I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 250 The Fourth Royal Lady

People in later generations can only talk about the victory banquet at Versailles that lasted for 15 days. Although this is not the first victory of Louis XIV, it is not the last, but anyone will swear that the prosperity of France It was from this day that it began. It is only in the records of the Roman Church and some bold and perceptive people that something happened in these fifteen days that made the young Sun King almost lose his mind.

Louis has always hated being woken up from his sleep, because generally, waking a king from his sleep is not a good thing—he is awakened by Lord Mazarin at the beginning of this book, just to humiliately. He fled under the stones and torches of the mob, and in his two exiles outside Paris, every time he was awakened, it was almost always because the blade of the enemy had approached his neck, and this time in Foran Del, who woke up to the curse of the dark wizard Bosch... Now he's in the Louvre, surrounded by loyal musketeers and guards, but he's still woken by a terrified cry.

The king sat up with his chest pressed, and he saw his brother Philippe rush in with a serious look. Bontang and Madame Lavalier put on his coat, trousers and boots for him. "Who is it?" he asked. , "Luciano," replied Philip, and the king's heart sank—though he was on guard, and since he had rejected the Dutch and ruined their only hope, they managed to bribe the dark wizards in return for one or two It is also a matter of course, but the people around Duke Colonna are indeed inferior to those around the king.

The king walks fast, yes, the Duke of Colonna's side is not even comparable to the power of the queen and the crown prince, but he is a wizard himself, and so are the servants around him, and his identity is too subtle. No one would care about having children in wedlock, and while Louis wondered how the wizards judged Luciano to be one of his weak spots, he was also speculating on what purpose and what methods those people used—he said However, the Palace of Versailles is not only a palace, but also a fortress and a new city. The security force here is not inferior to that of the Louvre Museum. Similarly, people from the outside world and the inside world serve the king here.

   "He..." The king was so timid once, that he didn't even dare to say that word, but fortunately Philip shook his head immediately, "He is receiving treatment."

"Has the murderer escaped?" the king asked again, this time he didn't get an answer. When he couldn't help but look at Philip beside him, under the erratic light of the candle, the younger brother's expression became even more gloomy: "No," He said, "No, Your Majesty."

Hearing what the younger brother said, Louis was a little relieved. At this time, this long series of lines had also reached the suite of the Duke of Colonna. As the king's de facto first-born son, the suite of the Duke and his mother was also on the third floor. Floor, not very close to the king's suite, but not very far. Louis saw that there were not only the musketeers, but also the wizards standing outside the door. Some of the faces were familiar to him, and his heart was more stable. Now - the potions and magic of wizards are certainly more trustworthy than the doctors of this age.

The Duke of Colonna's suite has seven rooms, the same as Madame Lavalier's, but shared with his mother, so it is not too out of the ordinary. Louis glanced at the small hall on the side that seemed to be crowded with some people, he did not Pay attention, go straight to the bedroom of the Duke of Colonna, the Duke of Colonna is lying on his bed, the curtains have been rolled up all around, the wizards are busy beside him, Varo Vesalius, the wizard of the king The imperial doctor was pouring the potion with green smoke into the duke's throat. The duke was shenyin in pain, frowning, and kept trying to spit the potion out - just from the rancid and sour smell that people smelled, they knew this. How terrible the smell of the potion was, Louis' complexion changed slightly, because he had a fresh memory of this smell. After he was assassinated by a wizard in Dunkirk, when he was receiving treatment in the inner world, he also once Having taken this potion, Vesalius' mentor once said, this potion was used against cursed wounds.

   "A Flemish? Or a Spanish?" Louis asked: "Or a Bohemian?"

Vesalius just glanced at the king. It was rare. He also expressed some pity for his majesty: "It should be said to be an Italian." Louis was startled, but at this time Vesalius was already with several others The wizards waved their wands together, made gestures, and threw casting materials for further treatment. The white linen sheet slipped from the duke who was suddenly struggling, and a shocking wound was suddenly exposed in front of the king's eyes - this wound was like a Slashed by a huge two-handed sword, from the left collarbone to the pelvis, although there is no blood, it is precisely because there is no blood covering, the rolled skin, soft fat, contracted tendons, and white blood. The ribs that were cut off in unison, and the upwardly raised ribs, as well as the beating internal organs under the ribs, could be clearly seen - it was almost like a corpse being dissected by medical students.

  The king took a step back, thinking about falling.

  The king's younger brother Philip immediately stepped forward to support Louis, and Louis didn't ask any unnecessary questions - like what did the previous sentence mean... He clenched his brother's hand: "Mancini?"

Under his plan, the Mancini family can be said to have become an empty shell with a vain name. If anyone in the Mancini family is unwilling to do such an evil thing, and at the same time avenge him and Mary, It was not impossible, Louis only regretted that he had been too forgiving before, but Philip's silence made him feel ominous, "Brother," Philip said - or, he was the only one here who could say: "It's Marie. .Mancini."

how is this possible!

   This was the first thought in Louis's mind, but he also knew that anyone here could betray him and deceive him, but Philip would not.

   "She's in the small hall," Philip helped his brother to stand up, he could feel almost all his weight on him, "if you have anything to ask her..."

   Of course Louis has a lot to ask her, is she being manipulated by some spell? Or was the mind taken over by the devil? It's also possible that it was just an accident...

