"Mother, why do you support the Duke of Orleans in a duel? Shouldn't we try to avoid conflict at this time? After Zhao Hongyu left with Emma and Sara, Marie and Louis XIII also left the Grand Duke of Orleans.

When she and Louis XIII Jr. left, Louis XIII Jr. asked puzzled.

Mary looked at her son, and then explained to him: "Why don't you support it, it is impossible for the son of the Grand Duke of Orleans not to be angry when he is wounded like that." So he always has to vent his emotions, and a duel is the best way to do it. ”

"In the same way, the crown prince of the Americas also needs to vent to calm the anger in their hearts. So what better person could be than Gaston's father, and it didn't matter which of them survived the most. Of course, the best result is the death of the Grand Duke of Orleans. ”

Louis XIII Jr. looked at his mother and said, "If the Grand Duke of Orleans is killed in a duel, what will happen to the huge Dukedom of Orleans?" Is it inherited by Gaston, the waste? ”

Although Louis XIII Jr. guessed his mother's intentions, he decided to continue playing dumb.

Because he knew that his mother didn't like to be too smart, because that would be a threat to her position.

Very strange logic, the mother will feel that her son threatens her.

But think about it, in the face of the temptation of power, isn't it normal to be indifferent to family affection.

Not to mention that on the European continent, even in the Chinese country on the Eastern continent, there are no examples of father and son, Muzi, brothers, and fathers killing each other for power.

And Mary is a very powerful woman, she is used to looking down on all beings with a sense of superiority, which makes her feel extremely satisfied as a regent queen.

But Louis XIII Jr., her son, was a threat to her power.

After all, Louis XIII Jr. was a crown prince, the true heir of France.

If Louis XIII Jr. is pro-government. Then there would be nothing to do without her Mary.

This is something she is not willing to endure.

This person, once he knows what it feels like to have rights, it will be difficult to let go.

This is the case with Mary.

Therefore, Louis XIII the Younger appeared to be unintelligent, and he was able to continue as regent.

If he behaves too smartly, then some nobles with ulterior motives will clamored for little Louis XIII to take charge of the government.

As for what will happen to her Mary after Louis XIII comes to power, then no one will think about it, will it?

But Mary knew that if she let her son become a politician, she would definitely never taste power again.

That feeling that the power of life and death is in your hands. It's really intoxicating.

Think about it, when other people's lives are all in your own thoughts, you can think of yourself as almost a god at that time.

It's a taste of being so obsessed with voluntarily revealing your soul.

Once contaminated, you can't get out.

"Don't you think the territory of the Grand Duke of Orleans is a little too big, so big that our royal family can't control it. Why do I want to flatter him and flatter him, but also to stabilize him? Marie spoke her heart to Louis XIII Jr., what she really said for so many years.

Oh, yes. Although her relationship with the Grand Duke of Orleans is well known, who knows the pain in her heart.

Did she really like the Archduke of Orleans?

At least that's not what Mary herself thinks.

In the past, Mary also deliberately did it.

At that time, it was to gain the support of the Grand Duke of Orleans and stabilize the position of the royal family.

At that time, after the death of Louis XIII's father. Some nobles united to put pressure on Louis XIII Jr. to be deposed and replaced by Louis XIII's cousin as King of France.

This was dangerous for Marie and Louis XIII the Younger.

If the little Louis XIII crown prince is paid, then it will definitely not be easy to wait for their mother and son.

The dark and damp dungeon will never see the light of day for a lifetime. That's pretty much the best of the best.

Therefore, in order to secure her position, Marie 'unexpectedly' met the Archduke of Orleans and ...... With his support. Marie defeated the nobles and retained Louis XIII as crown prince.

And the guy who was elected by the nobles, and his family were secretly executed.

At the same time, the nobles who opposed Mary were also exiled.

The Duke of Orleans seized the territories and wealth of the nobles, and his power grew a lot again.

At that time, Marie had no worries about gaining the support of the Duke of Orleans in order to stabilize her position.

But when he looked back, the Duke of Orleans was no longer a force that Mary could compete with.

Fortunately, the Duke of Orleans was very infatuated with Mary, so Mary took advantage of this and maintained the royal family until now.

