New Shun 1730

After the first day of talks, Louis XV was still hesitating whether to go all-in or not.

The Duke of Qi also heard Louis XV's hesitation, but he was not in a hurry or urging him, just waiting slowly.

Anyway, they had been waiting in Amsterdam and The Hague for a year, so it didn't matter.

At night, Louis XV and his new lover, the Marquis de Pompadour, were still thinking about this matter when they were resting, so they were a little listless.

The Marquis de Pompadour was the most attractive at this time - in terms of Louis XV's aesthetics, of course, it was not a common aesthetics.

She had just given birth to a child for her husband in August last year, and she was still in the nursing period. The maternal beauty of the nursing period, juicy and tempting, made Louis XV, who lacked love since childhood and had an Oedipus complex, fascinated - the child who had just been born was not born by himself, and it was difficult for normal people to think that this was the most attractive time.

His relationship with the Marquis de Pompadour was blessed by her parents-in-law, but Louis XV might have felt a little embarrassed and arranged a lucrative position for her husband, the French ambassador to Turkey. Green Rome welcomes a green ambassador, isn't this the will of heaven and man?

But her husband thought it was disgusting, as if he was selling his wife, and refused to accept it, which was also considered a good man.

Sometimes we have to admit that having a green head is not necessarily a bad thing...

Her husband was a tax collector. As we all know, tax collectors and tax farmers were the main customer groups of the guillotine during the French Revolution.

But because of this green hat that was known not only to the whole of France but the whole world, he, a tax collector, tax farmer, and financial speculator, was released after only more than half a year in the Jacobin era. Although the word "balizi" sounds like a local dialect in Northeast China, it is a translation of the French word "policier" that combines both transliteration and meaning.

At this time, the Marquise de Pompadour could not think of such words as "After we die, there will be floods everywhere". Seeing the hesitant Louis XV, the Marquise de Pompadour said a few words to comfort him.

The people who stayed in Paris before, according to Liu Yu's instructions, had already had close contact with this woman. They sent a lot of gifts, porcelain, silk, books, etc. As for why they sent them, they only said that there was a technique of looking at the qi in the East, and seeing this woman's qi turned into five colors, all of them were phoenixes, and she would have great fortune in the future.

In those days, French astrology could force Voltaire to write a book to criticize it, and he did not hesitate to refute it with absolute, pure mechanical materialism, which he himself might know had huge loopholes. The astrology of looking at the qi, which was considered to be "of the same blood" with astrology, did not cause any suspicion.

Moreover, when the Marquise was a child, there was a Parisian astrologer, Madame Liben, who was "good at looking at the qi", who said "this woman will capture the king's heart in the future."

Such words have been heard a lot since childhood. Her mother has also been training her along the line of "royal mistress".

Furthermore, her social circle also overlapped with a group of people stationed in Paris by Dashun. In the salon circles of Voltaire, Helvetius, Montesquieu and others, the people sent by Liu Yu were frequent guests, and she was also a frequent guest.

After a few visits, and with deliberate intentions, they became familiar with each other.

Her routine of seducing Louis XV was still suggested by people from Dashun:

She could imitate the charm of Wushan, the goddess of Chu Huai Wang. When the king was hunting, she would dress up as the goddess of hunting Artemis, appear for a moment, as if she were a goddess, and leave behind a feather arrow or a shoe, and then disappear.

Let the king be moved and look for her, and never recommend herself.

The trick really worked, and it became a good story in the court for a while.

But the idea suggested by people from Dashun sounded good, saying it was the charm of Wushan, the goddess of Chu Huai Wang.

But in fact, to put it bluntly...

It was obviously following the routine of Pan Jinlian hitting Ximen Qing on the head with a wooden stick.

Moreover, she was flirting, took the initiative to open the window and smash it, then said "Welcome" and quickly closed the window, and shook the green before closing the window.

It's just that the culture between China and France is different. This kind of mess between married men and married men is not common in Yu Dashun... but here, it is indeed a good story.

