Versailles Wild Rose

Louis XIV regretted not having Abigail sit beside him.

He doesn't need to worry about other banquets, but this is the Spanish embassy, ​​which is responsible for negotiating the marriage contract, so he can't be too arrogant.

The dinner was pretty tasteless.

Louis is perfunctory, Philip is absent-minded, and it all depends on Anna of Austria to hold his respect.

After sitting at the dining table for an hour, Louis felt that this was the limit he could tolerate, so he stood up suddenly and said abruptly, "Gentlemen, I will take my leave first."

Everyone present stood up except Anna Austria.

Louis then motioned for Abigail to follow.

She had no choice but to follow him out of the banquet hall.

"What's the matter, did someone say something to upset you?"

Louie glanced over at her quickly. "No. But they're enough to bore me just sitting there."

"Didn't we have a good talk this afternoon?" She reached out to hold his hand, "What did the Spaniards say?"

"It's just that." He said impatiently, "Money and land."

"I thought France had won."

Louis smiled, "It's not such a simple calculation, but you are right to say that France won."

"I heard it's because the princess's dowry amount wasn't negotiated."

Thinking of sending a princess from Spain, and a large dowry, it is really a disadvantage.

"Partly yes. Why, you're not jealous of the princess now"

"I'm not jealous for now." She quickly kissed him on the cheek, and said with a smile, "You let me participate in the banquet, do you want the Spaniards to see what I look like?"

He raised his eyebrows proudly at this moment, "Almost. My princess cousin is not very beautiful in the portrait, they must know how beautiful you are, and don't always blow their princess into a fairy."

Abigail smiled lightly at this upright Yangou

"I haven't seen you all day today, please walk with me."

"Okay. Where to go"

"Just take a walk in the garden."

"It's already cold."

"Just a short walk, a few minutes."

He raised her hand and kissed the back of her hand.

"Go get a thick cloak," he told the maid who followed.

The maid rushed upstairs to fetch the cloak.

"How did you go today?"

"I went to see the land with Claude. Rachel's ability to handle things is not bad. I found two very good lands and brought a large farm."

"If you can't make up your mind, let Bontang look at it for you."

"Does Bang Tang know everything?"

"He knows a lot of things. If he doesn't understand, he will help you find someone who knows."

"I actually want to buy existing manors, but the locations are not good and they are all remote. I like places with convenient transportation and smooth roads." She specifically asked Rachel to find land for her between Paris and Versailles, but the road to The roads in Versailles are narrow, and the road conditions are not very good.

"Tell me, how about we go to Versailles after the envoys leave, this time I want to stay for a few more days."

"Okay." Louis replied casually.Only after he agreed did he realize that there is still a dangerous person living in Versailles.He decided to have Aramis send the Man in the Iron Mask back to the Bastille.

"Stay as long as you like. Just the two of us, without Philip."

"Okay." Louis is now negotiating a marriage contract, and he will feel guilty towards her. He will almost agree to any request she asks, and for this reason, she will appropriately meet his request.There must be coming and going.

The night in Paris at the end of November was indeed very cold, and her warm hands gradually became cold. Louis didn't like the cold, so he urged her to go back after only a few minutes of walking.

The Marquis Elvira watched the young King of France and the even younger Marquise from the terrace on the second floor.

"If it's such a beautiful girl, I can understand His Majesty's feelings."

"Your Excellency, you represent the Spanish royal family."

The Marquis smiled, "I'm not the royal family, I can't represent the royal family, you should say this to the Duke."

"Our princess is so pitiful, she has such a dangerous opponent before she is engaged."

The Marquis said indifferently, "The princess only needs to be able to give birth to a French crown prince with Habsburg blood. As for whether she is in love with her husband, look at the other princess. She is the queen mother of France now. That's what she exists for."

"Is it really all right?" The man asked suspiciously, "If the king doesn't sleep with the queen once a year like his father did back then, how can the queen give birth to a crown prince?"

Marquis Elvira pondered, "This is indeed a question worthy of consideration. Otherwise, we can add another clause, requiring the king and queen to share the bed no less than several times a month."

The man almost sprayed, "Your Excellency is really good at telling jokes."

It was obviously impossible to stipulate the number of times they shared the same bed, and Louis was able to throw the table and run away on the spot. Many spies agreed that the king's temper was not very good, and he was a violent young man.The spies said that the king and his wife often quarreled, but the more noisy the better, especially after the lady announced her pregnancy.

Thinking of this, all the representatives of the missions will have a headache.

Before the arrival of the envoys, while discussing the marriage contract with the Spanish royal family, the King of France had an official royal mistress and made the mistress pregnant. This was clearly a slap in the face of the Spanish royal family and the princess.

After they heard the news in the afternoon, they immediately sent someone to report to Madrid overland, asking if the terms of the marriage contract needed to be revised.

It is impossible for Louis to drive away his mistress, the dignity of the king does not allow him to be threatened; Spain is also worried that Charles II will soon return to London to be crowned, so that Louis will have another wife to choose Princess Henrietta, so Spain also I am very anxious and want to make a marriage contract quickly before the situation in England becomes clear.

Spain can let the princess marry the king of France, or marry the king of England, but it cannot let the king of France marry the princess of England, and Spain now only has princesses and no princes. The most preferred thing is to let the princess marry the king of France.

Mrs. Provence was so young that she didn't look like she was about to become a mother. She said something briskly to Louis, and the gentle look Louis treated her made everyone who saw this scene immediately understand that Louis loved her.

Adrian was thinking about when he would be able to go to the Louvre.

The diplomatic mission lived in a mansion near the royal palace, and those official representatives left early and returned late every day, and ran to the Louvre every day.

My father said that the terms of the negotiations were seen every day, and Bishop Mazarin was a man of less intelligence but tenacity, striving for the best conditions for France and the king.The princess's dowry was initially an astronomical figure of 200 million livres, which almost stunned the envoys.

The princess is very honorable, yes, but it is impossible for the princess to give so much dowry. Maria Teresa is the eldest daughter, and there are other younger sisters under her. It is impossible for the royal family to give so much cash dowry all at once.

So the negotiation reduced the cash dowry and added the physical dowry, jewelry must be one of them.There are also the princess’s belongings, including clothes, wedding dress, shoes, boots, dressing box, etc., which must be included in the dowry. Before the princess leaves Madrid, the dowry list must be submitted to the French representative of the bride.

My father took the trouble to tell him every day what details were negotiated today, and Adrian is not interested at all. These are all external things, okay?

He suddenly asked "No one cares if Louis likes the princess"

"Whether they like it or not is not in the terms." Marquis Elvira said with a straight face, "The princess must contribute to the country, and this is the meaning of her existence."

"You want to say that the meaning of my existence is to contribute to you and the family, right?" Adrian said bluntly.

That's always been the case with his father, ever since he decided to dedicate himself to God at the age of thirteen, his father's words to him have always been about family honor and self-sacrifice, as if that is what counts as an Elvira family.

But isn't devotion to God a higher goal?

Adrian felt that his father was an out-and-out hypocrite.

"You are the eldest son. I spent time, money and energy training you, not to make you an ascetic monk." The Marquis said dissatisfied.

Adrian pursed his lips.

"You go to the palace with me tomorrow, and I will introduce you to His Royal Highness, His Highness is only one year older than you, so you should be able to talk together.",,