"Your Highness. ”

The royal brother Philippe nodded to the female officials beside the Queen Mother, and went into the Queen Mother's conservatory, in this small hexagonal room surrounded by glass parquet windows almost all framed by lead bars, the ladies were all together with the Duchess of Montpensier, the Queen Mother was surrounded by them, although her years had passed, but her temperament was outstanding, and her brilliance, like every queen from a foreign land, almost bloomed after the death of the king, and King Louis's respect and tolerance for her deepened people's understanding of this, so to speak, except for a little more than a year ago, the king was almost forever in Dunkirk because of his assassinationExcept for the other half of her hair, there was little to fault in this graceful woman.

However, the Queen Mother will no longer be criticized by others, only others, just like now, she can't see the queen's maid by her side, which says a lot, although this queen is her niece and her daughter-in-law, but the queen mother is not satisfied with the queen, that is, she is not satisfied with her mediocrity, but also dissatisfied with the love she receives - mainly the king's. A few days after the Crown Prince's arrival, the Queen Mother still remembered that when she gave birth to Louis, she received only an ordinary gift, and the King, Louis's father, Louis XIII, did not even kiss her, because of this incident, her position in the court repeatedly declined, and all the nobles did not laugh at her behind her back, while she could only hide behind the bed curtain and weep in the night.

Moreover, Queen Teresa became pregnant almost as soon as she got married, while Queen Anne waited twenty-three years for her first child, Louis.

She didn't do anything out of jealousy, but first, she proposed to the king that she would raise the crown prince, and second, she hardly wanted to see the queen, and the relationship between the queen mother and the queen was not very good, and everyone in the court knew that all the nobles followed the queen mother and pretended that there was no such person in the court.

Thinking that Mary had also been treated like this, maybe this was inevitable, the mother's jealousy of the person who took away her beloved son, thinking of this, Philip couldn't help but soften his heart, of course, this is not to Mary or Teresa, he loves his mother, and the only one who is better than his mother is Brother Wang, and as long as Brother Wang does not mention it, he is also happy to fulfill his mother's little wish.

The crown prince's cradle was placed at the feet of the Queen Mother, and in less than a month, the child had already grown a thick blond hair, which was the same as when Louis and Philippe were children, but when they grew up, the light blonde hair slowly turned golden brown, and maybe the color would deepen in the future, becoming chestnut or dark brown, but it also depended on whether he looked like his mother or father, because Queen Teresa had long light hair.

According to tradition, even if he was a baby, the little prince wore a long lace dress, he slept well, clenched two small fists, and the feeding of the two nurses made his cheeks like bulging white bread, and Philip wanted to pinch it, but he would definitely be stopped and reprimanded by the Queen Mother, so he deliberately sat at the feet of the Queen Mother to see if there was a chance to sneak attack once or twice.

"Your Highness, have you gone to Your Majesty?" the Queen Mother asked casually, flipping through a picture album.

"Yes. Philip replied, and then he remembered that the Queen Mother had said, don't always bother her brother, so he hurriedly added, "The King asked me to go." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "Can you tell me?"

"We talked about some interesting things," said Philip cautiously, "perhaps because the king had been reading the papers for too long and too bored, and that he wanted to talk to someone." "I didn't think it when there was Bishop Mazaran before, but now that Bishop Mazaran has gone to see his venerable God, there are very few people around the king who can talk freely.

"Your Majesty also let you see the documents?"

"Something inconsequential. When he said this, Philip's mood suddenly became gloomy, for he could perceive the queen mother's intentions— After the Dunkirk incident, in view of his loyalty to the king, Louis trusted him as if he trusted another self, but although the queen mother had also promoted the so-called regent at that time, after Louis returned, she immediately fell to her eldest son, and became more wary of her own son, to which Philippe was really speechless, it was the queen mother and the bishop who asked him to go further, but then it was they who turned the sword to him, but he could also say that he was used to it, so he just smiled and said: " If you want to know, Queen Mother, I can tell you about what happened to Charles II, and I'm sure you'll laugh when you hear it. ”

"Is that okay?"

"Yes," said Philip, "as I said, Brother Wang just shared some interesting things with me. ”

Then he began to tell in a vivid voice, which, of course, were extremely new stories to the ladies of the court, especially since they were all related to a king.

What Philip describes is what happened during the six months between Charles II's flight from England to France after the defeat of the First Restoration, when he was defeated, his army was scattered, and he was left alone in exile, and Oliver Cromwell's bounty for him was 1,000 pounds, and at that time a peasant family had an annual income of only twenty pounds, you can imagine how tempting this bounty was, and Charles II was bad at being very tall— He is about six feet six inches, which is almost one meter nine, and his skin is dark, and his facial features are three-dimensional, which is impressive, and it is not easy to hide himself.

At this time, Philip jumped out of the way, mainly because Charles II was able to escape from the battlefield at that time, because of the rescue of the werewolf Breland and his people, but this can't be said, he can't say to those noble women that the King of England relied on evil dark creatures to survive, not to mention that now Charles II has completely abandoned Breland and his people- So he simply pulled the timeline directly to Charles II was finally found by Lord Wilmert, and as soon as the name of this person came out, everyone present showed an ambiguous smile, for no other reason, just because this Lord was elegant and handsome, and was Queen Mary's "attendant", it is difficult to say whether his loyalty to Charles II came from his father or his mother. However, this man did possess great force and courage, and was extremely chivalrous and had a high sense of self-esteem - even in the midst of the crisis, he did not disguise his identity in any way.

