I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 428 This is our king? ! (superior)

If the Archbishop of Toledo, the Queen Mother, Duke Don Juan and others hadn't thought that there must be someone behind the scenes of these things, they would have been the rulers for so many years in vain, and they also ordered people to carefully monitor the king, but Carlos II Shi's identity was originally a big trouble. When he decided to run out, those people couldn't stop him, and there were many dark wizards around him!

Thinking that the most important person disappeared at such a delicate moment, Bishop Toledo gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had no choice but to rack his brains to search for where the king might go, while being carefully questioned The servants and maids beside the king, but of course those who stay in the palace will not be the confidants of Carlos II, which is doomed to him to gain nothing.

Alas, if it weren't for the fact that they were still wrangling with the Church of Rome about the eldest son of Carlos II - the Church of Rome knows all about these things, they have a greedy appetite and Spain is not as good as it used to be, trying to convince the princes in red Undoubtedly, it became a difficult task, not to mention the fact that the current Innocent XI is more inclined to the French Bourbon than the Austrian Habsburg in some things, which makes things more complicated.

For a moment, everyone in this room wanted Carlos II to die, even his mother. For the Queen Mother, this child died long ago when the dark wizard arrived, and now it is just a The devil who occupied the body of Carlos II.

"It's not possible," said the archbishop, "let's take the eldest prince out." The reason why we didn't mention the crown prince is because they didn't dare to take the risk of putting an illegitimate child on the throne until they had negotiated with the Church of Rome. . The only people present were the Queen Mother's lips moving, the eldest prince was still very young, it was windy and rainy outside, the temperature was very low, and there were angry people, let a baby who was still in swaddling comfort them and take responsibility - really That's ridiculous.

"Bring him here." The queen mother said, they would not let Carlos II get close to the prince, and of course they wouldn't let Queen Antonia get close to the prince. The prince was kept by the queen mother's side, the maids were ordered to go down, and the prince was After holding him, the Queen Mother touched his face—perhaps because he was still young, or because his mother was not a Habsburg princess. The child was normal in appearance, but the Queen Mother still seldom knew about it. So close to him, because when she saw him, she couldn't help thinking of the crazy Carlos II.

  The Archbishop personally picked up the eldest prince and walked out.

  The Queen Mother shook her head. She had done everything she could. With the support of the maid, she walked slowly to her suite. In the corridor, a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced the night sky, tearing apart the heavy black outside the window. The maids and female officials shouted in panic, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but her heart was beating wildly. The ill-fated Wang Hu.

   Habsburg Women…

"Let the queen come to my suite," the Queen Mother showed a rare mercy. "Tonight is too windy and rainy." If the situation outside eventually gets out of control, they may be trapped in the castle, or they may have to flee, At that time, it might not be too late for the queen to come to him.

   The lady officer she selected had always had pity on Queen Antonia, and of course she was willing to accept this order. She lifted her skirt, hurriedly turned back, and ran up another staircase to report the good news to the queen.

As soon as she entered the queen's suite, she saw that the maids in the room had already put on the black cloaks of the parade, and she couldn't help being a little surprised, because the parade was still several hours away, and they should have a good rest now— But she thought about it, maybe the queen was worried about the complicated affairs tonight, and she and her maid might not have time to dress up, or, when Carlos II was found, and saw the queen in a comfortable big Sleep, maybe it will turn anger on her head.

   "Has the Queen rested yet?" she asked in a low voice.

   "Your Majesty has decided not to sleep tonight," the queen's maid replied in the same whisper: "For Spain, the Queen Mother, Her Majesty the King, she will recite the Rosary fifty times to pray for them."

  The Queen Mother's female officer hesitated.

The ancient monks had the habit of reciting fifty sutras every day. Later, the veneration of the Virgin became popular, and the monks gave it to the Virgin. For people, these fifty sutras are like a rose garland. The mouth is full of fragrance and the heart is joyful, so it is called the rosary, and later rose rosary beads for counting appeared.

  Although each sutra is only a few hundred words, the entire Rosary is fifty sutras, recited fifty times in a row, that is two hundred and fifty... ten verses, the queen is indeed prepared to stay up all night. The female officer was hesitant about whether to force the queen to go to the queen dowager. Although the queen dowager also has a quiet prayer room, is it not good to interrupt the queen directly...

She stood on tiptoe and looked in under the guidance of the maid. The queen did not have her own prayer room, so she opened a small corner in the lounge next to the small reception room. The delicate and timid child was kneeling on the Virgin Mary As before, holding a rosary bead—the second large bead is pinched with a small finger, indicating that she has begun to recite it a second time.

   "Then...when the prayer is over, please ask Her Majesty the Queen to go to the Queen Mother's suite." The lady officer sighed and said, "Don't be too late. Today..." She said vaguely: "There are too many things."

The maid bowed deeply to her gratefully, and as she walked into the corridor, another maid chased after her and handed her a string of rosary beads made of pearls and amber: "This is a thank you from Her Majesty, Madam. ." She said emotionally: "Please rest assured, as soon as the prayer is over, we will immediately go to the Queen Mother's place with the Queen."

   The female officer smiled slightly and didn't say anything more, but when she turned around, she couldn't help thinking that it would be better if the child hadn't married to Spain, or Carlos II.

The queen's maid watched the maid walk away before returning to the room. As soon as the door was closed, her knees went weak and she fell to the ground - under the black cloak used for the parade, it was the travel clothes they had put on early - at this time In the palace, women wearing big posing, **** dresses with tights inside can't ride a horse, and they can't even walk too fast, so when the Queen Mother and others were devastated by the anger and shouting of the people, They had already changed into the simple, heavy, dark-colored clothes they wore when they went out, as agreed.

The queen is surrounded by seven Austrian ladies and twelve Spanish ladies, including the lady who gave birth to the eldest prince along with Patinho's niece, and the two nobles who were accidentally killed by Carlos II. women, and six maids who begged their families to help them escape, and now the queen has nine more trusted maids.

It stands to reason that even if they are not hostile to each other, at least they are indifferent and distant. After all, according to tradition, the maids around the queen are the reservists of the royal ladies, especially the Spanish ladies, but Carlos II is so ambitious, no matter how ambitious Women also shy away, and the Spanish noblewomen who stay with the queen (now there are only three) - do not have any attachment to their family - if their family loved them enough and valued them, they would have tried to get them. gone.

   So when the queen asked them if they would like to leave Spain with her, if possible, they were all willing to take the risk.

It's just that no one thought that the empress dowager's momentary sympathy almost exposed their plan - the female official came a step later and found that the queen's room was empty and there was no one. When she screamed, the queen might not be able to escape. out of the palace.

   "Go and hang a cross on the door." The queen stood up and commanded calmly, "Then lock the door."

On one side, a maid had already pushed open the secret door disguised as a bookshelf. The bookshelf was something that Carlos II would never pay attention to. Behind it was a small dark room. They were all hidden inside, but when they walked down today, they saw a new secret passage.

   The secret passage still smelled of moist soil, and they trembled as they followed a phosphor lamp carried by the queen.

   It seems like a century has passed... Suddenly, light and fresh air poured in!

   (end of this chapter)