I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 275 The King's Parent-Child Time

After the Poles and Prince Condé left, Viscount Turenne also left for the Netherlands. Versailles and Paris entered a period of calm and relaxation. There were no wars abroad and no riots at home. The king and his brother had a rare long period of time. Let's pay attention to the children's education - although the children of the royal family are surrounded by countless nannies, maids and professors that are rarely seen by ordinary people, many of the problems they will face can only be answered by a king and a ruler of.

Moreover, the previous abnormality of the grand shire lord has attracted the attention of the king. The Duke of Orleans was at a loss at first - he did not understand why the grand shire lord did not ask her father and uncle for help. After Louis asked her about her situation, he told the Duke of Orleans that , This is because her mother is the British Princess Henrietta, Henrietta had an unfortunate childhood, never saw her father, and her brother was displaced. Although the princess has a tough temperament, she also has some flaws in her character—in the years when the grand princess was growing up, the king and the duke of Orleans fought abroad. If she sought guidance and help, only her mother, or the queen, the king. Queen Mother.

So the problem arises. The Duchess of Orleans, the Queen and the Queen Mother are not vicious people, but they all have a unified identity, that is, the princess of a country in a political marriage. They are accustomed to accepting the arrangements of others and fate. Good preparation for sacrifice - meeting Louis and the Duke of Orleans can only be said to be their luck, no matter what else, Queen Anne and Louis XIII have no children for 20 years, is it her fault? You know, she not only has Louis, but also Philip.

   But Louis didn't want his daughter and niece to go down the road of the savior, and it shouldn't be for these lovely girls.

   As a result, the preparatory work for each academy was getting better and better, and the children, mainly the grand princess and the little Eugen, finally had real bright smiles on their faces, and the special courses for the king and the duke began. In the small room at the end of the Venus Room - known as the Cupid Room because the dome is a ceiling painting of Cupid and Pushuk (Cupid's lover) - this small room was originally used for the king It was prepared for the rest room with other distinguished people. There are huge glass windows on three sides, forming a four-cornered window. In front of the window is a window sill that is wide enough to accommodate a person to lie on it, but today everyone is sitting on the carpet in front of the window. On the top, the carpet is thick, warm and delicate, and the patterns are flowers and birds, which are vibrant and colorful. This is also a precious heritage, one of the spoils brought back from Egypt by Louis IX.

But no matter how precious, for the king, his brother and their children, it was just an ordinary piece of furniture. They sat on this huge fleece blanket, enjoying the sunshine and rich food - this moment was neither In the morning, neither at noon nor at night, according to the will of the church, it is undoubtedly a sin to eat when it is not a meal. Louis does not care about this. Given the animal nature of human beings, people cannot eat when they are nervous, and they eat when they are stressed. It is inevitable that you will relax when you are.

There are only them in this hall, and the only people who serve are Bontang, the shadow of the king. If there is any need, Bontang will go to the door and order the attendants who are waiting fifty feet away, in addition to creating a relaxed and private atmosphere. In addition, there are some sensitive topics involved in the following courses.

After enjoying the little cakes, citrus jam, coffee and milk, the nerves of the children finally became less tense, and Louis looked at them one by one. Of course, the eldest of these children was his firstborn, the little one. The Duke of Colonna, he will come of age next year, so the king will not let him leave Versailles, his coming-of-age ceremony will be presided over by the king, and it is also an apology for imprisoning his mother, the Duchess of Colonna; Queen Sha was pregnant the year she came to Paris and gave birth to a child the following year. Louis was a little disappointed to know that the Queen Mother was a little disappointed, because little Louis was not as mature as him, smart and calm, which was a bit unfair. Louis knew very well that he was not a real child. , Fortunately, other ministers have already been satisfied - look at Carlos II of Spain, and then look at Karl XI of Sweden, they are not as healthy and smart as the crown prince! ; and then the eldest princess, who came into the world on the heels of the dauphin, probably unaware that her health made Louis a sigh of relief, suggesting that his consanguineous marriage to Queen Teresa had not brewed. The most tragic consequence is that the health of little Louis is not accidental and fluke, so the king does not consciously have more preference for her; the next is Mary, the princess, the first child of the Duke of Orleans, with a healthy And kind heart, which can be seen from the time when she thought she was going to be married to the deformed and sickly king of Spain, Carlos II, who was destined to have almost no children, and there was no hatred and jealousy of the princess Elizabeth. , but at the same time as being kind, she is too introverted and thoughtful, which is not a good thing for someone who will inevitably become a queen in the future. I just hope that these days of busyness can make her have some changes.

After the big county lord is the king's distant relative, one is little Eugen, his relationship with the king apparently comes from Bourbon, but in fact it comes from Habsburg, and there is a little Duke of Enghien, who is the grandson of Condé , In order to make him eligible to stay in Versailles, the king deliberately canonized this little monster with only knee height in advance.

The little monster is not a nickname for him by the king, but a contemptuous name. Although Louis showed goodwill to the Condé family, since the Prince of Condé handed over the fief and the castle, the family is equivalent to being cut off in France. With the roots, Louis can punish those who are not friendly to him, but he cannot force people to love him from the heart - the top white and red in the Palace of Versailles, the trend of inflaming is not only deeply rooted, but also the king's intentional push, and small. The Duke of Enghien was too young, and as a last resort, Louis could only let the eldest princess and the princess take turns to look after the poor child.

The Little Duke of Enghien also represents another lack of education in aristocratic families. Anna of Bavaria, the wife of Prince Condé's eldest son Henry, has not received much orthodox education, and Henry has been following his father in Flanders and the Netherlands. During the war, according to tradition, his eldest son was handed over to a wet nurse and a maid at birth - people at that time had no concept of the early education that babies should have, because the mortality rate was too high, and some people also asked parents not to approach them too often Whether the child can grow up healthily depends on the responsibility of the nurse and the maid, and the little Duke of Enghien unfortunately met the most irresponsible ones.

