Later generations could only talk about the victory banquet that lasted fifteen days at the Palace of Versailles, and although it was not the first great victory of Louis XIV, nor the last, anyone would swear that it was from this day that the prosperity of France began. It was only in the records of the Roman Church, and of some bold and perceptive men, that during these fifteen days there was an incident that made the young Sun King almost lose his mind.

Louis had always hated being woken from his sleep, because generally speaking, it was not a good thing to wake a king from his sleep - at the beginning of the book, he was awakened by Lord Mazaran to flee in humiliation under the stones and torches of the mob, and during his two days of exile outside Paris, each time he was awakened, it was almost always because the enemy's blade was close to his neck, and this time in Flanders, he woke up to the curse of the dark wizard Both...... Now he was in the Louvre, surrounded by loyal musketeers and guards, but he was awakened by panicked cries.

The king sat up against his chest, and he saw his brother Philippe rushing in with a serious expression, and Bontang and Madame Lavallière put on his coat, trousers, and boots for him, "Who is it?" he asked, "Luciano." Philip replied, and the king's heart sank - although he was on his guard, and since he had rejected the Dutch, ruined their only expectations, and it was only natural that they had managed to bribe the dark wizard in return, the people around the Duke of Cologna were indeed inferior to those around the king.

The king walked quickly, yes, the power around the Duke of Cologna could not even be compared with the queen and the crown prince, but he was a wizard himself, and so were the servants around him, and his identity was too subtle, generally speaking, an illegitimate child without inheritance rights was not very cared about, Louis was guessing how those wizards judged that Luciano was also one of his weaknesses, and at the same time he was also speculating about what kind of purpose those people had and what kind of means they used- He said that the Palace of Versailles was not only a palace, but also a fortress, a new city, where the garrison was no less powerful than the Louvre, and where the people of the world and the world served the king.

"He'......" the king was so timid that he didn't even dare to say the word, but Philip shook his head at once, "he's being treated." ”

"Has the murderer fled?" asked the king again, this time without an answer, and when he looked at Philip beside him, his brother's expression was even more gloomy by the flickering light of the candles: "No," he said, "no, Your Majesty." ”

Hearing the royal brother say this, Louis relieved a little, at this time this series of lengthy queues have also run to the Duke of Cologna's suite, as the king's de facto firstborn, the duke and his mother's suite is also on the third floor, not very close to the king's suite, but not very far away, Louis saw that outside the door stood in addition to the musketeers, but also wizards, several of the faces he was still a little familiar with, a heart is more stable - compared to the doctors of this era, wizards' potions and magic are certainly more worthy of trust.

The Duke of Cologna's suite had seven rooms, the same as Madame Lavalier's, but shared with his mother, so it was not too out of place, Louis glanced at the small hall next to him that seemed to be crowded with some people, he did not pay attention, and walked straight to the Duke of Cologna's bed, the Duke of Cologna was lying on his bed, the curtains around him had been rolled up high, the wizards were busy around him, Varo Vesali, the king's wizard and royal physician was pouring a potion with floating green smoke into the Duke's throat, the Duke was in pain, frowning, and constantly trying to spit out the potion- The rancid and sour smell alone made it clear how terrible the smell of the potion was, and Louis's face changed slightly, for he remembered it vividly, having taken it when he was being healed in the inner world after being assassinated by a wizard in Dunkirk, and Vesalius' mentor had said that it was used for cursed wounds.

"Is it a Flemish?or a Spaniard?" asked Louis, "or a Bohème?"

Vesalius glanced at the king, and it was rare that he felt some pity for this majesty: "It should be said that it is Italian. Louis was stunned, but by this time Vesalius had already waved his wand, made gestures, and threw spell casting materials for further healing, and the white linen sheets slipped from the Duke who suddenly struggled, and a shocking wound was suddenly exposed to the king's eyes— The wound seemed to have been slashed by a huge two-handed sword, from the left collarbone to the pelvis, although there was no blood, but it was precisely because there was no blood, the rolled skin, the soft fat, the contracted tendons, and the ribs that were cut off in unison, upturned upwards, and the internal organs that throbbed under the ribs, could be seen clearly—it was almost like a corpse dissected by a medical student.

The king took a step back, thinking about falling.

The royal brother Philip immediately stepped forward to help Louie, and Louis did not ask any superfluous questions, such as what he meant by the previous sentence...... He squeezed his brother's hand: "Mancini?"

It is not impossible for someone in the Mancini family to be unwilling to do such a bad thing, and to take revenge on him and Marie at the same time, Louis only regretted that he had been too tolerant before, but Philippe's silence made him feel ominous, "Brother," said Philippe—or rather, only he could say, "It's Marie Mancini." ”

How can it be!

It was the first thought that came to Louie's mind, but he also knew that anyone here could betray him and deceive him, but Philip would not.

"She's in the little hall," Philip said to his brother's feet, and could feel him weigh almost all his weight on him, "if you have anything to ask her......

Louie certainly had a lot to ask her, had she been manipulated by some spell, or had she been robbed of her mind by the devil, or maybe it was just an accident......

