"I used to hate Mrs. Montespan. Princess Celestia sighed and said, "But after I really came into contact with her, I found that I couldn't help but like her, wait," she thought for a moment, and said, "Not like it, but ......" She carefully chose the word: "Yes, yes, Daddy," she said to Louie: " I feel comfortable around her, I don't have anything unpleasant, I don't hear the sounds that annoy me, I don't see what annoys me, she doesn't say a word when she wants to be quiet, and she always brings up topics that interest me when she wants to talk. ”

"That's why I know she's not as harmless as she seems, but I still keep her around. Louis said, "It was her gift, children, a very terrible weapon, and she was able to use it with great skill and precision compared to her mother and her sister." ”

"Don't you feel afraid?" asked the Duke of Colonna, who had remained silent since the mention of Madame de Montespan.

"If I was going to be afraid, I was twenty years earlier. Louis glanced at his eldest son and said meaningfully, "Madame de Montespan can be said to have been banished by her kind, and I am not even terrified by that world, so how can I be afraid of a failed banishee?"

The Duke of Colonna lowered his head, if he wanted to say that Madame de Montespan had nothing to do with Marie Mancini's eventual loss of control, no one would believe it, not to mention that they had an old hatred in the first place, just as Marie Mancini stepped down, Madame de Montespan immediately appeared beside the queen, and everyone knew the reason for the seamless connection.

It's just that the king's side seems to have always been so bloody, and in places that people can't see, not to mention the nobles who compete for the position of royal ladies, even the generals and ministers are inevitably fighting openly and secretly again and again - the names often mentioned here are the undoubted victors, but the means in the dark really don't need to be repeated- People compete for the king's position, firstly, because the king is really generous to the person he loves, and secondly, once the king gives trust to someone, the more willing he is to trust the other person, and his position is more secure, and even benefits future generations.

Such as Colbert, Viscount Tyrenne, Prince Condé, Duchess of Montpensier...... Wait, it can be said that if it weren't for Marie Mancini's undesirable mistake, the king would have endured her until the end - the Duke of Colonna saw it very clearly, so he didn't resent Louis, but he wouldn't accept Madame de Montespan, but he also had to admit that the presence of Madame de Montespan showed the two royal ladies who had been - although one of them was not made public, how derelict it was.

The Grand Princess, too, sighed: "Madame de Montspan has come to see the rehearsal of Monsieur Molière's latest play these days, and Your Majesty, it seems that she intends to have the Shining Theatre Company embark on an incomparably grand tour. ”

The Duke of Orleans understood Madame de Montespan's intentions in a moment's time: "She wants more people to ......"

"Let the names of Paris and Versailles radiate faster. At the same time, Louis said that it can be said that the Duke of Orleans means the same thing, and the children, except for the still ignorant little Duke of Anghien, also understood that drama is not only a synthesis of music, dance and stories, but also can often drive trends and fashions at the fastest speed, even faster than the "celebrities".

Since the construction of the Palace of Versailles, many local nobles have indeed come to ask to see the king, to visit the beautiful Versailles and the prosperous old Paris, but there are still some stubborn and ignorant princes who watch cautiously, unless the king in the next few years lavishly rewards the people around him, from wealth to position, like a fish trap in a pond to attract them.

The problem was that Louis XIV was a miserly man, so Madame de Montespan used this method to relieve the king's worries, and maybe some people would not come, especially the cunning ones, but since they were too old, their heirs could also have a heart as cold as a rock, and those young people who were stuck in the cold and barren castle would be able to be blindfolded all the time, but what if someone held the glorious world outside before them?

As the Duke of Orleans said before, to be happy, to be extravagant, to be depraved - it may only be a matter of one night, but it is conceivable that Monsieur Molière's glorious troupe will not only bring wonderful music, gorgeous dances, elegant manners, ups and downs and exciting lines to the provincial people, but also the latest wigs, perfumes, jewels and costumes, and even food. They're like brilliant birds that skim people's sights, and you can't even see them before you can see them, but they're enough to catch up with them...... Catch up...... Once they came to Versailles, to Paris, they would not leave.

"If the response is acceptable," said the Grand Lord, "there is a possibility that the Shining Troupe will leave France......"

"It's nothing. The Duke of Orleans said: "In fact, the Shining Theatre has already been to London once. He exchanged glances with the king, and it was on this visit that the Duchess of Orleans, as a secret messenger, successfully completed her mission, not only allowing the Duke of York to resolutely give up the loot and victory at his fingertips, but also allowing the royal brothers Charles II and the Duke of York to completely tear the last fig leaf and become an undying enemy.

"Will they go to Poland?" asked the Duke of Colonna, coughing lightly, suppressing the sourness in his heart.

"I think so, but Madame Montespan will certainly put them last, oh no, maybe not, but certainly in the last few, and make them impatient, and their hearts scratch like cats. Said the Duke of Orleans.

"In fact, when the envoys returned to Warsaw and their domains, they began to trumpet the hospitality they had received in Versailles and Paris. Louie said.

"And gifts. The Duke of Orleans added, with a subtle smile on his face—the gifts of the envoys were carefully "selected" with porcelain painted with bright flowers, the glittering glassware, the paintings by the court painters, depicting palatial palaces, nobles in fine costumes, hunting, balls, and banquets, delicate ivory fans, velvets as thick as animal fur and shimmering with stars, deep satins and intricate lace like spider webs............ Even weapons such as short-handled muskets and daggers were inserted in holstered scabbards inlaid with gold, silver beads, and precious stones, and the decoration on the outside was worth hundreds of livres, regardless of whether such muskets had been obsolete in the king's army.

