I Am Louis XIV

At this time, the queen also walked in. Queen Theresa was the same age as Louis. She looked older and weaker than Louis, but she was still very happy when she saw Henrik IV. "Look at you," She said casually: "How can you bring Henry here directly to talk? Isn't the most important thing now to let him have a good rest?"

Henrik IV held the cane, firmly refused the attendant's support, and went up to kiss her hand: "Long time no see, madam. But don't blame uncle, I know that at this age, we The most important thing is to do whatever you want, do whatever you want, say whatever you want.”

"Then I now need you to go back to your respective rooms, take a shower, drink some wine, and take a nap. There will be a welcome banquet in the evening." Queen Theresa said.

Henrik IV glanced at the Queen in surprise, because in his memory, Queen Theresa was a taciturn person who was always polite even with Louis, but he soon smiled, why? To find out what happened? Hasn't he changed? "You are right," he said. "I will take my leave now."

"I'll go with you," Louis said. "Your room is still in the same place."

"Hey, that's great." Henrik IV replied loudly. He took two steps forward, took Louis XIV's arm and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. Then the attendant took them to the place where Henrik IV had been before. Henrik IV complained a few words about the elevator equipment that was rejected by the world. Fortunately, this elevator equipment was equipped with a hollow brass folding door and placed seats inside. It did not look like the taboo thing.

"Actually, I don't like this very much," Louis said in a low creaking voice, "but the doctors are telling us to walk less."

"Damn knees, damn hip bones, right." Henrik IV said, when they arrived, the attendant outside opened the door, "Not much has changed here." Henrik IV said with emotion, Since the Grand Condé went to Poland, he only returned to Paris once, that is, for the Crusades. He accompanied him and shared an apartment with his father - the Grand Condé was the cousin of Louis XIV. , was still the first blood prince, and later the king of Poland. It didn’t take much thinking to know that his room was very close to the king, maybe only two or three suites away. Henrik IV controlled himself not to look at the suite closest to the king - everyone knew that the king's left suite belonged to the queen, and the right suite belonged to the Duke of Orleans - which was the room they were going to pass, the door of this room. It was closed, but there were still attendants in front of the door. On the side facing the door hung a portrait of the Duke of Orleans in a silver coat. The boy in the painting was in his best time, in high spirits, lying prone at his feet. There is a golden lion. Under the portrait is a semi-circular side table. In the flat vermilion vase on the side table is a bunch of snow-white roses. Each flower is only as big as a man's thumb, but it has a fragrant fragrance. .

The personal coat of arms chosen by the Duke of Orleans for himself was the lion. At that time, Henry still lamented that he was too bold. Wouldn't this arouse the fear of the king?

Not only him, but all the people passing by in the corridor tried not to look sideways. Everyone could accept the sudden death of Louis XIV and the Duke of Orleans. However, at that time, the king only stayed at the Chateau de Boislou for about three days. In a little more than a week, he returned to Paris and made it clear that he did not want to hear anything related to the death of the Duke of Orleans, and did not even allow the bishop to hold a penance mass and a requiem mass for him. This behavior was really It makes people wonder whether he hates the Duke or loves the Duke.

It was love, so they were unwilling to accept the facts. People are still trembling with fear to this day, just because this behavior has been continued by the king until now.

"Here we are," Louis stopped and said while Henrik IV was thinking about it: "I have slightly expanded this suite."

Henry IV had already seen it. Hanging on the wide lintel was the Polish-Bourbon coat of arms, which was a golden lily on a blue background with red diagonal stripes, a crown and an open-mouthed lion - their battle cry was "The Beast" mouth".

"Next to me," he thought for a moment, "is Madame de Montespan."

"Well, she's dead." Louis said lightly: "I gave her suite to Auguste, but Auguste preferred a room closer to the end because... uh..."

"Children." Henrik IV said. The Bourbon family was not very prosperous before Louis XIV. Louis XIII also had two sons, as did Louis XIV. The Duke of Orleans and Henrik IV both had only one son. An heir, fortunately, their sons all had several children with their wives. Henry IV knew how destructive the children could be when they were noisy.

