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Chapter 16

Louis only saw a man dressed in a guard bowing to him, but he couldn't see someone so far away. Although the other party might not be able to see him, the young king still nodded slightly to him and expressed his gratitude.

"What are you looking at?" Mary shouted, "Your Majesty, why don't you play with us?"

Today, the children were almost all staying in this largest room, which was full of sunshine and well-ventilated, which was suitable for them to play games. Although Louis still likes to read books the most, occasionally the Queen Mother Nanny would drive him out of the study and let him play games, play cards, etc. If he was still in Saint-Germain, Louis could at least go on horseback riding and hunting, but in Paris, he could only stay in the room or the small courtyard, staring at the fountain in a daze.

He was named the King of France, but he was almost the same as a prisoner. Sometimes Louis really wished that he was really a ten-year-old child who could cry and make a fuss.

"Come on!" The one who urged Mary again, and on the side, she kept shouting "It's too rude" was King Philip. Mary was probably the boldest girl Louis had ever seen. It can even be said that the bravest of all children was not only because she could not change her face when facing werewolf, but also gave a sharp counterattack, but also because she obviously despised all authority, from her uncle, Mr. Cardinal Mazaran, to King Louis, and King Philip, she was the only one who dared to treat Louis as an ordinary person, shouted at him without any scruples.

Philip also fought with her because of this, but I'm sorry, although they are similar in age, girls are always faster than boys in development, so this time the beaten one became Philip. For this reason, Louis had to give up the right to share the bed for a whole week. For this reason, he had a long talk with Philip. He indulged Mary for many reasons. In addition to Mary being the niece of Bishop Mazaran, Mary had saved him and Queen Mother Anne, and Philip's mother's life, so Philip should be grateful to her.

As for Mary's lack of education... Louis gave this task badly to Philip, so Philip seriously took on Mary's etiquette teacher. Although Mary didn't catch a cold, at least they did not take action.

"Quiet," Louis walked over helplessly: "Quiet, Mary, the whole room is filled with your voice, this is not a lady's right to act."

"I wasn't a lady at all," Mary said. "I'm a witch."

"Oh, stop saying such terrible things." Henrietta said on the side. She didn't know that Mary was really a witch, but her age was destined to not know the true relationship between the court and the wizard. The wizards and witches she knew were all from the sensational rumors of the maids. "Witches are all going to be burned to death."

"That wouldn't be me," Mary shrugged: "I'll be a powerful witch like Vivian."

"Who is Vivian?" Louis asked.

"Merlin's disciple, or his lover, is said to have taught her all the spells," said Mary. "In the end, Merlin died under her spells."

"Does Merlin really exist?" Louis said: "I always thought he was a legendary figure."

"Maybe," Mary said casually, "it doesn't matter—I said, can we start?"

They played four-man cards, which were already very beautiful and popular at this time, but for Henrietta, it was a little strange because, for the Puritans in England, they only brought depravity like the devil, and the church did not feel that it was so good. In 1397, the bishop of the Cathedral of Paris prohibited people from playing dice and cards on weekdays. By 1541, the Paris Parliament also prohibited families in the East and suburbs of Paris, mainly because they were worried that they would gamble or not to work.

But for the people in the palace, there is nothing more to be used for entertainment than this, and they prefer to gamble with dice and cards.

Since the royal family returned to Paris, the previous embarrassment has ceased to exist. Although the royal property seized by the High Court in Paris has not been completely returned, the gambling funds of His Highness and His Majesty have all become Euge (silver coins) and a small amount of gold Louis. They were poured from the leather bag on the carpet and emitted a moving light under the sunlight. The eyes of the maid and the servant could hardly turn away from it. Only a little maid next to Henrietta always focused her attention on the princess of England.

Henrietta's luck is still very bad today. Although she has subsidies from Queen Mother Anne and King Louis, she still can't help but tremble when she thinks about what happened before. Even though she knows that Louis will return more money by gifts after the bet, she will still feel sad every time she loses-"You'll do it," she said to her maid, "Louise, maybe your luck will be better."

The king did not object, so Henrietta and the maid changed positions, because they were all sitting on the ground, which saved some ritual troubles - Louise was a shy child who was easily shy and could never raise her head after saluting the king. However, her luck, no, it should be said that her agility was far beyond people's impression of her. When the sun set, the Eju in front of her actually piled up a small pile, mixed with one or two gold Louis.

Henrietta was very happy. Although she was a little tired, she still kissed Louise, and grabbed a gold Louise and stuffed it into Louise's hand as a reward.

"What's the dinner?" asked the brother-in-law Philip, who was also tired.

"Today is fasting day." Louis said: "We eat fish." Logically, a king should not know the recipes well, but at this time Louis was not allowed to contact government affairs, and he would be bored when reading books. To be honest, it was not his favorite. Therefore, in order to save him and others' taste buds, the kitchen became his first battlefield. It was not easy to convince those stubborn chefs. For hundreds of years, they still insisted that the fruit must be cooked, the fish must be roasted, the meat must be stewed, and the cream that does not put into a pot, or a few pounds of cheese, or a lot of spices, which is not a dish...

Probably no one could have thought that the first enemy he faced after dressing as a king was the cook... but he really didn't want to eat so-called cream stewed everything anymore...

Fortunately, after several difficult battles, he could finally eat his beloved boiled fish. The Bishop and the Queen Mother also liked it, but they always tasted it lightly, because at this time, peppers were regarded as "exciting things". Mazaran was a priest who vowed to keep his chastity, and the Queen Mother was a widow, and this dish was a bit inappropriate for them.
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