Versailles Wild Rose

When I stood up straight, my belly was very flat. When I lay down and felt it, there was a small hard lump in my lower abdomen, which was very small.It was amazing to think of a baby slowly growing in her womb.

The eldest princess is an unmarried young woman, but I don't know if she has ever been in love.The middle and small aristocrats under the duke of Orleans don't want to marry the big princess. The husband of the big princess can only be a royal family or a duke with the right to inherit the throne. Britain, Spain and Austria don't have suitable age candidates, but there are suitable age candidates. The other party will also dislike her for not starting to propose marriage 10 years ago. Now that she is over 30 years old, she is no longer a young woman of the best childbearing age.

Louis didn't say this, it was Abigail's own thought, very simple, look at the marriageable age of the royal princess and the daughter of the duke who has the right to inherit the throne in this century and you can draw a conclusion.The Great Princess was the best bride candidate 10 years ago, but once she missed it, she would lose her competitiveness in the marriage market.

And the princess who understands what money can do, no longer wants to get married.

Abigail admires the princess very much. There are not many women who can withstand the pressure in this era but are not married.The big princess is just that there are fewer husband candidates, it's not that she can't get married at all. Finding a husband is not difficult for a wealthy woman like her who has a title and millions of assets. Men pick on her because she is not the best childbearing age. You have to find fault with the other party's poor ghost.

"That's it, I have now become a headache for His Majesty the Queen Mother." The princess laughed lightly, and said self-deprecatingly.

Abigail took her arm, and laughed, "I see you are just right, no one cares about you, you can do whatever you want, as long as you like it. Oh, this kind of life is not bad."

"Look at your small mouth, you can really talk." The princess twisted her face slightly, "I know that many people say they envy me on the surface, but when they turn around, they laugh at me behind my back for being an old maid."

Abigail pursed her lips and laughed that the princess may be "old" in his mouth, but she is not a "virgin". Well, the royal family doesn't care much about chastity, and the princess probably doesn't care either. The only thing she needs to worry about The most important thing is the possible consequences of indulging the body to become pregnant, other things are out of her consideration.

Besides, even if the princess had really given birth to a child, if she wanted to use her means, she would definitely be able to hide it strictly.Women's skirts in this era can try to hide the pregnant belly as much as possible. Some women don't know that they are at home until they are about to give birth and don't go out.

Abigail is not so free, thinking about these boring gossips all day long, she is really envious of the chicness of the princess.

She was waiting for the guards to untie the ropes of the boat. Louis had accompanied them for a stroll in the small square at first, but now he didn't know where he went.

The guards first helped the princess to board the boat, and then helped Abigail to board the boat. This white swan-shaped boat was her favorite. The princess thought that her preference was for very young girls, but she was really just a little girl. A girl under the age of 20 has nothing to say.

The weather at the end of October is not suitable for boating, so I just went to the Huxin Pavilion for a while and then came back.

"His Majesty said that you had a great time playing with him in the Huxin Pavilion." The princess said calmly.

Hey, this dog man is talking nonsense again, why did he tell others such a secret thing?

She blushed a little, "what did he say"

"Say you're a shy and bold little thing."

"Oh, don't say it," she stopped in a panic.

"You have such a good relationship with His Majesty, I'm so envious." The princess sighed, "I wish I could have a caring and lovely husband like you, but it's a pity."

Probably because of the mentality of "which girl doesn't have a spring", the princess lives a chic life, but it doesn't prevent her from wanting a love of her own.In fact, speaking of it, she and Reinho were childhood sweethearts and had known each other since they were teenagers.Lei Nio's temperament is too similar to that of the princess, they both want to be the masters of the family, and the feeling of love always requires one or both parties to compromise with each other; without compromise, it is actually very difficult.

Is Louis a compromise with her? It doesn't seem to count. After all, they are now in love, and the new wedding may be added. Louis still wears a filter for her, and will turn everything about her into pink bubbles. Once this impulsive passion recedes, he loses interest in her.

But who thinks forever

Evening, dance.

For this ball, D'Artagnan began to deploy his defenses a few days in advance, and investigated all the servants at least twice from the kitchen to the ballroom.Some servants were brought from the Louvre, some were from Fontainebleau, and some were brought by themselves. The sources are complicated.

