Versailles Wild Rose

chater18

Bastille.

People who have never been in a prison cannot imagine what a prison is like. There is no quality of living here, let alone comfort, let alone "humanitarianism".

The Man in the Iron Mask was imprisoned alone in a semi-underground cell, with no sunlight except for a narrow and high window.On sunny days, the sun will shine in in the afternoon. He cherishes this short sunshine, which reminds him of those days when he walked in the sun.

People often say that you can only realize the meaning of freedom when you have gained "freedom" but lost it.

Just like him, he was already familiar with the life in prison, but someone knew that he remembered him, and took him out of prison, and let him meet a beautiful woman, and got what he never thought of before. hapiness.In this way, when he returned to the narrow cell, he couldn't bear it any longer.

He was not allowed to read, nor was he allowed to write letters, except to write imaginary letters on the stone floor with an occasional twig.

Some of them were addressed to his biological mother, whom he only met once.

Many others were addressed to Abigail.

But no "one" was addressed to his good brother Louis.

"Dear Abigail, my moon

Last time I told you about my life now, today, let me tell you about the dream I had last night.

I dreamed of a house with a good view, very large, near the Seine, and from my bedroom window, it was the water of the Seine.I have a beautiful boat by the river, and I'll take you on the water until we're both hungry.

Speaking of being hungry, I feel very hungry right now.They gave me very little bread a day, no chicken, no fish, and occasionally a slice of ham as thin as you've ever seen.If you see it, you will admire who can have such exquisite knife skills.

The captain came to see me again today, brought me some food, and said a lot to me, saying that he never knew I existed, and that my mother missed me very much, and she always thought that I died when I was born.

I can forgive her.

And you you haven't told me if Louie punished you damn it I was too busy pissing him off and you forgot you couldn't know about it.Did I cause trouble for you? I asked the captain how you were, and the captain said you were fine, so I could rest assured.

It's kind of weird to think my brother can't tell you about me. He's probably going to be pissed off, but not directly at you, so I can be sure you won't get scolded or something.

I miss you so much, you are my only light in these gray days, can I go out and see you again

Freedom is precious, said Aramis, and it is nothing when you have it.But once you lose your freedom, you will miss the days when you can walk in the sun without any worries, and miss the days when you don't wear an iron mask.If I never had hope, then there would be no expectation.

I can bear to stay in prison because one day I will be able to get out.

The captain said he would beg His Majesty for me that I could stay in a remote castle and never leave for life.My mother could come and see me, and maybe live with me for months.This kind of life seems good, but I can't see you again, Louis won't allow it.

I'm in a mess right now, probably because I now know what it means to be a king.If I were king, I could see my mother, and you, every day.Only by becoming a king can I no longer worry about being executed at any time, and I can also have you.

I hate Louis.

He took everything from me"

He threw down the branch, and wondered painfully whether he would still have a chance to go out. Perhaps, next time, dArtagnan would bring him paper and pen, so that he could write to his mother.Mother loves him, at least she won't let him die silently in the Bastille.

As for Abigail, probably the captain would not deliver letters for him, she was still the captain's wife in name, he just asked tentatively, and the captain told him not to ask.

Alas life is hard.

In another cell upstairs, the Earl of Titusland was doing quite well.

In addition to being unable to leave the cell, he does not need to wear shackles. He can also have a four-poster bed with soft mattresses and clean sheets. He eats three meals a day, including wine, meat, and fruit. Bathing in water is no worse than at home.

Of course, all of this is spent money.

The warden thought that the earl was only temporarily punished and would go out soon, so he didn't have to offend a lord earl.

Reignio could read and write letters. Lucien made a trip to Fontainebleau every week to deliver letters for him and brought Abigail's letters back.Before he left Fontainebleau, he wrote to the princess, asking her to intercede with His Majesty on his behalf as soon as possible.The princess went to Fontainebleau one month in advance.

Abigail couldn't intercede for him, and he didn't blame her for it.

Her reply letter was not long, and it was perfunctory, saying that she didn't have much time to write letters, and she was worried that Louis would find out.She hid his letters in the middle of the drawer, and Louis dug them out, and then those letters disappeared.

