This little twist and turn did not attract much attention, except that some people laughed at the Duke of Cornwall's lady-in-waiting for being too timid and vulnerable, but Louis later saw her beside Princess Henrietta - because she had fallen at the King's feet, so he still had a slight impression of her - this Miss Blank was not much older than Mary, but had the slender figure and melancholy temperament of an adult, and her appearance was not very outstanding, but her dark chestnut hair was beautiful.

Although she was still very young, she was much better at how to serve the nobles than the naïve Marie Mancini, and knew how to win the favor of others, Henrietta did not like her at first, because people always whispered that it was a great faux pas for her to faint in front of the king, and some suspected that she was deliberately sensationalizing and attracting the king's attention, and she was sent to Henrietta by the Duke of Cornwall, and it is difficult to say whether there was any intention to expel this lady-in-waiting— Henrietta was still very young, but he also understood that the maid was not liked by his brother, but within a few days Henrietta was more than willing to let her follow him, so Louis saw her a few more times, but the king did not like the child very much, not because of the previous faux pas, but because she was too much of a child.

Although His Majesty has repeatedly stated that he will treat the Duke of Cornwall as he would treat himself, Charles is still an outsider or even an enemy in the eyes of many French people, and his request also makes the bishop and the queen mother feel embarrassed - after all, the French royal family at this time could not give him troops or funds to restore the country, and they themselves were in a precarious position, and Gaston, Duke of Orleans, refused the king's edict and remained in the domain of his daughter, the Duchess of Montboncier, who was only called "the lord of the county" was sent to Paris as a hostage or as a substitute for the royal family.

As we have said, the first marriage of His Royal Highness Gaston was forced by Cardinal Richelieu with his mother, Marie de Medici, and although the Bourbon lady brought a rich dowry, namely Montencier, he was still full of disgust, and this disgust even continued to their daughter, and although the Grand Marser was full of admiration for this irresponsible father, he not only never cared for the poor child, but also interfered with her after she inherited the domain of her mother, Montpensier, and now he sent her to Paris- Everyone knows that Paris is like purgatory, and it is difficult to say whether there is real and terrible malice in it.

In any case, the Duke of Orleans married Marguerite Lorraine, the sister of the Duke of Lorraine, in 1632, and the Duchess of Montencier, who was only 5 years old at the time, was abandoned at the court in Paris, and the Duke of Orleans never mentioned that he wanted to take her back, as if he did not have this daughter at all, until Louis XIII died and forced him to take her back.

The life of the Duchess of Montesier at court in those years was very difficult, because everyone knew that she was the daughter of a traitor, and the rebellious heart of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, was simply overflowing, and he never bothered to hide it, and certainly did not care how much malice his daughter would be subjected to. Fortunately, at that time, the Queen Mother Anne had no children, and the young Duchess could not help but arouse her motherly heart, and this affection continued until the Duchess left the court, and some people said that Louis XIII also wanted to reconcile the marriage of the newborn Dauphin Louis and the Duchess of Montensier, because the Duchess of Montencier once stood by the cradle of little Louis and laughed at him as "my little husband." ”

However, it is also possible that this is the reason why the Duchess of Montensier was forcibly expelled from the court (although Louis XIII was only smiling at that time), Louis was born in 1938, and the Duchess of Montencier was born in 1927, the difference between the two is eleven years, if the age is still secondary, then the father of the Duchess of Montencier has reached the point where Louis XIII is so bored that he will not let his son marry the daughter of the Duke of Orleans, not to mention that the Duchess of Montesier has nothing but the inheritance of his mother's domain, according to the Salic succession law, the title and land of the Duke of Orleans will only be left to his son Jean, in case Jean dies, then the heir becomes Philippe, the second son of Louis XIII.

The Duchess of Montensier was only sixteen years old when she left the court, and now she is twenty-two years old, and it stands to reason that a girl of this age should have married and had children a long time ago, but her father, the Duke of Orleans, regarded Montpensier as his own domain, and would not allow her to marry with the territory at all, and after leaving the court, she was also rare to meet suitable suitors, and the Queen Mother, who had such a compassionate heart, although she was angry with the Duke of Orleans's inaction, was also prepared to find a sincere husband for the Duchess of Montpensier in the court。

Of course, there is also a bit of a deal and self-interest, but for the Duchess of Montboncier, this is a great opportunity.

