The letter surprised Teresa with indescribable joy, she didn't expect her fiancé to write to herself—what was it? She opened the letters, and was greeted by neat and powerful handwriting, and she could not help comparing them with the handwritten letters of others that she had seen before, the young king's handwriting was upright, the letters were large, but very forceful, and her fingers could even feel the dents of the metal tip of the pen piercing the parchment, and there was only a faint smell of myrrh on the letter, which must not have been deliberately sprinkled with perfume, but was left by rubbing on the parchment when the hand with the balm was used.

After such a rough skimming of the letter, Her Royal Highness read the letter earnestly, word by word, not in Latin, which is now admired by the nobility, but in French, which made Teresa a a little difficult to read, but the content was very simple, and the king expressed in the letter the importance he attached to the marriage, saying that although they were united by the will of God and the state, he hoped that they would still have a sincere affection for each other, and not disgust or indifference to each other— Seeing this, Teresa couldn't help but smile, Louis was the same age as her, but as she estimated, boys always matured later than girls, she knew that her appearance was mediocre, so she never expected love, and she valued her husband's respect and piety more than ethereal emotions, the former would not embarrass her, and the latter would not hurt her and her children - as for love, there were "royal ladies" in the French court and her father had many lovers, and as for the other kings, nay, husbands, their eyes almost never fell on their wives, or if they did, it would be contrary to tradition and ridiculous.

Moreover, as the maids said, if Louis was half as handsome as the portrait was, she would not expect her husband to be loyal to her, and even if he was not a king, there would be countless lovely girls to follow him.

But if Louis XIV was really as gentle as people say, she could have looked forward to being friends with him. Theresa thought, and then read on, and then Louis XIV gave her some advice, for example, that he wanted her to consolidate her learning of French, especially speaking, because in the French court people used French more than Latin, and in a strange environment, it was important to be able to ensure that she did not become deaf and dumb, after all, she came from Spain- Here Louis said in a kind tone that his mother, Anne the Queen Mother of France, was also from Spain, and she suffered for more than twenty years before she gave birth to Louis, among which the inability to communicate with others in French became one of her biggest failures, after all, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, you can't understand or say it, you don't know whether you should accept it or reject it, and you can't even put on a proper look.

In view of the fact that there were still months of negotiation between Spain and France, Theresa calculated that she could still do it if she had made a targeted surprise attack - she needed a French teacher, oh, wait, and in the king's letter, it was also mentioned that if she needed a French teacher, then the Prince of Condé should have the honour to fill the position, although some of the Spanish courtiers would certainly be dissatisfied, but ...... Teresa had the rare audacity to think that it was not them who was going to France, but she could have declined Louis XIV's advice, but as a wife, it was disrespectful to her husband, and she had failed the kindness of a king, and she did not want to bore her husband before she could get married......

In addition, Teresa had the idea that she might be able to find an ally for herself before she set foot in Paris, as was the case with the Queen Mother of the Medici who had allied herself with the Bishop of Richelieu, and then the Queen Mother Anne of Austria (Spain) had made an alliance with the Bishop of Mazarin, so that she would not be considered alone in the French court, but did the King of France think of this? Perhaps, she folded the parchment into tiny pieces, hid it in her reliquary, and then instructed her maid to see if His Majesty had time to see her, so that she could make her request.

Although Philip IV was unhappy that his daughter had favored the French before he was married, he agreed in view of the current situation, or, alternatively, he tried to see if he could bring the Prince of Condé back to the Spanish army......

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The months flew by, and after the signing of the formal peace treaty, the Peace of the Pyrenees, Spain ceded the established territory to France, and then there was a methodical process of marriage, the marriage of the king and the princess was not so much a grand feast as a continuation of the peace treaty, and the whole process was like an extremely solemn handover ceremony. According to tradition and protocol, as well as the terms of the peace treaty, King Louis XIV of France was to leave for the island of Faisan in the Bidasoa River, as was King Philip IV of Spain, and His Royal Highness the Princess would meet her husband for the first time in the company of Philip IV and the entire Spanish court, who would then hand it over to Louis by Philip IV.

Louis was the same, he was going to take the whole French court to the Île de Faissan, and his royal brother was bound to accompany him, and the Queen Mother Anne remained in Paris—such a great event made the whole of Paris faintly boil, and it is said that the cloth and perfume were multiplied several times, and the musketeers, dragoons, and guards who might accompany the king to the border were constantly in the seamstress, Blacksmiths and jewellers came and went, dressing themselves up as brightly as they could, and before they knew it, there were many more ladies on the Boulevard du Durrey, who had come to see these imposing young men.

The King's ministers and relatives inevitably spent a great deal of money to ensure that they were as magnificent as peacocks, so as not to lose their dignity in front of the Spaniards, but none of them were the most proud of the familiar Colbert, who, after Fouquet's arrest and imprisonment, knew that he would be the new Treasurer—he had been personally invited by Bontang to the King's study, and the King told him that he would have the privilege of witnessing this illustrious marriage.

This honor was both an honor and a horror to Kirbel, and he was so overjoyed and preoccupied that his father thought he had fallen into an evil spirit.

