Versailles Wild Rose

"Hello, ma'am." Count Penasson took off his hat and saluted.

"Good day, Count. Will you feed it?"

"I'll see how it goes."

"It's doing well, probably better than many of the servants."

"Did you like it?"

"Love it. But it grows too fast."

Penasson smiled, "It's a wild animal, and it must have a big size."

"Just like you?"

"what"

"I mean, you have a big body too, are you a mountain beast?"

He laughed. "I'm not. But if you want to think so, I am."

"Why do you want to change land"

"For" he smiled, "the land will be bigger."

"But it's far away from Paris. You should keep a piece of land near Paris."

"Those lands belong to His Majesty now. I heard that they belong to you now."

"It's mine in name only. In the future, maybe it will belong to my descendants, if the royal family doesn't take it back."

He laughed again, but said nothing.

"When will you leave Paris"

"After the contract is officially signed. After the Duke of Alençon agrees, I will go to Alençon with a staff member of the Ministry of Finance to sign the contract. Then I will patrol my new territory for a week, find a suitable place, and build New estate."

"Isn't it a castle?"

"Castles are out of fashion now."

"It can also be designed in the style of a castle on the outside, with a modern layout inside."

"You're right, I'll think about it."

"Will you marry again?"

"I think so. What?"

"His Majesty will hold a ball in a few days, so you can come too." She glanced at Ansili who was pretending to be a wooden figure behind her but her face was already blushing.

"Thank you for the invitation, I will go."

As the hostess, she can officially introduce Earl Penasson to Ansili's father, but she has no control over whether the two families will conclude a marriage afterwards.Louis said that if she wanted to cultivate her cronies, she would have to marry the small and medium nobles under her command. But of course, marriage is not an enmity. Both parties must be satisfied with each other, and then the interests of the lord should not be harmed.

For now, she chose Ansili to be her female attendant, and Ansili's family is considered her confidant, so she should consider Ansili's marriage.

It's really troublesome.

She thought for a while, and found that Penasson hadn't left yet.

"I thought you were gone."

"I'm afraid you're going to put your hand in the cage."

"Oh" she realized she was gripping the bars of the cage.

The bear house is newly built. For sturdiness, the whole is made of cast iron, and the railings are also thick enough to withstand the impact or force of an adult black bear.

The current size of the little black bear is equivalent to that of a stocky 15-year-old boy, walking around leisurely in his small territory, looking very gentle.

"Did you catch it when it was born?"

"Yeah, it was the smallest one, and I thought it might not survive."

"very pitiful."

"You are very kind, madam."

"You are probably talking about women in your heart, and you are always soft-hearted. Isn't that right?"

He said seriously, "No, ma'am, I really think you are kind and beautiful. Ma'am, you are like a goddess, like Aphrodite. If Aphrodite has your beauty, she can be called a goddess." A true goddess."

really flattering

Who doesn't like to hear nice words?

In a good mood.

"Are you leaving now?"

"I want to feed it, but it seems to have just eaten. Hey, you," she called to the handyman, "When did you feed the food?"

The handyman replied "1 hour ago, ma'am."

She regretted, "Then it probably won't be able to eat it now."

"Did you name it?"

"I haven't decided yet. I have a mare called Leda. Will she be a male or a female?"

"Male."

"Then it's called Hercules." Hercules is a strong man in Greek mythology.

"It's a good name."

"Call it by its name in the future, let it get used to it." She told the servant.

"I'll take you back to the palace." Earl Penasson was very knowledgeable about current affairs.

"What do you think of Paris"

"Very good, very prosperous, much better than a small village."

"Compared to foreign countries"

"Most other countries are not very good. There is no big city that can compare with Paris. Maybe only London is slightly better."

"Paris is not very good. Only the Champs Elysees is better. The streets in other places are too narrow, the houses are too short, and the roads are too dirty." Abigail was very disgusted.

Penasson said in amazement, "If you are not satisfied with Paris, you will not be able to live in other cities or countries."

"Probably not, I just need to build my own home, let it meet most of my needs, and then if I want to go shopping, I will come to Paris."

"shop"

"Yeah, the lady who lives in the palace also needs to go out and walk around. I can't always go from one palace to another. It's like why you have to stay abroad for several years. You also feel the need to change, don't you?"

