Versailles Wild Rose

She really sympathized with Louis. The girl he liked was first dragged to bed by his younger brother, and now he was also taken by the men of the Lorraine family. If Reinho really asked to marry Abigail, even the king would have no reason to say "no".

Oh, I really want to see what Louis will look like at that time.

So she decided to support Reinho.

"I'll leave her here for lunch at noon, and you can come too. If you want to marry her, you should ask her and her father and brother for advice."

Reinho was noncommittal, just looking at Abigail who was playing.

In this era, the ways of communication between men and women are limited, and it is impossible to have any "free love" like later generations.A man who wants to marry a wife, especially an aristocrat, depends on the aristocratic pedigree to find a candidate.Aristocratic marriages cannot be decided by themselves. It is said that the marriage must be approved by the king, because noble marriages are not only two men and women married, but two families formed in-laws and allies; If the interests are favorable, you have to apply for the Pope's approval.

The usual practice is that if Count Reigno wants to marry her, he must first ask her father for his opinion. If the father is not alive, he will ask his elder brother or younger brother for his opinion. After the woman agrees, he will start negotiating the dowry, and the man will also prepare a gift. A list of gifts for the woman, then a date is chosen, the engagement is announced, and then reported to something like the Palace Protocol Department for approval;

After the king reads the document and approves it, both the man and woman can officially start the pre-marriage preparations.

It was rare, almost never, for the king to disagree with a marriage, so as soon as Regno started negotiating dowry with the Barberiones, the marriage was basically settled.

Renio was really a fast-moving guy. He had lunch with Abigail and the princesses, and went to Claude in the afternoon and asked Abigail if he would marry him.

Claude was stunned, "Wait a minute, if I remember correctly, you have only met her a few times, and you still don't understand anything."

"That's not a problem. I can wait until after the engagement to get to know her better. Oh, yes, after the engagement, I hope she can return to Rouen and stop staying in the palace as a maid."

Claude thought well, before you get engaged, you actually want to take care of where she stays, I think you are going to finish.

"I'm going to ask my sister. Also, have you asked her? You should at least propose to her in person."

"I want to ask your permission first."

What Reinho did was actually not wrong, that is, he was so confident that Abigail would agree

Claude smiled mockingly, "No, you should ask my sister for permission first. If she doesn't agree, you don't have to consider asking my father and me for permission. You may not know that my father and I have nothing to do with her. Can't call the shots for her."

Renio was not surprised at all, but nodded solemnly, "I see."

Watching Count De Testlan leave, Claude hurried to find his sister.

Abigail was counting jewels in her room, "Claude, come see I have a lot of jewels"

Claude closed the door and bolted it.

"What's wrong"

"Just now, Count De Testlan suddenly found me and asked me if I agreed with you to marry him."

Abigail laughed first, "You are so funny, how come I haven't spoken to him a few times."

Claude didn't smile, "He's very serious."

"It has nothing to do with me. Why didn't he come and propose to me?"

"Maybe it will come in a while. If you don't want to agree, don't go out. I'll help you ask Her Majesty the Queen Mother for leave and say you're not feeling well."

"I haven't seen him a few times, and I don't know what kind of person he is yet."

"He is a man, and he is very domineering. He said that after you get engaged, you will leave Paris and go home."

Sure enough, Abigail had a look of "what's wrong with this man", "he is a rotten apple on a tree, why should I stay there?"

"We don't know much about him yet. He is an earl, yes, but we don't know how much his annual income is, whether he has a mistress or an illegitimate child in his family. I can't agree to marry him without knowing everything."

"That's right, no matter how you say it, you have to learn more about it. If I don't agree, don't agree."

"I'm not stupid"

Abigail didn't take this matter to heart, "I won't go out today, please help me to ask for leave from Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

Now Claude can finally look at the jewelry on her bed, "Who gave it all?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, and Your Majesty the Queen Mother. These are left to me by my mother." The jewels on the bed were divided into several parts, and Louis gave the most and the most shining jewels.

"You're a very rich girl now," he marveled.

"That's not it"

"Look, His Majesty is still very kind to you. Dear sister, if a man is willing to give you so many jewels, it doesn't necessarily mean that he loves you, but if he is reluctant to give you anything, then he definitely doesn't love you."

"Oh, Renio gave me this." She got out of bed, took out the rectangular wooden box from the closet, and took out the dagger inside. "He really gave me a dagger. Look at the gems on it."

Not only were three large gemstones inlaid on the handle of the dagger, but also at least hundreds of small gemstones were inlaid on the scabbard, shining brightly.