They may think it's okay to blame the child's own madness. After all, rude princes and kings are not uncommon in all countries, and many noble children need corporal punishment to correct the bad habits developed in childhood. Helpless children His grandfather, father, and even the king were not the kind of people who would be easily perfunctory. They went to the Bastille for murdering nobles. Even Henry's wife, Anna of Bavaria, was reprimanded. , was expelled from Versailles, and from then on the center of power and glory.

Compared with the eldest princess, the lord of the county, Mary, is more patient. After taking care of the little Duke of Angie for a period of time, she told the king very seriously that the little Duke of Angie was not as brutish as they thought. The reason why he is always yelling is because no one pays attention to him otherwise, and as long as he responds in time, he will not make too much noise; he is disobedient because no one has taught him to speak, he can't listen I understand, but I can't say it. Of course, I will feel pain and anxiety; even he likes to bite, because this is the only way to communicate with people other than crying. Having said that, the grand county lord proudly showed the king the leather gloves she was wearing. After all, the little Duke of Angien was not a real dog, and all the teeth of a four- or five-year-old child could not bite through the tough lambskin.

In any case, in just a few months, the little Duke of Enghien has established a deep relationship with the big county master, although the Duke of Orleans will occasionally twitch the corners of his eyes, if you don't look at the age, the pair is simply a mother and son... The king I also felt that when the big county lord was feeding the little Duke Angie's cake with a spoon, he always felt that he was playing with the big lord, and the little Duke Angie was obviously playing the role of a big doll.

Anyway, today's class finally started, the drinks and meals were moved to the side, and Bontang brought in a lot of things himself. The first thing to open was a drawing board that was folded in half. Concise map of Poland and surrounding countries. A box on one side contained a dazzling array of flags and small sculptures, as well as wheat in jars and loose coins.

After the drawing board was opened, Louis first picked up a small figure. "This is our Prince Condé," he said. "But he was crowned three months ago with a sword at St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw." A red and white flag was planted in the hole in the arm reserved for the little man wearing the crown, representing Poland: "So we should call him..."

"Louis!" To everyone's surprise, the first person to speak was not the Dauphin or the Duke of Colonna, but the little Duke of Anguin, who was sitting in the arms of the Grand County Lord, his finger firmly pointing at the The villain: "Louis I!"

   "Excuse me," the Grand County Lord said quickly, "I've been teaching him how to speak these days."

"Have you taught the name of the Prince of Condé?" Of course Louis would not be angry: "Yes," he pulled the little Duke of Enghien's hand kindly. The child always has a deep memory for new things, and the grand princess must repeat it. Many times: "But not Louis I," he explained patiently: "It should be Ludwick I, because in Polish Louis is pronounced Ludwick, although in 1370 Anjou Louis of Poland was once king of Poland, but he was also king of Hungary, so although he entered Poland because he was the nephew of the old king, he still used the title of king of Hungary, known as Lajos I." He paused for a moment. , "So Kongdai, your grandfather is King Ludwick I of Poland."

Ludwick's pronunciation is obviously more complicated than Louis. The little Duke of Enghien mumbled many times, but he couldn't correctly pronounce the syllables other than the road. Facing the king, without saying a word, although the princess was also very anxious, he still couldn't bear to blame him. He could only plead with the king with his eyes, while gently stroking the fluffy hair of the little duke.

Louis glanced at them and then looked at the Duke of Orleans next to him. The expressions on their faces were indescribable-the reason for them was that Prince Condé wrote a letter to Louis in the name of the King of Poland after he was crowned with a sword. Letter, I intend to marry the Duke of Angie to the Grand Princess. Although the age difference between the two is more than five years old, the difference will appear abrupt when they are young, and it will not be so conspicuous when they are adults... Henry VIII of England, for example, married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who was five years older than him.

This marriage is undoubtedly beneficial to the big county lord. It not only avoids such a thing as Carlos II, but also prevents the big county lord from failing to find a suitable marriage and having to live in loneliness for a lifetime. Said, if the young Duke of Enghien is an adult, she happens to be twenty years old, which is the best age for women to conceive and give birth... Wait, Louis just thought about it, he felt like he was deliberately promoting a sin Deep marriage contract - even if Philip IV of Spain married his niece, it was still better than mother and son.

The Duke of Orleans also felt the same way. He sincerely hoped that Ludwick I would not stay in Poland for too long. He was afraid that ten years later, the young Duke of Anghien would hold a girl's hand and walk to Mary, the Grand Princess. Seeking the blessing of an elder in front of you…

The two brothers were immediately disgusted by their own imagination. They looked at each other and changed their original mind. Unless the little Duke of Enghien can be picked up immediately, it is better to let it go, even if the little Duke of Enghien may be taken away in the future. is the king of Poland.

  Louis reached for another little man, mounted on a horse, holding a scepter, and moved it to the southern border of Poland: "Guess who this is?" he asked.

"Jan Sobieski." The Duke of Colonna replied, the villain looks similar, but now only Sobieski is fighting the Ottoman Turks on the southern border of Poland, and the other Schlachtas are not watching. It was negotiating peace with the Turks, and they even wanted the new king Ludvik I to sign this peace treaty and nail him to the pillar of shame.

   "Correct answer," said the king, before placing a row of little men on horseback beside him. "He is fighting against the Ottoman Turks."

   "Did he win?" asked little Eugen suddenly.

   (end of this chapter)