Marie was in the small hall where the king had passed, she sat in an armchair, her hands on the armrests, and when she looked closely, she could see that the translucent rope was binding her tightly, she was still the Duchess of Colonna, and the king's spokesman on the island of Gayora, although the wizards held her down, they did not dare to be too rude, Louis slowly walked up to her, slowly sat down, the attendants brought more candles, contrary to the bright light, the sound in the room was almost nothing, only from the dormitory, low, Cries of confusion and pain—the king, who had undergone the same treatment, knew that the sorcerers had to remove the curse from their internal organs, muscles, and bones before the wound could heal, and his wound was a penetrating wound, and the Duke of Colonna's wound was even more severe—he was almost halved.

"What have you done?" Louis asked softly, "Mary," and he bewildered and hesitant to get an answer, "What are you doing?"

Mary looked at him, her eyes scattered, like a drunken man who was about to fall asleep, but was forcibly awakened—"......Perhaps it is," she cried faintly, "Your Majesty," she cried weakly.

"It's me," said Louis, "what have you done to our children, Marley?"

Mary looked puzzled, her memories interrupted and scattered...... She wants to try to recall...... She remembers...... Her gaze gradually condensed: "I, Your Majesty," her eyes widened, "I was told that you had impregnated Madame Lavallière, and that she had your child," and she said cautiously, "Oh, Your Majesty, what a terrible nightmare......

"It's not a nightmare," Louis interrupted mercilessly, "she does have my child. ”

Mary paused, "How is it possible!" She shook her body in horror, "How is it possible! Your Majesty, how is it possible! You are lying, alas, what a cruel person you are, you know it will make me sad! It breaks my heart......"

"I'm not lying. The king said.

This time Mary stood still longer, and then, perhaps only a few seconds, or a few minutes later, a sharp shout broke through the silence of the room, and she jumped, and although she could not break free from the rope on her body, she jumped in front of the king, and the monks and wizards around the king all made vigilant gestures, but they were not as fast as Louie, and as soon as Louis raised his foot, he kicked Mary out— Although Louis was not a warrior who galloped across the battlefield, as long as he saw that Philip, Duke of Orleans, who had received the same training and education as him, could lead the way again and again, he knew that he was definitely not a weak man, he was not only tall, but also strong, and this moment made Marie fly out with his chair and fall two or three steps away.

"I'm tired of your nonsense, ma'am," said Louis, and some of those who knew His Majesty well could not help but be slightly moved, for the second lady was the second to give the king's words such a vivid emotional color, and the first was Bishop Mazarin, who did not try to hide his pain and sorrow when he left him, and to-day everyone here could hear his anger and hatred from the king's gnashing of teeth: "I only want to know one thing, did you do it?" Have you used such cruel spells on our children, on the Duke of Colonna, on our little Luciano!?"

"I didn't mean to!" Marie screamed, and then coughed violently, if she hadn't been a wizard, she might have killed her, and she replied to the king, and she herself could not help but fall into a deep confusion, she remembered hearing from a maid that Madame Lavallière had been pregnant for several months, but for some reason, the king had not made it public—but was it something that had not been made public, or had it been made public? Mary didn't care about Queen Teresa, because she knew that Louie didn't love her, but respected her, and the only thing she could beat Mary was her surname and bloodline, but what was Louise? a maid at the princess's side, a werewolf, in the inner world, she wasn't even qualified to stand in front of her— So when Marie heard that the king had chosen her to be her first royal lady, she was extremely bitter and resentful, and if it had not been for Madame Milady's repeated remarks that the king had done so as an alliance with the Serbian werewolves, she was still haunted by uneasiness and jealousy, and it was precisely because of this jealousy and uneasiness that she warned Louis that if a werewolf gave birth to a child, the child must also be a werewolf.

Sure enough, as she had hoped, the first royal lady of Lavallière was in name only, and Marie and Louis could spend the whole summer in Calais as a real couple, with their children, while the werewolves could only run about like hounds released during a hunt, driving out all the hidden wizards for the king—waiting in vain for the day when they would be abandoned and buried.

The change came so suddenly!

Madame Lavallière had Louie's child! Even though she may have received some kind of magic, or medicine, or promise, Louis was willing to let her have a child, which shows that Louis did have some pity for her, even ...... How could this be accepted by Mary, she was crazy at the time - and then it was good...... The memory was very vague after that, as if the Duke of Cologna, also her and Louis's child, returned to their room, and she asked him to work with her to rid them of their future enemy, a child who should not have been born and a despicable werewolf, but Luciano not only resolutely refused her, but also tried to control her with magic when she said that even the queen's child should not exist.

And then......

She fought back.

The king looked at her, and no more answer, "Don't let me see her again." He said tiredly, his shoulders hanging as if overwhelmed.

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The next morning, there was calm in the Palace of Versailles— Given that the wizards cast spells in the room early in the morning to block the sound and light, most of the people did not know what had happened yesterday, they may have gone to the great gallery, or to enjoy the music and dance, and the new play of Monsieur Molière, and there were many young men and women in the holly labyrinth, who liked to hunt, Versailles was originally the hunting palace of Louis XIII, and Louis XIV bought the surrounding vast marshes and dense forests, from here to the Seine was the king's domain, and they could also ride horses from the Palace of Versailles to Limoges or Versailles, where a large commercial district has been formed, but mainly furs, herbs and agricultural products,

The king was always very generous to the Versailles.

The fact that a maid had taken a temporary leave of absence had not attracted anyone's attention, or rather, had not noticed her, hurried to a house in Limoges, and received her payment from a gentleman - a large box of gold louis, she was just an ordinary kitchen maid, and the money was enough for her to live the rest of her life......

In the short next life, because she didn't have time to smile, a dagger that came with the reward killed her.