Chapter 142 Some Things About Fontainebleau (2)

"You were still soft at that time," Louis said with emotion: "It was like a piece of dough with butter."

"I heard you were preparing to use your childhood textbooks as textbooks for popularizing education," Philip reminded worriedly: "But you should think more about grammar."

"That's because you forgot how you were at that time, but I remember it very clearly, Philip." Louis said: "You know, if I sent you to Lorraine and you died in this will, I will spend the rest of my life suffering and regret."

"I swear I won't, I will protect myself like I do."

"Then remember your vow."

"Never forget."

In front is the King and Queen's suite, and the conversation and companions are all there.

The ministers do not know what decision the king made yet, but for the king, Philip, the Duke of Orleans, was his favorite candidate. First of all, he did not have to doubt Philip's loyalty to him. The hundreds of years before Arthas and Lorraine had only belonged to France in name but were infinitely inclined to the Holy Roman Empire. If he went there, he was an ambitious or stupid person, Arthas and Lorraine might be out of the king's control like birds who fell into the net but jumped out of the open gap. Secondly, the Duke of Orleans was already a rich man who could lend money before he inherited the Duke of Gaston's territory.

The desire would not be too eager. The king could feel at ease to let him manage the new industries that Lorraine and Arthas were about to begin, without worrying about the emergence of a second Fukai or Mazaran; finally, as Philip said, Lorraine was dangerous, but compared to the real battlefield, one or two small rebellions could be used as trials for the king. For example, like Philip, who has status, title, and talent, it would be a pity to put him in Paris or Versailles, but there were too many young people who sacrificed their country on the battlefield, and even the commander could not be spared. Lorraine and Arthas could both be used as whetstones before the war, so that if there were more dangerous work in the future, the king could also feel at ease to leave it to Philip.

The king and his group said good night, and everyone went to rest. After all, there was another big event tomorrow.

Even if Louis came to Fontainebleau, he could not really be immersed in the clear water of green veils. In addition to government affairs, the British mission arrived in Paris a few days ago. Today is the day when they were allowed to meet the king in Fontainebleau - so although the king and the Duke of Orleans had already agreed, the Duke of Orleans could not leave yet. The young Lebron painter - a young man who was recently introduced to the king, wanted to make an exquisite portrait for him so that the messengers could take it back.

In the UK, we showed Charles II, the Queen Mother, and Princess Henrietta. Although the latter two left Paris for only a few months, Philip laughed at Princess Henrietta's new hairstyle at a dance, which made her cry after others as if it was still in people's ears. However, since this is a traditional and unwritten rule, Philip could only obediently obediently obediently and take one or two hours from his precious time to act as a model for the painter.

Lebron's painter was less than thirty years old. His teacher was Poussen. He had been studying in Italy for many years. As soon as he returned to Paris, he was fortunate to be recommended to the king by the Supreme Court Justice Segiele. Segiele was one of the first fourteen judges to relocate to Pontouz according to the king's order. Therefore, after the king returned to Paris, he was undoubtedly valued and even served as an envoy and minister at the wedding of the king and the queen. This figure, who can be said to be a favorite, also constantly recommended various talents to the king as popular at that time.

The reason why Lebron was attracted to the king was that in addition to being a Frenchman and having been loyal to the king for generations in his family, his realistic and gentle brushwork was also more popular with the king than other painters. He personally brought his brother Philip to the painter and told him that he hoped that the painter could depict the noble and warm side of his brother as much as possible. The place of the portrait was arranged in the room of Epp, the royal wife of François I, as the duchess. There was plenty of light here, and it looked particularly spacious because most of the furniture was moved away.

Brother Wang was quite dissatisfied with this. He didn't think Princess Henrietta's memory was so bad. As soon as he waited for the king to leave, he made faces at the painter.

Lebron heard that His Highness was not only not keen on this marriage, but even ignored it. It seemed to be true, but even if he was just a painter, he knew that this marriage must be done. The king had already had a Spanish princess as his wife and reached a covenant with Spain. The marriage of Philip, Duke of Orleans, would not be wasted easily. Similarly, they would not allow a daughter from Habsburg to enter the Louvre. In this way, the Duke of Orleans' choice became very narrow. Although there were also countries such as the Netherlands and Hungary to test it, after hesitation for a long time, the king and the queen mother agreed that Princess Henrietta, who had grown up with them, would be a suitable candidate.

But as with any agreement, there will never be so-called trivial matters between countries, emotions are placed behind, interests are placed before, and British missions are made by George Monk, who has long been known as Louis, as the ambassador of the plebishop of the revered man, the respectable gentleman, who was first the minister of Charles I, and then he bowed his knees to the Duke of the Nation Cromwell. When Cromwell lost people's trust, he turned to Charles II. Perhaps some people would laugh at him as if he were like a rooster's weather vane. So if you know, when Oliver Cromwell was dead and Charles II was still in exile, someone encouraged him to ascend the throne of the king, but he firmly refused?

Louis is now the king, so he knew very well how attractive this position was. He could distort the mind of any firm will, make the kind and evil, make the tolerant and vicious, and make the innocent and treacherous—this was his personal experience, so Louis had a lot of admiration and vigilance towards Mr. Monk, now Duke of Albimar.

Sure enough, the entire negotiation process was long and difficult. Britain saw that France did not want to make itself enemies on all sides. France also saw that the situation in Britain was not as stable as Duke Arnimar described. Although Charles II was immersed in banquets, dances and hunting all day long, he never gave up regaining the royal power that was thrown away by his father. Duke Arnimar wanted to support him, but was worried that the king's power was too heavy, so that Charles II inherited his father's arrogance and radicalism, causing the people to live in poverty...