"Yes. Madame, you are still young, and if you have the chance, you should go out for a walk."

"I think so too. When I have a baby, I think maybe I will go from Paris to Marseille. Marseille is the largest port city in France. I heard that Marseille is completely different from Paris. It is completely like two countries."

"Yes, Marseille is very good, very special, you may like Marseille very much."

Abigail suddenly lost her mood.

Alas, the walls of the royal palace in France are also very tall. Even if she is not in the palace, even if she is no longer a "royal mistress", she may not have the opportunity to walk around to broaden her horizons and increase her experience.

Not to mention women in this era, most men never leave the 50-kilometer radius of their birthplace. Penasson is considered to be a rare adventurer traveler in this era.

The Age of Discovery is the spirit of exploration that brought Europeans longing for a strange world, but there are only a handful of people who actually put it into action. Exploration is a dangerous activity that costs money and is likely to die in a foreign land. It is impossible for ordinary people to really set off without great perseverance. Yes, so although those adventurers have different original intentions, they are still worthy of admiration.

"What's wrong with you, did I say something wrong?"

"No. It's just that I think men can leave as long as they have money, but I can't. Women can't, women should stay at home, right?"

"Probably. I mean I don't know what you mean."

"Nothing. Or if I want to go for a walk, you can be my squire."

He looked at her in surprise, "That's my honor, ma'am. Where are you going?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, maybe Spain, I'm half Spanish, but I've never been to Spain. Or Belgium and Holland, then Iceland Denmark, then Russia. Have you been to any of these countries? "

"Been there, most of the places are terrible, the roads are full of mud when it rains, the farmers and women are very vulgar, no one understands your jokes, and there is nothing to eat."

A typical aristocratic tone.

It's not surprising.

She was just imagining possible travel. The worst thing in this era may not be safety issues, but traffic issues. Most roads are difficult to walk. There are no concrete roads, and dirt roads with better maintenance are considered good. People usually can't go out on rainy days; the streets of the city are full of horse manure and sewage, and ladies and ladies who want to cross the road usually have to ask the servants to carry them on their backs, so going shopping is only possible in limited commercial streets. It is possible that the commercial street has not formed a scale, at most it is a small and lively place where bookstores, perfume stores, clothing stores, clothing stores, etc. gather together, not to mention supermarkets and shopping centers;

Ladies and ladies are always changing clothes, especially if you go out for a trip, you must change your clothes first when you come back, because as long as you get out of the carriage and walk casually, the long skirts will definitely be covered with dust, mud, horse manure and sewage, so don’t change your skirts is impossible.

In short, it will be very troublesome for a lady of high status to travel far away. You have to bring a lot of servants and clothes, and you have to endure all kinds of discomfort during the journey, and you can’t move quickly because of the bad roads, so you use a horse-drawn cart for transportation. The tool will be very slow, and it may take a month to travel from one country to another, for example, from Paris to Vienna.

Just thinking about the twists and turns on the road made her feel suffocated.

Alas, it is more convenient for men.

Ansili couldn't hold back her joy, and asked quietly, "Madam, did you invite Earl Penasson for me?"

"No." Abigail said with a straight face.

"It's very kind of you, ma'am."

"The point of this matter is not with me, but with the count. I heard that it is to see if he invites you to dance. If you invite you to dance several times in a row, then let your father go and talk to him. It seems to be like this."

"I'll tell my father."

"You wear the dance dress I made for you last time. If you don't have suitable jewelry, I can lend you a necklace." Now she is also a rich woman who has a lot of jewelry that she can lend to others.

"Thank you, ma'am."

Paris asked "Which Earl"

"Count de Penasson."

"Oh, I see. Ansley is in love with Earl Penasson. But don't you think the Earl is too scary?"

"scary why"

"He's grown so tall and so strong that I'm kind of scared of him."

Paris was still a child, petite, and instinctively afraid of Penasson, who was too big, was normal.

"Madam, you don't seem to be afraid of him."

"I don't need to be afraid of him. He is a servant of His Majesty. He is an educated nobleman. He has parents, brothers and sisters. You are afraid of him because of his size. If he wants to hurt you, you can't escape, but you have to see if he If you have a reason to hurt you, don't be afraid." Abigail thought that Paris's reaction was very wrong.

So she asked "Did Penazon do anything to you",,