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In front of the entire town, the queen mother's envoy announced the king's order to remove the prime minister and deprive the prime minister of all privileges.

Richelieu delicately pulled out a handkerchief from the sleeve of his long robe, covered his mouth, coughed lightly, and blushed slightly on his face.

His attitude was the same as usual, as if the dismissal of the Prime Minister had been expected by him.

"It's very interesting," Richelieu said softly, "the order to dismiss the Prime Minister came from the Queen Mother."

"The Queen Mother is the mother of His Majesty the King." The envoy said loudly, "Will His Majesty disregard his mother's wishes in order to favor his subjects?"

"Put down your weapons. From now on, you will no longer belong to the prime minister's guard, but will serve the king and the queen mother."

The queen mother's emissary shouted to the cardinal's guard.

Suddenly there was the sound of returning the sword into its sheath, and several guards put away their weapons and strode towards the Queen Mother's emissary.

Driven by these few people, several other guards returned their swords to the sheath one after another, but they looked at the captain of the guard and Richelieu hesitantly, undecided, not knowing who to listen to.

Roland watched from the sidelines, secretly sighing in his heart: It seems that part of Richelieu's guards had already defected to the Queen Mother.

The cardinal ignored the movements of his guards, but stretched out his hand, called Florent, and asked him softly, "Father, do you know who authorized and conferred the post of cardinal?"

The pious Floren replied respectfully: "It is authorized by God and canonized by the Pope."

Roland heard it from the side, and thought so too.

Richelieu's cardinal status was conferred by the Pope in the Vatican himself, and has nothing to do with the royal power.Even if the queen mother had obtained the permission of Louis XIII and deposed Richelieu as prime minister, there was no way to shake his status as the sole cardinal of France.

"In that case, children, what are you waiting for?"

Richelieu said lightly.

The captain of the guard immediately gave an order, and the guards under his command immediately put on a dark blue cloak.

"Here it is, the cardinal's guard!"

The captain of the guard shouted loudly, and the guards under his command immediately stabilized their positions again.

"Do you dare to interfere with the cardinal's inspection of the dioceses?"

On the contrary, those guards who switched to the Queen Mother were standing outside the queue at the moment, and their clothes were different from others. Their thoughts and identities were immediately revealed, and they could no longer hide them.

Roland breathed a sigh of relief involuntarily, and gestured to Heathcliff and the others who were hiding in the dark, telling them not to be too nervous for the time being.

Unexpectedly, the mayor patted his thigh and shouted regretfully: "Oh... It's a pity that the bishop lost his position as prime minister, it's a pity, it's a pity."

"How can a cardinal compare with the status of a country's prime minister?"

From Roland's point of view, she agreed with the mayor.

Now King Louis XIII of France has begun to rule in person, trying his best to get rid of the influence of the Queen Mother and make the royal power above all else.The church was heavily taxed by the king to pay for the various expenses of the royal family and the army-the life of the church and priests was not easy.

In fact, Richelieu was the initiator and executor of this policy when he was the prime minister. A dignitary above ten thousand people.

Now Richelieu has been deprived of the position of prime minister by the queen mother, leaving only the position of cardinal, and his authority has been greatly weakened.Not only was he unable to control the situation in France, but he had to face further oppression from the queen mother, and what's more, he might encounter a rebound from the church.

Of course, the mayor absolutely does not have such a vision.What he regretted was that if Richelieu only had the title of cardinal left, he would not be able to promote him—the mayor was not a priest or monk, and the favor of a cardinal was completely meaningless to him.

"Why am I so unlucky?"

The mayor looked at Li Sheliu very sadly, and couldn't stop talking loudly.

Roland reminded him in a low voice, don't make a judgment so early.

The mayor became more and more depressed: "If the envoy didn't say anything, how could His Majesty go against the wishes of the biological mother?"

On the square in front of the church in Tianshui Town, the queen mother's emissary led a few "rebel" guards to confront the cardinal's guard.

In addition, there was a group of town residents who were at a loss, the mayor who sighed, and Roland who was watching calmly.

The queen mother's envoy who came to deliver the order obviously lacked the ability to adapt. He only knew how to issue an order to disarm the prime minister.But now that the prime minister's guard has suddenly become the bishop's guard, he doesn't know what to do.

Richelieu's captain of the guard still had his long sword in his hand, and asked again: "Do you dare to interfere with the cardinal's inspection of the dioceses?"

The Queen Mother's envoy sighed immediately, turned his horse's head, and made way for it.

The envoy looked gloomy, staring closely at Richelieu, as if saying: My lord bishop, let's wait and see.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the dense sound of horseshoes sounded again in the distance.The residents of the small town are no strangers to this, and all kinds of strange people, pilgrims, and big shots come to Tianshui Town one after another... Who came this time?

The galloping knights were still wearing the uniforms of the royal palace guards, galloping towards them, shouting loudly, "My lord cardinal, my lord prime minister..."

