Versailles Wild Rose

In the evening, the king returned to the Louvre.

Getting out of the carriage, and about to step in, Abigail called him, "Louis."

He turned around and helped her get off the carriage, "Be careful."

In the past two weeks, her abdominal circumference has increased by a small circle, and her figure has become increasingly bulky.I gained weight and my walking posture changed, not as light as before.

Sleep habits have also changed, because I always have to turn over, I hate Louis, a dog man who sleeps deeply when he falls asleep, sometimes she is not happy, and she has to wake him up, and the two of them just quarrel for a while before continuing to sleep .

"Send someone to tell mother to invite her over for dinner," Louis ordered, "and then call the doctor to examine Madam."

Bangtang arranged them one by one.

Someone came to report that someone sent a big iron cage with a young black bear locked in it, and said it was for his wife.

Abigail immediately went over to see the new pet.

The cub was locked in an iron cage, and seemed to be used to it. He walked back and forth slowly in the iron cage, looking very docile.

"Is anyone taking care of it?" she asked.

"Yes, the other party left a servant behind."

The servant was a thin man in his 40s. He lowered his head, "Ma'am, the master told me to stay and take care of this beast until the lady told me to go."

"I have someone to take care of it. You teach them how to feed and bathe it. It really stinks."

"Madame, animals are very stinky." The servant spoke the dialect of the Parisian parish, and the words were very rough.

"Have you fed it yet?"

"not yet."

"Can I feed it?"

The servant hesitated, "Ma'am, it's not that the villain doesn't want you to feed it, maybe tomorrow. It just arrived at a new place, and it still doesn't know what to do."

Louie said, "Don't feed it yourself, let the servant do it. If you can have a harness to tie it down, you can let it walk in the garden. Well, it stinks in here, don't stay here all the time."

During dinner, Abigail had been telling Philip how to play with the bear, which could be led by someone else and rode on it as a saddle.

"That would be Bear Rider, and it would be fun."

"It's too dangerous, you can't." Philip said decisively, "Let me try it first. If it is a tame animal, then I will let you try it."

Abigail deeply suspects that he wants to play first.

Austrian Anna dispelled their wild thoughts in time, "Don't talk nonsense that it is still young, a few guards can still pull it, and after a few months, it will grow tall and big, and even a dozen people can't subdue it. You all be honest with me, don’t try to think of some terrible ways to play.” She didn’t want to mention that when a bear turned over, it was either stepped on or crushed, and a strong adult man would be trampled to death or crushed to death. With a small body, no one can withstand such a blow.Just thinking about it scared her to death.

"You are pregnant now, you are not allowed to get close to these strange animals, otherwise what will happen if the baby is born with a bear face? Tell someone to prepare a bear house at the royal palace and put it there."

Well, this is a feudal superstition, but Abigail didn't want to "struggle with reason", and insisted on teaching the Queen Mother a basic lesson in genetics.

Louie also said, "Besides, it's too smelly. You can go over there once in a while when they clean it up."

"Okay. Big animals stink. Dogs stink too. Cats stink too, so I don't like dogs and cats."

The noble ladies in the palace generally keep dogs, and almost everyone has a pet dog of different breeds, but she just doesn't like it, so now the noble ladies rarely walk around with dogs.

"It seems that Penasson has something to ask you," said Anna of Austria.

"It seems so." Louis didn't care.It is normal for a subject to have requests from the monarch, so that "power" can be demonstrated, and some things can only be achieved by asking the monarch, so that the subject will understand that the monarch has the right to decide everything about him.

"It's not stupid. I know to please Abigail first."

Both mother and son looked at Abigail and Philip, who were muttering and had already changed the subject.

"There is nothing going on recently. She is due in May, but she may be born prematurely. This is the first child for both of you, and she is too young. I am worried. Anyway, I have sent someone to the midwife. I know you I'm looking for an obstetrician, it doesn't matter if there are more doctors, the important thing is that nothing happens."

"I know. She wants to stay in the Louvre to give birth, mother, please arrange everything, take care of her, take care of me and her child."

"I will."

Abigail's abdominal circumference increased rapidly. By the end of February, she was 2 months pregnant, and her abdominal circumference was already very impressive. It was like carrying a big watermelon.

Pregnant women in the middle and late stages of pregnancy have undergone major changes in body shape. The belly has protruded surprisingly, the bust has also increased accordingly, the legs will become swollen, and they often toss and turn at night, unable to find a suitable position for falling asleep.

The temper is also growing, and I often get angry. If there is nothing wrong, I will scold the maids, male servants and guards, including Bangtang, who are often scolded.

Louis has now learned a good way to avoid quarrels, as long as she has a bad face, immediately change the subject.The first is to give her jewelry, but jewelry is a luxury that cannot be given frequently, otherwise it will lose its effect soon.After that, I changed it to take her to play. If she is willing to go out for a walk, her temper will be better.

