After the departure of the Poles and Prince Condé, the Viscount of Tillenne also left for Holland, Versailles and Paris entered a period of calm and relaxation, with no wars abroad, no riots at home, and the king and his brother had a rare long time to pay attention to the education of their children—although the children of the royal family were surrounded by countless nannies, maids-in-waiting, and professors who were rarely seen, many of the problems they had to face could only be answered by a king and a ruler.

Moreover, the anomaly of the Grand Princess's previous had already attracted the attention of the King, and the Duke of Orleans was at a loss at first- He did not quite understand why the Grand Marsess did not seek help from her father and uncle, and Louis, after inquiring about her situation, told the Duke of Orleans that it was because her mother was the English princess Henrietta, Henrietta had an unhappy childhood, she was born without seeing her father, her brother was displaced, she and her mother were under the fence, and the princess Henrietta, who grew up in such a situation, although she had a strong temperament, could not help but have some defects in her character— In the years when the lord of the county grew up, the king and the Duke of Orleans were on a war, and if she asked for guidance and help, it was only her mother, or the queen and queen mother.

So the question arises, the Duchess of Orleans, the Queen and the Queen Mother are not vicious people, but they all have a unified identity, that is, the princess of a country in a political marriage, they are used to accepting the arrangements of others and fate, and are ready to sacrifice - meeting Louis and the Duke of Orleans can only be said to be their luck, no matter what else, Queen Anne and Louis XIII and Louis XIII have not had children for twenty years, is it her fault, you know, she not only has Louie, but also Philippe.

But Louie didn't want his daughter and niece to go down the hard road, that was the way of the savior, not the way of these lovely girls.

Thus, after the preparations for the various academies were getting better, and the children, mainly the Grand Lords and Little Eugen, finally had a genuine cheerful smile on their faces, the special classes of the King and Duke began. In the small hall at the end of the Venus Room - because the dome is a ceiling painting of Cupid and Pushk (Cupid's lover), it is called Cupid Hall - Originally used as a rest room for kings and other dignitaries, the small hall was surrounded on three sides by huge glass windows that formed a quadrangular window, in front of which was a windowsill wide enough to accommodate a man to lie on, but today everyone sits on the carpet in front of the window, which is heavy, warm and delicate, with flowers and birds, vibrant and colorful, and it is also a precious legacy, one of the trophies that Louis IX brought back from Egypt.

But no matter how precious, for the king, the royal brother and their children, it was just an ordinary piece of furniture, and they sat on this huge carpet, enjoying the sun and the abundance of food——— this moment was neither morning, nor noon, nor evening, according to the will of the church, it was undoubtedly a sin to eat when it was not a meal, Louis did not care about this, given the animal nature of human beings, people cannot eat when they are nervous, and they will relax when they eat, it is inevitable.

There are only them in this hall, and the only people who serve are Bang Tang, the shadow of the king, and if there is any need, Bang Tang will go outside the door to serve the attendants fifty feet away, in addition to creating a relaxed and private atmosphere, there is also the following class that involves some sensitive topics.

After enjoying the little cakes, citrus jam, coffee and milk, the children's nerves finally became less tense, Louis looked over one by one, of course, the eldest of these children is his firstborn, the little Duke of Cologna, he will be an adult next year, so the king will not let him leave Versailles, his coming-of-age ceremony will be presided over by the king, and it is also an apology to his mother, the Duchess of Cologna, who imprisoned him; Louis knew very well that he was not a real child, but fortunately the other ministers were already satisfied—look at Carlos II of Spain, and then look at Karl XI of Sweden, they were not as healthy and intelligent as the crown prince!; Then there was the eldest princess, who came into the world with the crown prince on her heels, and she probably did not know that Louis was relieved by her health, which showed that his marriage to Queen Teresa did not have the most tragic consequences, and that little Louis's health was not occasional and fluke, so the king unconsciously had more preferences for her, and then there was the Grand County Lord Marie, the first child of the Duke of Orleans, with a healthy and benevolent heart, from the time she thought she was going to be married to the deformed and childless King Carlos II of Spain, and there is no hatred and jealousy of Princess Elizabeth can be seen, but at the same time she is benevolent, she is too introverted and thoughtful, which is not a good thing for people who will inevitably become a queen in the future, I just hope that the busyness of these days can make her change somewhat.

After the great lord is the king's distant relative, one is the little Eugen, his relationship with the king is from Bourbon on the surface, but in fact from the Habsburgs, and there is also a little Duke of Anghien, he is the grandson of Condé, in order to make him eligible to stay in Versailles, the king deliberately canonized this knee-high little monster in advance.

The little monster is not a nickname given to him by the king, but a contemptuous title, although Louis has shown kindness to the Condé family, but since the Prince of Condé handed over the fief and the castle, the family has been cut off from the roots in France, Louis can punish those who are unkind to him, but he cannot force people to love him from the bottom of their hearts- The white and red atmosphere in the Palace of Versailles and the tendency to be inflammatory, not only has long been ingrained, but also deliberately promoted by the king, and the little Duke of Anghien is too young, as a last resort, Louis can only let the eldest princess and the lord take turns to take care of this poor child.

The younger Duke of Anghien also represents another lack of education in the aristocratic family, Anna of Bavaria, the wife of Henry, the eldest son of Prince Condé, did not receive much orthodox education, and Henry has been following his father to fight in Flanders against the Netherlands, according to tradition, his eldest son was given to a nurse and maid at birth- At that time, people had no idea about the early education that babies should have, because the mortality rate was too high, and some people also asked parents not to approach their children too often, and whether the children could grow up healthily depended on the responsibility of the nurse and the maid, and the little Duke of Angian was unfortunate to encounter the most irresponsible.

