I Am Louis XIV

People were in an uproar, and Louis immediately stretched out his hand for his younger brother Philip to hold it, and immediately returned to Queen Mother Anne's side. Interestingly, the noble ladies who usually fainted as soon as they encountered a little thing unexpectedly None of them fell to the ground at this time. They surrounded the Queen Mother in fear, holding silk handkerchiefs and smelling salts. The most courageous one was the Duchess of Montpensier, who kept holding on to the Queen Mother. Yelling, asking her to dispatch some soldiers to follow her to Turbig Street, where Prince Condé was attacked.

Queen Mother Anne is not willing, why should she be willing? The Prince of Condé gave her an embarrassment just a few minutes ago, and when it comes to the soldiers, these soldiers should protect the king first, and the prince and her return to the Richelieu house, and then it is possible to wipe out the mobs—in addition, Kong The acting prince has an army that belongs only to him, and he does not need the protection of the king.

But these words cannot be spoken. She looked at the Duchess of Montpensier, and just as she was about to say something, the Duchess saw the clues.

"Well," cried the Duchess, rising to her feet, "oh, by God, you would not save him, though he saved you, no, sire, or did you want his life? She raised her hand and touched her neck, where was still the emerald necklace given to her by Prince Condé: "I shouldn't beg you, he is your benefactor, but you are his enemy, I made a mistake, sire, and now you will be happy, with his servant lying on the steps of the theater, and his blood on my skirt, and soon my lips will be stained with the prince's Blood," she glared at everyone present, the threat in her words was obvious - if the relatives of the ancient Romans were punished innocently, their relatives would wipe his blood on their mouths and swear to avenge him .

Such a scene should be very solemn, but unfortunately, a loud sneer made the whole scene a little funny—it was as if the previous drama hadn't ended yet, and it was turned to this group of honorable people.

The sneer came from His Royal Highness Philip, "My dear cousin." He said sharply: "Clara Clémance, Mrs. Prince Condé, is not dead yet."

His words were no less than a vicious slap on the face of the Duchess of Montpensier, and some noble ladies hid their faces behind silk handkerchiefs and fans and laughed softly—as we said before In that way, a respectable lady can lose her mind for a lover outside of marriage, and people will even sympathize and pity him, but for an unmarried woman, this is a disgrace. But the one who laughed the loudest was Marie Mancini. Her teeth were all exposed. Queen Mother Anne rarely reprimanded the little girl with stern eyes. She also smiled, of course it was just a smile, contemptuous and cold , "You are too rude, my niece," she said, "This is not something you can manage," she said softly, "We should go back."

The Duchess of Montpensier was pale, and she looked like she would fall down at any moment, but she still stood stubbornly in the middle of the street and refused to leave. "If you don't want to go, give me soldiers," she said more bluntly, "otherwise I will Just tell everyone I saw that the attack on Prince Kong Dai was secretly instructed by you."

When Queen Mother Anne heard this, she smiled angrily, "Okay." She shouted, "I want to hear who is willing to listen to you." The Duchess of Ponceier was locked up as a hostage should be.

"Wait," said the king.

"Mother, please take Philip back to the Richelieu house first, and my musketeers and I will go to Turbiger Street." Louis said that Queen Mother Anne is still too indecisive, and she should have sealed Montpaign from the very beginning. The mouth of the Duchess of Sières, instead of letting her talk nonsense there, now that the Duchess has put this dirty hat on the royal family, if they still go back to the Richelieu house as if nothing happened, it will be very easy. It’s hard to say whether some caring people will contribute to this. He knows from Marie that there are already many people in Paris who are dissatisfied with Prince Condé’s failure to get the reward he deserves from the royal family—although he has hardly done anything, the exile of the royal family Life did end because of him. If Prince Condé was seriously injured or even died in this assassination, people will only see how "feelingless" and "ungrateful" the royal family is, plus the Duke of Orleans, Gaston, who is always watching from the sidelines. , the second riot may be imminent.

Queen Mother Anne rejected Louis' request almost without thinking. Louis sighed in his heart. The Queen Mother is not a political animal. This is his luck and his misfortune.

"I must go," said Louis; "it would not be a disgusting scandal if the king had risked his life to save the life of the Prince of Condé."

The queen mother almost shed tears, but the king couldn't wait any longer. He pushed Philip into the arms of the queen mother, grabbed the horse led by the musketeer officer, and leaned over to the officer after jumping on the horse. "Choose twelve of your good boys who are the most flexible and brave to me, and the others will send my mother and brother back to the Richelieu residence," he looked at Marie, Marie took a step forward, and Louis hesitated , but still shook his head, the fact that Mary was a witch was a secret even if it was an open secret.

"Where are Bishop Mazarin's men?" asked the musketeer officer.

"Give each of them a gold louis, as long as the queen mother and others are safe." Louis said: "Each of your boys can get two, and those who go with me can get five."

"They'll be mad with joy," said the captain, knowing that many of his lads were constantly living beyond their means, that weapons, horses, and clothes were a great expense, and that they always had a lovely lover or two, and he There is also a good person who is always missed. He was worrying about how he could equip his good girl with a fine dress for St. Catherine's Day (in this festival, every girl should dress up as St. Catherine), and now the king's reward is for him. solved this problem.

The team officer immediately went to choose the man in high spirits. The younger brother Philip held the arm of the Queen Mother and glanced at Louis. How much he wanted to be with his elder brother, but he also knew that it was almost impossible, and he had to go back immediately. A safe place, just in case—France can't live without a king, and he doesn't want that pesky Gaston to wear his brother's crown and live in his palace.

The mayor of Paris was asked to lead the way—here we need to mention the location of the Red Children’s Market. As we all know, the Louvre is located on the Seine River, and the Red Children’s Market is in its upper left corner. The Seliu House is above the Louvre, directly opposite, separated by a street, and on the right below the Louvre is the City Hall, where mobs often gather, so neither the Queen Mother nor the Prince of Condé would choose This road is the Turbig Street that Prince Condé passed through when he was attacked. There are only a few steps between Turbig Street and the Red Boy Market.

The king is not going to go there in a big way. There should be several small streets connecting Turbig Street and the market. The problem is that the mayor "doesn't know" and neither does his son, although Louis It was clear that they were only retreating because of their timidity, but they still felt a little disappointed, and at this moment, two respectable gentlemen ran over panting, one of them was Sebatis who had waved his hat at the king Ann, and the other was his friend, and as soon as they heard that the king was going to take someone to rescue the Prince of Condé, they ran out in a hurry to join this brave team.