He knew now that she didn't always tell the truth, that every time he read her letters he would guess how many of them were true, and that was all right and interesting.If she was a person who always told the truth, she couldn't survive in the court.

He finally understood that Abigail was greedy for status and money, and what he could give her was far less than what the king could give her, so unless she left by herself, he couldn't "take" her away.

However, maybe he could only wait before, but now, there is an important person locked in the cell under his feet.

When His Royal Highness came to Fontainebleau, Abigail's day became busy again.The two brothers subtly visit their children at different times, always staggering.Philip disliked that the child was either sleeping or stinking, and at the same time wanted to compete with Louis to show a "loving father".

In fact, he himself is still a big boy, and he has no self-consciousness of "I am a father" at all. He only watches and plays with children, and his life is no different from before.

The Grand Princess is going to stay in Fontainebleau until after Louis' birthday, that is, until the beginning of September.

Philip did not intend to leave with the princess, and told Austrian Anna coquettishly that he did not want to go to Orleans anymore, and asked his mother to tell the prince to let him stay.

Anna of Austria complained to Louis because of another matter about Philip, but she couldn't tell her youngest son about it, so she said, "Restrain yourself, don't always go to Abigail. Louis is your brother, don't always be a concubine." Things he's not happy about."

He muttered dissatisfiedly, "I let him do everything, just because he is my brother."

Austrian Anna raised her forehead, "It's not easy for Louis."

He pouted, but didn't ask back.It's not easy for the king, he thinks he can't do the job of the king.Louis should like this "profession" very much, he faintly felt that he seemed to have missed something.It took him a while to realize what a king could do with almost anything, and if he was king, he would have Abigail.

He's suddenly intimidated by the possibility, am I going to compete with Louie for the job?

"Did you see the kids today?"

He answered absent-mindedly, "I've seen it, when will they grow up?"

"Soon, they will be walking by this time next year." Speaking of the boys, Auridiana is in a good mood, "And the children, no matter who they look like in the future, you have to say they are Louis child, you know?"

This was another thing he was dissatisfied with, and he reluctantly said "I know."

"You have to think about them. They must be the king's children."

He felt sad, "I know."

"You and Henrietta will have children in the future, and you will understand the responsibilities of a father."

Philip thought for a moment before saying, "The Duchess wants me to marry Margaret."

Anna of Austria frowned, "She didn't reveal that to me. What do you think of Margaret?"

"Average." He said indifferently, "Just a little girl, not interesting, but not that boring either."

"Where's Henrietta?"

"She needs to be better. Hey, aren't she and my aunt here?" Philip suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen his cousin and aunt since he came to Fontainebleau.

"They are here, but they returned to Paris last week, and Charles came to France." Austrian Anna said lightly, "Charles has not been able to return to London."

Well, it's Henrietta's eldest brother who is here.Charles has long been honored as "Charles I" by the royalists, but he has never held a coronation ceremony, so he cannot be regarded as a real king.

"What is he doing here? When will he be in London?"

"I don't know yet. In England, Cromwell's son, Cromwell Jr., is now in power, but I heard that the English Parliament doesn't like him very much."

Philip snorted coldly.

He doesn't pay attention to political issues, but it doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything.England is now a republic without a king, and Cromwell Jr. actually "inherited" the position of his late father. Isn't that ridiculous? It's just a different system, and it is still "family world", and the son inherits the father's business, so Why did the king of the Stewart family have to be executed in the first place?

Therefore, it is understandable that the British Parliament is quite dissatisfied.Now all the countries on the European continent are waiting for when the Parliament will drive out Cromwell Jr. and welcome Charles I as the real king.

When Louis mentioned this matter to Abigail, she expressed her opinion very briefly, "Cromwell followed Richelieu as an example, but it is a pity that he is still limited to the concept of family and world, and has not really cultivated successors. , Parliament will soon abandon young Cromwell."

"So you think Mazarin is Richelieu's successor?"

