The first floor ends, and the second floor ends,

The caisson of the staircase is beautiful, and Wen Ying is silent all the way,

Gu Xier looked at Xiao Nizi with her head down: "What's wrong?" Looking unhappy? ”

Wen Ying asked weakly, "After Catherine died, who was the owner of the castle?" ”

Gu Xier: "After her death, the Château de Chenonceau was owned by Princess Louise de Lorraine-Waldmont, wife of her son Henry III. When Louise learned of the assassination of Henry III, she lived the rest of her life here in white mourning dress, in accordance with royal etiquette. ”

Wen Ying continued to ask: "What happened later?" ”

Gu Xier: "Later, Henry IV's lover Gabrielle Destere took over the Château de Chenonceau, and on the third floor of the Louvre, there is a famous painting of the Fontainebleau school "Portrait of Gabrielle Destelle and her sister in the bath", and the lover of Henry IV is pinched by her sister. ”

Second floor hallway, Catherine. The inner vestibule of Brisson, with its floor covered with small ceramic tiles and exposed trabeculae, consists of six tapestries, the Gothic and Renaissance Brussels tapestries of the 15th century, known as the "Aristolochia" style. This tapestry is remarkable because its attractive color gradually changes from green to blue; The second reason is that its subject reflects the discoveries of the Americas in the New World: Peruvian silver pheasants, pineapples, orchids, pomegranates, animals and plants that had never been seen in Europe in 1492.

Wen Ying touched the air,

Gu Xier: "You can try." ”

Wen Ying looked back, "Is it really possible?" ”

Gu Xier: "It's not bad." ”

Wen Ying still lowered his hand and picked up the sheet against the quasi-tapestry "Ka Ka"

On the second floor there are bedrooms for the five queens.

They were Queen Catherine. Morality. Medici's two daughters and three daughters-in-law. Behind the large canopy are two tapestries depicting the capture of Troy and the capture of Helen.

Wen Ying walks into Caesar. Morality. Vendôme's bedroom, the Duke of Vendôme, Louis XIV's uncle, became master of Chenonceau in 1624. The fine ceiling trabeculae are exposed, and the Renaissance fireplace is fully gilded and adorned with the coat of arms of Boyer. The canopy bed and the furniture in the room are original from the Renaissance period.

They came to Louis again. Morality. Queen of Lorraine's bedroom, after the assassination of her husband Henry III, Louis. Morality. Queen Lorraine retired in Chenonceau to spend the rest of her life in prayer and meditation, and the décor of the room was full of mourning sorrow.

Wen Ying's thoughts seemed to be sentimental, and she asked the owner of the castle behind.

"In 1733, Chenonceau came out of the gloom of grief and ushered in her next hostess, Madame Louise Dupont. Because of her love of literature and art, Madame Dupont turned the Château de Chenonceau into the most elegant salon meeting place in France at the time, where Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau and other masters of the Enlightenment were among her guests, and Rousseau also served as her son's tutor. Madame Dupont won the respect and affection of the French people, and it was in this way that the Château de Chenonceau was preserved by the people during the French Revolution and was saved from destruction. In 1864, Madame Belus's husband bought Château de Chenonceau. Madame Belus, an industrial capitalist, began to rebuild Château de Chenonceau to restore it to its 16th-century appearance. The Château de Chenonceau as we see it today is largely shaped at that time. But a political conspiracy bankrupted her, and Chenonceau was resold and changed hands several times. In 1913, the Menil family, famous for their chocolate, bought the castle, and to this day the ownership of Château Chenonceau remains in the hands of the Menil family. ”

Wen Ying nodded silently, she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she had been away from the old house for a long time, and Mo Di suddenly found that the childhood memories that she had inadvertently forgotten in her memory came to her mind, and the title page of her memory was so transparent.

Wen Ying was even more shocked that she couldn't forget the house, there was a deep beauty of antiquity, a kind of pure fragrance like old wine brewed by the years, and the old house contained a century of trauma.

Going out from the foyer, I feel that the castle is not big inside, standing under the castle, there is still a sense of oppression, and the vines on the wall seem to tell the story of the years.

Outside the castle is from Diana's Gardens, with 8 large triangular lawns delicately woven into the shape of spirals from lavender cotton.

Wen Ying walked to the end of the garden and found the best spot to photograph the castle.

Generations of queens have ruled here, emperors have vacationed here, and groups of writers and sages have come here to visit, and their temperament, taste, and style are comparable to the Palace of Versailles.

Autumn greenhouse dressed in red makeup,

Sunflowers are not strange, and late okra flowers are strange.

Gu Xier stood behind Wen Ying: "It's always been you who are taking pictures. ”

Wen Ying looked back: "Then what's not?" ”

Gu Xier crossed his arms to his chest: "The most beautiful scenery is in front of my eyes." And take the SLR off Wen Ying's neck and adjust the focus.

To Wen Ying.

Wen Ying was not timid, and made a few moves towards the SLR.

Gu Xier: "It's a little late, let's go back." ”

Wen Ying whispered softly: "Hmm. ”

Gu Xier: "Are you hungry?" ”

Wen Ying: "I'm not hungry. ”

Gu Xier: "I'm hungry!" ”

Wen Ying: "Then go eat it." ”

Gu Xier: "I have a winery nearby. ”

Wen Ying: "Hmm. ”

Gu Xier's private winery is known as the "liquid gold" of the last nobles. It is a dream favorite of many wine lovers.

When the Locke family bought the winery, a bottle of 1784 wine was sold by Christie's in London in 1986 for $56,588, the highest price for a white wine at the time, and the owner of Field's was Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Eighteen years later, at a wine auction co-organized by New York vintner Zachis and Los Angeles Wallis, a single bottle in 1847 sold for $71,675, setting a new record for white wine.

This winery is not only synonymous with the finest wines, but also an artistic temperament that no other winery can emulate. Miró, Chagall, Bullock, Picasso, Warhol, Bagon...... Many top artists have designed wine labels for it.

However, it is not open to the public, and is just a place for the Locke family to entertain their friends.

The car drove for a while and then entered the openwork iron gate. The villas on the hill are all Western-style, and the Gu family's manor is no exception, with the sunset quietly shining on the yellow-brown trees and still green fields.

The housekeeper and the servants greeted Gu Xier.

They made their way to the lawn and looked up at the front of the winery. It is a three-storey house, quite a size, a noble house. The battlements that surround the top make the whole building look chic. The grey façade protrudes against the back, a rook's nest, whose occupant is croaking in the side house, flying over the lawn and garden, and landing on a large meadow.

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