Versailles is worse than being queen

◎Asparagus, cats and smelly Versailles◎

Louis originally thought that the princess's ability to pick wild asparagus was already quite remarkable.

Unexpectedly, after she returned with a full load, she handed over the picked asparagus to the maids, and very skillfully ordered the servants to open a small stove for them in advance, specifically ordering to fry the asparagus with butter and melted cheese.

Louie was in awe—a wonder that culminated when he tasted the cheese-fried asparagus.

The rich creamy aroma of butter sets off the freshness and sweetness of asparagus. Pepper and parsley are sprinkled on the green shoots. The cheese is embellished with just the right slightly salty taste, which also brings a smooth and soft taste, which perfectly matches the crispness of asparagus .

Louis had a great appetite, and drank a large pot of sweet milk, which directly led to only eating half a roast chicken in the real meal at night.

Fortunately, because the king brought few people and went hunting far away, and did not organize to have dinner together, few people noticed that the crown prince had a different appetite from before.

—One of them was his valet, the Duke of La Vogueon.

"Oh, Your Highness! What's going on?" he said, frowning. "Are you unwell?"

"Oh, don't worry." Louis smiled naively, "I've eaten it before."

"Have you eaten?!" The Duke raised his voice, "What's going on?"

"The Crown Princess and I went to pick asparagus, fried it with butter, and drank sweet milk..."

"Asparagus!" exclaimed the duke in shock, "you eat asparagus!"

"Asparagus? What's wrong with the asparagus?" Louis was confused.

"Asparagus..." The duke gritted his teeth. He didn't have the nerve to tell the special effect of this food in front of the crown prince and the crown princess. He just muttered angrily: "Your Highness, you are only 15 years old! And the wedding has not yet been completed! "

"Mr. Duke," Antanya interrupted lightly, "the wedding in Vienna has been completed, and His Royal Highness is now a married man."

Although Louis himself was not present at the time, it was her brother Ferdinand who completed the wedding with her on his behalf-they almost laughed, whether it was in the previous life or in this life.

The Duke gave her a vicious gouged look.

"Your Highness, you also got mud on your clothes!" He ignored Antania, "How can the Crown Prince of France show himself in such an image?"

Louis was subconsciously a little nervous by his accusation: "Ah? I should have changed clothes..."

Antanya was almost amused.

In her previous life, she knew that the duke was an anti-Austrian member of the French court. Except for dinner and other occasions when she would definitely meet Louis, she did not respond to all the requests she asked him to convey to see Louis.

——It wasn't until this overreaching Duke was driven away by Louis that she realized that he hadn't delivered any of those requests for her.

"Louis, didn't you just say that the taste of asparagus is very good, do you want to invite His Majesty the King to taste it?" She smiled and glanced at Louis.

The Duke gave her a ghostly look—this uneducated wild girl actually called His Highness the Crown Prince by her first name, and even used "you" instead of "you"!

Ha, uneducated Austria!Barbarians of the Northeast!

But His Highness the Crown Prince didn't show any displeasure, instead she reminded him: "Oh, yes. Mr. Duke, please help me to give the fresh fried asparagus with cheese to His Majesty, please?"

Before the duke had time to speak, the little prince shook his hand sincerely: "This is a very important job, and I don't feel at ease entrusting it to others."

When they chatted during the meal just now, the Crown Princess sincerely praised Duke Lavorgourn, saying that she heard that he was very careful and thoughtful, and would be very happy to send the Prince's thoughts to His Majesty the King.

Louie agreed.

The Duke of Lavorgourne is one of his most trusted people, the Crown Princess really has vision!

When the Duke walked away with a resentment on his face, Louis scratched his head, remembering that the Crown Princess might have to go back to the room to rest.

He was full just now, and he didn't want to sleep for the time being, so he asked cautiously: "How about... I will take you back to your room?"

"Thank you, Louis." Antanya said with a smile.

The conditions of Compiègne Castle are relatively simple, of course, compared to the king's other two castles, Versailles and Fontainebleau.

