sultan's crescent

Chapter 40 No Right or Wrong
On October 1789, [-], it was raining heavily in Paris, and the whole sky took on a blue-black appearance.

Thick clouds shrouded the sky over the Palace of Versailles. From time to time there was a violent roar among the clouds, and the purple lightning flashed across the air, as if tearing a hole in the blue-black sky, giving people a thrilling feeling.

"Is this the wrath of God? God can no longer bear the oppression of his beloved child, the King of France, by the mob."

Louis XVI stood on the terrace, watching such a spectacle, and then asked Queen Marie-Antoinette beside him.

The latter was holding the four-year-old Dauphin at this time, standing beside Louis XVI.

"Maybe, dear Louis, when will we be able to return to normal life, I can't even communicate with my brother! You shouldn't agree to any of their conditions, you are a king!"

The queen complained excitedly that if Selim saw the other party's appearance at this time, he would be surprised.

The original plump face became thinner visible to the naked eye at this moment, the eyes that had always been lively seemed listless at this moment, and the lips were no longer so rosy and full.

But she has never shown a majesty of a high-ranking person at this time, which is in stark contrast to the former queen who only knew pleasure.

"Your Majesty, the letter from the Sultan has arrived." A military attache in black and red uniform walked in.

The man's name was Mustafa Kamal Kalemani, one of Selim's confidantes, who was sent to Paris as the Ottoman ambassador to France.

Louis XVI took the letter from the other party's hand and opened the envelope directly.

"Dear Louis, I have been informed of your condition.

You must understand that the army of France is no longer under your control, and the power of the country has fallen into the hands of the enemy.

Believe me, if you don't leave France in time, you will not end well, this is the warning of the monarch of a country suffering from a coup d'état.

And your situation is worse than that of the Ottoman royal family, and you must also understand that as a monarch, you will never accept a revolution, and the revolution will never accept you.

Leaving Versailles quickly, and following the path to the frontier, the Austrians must have stationed their troops.

Say who you are, a king, a sovereign should not be so humiliated.

The "King" of Austria will send troops for you, not only him, Frederick William II will not refuse your request like the King of Spain, and maybe the usurper Ekaterina will come to help.

Prussia, Spain, Austria, Russia, they are enough to get you back to Paris and on the throne again.

It may cost you a lot, but you are still a king more than anything else.

Finally, if you want, Kalemani Pasha will help you in every possible way.

Good luck my friend. "
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your loyal selim

While Louis XVI was reading this letter, a new disaster was about to befall him.

Some 6000 working women—fisherwomen, cleaners, market vendors, prostitutes—are marching to Versailles.

The march broke out, ostensibly because of rumors that the tricolor cockade had been desecrated and trampled underfoot at a welcome banquet for the newly arrived Flemish regiments at Versailles.

Either way, the parade was bound to happen.Armed with scythes, spears, and whatever other weapons they could find, they marched straight to the National Constituent Assembly, chanting slogans and demanding bread.

It took Count Mirabeau two hours to calm them down and persuade most to leave the palace.

Even so, he failed to dissuade all the demonstrators.

In the end, Louis XVI was forced to agree to meet six carefully selected women representatives, who were not at all the typical lower-class women.

Louis XVI coaxed them with all kinds of promises, but in fact he was only wasting words, because the people outside the palace were still angry.

Worse still to come, the next morning, the king and queen were woken up by shouts of "Death to the Austrians".

A door to the Prince's Court was apparently unlocked, and some more violent and probably drunker women broke in and rushed up the stairs leading to the royal suite.

Terrified, Queen Marie Antoinette hurriedly put on some clothes and ran to the king's suite, where she saw Louis XVI cradling the 4-year-old Dauphin.

At this moment, Lafayette, who rushed to the palace with the National Guard a few hours ago, has restored order to a certain extent, but the shouts of the demonstrators are still heard, and bullets are flying across the courtyard.

Lafayette knew the demonstrators would not rest until the king and queen appeared on the balcony.

It took a great deal of courage to do so, but both agreed.But there is a more convincing version, the king was going to refuse, but the queen did not flinch, she persuaded her husband.

The two stood on the balcony for at least 2 minutes. For her, every second could be her last moment.

Later, due to the situation, Louis XVI announced: "My friends, now, I will return to Paris with my wife and children."

In the afternoon, the rain continued, and the king and his party left the Palace of Versailles, with Lafayette riding on horseback to guard them, and the rest of the demonstrators followed.

They went first to the City Hall, then to the long-abandoned, gloomy Tuileries.

The task of protecting the king's family was given to the benevolent Lafayette, but they never saw Versailles again.

The royals found the Tuileries' proximity to the National Constituent Assembly, which meets at the neighboring equestrian school, uncomfortable.

At this time, the National Constituent Assembly was in session almost all the time.A dangerous young lawyer from Arras named Maximilian Robespierre attracted great attention from the far left.

The right, on the other hand, was still dominated by Count Mirabeau, who drafted a consultative memorandum for the king a few days after his arrival in Paris.

The memorandum stated that the king must leave Paris immediately for far less extreme provinces, and must respond positively to the petition.

On the other hand, he should not have crossed the French border: "The king is the sole guardian of his people and should not flee from them.

In the end, His Majesty the King must accept that the revolution is a certainty, and he must not be considered a counter-revolutionary by the outside world.

In the eyes of all Frenchmen, the sovereign and the people are inseparable. "

The queen's first reaction to this was: "I don't think we should ever be in the embarrassing situation of having to ask Monsieur Mirabeau for help." But her attitude soon changed.

At this time, Mirabeau had only 6 months left to live.

History records that he made this comment before his death: "The King has but one supporter left, and that is his wife.

Rightly or wrongly, this revolution seems to have outweighed everything else. "

　I have something to do today, so it is late, please follow up and collect
　　
　
(End of this chapter)