When little Eugen left his mother, he was only three years old, but he had met Leopold I, and his mother had proudly said that he was "the son of the king", only this year he was also nine years old, and was full of disgust at this embarrassing status of himself- His titular father, the Count of Soissons, accepted him generously, but Eugen the Younger had already decided that he too would reject the title and domain of the Count of Soissons, as the eldest son of the Duchess of Longueville had done, and since the Count of Soissons had two daughters, an undoubted biological son, an heir, he decided, if possible, that he would follow the example of the Viscount of Tyrrenne and enter the king's army at the age of twelve, and then, by virtue of his own talents and courage, he would procure an estate for himself, and if he could not, he would enter the convent and become a monk。

Because of his special status, he did not even grow up in the domain of the Count of Soissons, and he hardly met the titular father very often, and was not as familiar as Monsieur Pierre, who was ordered by the king to visit him once a year (which is why his childhood memories were vague, he was almost certain that he was not the son of the Count of Soissons), nor as trustworthy as any teacher who came to him and left him, and he was grateful for the tolerance of the Count of Soissons, which allowed him to have an uncriticised birth, but a child who always longed for the love of his parents。

If he had not been able to experience the love of his elders in his quiet life in the past, because he had not been in contact with children of his age, then since he came to the court, he could not help but have a longing for this selfless love, when he saw how the king loved the crown prince, the princess and the Duke of Cologna, and how the Duke of Orleans took care of the lord of the county and the newborn heir, and he could not help but have a longing for this selfless love—the king thought that his nervousness was only like the others, and was intimidated by his power, but he did not know that little Eugen had fallen into a peculiar conjecture— The son of the king, he said in his heart, how good it would be if I were His Majesty's child.

Louis didn't know that little Eugen had such thoughts, and even if he did, he wouldn't be harsh on a child - when little Eugen followed him out of the table, he also reached out to support the child who almost fell, little Eugen and the Duke of Colonna were similar in appearance, but they were three years apart, and there was a difference in height, so little Eugen had a pair of boots with a raised heel at his feet, which could not be seen if he didn't look closely, but it would definitely be inconvenient to move around.

"Take your time, kid. "The king said that in order not to let last night's scandal leak out, he changed the two-day amusement program, from watching the opera and ballet to a parade in the Palace of Versailles, which was spent most of the time in horse-drawn carriages, and that the number of people who could flock around the king would be greatly reduced— On the fourth day, the Duke of Cologna would be able to sit up, and that if he made an excuse, such as accidentally breaking his leg while hunting, he would be able to retreat to Louis XIII's hunting palace, which had been renovated because Louis XIV was often stationed at Versailles, and that the duke would not be too far from Versailles nor disturbed by anyone.

All the volumes of the current Palace of Versailles are about twice the size of the original plan submitted to Louis by the designer Le Vau, the Latin cross-shaped building divides the courtyard into four parts, as described, the south side is the plant labyrinth, the north side is the spring pool and sculptures, just these four courtyards, if you only rely on your feet, it takes a full twelve hours or more to see the horse-like sightseeing, let alone stop and enjoy it slowly, so if you want to cruise the Palace of Versailles, the best way is to take a horse-drawn carriage - Since the Queen Mother, the king and the royal brother have been riding in the carriage, but this time the Duke of Orleans was not able to be with the king, and the queen was riding in a carriage with the queen, the crown prince, the princess and little Eugen disguised as the Duke of Cologna, after getting into the carriage, Princess Elizabeth looked at little Eugen curiously.

Princess Elisabeth is the same age as little Eugen - only a year younger than the crown prince, but she received more love and tolerance from Louis than the crown prince, because she was engaged to King Carl XI of Sweden before, so her education quickly crossed a class - after all, being a princess is a completely different concept from being a queen, girls mature earlier than boys, and now Princess Elizabeth can almost be treated as half a Chéng Rén.