This woman changed from Anna Poisson to Mrs. Charles Dilem, then became the king's lover, and now she is the Marquis de Pompadour.

The legitimate queen had to give birth to children every year, and she was not tired of it and was overwhelmed by the pain. She supported the king's finding someone else.

There was no way to prevent pregnancy in those days. From 27 to 37 years, one child a year, sometimes two.

Ten years, some accidents in the middle, and the births were exactly ten.

No one can stand it.

It's really unbearable. I beg my husband to find someone else. Spare me.

Besides, the queen is very self-aware of her status and position, and is good at "putting her position right".

Originally, when Louis XV was ill, the ministers were worried about the extinction of the heir and the throne going to a side branch, so they hurried to find someone who was specifically for childbearing.

Before marriage, she had undergone many shameful examinations, and the chemistry students at the French Academy of Sciences even used glass bottles to measure the monthly amount to confirm that she was a good tool for childbearing.

Moreover, she was chosen because a court painter knew Louis XV's Oedipus complex and painted her similar to the portrait of Louis XV's mother, which was why she was chosen at first sight.

But the problem is that everyone will get old.

Louis XV's family died, and her mother died early.

Louis XV never saw what his mother looked like in her thirties or forties.

The portrait was always kept in her twenties.

Now the queen is over 40 years old and has given birth to ten children in ten years. She no longer looks and has the charm of Louis XV's mother's portrait.

The reason why the queen was chosen is because she is a Polish princess.

Poland's peculiar system of selecting kings makes the title of Polish princess the least valuable princess title. Only those with little political power can become the king of Poland, and only the powerful Polish nobles will not accept it.

And it is precisely because of this that the queen was chosen by the regents and assistant ministers. Would the regents choose a "relative" with a strong family power?

Therefore, the queen did not dare to be jealous. She tried her best to contact Louis XV's many lovers and create a good atmosphere to show her "virtue". If this were a Spanish princess, she would have scolded her long ago, saying that you have found me. Sigh, there is no one in her family.

The Marquis de Pompadour can talk and laugh with Voltaire, Montesquieu and others. After entering the palace, she pleases the queen and relies on her own knowledge and means. In addition, she has just given birth to a child and her maternal love is overflowing, which is exactly what Louis XV likes. She is really like a fish in water.

She is a smart person. Among the people who contact her on the Dashun side, Liu Yu specially selected them, so she is also a smart person.

She also gave some suggestions for her future path.

She said: When we first met, I imitated the story of the goddess of King Huai, and my heart was moved; after entering the palace, she was charming and charming, and I should use her body as an asset; but there will be a time when you are old and your beauty will fade. The ancients said that those who use their beauty to please others will lose their love when their beauty fades. So when you are still charming, you should gradually use your talents to please others, and from bed to become a confidante who advises on politics and the country.

She was smart and had political ambitions, so she certainly agreed with this.

And she had also seen Louis XV's attitude towards those women. If it was just because of beauty, she would end up like them sooner or later.

Now Louis XV was hesitant and gloomy. As usual, he used her knees as a pillow, enjoying the unintentional tenderness of her hands as if she was patting a child, but it was still difficult for him to calm down.

Marquise Pompadour knew why the king was hesitant. She was present during the daytime meeting. Because of the salons she had learned a lot of Chinese over the years, although she was certainly not as good as the translators, Louis XV trusted her more and hoped that she could listen to the general idea to avoid any changes on the translator's side.

Marquise Pompadour, from her own perspective, would definitely support the idea proposed by Dashun.

This would be of great benefit to her.

Very great!

The War of the Austrian Succession was a major event involving politics, economy, trade, diplomacy, etc.

Of course, it was impossible to break out like the Mary Sue or palace fighting stories of later generations, because of men, women, palace fighting, resentment and the like.

But from the perspective of Marquise Pompadour, from the perspective of women, courts, and palace fighting, there is another perspective.

