There was an uproar at once, and Louis immediately stretched out his hand for his brother Philippe to hold it, and immediately returned to the side of the Queen Mother Anne, and it is interesting that none of the noblewomen who would faint immediately at the slightest incident at this time did not fall to the ground, and they surrounded the Queen Mother with a frightened expression, pinching the silk handkerchief and sniffing the salt, and the most courageous was the Duchess of Montpensier, who grabbed the Queen Mother and shouted, asking her to send some soldiers to follow her to the rue de Turbig, where the Prince of Condé had been attacked。

The Queen Mother Anne was not willing, why should she be willing? The Prince of Condé had embarrassed her only a few minutes before, and to say the soldiers, these soldiers should have protected the king first, and the royal brother and her returned to the Richelieu house before it was possible to exterminate the mob - besides, the Prince of Condé had an army that belonged only to him, and he did not need the king's protection.

But these words could not be put into words, and she looked at the Duchess of Montpensier, and just as she was about to say something, the Duchess saw the clue.

"Alright," cried the Duchess, standing up, "well, God testifies that you are not willing to save him, though he did save you, no, Your Majesty, or do you want his life?" she raised her hand and touched her neck, where the emerald necklace that the Prince of Condé had given her: " I should not have come to you, he is your benefactor, but you are his enemy, I have made a mistake, your majesty, and now you are going to be happy, and his servant is still lying on the steps of the theater, and my skirt is still stained with his blood, and soon my lips will be stained with the blood of the prince," she glared at everyone present, and the intimidation in her words was palpable—if the relatives of the ancient Romans had been innocently punished, their relatives would have rubbed his blood on their mouths and swore revenge for him.

Such a scene should be very solemn, but it is a pity that a loud sneer makes the whole scene a little funny - as if the previous little drama has not ended, and it has been transferred to this group of honorable people.

This sneer was uttered by His Royal Highness Philip, "My dear cousin. He said bitterly: "Clara Colemens, Madame Prince Condé Petitus, is not dead. ”

His words were no less than a vicious slap in the face of the Duchess of Montpensier, and some of the noblewomen hid their faces behind silk handkerchiefs and fans, and laughed quietly—as we have said before, a respectable lady can lose her mind for a lover outside of marriage, and people will even pity and pity him, but for an unmarried woman it is a disgrace. But it was Marie Mancini who laughed the loudest, her teeth were bared, and Queen Mother Anne rarely did not rebuke the little girl with a stern gaze, but she smiled likewise, only a smile, of course, contemptuously and coldly, "You are so rude, my niece," she said, "it is not your business," she said softly, "we should go back." ”

The Duchess of Montpensier, pale, looked like she was going to fall at any moment, but she stood stubbornly in the middle of the street and refused to leave, "If you don't want to go, give me soldiers," she said more bluntly, "or I will tell everyone I see that the Prince of Condé was attacked at your secret behest." ”

When Queen Mother Anne heard this, she laughed angrily, "Okay." She cried out, "I want to hear who is willing to listen to you." She had already decided, and as soon as she returned to the Richelieu house, she would immediately lock up the Duchess of Montpensier as a hostage.

"Wait. The king said.

"Mother, please take Philip back to Richelieu first, and my musketeers and I will go to Turbigg Street. Louis said that the Queen Mother Anne was still too indecisive, and that she should have kept the Duchess of Montpensier shut in the first place, instead of allowing her to talk nonsense there, and now that the Duchess had put this filthy hat on the royal family, it was hard to say whether some well-wished people would have contributed to it if they still returned to the Richelieu house as if nothing had happened, and he knew from Marie that there were already many people in Paris who were unhappy with the Prince of Condé and did not get the reward he deserved from the royal family— Although he did little to do, it was indeed because of him that the royal family's life in exile ended. If Prince Condé was really seriously injured or even killed in this assassination, people would only see how "unkind" and "ungrateful" the royal family was, and Gaston, Duke of Orleans, who was always on the sidelines, would have a second riot imminent.

Queen Mother Anne refused Louie's request almost without thinking, and Louis sighed in his heart, the Queen Mother was not a political animal, it was his luck and his misfortune.

"I must go," said Louis, "and it is only when the king saves the life of the Prince of Condé at the risk that this matter will not become a disgusting scandal." ”

The Queen Mother almost burst into tears, but the King could not wait any longer, so he pushed Philip into the Queen Mother's arms, took the horse led by the musketeer officer, and after jumping on the horse, leaned over and said to the officer: "Pick twelve of your good lads to be the most flexible and brave for me, and the others will send my mother and brother back to Richelieu," he looked at Mary, who stepped forward, Louis hesitated, but still shook his head, the fact that Mary was a witch was a secret even if it was an open secret.

"What about Bishop Mazarin?" asked the musketeer officer.

"Give each of them a gold louis, as long as the Queen Mother and the others are safe. Louis said, "You guys will get two each, and those who go with me will get five." ”

"They're going crazy with joy. The captain said that he knew that many of his lads were constantly struggling to make ends meet, and that weapons, horses, and clothes were a great expense, and that they always had one or two lovely lovers, and that he had a good man who was always on his mind. He was agonizing over how to dress his good girl in a fine outfit for St. Cardrin's feast (on which every girl was to dress up in St. Cadrin's appearance), and now the King's bounty had solved the problem for him.

The officer immediately went to pick a man in high spirits, and the royal brother Philippe took the queen mother's arm and glanced at Louis, how he wanted to be with his brother, but he also knew that it was almost impossible, and he had to return to a safe place at once, just in case - France could not live without a king, and he did not want that nasty Gaston to wear the crown that belonged to his brother and live in his palace.

The mayor of Paris was asked to lead the way - It is well known that the Louvre is located on the banks of the Seine, and the Red Child Bazaar is in the upper left corner of it, and the Richelieu House, where the King and the Queen Mother temporarily lived, is above the Louvre, directly opposite, separated by a street, and the lower right side of the Louvre is the town hall, which is also a place where the mob often gathers, so neither the Queen Mother nor the Prince of Condé will choose this road, but the Rue de Tourbigg, where the Prince of Condé was attacked, and there are not many steps between Rue de Turbig and the Bazaar of the Red Children.

The king was not prepared to swagger past, there should be a few small alleys connecting Turbigg Street and the bazaar, the problem is that the mayor "does not know", and his son "does not know" Louis felt a little disappointed, though he knew well that they were holding back only because of timidity, and at this moment two venerable gentlemen ran out of breath, one of them was Sebatisian, who had waved his hat at the king, and the other was his friend, who, as soon as they heard that the king was going to bring men to the rescue of the Prince of Condé, rushed out to join the brave team.