I Am Louis XIV

Prince Condé's hands are very rough. Of course, a soldier's hands are definitely not delicate and soft. His palms are so hot that he can almost feel the blood vessels beating. He is still panting violently, so he can't speak for a while, but Louis It's normal to see doubts flashing through his eyes, after all, he just mocked the Queen Mother Anne and even the entire royal family not long ago at the Red Children's Bazaar, which is only a few hundred feet away from here.

"Get up, my cousin," said Louie gently. "It's comforting to see you safe and sound."

Prince Condé hesitated for a moment, stood up, and the strange color slowly disappeared from his eyes, not because he believed that Louis was not malicious to him, but because he also thought that the king did not need to do anything extra, and with the king's honor Even if he does not appear here, he must be grateful to Dade for the king's kindness. He is even a little lucky. Kneeling to Louis is enough to make him unhappy. If the person who comes is Cardinal Mazarin, wouldn't he more disgusting?

At this time, the assassins were either killed or captured. Two people who had fought side by side with Prince Condé also came over. They saluted the king. One of the kings knew him. It was the Duke of Longueville. He was injured in many places, but not very serious. It was really not easy for an old man who was nearly sixty years old, but it can also be seen from this how brave he is, and he is also politically Not a useless person - he led the French mission to sign the Treaty of Westphalia not long ago. This treaty ended the long Thirty Years' War, although Richelieu, Louis XIII, Mazza Although he waited for the efforts of others, it had nothing to do with him to say that France was able to obtain the three bishoprics of Lorraine, Nemeline, Tours, and Verdun, as well as the whole of Alsace except Strasbourg. That is pure nonsense.

But for a young, beautiful and attractive young woman, being forced to marry such a gray-haired and wrinkled widower in the age of Huaxin is simply torture, so even if Mrs. Longueville's love affair has never been Munster (Munster is a city in the northern part of North Laiyin West, Germany, and the place where the Treaty of Westphalia was signed. At that time, the Duke of Longueville was appointed as the chief envoy by Mazarin) to Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Duke of Longueville also graciously forgave her, and was not angry at her infidelity.

Here we have to mention another person, he is François de La Rochefoucauld, the duke is only thirty-nine years old this year, he is personable and gentle, and he is one of the oldest families in France His father was highly valued by the Bishop of Richelieu, so in 1622, the Earl of La Rochefoucauld was promoted to a duchy, and François became the heir of the duke. Six years later, he came to Paris, became the lover of the Duchess of Chevouss, and even participated in the conspiracy against Richelieu, for which he was thrown into prison and exiled.

Now he came to the Duchess of Longueville, the sister of the Prince of Condé, and claimed to be in love with the lady. In order to win her heart and make her happy, he immediately stood on the side of the Prince of Condé, taking Poitou The rank of high official (inherited from his father) served the prince.

Now people in the court generally have two opinions about him, one is mostly from women, they think that Mr. Duke is really affectionate, but compared to his love, his lovers obviously value power and status more, they Don't love him, just use him, this kind of statement makes the duke more pitiful and lovely; but the other, that is, men's views (women's ideas make them sneer), they think that La Roche rich The Duke of Coe is actually an ambitious villain. He can be said to be a model of using women and priests to climb to high positions. Just look at the Duchess of Chevouss. The upstarts don’t have many ways to cling to the powerful. On the contrary, the Duchess of Chevouss first married Luina, the chief minister of Louis XIII, and then became the head of the court of Queen Anne of Louis XIII. After Luina’s death, And married the powerful Duke Claude of Chevouss—it can be said that this lady was very popular in those years, and she was a full decade older than the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. No one would believe that there was any true love between them, but it was this lady who brought the Duke of La Rochefoucauld before the king and prince, and allowed him to occupy a very good position in the court.

If it hadn't been for the conflict between the Duchess of Chevouss and the Bishop of Richelieu, this gentleman would have continued to flourish. Afterwards, he was imprisoned and exiled. People thought he was finished, but who knew that he would become a Madame Longueville's lover returned to Paris with dignity.

Let Louis see that there is indeed a reason why this Mr. Duke can seduce two powerful wives one after another without being retaliated by a jealous husband or a rival in love—this gentleman is probably the most powerful man he has ever seen. Pretty males, not even one. He has fluffy golden-brown curly hair, parted to the sides, with a delicate point in the center of his forehead that is desired by countless women, his eyes are extremely deep dark blue, like the surface of a lake in autumn, his lips are plump, showing An exceptionally moist light rose color that makes people want to kiss it when they see it.

And in addition to his impeccable skin, his quiet temperament has also become a feature that cannot be ignored. Besides, as far as the king had just seen, he took the lives of two assassins in a row and captured one. This is a great feat, so he has nothing to blame in terms of valor.

And to the surprise of the king, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld should be thirty-eight years old, but he seems to be younger than the Prince of Condé, and it would be wrong to say that the Prince of Condé was treated more harshly than he. , because he served in the army at the age of sixteen, and the Prince of Condé did not become an officer until he was at least eighteen.

The Duke of La Rochefoucauld was one of the people who accompanied Prince Condé during the assassination, but he and Prince Longueville were summoned together, or met by chance. If it was the former, Louis would really like to praise Condé. The acting prince said his heart was big, but he soon stopped worrying about it, because Mrs. Longueville came.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the lady immediately jumped down with her skirts in her hands. After saluting the king (rather perfunctorily), she first hugged her brother with tears in her eyes, and then squinted at him tenderly. The Duke of La Rochefoucauld glanced at the Duke of Longueville before checking on the injury of the Duke of Longueville-they were temporarily repaired in the tavern next to the antique shop, and the head of the Duke of Longueville was gently placed on the Duchess of Longueville's knee up, but her eyes could hardly leave the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, although her hand was tightly held by her husband.

Louis has heard a ridiculous rumor that the eldest son of the Duke of Longueville and his step-wife may be the Duke of La Rochefoucauld and this lady's... child, to be honest, he doesn't believe it, it's not like there have been such scandals , but generally speaking, the husband will not admit it. The most likely thing for this child is to become a monk or a squire, but in such an obvious Duke of Longueville → Madame Longueville → Duke of La Rochefoucaud Under the formula, he almost believed it.

I heard that the child is five years old.

About a quarter of an hour later, Cardinal Mazaran led the soldiers to meet the king. At this time, the light had become very dim. The king saw the expression of disapproval on the face of the bishop, but he pretended not to see it.

Slightly slightly.

As soon as Louis returned to the Richelieu house, he heard that the Duchess of Montpensier had been locked up. He was not surprised or sympathetic at all. Since the Duchess came to Paris, she has been consuming the Queen Mother. For her patience, the Queen Mother did have a sense of pity for her, and perhaps a little family affection. After all, the Duchess of Montpensier was almost raised by her after she was born. At that time, Anne was still the queen Without Louis and Philip, she devoted almost all her maternal love to the Grand Princess (the title of Duchess).

Unexpectedly, in just a few short years, the thoughts of the Duchess of Montpensier were completely turned around by her father Gaston. It is hard to say whether her obsession with Prince Condé is real, or because she hates Louis mother and son , as long as it can make them unhappy, she is willing to do it.