The arrangement for Antanya is the fourth room on the second floor on the east side.

It was a suite, first of all it was an antechamber, then the living room, and then the bedroom. The room here was one less guard's bedroom than her room in the Palace of Versailles.

The rooms in the castle were not locked, and the sky had already darkened at this time, and the candlesticks in the corridor were dimly lit with candles.

Walking to her room, the little chubby opened the door for her in a gentlemanly manner.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door was pushed open, a shrill scream came from above the head.

A group of fluffy things jumped over him suddenly, kicked on the head of the majestic French Dauphine, jumped off and ran away.

"Ah!" Louis took a step back in fright, almost smashing the candlestick to the ground.

Antanya put both hands on the candlestick just in time to stop a near-miss.

Her arm was grabbed by Xiaopangdun: "Wang...Prince Princess, what was that just now?"

It was a big black mass, and there was a strong smell of blood.

Antanya thought carefully about the afterimage in her field of vision just now, not sure: "Maybe...it's a black cat?"

"Black cat! But there is blood here!" Louis was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Antanya pushed the door carefully again, and then heard a light click, and half of the fluffy black tail fell in front of them.

Antania: "..." What a poor cat.

She thought for a while, "Let's find someone to clean this place first." She said as she walked out, stretched out her hand and grabbed Louis, planning to leave here first.

Unexpectedly, Yiyan didn't move, but was grabbed by him.

"Antoinette!" The little prince was very excited. "It's clear that someone is deliberately bullying you! Why are there cats running around in the castle of Compiègne? They even ran out of your room!"

"Huh?" Antanya was a little surprised.

It wasn't a surprise that someone wanted to bully her - when she first married into the Palace of Versailles, she heard a court lady brazenly mutter "L'Austrichienne" as she passed her.That's French for "Austrian bitch."

She was surprised that Louis would be so indignant.

After all, he was a guy who seemed to have no feelings. Even the people who were rushed into the palace during the Great Revolution were forced to wear the humiliating red hat, and they put it on without any sign.

Well, maybe the current Louis is still a child, after all, he is impulsive.

Antanya patted Louis on the shoulder reassuringly: "Maybe you are right. But do you have evidence? I am here for the first day today, and I have to rush back to Versailles for the wedding. Let's make trouble here If it is too big, His Majesty the King may not be happy."

Of course, the king didn't like some unsightly things in the court to be brought to light.Although the fault is obviously not with the crown prince, why did you suffer such disgust?

"Then at least fire the maid! There is a cat in the princess's room, what did they do?"

"Louis, Louis, calm down." Antanya smiled, "Listen to me, can we talk about it in a few days? Everyone is too busy now, maybe they just didn't take care of it."

There are of course a few maids who will be replaced, most notably Mrs. Manners—but at the right time, so that she can be replaced by the right person.

"Besides, if you really want to check, I'm afraid you will find out some results that no one wants to see... You must know that there may not be many people who can get here, and many of them are very familiar to you. They may even be the closest people around you. someone close."

"No way!" Louis said in horror.

He has a withdrawn personality, and he has no one to play with him. There are not many people close to him, such as the valet, the Duke of La Vogue, his two younger brothers, and two other servants who can play locks with him...

He still likes them.He also likes his new partner, the little Austrian princess, and he will be very sad if the people who bully her are these acquaintances of his.

"Don't worry, I'm just talking nonsense." Antanya rubbed his brown hair that was scratched by the cat, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "You can't wrong innocent people."

In the end, the little prince who was full of righteous indignation turned into worry was persuaded by her to go back.

The black cat that appeared suddenly probably just had its tail broken by the door, and there were only a few drops of blood on the ground.Antanya opened the window and threw the cat's tail out without any emotion.

After all, she has even seen her own dead body, let alone a cat with half of its tail broken.

As for the person who gave her the cat, the gift was ingenious, so she had to be creative in return.

