In the Thirty Years' War, France suffered defeat at Colby, but at Rocroix, Arras, Reims and Perpignan won the victory, but unfortunately it was a succession of civil strife, such a victory came to naught, and the reason why Bishop Mazaran has been unwilling to give up the king's hated rebellion Cromwell is because he intends to pull England to France, but Louis has never been optimistic about Cromwell, after all, in the hearts of people at this time, the monarchy is justified, and Cromwell is bad in not having a suitable heir, and now England and Ireland, almost entirely by his majesty and past merits to maintain a strange balance, once he is questioned, impeached or assassinated, or dead, England will be turned upside down overnight。

But Bishop Mazaran would not accept these ideas, which Louis felt he could understand, for he had only been involved in politics for a few years, and in some matters he could say was quite emotional.

Of course, the Spanish envoys were not only here for the former queen of Sweden, but also for the French to exert pressure and listen to secrets, specifically on the side of the British protectorate. The Prime Minister of Spain was in contact with Cromwell in order to get the most out of the Lord Protector, and for this purpose they did not hesitate to promise Cromwell that they would help him occupy Calais, a city of considerable importance, located between France and England, which was the gateway to Paris, and the Spanish intentions were self-evident, and the Bishop of Mazaran had the solution to put Dunkirk in front of Cromwell, which now belonged to the Habsburg dynasty of Spain. The city was a fateful city, originally part of the Flemish Count, and later passed on as a dowry to the Duke of Burgundy, whose daughter in turn married the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and when Charles V of Habsburg divided his territory again, it fell into the hands of King Philip II of Spain - but for Cromwell, Dunkirk was undoubtedly a bridge between England and Flanders.

To put it simply and bluntly, it was the Spaniards who were instigating the English to fight France, and the French were also trying to provoke the British to fight Spain, Cromwell may or may not have noticed it, but he did indulge in the pleasant mood of being flattered by two powerful nations vying for the first place—like the "Lady" of two strong knights, Philip, Duke of Anjou, commented harshly, and Louis laughed out loud, but even Mr. Bishop had to admit that he was right.

Although Louis never said anything, Cromwell eventually leaned towards France, perhaps because of the tempting bait offered by Bishop Mazarin, or perhaps because he wanted to take Mexico from Spain, but Spain refused, but his generals William Bean and Robert Venables still took the island of Jamaica (Santiago) from Spain, which was so important that the British could further expand their routes to the New World - So Spain was at a stalemate with Cromwell.

But to let Louis say that the most odious thing in the face of such an arrogant man is that he does have the capital of arrogance - it is not pleasant, Cromwell called him my brother in his letter to the king, his secretary preemptively signed the treaty, and the king's ambassador plenipotentiary had to sign it later, and if this was not enough to be excessive, then it would be too much for him to order Louis to sever relations with Charles II and even expel them as an elder and guide.

It's just that these are nothing to the affairs of the country and the whole world, and the Spaniards could not get the support of Cromwell, so they ordered the Prince of Condé to lead an army to attack Calais, and the Viscount of Tyrrenne and the Prince of Condé fought in a place called Arras, and Tyrrenne was victorious, and Mr. Bishop went to Arras with Louis - His purpose was so that Louis did not know whether to laugh or cry, for the Bishop wanted to put this laurel of honor on the king's head, and God for it, when Prince Condé retreated in disarray, they were still thousands of feet away from Arras.

But Bishop Mazaran and Viscount Tyrenne didn't care, the former because he never cared about anyone other than the king, and the latter because he was grateful to the king for giving him complete trust and love, so he didn't mind letting the king act as honorary chief - well, if it was just an honorary chief, Louis took over the kindness of Viscount Tyrenne, but in the face of the people, Viscount Tyrenne's credit was still not erased, this was Louis's last bit of insistence.

What they didn't notice was that Sébastien Vaubant, who was playing under Viscount Tirrenne, seemed to have discovered something and understood something.

But that's all for later.

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The king and the bishop were in Arras, and in the Louvre in Paris, there was only the Queen Mother Anne and the people we knew well.

There was no dead silence at the king's court, because of the previous events, the former Queen of Sweden, Lady Christina, remained in Fontainebleau and lived in seclusion, because Cromwell's letters were eventually leaked, so the Queen Mother of England, Mary and Princess Henrietta, no longer appeared in front of the public, but the Duchess of Montpensier and several of her female companions often appeared next to the Queen Mother.

Marie Mancini was not at all pleased with this, for the Duchess of Montpensier was said to be the first to be considered Louis's wife, and although she was no longer qualified to do so, she was indeed the first of the nobles at court except for the Queen Mother - in the same way, the Duchess of Montpensier did not like Marry, and everyone knew that the Bishop of Mazarin came from a humble background, and that his sister had married into a family that, although old, was only one of the many low-ranking nobles in Italy, and as for the rich, who could be richer than the Duchess of Montpensier?

What annoys the nobles the most is that Marie Mancini's posture is obviously to take the king for himself, and no one can share a little, but to say that such qualifications may not even be possessed by a future queen, let alone a foreign woman who has not had any title so far - it is even more infuriating when Felipe Mancini is executed on ulterior charges and the king, in order to appease Mr. Bishop, promises the daughters of the Mancini family three illustrious marriages.

Because the king had mediated between Marie and the Duchess of Montpensier before, the nobles would not want to anger His Majesty, but they could isolate and ignore Marie, and the Queen Mother was aware of this, but it was also because of Felipe that the Queen Mother did not hesitate to vent her anger on Marie, even if she was by her side, she would not speak to her, and of course she would not tell her to do things, even if Marie boldly asked for news of Louis, she could not get any response.

Also, Marie thought that Felipe's father would punish her viciously, or insult or beat, but no, she seemed to have been forgotten by her father.

Her uncle did not see her again, even though he often came to see the king.

Mary, who had hidden herself in the curtains, lifted her hand, hugged her knees, and buried her head between her legs.

In the court, there were hundreds of noble servants who came and went, but she was always only one.