Louis is not a king who likes to hide everything in his heart and let the people around him speculate for themselves, especially the delicate relationship between Luciano and Louis Jr. - Speaking of which, little Luciano is the king's firstborn, and Marie is his wife in the inner world, and Louis did not hide this from Queen Teresa, and the same is true for Louis and Elizabeth Jr., because he decisively cut off the possibility of little Luciano getting involved in the French power from the beginning, so the relationship between these children is not as-for-tat as people think, anyway, they don't need to fight for the same thing.

Elizabeth had already seen that little Eugen was not her half-brother, and she looked at the king with an inquiring look.

"This is also our family," said Louis, placing his hand on the shoulder of little Eugen: "His grandmother was the Countess of Soissons, Marie de Bourbon. "This is not the case, but in order to avoid trouble later, the Count of Soissons also thinks that the fewer people who know the true identity of little Eugen, the better.

Queen Teresa, one of the insiders, smiled and shook her fan, "Yes, Elizabeth," she said, "You can call him cousin if you want." But she quickly added, "Of course, not when he was still the Duke of Cologna." ”

"We should see each other again when it's all over. Princess Elizabeth cheerfully said, "I know your father, he is a good man of valor, Eugen Maurice. ”

Little Eugen moved his lips, his eyes darkened, of course he knew that now Eugen Maurice, his nominal father, had won the glory and money that his mother Olympia had longed for on the battlefield, but none of this had anything to do with her, but he didn't know if Olympia Mancini, who was six feet down, regretted her greed and shallowness.

"You should now go and kiss Celestia on the hand to thank her for her compliments to your father. Louis pretended not to see little Eugen's strangeness, as if he were a delightful child, and gently nudged little Eugen: "Go, be brave, you are the one who wants to be a general." ”

This made Princess Elisabeth wonder, who had inherited her mother's dark hair, but whose skin was snow-white, and looked like fine porcelain in the sunlight shining through the car window, stretched out her hand to little Eugen: "You also want to serve the king, to join the army, like your father? ”

So the king and queen watched little Eugen kiss the eldest princess's hand a little awkwardly, his face flushed, but his eyes were shining.

The king's carriage was always in front of everyone, and on either side of the driveway, among the holly, were white and pink rose trees, which were housed in huge porcelain vats of indigo blue, with a surface as smooth and bright as grease, and it took two grown men to surround them—the kings of France, England, Spain, and even the sultans of Ottoman Turkey could not have had such large vats, because the huge porcelain vats could hardly be transported from the far east all the way to Europa, and such a staggering number.

But a few years ago, the wizards unexpectedly discovered the kaolin needed to make hard porcelain in Limoges, where most of Versailles' craftsmen came from, so the history of porcelain development in France finally made up the last link, and only then did people see the large rose porcelain jar that people see now, and people were amazed and deeply moved by this luxury.

When the king decided to go down and walk, he was followed by the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Montpensier, then the Duke of Orleans and his wife and daughter, and then the king's ministers and generals, no one could go to the king, the king kept holding the "Duke of Cologna", no one doubted the identity of the Duke of Cologna, their eyes occasionally passed over the queen and the crown prince behind the king, guessing whether the king intended to officially recognize the king's son.

Their thoughts were all in Louis's expectation, and it was always so easy to distract the attention of these inflammatory, and the king's intimacy with the Duke of Cologna continued until the third day, and they had been walking from the fountain sculpture to the end of the Grand Canal, where the Grand Canal joined the Seine, in a grove of low trees, and as soon as he and his attendants were out of sight, there was a shout—and the Duke of Cologna fell from his horse and broke his leg.

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It was thought that, by virtue of the king's previous favor, he might suspend some of the festivities until the duke was healed, but the king didn't seem to mean it, and the people in the court acted as if the Duchess of Cologna and the Duke of Colonna had never appeared, and even their names were rarely mentioned— On the fifth day, the king went to the city of Limoges, which was adjacent to Versailles, and although it was called Limoges, because it was an extension of the market that had developed here by the Limoges, those who had been to Florence would find it somewhat familiar, because it was like Florence, with all kinds of shops on the ground floor, warehouses and bedrooms on the upper floors.

