Versailles Wild Rose

The Queen Mother pretended to have amnesia, and Abigail couldn't help but continue to ask.The subject was quickly changed, and it was said that Rouen's stepmother gave birth to a handicapped child who died after only two days.

Anna of Austria said ruthlessly, "It's all because of what she did before, which is a curse she must bear."

"What did she do?" Listening to this meaning, my mother and friends have been in touch.Mother must have known about Earl Barberion's extramarital mistress, and wrote to her friend to complain.

"What did she do?" Austrian Anna glanced at her, "She actually wanted her son to marry you, isn't that delusional?"

Abigail shook her head, "Her son is not a nobleman, how could he marry my father? It's a bit stupid, but not so stupid."

She didn't even look at the boy.The stepmother was able to marry the earl only because the earl remarried and did not require a good family relationship. Otherwise, how could a widow of a knight become the earl's wife.It is impossible for Rosalina to marry the son of a baron, let alone a commoner.

The Earl of Barberion is more likely to marry her to a nobleman who can throw out a large dowry. She was supposed to come to Paris in early June, but the delay of one and a half months was because the royal family was near Calais at that time, and the vicinity of Calais was On the battlefield, going there without guards is tantamount to death;

As a result, the Earl took the opportunity to marry her to someone else. A strange guest suddenly came to the house. First, a man who looked like a butler came to see her appearance and behavior. Then a nobleman in his 40s came to visit. Her father forced her to accompany the guest for dinner. , She immediately knew that if she didn't leave, she couldn't leave, so she hurriedly sent someone to Claude to send a letter asking him to come back.

People below the baron are not human beings. Of course, Austrian Anna thinks that her stepmother wants a commoner son to marry her as a toad who wants to eat swan meat.Before the mother died, the woman was staring at her hostess and her daughter. The mother would definitely tell her friends, and maybe she would add fuel to the story and make the situation of their mother and daughter miserable. After seeing it, Austrian Anna burst out with sympathy .

Thinking about it now, the mother must have thought about what would happen to the daughter left behind after her death. Whether it was sold by the earl or married to a commoner, there was no good way out, so she insisted that she must go to Paris.Claude can protect her and take her to Prince Condé's residence, but a beautiful noble girl with no backer will have no way out in Prince Condé's residence.So after all the calculations, going to the Louvre is her best way out.

Wait, so mother is planning to let her know Louis

After reading her mother's diary, Abigail firmly believes that her mother is an extremely smart woman, but she has no way to resist this era. For example, she cannot refuse powerful men. For example, even if she is legally married to the man she loves , and couldn't maintain the marriage, so he could only obey the king's wishes and marry a very bad man.

Wait, why would Louis XIII mind his wife's maid getting married in private

If the mother also received aristocratic education, she would definitely not marry a non-noble. Since she married a nobleman, the king has no reason not to agree.

Is one of the lovers the king the lord or the lord

If Louis XIII was not angered by being cuckolded by D'Artagnan, then it should be because Amelia's private marriage offended him.

nasty dog ​​man

This will explain it clearly.

The mother knew about the affair between D'Artagnan and Queen Anna, and must have known that the princes were all D'Artagnan's children, so even if her biological father was Louis XIII, she and Louis Philippe were not siblings.European royal families can have "uncle-nephew marriages", and marriages between cousins ​​are also allowed, but the relationship between brothers and sisters of the same father or mother is absolutely not allowed.

The mother knew that no one could protect her, only becoming the king's mistress could protect her from being sold by her father.

From this point of view, her mother has already arranged her life path for her.

life is hard

Claude has a different opinion, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother does not need to keep this secret from telling you, the mother has passed away, and the Sir may have passed away."

"Since the previous king disagreed, then the other party must not be the king himself, and it is unlikely to be His Royal Highness." His Royal Highness is Gaston, Duke of Orleans.

"Maybe it's Your Highness, that's why the previous king disagreed, and that's why the Queen Mother didn't want to tell you that His Highness is still alive."

"His Royal Highness had no wife at that time," Abigail said.

It is known that Amelia married Earl Barberion in early 1630 and gave birth to Claude the following year; Died of bed fever in 1627; Gaston is known to have secretly married the Duchess of Lorraine in February 1642.So on the timeline, Gaston perfectly corresponds to and.

