Versailles Wild Rose

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The king's brothers, brothers, and attendants were all gone, and she was left alone in the castle.

Servants are "not human beings" in the eyes of nobles. There are more than 20 servants in the castle, managed by a manager.

Abigail is very used to being served by servants. She doesn't have to do everything by herself, just move her mouth, and the servant will do it for you. It's really cool.

From the time her mother passed away until her father remarried, she spent the past six months taking care of the Barberion Manor. Taking care of a manor is complicated and busy every day.Her mother had already taught her how to handle the housework before she was alive, and taught her everything a noble lady must learn.

In fact, managing a manor does not need to consider all the details. The butler and the housekeeper are the ones who arrange the details. She only needs to make decisions, such as what is the specification for the banquet for 20 guests, what is the specification for the banquet for the queen mother and the king; Now, what should I do if my husband likes to gamble, and what should I do if I have a mistress.

Whether to fall in love is not at all within the scope of mother's teaching.

It's sad to think about it.

Originally, she shouldn't have been so busy, but after the funeral, she found that the family's account books were not reconciled, and many items in the warehouse were missing. This confused account has been going on for several generations, and has never been calculated clearly.She also thought about it. Most of the property in this family does not belong to her, it belongs to her father, and it will belong to Claude in the future. Why should she find out.

But then I couldn't stand it anymore, so I spent a lot of effort to sort it out.

The majority of the family's property is the manor and fields, which cannot be moved; many items in the warehouse are picked out that will no longer be used, and they are taken out to the merchants for sale, mainly old furniture.The wood of the old furniture is very good, but the style is outdated, and it has not decayed after many years of use. It is also good to repaint it.

There were actually several sets of silverware, but they were stolen and sold by servants one after another over the years, so each set was not complete, so they were all sold.

Except for a set of silver tableware and a set of Chinese porcelain tableware, the kitchen utensils are complete, and other kitchen utensils are patchwork, so she doesn't care about this, leaving it to the new countess.

She sold almost all the items in the warehouse, and handed over the 5 livres to Claude, and agreed to give 2 livres to Rosalina and another 1.

Compared with the Louvre, the area of ​​Versailles Castle is much smaller, and the interior decoration is not as good as the Louvre. The area is not enough and there are not many rooms, so it is just a hunting palace and cannot be regarded as a formal "royal palace".

Thinking that this place will become the center of France in the future, and the top royal palace that will be counted in future generations, I think it is really amazing.When will Louis XIV start building Versailles? At least not until Bishop Mazarin dies, so he won't have the money.

Concession

Once the palace is built, the cost is huge, and everything needs to be purchased. As long as you get a franchise for building materials, you can earn a lot of money. She needs to discuss it with Claude; as for the title, my brother wants The title, she also wants the title, but the title may be taken back, and the money is in her pocket.

I visited the castle up and down, had afternoon tea on the terrace on the second floor, basked in the sun, and chatted with Mary Carol for a while.The sun warmed my body, so I took a nap on the terrace until I was awakened by the sound of horseshoes and human voices.

Open your eyes and see, it is already dusk.

The servants had packed Louis' luggage and put it on the roof of the carriage; Abigail's luggage had also been packed and put it on the roof of the carriage.

Carol ran up in a hurry, said that the king had given an order, and she would leave immediately, and asked the lady to go downstairs.

On the way back, I took the carriage with Louis Philippe.

The two brothers were on one side, and Abigail looked over and sat next to Philip.

Louis kicked Philip lightly, "Go out for a ride."

"Why?" Philip was aggrieved.

"Your Highness stay," Abigail said.

Louis smiled and signaled Philip with his eyes to get out of here.

Philip made a gesture and stood up, "Abby, you should go ride a horse too."

Louis glared at him again, and he quickly opened the door and got out of the car.

When the king and his party returned to the Louvre, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.

This is the third day of the king's birthday celebration, and there will be a grand ball tonight, but the king has not returned, so the ball cannot start, and the time of the ball is postponed from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock.

As soon as Abigail returned to the Louvre, she was immediately summoned to the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Anna of Austria in her bedroom, the Marquise de Montière combing her mistress's hair.

"Abigail, how is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is in a good mood."

Anna of Austria sighed softly, "Louis seems to like you very much now, but you know, you can't be his wife."

Abigail lowered her head shyly, "I know."

"The king's love is not necessarily a good thing for you. Louis is my son. I hope he will be happy. I will not refuse his request. However, I think you should consider it more carefully."