The castle of Compiègne is not her home, and when she returns to the Palace of Versailles... Frankly speaking, Antalia doesn't think that anyone or ghosts are more familiar with the venue than her, and how to use that venue to scare people.

……

Walking in the corridors of the Compiègne castle, Louis actually still had lingering fears, but he was ashamed to let the Crown Princess, who was one year younger than him, send him back.That's too embarrassing.

But when the black cat ran over his head just now, it scared the hell out of him—who would have thought to open a door and suddenly a screaming devil would come out and step on you?

"Your Highness," a voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Ah!" Louis was startled, and almost pulled out the sword from his waist to stab him.

"Your Highness!" The one who spoke was the frowning Duke Lavorgweng, "You actually sent the Crown Princess back just now?"

"Ah, Mr. Duke! You scared me to death." Louis patted his heart.

"How can you send the crown princess back? You are not married yet! This is not in accordance with etiquette! You should not violate the rules of our country for a foreign woman. She has not married you before..."

"Mr. Duke." Louis interrupted him suddenly, "You are rarely so nervous. Look, your forehead is sweating."

The Duke of La Vogue was taken aback, and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead, "Nervous? No, no, I'm not nervous, I just care too much about you."

Louis looked into his eyes, "Mr. Duke, I just sent the Crown Princess to the door of her room. I saw something there."

The Duke's voice changed slightly: "See something? What did you see?"

Louis blinked, watching him without speaking.

The Duke raised his voice, "If something is wrong, you should drive out the servants who are directly responsible..."

"Oh, don't be nervous, Mr. Duke." The little prince shook his head, "I was just joking."

……

The convoy that picked up the Crown Princess returned to Versailles all the way smoothly.The motorcade specially passed through the city of Paris, and along the road, countless people happily squeezed beside the roadside of the royal motorcade, vying to witness the supposedly most beautiful princess from Austria.

Antanya looked out of the car window indifferently, watched the convoy pass by those people with bright smiles and full of curiosity about her, and sighed quietly after a long time.

In fact, she didn't hate them when she died.When her life came to an end, she had never been so sober as she was at that moment, knowing that public opinion is like the waves on the ocean, swept up by winds with ulterior motives.

After turning around the main streets of Paris, the convoy left Paris and drove to Versailles, a dozen miles away, the palace built for the king's supreme majesty.

Before the carriage stopped on the square of the Palace of Versailles, an extremely familiar but still unbearable stench entered Antania's nose.

Versailles... stinks.

It smelled exactly the same as back then, and it also greatly affected her appetite back then.

It's a pity that as a ghost, she has no sense of smell. After wandering around the Palace of Versailles for many years, she has long forgotten one thing——

This magnificent palace is actually a very tasteful palace.

How can it not stink?

More than 6000 people come and go in and out of the Palace of Versailles every day. The nobles living here are three times that of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, but the toilets are less than one-third of that there.The etiquette of Versailles is from hair to toes, but there is no restriction on where people can pee - every day, people urinate in the corner of the palace.

Except for the most prominent members of the royal family, there is no bathroom in the rooms of almost everyone else. People are not used to taking a bath at all, and they are replaced by strong perfume-vomit!

Antanya was about to choke.

Well, maybe in addition to her plan, a small goal should be added by the way-before she can leave the Palace of Versailles, try to solve the cleaning and water problems in this palace as early as possible...

At that time, those who hate her may give her another nickname "Ms. Toilet".

Well, it sounds like it's even worse than "Ms. Deficit."

Antanya felt that she was also in a bad mood.

Think about the only happy thing, probably after tomorrow's wedding, she can be regarded as half of the mistress of the Palace of Versailles——

Counting the time, a certain young student who was invited by her should also be allowed to enter the Palace of Versailles to meet her.

Her dying newspaper, as well as the future of the French press, depended on him.

The author says:

For information on sanitary conditions in Versailles, refer to William Rich Newton's "Behind the Gate: Palace Life and Power Stage at Versailles in the 18th Century" and "Princess of Versailles: The Diary of Marie Antoinette".