But over time, there is also the expansion of ambitions.

The Duke of Orleans also began to peek into the king's throne.

It was rumored that Gaston was the illegitimate son of him and himself, and Mary heard it and thought about it for a moment and realized what was going on.

Therefore, it is impossible to say that she is not angry.

But she could only pretend to be stupid, so that the Duke of Orleans thought that the relationship between him and her was still the same as usual.

But now that there was a good opportunity in front of her to settle the Archduke of Orleans and take his domain for herself, how could Mary let it go.

If the Grand Duke of Orleans died in a duel, it was also done by the Americans, and it had nothing to do with her Mary, did it? If anyone wants revenge, it's the Americans.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with Mary.

Mary, who was worried about how to clean up the Duke of Orleans, suddenly found that someone had automatically sent her door to help her deal with the Grand Duke of Orleans, and it was impossible to say that she was unhappy.

And this matter can also keep her out of it.

If there is such a good thing, why wouldn't she do it?

"Oh, it turns out that Mother is going to take this opportunity to seize the territory of the Grand Duke of Orleans." Little Louis XIII pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and looked at his mother with a look of adoration.

"The nasty Grand Duke of Orleans, and that idiot son of his, I have long since looked at them unpleasantly. If the Grand Duke of Orleans dies in a duel, what will happen to Gaston XX the Younger? ", said Louis XIII Jr.

Mary pursed her lips and said to Louis XIII Jr., "How useful can a castrated waste be, this guy is useless without his father." But I won't kill him, I will strip him of his nobility in the name of destroying relations between the two countries, and make him a pauper, and those who have been plagued by him would like to see such a situation, don't they? ”

Louis XIII Jr. nodded.

"Yes, when the time comes, without your mother's orders, Gaston's idiot's former enemies will find him, and I think those people will be willing to deal with this guy with their own hands."

At this point, Louis XIII Jr. paused before continuing: "But Mother, there is a premise for all of this we are talking about, that is, it can only be achieved if the Duke of Orleans is killed in a duel, so how can we guarantee that the Duke of Orleans will die in a duel?" ”

Louis XIII Jr. got to the point.

Yes, don't look at Mary thinking about a lot of things, but there must be a premise for all of this.

That is, it must be established in the Grand Duke of Orleans and die in a duel.

Only in this way could Marie carry out all the things she had said to Louis XIII the Younger.

If the Grand Duke of Orleans had survived the duel, then what Marie had said to Louis XIII Jr. would have been in vain.

"I naturally have a way, in fact, it is very simple to let the Duke of Orleans die, poison, assassination, anything. The reason I didn't do it was because I had to think about what to do with the mess when the Duke of Orleans died. ”

Marie said earnestly to Louis XIII the Younger.

"The Grand Duke of Orleans has a lot of support behind him, and if he is poisoned or assassinated, those people will definitely make trouble, and even think that we did it, and then they will have an excuse to make trouble when they join forces. This is the last thing I want to see, because with our current strength, we can't solve these nobles. ”

Mary spoke out what she was thinking about.

Yes, it is true that this problem was solved by Louis XIII's mother in history, but the timeline will be pushed back many years.

However, she still left a tail for Louis XIII Jr., and that was Gaston II.

This Gaston II, after Louis XIII became king, did not cause any more trouble for him.

But now because of the appearance of Zhao Hongyu, there has begun to deviate.

"As I said, now as long as Orleans dies at the hands of the Americans, then we can get out. And take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the followers of Orleans, and control all his territories and those nobles in the hands of the royal family. I estimate that in the future we will be able to control more than two-thirds of all the land in France, and then we will have no more opponents. ”

Little Louis XIII's breath became a little short.

Of course he understood what his mother meant.

He also knows exactly what that means to him.

If his mother's plan succeeds, then when he becomes king of France, he will be able to carry out his policies without worrying about the reaction of the other nobles.

"Then, Mother, let's do our best to ensure that the Americans will defeat the Archduke of Orleans." Little Louis XIII said to Marie.

At this time, the Grand Duke of Orleans was watching Gaston II in a coma, and fell into boundless grief.

He had no idea that Mary was working on her own ideas. (To be continued.) )