Louis's love for Marie was long gone, but little Luciano couldn't help but dislike him, although he was too young to see whether he was smart or not, but he was agile and strong, and when one of the king's fingers was held by him, he had to force to pull it out, unlike his father at this time, he was always willing to hold his son on his knees, and even change and feed him, which gave Marie the illusion that the king was so lenient to little Luciano because she was the mother of the child, and the attendants of the Mancini family and the king were willing not to remind her, so let her spend the rest of her life with such wonderful fantasies, at least for nowLittle Luciano needed such a mother.

Calais is a seaport city, in addition to lace and tulle, it is also a famous place for tourism and vacation, the best place here is the gray sand and white sand, the white sand beach is undoubtedly better than the gray beach, but the king always preferred to linger on the gray beach, Mary could not see why, but the king's officers knew that Calais was only ten miles away from the nearest port in England, and on a fine day, they could even see Britain directly from here.

"How close. The king always muttered to himself, and it was not surprising that he was a little impulsive when Dunkirk had fallen into the hands of France, but the problem was that his ambition died down at the thought of the wretched ships of the French navy, and Louis was not an idiot, and of course knew that the French navy was almost completely paralyzed— Compared to the army, the navy needs to allocate as much as the sea in front of you, no matter how much you throw, it is difficult to see waves, and before the discovery of the New World, the people of Europa were more concerned about the number of territories, and did not value the sea, France was one step behind Spain, England and even the Netherlands, and now the former is almost nowhere to be seen.

Louis probably calculated that to rebuild the navy, it might have to fill in more than ten Paris, France was once the first of all countries, but the civil strife consumed most of its vitality, it is now like a patient recovering from a serious illness, a decision by Louis may hasten its recovery, or it may make it fall and never get up again— As the king gazed at England across a stretch of cobalt blue water, a group of dragoons was on their way from Paris, and the Queen Mother received news from Sweden, which did not surprise the Queen Mother, but in fact surprised that it had arrived so late.

As it is known, Europa had many kings, and the battle between them- Whether on the table or on the battlefield, France has had two prime ministers, Louis XIII was a good father and a good monarch, but it should also be said that he was a little weak in temperament, and he did not have much blood and sense of responsibility in his body, he handed over the government to the Bishop of Richelieu and his mother, and he himself indulged in hunting and gambling, which lasted until the birth of Louis XIV, and then Bishop Mazarin, who was not to blame for his control of the government, after all, Louis was only a young child at that time。

But this kind of behavior that the king must rely on his courtiers and rely on his courtiers to rule the country is not friendly to the king and his country, after all, whether it is Richelieu or Mazarin, even if they are powerful in France, they can't help but feel guilty when facing other countries, they are not kings after all, although the envoys of various countries compliment them in their mouths, but in private they don't know how many disgusting rumors have been arranged, just like the Queen Mother Anne and Bishop Mazaran can even be called enemies, only for the sake of the king to cooperate reluctantly, and they will be rumored that they have a personal affair。

The situation did not go much better even after Louis came to power, the king was too young, and he was known to be mild-mannered, and the tip of his pen had not yet signed the death sentence with blood on the tip of his pen - even the arrogance of Nicolas Fouquet did not completely anger him, some were happy to see the king's composure, while others thought the king was weak and deceitful- The previous royal ladies were a trick made by the nobles, and it was clear that they thought that a beautiful and amorous maiden could seduce the king, take away his love from the queen, and then share the authority of His Majesty, and even be allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court, and even run the whole country, which was not unheard of, but the king unexpectedly chose an English woman, and let their idea fall through.

While the king spent time with Mary and their children in the palace, a small building encased in grapes and roses, Madame Lavallière, as the king's lover, received compliments from the people in the Château de Boulogne, and she was accustomed to the nobles looking at her and assessing her with all their might — She was a werewolf, and even if she wasn't wolf-like, her hearing was far better than that of the people here, so they thought she could hear what she couldn't hear, and under the cover of the fan, Madame de Lavallière smiled faintly, and they were saying that she was skeletal and like a peasant woman, and that she was coarse-speech, and that she was obviously uneducated, and that she moved like a man— This did no harm to Madame de Lavallière, for she had heard it once when she had become Princess Henrietta's maid.

When she became a lady-in-waiting, people said that it was because she was jealous that the daughter of an officer could become a female officer, and now she was jealous that she could become the king's lover, the royal lady recognized by the royal family, and Lavallière knew this, and of course she would not waver, and of course she cared more about the forest that the king had promised than the king's love, that is, Vinnson, where there was a prison used for important prisoners, and her people were arranged there, so that they could run in the forest as giant wolves, and also get a stable income because they were the king's jailers, and also have a stable place to stay, which were the most needed by the werewolf race。

Only occasionally when she walked along the city walls, or turned into a wolf in the bright moonlight, and ran on the waves, she could not help but look in the direction of the king and the Mademoiselle Mancini, and sometimes she even had the illusion of being able to smell the king's scent, which he only sprayed perfume when he met with his ministers and balls, and usually he had only clean vapor, and occasionally a faint smell of soap, which, though thin, made Madame de Lavallière at once distinguish the king from the crowd.

