it difficult for Mrs. Montespan.

The status of the Grand Princess in the Palace of Versailles is obvious to all. After she gets married, she will be the Crown Princess of Prussia, and she will be the Queen of Prussia in the future. Her attitude can indeed cause a fatal blow to Mrs. Montespan at some point—but Joseph found that he Maybe it's superfluous, the princess's impression of this lady was not good in the first place.

"Because she once proudly declared that she would never fall in love with our Majesty the King." The princess said, "She should start to regret it now."

"The king's love is priceless." Joseph said, and then he couldn't help but smile a little. No wonder Mrs. Montespan became restless recently. She also realized what a stupid mistake she had made, no matter it was out of profit or out of business. Because of the true feelings... She really shouldn't treat His Majesty the king as those superficial and stupid mortals, and put on a contemptuous attitude - but like this kind of woman who can kill her husband, of course she can't understand the king and Mary Manche What does the entanglement between Ni and Ni mean.

At this time, Ferdinand was already dancing with Mrs. Montespan, no matter what their thoughts were, they were quite pleasing in terms of appearance and posture—Ferdinand had a typical Italian face with high browbones, With sunken eye sockets and protruding facial contours, she looks very masculine, concealing a bit of immaturity of young people; although Mrs. Montespan is close to puberty, she is at her most beautiful time, coming from a different blood She unabashedly used her strange charm to the fullest, making the people around her involuntarily stare at him.

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Did Mrs. Montespan regret it? certainly.

She has been used to seeing men who are fascinated by her mother as soon as she meets her mother, from the inner world to the outer world, from the humblest coachman to the noble duke, they are all defeated by her mother, although she and her sister She failed to inherit everything from her mother, but she has surpassed most women. No, it should be said that Mrs. Montespan never thought that anyone could surpass her.

She felt that since Louis XIV could be conquered by Marie Mancini, it would be easy for him to kneel under her skirt in the future, but as time passed, she became more and more uncertain. Later, she gave birth to a son for the king, but was canonized as the Duke of Montreal, and she was even more indignant-Marie Mancini's son became the Duke of Colonna, and now the king is seeking the throne of Naples for him, Lava Mrs. Liel's son is the Duke of Halebur. People say that he will manage Flanders for the king in the future. As for her son, he will be exiled to the northernmost part of the New World, where there is no one but fur and wood. There is no birthplace!

Seriously, if she hadn't been terrified by something like that in Brittany, she might have played tricks to get the king to change his mind - but as soon as she got back to Paris, she was thrown into the bus Hell! It's not the kind of comfortable prison that Marie Mancini stayed in, but a real prison full of instruments of torture, the kind where both the judge and the executioner are wizards!

As a witch, Mrs. Montespan is incompetent, not because she is not smart, but because she lacks teaching in this area. She grew up in a women's convent, and her biological father, Varo, had almost no contact with her. The duke hadn't lost his mind enough to get her a wizard teacher... She almost broke down when she saw Barras.

After being taught a lesson, she really settled down a lot, and finally accepted the arrangement of the king, who gave her the power to sell her official titles, so that some people would be willing to fight in the distant and cold New World——Louis XIV looked around Montespan Some of the lady's people, they are either small and medium nobles who want to fight, or they are the second or third sons of big nobles. In France or even the whole of Europe, it is difficult for them to find a place to intervene. They can only hope to find them in the north of America. Opportunities to show their talents - there are many people who think that if they make great achievements, they can be recalled to Paris or Versailles, but they may soon find that Montreal is not as barren and desolate as they imagined. Great places to drink milk and honey, only now they are all covered under thick ice and snow.

Today, the attention of many European countries is still on this continent, but because Louis XIV was determined not to push the burden of war on the people from the beginning, he was very concerned about the colonies and the new land. In fact, from Spain and Portugal can see that the colony’s feedback to the suzerain country far exceeds the suzerain’s own output—although it is a bit ironic and disgusting to use the term “feedback” here, because except for the governor and army of Louis XIV, people in other countries The local aborigines are not friendly. They regard the latter as animals and tools, and dispose of them as they please-if it weren’t for the Indians in America to show their fangs, they might also be slaves now, just like the Indians in Africa. black.

Louis XIV's lenient treatment of the Indians was not because of sympathy or pity for them-on the issue of colonies, France was undoubtedly one step behind other countries, which led to France's foundation in America or other colonies. It is stable, but if it can be united with the local Indians, a new France... Louis XIV thought ambitiously, it is not impossible.

