I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 421 Hell on Earth (Part 2)

Milady looked at the queen calmly, guessing when she would react and shout the assassin. This kind of response was undoubtedly the best. She was spared the torture. After Carlos II woke up, she could directly put the The blame was placed on Milady—and it was true, the murder weapon was still in Mrs. Milady's hands.

The nobles and women that Mrs. Milady saw—there is nothing wrong here, there are too many. Generally speaking, nobles will not consider a lowly "famous", even if she rushes out to rescue them; as for women? It's not that Mrs. Milady has never seen a woman whose nose is bruised by her husband. If someone came out to do justice and made her husband suffer, she would have jumped up and yelled and even scratched.

  Who knows if this little queen will be delusional, thinking that catching the assassin will give Carlos II a different look.

The queen's head was still a little dizzy. She sat on the ground and thought for a while, grabbed the chair on the side and got up, leaned her body against the table, and endured the scorching heat under her ribs. Only when she realized that her skin and muscles would be hot after being beaten, and the edge of the table was inlaid with gilded brass, which took away the annoying temperature, and she felt a little more awake before she looked at the... lady.

The lady in the scarlet velvet dress was still quite calm, and she spoke in a well-organized manner with a refined accent. Perhaps she had a very good background, and things were changing. Earlier, Anthony Ya never thought that a princess or a queen would be beaten like a beast. Now that she can't, how fate will play with mortals, she still doesn't know?

Something as cold as    suddenly touched Antonia's face, and she was startled, only to realize that the lady was holding a handkerchief soaked in wine and pressing it against her swollen face. She subconsciously thanked her in a low voice, Madam Milady could almost cover her face with one hand, and a slap from Carlos II could make half of her face look like a pig's head. The former recalled what she saw when she ran out—the other party has been able to deftly bend her body, hide her abdomen and chest, and put it on a girl born in a slum area. The unharmonious action actually appeared in a princess. with the queen...

   Her hand was suddenly caught.

The queen did not shout that there were assassins as Madame Milady thought, she whispered and said hurriedly: "Wait." In order to avoid arousing the "interest" of Carlos II, the nobles in the Spanish court now Almost all women wear dark black or gray dresses, and this lady will be questioned as soon as she walks out: "I have a big hooded cloak, ma'am, you put it on, and I will take you with me. Go out, and I will send someone to send you to a place that others don't know about, and don't tell anyone about it, never, don't let the king catch you, otherwise..." The queen said: "Believe For me, there is always something more terrifying than burning my hands, gouging out my internal organs, and dismembering my body."

   "Hey, I heard right, Her Majesty, are you going to let me go?" Madame Milady asked curiously, letting her hold her hand.

   "You want to rescue me," said the queen, "you could have hidden in the room and not come out."

"If it wasn't for him," said Mrs. Milady, who had been in jail, had been in the darkest and most chaotic neighborhoods, and knew that someone just wanted to teach someone a lesson, or wanted to kill, or Completely out of control—like an alcoholic father or a husband, she could tell, and today's Carlos II is clearly the third category: "He wants to kill you, can you feel it, Or, he thinks it doesn't matter if he kills you."

"It really doesn't matter," said the queen, "Spain has been linked with the Holy Roman Empire." Of course, Leopold I may have had other ideas, but if she died, it would be nothing, and no one would do anything for her Seeking justice: "So I want to thank you."

Mrs. Milady looked at the queen curiously. She had a typical Habsburg face. The bulging jawbone caused her rather beautiful upper face to look like a crushed clay figurine, completely deformed. A pair of eyes are still moving and bright, "You have a beautiful heart, Your Majesty the Queen." Some people may scold the queen and the ladies for hiring famous and wandering girls to be their scapegoats, but since Mrs. Milady has been a scapegoat The worst part is, of course, knowing that the queen's employment is a desperate way of life for some girls: "What about you," she asked: "When the king wakes up, what will you say?"

   "When you're gone," said the queen, "I'll put him to bed and give him wine, and he won't remember anything when he wakes up."

"If that's the case," Mrs. Milady smiled brightly. Even if she was a woman, the queen couldn't help blushing. It was a very charming smile—though she didn't know where this charm came from. She felt pressured. The hand fell on her face and squeezed her body quickly: "The bones are fine." Mrs. Milady said, "but don't give him the hop wine, you didn't expect the hop wine to him. Has it stopped working?"

   "Who are you?" asked the queen.

"We have our means," said Mrs. Milady. "You have day and night in your life, we have only night, and we know how to deal with the offal." She said, "If you will believe me, I can Let him remember nothing."

The little queen stood up, leaning on the table. She didn't say a word, but took off all the jewelry - from hairpins to bracelets, from rings to necklaces, everyone knew how Carlos II treated his wife, every time after... , they would send jewels to comfort her, but she was not short of these things, and the shiny diamonds were piled up in a small pile on the table: "You can take these."

"You are such a generous and good person." Madame Milady smiled, then bowed and lifted Carlos II and threw it on the bed. When Carlos II was about to wake up, she hummed. He straddled him, pinched his cheek, and poured him a small bottle of potion.

   "Now I can guarantee that he will wake up tomorrow and remember nothing."

The Queen    looked at Carlos II. After swallowing the potion, he slept on one side of his head as if he were dead.

   "I wish I had more courage," said the Queen.

   "He is the king of the Spaniards," said Madame Milady, "whether it is life or death, it is up to the Spaniards to decide.