They may think that it is okay to blame the child for his own madness, after all, rude princes and kings are not uncommon in various countries, and there are many noble children who need corporal punishment to correct the bad habits they developed in childhood, but the child's grandfather, father, and even the king are not the kind of people who can be easily perfunctory, they are not counted in the Bastille for murdering nobles, and even Henry's wife, Anna of Bavaria, was expelled from Versailles after being reprimanded, and has since been far from the center of power and glory。

Mary, the lord of the county, was more patient than the eldest princess, and after taking care of the little Duke of Angian for a while, she told the king very seriously that the little Duke of Angian was not born to be a rough man as they thought, and that he was always yelling because no one would pay attention to him if he didn't do that, and that he would not make too much noise as long as he responded in time; he was disobedient because no one had taught him to speak, he could not understand and could not speak, and of course he would feel pain and uneasiness; and even he loved to bite because it was the only way to communicate with people other than crying and shouting。 Speaking of this, the Grand Princesse proudly showed the king the leather gloves she was wearing—the little Duke of Angian was not a real dog after all, and all the teeth of a four- or five-year-old child could not bite through a tough lambskin.

In any case, in just a few months, the little Duke of Angian has developed a deep bond with the Grand Lord, although the Duke of Orleans occasionally twitches the corners of his eyes, and if you don't look at age, the couple is like a mother and son...... The king also felt that when the big lord fed the little Duke of Angian cake with a spoon, he always felt that he was playing with the big lord, and the little Duke of Angian obviously played the role of a big doll.

Anyway, the lesson for the day finally began, the drinks and meals were moved aside, and Bontang himself brought a large number of things, starting with a half-folded drawing board that opened to reveal a sketchy map of Poland and the surrounding countries. On one side of the box was a dazzling array of flags and small sculptures, as well as wheat and scattered coins in jars.

As soon as the tablet was opened, Louis first picked up the little man, "This is our Prince of Condé," he said, "though he had been crowned with a sword at St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw three months ago," and he planted a red and white flag in the hollow of the arm reserved for the little man with the crown on his head, representing Poland: "So we should call him ......"

"Louis!" to everyone's surprise, the first person to speak was not the Dauphin or the Duke of Cologna, but the little Duke of Anghienne, who was sitting in the arms of the Grand Lord, and his finger pointed firmly at the villain: "Louis I!"

"I beg your pardon," the Grand Princess, hurriedly said, "I've been teaching him to speak for the past few days. ”

"You are orthodox to the name of Prince Condé?" Louis certainly not angry: "Yes," he took the hand of the little Duke of Anghien in a friendly manner, and the child always remembered new things, and the Grand Marsher must have repeated many times: "But not Louis I," he patiently explained: It should be said that it was Ludwig I, because in Polish, Louis is pronounced Ludwijk, although in 1370, Louis of Anjou was once the king of Poland, but he was also the king of Hungary, so although he became the nephew of the old king and became the ruler of Poland, he still used the title of King of Hungary, known as Lajos I. He paused, "So Condé, your grandfather was King Ludwik I of Poland. ”

Ludwick's pronunciation was obviously more complicated than Louis's, and the little Duke of Angian muttered many times, but could not pronounce the syllables except for Lu correctly, and in a fit of rage, he threw himself into the arms of the great county lord, and pointed his ass at the king, without saying a word, although the big county lord was also very anxious, but he still could not bear to blame him, and could only plead with the king with his eyes, while gently stroking the little duke's fluffy hair.

Louis glanced at them, and then at the Duke of Orleans beside him, and the look on their faces was indescribable - the reason why they were so was because after the Prince of Condé was crowned with a sword, he wrote a letter to Louis in the name of the King of Poland, intending to marry the Grand Lord of the Duke of Angian Jr., although the age difference between the two was more than five years, the difference would be more abrupt when they were younger, and they would not be so conspicuous when they became adults...... For example, Henry VIII of England was five years older when he married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

This marriage is undoubtedly beneficial to the Grand Lord, not only to avoid the recurrence of such a thing as Carlos II, but also to avoid the Grand Lord's failure to find a suitable marriage and having to be lonely for a lifetime, for women, if they wait until the little Duke of Angian comes of age, she happens to be twenty years old, which is the best age for women to conceive and give birth...... Wait, Louis thought of it, and he felt like he was deliberately pushing for a sinful marriage - even if Philip IV of Spain married his niece, it would be better than mother and son.

The Duke of Orleans also felt this way, and he sincerely hoped that Ludwik I would not be delayed in Poland for too long, and he feared that ten years later, the adult little Duke of Anghien would take a girl by the hand and go to the Grand Princess, Mary, to ask for the blessing of an elder......

The brothers were immediately disgusted by their own imagination, and when they looked at each other, they changed their minds, unless the little Duke of Angian could be taken away immediately, otherwise the marriage would still be ...... It would be better to give up, even if the younger Duke of Angian might be the king of Poland in the future.

Louis reached out and took the other little man, who was on his horse and held his scepter, and moved it to the southern border of Poland: "Guess who this is?" he asked.

"Jan Sobiesky. The Duke of Colonna replied that the villain had a similar appearance, but that only Sobieski was now at war with the Ottoman Turks on the southern border of Poland, and that the rest of the Schlachita were either watching or negotiating peace with the Turks, and that they even had the suspicion that the new king, Ludwik I, would sign the peace treaty and nail him to the pillar of shame.

Correct answer. The king said, and then placed beside him a column of small men who were also on horseback, "He was fighting the Ottoman Turks." ”

"Did he win?" asked little Eugen suddenly.