As for people’s contempt and disgust for the natives——Louis XIV is a ruler who can accept wizards and pagans. The beliefs of these Indians are still very primitive. According to the priests who went to America, they did not refuse to believe in God. That being the case, it's okay to think that France has one more race.

When the war was approaching, Louis XIV had to focus part of his energy on Montreal, lest he won the victory on the Europa battlefield, but lost control of the New World—let's say, France, Spain, Holland, etc. , is the past and the present, but the New World is the future.

What's more, with the support of the British and Austrians, the Dutch government-in-exile is always ready to revive in Quebec.

He took a deep breath as he sat on the throne, and the queen looked at him, placing her hand reassuringly on his arm.

"Nothing," Louie said mildly, "I just thought of something."

"You always have so many things to think about," the queen said softly, "You might as well go dance with Mrs. Montespan, talk, and relieve your mood. It always makes me feel uncomfortable to see you like this." .”

"I can't say it's a bad thing, but you're right, I'm going to let the Duke of Montreal go to his fief early."

The queen was taken aback, but the king had already reached Mrs. Montespan's side.

Mrs. Montespan expected it, "You don't love me, so you don't love the child." She said sadly: "You send him away like this, Your Majesty, he can't walk by himself."

"If you have read books, then you should know the origin of the Prince of Wales." Louis said.

It's hard to say if this is a rumor - after the British King Edward I sent troops to conquer Wales, he promised the Welsh people a "prince who was born in Wales, could not speak English, and spoke Welsh at the first sentence after birth", Wales Of course, people’s idea is to let a Welshman rule Wales, even if he is controlled and appointed by the King of England, but how can Edward I let Wales continue to be Welsh Wales? The newly built Caernarfon Castle, where the Queen gave birth to their fourth son, Little Edward, who he declared before the Welsh to be their Prince of Wales.

This is indeed a prince who was "born in Wales, could not speak English, and spoke Welsh in the first sentence after birth". After all, no one can tell whether the baby's crying is speaking English or Welsh.

Mrs. Montespan showed some hesitation, and she raised her head longingly: "Do you mean that he will be your representative in America?"

"He rules Montreal for me," Louis said. "He'll grow up safe and sound." He wouldn't dare send a baby to freezing Montreal without a wizard, but with a wizard that's another matter After all, when the wizards escaped from the church, they prepared a lot of spells and medicines for their descendants. Nor will the Duke of Montreal be asked to perform his duties immediately, he is a symbol.

"I will let General Schaumberg accompany him to Montreal." Louis added, he felt that Mrs. Montespan suddenly relaxed. It seemed that she was still worried about whether the king would expel her and her son.

Mrs. Montespan felt relieved. She had learned a little about Louis XIV in the past few years. Although she was very angry, she still had to say that Louis XIV still loved her own flesh and blood, and in terms of importance, She is really not as good as General Schomberg.

There is also a reason why Louis chose Schaumberg. After some Huguenots went to Sweden with the princess, some Huguenots were willing to go to Montreal-this was also one of the conditions put forward by the king. There you can continue to be faithful to your faith, and General Schaumberg, who is also a Protestant, may be for this reason, rather than staying in Versailles or Paris, which are all Catholics, he would rather be thousands of miles away. The New World to serve its king.

He also promised that if the war required him, he would return immediately.

Marshal Schaumberg is also sixty-five years old. Although he is still in good health, Louis thought, but if it is not necessary, let him stay in Montreal. The new army in Montreal needs such experience and authority. The powerful old man will rule.

He said this to Mrs. Montespan. After Mrs. Montespan finished dancing with the king, she immediately sent her maid to tell Marshal Schomberg that she was waiting for his invitation. It seemed that she couldn't wait. Wanting to finalize this matter, but this is exactly what Louis XIV meant, he went straight back to his seat, and after a casual glance, he found that the Duke of Orleans was not there.

This is a bit strange, before the king leaves, unless it is extremely urgent, no one can go away. The queen immediately held Louis' hand: "The Duke of Orleans asked me to tell you that someone suddenly said that Henrietta's situation... not too good……"

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Henrietta, she is the princess of England, the daughter of Charles I and the younger sister of Charles II. Her husband is Philip, the younger brother of the King of France, Duke of Orleans. The Empress Dowager's favorite, it stands to reason that this ill-fated woman should have nothing to complain about.

But she is dying now.