Hearing Anna from Austria ask such a question to himself, Song Xiance was also slightly excited in his heart, he knew that his courtship and daily performance to the queen in the past half a year had finally won the approval of the French queen, and the other party finally divided him and the cardinal into two types of people.

Song Xiance's face was calm, he only raised his head slightly to look at the queen and said, "Although Xia Guan handles some affairs for Lord Faza in the Bishop's Palace, he is not a confidant of Lord Faza. Moreover, with the caution of Lord Dharma, even if he really planned something, he would not reveal it to others.

If Your Highness wants to know the secret of the throne from me, Your Highness, you seem to have found the wrong person. At this moment in Paris, there is someone better suited to answer this question than I am, and your Highness must know his name. ”

Anna of Austria was annoyed by Song Xiance's answer, who knew that the man Song was talking about was Bishop Mazarin, and that she was somewhat unclear with the handsome Italian in the eyes of the Parisian aristocracy.

"Do you, like those outside, think that I have such a relationship with Bishop Mazarin?" The queen blushed angrily and said.

Song Xiance shook his head and said flatly: "Xiaguan has never believed in this kind of nonsense. And in the eyes of the lower officials, there are some rumors about His Royal Highness circulating outside the palace, but in fact, it is not so simple behind it. ”

The queen's anger gradually subsided, and she frowned and asked, "What do you want to say?" Isn't the purpose of these rumors to slander my reputation and then alienate Your Majesty even more? I'm afraid this kind of thing is also something that the Dharma Throne would like to see. ”

Song Xiance raised his head again, and after looking at the queen at eye level, he said: "Xia Guan thinks that the relationship between the queen and His Majesty has been as stable as the Alps after the birth of His Royal Highness the prince. A little affair does not make Your Majesty ruin your relationship with Your Highness, because the continuation of the throne is more important than those rumors that cannot be verified.

However, if these gossips are not aimed at Your Highness, then they can only be directed at His Royal Highness the Prince. The lower officials thought that this was an attempt to shake the foundation of the royal power and interrupt the orthodox continuation of the throne.

His life's dream was to magnify the king, and he would not be so stupid, nor would he have the motive to create such rumors. So in this matter, both the throne and your highness have the same position. ”

The queen's mood finally calmed down, and compared with the gentle and witty Bishop Mazaran, the Chinese in front of her always showed an attitude of rejection from thousands of miles away, and his speech was always short and boring. But the queen knew that she could only get sweet words and lies from Bishop Mazarin, and that as long as the cardinal was alive for a day, Mazaran could not completely fall to herself.

But the Chinese in front of him, who was not handsome and did not speak very well, was the only person in the whole of France who could stand up for himself in front of the cardinal and defend the king and his honor. So Song Xiance's words just now finally made her listen to it in her heart.

Anna, who has been a queen for 26 years, is no longer the girl who just arrived in Paris and knows nothing about politics, since the prince was born, the rumors about her outside began to increase, and Anna naturally felt the crisis. But so far, only Song Xiance has been able to directly expose this conspiracy in front of her.

After being silent for a long time, Anna looked at Song Xiance with complicated eyes and said, "Do you mean that the Dharma Throne dragged His Majesty south to the battlefield to deal with the conspiracy behind these rumors?" ”

Song Xiance blinked his eyes and said, "Whether Lord Faza went out of Beijing to deal with the conspiracy behind these rumors, the lower officials dare not assert. However, there is a dark tide surging in the city of Paris, and I am sure that Your Highness should be aware of it. As for whether the target of this dark tide is the royal family or the throne, we may not be clear. Therefore, I think the act of the Lord of the Dharma Throne to leave Beijing may be a ploy to lure the snake out of the hole. ”

"Lure the snake out of the hole?"

"This is a story about our Ming Dynasty, which says that snakes are difficult to catch when they are in the hole, so the snake catcher will try to lure the snake out of the hole before doing it. If the throne and the king were in Paris, these dark currents might never have surfaced, so that the hidden dangers in the country could not be cleared up, and they would have brought danger to France in the future.

But if both the throne and the king had left Paris, the conspirators might have come out and make contact, and then turn the conspiracy into action.

