Prince Condé's hands were very rough, of course, a warrior's hands were definitely not delicate and soft, his palms were very hot, he could almost feel the blood vessels beating, and he was still wheezing violently, so he couldn't speak for a while, but Louis still saw suspicion pass through his eyes, which was also normal, after all, he had just mocked Queen Mother Anne and the entire royal family at the Red Child Bazaar, which was only a few hundred feet away from here.

"Please get up, my cousin. Louis said mildly, "It is comforting to see that you are safe and sound." ”

Prince Condé hesitated for a moment, then stood up, and the discoloration slowly disappeared from his eyes, not that he believed that Louis had no ill will towards him, but that he also thought that the king did not have to do anything more, and that in his honorable capacity, even if he did not appear here, he must be grateful for the king's kindness, and he even had a hint of rejoicing, it was enough to make him unhappy if he was bent to Louis, and if it was Cardinal Mazarin's man, wouldn't it be even more disgusting?

At this time, the Assassins were either killed or caught, and the two men who had fought alongside the Prince of Condé also came over, and they saluted the king, one of whom was known to the King, who was the brother-in-law of the Prince of Condé, the Duke of Longueville, and he was wounded in many places, but not very seriously, which was not easy for an old man of nearly sixty years old, but it can also be seen from here how brave he was, and he was not useless politically— The recent Treaty of Westphalia was signed by him under the leadership of the French mission, which ended the long Thirty Years' War, and although there were also efforts by Richelieu, Louis XIII, Mazarin and others, it would be pure nonsense to say that France was able to obtain the three bishoprics of Lorraine, Meyrin, Tours, Verdun, and the whole of Alsace except Strasbourg.

But for a young, beautiful, attractive young woman, it was nothing short of torture to be forced to marry such a gray-haired, wrinkled widower in the year of the flower, so even Madame Longerville's affair was even from Münster (Münster was North Rhine-West, Germany** The city in the north of the canton, where the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, when the Duke of Longueville was appointed chief envoy by Mazarin, reached Paris with Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and the Duke of Longueville forgave her leniently and was not angry at her infidelity.

Here we have to mention another man, François de La Rochefoucault, the Duke of Thirty-nine years old, a personable, suave descendant of one of the oldest families in France, his father was so highly regarded by the Bishop of Richelieu that in 1622 the county of La Rochefoucault was promoted to a dukedom, and François became the heir to the duke. Six years later, he came to Paris, became the lover of the Duchess of Sherforths, and even participated in an anti-Richelieu conspiracy, for which he was imprisoned and exiled.

Now he came to the Duke of Longuville, the sister of the Prince of Condé, and claimed to be in love with the lady, and in order to win her heart, and to make her happy, he immediately sided with the Prince of Condé, and served the prince as a high official of Poitéu (inherited from his father).

Now the people of the court generally have two opinions about him, one is more likely to come from women, they think that the Duke is really amorous, but his lovers are obviously more interested in power and status than his love, they do not love him, but only take advantage of him, which makes the Duke of the Duke more and more pitiful and lovely, but the other, that is, the view of the men (the thoughts of the women make them sneer), they think that the Duke of La Rochefoucauld is in fact an ambitious villain, and he can be said to be a model of using women and priests to climb to high positions, just look at the Duchess of ShephesseAt the beginning, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, as an upstart in the court, did not have many ways to climb the powerful, on the contrary, the Duchess of Shephes first married Luine, the chief minister of Louis XIII, and then became the court governor of Anne, Queen of Louis XIII, and after the death of Ruine, she married Claude, Duke of Shephes, who was quite powerful- It can be said that this lady was very hot in those years, and she was a dozen years older than the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, and no one would believe that there was any sincere love between them, but it was this lady who brought the Duke of La Rochefoucauld to the eyes of the king and the prince, allowing him to occupy a very good position in the court.

Had it not been for the later conflict between the Duchess of Shefus and the Bishop of Richelieu, this gentleman would have continued to flourish, and after he was imprisoned and exiled, people thought that he was finished, and who knew that he would have become Madame Longueville's lover again, and returned to Paris in a grand manner.

For Louis, there was a reason why the Duke had been able to charm two powerful ladies in succession, without being retaliated against by a jealous husband or rival in love—he was probably the most beautiful man he had ever seen, if not one of them. He has fluffy golden-brown curls that are parted to the sides, a delicate tip in the center of his forehead that countless women crave, eyes that are extremely deep dark blue, like the surface of an autumn lake, and his lips are plump and appear an extraordinarily moist light rose color, which makes people want to kiss them when they see them.

Moreover, in addition to his impeccable skin, his quiet temperament has become a trait that cannot be ignored, and as far as the king has just seen, he has taken the lives of two assassins in a row and captured one, which is a remarkable feat, so he has nothing to blame in terms of bravery.

And to the king's astonishment, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld should have been thirty-eight years old, but it seemed that he was younger than the Prince of Condé, and it would be wrong to say that the Prince of Condé was treated more harshly than he was, for he had been in the army at the age of sixteen, and that the Prince of Condé had only become an officer at least eighteen.

The Duke of La Rochefoucauld was one of the people who accompanied the Prince of Condé at the time of the assassination, but it is not known whether he and the Prince of Longueville were summoned together, or if they met occasionally, if it was the former, Louis would have complimented the Prince of Condé for his great heart, but he soon stopped dwelling on it, because Madame Longueville came.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the lady jumped down with her skirt and no manners, and after saluting the king (rather perfunctory), she first embraced her brother with tears in her eyes, and then glanced at the Duke of La Rochefoucauld with tenderness, and then went to check on the Duke of Longuville's wounds— They were repairing in the tavern next to the antique shop, the Duke of Longueville was placed on two chairs put together, he drank a lot of liquor to relieve the pain, and the Duchess rested his head on her knees, but her eyes could scarcely take her eyes off the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, though her hand was held tightly by her husband.

Louis had heard a ridiculous rumor that the eldest son of the Duke of Longuville and his stepwife might be the Duke of La Rochefoucauld and his wife...... Child, to tell you the truth, he doesn't believe it, it's not that there have been such scandals, but in general, the husband will not admit it, and this child may at most be a monk, or a squire, but under such an obvious formula of the Duke of Longueville→ Madame Longueville→ the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, he is about to believe it.

I heard that the child was five years old.

About a quarter of an hour later, Cardinal Mazaran and his soldiers came to meet the king, and by this time the light had become very dim, and the king saw the disapproval on the face of Mr. Bishop, but he pretended not to see it.

Slightly.

As soon as Louis returned to the Richelieu house, he heard that the Duchess of Montpensier was imprisoned, he was not surprised at all, nor sympathetic, since the duchess came to Paris, she has been constantly consuming the Queen Mother's patience with her, originally the Queen Mother did have a pity for her, and maybe a little family affection, after all, after the birth of the Duchess of Montpensier, she was almost raised by her, at that time Anne, who was still the queen, did not have Louis and Philippe, and she poured almost all her maternal love into the eldest princess (the title of the duchess). 。

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the mind of the Duchess of Montpensier was completely turned around by her father Gaston, and it is difficult to say whether her infatuation with the Prince of Condé was real, or because she hated Louis mother and son, and she was willing to do anything that made them unhappy.