Louis XV had many lovers, and the most favored one before was Marie Nelle, the youngest of the five Nelle sisters.

This was also the first enemy of Marquise Pompadour in the palace fight. The queen was cowardly and could be bullied, but this woman was not a good person. But, fortunately, this woman died at the end of 44.

However, the sense of oppression left a deep impression on the Marquis de Pompadour: Although the legitimate wife did not say anything, you and I are both third children, and the crow falls on the pig, what right do you have to say about me? But she dared to mutter this in her heart. After being warned by Marie Nelle, she was honest for a long time. If this woman had not died, it would have been difficult for her to enter the palace.

And the reason why this woman was favored and had such great power, even the king was ready to give her the position of the housekeeper of the inner palace, which should belong to his daughter-in-law and the crown princess, was that she was not just seducing people with her beauty.

Previously, there was a debate within France about whether France should participate in the War of Austrian Succession, how to participate, and what the purpose of the war was.

Prime Minister Fleury opposed participating and thought it was meaningless.

However, the ministers of another faction supported participating.

Marie Nelle was not on the side of Prime Minister Fleury. The third Duke of Richelieu supported joining the war and suggested going directly to Austria. Marie Nelle, as a person who opposed Fleury, stood on the side of the war party.

In addition, she also achieved a major diplomatic achievement: Marie Nelle participated in the mediation between France and Prussia, and successfully concluded the Treaty of Paris between France and Prussia, forming a Franco-Prussian alliance. Although the alliance might not have been formed without her, she made great efforts during the negotiations and mediated France's dissatisfaction with Prussia's first betrayal and withdrawal from the war, which made Frederick II send people to express his gratitude with gifts and write letters of thanks.

And Marie Nelle also persuaded Louis XV to go to the battlefield to gain glory and become a respected king.

Promote the achievement of the second Franco-Prussian alliance and persuade the king to pursue glory on the battlefield.

This is the reason why Marie Nelle was so favored, not just by her body and beauty.

At least, from the perspective of the court intrigue of the Marquis de Pompadour, this is the main line of the Austrian Succession War.

The little sister of the Nelle family was so favored that she had sex in public during the mass of the church when Louis XV was sick. This was unbearable under Catholic doctrine - they were praying for you devoutly, but you were openly violating the doctrine.

Take the Dashun analogy.

It's like when the Queen Mother of the Dashun died and the mourning period was not over, the emperor took a new concubine. It's not that the king would not attend the morning court from then on, but he would not go to his mother's mourning hall before the seventh day, and even play a game with the new concubine in the mourning hall...

Or, as in the story, when King Zhou of Shang saw the statue of Nuwa, he wrote a poem: If you can be charming and move, take back Changle to serve the king. In the Nuwa Temple, have sex in front of the statue of Nuwa.

The level and specifications of Louis XV's mistakes during the Mass in Metz were basically the same, balancing cultural and religious differences.

Even so, after being attacked, Louis XV pretended to repent and cut off the relationship, vowing never to do these extramarital affairs again.

But he immediately found her again when he returned to Paris.

Different people have different perspectives on the same thing.

From Liu Yu's point of view, of course, she would not think that pillow talk could really affect the direction of the Franco-Prussian alliance.

But from the perspective of the Marquis de Pompadour, a woman, a royal mistress, and a person who tried to be a talented person after her beauty faded, she valued what her former palace enemy Marie Nelle did more.

So, the problem arises.

Now, the War of the Austrian Succession has been fought to this point, and all the countries that can get involved have gotten involved, even Russia far in the north and China far in the east have gotten involved in their own ways.

If the war continues, what can she do to share the king's worries and achieve the same achievements as her palace enemy Marie Nelle?

Theoretically, there was only one thing she could do, which was to mediate the Franco-Prussian relationship and make Prussia betray its alliance for the third time and join the war against Austria.

However, this was only in theory.

In reality, she knew very well that this was a dream.

The Third Franco-Prussian Alliance?

How could it be possible!