I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 86 Mr. Descartes is worried (Part 2) (Sanjiang recommends plus more)

   As for why the king thinks this way, it is because from the mouth of Mr. Rene Descartes, he can completely restore the whole face of this bad incident, probably more than the Father Le Bell, who is waiting to hear the deathbed prayer of the traitor.

Monsieur Rene Descartes' account was taken down by a keenly-hearing squire who was waiting outside the door, and he brought it up in his memoirs after he returned to his native Lille after leaving the honourable post. , because the extremely detailed description was once considered to be deliberately fabricated, until the confession of Mrs. Christina Alexandra reappeared in the world, and people compared with each other, only to find that there is almost no difference between the two. If there is any difference, it is probably Mr. Descartes's account, because he does pity this distinguished and sad student, and is biased in some wording.

Marquis Gian Rinaldo Monardesi, needless to say, is naturally an unquestionably beautiful man, and he has a good temper, is good at poetry and duels, and is admired by many ladies. Some people say that he is the only The downside is that he's Lady Christina's lover, which is really bad, because the former queen has a lot of guilt on her back, like greed, vanity, profligacy, let's not talk about her - it's a fact, ex The Queen of Sweden has created seventeen earls, forty-six barons, and more than four hundred lower nobles in the ten years since her accession, and sold or mortgaged property worth 1.2 million Swedish silver coins to pay their bills. Salary - After abdication, she still indulged in pleasure and spent almost all of her income on music and art. She came to Paris, nominally asking the King of France to act as an intermediary to recover her land income from the King of Sweden. All for cover up.

Of course, there are more charges being added to this woman. She likes to wear men's clothes and doesn't like to dress like a woman. There is also a female close friend. Some people say that she is a freak with both male and female characteristics, but it is very ironic. The significance is that some people say that she has an ambiguous relationship with a musician and a cardinal, which may be true, because Louis has also heard the name of the Holy See Prince, anyway, in people's minds, she is not only unworthy Respect, but also unbelievable.

This kind of cognition undoubtedly directly affects the former queen and the people around her. Louis feels the same way, because when he was in exile, he also did not dare to give full trust to the people around him, because he could not give them what they wanted. , they may turn to those who can give them benefits and honor at any time, so the king has set his sights on those little people who are not favored by bishops or dukes from the beginning, as if he still trusts Colbert to win Pass Fouquet.

The Marquis of Monardesi is of course the latter. He may have really loved Her Majesty the Queen, but since she lost the throne, the situation has turned sharply, and she even needs to reach out to the king and the Privy Council for daily expenses. She wanted to, let alone the people around her—they could barely see the future, so it’s no wonder they would want to take another shortcut—Louis guessed how the King of Sweden, Madame Christina’s cousin, persuaded the As the leader, Sweden can get a million livres from France every year, because France uses it to check and balance the Holy Roman Empire, so in the same way, Mrs. Christina is likely to be used as a weight for the country and the country. In a deal between kingdoms, their end may not be wonderful; besides, if the young knight returned to Sweden, he could join the king's army to gain merit, wouldn't it be more honorable than being a servant under the skirt of a noble girl?

However, Louis felt that the Swedish king probably didn't care too much about the marquis. Otherwise, he should at least be pretentious, not so eager, and try to find another reason, instead of just sending a team of courtiers to Paris. , stifled the plan of the bishop in the cradle in a grand manner.

Christina Alexandra had already guessed that there were traitors around her, and not many people knew about it. She went to Avignon first because she wanted to plan a scam - she intended to give Bishop Mazarin Wrote a supposedly important letter mentioning a credible man, a Swedish official, who had some evidence in his hands to turn the ministers of the Privy Council back in favor of the former queen over the present king—the letter she She wrote six copies in total, each with a different name, and then gave them to the people she suspected and sent them out. A few days later, she heard that the official had been arrested, and she knew that it was her lover who betrayed her. At that time, she still did not act rashly. With the help of the priest, she left Avignon on the bright side, but returned to the city shortly after. Those who have contacted West, these are all evidence and testimonies.

Then she returned to Fontainebleau, and here I want to mention two key figures, or a pair of key figures, that is, the brothers Francisco Santinelli. Pesaro meets a pair of brothers who adore Madame Cristina and are willing to follow her and serve her.

That night, Madame Christina summoned the Marquis of Monardesy at the Palace of Fontainebleau, and she questioned her lover about the matter, and the Marquis of Monardesy was either too confident or too naive, He tried his best to argue that he was not the one who betrayed the former queen, and swore that if he was a traitor, he would die, which undoubtedly made Madame Christina hate and angry. She immediately produced all the evidence and sentenced the Marquis. death penalty.

The Marquis panicked at the time. He knelt down and asked Madame Christina for forgiveness, but Madame Christina responded by calling the priest who listened to her deathbed confession, and the two murderers. When he was wounded because he was unarmed, he ran from the room to the corridor, hurriedly put on a piece of armor for decoration, and with this he ran from room to room for hours, from night to night. It was dawn, but in the end he was stabbed to death by Francisco.

It is said that because of his armor, he suffered many injuries but not fatal. In the end, although he was stabbed to death, he was tortured to death. Even Father Le Bell couldn't bear to watch him go on like this. Even knelt down and begged the Francisco brothers, but we all know that men and women are always the most cruel when facing a rival in love. Francisco has no mercy, and Madame Christina only asked him to bury the marquis in the church. He paid a sum of money for the priest to hold an atonement mass for him.

   For the French and the Swedes, this is not just a scandal, it is a crime, and now Madame Christina is awaiting the final verdict, depending on how Louis decides.

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This matter still needs to be discussed with Bishop Mazarin, because as mentioned above, Sweden can be said to be a country that the French have continuously supported in order to restrain the Holy Roman Empire. Bishop Mazarin even thought that through marriage It is in the bag, but it seems impossible now, so, is it necessary to make the current Swedish king unhappy for Mrs. Christina? This will take a lot of consideration.

   "Then for yourself," said Mr. Bishop, "which side do you wish to take?"

   "Madame Christina," said the king.

   "The same reason as your unwillingness to accept Cromwell?"

"you can say it this way."

   "So be it," said Mr. Bishop.

This matter was settled like this. Louis wanted to know what Mr. Bishop thought. Yes, the Swedish king would be dissatisfied if the lady was not sent to the monastery, but if the lady was still there, then she, And her descendants are still a threat to the monarch. After all, Sweden is from Karl IX. Except for the descendants of rebels and deposed monarchs, the Swedish throne held by the Vaasa dynasty has always been passed on from father to son.

There is no need to say much about the subsequent trial. Judging from the records of Mrs. Christina and the attendant, the lawyer who defended the former Queen of Sweden said that she had the right to judge her subjects, even if she had abdicated, but as a very responsible person. Even though she has abandoned this noble identity, she is still a queen in mind and soul. Therefore, her execution of the Marquis of Monardesi is completely legal for her to be a traitor.

   Rene Descartes' request received a best result.

   (end of this chapter)