The most basic investigation is to ask the three generations, the scope of work, and require the servant supervisor to manage his employees well and not to go to areas that are not within his scope of responsibility. For example, kitchen servants are not allowed to go to the master’s residence upstairs; personal servants should not go to the kitchen unless necessary; Those who do odd jobs are only allowed to stay in their own workplaces, and it is strictly forbidden to walk around at will;

Take out the candles in advance and put them in the kitchen storage room. The servants who change the candles must change the candles within the specified time, leave immediately after the work is done, and are not allowed to stay;

It is also the privilege of the servants to promise the servants the right to enjoy the leftover food and drinks at the ball. The kitchen supervisor has been secretly selling the untouched dishes at the banquet. Of course Bangtang knew about this kind of thing, but usually he didn't care about it. You have to allow all levels of executives to have some gray income in the palace, so that people can serve wholeheartedly.

D'Artagnan also has gray income. For example, if he is in charge of security work for banquets or dances, the kitchen supervisor will give him a certain percentage of private income.In addition to the dishes, those unused candles will also be taken away by the supervisor in charge. The servant in charge of cleaning after the banquet and dance can take some candle stubs home with tacit consent. More than half of the candles must be handed over to the supervisor for sale. The business of growing half candles is also very good, and a commission is also given to the captain of the guard.

D'Artagnan was very fair, he acquiesced in these actions, got the commission, and divided it equally between the Musketeers and the Royal Guards under him, leaving very little for himself, and sometimes he didn't even take a livre.

Abigail, the little wife, invited him to dinner twice, both when the king was away; The rights are very suspicious.He could only ask His Majesty to rest assured with a serious face. His affection for Abigail was to treat her as his daughter.

The king responded with a sneer at this statement, but made no comment.

The ball was as lively as ever, with beautiful clothes and shining jewels.

Today Abigail is very beautifully dressed, wearing a lemon yellow and sea blue two-color dance dress, an egg-shaped sapphire and diamond necklace, and a slightly larger sapphire pendant hanging on her snow-white chest; her blonde hair is braided , with a delicate bun on the back of the head, embellished with sapphire and diamond rosette hairpins and butterfly hairpins.

The beauty of gemstones is to set off the beauty of the owner. According to Abigail, jewelry is "high-end luxury goods" and "non-essential consumption", but in the palace, it is "necessary consumption".

She danced all night so much that he worried she would be too tired.

The prom was great and it was a joy to dance.I didn't know how many dances I danced all night. First, I danced the opening dance with Louis. After the king danced the opening dance, the others could dance next. In fact, they were all group dances, and there was no difference.

After that, I danced with Philippe Lorraine brother Claude Nicholas, but I still danced the most with Louis.

Louis danced very well, all the dances that were popular at court, with a good sense of music and a high level of artistic cultivation.He is very stinky, and he especially likes to have painters paint portraits for him. He needs to paint at least two official portraits every year. Court painters never worry about not having orders, because apart from the king, His Royal Highness, His Majesty the Queen Mother, etc. will ask for official portraits.

Louis promised to find her a painter to paint her portraits, but instead of the current court painter, he found a charese named Charles Le Brun from Paris.

Un's painter, Le Brun studied painting and sculpture in Rome for 4 years before. He insisted on observing the Provence lady at close range in life, so that he could work better and capture the beauty of the young lady.

Le Brun was also at Fontainebleau, and was quite active at the ball, and Abigail thought it more likely that he was looking for an excuse to get involved in court life.It is said that Le Brun was appreciated by the former Prime Minister Richelieu when he was a teenager, and he was funded for his further study, and he was called a rare "genius painter" in France.Aged 39, Le Brun was at the peak of his skill and creativity as a painter, but not yet a court painter.

Abigail's requirements are many and very high, requiring at least one sitting portrait, and at least one prom painting, one horse riding painting, one outdoor play painting, if one painting lasts for 23 months , just a few of her paintings are enough for him to paint for a year.

It is also required that all sketches be used as a base. After she confirms the approval, she will paint them into oil paintings.

Painting is a profession that burns money, and ordinary families cannot afford to learn painting because the paint is too expensive.

Before the industrialized production of tubular pigments, painters used natural ore pigments for painting.Ultramarine blue is expensive lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli is a semi-precious stone, and blue is the royal color, which means that if a painter wants to paint royal family members, lapis lazuli alone is a big expense; red is poppy flower seed oil and Cochineal carcasses are ground; purple is sea snail glands; mummy brown is made from mummified powder; and Indian yellow is made from cow urine.

The author has something to say and feels that the ancient painters were almost chemists.

After the construction of the Palace of Versailles began, Le Brun became the court painter of Louis XIV and presided over most of the art works such as paintings and sculptures in the Palace of Versailles. ,,