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The queen's palace in Amiens is magnificent and splendid, and it is hard to imagine that this is just a place where she and Princess Maria live temporarily.

The whole palace is brightly illuminated by huge chandeliers one after another.Waiters in dresses and wigs, holding long candle scissors, came to the lamp from time to time to carefully cut short the burning candle wicks.

All the wall panels in the palace are covered with silk wall coverings, and the ceiling is painted with gorgeous Rococo-style zenith paintings.The color of the wall coverings in each room is different. When Roland followed the footsteps of the maidservants and walked through rooms with different themes, he could clearly feel that his mood would quietly change with the theme of the room.

Mrs. Bonacio took Roland to the largest hall in the palace.

All the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the garden in this hall are open, and the fresh air is pouring into the room with the fragrance of roses and roses at the end of May.

Violinists and harpists are playing music in the distance, and the music is soft, which does not affect people gathering in twos and threes to talk indoors.

Seeing that no one noticed her and Dai, Roland whispered something in Dai's ear who was dressed as a maid.Naturally, Dai understood, and quietly exited the hall.Leaving Roland alone, he stood in the corner, silently observing the gorgeously dressed palace ladies with "code names" on their heads.

Obviously, her opponent chose to follow the court style.

The few "spectators" who entered the plane in the room, without exception, wore gorgeous custom-made dresses, and were decorated with sparkling jewelry from head to toe.They wore towering wigs adorned with flowers and diamonds.

Their waists are too slender in comparison to their huge skirts held up by panniers.Clearly, these audience members made the most of their corsets and corsets, each with their chests so high that they just highlighted the lace on their corsets and the expensive jewels around their necks.

This is much more realistic than simulating the ancient court on the s section - Roland secretly commented.

But this gorgeous and extravagant scene made her feel a little bit out of place in time.Such a court is more reminiscent of the court of the eighteenth century in France, and the aristocratic circle of Marie Antoinette, Queen of the Beheaded.

Roland didn't know that the queen of Louis XIII, Anna of Austria, also had such a court.

The "outsiders" dressed in fancy clothes are obviously enjoying the envious and jealous eyes of the "natives" around them.Their skirts swayed slightly, constantly showing off the "battle robes" they wore all over their bodies and their slender waists that could only be grasped.

Roland heard the noble ladies around them talking about the things they wore that "make their bodies more beautiful", obviously referring to corsets and corsets.

She really didn't expect that this kind of thing that bound women's bodies could be favored and sought after by others.Roland couldn't help shaking his head in his heart.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the waiters rushed in one after another, bringing the food on a silver plate to a table decorated with flowers in the middle of the hall.

Roland paid attention to the food, and saw that there were dozens of freshly opened oysters, paired with lemons that were still very expensive in this plane.

In addition to oysters, it is sashimi cut into sashimi, sprinkled with salt and pepper.

There was a soft "bang", and when Roland heard the sound, he knew that someone had opened the champagne.Sure enough, the waiters were holding slender glasses, bringing up glasses of champagne with bubbles, and walking back and forth in the hall.

This is completely the form of receptions in later generations, and it is more free and social than the banquets in this era of the plane.

Seeing the food being brought to the table, several noble ladies who had been chatting with each other stepped forward quite reservedly, took the oysters from the waiter and handed them oysters, poured lemon juice on them, brought it to their mouths, and sipped it lightly...

Roland immediately heard them talking about the fresh and plump oysters, saying that only those with a slight rust smell in the aftertaste are top grade.

She was listening when a waiter brought up champagne unexpectedly. Roland didn't give in and took a glass of champagne to taste—she had been in the palace for a while, and now she felt thirsty and a little stuffy.

After taking a sip of champagne, Roland concluded: the grapes are good grapes, and the wine produced has the right acidity, is fresh and refreshing, but unfortunately the temperature is not low enough and the bubbles are not rich enough.

"The technology of secondary fermentation is not up to par!" Roland muttered softly.

She can roughly judge what changes her opponent has made to this plane: exquisite costumes, luxurious banquets, live bands, all-night fun...these are all.

But in terms of technology, there may be some small flaws——

Although sashimi has been introduced, there is no way to brew soy sauce, grow wasabi, and there is no low-temperature preservation technology. Sashimi has neither good taste nor safety guarantee, and there may be problems with parasites.

The other is champagne-the opponent is probably expropriating the wineries in the Champagne region, making them exclusively for the royal family, changing the barrels into bottles, and carrying out secondary brewing to make the wine appear fine and dense bubbles.It's just that the technology is not yet at home, and champagne is not perfect.

Roland observed silently, and was not in a hurry to come forward to chat with others.

A lady near her turned around and glanced at her. Seeing that the jewelry on her body was pitifully small, she immediately turned her gaze back, as if she didn't bother to talk to her.

Roland was glad that she didn't want to waste extra time on these boring chats.

At this moment, a woman's voice sounded in the hall: "Countess de Raphael, please come forward and meet the queen and princess."