A conspiracy is a conspiracy, and once exposed to the sun, it immediately loses its threat. With the ability of Lord Faza, it will not take much effort to deal with these conspirators who have been exposed. What's more, now that His Majesty, the only person in France who can contain Lord Faza, is not in Paris, won't the next victory or defeat be clear at a glance? ”

Anna breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but she didn't feel any joy in her heart, she slowly walked back to her seat and sat down, bit her slightly protruding lower lip, and then pretended to be calm: "In this way, as long as I sit in the palace and stand by, and then don't dare to do anything, our throne can once again make meritorious contributions and quell a rebellion?" ”

Song Xiance looked at the queen's eyes quietly, and then said cautiously: "Then it depends on what your Royal Highness wants in your heart." ”

Anna replied with some surprise, "What do I want?" Does Mr. Song think that I still have a choice? ”

Song Xiance nodded and replied: "Of course, the lower officials think that His Highness has a lot of choices. ”

"So tell me, what options do I have?" Anna couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

Song Xiance lowered his head and thought for a while before replying: "If Your Highness wants to be a queen who has no quarrel with the world, then you just need to watch Lord Faza direct this scene and do nothing." I think that the wise Lord will always defeat the group of conspirators who dare not show their faces.

If Your Highness feels that revenge on Lord Farum is more important than the French crown, then Your Highness should remember that you are the royal daughter of the Holy Roman Empire and the sister of the King of Spain, and for the honor of the Empire, any way to suppress the power of France can be used. Then you can use this conspiracy to disrupt Paris..."

Anna of Austria interrupted Song Xiance angrily and said: "Please don't say that, I am now the wife of the King of France, and I will also be the mother of the King of France in the future, I will never betray the interests of France, I hope this damn war can end as soon as possible." ”

Song Xiance bent his body to the queen, and then apologized: "The lower official is rude, the lower official just listed a possible choice for His Highness, and did not intend to offend His Highness's honor, and asked His Highness for forgiveness." ”

Anna took a few deep breaths to calm down her emotions a little before continuing to Song Xiance: "Then please tell me, if I want to protect the honor of France, my own honor, and the honor of the future king of France, how should I do it?" ”

Song Xiance pondered for a long time, and when Anna was a little impatient, he spoke: "Then you should take this opportunity to use Lord Dharma to eradicate any enemies that threaten the throne, and make His Royal Highness the Prince His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Anna's eyes widened a little, and she asked in disbelief, "Utilizing... Throne? Is that what you just meant? ”

Anna, who had fought with the cardinal for more than 20 years and had not occupied the top once, was suddenly afraid of Song Xiance's proposal.

But Song Xiance said without any scruples: "Yes, Your Highness, that's what the lower officials mean." ”

"But he's a throne! Who can take advantage of him? Not even the king. ”

Song Xiance smiled slightly, saluted the queen again and said, "Please allow the lower official to tell you a little story to Your Highness, this is an event that happened in the history of our country.

A long time ago, almost in the days of the Greek city-states, our country was divided into more than a dozen countries, large and small, just like Europe today. The westernmost country was called Qin, and at that time the Qin state was weaker than other countries, so in order to keep his own country, the king of Qin summoned a man named Shang Ying as the prime minister to govern the country..."

After briefly telling the queen about Shang Ying's reform, Song Xiance concluded: "... The Shang Dynasty reformed the law and strengthened the power of the king, as did many of the reforms made by the Lord of the Throne. When Shang Ying held the power of royal power, even princes and nobles could inflict punishment, but when he lost royal power, only a few small officials could catch him on the road.

It can be seen that the power does not lie in Shang Ying himself, but in the royal power that he strengthened after changing the law. The same is true of the throne today, who has infinite power over the king's royal power. Although the throne has turned the throne, which was once despised by the princes, into a feared monster, the throne still belongs to the king, not to the throne.

Therefore, whoever holds the throne also has royal power. Therefore, the ancient philosophers of our country once said that only the name and the instrument cannot be dummy, which is exactly what it means.

The Shang Dynasty of our country had his head cut off by the law that he had established, because he forgot that royal power was not the property of a courtier. Although Lord Dharma holds the formidable power of kingship, he cannot use this power against the kingship itself.

Therefore, as long as Your Highness stands on the side of defending the king, even the Lord of the Dharma Throne has to be used by His Highness, otherwise he is stealing the royal power for his own personal use, and even the king can no longer trust him. Without the power granted by the king, Lord Dharma is just an ordinary nobleman..."

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