Mary was in the small hall where the king once passed. She sat in an armchair with her hands on the armrests, and when she looked closely, she could see that the translucent rope was tying her tightly. The Duchess of Colonna was also the king's spokesperson in Gayola. Although the wizards held her down, they did not dare to be too rude. Louis walked slowly to her, took his seat, and the attendants brought it. More candles, as opposed to bright light, there was almost no sound in the room, only low, chaotic and painful cries came from the bedroom - the king, who had been treated the same, knew that the wizards first The curse had to be removed from the internal organs, muscles and bones for the wound to heal. His wound was a penetrating wound at the time, and Duke Colonna's injury was a little more serious - he was almost in two.

   "What did you do?" Louis asked softly: "Marie," he was puzzled and hesitant to get an answer: "What are you doing?"

  Mary looked at him, her eyes scattered, like a drunken man who was about to pass out, but was forcibly woken up—perhaps so, "Your Majesty..." she called weakly.

   "It's me," said Louie, "Marie, what have you done to our children?"

Mary showed a look of doubt, her memory was interrupted and fragmented... She had to try hard to remember... She remembered... Her eyes gradually converged: "I, Your Majesty," she opened her eyes wide, "Someone and I Say, you impregnated Madame Lavalier, and she has your child," she said cautiously: "Oh, sire, what a terrible nightmare..."

   "It's not a nightmare," Louis interrupted mercilessly: "She did have my child."

Mary paused, "How is that possible!" She shook her body in panic: "How is it possible! Your Majesty, how is it possible! You are lying, alas, what a cruel person you are, you know it will make me sad! It breaks my heart!…”

   "I'm not lying," said the king.

This time Mary stayed a little longer, and then, perhaps only a few seconds later, or a few minutes later, a sharp cry broke the silence in the room, and she jumped, though unable to break free from the ropes. , but suddenly jumped in front of the king. The monks and wizards around the king all made warning gestures, but they were not as fast as Louis. As soon as Louis raised his foot, he kicked Marie out - although Louis He is not a warrior who gallops across the battlefield, but as long as Philip, Duke of Orleans, who has received the same training and education as him, can take the lead time and time again, you will know that he is definitely not a weak man. He is not only tall, but also strong. Immediately, Mary flew out with the chair and fell two or three steps away.

"I'm tired of your nonsense, ma'am," said Louis, and some of those who knew the majesty could not help but be moved slightly, for someone who could bring such a vivid emotion into the words of the king, the ma'am It was the second, the first was the Bishop of Mazarin, the king did not try to hide his pain and sorrow when he left him, and today, everyone here can hear the king's gnashing of teeth. Anger and hatred: "I just want to know one thing, did you do it? Did you use that cruel spell on our children! The Duke of Colonna, our little Luciano? !?"

"I didn't mean to!" Mary screamed, then coughed violently. If she wasn't a wizard, this might have killed her. She replied to the king, and she couldn't help but fall into deep confusion. Among them, she remembered that she heard from a maid that Madame Lavalier had been pregnant for several months, but for some reason, the king had not made it public - but this was not made public, or something that had already been made public. ? Mary doesn't care about Queen Teresa, because she knows that Louis doesn't love her, but respects her. The only thing she can beat Mary is her surname and bloodline, but what is Louise? A maid next to a princess, a werewolf, in the inner world, she is not even qualified to stand in front of her - so Mary heard that the king had chosen her and made her the first royal lady of her own, and she was extremely painful and resentful, If it wasn't for Madame Milady's repeated words, the king's actions were a covenant with the Serbian werewolves, but she was still haunted by unease and jealousy, and it was precisely because of this jealousy and unease that she warned Louis that if a werewolf were born Child, this child must also be a werewolf.

Sure enough, as she had hoped, Lavalier's first royal lady had a titular title, and Marie and Louis could happily spend a whole summer in Calais as a real couple, with their children, but the werewolf He could only run around like the hounds released during the hunt, driving out all the hidden wizards for the king—waiting in vain for the day they would be abandoned and buried.

   The change came so suddenly!

   Madame Lavalier has a child with Louis! Even though she may have received some kind of magic, or medicine, or promise, Louis was willing to let her have children, which shows that Louis did have some compassion for her, even...love! How could Marie accept this, she was crazy at the time - and then... The memory after that is very vague, it seems that when the Duke of Colonna, also her and Louis's child, went back to their room, she asked him and herself To get rid of their future enemies together, a child who should not be born and a despicable werewolf, but Luciano not only firmly rejected her, but also when she slipped out that even the queen's child should not exist, Try to control her with magic.

Then…

   She fought back.

  The king looked at her and didn't need any more answers. "Don't let me see her again."

  ———

Early the next morning, there was peace in Versailles - most of them had no idea what happened yesterday, given that the wizards had cast sound and light in the room early in the morning, and they either went to the Great Gallery, or It is to enjoy the music and dance, as well as the new play of Mr. Moliere. There are also many young men and women in the Holly Labyrinth who like hunting. Versailles was originally the hunting palace of Louis XIII, and Louis XIV was even more so. They bought the vast swamps and dense forests around them. From here to the Seine, they were the king's domain. They could also ride horses from the Palace of Versailles to Limoges or the city of Versailles, where a large-scale business has been formed. blocks, but mostly furs, herbs and agricultural products,

  The king was always very generous to the people of Versailles.

The fact that a maid left on a temporary leave of absence did not attract anyone's attention, or, in other words, people did not notice her, she hurried to a room in Limoges, and took the hand of a gentleman. Li took over her payment—a big box of gold Louis, she was just an ordinary kitchen maid, and this money was enough for her to live the rest of her life...

   In the short next life, because she didn't have time to smile, a dagger that came with the reward killed her.

   (end of this chapter)