Everyone thought so, and at the banquet of the Queen Mother, the young and handsome men were like salmon in the sea, showing off their heroic physique and grace, and while they were dancing, Louis noticed that the Duke of Cornwall had left unnoticed. His departure was a relief to many, after all, he was still an uncrowned king, unmarried, and he was very competitive in the marriage of the Duchess of Montesier, the only shortcoming was that he still maintained the Protestant faith, which made many in the French court unhappy, and his mother and sister persuaded him to convert, but he never wavered.

Charlie, Duke of Cornwall, sometimes wondered if he was too stubborn, but ever since Henry VIII had set up the Church of England as the supreme head of religion and state in order to gain the autonomy of marriage (he needed a recognized heir), every monarch since him (except his unworthy eldest daughter, Mary) has thought it was wonderful, and that he could hold the two lifelines of the country in his own hands, a feeling that no amount of praise, praise, or promise of the end could match.

But on the other hand, as a hated Protestant, it was too difficult for him to get help from the church.

Compared with the French Queen Mother Anne, Assistant Teacher Mazarin and his cousin Louis are not so religious, but they also stand on the French position and will not easily give promises, the Duke of Cornwall intends to marry his sister Henrietta to Louis, but unfortunately his mother said that the Queen Mother Anne and Bishop Mazarin will never watch this marriage come to fruition, and neither Louis nor Henrietta are too young, no one knows what will happen in the years when they cannot get married, and Henrietta has no way to influence Louis XIV's judgment with his own ideas- It's good that she can not be influenced by others now.

The Duke of Cornwall's courtiers wanted him to marry the Duchess of Montesier, but Charles did not feel that the Duchess of Montesier was a suitable person, even though the twenty-two-year-old woman, regardless of her status...... Somewhat foolishly, she had been away from the court for five years, and during those five years she had probably listened to a great deal of slander about the Queen Mother or the Bishop, and on more than one occasion at the banquet she spoke with admiration of her father, Gaston, the Duke of Orleans, who was least favored by the court, and made the attitude of the Queen Mother Anne visibly cold.

Looking at the others, Bishop Mazaran looked gloomy, King Louis looked uncertain, and the bored royal brother Philip broke every flower he could touch.

The only one willing to meet the Grand Princess, the Prince of Condé, and it would be nonsense to say that he had any affection for Gaston, Duke of Orleans, but since the royal family returned to Paris, he had been expecting a reward equal to his merits— For the Queen Mother Anne and Bishop Mazarin, the overly greedy reward, their memory is not so bad, Prince Condé's actions at Saint-Germain-en-Laye have destroyed the royal family's trust in him, and after returning to Paris, the Prince of Condé not only complained about the royal family's ingratitude, but also constantly mocked the Queen Mother Anne and Bishop Mazarin - he openly instigated a marquis to pursue the Queen Mother, and asked the Queen Mother during the meal why she did not give "that respectable person" He replied in order to humiliate the Queen Mother and the Bishop (whom he had always believed to have an affair), he addressed the powerful minister as "the most famous gentleman" in his letter to Bishop Mazarin, and he was ashamed to ask for a cardinal's red hat for his younger brother, Prince Conti, who had played a major role in the previous rebellion.

Such a request would of course be refused, and the Prince of Condé became more and more dissatisfied, so he did not hesitate to use the words of the Grand Lord to begin to slander and curse the royal family, and to make a traitor such as the Duke of Gaston a saint, and the Duchess of Montesier smiled and danced with the Prince of Condé without regard to the face of the Queen Mother, and it was said that if the Prince of Condé had not been forced to marry Richelieu's niece before, he would certainly have been the husband of the Duchess of Montsey.

Because of this, Charlie, Duke of Cornwall, felt that this woman was really stupid, and she should have found a husband who could help her gain a foothold in the court of Montboncier, the former would allow her to get rid of her ill-intentioned father, and the latter would make up for her empty time in the court, but she did not choose any of them, but chose a married man who was treated and disliked by the whole court like her father.

Even the Duke of Cornwall would not be happy to see such a female official or lady-in-waiting in his court, let alone a wife.

Perhaps however, the Duchess of Montencier would not have chosen a husband who was precarious and sent under the fence, and the Duke of Cornwall let out a sharp sneer at himself in the dark.

"It's not quite like you. A voice in the corner said.

A dark figure the size of a man at least three times the size of a man stood up from the corner cupboard, and if there was anyone else in the room at this time, it would have trembled with fear, for it was a great gray wolf, and its eyes glowed bright blue in the dim light.