I Am Louis XIV

As we mentioned before, the Duke of Mortmar fell in love with a witch, the wife of a potion master, at first sight. Even if she had a husband and children, he could not quench his desire for love. He not only wanted her body, but also wanted her. To get her love and loyalty, for this, he officially married her, but such a marriage is difficult to be recognized by the main branch and collateral, so he wants to impress her with a gift worth 100,000 livres The king, so that in the name of the king, he can persuade those who are unwilling.

But for Louis, although the 100,000 livres arrived in time, it was not enough for a duke. In addition, as d'Artagnan mentioned, the duke has no heir yet. It also made him think further. He said that if the Duke's fascination with that witch lasted until she gave birth to a son, then in order for his son to inherit the title and territory, the Duke should be able to pay more That's right - no, it should be said that he should think about the next thing now.

So the king had to write to the bishop, asking him to remind Duke Motmar of this matter, and to inform him of some subsequent arrangements, asking him to give advice. The bishop quickly replied to the letter. He revised some mistakes in the king's plan due to lack of understanding of the current situation or traditions, and respectfully asked the king for forgiveness, because he saw that the matter was urgent, so he did it first. Some arrangements were made, and the Duke of Mortemar was reminded to go to Orville.

Auvers is a small town on the banks of the Oise, about nine leagues from Paris, where after two hundred years an unhappy and unhappy painter spent the last seventy days of his life, and During these 70 days, he created a large number of exquisite works and was buried here. This small town is famous all over the world, but at this time, it was not well-known, and Prince Condé only stayed here for a short time.

The king said to the Queen Mother, asking her to write a letter to Prince Condé, asking him to take care of his relatives and come back to Paris. He can express his dissatisfaction to the king, and the king will try his best to satisfy his request He can do what he wants, and don't let France fall into the abyss of civil war, so there is nothing to talk about-this can be said to be a letter for peace, which surprised the Queen Mother, because as far as she is concerned, her eldest son is not Such cowardly people, and they now have their own army, but the king begged repeatedly, and the queen mother wrote a letter and handed it to the messenger, asking him to take it to Orville.

But the courier left too late and encountered robbers on the road, so when he arrived at Auville, Prince Condé had already left, and the courier finally learned from the soldiers left by the prince that the prince had gone to Angers. He rushed to Angers again. The prince read the letter and expressed his regret, because if he was still in Orville, he would fly to the king to accept this sincere proposal, but now he is in Angers, surrounded by In order not to disappoint them, he could only regretfully refuse the king's proposal, which meant that he had to fight the king.

Louis was not discouraged when he received the reply from the prince. He asked the queen mother to continue writing letters to the prince, and at the same time received the envoy of the Duke of Orleans, his cousin, the Duchess of Montpensier. After the previous incident, the Duke of Orleans may feel that this The daughter is really useful. After repeatedly failing to invite Louis to enter Paris, he let his daughter go out, completely disregarding the fact that the current royal family is full of disgust for her. If something is wrong, she will not only be humiliated, but may even kill herself disaster.

But for the Duke of Orleans, this is nothing at all. He has always been dissatisfied with his inheritance rights after his eldest daughter (the territory of the Duchess of Montpensier). Of course it is good for him, but if he is not successful, it will not be bad for him. After all, I learned from Louis that now in Paris, the Duchess of Montpensier's reputation has almost surpassed that of her father.

As for the Duchess of Montpensier, she seemed to have been completely reborn in terms of appearance and momentum. It seemed that Orleans and her party became an opportunity for her to climb up. The Queen Mother did not want to see her, so Louis told him bluntly that he Still waiting for Prince Condé's reply, if possible, he is willing to enter Paris with the prince's arm.

"As for the reason," Louis said in that childish tone that could only belong to a child, "of course it is because I prefer to trust the Prince." Not your father.

When he said this, Louis stared closely at the Duchess of Montpensier's face. They still didn't know whether the Duchess of Montpensier's infatuation with the Prince of Condé was a disguise or sincere, but when Seeing that there was no strange expression on the face of the Duchess, he was almost sure.

At this time, the queen mother's maid appeared outside the door, as if the queen mother had some orders, so the king ran out, the duchess noticed that a drawer of the desk was slightly open, she looked around and found that the attendants were all in the corridor He walked over boldly, opened the drawer, opened the letter and read it. She read it very seriously, and almost printed every word in her heart. When she heard footsteps in the corridor, she hurriedly folded the letter paper, stuffed it into the drawer, and closed the drawer.