"The Grand Duke of America...forget it, let's call him August," Henry IV said, "How many children did he bring this time?"

"There are only two, but I think those two must be leading an invisible army." Just as Louis was saying this, he saw the door a little further away suddenly opened, and two little heads stuck out, "Come here ," Louis shouted: "Children." Then he said to Henrik IV: "Let us go in first."

In Versailles, especially in private situations, Louis XIV had always been extremely approachable and attached great importance to family affection. Henrik IV nodded and walked directly into the suite with him. Next to the suite was the living room, where the armchairs had thick cushions. Being let down, Henry IV simply took off his heavy fur cloak and coat under the service of his attendants, leaving only a tight coat embroidered with gold and silver birds and beasts.

"This coat weighs forty or fifty pounds," said Louis.

"Thirty pounds." Henry IV said as he sat down comfortably on the chair. The two children had been brought in by the attendants. As soon as they entered, they bowed to the two kings in a polite manner, but The wild spirit that was completely different from the children Henrik IV saw in the court could not be concealed. "My great-grandchildren," Louis said, "they have two Indian names, Sitting Bull, and And Crazy Horse.”

Henry IV laughed: "Oh, I remember that Indian names are closely related to personal temperament and experience. I know what you just said."

He reached out and pulled out a short-handled musket, and then pulled out a dagger. Needless to say, it was all jeweled, but since it could be carried by a military king like Henry IV, it was destined to be something other than gold and jade. .

The two children happily accepted the gift and bowed to Henrik IV. "We will go to the Grand Canal to take a boat ride in the afternoon." The child named Crazy Horse said, causing another big fight from Henrik IV. Laughing, it was obvious that they had just heard the king's complaint against them. Louis must be very fond of them, so they dared not to take Louis' intimate reproach to heart.

"It seems that I can have a good sleep later." Henrik IV said.

"Then no tea," said Louis. After sharing a glass of milk with Henrik IV, he stood up to say goodbye, and he was going back to his suite.

While walking through the corridor, the king accidentally glanced out. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull had indeed run into the square as they promised. They were jumping energetically, which was reminiscent of playing on a glass plate. The two small rubber balls moved, "I think girls are cuter now." Louis sighed.

"Baptiste will come with the little girl." The queen said. She didn't know when she started calling the two dukes by their names.

"I don't know," said Louis. "He said in the letter that his little girl found the blue whale."

"He said he was going to hunt it."

"It's impossible, even if he's riding the best steam ship in America, it's impossible. My bachelor said that kind of whale is at least a hundred feet long." Louis said without hesitation.

The queen was stuck for a moment, and she subconsciously looked at the long corridor. If what the king said was true, then this whale would run through several rooms.

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Louis's guess was quite correct. Duke Baptiste of Hallebour, of course, was also the supreme leader of the Lower America Federation. When he arrived with his youngest granddaughter, he only offered a large piece of it. A waxy piece that exuded the fishy smell of seawater and a strange sweet fragrance. This piece required him to touch it with both hands. It was very heavy and large.

"This is ambergris." Baptiste said, "Father, I failed to hunt the blue whale, but when I was chasing it, I accidentally found this on a desert island."

"This is very good," Louis said seriously: "Why don't you think about how long I will eat a hundred-foot-long whale?"

The little girl next to Baptiste giggled.

"This is Jasmine," said Baptiste.

"Welcome, Jasmine," Louis said gently.

Baptiste arrived on the evening of September 3rd. He was glad in his heart that his mother, Madame Lavalliere, unfortunately passed away in September last year. When he left, he regretted that he could not celebrate Louis' eighth birthday. On his tenth birthday, if she knew better, she would definitely hit him on the head viciously - but who allowed the blue whale to be so close to them? The water vapor it exhaled could hit Baptiste in the face. , and the only animal that he has not been able to hunt in his life may be whales.

Louis really couldn't think of any way to punish him. What a pity, this guy also has a family full of children and grandchildren. "We will get up at four o'clock tomorrow morning for mass." He said, and as expected, he saw Baptiste showing his face. A distressed look.

"I can make an exception for little Jasmine," Louis said ruthlessly, "Just don't think about it."