I Am Louis XIV

Little Teresa, former Queen of Sweden, Lady Christina, almost forgotten, reappears in France.

When she left France, Versailles had not yet been completed, and she lived in the Louvre, and later Fontainebleau. Even so, the prosperity of Paris still made her sigh deeply... because Stockholm in Sweden is simply a city of color compared with it. A dull, ordinary town. Now, standing in Versailles, she didn't know whether it was anger, joy, or joy that could not be found.

Her country and people abandoned her, but she must admit that they did the right thing. As long as the eldest princess can bring Sweden one-tenth of France, she is worthy of being the queen of Sweden, and she is not a failure to Karl Ten. The affection of the first generation to her - she knew that Karl XI built a royal palace exclusively for her on the "Queen's Island" for the queen.

Louis XIV was also looking at the former queen, now a nun.

When he met Christina for the first time, not long after she stepped down from the throne, she was proud and arrogant. Even under his repeated reminders, she still insisted on executing the servant who betrayed her at Fontainebleau Palace.

Fontainebleau is the territory of the King of France, the castle, that is to say, from Christina onwards, everyone has been treated with great hospitality by him. Even if Christina wants to punish the rebellion, she should return to Sweden instead of disregarding France In the king's face, killing one of his guests is a provocation to the king and the "guest law".

That is to say, from that day onwards, Louis XIV completely withdrew his support for Christina - being a woman and inclination to Catholicism were originally the two major weaknesses of the young queen, which put her at a disadvantage in many ways, but This situation is also conducive to France trying to win over Sweden, so Louis XIV originally wanted to form an alliance with her, but in just a few days, everyone saw that this lady couldn't even control her emotions, or , can't read the situation, thinks she doesn't need to control - she is not fit to be a ruler.

Louis XIV immediately reached an agreement with Christina's cousin, the mother of King Karl XI of Sweden. Her husband is the grandson of Karl IX, and Christina is the grandson of Karl IX, not to mention that they only returned to Sweden from Germany during the Thirty Years War, so it is not surprising that they are regarded as foreigners by the Swedes.

After Karl X came to the throne, he often fought outside. He was not often in Stockholm. The Swedes were very strange to him. When he went to see God, Karl XI was only five years old. At that time, someone called out that he should abdicate The queen returned to Sweden, and Christina also said that if Karl XI could not be a qualified king, she would return to the throne, and put it into practice-began to travel around the country to seek support.

It is enough for Karl XI and his mother to be grateful that the French king did not fall into trouble at this time. This is why, when the eldest princess began to discuss marriage, Sweden showed the most sincerity.

But to Christina, this is out-and-out betrayal and deception.

Not to mention, the marriage between Karl XI and Princess Elizabeth is certain here, and here Louis XIV asked Mrs. Milady to send a nun's turban to Ms. Christina who was under house arrest in Rome.

Ten years of captivity made Christina completely lose her original color, like a rose that has been scorched by the years, haggard, thin, and hollow, only the eyes still have a little bit of light that belongs to the queen, oh , By the way, there was another knife that pierced the courage and skill of the "unexpected visitor".

Ms. Christina, who has been forgotten by many people, has been remembered by some people. After all, the French king has few weaknesses. When the war is approaching, it is obviously a good idea to let Sweden fall into civil strife. Targeting the original Spanish queen Antonia The assassination was nothing but a smokescreen they released. When the French king's men in Rome were busy protecting the former queen, they went to the former queen of Sweden.

What they said is very pleasant, and it sounds like there is room for implementation. As the ruler in office, he will always be disgusted and dissatisfied by some people, and some people will deliberately take advantage of riots and coups to seek opportunities to climb up. Christina is in power. At that time, although there were many opponents, there were also many supporters, especially those civilians who were promoted to the noble class by her, "They always remember you." Those people said this, trying to persuade Christina to go back to Sweden with them, they It even said that as long as Christina is willing, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire will be her patron.

Christina remembered that His Majesty the Emperor, Karl X was his asylum at the beginning, after all, Karl X's father was the heir of the Duke of Palatinate-Zweibruecken.

