I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 88 How the King Compensated Marie Mancini (Part 1)

   This is the second day of Louis's return to Paris.

He was a young man in his youth, so although he was tired from the journey, by the afternoon of the next day, he had fully recovered, and when Philip came to see him, he was busy sorting out this harvest - a A long list of names, but the king must admit that in this day and age, almost everyone who is worthy of praise has a good surname, at least a good background, and the really poor people cannot receive an orthodox and systematic education, some Important books are almost entirely written in Latin—such as the many works of Roman scholars and military strategists, so how can one learn from these esteemed men without mastering Latin?

But an ancient surname also represents complex personal relationships. Louis no longer needs courtiers such as Kongdai. To be precise, since his father, he has been deliberately biased towards those who are not from prominent backgrounds, so he must rely entirely on them. Only the king can survive, like Richelieu and Mazarin.

When Philip entered the room, the king had already closed the booklet and put it in the drawer, "Did you come to make an appointment with me when to go hunting in Boulogne or Vansen?" the king asked: "In recent days, It's raining, and it's not pleasant to walk in the forest wet in the rain, but I heard that it will clear up in about a week, and although it must be a little cold by then, the prey in late autumn must be very fat... What's the matter? "Louis noticed something strange about the younger brother. In fact, when he went to Agas this time, the king wanted to bring Philip, but the bishop was resolutely unwilling, and neither did the queen mother. Being together may indeed lead to the extinction of the direct line, and the Duke of Gaston will really die of laughter, so Louis did not force it.

   "No, that's not the case." Philip straightened the lace on the placket, although they were very neat: "Have you noticed Miss Mary?"

"What's the matter with her?" Louie asked, please forgive him - as a straight-minded man, it's hard for him to notice a problem like Mary's without him, after all, Mary can come and go at any time. She never mentioned the study room, and Louis naturally thought that Mary's thinness and paleness were caused by longing. He not only indulged her in his study room, but also often walked with her in the moonlight or the sunset. , admiring the cypress trees in the Tuileries Gardens, and feeding sparrows and crows with torn bread to the puff of a small fountain.

So Philip told the king what happened to Marie Mancini, and Louis was surprised when he heard it: "I thought you would hate her." Anyway, Felipe belongs to Marie Brother, and if that was the eager and fierce gesture of the king, Mary might really keep silent about it, but Philip just shook his head: "I don't blame her," he said: "and I know You like her," Wang Di said, "when you are with her, you are very relaxed and happy."

Louis was silent for a while: "Yes," he admitted: "I really like her very much." In the intrigue, crazy and absurd court, and even in the whole world, Marie Mancini's love is sincere and frank, Louis had very little to think about when he was with her, and at times he almost forgot that he was still a king, while his country was occupied and divided by thugs, rebels and wizards, dark creatures and the Holy See.

"And even if I hate Mancini," said Wangdi grimly, "her ending will not be enviable—brother, she loves you, but at best she can be your disgraced lover, and you will have a princess As a wife, and she will have a prominent husband, the more she loves you now, the more tragic and hopeless her fate will be."

   "I don't even know you're mocking Mary," the king said softly, "and you're still blaming me."

   "I'll never blame you," said the younger brother, "Neither would Mary. She knew what she was going to face, and you reminded her, didn't you?"

   "Yes," said Louis. "You can use it as an excuse for pretense."

   Brother Wang didn't speak any more, he just shook his head and saluted and left. Since the Felipe incident, he has become more mature.

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The king thought about how to make Mary regain the respect of the ladies. Of course, there is a quickest way to solve this problem, and that is to make Mary his lover. The walls in the palace also have eyes and ears. These Madam can exclude or laugh at Mary when she has not yet obtained the king's favor, but if Mary really becomes the one who can influence the king's decision, then she will become the object of flattery. It's just that Louis... Louis couldn't do it ruthlessly, because once he went down this road, Mary would never look back. When people talked about her, they would always say "that king's lover!" For specific examples, please refer to The old Madame de Condé, Madame Charlotte de Morency, she was the lover of Henry IV, and the whispers of people followed her to her grave, and she didn't know what she was going through when she was born. How much comes from the suffering of her husband and son, and she will have no peace when she dies.

Unless she never leaves the court, never leaves Louis, but Louis has to say that he can't believe himself that even if he can keep his love for Mary, he won't necessarily put the power in her hands forever, and he also realizes that When it came, Mary's education and her thoughts were not suitable for the dirty court and political situation. The power he gave her would only become a sharp blade to stab her or him, but it could not become her armor.

but now…

Although the ladies in the court were quite consistent in isolating Marie, their eyes were always on her, because she was now one of the women closest to the king, apart from the Queen Mother and Princess Henrietta, I heard that the king deliberately set aside a whole day, summoned his royal barber, jeweler, and many tailors, and only with Marie Mancini, and intends to be there for tonight's After giving instructions for Miss Mary to dress up to celebrate the banquet, no matter how calm the lady was, she couldn't help showing jealousy.

But none of them knew what the king was going to do, especially the hairdresser. At that time, the hairdresser could be said to be only for men like straddling saddles, trousers and sabres. Women's hair was generally treated with familiar female companions. Or leave it to a maid, and they are handled in a very simple way, because according to the requirements of the church, women should show humility and piety, as well as the indispensable chastity, they should cover all their hair under the headscarf, not showing any. Lest men easily fall into the devil's trap.

   It's late today, and it's a bit less, and I'll make up for it tomorrow.

   (end of this chapter)