Louis only saw a man dressed as a guard bow to him, but he couldn't see anyone so far away, and although the other party might not be able to see it, the young king nodded to him slightly in thanks.

"What are you looking at?" called Mary, "Your Majesty, why don't you play with us?"

Today the children are almost always in the largest room, which is sunny and well ventilated, just right for them to play, and although Louis is still a favorite to read, occasionally Queen Mother Nanny will kick him out of the study and let him play games, cards and so on. If he was still in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Louis could at least go horseback riding and hunting, but in Paris, he could only stay in his room or in that little courtyard, staring at the fountain in a daze.

He was called the King of France, but he was almost like a prisoner, and sometimes Louis wished he was a ten-year-old boy who could cry without hesitation.

"Come on!" was Marley again, and it was Philip, the younger brother, who kept shouting "It's rude" on the side. Marie was probably the most daring girl Louis had ever seen, and perhaps the bravest of all the children, not only because she was able to face werewolves without changing her face and give sharp counter-attacks, but also because she clearly defied all authorities, from her uncle Monsieur Cardinal, to King Louis, and his brother Philippe, and she was the only one who dared to treat Louis as an ordinary man, shouting at him without any scruples.

Philip also fought with her because of this, but I'm sorry, although they are close in age, in terms of development, girls are always one step faster than boys, so this time it became Philip, for this Louis had to give up the right to share the bed for a whole week, for which he specially had a long talk with Philip - He indulged Marie for many reasons, in addition to the fact that Marie was the niece of Bishop Mazaran, that is, Marie had saved him and Queen Mother Anne, and it was also the life of Philip's mother, so Philip should be grateful to her.

As for Mary's lack of education...... Louis maliciously gave this task to Philip, so Philip took on the role of Mary's etiquette teacher seriously, and although Mary was not cold, at least they did not do it again.

"Quiet," Louis walked over helplessly, "Quiet, Mary, the whole room is your voice, and this is not the proper behavior of a lady." ”

"I wasn't a lady in the first place. Mary said, "I am a witch." ”

"Well, don't say such terrible things again. Henrietta said that she did not know that Mary was really a witch, but that she was too old to know the true relationship between the court and the wizards, and that all she knew about wizards and witches came from the sensational rumors of the maids. "Witches are going to be burned. ”

"It won't be me either," Mary shrugged, "I'm going to be a witch more powerful than ever, like Vivien." ”

"Who is Vivien?" asked Louie.

"Merlin's disciple, and arguably his lover, is said to have taught her all the spells," said Marie, "and in the end Merlin also died under her spells." ”

"Does Merlin really exist?" said Louis, "I always thought he was a legendary figure. ”

"Maybe," said Mary nonchalantly, "it doesn't matter—I say, can we get started?"

They played four-player cards, which were very beautiful and popular at this time, but it was still a bit strange to Henrietta, because for the Puritans in England, they were like the devil and only brought about depravity, and the church did not think so well of it, in 1397 the bishop of the cathedral of Paris forbade people to play dice and cards on weekdays, and in 1541, the Paris Council also banned families in the eastern part of Paris and the suburbs from playing dice and cards, mainly because they were afraid that they would gamble or not go to work。

But there was nothing more useful for the people of the court, and they preferred to gamble with dice and cards.

Since the royal family's return to Paris, the previous embarrassment has ceased to exist, and although the royal property confiscated by the High Court of Paris has not been fully returned, the gambling money of His Royal Highness and His Majesty has been reduced to the eju (silver coins) and a small amount of gold louis, which have been dumped from the leather bags on the carpet, shining in the sun, and the eyes of the maids and attendants can hardly be taken off it, except for a small maid beside Henrietta who has always focused his attention on the princess of England.

Henrietta's luck was still very bad today, and although she now had the subsidies of Queen Mother Anne and King Louis, she could not help but tremble when she remembered what had happened, and even though she knew that Louis would return more money in the form of a gift after the gambling game, she would still feel sad every time she lost—"Come on," she said to her maid-in-waiting, "Louise, maybe your luck will be better." ”

The king did not object, so Henrietta and the maid switched places, for they all sat on the floor, and it saved some ceremonial troubles—Louise was a shy child, and after saluting the king and the king's brother, she never looked up again, but it was her luck, nay, it should be said that her shrewdness far exceeded the impression of her, and when the sun was setting in the west, there was a small pile of Eju in front of her, and there was a gold louis or two in it.

Henrietta was overjoyed, and though she was a little tired, she kissed Louise and grabbed a gold louis and stuffed it into Louise's hand as a reward.

"What's for dinner?" asked Philip, who was also tired.

"Today is Ramadan. Louis said, "We eat fish." "It stands to reason that a king should not know all about recipes, but at this time Louis was not allowed to contact government affairs, he would be bored reading books all the time, and card gambling was not his favorite to be honest, so, in order to save him and other people's taste buds, the kitchen became his first battlefield- It's not easy to convince the stubborn cooks, who for centuries still insist that the fruit must be cooked, the fish must be roasted, the meat must be stewed, and the cream without a pot, or a few pounds of cheese, or a handful of spices, is not a dish......

Probably no one could have imagined that the first enemy he faced after dressing as a king would be a cook...... But he really didn't want to eat the so-called cream stew anymore......

Thankfully, after several arduous battles, he was finally able to eat his beloved boiled fish. The Bishop and the Queen Mother liked it too, but they always tried it lightly, for at this time the chili was still considered an "exciting thing", and Mazaran was a priest who swore chastity, and the Queen Mother was a widow, and the dish was a bit inappropriate for them.

But before the dish was served, a maid suddenly came to the door in a hurry, and she said a few words to the guard, and the guard said a few words to the chief steward, and Bang Tang said a few words to the queen mother's maid, and the queen mother's maid said a few words to the queen mother...... It turned out that someone said that a Monsieur Breland had suddenly rushed into the Richelieu mansion, and although he was wearing the clothes of a guard, he found that there was no such person, and when they were about to expel him, the Monsieur Breland claimed that the king had hired him.