She pretended to be obedient, and when the other party was negligent, she stabbed the people around her—the one who gave orders among them—she knew very well that among a group of people, the most noble person suddenly fell down, and his life and death were unknown. The others must have thought first of rescuing him than of arresting the fleeing man, at least for a while. She guessed right, when she was sitting side by side in the carriage with the man, the knife she drew from under the nun's robe stabbed the leader's waist-although Christina had not been on the battlefield, her father had killed her As a son taught her, she knew that the side of the waist was a deadly place—there was no bone in the way, the muscles were thin, and the sharp pain caused by the stabbing would make people unable to scream.

Then she quickly jumped out of the carriage and walked into the dark alley.

She was not moved by these people's words, but during the ten years in the monastery, she hadn't thought about it. Although Mrs. Milady's words were cruel, they were also very practical. She was in her fifties, and it was impossible for her to have any more children. , the result of having no heir is that the throne she took from Karl XI still has to be returned to him and his descendants? And even if she could sit on the throne for many more years, how would she deal with the wrath of Louis XIV?

Louis XIV's plan for the Spanish throne may have failed, but how could Sweden face France, which had a standing army of 150,000 or more?

Sweden is also the Sweden left to her by her father. She lost it, but it doesn't mean she is willing to watch it become a victim of the rivalry between two major forces for her own selfishness.

What surprised her was that Mrs. Milady was the one who didn't forget her. She had been waiting outside the monastery for a long time. When those people were busy rescuing their lord and hunting down Ms. They were captured by Louis XIV's people in one fell swoop-although this statement will make the Roman Church very angry, but now Rome is no longer the time for Mr. Craigie to be an ambassador , here is full of French forces, from merchants, to priests, to knights and officials.

Christina is somewhat familiar with Mrs. Milady. The secret lover of the French king often comes to the monastery to visit or monitor her. She can tell Mrs. Milady anything she needs, which makes her monastery life not difficult Hard and boring.

Lady Milady brought the king's order--the king said that if Christina obeyed the instigation of those rebels, then she would receive the same punishment as them; but if she resisted or escaped, even if she tried, Milady Lady Leidy can hear her pleas and see what she wants from the King.

After being silent for a while, Christina said that she wanted to see the King of France.

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When Christina first met Louis XIV, she was a mature and resolute lady, and Louis XIV was still a teenager.

When they met again, Louis XIV had completely shed his childishness, and now he was like a majestic lion, making it impossible to look directly at him. As for Christina, ten years of confinement made her age quickly, although Because of her slender figure, she doesn't show much oldness, and there are only thin lines around her eyes and lips, but her short silver-white hair seems to be constantly telling her unwillingness and suffering.

Her behavior has shown that she will no longer be a threat to Karl XI, and Louis will not be aggressive to a former ruler. After they looked at each other for a while, Louis said: "I just learned something, but I think I can tell you... ma'am, my grandson, your great nephew has been born."

Christina showed a trance look, for a moment she didn't even understand what Louis was talking about, but the next moment she remembered that Louis XIV's daughter, Princess Elizabeth, is now the Queen of Sweden, Louis XIV's grandson, her Isn't the grandnephew the crown prince of Sweden?

"Maybe I should say congratulations..." she said.

"We can also feel this joy," said Louis XIV. "Since we have become unquestionable relatives, Madame Christine, I would like to give you the grace to tell me in what way you want For the next thirty years or more."

"You mean I don't need to go back to the monastery?" asked Christina.

"Little Mother Teresa will still stay in the monastery until she dies, but Madame Christina doesn't have to." Louis XIV said: "Except for Sweden, you can choose any place you like to live in, and you will have a sum of money every year with the Duchess." Proportional annuity, several houses, some servants, you can arrange your future life according to your own ideas, except that you cannot leave the place of residence as you like."

"I did complain to Madame Milady about living in a monastery," Christina said calmly. Riding a horse, you can also look at the sea-for example, your Provence is very good."

"Well, it's there." Louis said gently, "the wine and honey there are very good."

Christina raised her skirt and bowed her knees: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."

"You deserve it." Louis said: "Live well, Ma'am, maybe in the future, it is not impossible for you to return to Sweden."

Christina was startled, and then smiled: "No, Your Majesty, I will never go back to Sweden again, time is really cruel, it deprives not only people of their feelings, but also of those heavy responsibilities and obligations... I am fine now, although Christina's name is not so common - I said in France, but it is not so rare, I will have a new life, Your Majesty, which has nothing to do with the past."

"Then," Louis said with a slight bow, "everything is as you wish."