I Am Louis XIV

"Your Majesty."

The younger brother Philip nodded to the trusted female officers beside the queen mother, and then walked into the queen mother's sun room. The duchess was the leader, and the queen dowager was surrounded by them. Although she had passed away, she had an outstanding temperament. Her brilliance, like every queen from a foreign country, bloomed almost after the king died. King Louis treated her Her respect and tolerance have deepened people's understanding of this point. It can be said that, except that the king was assassinated more than a year ago and almost stayed in Dunkirk forever, causing her to lose the other half of her hair. Few could fault this graceful woman.

But the queen mother will not be picked on by others now, she will only pick on others, just like now, she can't see the queen's maid by her side, which explains a lot of problems, although the queen is her niece and her daughter-in-law , but the queen mother is dissatisfied with the queen, not only with her mediocrity, but also with the love she receives-mainly the king's. A few days after the arrival of the Dauphin, the Queen Mother still remembered that when she gave birth to Louis, she only received an ordinary gift. The King, Louis' father, Louis XIII, did not even kiss her, because of this incident, Her status in the court has been falling again and again, and every noble lady laughs at her behind her back, but she can only cry behind the bed curtain in the dark.

Moreover, Queen Teresa was pregnant almost as soon as she got married, while Queen Anne waited for 23 years before finally having her first child, Louis.

She is not likely to do anything because of jealousy, but first, she proposed to the king that she will raise the crown prince, and second, she is almost unwilling to see the queen. The relationship between the queen mother and the queen is not very good. Everyone knows that all the noble ladies follow the queen mother to pretend that there is no such person in the court.

Thinking of Mary having been treated like this before, perhaps this is inevitable, the mother's jealousy towards the person who took away her beloved son, Philip couldn't help but soften his heart when thinking of this, of course, this was not for Mary. Or Teresa, he loved his mother more than his mother, only brother Wang, and as long as brother Wang didn't mention it, he was happy to fulfill his mother's little wish.

The Dauphin's cradle was placed at the Queen Mother's feet. In less than a month, the child had already grown a head of lush blond hair, which was the same as Louis and Philip when they were young, except that when they grew up, they had light blond hair. The hair gradually turned golden brown, and maybe it will be darker in the future, becoming chestnut or dark brown, but it also depends on whether he resembles his mother or his father, because Queen Teresa is light-colored long hair.

According to tradition, even as a baby, the little prince wore a long lace dress. He slept just right, holding two small fists. The feeding of two nurses made his cheeks like swollen white bread, and Philip wanted to squeeze them. If he squeezed it, he would definitely be stopped and reprimanded by the queen mother, so he deliberately sat at the feet of the queen mother to see if he had a chance to sneak attack once or twice.

"Your Highness, have you been to His Majesty's place?" The Queen Mother asked as if nothing had happened while flipping through a picture album.

"Yes." Philip replied, and then he remembered that the queen mother said not to disturb his brother all the time, so he quickly added: "The king asked me to go."

The Queen Mother nodded: "Can you tell me? What does he want you to do?"

"We chatted about some interesting things," Philip said cautiously. "Maybe the king wanted to talk to someone because he spent too long reading documents by himself and was bored." Before that, Bishop Mazaran At the time, I didn’t realize that now that Bishop Mazaran had gone to meet his venerable God, there were very few people around the king who could talk freely.

"Your Majesty also let you see the documents?"

"Some unimportant little things." When he said this, Philip's mood suddenly became gloomy, because he could perceive the Queen Mother's intentions - after the Dunkirk incident, in view of his loyalty to the king, Louis trusted him It seems to trust another self, but although the Queen Mother also promoted the so-called regent king at that time, after Louis came back, she immediately turned to her eldest son, and became more wary of her youngest son. Philip was speechless at this point. It was the queen mother and the bishop who asked him to go further, but they were also the ones who turned their swords at him later, but he could also say that he was used to it, so he just smiled and said: "If you want to know, Queen Mother, I can tell you what happened to Charles II. I guarantee that you will laugh out loud after hearing it."

"Can you?"

"Okay," said Philip, "as I said, Brother Wang just shared some interesting things with me."

Then he talked about it vividly. Of course, for the ladies of the court, these are extremely fresh stories, especially they are all related to a king.