But he can't take her out for a walk every time. He is not afraid of arguing with her. She will scold the servants, but if she doesn't scold him now, she will cry every time. When she cries, he feels distressed, so he has no choice but to Find a way to coax her.

The mother said that a woman is always like this when she is pregnant. She always feels that nothing is right, and everything goes wrong. When she gives birth to a child, she will return to being as gentle and lovely as before.

Of course she is still cute, even if she loses her temper and scolds others, she is also cute, as long as she doesn't scold him.

The Earl of Penasson is now a frequent visitor to the court, the new favorite of the king.It is said that the Count took a fancy to a large piece of land in Lower Normandy, including a forest, but that forest belonged to the territory of the Duke of Alençon. The exchange of the royal family, the exchange plan is that the royal family will get the land near Versailles that originally belonged to the Gondy family, and then the royal family will exchange other land with the Duke of Alençon, and then give the exchanged land to the Count of Penasson.

This is a transaction agreement involving the main three parties, which is a bit troublesome.

Louis wanted to get the complete land near Versailles, so he agreed, and sent people to Alençon to discuss the exchange of land with the Duke of Alençon. At the same time, he negotiated with the Penaçon and Gondy families, because there was still a problem of paying the price difference. In short, Fei After spending some time and energy, I finally decided on the scope of land exchange and the amount of price difference not long ago, and I waited for the Duke of Alençon to write a letter to agree.

Penasson was loved by almost everyone in the court because he was good at giving gifts, he was quite handsome, and he was said to be very rich. Ansili's father immediately added Earl Penasson to the list of son-in-law candidates.

Ansili's father was also an earl, and he had taken a fancy to Claude before, but Claude was engaged to a girl from the Lorraine family. It was impossible for Ansili's family to compete with the Lorraine family for a son-in-law, so they had to give up.Ansili is at the marriageable age, Earl Penasson is unmarried now, what age, Ansili has just turned 17 years old, and Penasson is 29 years old, which is also suitable.

The information on Earl Penasson has been sent to Abigail for review.Penasson married very early. He married a cousin who belonged to the Gondi family at the age of 19. He had his eldest son at the age of 20 and his eldest daughter at the age of 22. However, his wife’s cousin died of bleeding after giving birth to her daughter. Penasson is now a A widower who has never remarried.

The eldest son died when he was less than 3 years old, and a few years later, the eldest daughter also died. Penasson was very sad and did not want to stay at home, so he has been traveling in various European countries for the past few years.

Abigail full of sympathy, 'Poor Penasson'

The mortality rate of infants and young children these days is also frighteningly high. No wonder women of any class, as long as they are fertile, will continue to have children after marriage. After all, if the mortality rate of infants and young children is as high as 50, two children may At most, only one can survive, but if there are 10 children, five can survive, that is an order of magnitude difference.So in fact it is not "more children, more blessings", but "more children, more life".

From this point of view, having more children is a must for every family.

"He's a bit pitiful, but not too pitiful." Louis said coldly, "He doesn't have a wife, but it's not like he doesn't have women."

Abigail sighed.To be honest, aristocratic men have never wronged themselves when it comes to solving their physical needs because it is too easy to get.This is very unfair, just like whether it is Penasson, Renio, or Louis Philippe, they can sleep with almost any woman they want, and they don't need to hide it. The nobles are the ones who make the rules and laws, but they mainly protect the nobles Men's rights, not aristocratic women's rights.

Take the princess for example. The princess is 32 years old. An adult woman who is physically and mentally healthy must also have physical needs, right? But if she wants to have a lover, she must hide it and never let others know, otherwise even if If she is a big princess, she will also be labeled as a "slut".

Also because if a man is fertile, no matter if it is a wife, mistress or a maid who meets the physiological needs, there will be a possibility of pregnancy, so many noble men have illegitimate children, the proportion of illegitimate children is between 10 and 15, and the proportion of old Wang next door must be higher .

The information did not say whether Penasson had an illegitimate child.

Abigail's dignitaries brought Reinio's information, and it was clearly stated in Earl Titusland's information that Reinio has an illegitimate daughter who will be 8 years old this year.

She admired the royal family's basic intelligence work, but asked someone to get her information.

But Bontang sent back a note from Mr. Fontaire, the king's secret agent. Dear Madam, Your Majesty does not allow you to view your files, please forgive me.

The author has something to say about the jump for a while, it is now the end of February 1659.

The proportion of married women giving birth to non-husband children is around 12 in ancient and modern China and abroad, but before the dna testing technology, many men did not know that they were cheated by the old king next door, and many mothers did not know who their cubs were Yes, unless the skin color is different, it will definitely not be visible until the child is older. ,,