"No, d'Artagnan said that my mother's first husband was a Spaniard."

It's back to square one.However, the former king and the Gaston brothers can be ruled out for now, but they are likely to be the mother's lover.

"Maybe it's His Royal Highness, or it might be the former king. It might also be the brother of the former king. Mother doesn't like it, and she doesn't like it too much."

"You forget that His Majesty is seldom in Paris; there is another possible candidate for Bishop."

The cunning Mazarin did have this possibility, and there were rumors at one time that Anna of Austria and Bishop Mazarin were secretly married, so the queen mother supported the secret husband to obtain the regency.

This is of course nonsense. Mazarin can continue to control the government without marrying the Queen Mother.This is a stigmatization of Anna of Austria. Although it is also a stigmatization of Mazarin, it does little harm to men.

The list of lovers expanded and became more chaotic.

But Mazarin is still only one of the lovers, not the Spanish husband.

"Can you ask the Spaniards who were the noble guards who came to France with the Queen Mother back then. I remember Louis said that all the maids stayed in France, and the guards returned to Spain after a few years. .”

Claude nodded, "France will not allow male Spanish nobles to stay in Paris."

"So maybe it's really hard to find out."

too difficult

She can let Lucien go to Madrid, and the Madrid Palace should have records from that year.But she was not willing to use Renio's manpower, and at this time she would lament that she had no manpower.

The topic changed to cultivating one's own manpower.

"You are an earl now, you should have your own villa, and you should bring all the loyal servants at home. You also need to train some people, do some secret things, or do investigations. Don't be afraid to spend money, as long as If I find someone who can be used, I can offer him a high salary."

Money is not an issue now.Money is for spending, and Claude is not a stingy person, and he understands this truth very well.

"I've asked Rachel to look at the house. As for the manpower, I didn't find them all so quickly." Claude didn't need to think about these things before, so he didn't think about training manpower.There are loyal servants, but servants are said to be poorly educated, and many things cannot be entrusted to servants.

In this case, it is best to know some Spanish middle-class nobles, have access to the palace archives, or be well-informed.

But this condition is not met, they don't know any Spanish nobles at all.

The brothers and sisters pondered for a long time before Abigail said, "Someone in the mission should know Uncle Orlando. Speaking of which, we have never met uncle. After the mission returns to Spain, you can ask for leave to go to Spain and meet him." Uncle, you can inquire by the way. You are probably the same father as our Spanish sister."

In the absence of manpower, Claude might be able to find out some news by himself.

Claude pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind, "The mission should not leave Paris until after the New Year, and I can leave immediately after Christmas."

"Okay, then I will tell Louis a few days in advance. You tell Olive to visit your uncle, and you will be back in three months at most. You will come back before I give birth." Her due date is 3 mid month.

"Whether I can get news or not, I will be back before the end of April."

Abigail thought this was not bad. Claude went to his uncle's house in Spain, and without any accidents, he could find out who came back in disgrace, that is, more than 20 years ago, and he should still be able to find clues.

As for who he is, it is currently locked in three people, Bishop Gaston Mazarin, Duke of Orleans, Louis XIII.

If it is Louis XIII, then Claude is the son of the king, and Louis and Philip are the sons of the old king next door, Abu D'Artagnan, which would be interesting.

Claude has no desire for power, and the king's illegitimate son has no possibility of inheriting the throne. Abigail will not regret the throne he can't get, but it's still fun to think about it.

"Assumption" is meaningless, maybe Claude will be the son of the Spanish nobleman, and he is quite motivated to go back to find his father.

As for herself, she really wanted to know who her real father was. If it was Louis XIII, then she and the princess Henrietta were cousins; if it was Gaston, then she and the princess were sisters.

The gypsy woman is still in Paris, renting a small apartment in the city with the money she gave fortune-telling to ladies and ladies in the palace, and enters the palace every now and then to serve the ladies. There are quite a few people who want to know the future.

The gypsy woman somehow became Abigail's informant in the palace, and she would always report any interesting news to Abigail.

For example, Miss Vanessa met another lady recently, and her friendship with the other party rose rapidly; Miss Vanessa successfully approached Miss Ansley, the wife's maid companion, and Miss Ansley was very fascinated by her new friend. ,,