Philip is describing exactly what happened during the six months between Charles II's flight from England to France after the failure of the First Restoration War, when he was defeated, his army was scattered, and he was alone in exile, And Oliver Cromwell's bounty for him was 1,000 pounds. At that time, the annual income of a farming family was only 20 pounds. It is conceivable how attractive this bounty was, and Charles II was bad because of his height. Remarkable - about six feet six inches, or almost 1.9 meters, with dark skin and three-dimensional features, impressive, it is not easy to hide yourself.

At this time, Philip skipped a paragraph, mainly because Charles II was able to escape from the battlefield at that time because of the rescue of the werewolf Brayland and his tribe, but this cannot be said, he could not tell those noble ladies that the King of England He survived by relying on evil dark creatures, let alone now that Charles II has completely abandoned Brayland and his people—so he simply pulled the timeline directly to the point where Charles II was finally killed by Wilmer The Lord found him, and as soon as the person's name was uttered, all the people present showed ambiguous smiles, for no other reason, just because this Lord Lord is elegant and handsome, and he is the "attendant" of Queen Mary. It is hard to say whether his loyalty to Charles II came from his father or his mother. However, this person did possess outstanding force and astonishing courage, as well as being extremely chivalrous, and possessed extremely high self-esteem—even though there were many crises at that time, he never made any disguises about his identity.

When Charles II was fortunate enough to have the support of King Louis of France, but this support could only guarantee his personal safety, but was unable to support him to fight Cromwell, it was also the knight who went to Spain alone, intending to persuade Spain The king joined forces with Spain to deal with France in order to obtain more practical "help" from Philip IV... Fortunately, Louis at that time insisted on the same position as Charles II because he hated Cromwell, and Philip IV felt that The lord's words may not be so true, so he refused, otherwise, the international situation of France at that time would have been even worse.

In short, although this lord did not succeed in this matter, his loyalty to Charles II is unquestionable. After Charles II wandered on the battlefield for more than a month before he found him, this The lord has always been guarding the side. He was injured for Charles and almost died. His property and land were confiscated by Cromwell because he was recognized. He can be said to have given up everything for Charles II. Philip Speaking of which, these noble ladies couldn't help but sigh, even from another perspective, he can also be said to be Louis' enemy.

However, at this time, the relationship between the country and the country, the king and the king, and the nobles and the nobles are always changing. Things like this that did not happen will not be forgotten, so Philip said Some things happened to the lord and Charles II during his escape-these things are the real anecdotes.

Here we have to deal with the issue of religious belief in England at this time. The king of Britain abandoned Catholicism and believed in Protestantism when Henry VIII was in power. , but the problem he left almost ruined the entire British religious world-perhaps to avenge his mother and himself. During the reign of Queen Mary, she crazily persecuted all Protestants, and this situation continued until Elizabeth When I ascended the throne, although the virgin queen was inclined to Protestantism, for the sake of domestic stability, she adopted a tolerant attitude and allowed the two religions to coexist. The same was true for the subsequent kings of the Stuart dynasty. He deeply dislikes all Catholics. In addition to destroying churches, icons and relics, etc., he also requires his soldiers to ensure that every Catholic is under his strict supervision. It is easy for Catholics to feel dangerous and disgusting, so when Charles II fled all the way from Worcester to Shoreham, he got the help of many Catholics.

For these believers, the weight of faith is obviously greater than the thousand pounds, and the most famous of them are the five Pendela brothers and Jane Ryan.

The five Pandela brothers were not nobles, not even businessmen or officials, but the most ordinary civilians, but when they met Charles II, not only did they not shout, but they did their best to protect their king—they first sent The king's long hair was cut off up to the neck, and then a flat thick bang was cut on the forehead so that it could cover the king's conspicuous eyebrows. This hairstyle is similar to priests and pot lids, and is very common among common people. Very ugly, they put him again in rough linen clothes, and the second of the five brothers took the king to Bosque Bell, where William, the elder brother of the five brothers, waited and received him, unfortunately, in that period During the short distance, they still attracted the attention of a group of new model troops, so William took the king and sent him to a tall oak tree, making noise on purpose, leading the patrol to another direction .

Later, when the king and the lord fled together, they were chased by the cavalry, and they escaped into a church. There was a Catholic priest in the church. Taking in kings and lords, he healed their wounds and hid them in the sanctuary of the church for persecuted Catholics.