The king didn't seem to notice the drawer, let alone the letter inside. He simply said a few words to the duchess and then sent her away. Of course, when the duchess was still the favorite of the royal family, even Versailles would definitely There is a room for her, but now that the queen mother wants to hang her, how can she let her stay? The Duchess had to take the maid guards and return to Paris overnight.

The Duke of Orleans was reluctant to believe the information brought back by his eldest daughter at first, but soon the king gave him conclusive evidence—Prince Condé was canonized as Grand Marshal, and he will lead his army back to Paris in the near future .

Just like this, after the queen mother showed weakness again and again, the always hesitant Prince Kong Dai finally made a decision, but there was also the reason why he thought that his career had not been carried out smoothly-he was only welcomed in a few places, Most of the French still only recognize the king. Although he has outstanding military talents, his subordinates may not. Prince Condé couldn't help getting tired and tired, and he was no longer so firm in his imagination of becoming a king, so although his sister, the Duchess of Longueville, and his wife tried their best to dissuade him, he agreed to the king's proposal, but he also had The request, that is, to enter Paris with 8,000 soldiers belonging to him.

The king agreed.

Prince Condé returned to Paris in 1652. At that time, Bishop Mazarin, who had been recalled by the king, immediately announced his retirement again and transferred a considerable amount of power to Condé, which made the Duke of Orleans red-eyed uncontrollably After all, after the king came back, his deputy king became very embarrassed, especially after the king held the coming-of-age ceremony, he decided to move the Paris High Court to Pontoise. It stands to reason that he has become the Duke of Orleans. The High Court of the Middle Things should at once reject such an order, but to his fury fourteen judges complied with the King's will, and now there are two High Courts, one for the Duke of Orleans and one for the King, It's no wonder that the Duke of Orleans would go crazy looking at the power in the hands of Bishop Mazarin.

The Duke of Orleans' hostility towards the Prince of Condé certainly did not fail to be felt by the Prince. During a banquet invited to the residence of the Duke of Orleans, he slapped one of the Duke's supporters, one of the Duke's sons, and the Duke's son was also a A strong and haughty young man, so he immediately retaliated, and the two noble lords got into a fight, and finally the Duke of Orleans had to put this brave young man in prison for a few days.

But if the matter ends here, I’m afraid it may not be so. When Prince Condé left Paris for the time being, two of his subordinates, two prominent dukes, had a quarrel and decided to decide the outcome by a duel. , the result is that a duke is dead. Whether or not the Duke of Orleans was involved in this, no one knows.

The king was not at all surprised when he was awakened one night by the roar of artillery and heard the shouts of soldiers.

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"It's too dangerous, my lord." The Duke of La Rochefoucauld said, if the Duchess of Longueville was here, she would definitely feel jealous, because at this time, the concern in the mouth of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld did not contain any hypocrisy , but very sincere.

At this time, the night is approaching, except for the red light brought by the torch, only the faint red afterglow illuminates the dark woods and buildings. The vampire Amon stood in front of the open window, looked at his hand for a while, and suddenly stretched it out. After going out, the residual sunlight immediately caused his skin to burn. The Duke of La Rochefoucauld looked at him flustered, but he didn't dare to say anything.

When he didn't know much about Amon and vampires, he could talk nonsense or be self-righteous, but since Prince Condé left Paris, the connection between this vampire and them has become closer. The closer the Duke gets to them, he The more courage you have, the more quickly it disappears like running water falling into the net-it is said that Prince Condé also has this consideration in wanting to return to Paris. There is a court here, and there are countless ascetics and paladins. Everything has to be done more cautiously.

But what does Amon want to do? He watched the smoke rising from the back of his hand, and felt bored when he felt the pain—a bat flew over and squeaked at him a few times, and the expression on Amon's face became even rarer.

"So..." he said softly.

He withdrew his hand and returned to the Duke; "Your master is fighting with Gaston, Prince of Orleans."

The Duke of La Rochefoucauld was startled when he heard this, he immediately jumped up from his chair, "I must go now!" He said, "Excuse me, Your Highness, I..."

Amon waved his hand, as if he didn't care at all.

"I'll give you a piece of advice," the vampire said with a cruel smile: "See the situation clearly, Duke, see the situation clearly, and then make a decision."