And that's not all, with the king's consent, Madame de Montespan also pulled dozens of rolls of tapestries and carpets from the warehouses that had been looted or ordered from the French royal family during the Capetian dynasty and gave them to the Polish emissaries, which were once one of the greatest treasures of the French royal family.

Needless to say, the magnificence of the tapestries and tapestries could easily arouse the Polish Schlachita's resentment with the uneventful life, even though they knew very well that their earnings should be used to enrich the army, but they lay in bed and faced with the story of extravagance and pleasure told by the tapestry...... They had always regarded themselves as kings of the realm, and now they could not help but feel injustice when they saw how the real kings were profligate, and they felt that it was not a sin to indulge once in a while when the French nobles were willing to buy their output at twice the original price.

"Although it is said to be double," said the Duke of Orleans, "it should in fact be said the original price, since we crossed the merchants and bought their wheat and rye directly from the Polish nobility." ”

"It would be nice if all other businesses could do the same. Princess Celestia sighed.

Louis smiled: "No, no, no, merchants are very important, without merchants, the goods and currency in the world cannot flow as they are now, and our trade with Schlachita is only a small part, and it does not affect all merchants." ”

"But the scope will gradually expand. The crown prince said sensitively.

"Of course it will be expanded," said Louis, "the Marquis de Lois is building me more warehouses, and in order to fill them on our borders, I will buy a large part of the wheat in Poland for these three years." ”

"And what about the merchants?" asked Princess Celestia.

"I will give them another charter for the merchants of this country, and ...... for the merchants of other places," Louis glanced at the eldest princess playfully, "I will also give some privileges to the merchants of Sweden, and the other countries will depend on the situation, but Philip will make sure that the wheat, rye, and oats of Schlachita will not go elsewhere within three years." ”

"Leopold I will definitely get in the way. ”

"As long as he has so much money. Louis said softly, "As long as those Schlachita can endure the descent from heaven back into hell," he smiled: "Of course, maybe someone can, maybe not so bad, but anyone would think, if a quart (about 1.14 liters) of wheat can be sold for three livres, how can they bear the price of two or even one livr per quart?"

"We still have so many good things. "Celestia said happily, and little Eugen looked around, indeed, to the commonplace Dauphin, Celestial Princess and Grand Lord, every room of Versailles is so magnificent, and everything you can see is as beautiful as the painter's Garden of Eden—the door and window frames covered with gold and silver leaf, The dome and the furniture, the huge milky white porcelain vase was even taller than the maid, with roses or peonies in it, the floor was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the delicate wood grain of the wall panels and tapestries, or the oil paintings, even the little figures that the king brought to them were carved out of ivory and ebony, the small banners were also of taffeta, the length and width of less than a finger were delicately embroidered, the silver jugs with grape juice and lemonade glittered at the children's feet, and even the small porcelain plates with cakes were inlaid with silver edges.

But the most memorable, little Eugen thought, was the sanitary fixtures and fixtures in Paris and Versailles—perhaps incomprehensible, but only those who did not have to plug their nostrils with their fingers, who did not have to worry about falling from a black hole at any moment, or watched the tumbling maggots spend a few long minutes in the extreme cold and heat, would know how important a washroom is.

And the bathroom, where little Eugen came only to realize that his grandmother's perfume didn't smell the same way it used to be—it still smelled good, as long as it wasn't mixed with old dirt and grease......

It is said that the Duke of Orleans had an extremely large engineering team under his command, and perhaps before they had finished their work in France, they would have to go to Poland, and the envoys had discussed that they would also renovate their castles.

It took the king twenty years to build Versailles, how long did it take them? And it was not something that could be solved by renovating a corner———— ladies would change their hairstyles to shoes for a new hairpin, and men would buy a strong new war horse for a new spur...... Pleasure is never-ending. Louis XIV did not care to throw money at it in order to monopolize Polish grain exports, because he knew that the money would soon return to France.

The Duke of Colonna seemed to want to say something, but he finally stopped, after all, there was still little Eugen here - the identity of the little Eugen royal family members knew, he thought that once the export trade of the Polish Schlachta was controlled by the French, then it would be easy for the French to provoke conflicts between them - when the French were always the highest bidders, the sellers would definitely fight each other- Especially later, after the warehouses in France were full, Louis XIV would definitely cut back on the amount of wheat purchased, and they could certainly sell it to others, but as the king said before, how could they be willing to accept the price of one or two livres and a quart?

In order to be able to sell for three livres and a quart, they will definitely regard those competitors as enemies, and there will be more places to make a fuss when the time comes.

"Alright," Louis clapped his hands and said, "It's ......" he glanced at the clock, "it's almost time for the afternoon prayer (three o'clock in the afternoon), children, our little party should be over, Bontang, put away the cake, I think our little Duke of Angian shouldn't need dinner tonight, and the others put things away......"

"But I still want to talk to you. Princess Celestia pleaded.

"Yes, child, we will be together for a long time," said Louis, and the Duke of Orleans, remembering that Louis had said that he would keep his daughter until she was twenty, could not help but grimac, and he thought, "Don't worry, children," said the Duke of Orleans, "rest well these days, and do not get sick, for the King and I have decided to take you out to play." ”

Princess Celestia was the first to let out a loud cheer.