If you want to say where this secret room is, it is in the stairs connecting the first and second floors. Some people may ask, how can people hide in the stairs? In fact, it is absolutely possible. Philip folded a concept map of the stairs with paper. These stairs can be completely turned up, and after turning up, there is a downward passage. The space inside is so small that the king and the lord can only stand close to each other, but it is enough for them to escape the search of the cavalry .

At this point, the noble ladies and queen mothers have been amazed again and again, and even have to hold the smelling salt bottle to continue listening, so as not to faint from being too nervous.

"But these are nothing compared to Jane Lane." Philip said.

Jane Lane was born in a small aristocratic family, her elder brother was an officer of the royal army, although his appearance was mediocre, he was sharp and brave, because it was she who, the king and the lord, was able to complete the last part of the journey, sailing from Secham to France .

As we said before, Cromwell's generals were very strict with the Catholics in the territory because of the request of the Lord Protector, so although they could help protect the king, they couldn't send them out—if They wanted to leave their homes—more than ten miles without the sheriff's permit, without which they could not move an inch—and pretended to be Protestants, which Lord Wilmot steadfastly refused. , Charles II can be said to be very moved by this...but he is definitely cursing secretly.

Fortunately, at that time and place, Jane Lane was leaving the local area because she wanted to visit distant relatives, so she had a permit, which allowed her to bring a servant—so Charles II could calmly Shake off the last shadow cast by Cromwell...

Even so... But here, for the dignity of the king, whether it is the lord, Jane Ryan, or Charles II himself, they have cleverly avoided a problem, and because not many people know about it, there are only a few Nobody knows—yes, being a Catholic, a pious lady, you don't have...male servants you can ride with...

Hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but widen her eyes: "God!" She shouted, "Did that His Majesty disguise himself as a maid?"

"Exactly." Philip said solemnly, "That His Majesty is just pretending to be a maid."

Starting from the Queen Mother, the noble ladies burst into loud laughter after being slightly startled.

Perhaps people wouldn't have laughed so hard if Philip, the younger brother, had said from the beginning about the King of England pretending to be a maid. He is a farmer, nearly seven feet tall, with rough dark skin and a pot-like head, how ridiculous it is to wear women's clothes, and it is no wonder that everyone who hears about it can't help but flinch.

However, for the British, the king's reputation has not been damaged. Whether it is in the rumors or in the portraits, the king is dressed in men's clothing and rides a horse with Miss Lane. Queen Mother Anne commented , this Miss Lane is afraid of her appearance, but this sentence is quite correct.

"It doesn't matter that Miss Lane has an outstanding appearance, even if it's only two or three points elegant," the Queen Mother commented a little harshly: "Then she must be able to form a good relationship with Charles II." Riding was originally a very ambiguous matter. Generally speaking, after His Majesty the King was lucky enough to survive, he would definitely go along with the flow, but since Charles II did not do so, it can only be said that this lady may not have much in appearance. Merit.

Charles II treated this woman the same as he treated the five brothers of the Pendela family. They received a reward of one thousand pounds, which was the same as Cromwell's reward, and then the descendants of the five brothers could get With a salary of one hundred pounds, the venerable priest became confessor at the court of Charles II, and Lane, besides the thousand pounds bounty, had jewels worth a thousand pounds as a dowry.

It's just that the Queen Mother's thoughts have flown to Louis's "Royal Lady". To be honest, she is not satisfied with the former Marie, nor the Queen, and even more dissatisfied with the current Madame Lavallière. , although people say that she is heroic, but if you want to say that she is heroic, there are many strong young men around the king, and women should be soft, petite, and lovable. Except for the aesthetics of the eldest son Louis, Wang The queen mother was also worried about the rumors in the market, but she never forgot that during the more than 20 years of childlessness between her and Louis XIII, people have been rumoring that Louis XIII is a person who prefers men over women , his hunting lodge in Versailles - because of the long-term exclusion of women, this absurdity has increased, and the Duke of Gaston has contributed to it. Even if she later gave birth to Louis, some people still insist that Louis His biological father was someone else.

This kind of nonsense did not subside slowly until Philip was born, but the queen mother knew that the king's enemies would never be less, and the behavior of attacking the king with words and pamphlets would never disappear. Turning to the maid beside her: "Tell Madame La Vallière to come to me."

Everyone in the court needs to take responsibility.