Louis remembered the Red Child Bazaar he had visited as a teenager, when the vendors and customers were pretended to be family members of officials for safety and decency, but in Versailles there was no need for this, because there were most soldiers loyal to the king. Most of them, dressed in crimson or royal blue or black uniforms, walked the streets with their heads held high, and the ladies beside them wore long dresses with layers of petticoats, sleeveless cloaks, and delicate little umbrellas, and the ordinary people who walked with them, small merchants, artisans, and even peasants, did not show any fear, for most of these soldiers and officers were of the same origin, and perhaps one of the officers they passed by was the cousin or cousin of another.

The common people here also looked more fashionable and wealthy than the rest of the world, including Parisians, not only because of the Palace of Versailles, the king's rose fields and workshops, but also because in the battle between Flanders and the Netherlands, each soldier received the rich reward promised by the king. Moreover, as long as they are in the army, they will continue to receive a salary, which is enough to support a family with many children, even if they are wounded or killed in the war, there are pensions and rewards, and their families do not need to worry about the future.

When incomes are abundant and stable, the demand becomes strong, there are no roadside vendors, the streets are wide and clean, and all the goods are shining behind glass windows—Flemish and English wool, Indian cotton, Persian, Iraqi and Syrian brocades, Serris silk, French lace and lace...... In addition to the fabrics, you can find the fabrics you can find in Paris, and even more, in addition to the fabrics, there are cushions, carpets and curtains, embroidered tablecloths, ivory, walnut carved checkerboards and chess pieces, rhinoceros leather chests and gilded frames, intricately carved oak wardrobes, chairs and large beds.

Armor, muskets, daggers, swords, saddles and stirrups, and spurs mounted on boots were favored by soldiers and officers...... They are exquisitely crafted and inlaid with gold and silver, which is in no way inferior to the jewelry worn by ladies.

Novelty or traditional food, drinks and beverages – tea, coffee, soda, orange juice and brandy, the recent Dutch gin, but the most popular are the fine French wines, even sparkling wines, tomatoes, potatoes, corn and peanuts from the New World, ham from Spain, preserves from Turkey, pepper, cardamom and cinnamon from the Spice Islands......

All this shows how amazing the spending power of the people of Versailles is, and even the Parisians can't help but feel sour when they see it, as the king expected, Versailles is still very young compared to Paris, but its prosperity and variety are enough to cover up these imperfections, and to divert people's attention and desire from Paris.

Louis did not want to blame anyone, but he did prefer to trust the people of Versailles, who were in Versailles, and walked out into the streets without hurrie, with the people standing on either side, cheering and bowing to him, and there was no hatred or contempt for the king in their eyes.

It was also from this day that a new class was born in France - although from a very early time there had been a Estates-General in France, in fact, there were always only two levels, that is, the first level of the nobility and the clergy, and the first level of the plebeians. If anyone were willing to make a chart of consumption for France in the seventeenth century, it would be clear that it was an inverted triangle of instability, in which the commoners had to pay taxes and were the most burdened, and their expenditures were almost equal to nothing—all for the most basic needs, and the clergy and nobles were not taxed, but their expenditures were staggering, just as Louis XIV had not yet come to power, and he wanted to accumulate money, which was from the nobles and the clergy, the jasmine pollen, rouge, ceramics, and glass, The mirrors are all for these people, and he does get a huge profit.

Now, another class has emerged, they are officials, they are officers, they are merchants—their most unified place is that they are all promoted by Louis XIV, their origins may not be worth mentioning, but as long as they are capable, they are promoted at the speed of nobility, and the king gives them power, gives them rewards, and makes them the mainstay of France— In either case, the people of Europa may not have been aware of it in 1672, but soon they will know how fierce and determined this force is, and even irreversible.

They lifted up a mortal and made him a true god.