Versailles Wild Rose

Olive also knew that Abigail was pregnant, so she had consciously assumed the role of sister-in-law and was careful everywhere.

Abigail then found that besides Rosalina, she had another housekeeper.

"You are pregnant now, so you can't be so careless and careless. You know what the women in the palace think. It would be great if you could seduce His Majesty when you are pregnant." Olive said, "I understand very well." "The tone said of this matter, "You have many enemies, you can't be soft-hearted easily."

Abigail nodded.She is not soft-hearted, she just sighs that it is not easy for women, no matter what happens, women are the ones who suffer the most, without exception.If the protagonists of this matter are Claude and her, she is ruined, ridiculed, and can only get out, and Claude may be fine at all, for example, Victor is still in Fontainebleau.

"Have you considered the child's nanny and foster mother?"

"The babysitter will be found, and then I will interview; the adoptive mother is Rosalina, the child lived with me in the palace before half a year old, and sent to my castle after half a year old, and my sister will take care of him."

Olive was very satisfied, "Yes, that's how it should be. Your family's status is relatively low. No one has ever been in and out of the palace before. There are no other friends in the palace. Don't trust others, except my cousins."

Abigail smiled.The Lorraine brothers were very sensitive about their family's status in the court and carefully maintained it.The failure of Victor and Athena is not so much self-inflicted humiliation as it is that Great Lorraine found an opportunity to eliminate competitors. After all, the king's friendship is limited, and it must be a good thing to have one less competitor.

The count of Vivonne temporarily fell out of favor, and the position of Greater Lorraine was stable.

The Barberion family has never been close friends of the royal family. Although they are both earls, the king's close friends are higher-ranking, so the lady of the Lorraine family is not wrong when she says that her family's status is relatively low.

It's nothing to be sensitive about, facts are facts.

None of the three women mentioned that Claude was still indescribable with another woman the night before, a maid who was randomly called by Da Lorraine.Maids are not considered human beings, so no one takes this matter seriously.

Aristocratic women never raise their children by themselves, especially royal women. Half a year after a child is born, they are about to prepare for the next pregnancy.If you don’t have a girl, you have to give birth to a boy, and if you give birth to a boy, you have to have a double insurance. It is impossible to prevent pregnancy. Without such technical means, the only way for healthy women of childbearing age to not have children is not to sleep with men.

The imperial doctor said that her body is very healthy, maybe she belongs to the kind of constitution that is easy to conceive, she is very worried, and doesn't want to keep having children one after another, but she can't control this kind of thing, Louis, a dog man, may abstain from sexual intercourse for a month It's okay, if the time is longer, he will definitely not be able to bear it.

It's really hard

After fretting for a few minutes, she decided to give up asking for trouble.let's have fun

The big princess came last night, and went out hunting with Louis today.The princess is very good at playing, and her riding skills are very good. It is said that Gaston thought she was a son at the beginning, but she was born a daughter, and he was not dissatisfied. Excellent women in this era are not much worse than boys.If France allowed the princess to become king, Gaston might try to overthrow his nephew king for his eldest daughter.

The princess brought a group of young nobles who belonged to the Duke of Orleans, the hunting team expanded, and the number of female relatives also increased.

Abigail invited some girls from nearby villages to play today. The girls ranged in age from 5 to 20 years old, and they all wore very bad clothes. It is normal for skirts to be patched, and most of the materials are linen, because linen Rough and wear-resistant, not easy to damage.

Aristocratic women generally wear silk and cotton. The fabrics are delicate and soft, and the colors are bright or soft, which is very different from the skirts of village girls.

Some tents were set up on the lawn, and there were long tables inside. The tables were full of food. The girls from the village couldn't believe that these were food, or food for them.

"Why do you think of inviting these girls as guests?" Olive frowned in disgust.Country girls are dirty and stinky, and generally have average looks. There are no good-looking girls, and there is no table manners. They are all vulgar.

"It's nothing, just treat them to a full meal. Now there is a shortage of food throughout France, and many people don't have enough to eat. In a rural family, girls can only eat half full at most."

Olive's eyes widened in surprise, "It's pathetic."

"It's a miserable thing to not have enough to eat, but I don't have the ability to do more."

"Don't worry about these things, this should be something that men should worry about, it's something that His Majesty and His Excellency the Bishop should worry about."

Abigail fell silent.It's hard to get other people to understand her, and there's not much she can do.

Later generations said that Louis XIV's construction of the Palace of Versailles was a waste of money and people, which is a very narrow view.As a king, Louis did not only consider his own enjoyment. To enjoy a world-class palace, the Louvre and Fontainebleau Palace are enough, not to mention other royal palaces, no matter which palace can make you feel happy. He lives comfortably.