"I will think carefully about it."

"Then, as long as you think about it, I will bless you, my child." Austrian Anna motioned her forward.

Abigail walked up to her, knelt down, and kissed the ring on the Queen Mother's finger.

"We women don't decide our destiny, but we can decide who we fall in love with. Mark my words, Mademoiselle de Barberion."

Abigail hurried back to her room and changed into her dance dress.

The color of the dance skirt is clear light blue, taffeta, and it rustles when you walk.

The women's long skirts of this era have a tight upper body, loose sleeves, and are divided into long and short sleeves according to the season; the one-word collar can well show the jewelry worn; the connection between the top and the loose skirt is an inverted triangle, and the long skirt There are less exaggerated panniers on the left and right sides of the waist and hips, creating a visual difference of slim waist and plump buttocks.

Abigail played with the wide balloon sleeves and tugged at the lace of the cuffs, "This style is ridiculous."

"It's obviously very beautiful." Mary combed her hair, braided her temple hair into thin braids, and then braided it into a wreath-like hairstyle at the back of her neck.

Wear the hairpin from the set of emerald jewelry that Louis gave a few days ago, clip it on the left forehead; the emerald hairpin is inserted in the bun behind the neck; then wear the bracelet, ring brooch, and finally the necklace.

A well-dressed noble girl appeared in the full-length mirror.

Mary was very proud, "Miss, you must be the most beautiful lady in the ballroom, and the king will definitely only look at you."

"It's hard to say, His Majesty has been fascinated by Miss De La Vallière recently."

"But His Majesty didn't give her a gift."

Well, the servants are very aware of any movements of the master, which she already knew.

The king didn't need to hide his preference. In the ballroom, except for the opening dance with Princess Henrietta, Louis invited Christine de la Valrière to dance three dances one after another. Say, Christine got the king's favor.

Louie also invited the new mistress whom Abigail had met the other day to dance, three dances too.

Only Abigail was invited to two dances.

Abigail had no worries about a partner, and Philip was the first to ask her to dance, then the Lorraine brothers, and almost everyone in the other royal guards, and she didn't stop all night.

This is her first time participating in a palace ball, and the overall impression is that there are too many jewels

At first I thought Mary wore too much jewelry for her, but in the ballroom, every woman, even the men, had more jewelry than her. Her emerald necklace, which looked beautiful alone, was surrounded by a large pile of rubies and sapphires. Emerald, aquamarine, opal, etc., how inconspicuous it is in the sea of ​​various precious gems

Next is lighting.When there was no electric light, it was still illuminated by oil lamps and candles. The ballroom of the palace was very large and could accommodate 2300 people at the same time, which required a lot of candles.

Candles are divided into white candles and yellow candles according to different materials. Only more beautiful white candles are used in the ballroom. A crystal chandelier full of candles hangs under the high ceiling. The crystal reflects and refracts the light of candles. There are thousands of candles, even up to tens of thousands; if the dance starts at 8 o'clock and ends at 23 o'clock in the morning, the candles must be replaced in the middle, and the cost will be even more.

Every nobleman living in the palace has an allowance, and the servants have a salary; the expenses in the palace, from drinking water to food, from candles to laundry soap, are all borne by the king, so Louis always said that he was poor, which is indeed quite true. "poor.

That's what the king should worry about, not hers.

She drank so much that Claude stopped her from drinking too much.

He took Abigail to rest in the lounge and asked the servant to pour two glasses of ice water.

"Don't let those bastards always drink you." He shook his head disapprovingly, "You don't know anything about men's tricks."

"Isn't that because you are here, my good brother." She tugged on his sleeve with a smile.

"Yeah, so if I'm not here, don't drink too much."

"Got it." She obediently agreed.

"Look at our father," he sneered, "how low he bent before the king."

"Does he have something to hold in the hands of the queen mother or the king?"

"Probably not. He is very timid, he dare not."

"Then why did he marry his mother?"

"I'm not sure either. Can you ask the Queen Mother?"

"I asked once before, and she said that the mother's marriage was ordered by the previous king."

"It's a little strange. It is said that my mother is Spanish, and her marriage should be decided by the Queen Mother."

She couldn't figure it out, "Could it be that the mother did something wrong and the king punished her?"

"possible."

"Actually, you can also ask someone who probably knows the inside story but is not a member of the royal family."

"Who"

"Captain d'Artagnan."

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