When Charles II was fortunate enough to have the support of King Louis of France, but this support could only ensure his personal safety, but could not support him in the war with Cromwell, it was also this knight who went to Spain alone, intending to persuade the Spanish king to join Spain against France, in order to obtain more practical "help" from Philip IV...... Fortunately, at that time, Louis insisted on the same position as Charles II because of his dislike of Cromwell, and Philip IV felt that the lord's words were not necessarily so true, so he refused, otherwise the situation in France at that time in the international community would have been even worse.

In short, this gentleman, although he did not succeed in this matter, his loyalty to Charles II is undoubted, after Charles II wandered on the battlefield for more than a month, before he was found, this lord has always guarded the side, he was wounded for Charles, almost died, and the property and land he owned were also confiscated by Cromwell because he was recognized, he can be said to have given up everything for Charles II, Philip said, can not help but sigh these noblewomen, even on the other hand, he can be said to be Louis's enemy。

At this time, however, the relationship between the state and the state, between the king and the king, between the nobility and the nobility, was always changing, and such things that did not happen were not to be forgotten, so Philip told him about some of the things that the Lord and Charles II had encountered on their way on the run—and these were the real anecdotes.

Here again comes to the question of the religious beliefs of England at this time, the king of Britain abandoned Catholicism in favor of Protestantism when he was Henry VIII, although the king who was bent on having a son as his heir finally failed to get his wish, but the problem he left behind almost ruined the entire British religious community- Perhaps to avenge her mother and herself, during the reign of Queen Mary, she frantically persecuted all Protestants, and this situation continued until Elizabeth I ascended the throne, although the virgin queen was biased towards Protestantism, but for the sake of domestic stability, she adopted a tolerant attitude and allowed the coexistence of the two religions, and the subsequent Stuart kings were also the same, but Cromwell, as a Puritan, he deeply hated all Catholics, destroyed churches, In addition to icons and relics, he also demanded that his soldiers ensure that every Catholic was under his close surveillance, which of course could easily make Catholics feel dangerous and disgusting, so when Charles II fled all the way from Worcester to Shoreham, he received help from many Catholics.

For these believers, the weight of faith was clearly greater than the thousand pounds, the most famous of whom were the Pendra brothers and Jane Lean.

The five Pandra brothers were not nobles, not even merchants or officials, but the most ordinary commoners, but when they met Charles II, not only did they not cry out, but they did everything in their power to protect their king— They first cut off the king's long hair up to his neck, and then cut a thick flat bang on his forehead, so that he could cover the king's conspicuous eyebrows, a hairstyle similar to that of a priest and a pot lid, which was very common among the common people, and extremely ugly, and they changed him into coarse linen clothes, and the second of the five brothers took the king to Boskebel, where the eldest brother of the five brothers, William, waited and answered, and unfortunately in that short distance they attracted the attention of a new model army, so William took the king and sent him to a tall oak tree, and he deliberately made a noise to lead the patrol in other directions。

Later, when the king and the lord were on the run, they were pursued by cavalry, and they fled to a church where there was a Catholic priest, who was in a terrible situation at that time, but he did not hesitate to take in the king and the lord, he treated their wounds, and hid them in a secret room reserved for persecuted Catholics.

If you want to say where this secret room is, it is in the staircase connecting the first and second floors, some people may ask, how can there be people hidden in the stairs, in fact, it is completely possible, Philip folded a concept map of a staircase with paper, it turns out that these stairs can be turned up in their entirety, and after turning it up, it is a passage down, and the space inside is very small, so small that the king and the lord can only stand close together, but it is enough for them to escape the cavalry.

At this point, the nobles and the queen mother were already amazed again and again, and even had to hold the salt sniffer to continue listening, lest they faint from being too nervous.

But that's nothing compared to Jane Lane. Philip said.

Jane Lane was born into a small aristocratic family, and her brother was a royal officer, who, despite his modest appearance, was sharp and courageous, and it was she who enabled the king and the lord to make the last leg of the journey, from Sechaum to France.

As we have said before, Cromwell's generals were very strict with the Catholics in their realms because of the demands of the Lord Protector, so that although they could help to protect the king, they could not send them out - if they wanted to leave their homes - more than ten miles they had to obtain a permit from the county magistrate, without which they could not move an inch - and disguised themselves as Protestants, which Lord Wilmert firmly refused, which Charles II could say was very moved...... But it's definitely secretly cursed.

Thankfully, Jane Lane was leaving the area to visit distant relatives, so she had a permit that allowed her to bring a servant with her—so Charles II was able to escape the last shadow cast by Cromwell......

That being said...... But here, for the sake of the dignity of the king, neither the Lord, nor Jane Lane, nor Charles II himself, have skillfully avoided a question, and because not many people know it, only a few people know—yes, as a Catholic, a pious lady, there will be no ...... ...... of a male servant who can ride a horse together

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyes couldn't help but widen: "God!" she shouted, "Could it be that His Majesty disguised himself as a maid?"

"Exactly. Philip said solemnly, "Your Majesty is disguised as a maid." ”

Starting from the Queen Mother, the nobles broke out into a loud laugh after being slightly stunned.

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This chapter will be updated with 1,000 words tomorrow.