But the British really could not agree to the request of the French king. Whether it was buying warships, merchant ships, workers, designers, or borrowing naval officers, soldiers, etc., they could not forget that they had sold a Dunkirk to the French before. It is said that the French king was building a dock that was enough to accommodate thirty warships to moor, and two dry docks used to repair and build ships. They couldn't help but be worried. Think about the British merchant ships that were tortured by the Spanish. Could it be that after leaving the Spanish, they would still welcome the French?

"The warships are impossible." The British envoys whispered, "We are going to war with the Netherlands, and there will be constant warships being thrown into war." In addition, some of the ships that were abandoned during the Duke of National Protection, they themselves were a little stretched, let alone for the French.

"But Princess Henrietta's dowry..." This sentence made the envoys feel a little aware. Unlike the French treasury, even if the king's private vault, Charles II could only ask for some so-called royal expenses from the parliament, which also required the operation of palaces, castles, territory and army. Not to mention preparing for the dowry for Princess Henrietta, it was already very good for Charles II not to borrow money from the princess.

"Even if he wants to borrow, the princess doesn't have the money." It's so pitiful. An envoy sighed. Compared to the noble French girls they saw, headed by the Duke of Monponsier, all dressed up in a bunch of flowers and jewelry. It is said that the Duke would change into several sets of clothes every day, and each set of clothes was only worn once. Other nobles followed suit. It is said that many of the merchants accompanying the car outside Fontainebleau were buying and selling second-hand clothes. The clothes of these nobles were changed and even sent to the outside world without moving. Each piece could be sold at a high price.

It is hard to say whether Princess Henrietta's jewelry can fill a jewelry box. Although she has not left Paris for a while, it is obvious that the style of clothes in Paris has reached a new level in just a few months. The ladies' chests are more exposed and the hem of skirts are larger. And under the leadership of Miss Lavalier, the king's royal wife, the noble girls' hair has also begun to have more furry accessories.

The British recorded all this with their eyes. Even if the parliament was unwilling to allocate more money to ensure that Princess Henrietta's dowry would not be too ugly, they also wanted to ensure that although the princess' dowry was small, it would not be ridiculed for coming from a remote countryside.

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"How is it?" Philip saw his brother, stretching his waist and walking out of the second hall, and knew that today's negotiations were probably going to take another precious few hours. Louis nodded to him, yawning with his eyes closed, "Give me coffee." He shouted to Bontang, "I have it here," Philip said, "I asked the servants to prepare for me... do you want it?"

"Give it to me," said Louis, "I am thirsty and tired... God, Philip, how much sugar did you put?"

Since Louis was able to speak, he had made many changes to the dishes in the palace, but he could not change anything. Moreover, whether it was Bishop Mazaran, Queen Mother, or Brother Philip, who persuaded him not to change it - it was the abuse of sweetener. Before the extraction method of sugar was even revealed, the nobles were obsessed with honey and could almost give him some honey - such as honey pigeon meat, peaches, honey cream soup, etc. When the Crusaders brought sugar from the Arabs, the sugar became a good product on the table. When a nobleman was entertaining guests, there would be no enough sugar, and even more amazing things needed to appear at the king's banquet - like Louis saw it not long ago, the Palace of Fontainebleau carved with solidified sugar...

"I'll add some coffee to you," said Philip.

Louis shook his head so that he could push the terrible energy aside. As a make-up and comfort after the lengthy meeting, he used the method of appreciating the portrait of Wang Di to kill the time before dinner, which was also a wonderful way to rest.

The portrait is in half-finished state, which means that Philip's face of the Duke of Orleans has almost all been completed, but the clothes, hands and feet, and the background behind him are still blurred, and details need to be added, but the Duke's beauty is indeed revealed - because of his slender figure, Lebron did not use the means of the usual painters to sit on a chair or ride on a horse to confuse his height, but asked him to stand next to a tall pillar, behind which was a lush white and pink rose flowers, with dark blue curtains hanging from behind him, embroidered with gold lilies, he was wearing a milky white silver-embellished coat, with bright red shoulder straps, and a gold-decorated belt around his waist, with muskets and swords hanging. He looked extraordinary and majestic, and was not lacking in his handsomeness.

"There will be many beautiful ladies who fall in love with you at first sight." Louis said with a smile.

"I would rather pursue someone I like," Philip said.

Louis glanced at him: "Henrietta is a good boy."

"I know," Philip said, although he always bullies Henrietta, but he would not take a look at the person who is really not liked by the Duke. But what made Philip feel unhappy was that Princess Henrietta would rather be his brother's wife, but it was out of love, not, she had been silently enduring Philip's bullying, just to seek the mercy of the king, but she did not love the king, but just wanted to become the queen of France. When Louis was unfortunately assassinated in Dunkirk, she even vaguely mentioned... Charles II might support Philip as a regent or a real king. This behavior that was almost like putting in the wrong and causing damage to Philip completely.

But the problem is that they have to get married now.

This is a matter between France and Britain, not Philip and Henrietta. I just hope that after she marrys France, Philip will become smarter and more rational.

"To say love at first sight," said Philip, "It's better to talk about yourself. There must be more people who love you than me, even if you are not the king."

"That's not necessarily," Louis said. "I'm a very boring person."

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Louis knew he was not ugly, but how attractive he was to himself, he felt that because he wore a crown and a crown robe, Philip knew better than him and knew better how to appreciate music and dance. He did this purely out of etiquette, not from the heart.
Chapter completed!