I Am Louis XIV

In the Thirty Years' War, France was defeated in Colby, but won in Rocroix, Arras, Reims and Perpignan. Unfortunately, years of civil strife made this victory come to naught , and the reason why Bishop Mazarin has been unwilling to give up the rebellious Cromwell that the king hates is because he intends to pull Britain to France, but Louis has never been optimistic about Cromwell. After all, in the hearts of people at this time, monarchy It is natural for God to grant, and Cromwell is bad because he does not have a suitable heir, and now England and Ireland almost rely on his majesty and past achievements to maintain a strange balance. Once he is questioned, impeached or Assassinated, or dead, Britain will be turned upside down overnight.

But Bishop Mazaran would not accept these ideas. Louis felt that he could understand this. He had only been in contact with political affairs for a few years, and in some matters, he could also be said to be quite emotional.

Of course, the Spanish envoys were not only here for the former queen of Sweden. They were also putting pressure on France and snooping on secrets, specifically targeting the Lord Protector of the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister of Spain is in contact with Cromwell, wanting to seek the greatest benefit from the Lord Protector. For this reason, they did not hesitate to promise Cromwell that they are willing to help him occupy Calais-Calais is a very important place. An important city, located between France and the United Kingdom, can be called the gate to Paris. The Spaniards' intentions are self-evident; and Bishop Mazarin's solution is to put Dunkirk in front of Cromwell. Now Dunkirk Kirke belonged to the Habsburg dynasty of Spain-speaking of which, the city was really ill-fated. It was originally part of the Earl of Flanders, and later belonged to the Duke of Burgundy as a dowry, the last Burgundy The daughter of the first duke married Maximilian I, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. When Charles V of the Habsburg dynasty divided his territory again, it fell into the hands of King Philip II of Spain— — But for Cromwell, Dunkirk is undoubtedly a bridge connecting England and Flanders.

To put it simply and bluntly, the Spaniards are instigating the British to fight France, and the French are also instigating the British to fight Spain. Cromwell may or may not have noticed it, but he is really immersed in being surrounded by the two. In the flattering joy of two powerful countries vying for the first place—like a "sister" being contested by two strong knights, Philip Duke of Anjou commented so harshly, Louis laughed out loud at this, but even if Mr. Bishop It must also be admitted that he was right.

Although Louis has not made any statement, perhaps because the bait cast by Bishop Mazarin is really attractive, Cromwell finally prefers France, or it may be because he intends to seize Mexico from Spain, but was rejected by Spain For this reason, but his generals William Bean and Robert Venables still took Jamaica Island (San Diego) from Spain-this island is very important, and the British can use it to further expand the route to the New World-so Spain was at an impasse with Cromwell.

But for Louis to say, the worst thing about facing such an arrogant man is that he does have arrogant capital-not pleasant, Cromwell in the letter to the king, calling him my brother , his secretary signed the treaty first, and the king's plenipotentiary had to sign the letter later. If this is not excessive enough, then he also ordered Louis to sever ties with Charles II as an elder and mentor, and even It would be too much to expel them.

It’s just that these are nothing to the national affairs and even the whole world. The Spaniards could not get the support of Cromwell, so they ordered Prince Condé to lead the army to attack Calais. A place called Arras fought, Turenne won, and the bishop went to Arras with Louis—his purpose made Louis hardly know whether to laugh or cry, because the bishop wanted to Put this crown of honor on the king's head, God damn it, when Prince Condé retreated in embarrassment, they were still thousands of feet away from Arras.

On the contrary, Bishop Mazaran and Viscount Turenne didn't care. The former was because he never cared about people other than the king, and the latter was because he was grateful to the king for giving him complete trust and love, so he didn't mind letting him The king acted as the honorary leader—well, if it was only the honorary leader, Louis took over Viscount Turenne's kindness, but in the face of the public, Viscount Turenne's contribution was not denied. This was Louis' last point of insistence.

What they didn't notice was that Sebastian Vauban, who was working under the Viscount Turenne, seemed to have discovered something and understood something.

But that's all for later.

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The king and the bishop are in Arras, and in the Louvre in Paris there is only Anne, the Queen Mother, and those we are familiar with.

The court without the king was dead silent, because of the previous events, the former Queen of Sweden, Mrs. Christina stayed in Fontainebleau, living in seclusion; because Cromwell's letter was finally leaked, so England's queen mother Mary and Henrietta The princess no longer appeared in front of everyone easily; but the Duchess of Montpensier and her companions often appeared beside the Queen Mother.

Marie Mancini was not happy about this at all, because the Duchess of Montpensier was said to be the first person to be considered as the wife of Louis. , she is indeed the first of the noble daughters-similarly, the Duchess of Montpensier doesn't like Mary, everyone knows that Bishop Mazarin came from a humble family, and his sister married into a family that is old but It is just one of many low-level nobles in Italy. As for wealth, who can be richer than the Duchess of Montpensier?

What displeases the noble ladies the most is that Marie Mancini's posture is obviously to take the king as his own, and no one can get a share, but even the future queen may not have such a qualification, Not to mention a foreign woman who has no title so far - when Felipe Mancini was executed for ulterior crimes, the king promised the daughters of the Mancini family three families in order to appease Mr. Bishop A prominent marriage is even more annoying.

Because the king had mediated with Mary and the Duchess of Montpensier before, the noble ladies would not want to offend His Majesty, but they could isolate and ignore Mary. The Queen Mother also noticed this, but it was also because Felipe, the Queen Mother did not hesitate to turn her anger on Marie. Even if she was by her side, she would not speak to her, and of course she would not order her to do things, even if Marie boldly asked for news about Louis. , and can't get any response.

Also, Marie thought that her father would punish her viciously for Felipe's incident, either by insulting or beating her, but no, she seemed to have been forgotten by her father.

Her uncle never saw her again, though he often came to see the king.

Mary, who hid herself in the curtain, raised her arms, embraced her knees, and buried her head between her legs.

In the palace, there are more than hundreds of servants of nobles and servants, but she is always only one person.