Hearing this title, many noble ladies turned around and looked around in the hall.Obviously, the name Count de Raphael has gradually become known and become more and more famous.

Roland let go of the champagne glass in his hand, and walked towards the queen and princess in the direction pointed by Mrs. Bonacio.

She could feel all eyes in the hall on her.

People were whispering about her, that her gown was almost too modest in this hall, that she, being a dignified countess, couldn't afford a few decent pieces of jewellery?

But the ladies soon changed their tune.

People began to be curious about the material she was wearing. Although there was no complicated embroidery on the material of her clothes, the material itself was very beautiful. Under the light of the chandelier, the material glowed like satin. The color is also very bright, perfectly setting off Roland's blond hair, snow-white skin, smooth neck and arms.

"I'm going to ask her where the material comes from."

"It's kind of like the latest fabrics I saw in Lille."

"I heard that that kind of clothing material is also very expensive, not cheaper than embroidery."

"She didn't even wear a corset..."

Roland heard a woman's voice in surprise—this comment actually made Roland want to laugh a little.

Not only did she not wear a corset, but she even purposely put on a soft cashmere shawl, which kept her warm at night and also slightly covered her beautiful figure.

"But her figure..."

People are still surprised.

Indeed, Roland moved freely and gracefully without the burdens that bound his body.Her light-fitting clothes and soft cashmere shawl make her own good figure faintly visible, which makes people unconsciously associate.

Gradually, the noble ladies also noticed that the Countess de Raphael did not wear much jewelry, but each piece was famous, especially the ring on her hand, which was inlaid with countless thin sapphires. Diamonds, classic in style, look like they have been passed down through generations.

Roland came to the queen and princess and bowed his head.She could hear Mrs. Bonacio talking in the queen's ear, but she held back in the end, and she didn't have the nerve to look up now.

"Countess de Raphael," said the queen this time.

"Please look up and let me see you."

Roland raised her head as she said, and she saw a young face.

Anna from Austria looks about 23 years old, with a pure and pious face.The innocence revealed by this face did not quite match her elegant and luxurious attire.

The queen is a beauty - this was Roland's first reaction.

The queen of France, wife of Louis XIII, had light chestnut hair.She didn't wear a wig, but the hair was well curled and powdered, so that it set off just the right amount of a beautiful Habsburg face.

"Countess, you are a beauty!"

At the moment when Roland's idea just came into being, the queen also spoke softly.

"Queen, you and the countess look alike at first glance except for the difference in hair color."

Princess Maria, who was sitting beside the queen, spoke softly.

Compared with the queen, Princess Maria is completely a child.She is only 15 years old, but she has already got married through a "proxy", and she is about to marry to the other side of the strait.

When the queen heard the princess say this, she couldn't help laughing softly and happily.

"Yes, I liked the countess very much when I saw her."

"I don't know if the countess didn't bring any jewelry with her because she came in a hurry."

An elderly female official who had been standing beside the queen reminded softly.

Anna hurriedly said to Mrs. Bonacio: "Constance, please go and fetch the diamond necklace my brother gave me. I will pass it on to the countess."

Madame Bonacio bent her knees briskly, and turned to go.

But Roland resolutely resigned: "Honorable Queen, I am really ashamed of receiving such an expensive meeting ceremony. I come from a territory that is not big and rich. This territory has just witnessed a miracle from the Holy Spirit because of the gift of God. .”

"Holy relic? In your territory?" Anna from Austria exclaimed.

Her surprise affected all the people in the hall at once. The people stopped talking and turned their eyes to the direction of the queen and Roland.In the whole hall, only the harpist was plucking the strings.

Roland bowed to the queen again, and replied: "Yes. In order to thank God for the gift, I made a wish in front of the holy image to live a simple life as much as possible, and wear the same materials as the people in my territory. eat the same food..."

Wishing is the panacea of ​​this era.

Any weird reason can be excused by making a wish.

Anna immediately respected Roland: "Countess, I really admire you."

"You accepted God's favor, and instead of showing the slightest arrogance, you made your wish with the utmost humility, renounced luxury, and lived a simple life... You make me ashamed, oh, I am so ashamed... ..."

Anna is obviously also a devout person, and when she said this, it seemed that tears rolled in her eyes.

Her attitude made Roland a little puzzled for a while.

Before coming to have an audience, Roland subconsciously believed that the French queen was likely to be her opponent, a "player" who entered the plane and transformed it like her.

But when he saw this beautiful and innocent woman in front of him, Roland suddenly felt...it didn't seem to be the case.

The author has something to say: ① Not everyone in the Spanish Habsburg family is beautiful.One of the more uniform appearance features of this family is that the lower lip protrudes forward, which may be similar to what we now call "covering the sky".Dumas also mentioned this in the original book, saying that although the queen's appearance has this little flaw, she is still very beautiful.Judging from the portraits that have been handed down to later generations, Anna of Austria is more fortunate, and she is indeed a beauty.