"My God, this dagger is really amazing." Claude estimated the value with great effort. "Not counting these three gems, the scabbard is worth tens of thousands of livres."

He pulled out the dagger and carefully inspected the blade. "I don't know much about this, but this dagger is obviously not made in Europe. It is probably made of Damascus steel. Strange. Maybe the count went to Arabia before." Europeans flock to Damascus steel, Weapons made of Damascus steel are exceptionally sharp and can be called sharp weapons. However, because the forging process has been lost, each surviving Damascus steel weapon can be sold at a sky-high price in Europe.

"This earl is so mysterious. He still doesn't have the long curly hair that men wear now." She pulled his hair mischievously.

"Don't mess with my hair." He gave her a warning look.

"What will happen to your father, do you want to tell your father?"

"The Earl won't be able to sell you easily if he doesn't offer enough gifts." Claude flicked her cheek, "Our father expects to sell you for a good price."

Abigail snorted, "And leave the money to you?"

"It's not bad if he leaves me with the title of earl. Abby, our family may be the poorest earl's family in France."

"Is all the money in the family the land rent?"

"almost."

"Is it all fields?"

"No, half of it is wasteland."

"Can't we rent it all out?"

"That requires someone to cultivate it. We don't have that many people in our territory."

There is nothing wrong with it. There is enough population to have enough labor. People here have not eaten potatoes and corn. The output in the fields is not enough to pay the rent and feed the whole family. If there is not enough food, they cannot feed enough children. And because Medicine is underdeveloped, infant mortality is high, and even the royal family and the duke family cannot guarantee that all children will survive.

Just like before Louis was born, Anna of Austria gave birth to several children, some of which died at birth, and some were born as dead babies; the Barberion family also died of two children before Abigail.

The family's income seems to be quite a lot, but everything costs money, and his father is too good at making things up. Claude said that his father likes to gamble, so the family's money always disappears.

annoying.

"I want to get married earlier, so that I don't have to worry all day that he will give me to a man I have never met before." The debt can only be settled by marrying the daughter or letting the son marry the creditor's daughter Forgiveness, this kind of thing is not uncommon, and it is very common. For example, everyone said that Henry IV owed a large debt to the Medici family, so he had to marry Marie de' Medici as his wife.

When her mother was still alive, she kept telling her that she should go to the Louvre to please the Queen Mother, and then find a suitable husband. Be honest, and it doesn’t matter if you are cowardly. Enough for him to make a fuss, the second son does not inherit the family property, so there is no pressure to have a boy; cowardly character means that she can control her husband and make him listen to her.

Mother was thoughtful, but also naive.

"He must have had this idea before he came to Paris, but now he will not agree to others casually, he is not that stupid. You and His Highness will know."

"You told him"

"No, people in the palace talk a lot, I don't know who told him so many things."

She thought, this is an unexpected benefit, and her father will definitely think that it is more cost-effective for her to become His Royal Highness's mistress, so he will not just use her to offset the debt.

really upset

Claude left, and he promised to go to his father to make sure.

Abigail looked at the jewels for a while longer before putting away the shiny little stones.

The ivory ball sits on the dressing table, next to the jewelry box, and I can hold it for a while when I comb my hair every day.The value of artworks lies in making people feel happy, which is the enjoyment only after being rich.

Then I thought that there should be court painters in the Louvre. There seems to be no famous painters in France now.She found the stationery, quill and inkwell, wrote a note, folded it in three folds, sealed it with wax, and called Mary to take it to the King.

Reinio did not come to propose to her, but his father did.

"Abigail." The attitude was very kind, even a little too kind.

"Father." She met him in the living room and asked him to sit down.

Earl Barberion has been here for 5 days, and she was in Versailles for the first two days, so she only saw her father a few times in these three days.

The count sat down and straightened his legs, "My dear daughter."

Abigail felt a sudden tingle. The good father had never called her that.

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

"What's matter"

"Do you have any money now? Perhaps, a piece of jewelry" He stared at the pearl necklace around her neck with bright eyes.

"You are in debt." She frowned dissatisfiedly, "You should tell Claude instead of asking me."

The earl smiled flatteringly, "I gave Claude all his money, and he has no money. And you, my dear darling, you are now His Highness's man, and you must have a lot of rewards in your hands."

Abigail was stunned. Is the old man thinking of something nice?

The author has something to say and found out that it was written that Reinho has long hair, but he forgot to write it later and wrote it as short hair.I don't want to go back and modify it unless it is absolutely necessary, and I will make sure it is short hair after that.

Claude could be big cousin, Reinho I think Charlie Hunnam. ,,