   "Who are you?" the queen asked again.

Mrs. Milady lowered her eyes, "A humble person, Her Majesty the Queen, is also employed." She pretended hesitantly and said, "My Majesty the Queen, I may not pay, but if it is possible, I would like to know if you are Have you seen a girl named Bella, the Molillo family?"

The Queen    was confused at first, then suddenly tense her body and quickly turned her eyes away, "Sorry, I don't know if I have seen this girl."

"Four months ago she was hired to work in the palace, she knew how to count and write, read, and people said she would serve nobles instead of staying in the kitchen, but after just a few days, she suddenly disappeared. , her family went to inquire and search, and suddenly there was no sound..."

   "Don't ask!" The Queen lowered her voice and said sternly.

"A young man who loves her and is willing to die for her asked me to inquire about the news." Mrs. Milady responded softly, "He sold all his property and waited outside the palace, just wanting to get a conclusive 's answer - is she... dead?"

The queen took a deep breath. "Don't ask, you can take that book, it's worth almost as much as my jewels, and take it to that young man. Tell him to fly away and never come back to Toledo. ."

Mrs. Milady stared at the queen: "He told me that if the girl is indeed dead, then tell him where her bones are buried, and he will go to her grave and sing for her instead of the nightingale."

Xiao Wang sat upright at the back, wringing his hands: "I can't tell you," she said sadly, "Santo Domingo will take care of her, and if he can't forget her, let him go to any Santo Domingo Go down to the icon of Mingo, pray to the saint, and ask him to bless his beloved girl."

  ——

  Santo Domingo, is the most valuable thing Mrs. Milady has obtained in this operation.

   What she said to the queen was nine points true and one point false.

Bella does have someone, and what happened to her is true. The young man who adores her also exists, but after Bella's family suddenly disappeared, he lost the courage to investigate the matter. , how did Mrs. Milady know? Like most men, he confided to a famous Shu after drinking.

   Not to mention how peculiar this behavior was, Mrs. Milady took advantage of it skillfully and naturally, and what was even more interesting was that the queen did know the girl.

In any court, those who serve the queen dowager, as well as the crown prince and princess must be daughters of famous families, but their maids, as well as those maids who really need to do things, are mostly hired—just according to the practice at this time, these The maids and maids also came from the house of servants in the royal palace.

  In this era, although sons have to take over the occupation and property of their fathers, daughters often marry the sons of their father’s colleagues. The factions are distinct and the inheritance is orderly. Some servant families can even serve the royal family members of several dynasties in a row.

But sometimes the palace also absorbs new blood. Usually, these new blood are not available to ordinary civilians. They are usually related to a servant family, or a distant branch. This time Bella is such a girl , She had studied in a monastery, and her family's assets were not rich, but she had no worries about food and clothing. According to her father's original idea, she hoped that she could find a husband in the palace.

   But like all pampered children, Bella has her own mind, and her mind is to be with her beloved.

   They have been secretly writing letters, and occasionally dating outside the palace... So unlike other girls, Bella's first missed appointment for no reason made the young man start to worry. At this time, he heard some very bad rumors... but when he saw the fate of Bella's family, he couldn't help but feel terrified - he only dared to ask for help secretly, but as a commoner, who could he find? He didn't even dare to talk to others. Explain what's going on.

  This is a wooden chest with treasures, Madame Milady thought, and I got the key from Queen Antonia.

  ——

When Carlos II woke up the next day, he really couldn't remember what happened before. He only remembered the familiar feeling of hitting the queen. Then he pushed the bookshelf in the queen's bedroom. He had never touched this before. He has long hated learning. The bookshelf stood still, and he had it smashed open, but there was only a stone wall inside.

Queen Antonia looked numbly as all her cherished books were thrown to the ground, forcibly suppressing the happiness in her heart. After the lady left last night, she also warned her that, just in case, it is best to keep the secret room Seal it up - her maids found a few servants who adored them, these brave young men, worked frantically for two or three hours, and finally made up the wall. In fact, if Carlos II went to touch When he touched it, he would find that the walls were still damp.

   Fortunately he didn't.

   But for the tyrannical king, sometimes he didn't necessarily need evidence, and he was not happy, so he forcibly took the queen to his "underground palace".

   In fact, what kind of underground palace is this? !

The Old Palace of Toledo is located on a hill with a height of about a thousand feet, surrounded by city walls, and there are also churches and monasteries, many of which were transformed from temples built by pagans. -Because Toledo has been recaptured several times, the religious sites will be renovated and rectified every time, so in some places, even the original designers and builders can't figure out the real structure.

The "Underground Palace" of Carlos II is a huge mausoleum located under the monastery of Santo Domingo. His travels are unknown because there is a secret passage between the old palace of Toledo and the monastery, which was originally built. The people may have sought refuge, but since the Inquisition of Toledo was established in this monastery, it not only changed the underground tombs into prisons and interrogation rooms, but also turned this secret passage into a connection with the original twin kings (Cass). The United Kingdom of Queen Tilia and King of Aragon - Spain) where they conspired).

Just like what Bishop Mazarin and Louis said bluntly, at that time, the two kings destroyed many political enemies and plundered countless wealth with the help of the Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition also became the most lasting and prosperous in the entire Europa region. place.

   When Carlos II became more unable to control his evil thoughts, this became his "pleasure" again.

   (end of this chapter)