The construction of the Palace of Versailles is not just a matter of drawing a blueprint on paper. It requires the purchase of a large number of building materials, the purchase of a large number of iron products such as water pipes, and a wide variety of indoor daily necessities, ranging from bathtubs that can be used for decades to one month. Consuming hundreds of pieces of soap and toilet paper is all money; from the start of digging the foundation, to the construction of the main body and wings of the palace, to the outdoor water landscape garden, etc., thousands of workers are needed, and the required man-hours are calculated in years , this huge amount of expenditure will lead to an increase in the gross national product. Only when workers have jobs can they have income, and this is a stable income for at least 10 years, which means that thousands of families live in Can eat enough for at least 10 years;

After the palace is completed, there are constant maintenance costs, a large number of servants are needed, and a large number of job opportunities. It is no exaggeration to say that the king collects taxes for infrastructure construction. A large project can guarantee Paris and Paris. The survival of construction workers has also driven a large number of surrounding industrial workers to eat, entertain and stay; nobles need to eat, entertain and buy luxury goods to make new clothes;

The road leading to Paris is also part of the infrastructure. Nobles coming and going on this road will also drive the economy near the road. In the era of horses as power, you will need a place for the horse to drink and rest.

In short, on the whole, the construction of the Palace of Versailles is inevitable, and may be necessary. It is not just the king's extravagant enjoyment and extravagant enjoyment. total value

The king may be a guy who cries poor all day long, but the king's expenses are also huge. The king cannot be a miser. The king's consideration is not the gains and losses of a city or a place, but the entire country.

Abigail did nothing more for the girls than treat them to a very good meal and send them home.They can’t take out what they eat, whether it’s money or fabric, it’s not their own when they take it home, and it will make the family greedy and want more, which will lose her original intention.

After Athena left, no one mentioned her soon, and new people came, and the party continued to be lively. Philip was drunk every day, and occasionally came to see Abigail during the day, but couldn't say a few words. Run away in a hurry.

Abigail didn't know what he was doing at first, but later discovered that Philip was deliberately avoiding the princess.

I really can't figure it out.

"That's because he thought I would let him marry the princess, so he didn't even go hunting, because he didn't want to see her." Louis answered her confusion very simply.

"Ah, that's it. I thought the princess had already refused."

"She refused. She thought Philip was just a child."

"He is indeed a child, and the princess would not want to take care of a child." Louis lay on the sofa with his head on her lap, and she stroked his hair time after time.

There was going to be a dance tonight, so Louis didn't go hunting that day, but ran for a few hours in the nearby forest in the morning and returned before lunch.

"You women are all weird." Louis disagreed, "She doesn't really need to take care of her husband, she just needs to lie on the bed and give birth."

"The only thing on your mind is having a baby." She tugged at a lock of his hair.

"Oh, is your wrist all right?"

"It's much better, it doesn't hurt anymore." She smiled.

"But I'm in pain."

So she rubbed his scalp, "Is it here?"

"Maybe."

"Is it right?"

He grabbed her hand with his back, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, "You are so naughty."

"I still love you very much." She lowered her head and kissed him.

The two kissed lingeringly for a while, until the princess came in.

"Oh, Your Majesty"

"Princess." Abigail wanted to stand up.

"Forget it, sit down. I'll come and see you, a pregnant woman."

Louis sat up, put his hands on her lower abdomen, and said eagerly, "The imperial doctor said that the belly will not be visible until the fifth month of pregnancy."

"It's been a few months now"

"Two months."

The princess looked at her carefully, "You look very good, I heard that women can't sleep well after pregnancy, what do you think?"

"It's okay, I don't feel anything right now, maybe I won't feel it until next month." Abigail thought in a trance, how quickly this month has passed and found out that she was pregnant at the end of September and now at the end of October.Based on her last menstrual period at the end of August, she was only two months pregnant.

Only two months can't see anything at all.

The author has something to say about how French names are formed

Generally speaking, there are at least two names, and the first name is usually not used. For example, the first name of Athena is Françoise, and the second name is Athena; for example, Rimbaud’s full name is Jean-Nicolas Arthur. Rimbaud, "Let jean" generally indicates gender, his first name is Nicholas, but he only uses the second name Arthur.

Surnames are divided into family surnames and title surnames. For example, the family surname of the royal family is "Bourbon", so it was the "Bourbon Dynasty" at that time. The children of Louis XIV and Athena in real history all used "De Bourbon" as the surname; Philip The current surname can be Bourbon, or it can be named after the title. In the future, he inherited the title of his uncle Gaston and was called "Philippe d'Orleans", and his children also used "Orleans" as the surname.For example, the full name of the princess is "Anne Marie Louise de Orleans".

Renio can use Lorraine's surname externally, or his own title as his surname, either "De Lorraine" or "De Teteslan".

Barberion is a title, but I won't give her family a family name if it's not necessary.

The eldest son of the earl is the viscount, the eldest son of the duke is the marquess, the baron is the lowest rank of title, and the next is the knight.Barons and above can be inherited, and knight titles can be inherited or not.

The Knight of Lorraine is the second son and has no right to inherit the title, so his earl father bought him a knight chevaier title, so that he can also be regarded as a noble class.

Appellations in social occasions, those who are familiar are called first names or surnames, and those who are not very familiar are called titles. ,,