"He's doing pretty well, isn't he? Although he's a little greedy for money. But if a prime minister with real power isn't greedy for money, then he's greedy for something bigger."

She didn't say it clearly, but Louis immediately understood that if Mazarin was not greedy for money, then he must be greedy for the throne.Although he has no son, he can adopt Jules Mancini as his son, and France may be changed to the Mazarin Dynasty.

Another reason why he didn't implement this plan may be because Louis XIII has no daughters and Louis has no sisters. Otherwise, let Jules marry the French princess, and then kill Louis and Philip, even if Jules can't become king, but he And the son of the princess can also become the young king.

Just thinking about it scares him.

"Will you marry Philip and Henrietta when Charles is officially crowned?"

"Of course. But it may take months to negotiate the dowry."

"very pitiful."

"It doesn't matter who he marries." Louis frowned, "Why do you pity him?"

"That's not true. Henrietta is very good, but I think Philip is too childish. She may look down on him when she grows older, so you'd better settle down quickly." She said jokingly.

"I thought you liked him a lot."

"I," Abigail chuckled, "you know you can't say no to him."

"No, you can, it's just that you never refuse him just to annoy me."

"Ah, why do you think that there is no such thing." Abigail stood up briskly, "Don't talk about it, you can accompany me to see the children."

She often used this trick recently, pulling him to see the child whenever she wanted to change the subject.

He never refused, and stood up, "Okay. But only for a few minutes."

"You need to hug them more."

Abigail brainwashed him all the way, saying that whoever the children saw more times, they would be more like whom in the future.

Louis was unmoved, "Then, I should not look like my parents, but like my adoptive mother and nanny, who spend the longest time with me every day."

"You don't really look like the former king." She said casually, "You look more like Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

Louis looked at her suspiciously, "Really? I think I look a lot like my father."

"People say boys look more like their mothers and girls look more like their fathers. You see, boys look more like me."

The two little brothers don't look alike, especially the eyes and ears are very different. What they have in common is that they look like Abigail from the nose down, and their small mouths are almost exactly the same.Louis occasionally wondered if they were all Reinho's children, but there was really no better evidence.

When he arrived at the nursery, he was surprised to find dArtagnan visiting his nominal sons.He held little Louis in his arms and loved him very much.

Louis gave Abigail a hard look, leaving her inexplicable.

"Captain, why did you come back suddenly?" Louis asked with a frown.

D'Artagnan held the child carefully, as if he was not sure whether to give the child to the maid.

Abigail gestures to the maid to take the baby away.

Louie suddenly said, "Wait, Captain, you pick him up." He gestured.

D'Artagnan didn't know what he was going to do, and according to his request, pinched the little body of little Louis, and carefully lifted the little head of the child in front of his face.

Louis carefully looked at d'Artagnan and little Louis, his face darkened.

Abigail also quickly discovered the problem. Little Louis's ears are almost exactly the same shape as d'Artagnan's ears. They form a downward arc along the pinna, and there is no obvious earlobe, which is commonly known as "little earlobe". .There are also other specific details, and it can be said that the ears of little Louis are a smaller version of d'Artagnan's ears.

With a stern face, Louis motioned for the maid to take little Louis away.He went over and picked up little Philip and compared his ears with little Louis's. Little Philip's ears were like Abigail's, with larger and fuller lobes.

He put down little Philip angrily, and said with a cold face, "Captain, follow me."

Abigail wanted to follow, but he stopped him, "You stay, I have something to talk to the captain."

She frowned, "You can talk about what you want to talk to him here. Take the children to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, and ask her to take care of them until the evening, and I will go pick them up."

She sent the children away first.

D'Artagnan didn't know what the king was going to talk to him, but Louis knew it in his heart, so he sneered, "Look, you know it in your heart."

"I understand what you just say directly." Abigail was very dissatisfied, "Do you think Louis is the captain's child?"

D'Artagnan was stunned, "What?"

"Isn't that what you said? You said that Louis's ears are the same as mine, so he is my child, but it's not that you just wanted to cover up his real father and said that you secretly went to the captain's bed"

She thought to herself that there was a huge problem with this dog man's way of thinking.He was afraid that he never thought that he would not be the king's child, so he never thought of another possibility.