The face of the queen dowager who came first changed, and then shouted loudly: "The cardinal has been deposed from the position of prime minister, and the prime minister will be appointed by His Majesty the king. Your Excellency must not pretend to be the prime minister..."

Who knew that the later palace guards ignored him and rushed straight to the guards, dismounted, bowed down in front of Richelieu, and said loudly, "My lord bishop, His Majesty ordered me to deliver the order."

"Your Majesty's original words are that the king must be responsible to France, not to the king's mother."

"Master Prime Minister, don't listen to people's words. His Majesty the King ordered you to return to Paris as soon as possible after visiting the parishes. France needs you, His Majesty the King needs you..."

"This……"

The empress dowager's envoy felt extremely embarrassed, and stayed where he was, not knowing what to say.

How proud he was when he delivered the order just now, how regretful he is now-he offended the Prime Minister to the death, who knows that His Majesty the King has repented now?

The king's herald smiled at the other party: "Brother, you are a little impatient, and you came a step earlier."

"However, it's no wonder you—under such circumstances, anyone may misunderstand His Majesty's filial piety."

"However, the great plan of the country can be compared with filial piety?"

All of a sudden, the cardinal's guards cheered. They waved their long swords, knocked on each other in celebration, and made clinking sounds.

"Long live! Long live His Majesty the King!"

Those guards who walked out of the guard team earlier on their own, now want to return to their positions, but they are no longer able.

Once approached, the chilly sword tip was already trembling in their throats: "Dude, after the truth is revealed, don't turn around with a shy face."

On the other side, the mayor is raising his hands, thanking God.

"I knew it, I knew it, the bishop has a prosperous career and won His Majesty's trust, how could he be dismissed, how could he be dismissed, hahahaha..."

The man who was terribly depressed just now was almost crazy with joy, as if it was not Richelieu who kept the Prime Minister's position, but himself.

Roland remained silent and looked around, but his eyes met Richelieu's.

There was a smile in the cardinal's eyes, as if to say: Look, look at the ridiculous appearance of these fools.

His funny eyes swept over the Queen Mother's envoy and the guards who turned back from the guard, and even the mayor was within the scope of his mocking glance.

"Countess, priest," Richelieu said, "I may have to stay in Sweetwater Town for another day to deal with some business."

The mayor was completely unaware that the bishop had included him in the scope of "fools", so he congratulated him with a shy face, and he was full of flattery, expressing his great honor to the bishop for staying one more day.

But Roland knew that this incident did happen in history—it was called the "Fool's Day Incident"②.Probably the same happened today, but the queen mother mistakenly believed that the cardinal had fallen out of favor with the king, so she asked the king to dismiss Richelieu in front of the officials.

At that time, facing the aggressive mother, the king had no choice but to slip away with excuses.

The queen mother's party thought they had won and the prime minister had been removed, so they celebrated.

Unexpectedly, the king quickly regained his composure, summoned Richelieu and announced that he would stay in office.Of course, Richelieu launched a counterattack and defeated those who opposed him one by one: the queen mother was exiled, important ministers were arrested, the king's younger brother was publicly reprimanded, and ordered to be careful in his words and deeds.

What is happening now is different from the official history, but somewhat similar.

Richelieu proposed to stay in Tianshui Town for one more day, probably because he wanted to write letters and launch an offensive to wipe out the Queen Mother's followers in Paris.

In the eyes of Richelieu, since the "fools" came to his door automatically, there was no reason why he could not laugh at this excuse to attack political opponents.

The mayor was full of flattery, and Florent felt that it would be fine to keep the cardinal for another day.

Roland frowned slightly: Originally, her plan was to send this lord out of her territory in a safe and sound way. Why did she become the one who backfired after all the changes?

Then she gestured to Heathcliff in the hiding place, to call everyone to their guard.

She is not afraid of Li Sheliu's loss of power - a bishop who has no power in his hands and only has a beautiful red robe, no one will want to think about him.

On the contrary, a prime minister who can make the king willing to go against his mother's wishes and keep him is probably a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of more people.

At this time, Richelieu walked slowly towards Roland.

Roland was about to remind him, when suddenly there was a deafening noise in his ear.Horrified, Roland instinctively fell down on the spot.Residents in the surrounding Tianshui town screamed, and the crowd began to spread out quickly.

Roland heard Floren calling her name, but the mayor only yelled "Run away".

It wasn't until he fell that Roland realized that the sound was so close. If someone assassinated Richelieu at such a close distance, no matter whether he was a god or a demon, he might not be able to escape.

But when she raised her head amidst the billowing smoke and dust of everyone fleeing, she saw Li Sheliu in a bright red dress, with a thin body, but still standing in place, without moving at all.

The author has something to say: ① These two paragraphs are quoted from "General History of France", with slight changes.

②The "Fool's Day Incident" occurred in 1630, but according to the timeline of "Three Musketeers", Roland is now probably around 1622.So she deduces from the "year" that the cardinal is in danger - this passage is made up by the author.