However, there are really a lot of cases like Colbert, the court and the people in the court, either participated in the rebellion of Prince Condé or Duke Gaston, or once served Cardinal Mazarin, the king forgave Prince Condé, and did not pursue the subordinates of Gaston and Bishop Mazarin, but they did not have much confidence in whether they could gain the trust of the king, and the king's call undoubtedly gave them courage, so they began to appear in front of the king one by one, whether it was sycophant or doing things, Louis's recent decree was indeed a lot faster and simpler。

His Royal Highness, Duke Philip, has finally gotten rid of those muddy sewers, and can finally appear in front of the royal brother dressed up beautifully.

"Is there anything important?" Louis glanced at the clock, it was almost twelve o'clock in the evening, and now there were no balls or gambling games, and Philip had not yet gone back to rest?"

"I came here when I saw your window light on below. Philip rightly said, and it was clear what he meant...... He could still nap in the carriage while Louis wanted to let people see his face, and those who saw off the king would be disappointed if they didn't see him—of course the king didn't care what they thought, but Philip knew Louis wouldn't do that.

"I just got a message. Louis said, tapping the corner of his forehead.

"Can I know?"

"There's nothing that can't be said," Louis said, placing a piece of parchment on a candle and lighting it, "Mary hasn't been doing well lately, and besides, the child in her womb has been identified as a boy." ”

"Wizards' methods?"

"Wizard's means. Louie said.

"Then he ......" Philip didn't even mention Marley, Marley can be said to have grown up with them, Philip didn't hate her, but the affection she had accumulated in her youth had been exhausted by her coercion of Louis, Philip always remembered what the royal brother said before he killed Felipe, yes, they can love anyone, male or female, noble or old, but only if they wanted to, not forced, Louis would never accept that his brother was manipulated, and neither would Philip.

"If he is a healthy child, I will give him a knighthood, both in the inner world and in the outer world. Louis said wearily that Marie wanted to see him, but Louis ...... At least for now, he won't enter the inner world, a world that he has no control over.

Philip nodded, this is the king's treatment of an illegitimate child, and Marie may have realized that she had been deceived - by Louie and her family, but it was also her own choice, Louis had made it clear to her from the beginning that she could only be a "royal lady", not a queen, no, it should be said that Mary was better than the other royal ladies, because at least in the inner world, her marriage contract with Louis was recognized.

Her and Louis' children would become the Duke of Colonna. It became the link between Louis and the inner world, or the sharp blade of the French king to cut into the inner world.

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The convoy of the King of France left Paris and went to the Bidasoa River, which was on a new border, a true boundary river, and in the middle of the river was a small strip of islands, which was the island of Faisan, and the strange thing was that the distance between the island and Spain or France was almost equal, and for this ceremony they built a rectangular palace on the island, and built two bridges from the territory of France and Spain, and the armies of the two kings arrived first, and stood on the banks of the river, and then the envoys, the ministers, and the kings surrounded by royal nobles。

In the hall of the palace, a delicate small table had already been set up, and on the table were two identical contracts, the cardinal of France— Larivière, with the cardinal of Spain and the Prime Minister, stood as a witness behind the two kings, Philip IV behind Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Theresa, and Louis behind her brother Philippe, Louis today dressed extraordinarily luxuriously, with a crimson tunic with feathers on his hat and fine gold-trimmed cut sleeves, and even his garter belt decorated with fluffy lace, and he and Philip IV shook hands happily after signing the peace treaty, which was quite consistent with the hypocritical expression on the face of the son-in-law.

The royal brother Philip looked at his future sister-in-law quietly, and today Princess Teresa wore a long ivory satin dress, like a noblewoman of the French court, and did not wear a turban, but her hair was neatly curled, and she wore a beautiful diamond hairpin.

After that, the ceremony was only for young people, and with the help of the Spanish nobles, Princess Teresa unloaded everything that belonged to Spain - In addition to her body, from the small pins to the large tunics, all remained in Spanish territory, and the nobles of the French court dressed her in a set of French costumes, and the king prepared a set of jewelry for her to wear, which was not a humiliation, but a necessary procedure, and Teresa, although she knew, was tortured a lot, and she had to be naked for several minutes, and although there was a fireplace in the room, it was still too cold in November, and there were those eyes cast on her.

Theresa, a noble lady known as the Grand Lord, knew that she was the Duchess of Montpensier, and in the process wrapped her in a large cloak that hung from her shoulders to her ankles, which made her feel much better, and that His Royal Highness had also proposed marriage to Louis XIV, but it was unsuccessful, which made Theresa even more grateful, the Duchess of Montpensier was not so merciful, she had only come on behalf of Louis, so as not to embarrass the poor bride too much.

Louis had long thought about abolishing this bad custom, but his energy and time were still put in more critical places, not to mention Teresa, even he felt strange when he was waiting outside, and what made him even more unacceptable was that there was a public round house ceremony after the wedding, yes, they had to do the things of husband and wife in front of the Witnesses, which was completely unacceptable to Louis, so with the help of the Queen Mother and Cardinal La Rivière, they held the wedding directly in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a small town only a few fats from the island of Faissan, and then directly completed the following procedures, which the ministers complained about, but Cardinal La Rivière insisted that he, as well as the Prince of Condé and his brother Philippe, were witnesses to the ceremony.

Although, in fact, they didn't see anything.