"Are you crazy"

D'Artagnan hurriedly stated, "Absolutely not, Your Majesty, please trust madam and my loyalty to you and madam."

"Why should I believe you?" Louis said angrily, "You are not trustworthy, you are so audacious, I shouldn't let you stay in Paris, you should go away." In fact, according to the practice of previous royal mistresses, their husbands usually Being assigned to another place and leaving Paris, this avoids the embarrassment between the legal husband and the "legal lover", and also avoids the problem that the child born by the mistress cannot confirm the real father.

Because everyone knows that the young lady was angry with the king, she unfortunately became the husband of the lady and the captain of the Musketeers. It is impossible for dArtagnan to leave Paris, so he stayed in the court in embarrassment.

They never lived together after they got married, so many people forgot that the wife's husband was always there and never far away.

Louis, on the other hand, had always had doubts in his heart, and now he felt as if he had evidence, and he was determined to find out who the father of the child was.

He pinched Abigail's shoulders with both hands and shook her vigorously, "I don't believe you are a loyal woman at all. How many men have you slept with? Who else is there?"

Abigail was shaken a few times by him, her mind was dizzy, "Let go, you'll make me vomit."

Louis let go of her shoulders, but raised his right hand, which was about to hit her in the face.

"Your Majesty" d'Artagnan saw that the king was going to beat someone, and hurriedly stopped him, "Please don't scold the lady at will, let alone beat her. Your Majesty, you are the king, how can the king beat a woman?"

Louis was furious, "Shut up, she is my woman, I have the right to dispose of her, I can do anything to her. She is mine." He pushed hard on D'Artagnan's chest, "You are her husband, but you're not a fart"

D'Artagnan was pushed back several steps, his face pale, "Your Majesty, please be more rational."

"Louis, don't do this to the captain." Abigail's head hurts, "Do you want me to swear? I can swear to you that I will never have a real relationship with Captain d'Artagnan. Is that okay?"

"I don't want to swear the hell on you," Louie yelled, "You lying bitch"

Abigail was shocked, with a sad look on her face, "Louis, why are you scolding me like that? Is there something wrong with me?"

"How dare you say, how many men have you slept with before me? How many men have you slept with after becoming my mistress?"

"Don't say that, don't you want to hear me say that I have slept with the Lorraine brothers? Oh, and Francis Julius Henry Elio" She casually said the names of several king's servants, very Satisfied to see Louis' complexion getting uglier.

D'Artagnan was going to help his forehead. The lady was obviously talking nonsense, but Louis just believed it.Or the king didn't believe it, but he was so angry now that he couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

"You you shameless woman," Louie yelled.

"You're a slut," cried Abigail, "you're out of nowhere, and if you don't trust the Captain, hang him. Or you can hang me, guillotine, or whatever. No, I want to leave you. I can't stand you being paranoid all day long, always thinking that the children are not yours. I'll take the children away, so it's okay, come on."

D'Artagnan was still in shock as to why Abigail wanted him to be hanged for a disagreement, and then he heard, well, he was saying angry words again.He was thinking about how to persuade him, and it was obviously impossible for the king to listen to other people's persuasion, especially his persuasion.

The door was pushed open, and a person walked in, reproachfully saying, "You are not allowed to say such angry words casually when you take the child away."

"Your Majesty, Louis is always like this. When Philip comes back, he will get angry with me; if the captain comes to see the child, he will also get angry. I can't take it anymore." Abigail had tears in her eyes, but she held back her tears. "I'm leaving him, I can take the kids to Versailles, I don't want to see this nasty man."

Austrian Anna was angry and funny, "What are you talking about, you go out first, I'll have a good talk with him."

Alas, of course she knows why little Louis is like d'Artagnan, but how dare she tell the truth

Abigail came out of the nursery, but turned her ear to the door and eavesdropped.

Louis first yelled at her to get out and go to Versailles, but he was not allowed to take the children away, and threatened Abigail viciously that he would never see the sons in this life.

Hmph, who cares?,,