This strangeness made her feel confused, but before she could analyze it thoroughly, an emissary protected by a group of dragoons arrived in Calais, and he sent a letter from the Queen Mother from Paris to Louis, including an original letter from the French ambassador in England, the Count de Strad.

Specifically, it was a letter of accusation—a cause that was a small thing, or rather, a small matter in the eyes of politically insensitive people— In front of the Swedish embassy in London, the French ambassador and the Spanish ambassador, Baron Watville, left the embassy at exactly the same time, and they had a dispute over who should go out of the door first, and there is no doubt that the French ambassador thought that he should go ahead of everyone, and the Spanish ambassador thought the same, and the funny thing was that the Spanish ambassador was richer than the French ambassador— His attendants slipped through another small door and went to the tavern to recruit a group of English bandits, who rushed up in a hurry, hacked the horses of the French ambassador's carriage, wounded and drove away the French ambassador's attendants, and then welcomed the Spanish ambassador out of the embassy as if he were a king.

It is said that, compared to the embarrassment of the French ambassador, the Spanish ambassador was like a triumphant hero, surrounded by his freshly clad and angry horsemen, and walked through the streets to the cheers of those who had been hired.

Is this really just a trifle? The king does not think so, he has been in power for less than a year, both at home and abroad, the most familiar is the deceased Cardinal Mazarin, the Prime Minister of France and not Louis XIV, just like the nobles who think that a beautiful woman can manipulate the king, and the ministers led by Fouquet think that they can become the next Mazarin, and those kings are also looking forward to a windfall from this young king— Charles II did so, and the result was that Dunkirk became Louis XIV's possession, but this only made people laugh at Charles II's uselessness, and there were still some unrealistic and stupid ideas for the king, who had not really shown his fangs.

This incident was a temptation by Spain to France, perhaps because Philip IV thought that Princess Teresa, now the Queen of France, had given birth to a healthy heir to the king (and he should have heard that the king had great respect for the queen) wanted Louis XIV to bow to his father-in-law, or possibly, he heard about Dunkirk - Of course, the current France and Britain will not have a good relationship, after all, Dunkirk is the throat of France, and it is also a dagger in the face of England, which was sold at this low price, and both the British Parliament and Charles II should be disgruntled, and this is not the best time for Spain to be able to override France.

So this seemingly small incident, there may be more than four countries involved at the same time, Spain needless to say, England is of course for Dunkirk, as for Sweden - the former Swedish queen Christina is still under the patronage of the French king, although she cannot become the queen of Naples because of her recklessness, but as long as she is still there, it is a threat to her cousin, the current king of Sweden, and his descendants.

When the envoy met the king, the king was in front of a large tapestry describing an anecdote from the Battle of Cressy - when England and France went to war in Calais, Calais was besieged for a year, and had to surrender in 1346, and in order to beg the English not to massacre the citizens of the city, six brave men volunteered to enter the English barracks as hostages, a scene that was recounted by the painter and then made into a tapestry. The picture is not as lifelike as the current tapestry, exquisite and moving, the portrait is stereotyped, and the gaze is dull, but when you think of what happened after this tapestry, you can't help but respect people.

Speaking of which, Calais is also a place to boast of by the French, having been taken three times and recaptured three times, most recently from Spain, in 1598, less than fifty years from now.

The king's orders were soon sent back to Paris from Calais, and from there to England, Spain, and Sweden.

Louis XIV first recalled the French ambassador to Madrid, ordered the expulsion of the Spanish ambassador in Paris, broke off the negotiations still in Flanders about the border between France and Spain, and sent an envoy to inform King Philip IV of Spain in person that if he was unwilling to recognize the superiority of the French crown, if he did not formally apologize to the French king in accordance with etiquette, and atone for the absurdity and arrogance of the Spanish ambassador, then France would not hesitate to resume war with Spain。

Louis XIV put it this way, At the same time, in addition to recalling the French ambassador and expelling the Spanish ambassador, the Prince of Condé, who had been recuperating for a while, was reappointed commander-in-chief of the army, leading an army of 50,000 men towards the undetermined border, and it was obvious that in the event of a war, the king of Spain would either be forced to cede territory or lose his army, neither of which Philip IV could afford, and he hurriedly wrote to his daughter, hoping that she would mediate, and Queen Teresa, although not so reluctant, went to see the king who returned to Paris。

At the Queen's plea, Louis finally acceded to Philip IV's request, and at the Palace of Fontainebleau, in the presence of the envoys of the Spanish countries, the Count of Feontes, who, on behalf of Philip IV, had a difficult time acknowledging in full view that the Spanish Minister would no longer compete with the French Minister in the future— This means that Philip IV's recognition of Spain under France was a humiliation that caused pain for the Spaniards for a long time, but as Louis XIV grew stronger and more magnificent, this humiliation continued for many more years.

It should be noted here that in Europa, the king of France is indeed superior to the kings of other countries, because the race and throne of France are indeed older and more orthodox than others, except for the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, any king should take a back seat before the king of France, just as the king of England can only be in the same position as the crown prince of France, and the queen mother of England and the princess Henrietta must walk behind the Grand County of France, the Duchess of Montpensier, but no king of any country thinks so, and they are always striving for equality before France。

No, it should be said, not only the state, but also the Church of Rome.