Another reason why the Marquis didn't say anything was that not to mention that there were too few men who could understand him, even ladies.

Among the noble ladies of the palace, there are many people who admire and yearn for Lady Lafayette, and there are also people who hate her. However, at most, women who feel that they cannot understand, or understand, but do not agree, or even agree but cannot muster the courage to take a step forward - they use various reasons to convince themselves, as men say, "women are more rational than men", "men have advantages in physical strength and social status", "the world is not friendly to women, women should be more cautious", "men are stronger, and should assume more responsibilities", "working for husbands, children and families is also an important job"... In short, etc., they have found various reasons for themselves, and they are addicted to the honey of the past and cannot extricate themselves.

Yes, because there are Madame Lafayette, as well as his friends, and before entering the army, the Marquis saw and felt how hard they worked with their own eyes. They not only had to prove that they could at least be with men of the same class, but also set an example for women and lead by example. If they get married and have children, they have to bear the responsibility of being wives and mothers - unless they can be so cruel that they ignore their husbands and children, but this will be criticized. Although this is done by a man, people will only praise him for being private.

In fact, almost no wife ignores her husband's concern and educates her children - it is ridiculous that these wives are regarded as exceptional people, but they love their families more than those women who are more willing to spend time in dancing, gambling, and having affairs. The eyes surrounding them will never be able to blame them for their personal virtues.

The Marquis grew up under the guidance of Mrs. Lafayette. Mrs. Severne's daughter - in the eyes of outsiders, she was a well-educated, intelligent and charming girl. The Marquis didn't understand at first why Mrs. Severne, a woman who was so bold that she dared to open a publishing house and a newspaper with the support of the king, had such a perverse daughter, but he soon thought of it - Mrs. Severne loved her daughter so much that she could not bear to let her suffer.

As a noble girl, as long as she can read, write letters, be good at dancing and singing, know how to appreciate music and poetry, she has unique and amazing talents in aesthetics. Why go on that thorny path? Marrying a husband of a good family, having children, don’t have to consider livelihood, and pursue the meaning of your existence, and spending her life peacefully and leisurely is the path most women will choose.

Just like those students in the Women's College, many of them settled their marriages while they were still studying. This study is just to add chips to their marriage balance.

The Marquis was even indignant because of this. When her mother was a student, a girl who had outstanding talents in poetry, but gave up her studies and talents because she got married early, but felt sad for three years because of dying childbirth. But Mrs. Lafayette said that even a king could not bear everyone's destiny. When a person makes his own choice, it means that she will bear the destiny brought by this choice.

If this choice is wrong, the Marquis remembered that he asked, should we indulge her?

How do you know that this choice is wrong for her? Mrs. Lafayette said, don’t blame those who walk on different paths from you, and don’t think that the path you choose is noble and bright. You should look at thorns like roses, because thorns are like roses for some, and roses are like thorns for others - so what you defend is true equality and freedom.

"Liberty is not freedom, and unfair equality is not equality." The Marquis murmured, so he did not try to correct the concept of the butler. This is her concept, not his. If he roughly interferes with her cognition and thoughts, it is equivalent to insulting the two of them.

"Do you eat onion to stew big pork leg meat?" The butler didn't hear what the Marquis said, but she ordered the fresh dishes she had just sent today and asked loudly.

"Eat!" The Marquis replied happily that the dish was from the countryside of Provence. After Madame Sevini's daughter followed her husband to Provence, she described to her mother in a letter that seemed to be unpretentious but extremely delicious, and copied the recipe - for her, such a life is also a happy life.

With this feeling, he ate a big pot of delicious food.

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Unfortunately, the Marquis' good mood was broken as soon as he returned to Versailles.

The number of rooms in Versailles was amazing, but the number of people who came to pay homage to the king and the king was even more abundant. Because Mrs. Lafayette was once a victim of someone with the Duke of Orleans, the king specially agreed to give her a room. However, later, Mrs. Lafayette saw that the rooms in the palace were getting worse and short, and she was tired of being slandered with some people, so she politely rejected the king's favor and moved out.

Anyway, countless mansions like other palaces have been built around the Palace of Vansel, with convenient watering facilities, gardens and stables, and roads are well connected, without any inconvenient places. It is more suitable for Lady Lafayette to leave Paris to visit friends at any time - some friends can stay in Versailles when they come to Versailles.

But because of her latest job, the Duke of Monponsier generously gave up a room in the suite for her to stay. After all, the Queen Mother and the Queen had to ask carefully every day, and then let Lady Lafayette come from outside in a carriage. It was so tired.

The Marquis sent her mother back to the suite, and the Duke of Monponcière gave the farthest room to Mrs. Lafayette with understanding. It was not that she deliberately neglected, but that as one of the few people closest to the king, the Duke's suite was always lined up with people who wanted to see her. Even if they dared not make noise, they would be troublesome to deal with it one by one.

As soon as she came back, the maid of the duke came over and asked in a tactful manner whether Mrs. Lafayette was willing to accompany her for a while. The relationship between Mrs. Lafayette and the duke was not only between the financial master (Mrs. Lafayette's first book was written for the duke) and the hired person. She looked at the maid's expression and guessed that the duke must have encountered something difficult to have so eagerly needed her help.

She told her son a few words and left. The Marquis originally wanted to leave immediately. Unlike those who did not want to leave after entering Versailles, he would rather change his clothes and drink with the foreigners who were ignorant of each other in the tavern on the streets and alleys than to be flattered and flattered endlessly.

As a result, he was caught by the prince in one go.

The extremely serious expression of the little Louis surprised the Marquis. Even the merchants in Istanbul knew that the prince of France was different from his father. He was a gentle and restrained man. He made such a gesture... It was almost the first time for the Marquis to see it.

"I had a fight with my grandmother," said Little Louis, then paused and corrected: "I had a fight with everyone except my father."

The main reason is that no one dares to disturb the majestic Louis XIV.

"What are you arguing?" the Marquis asked curiously. If the prince had a dispute with the minister or the general, no, the possibility was very small. After all, Louis XIV was still on the throne, and no one would have been too close to the prince - let alone those important things that needed to be arguing - they would definitely cater to the prince without limit unless Louis XIV had objections.

Little Louis sighed: "I want to cancel...the dressing ceremony."

The dressing ceremony is actually just a noun created for the convenience of name, because the ceremony will not be written in the marriage contract or made public (for most people), and people in the court never mention it - this kind of act of almost as a warning and humiliation.

The Queen and Queen have experienced it today, and even Elizabeth, the daughter of Louis XIV, was not spared (although the ceremony was almost a symbolic process when we arrived at Elizabeth). The princess who went to Prussia to get married was also completed because Prussia and France had no tight borders. She was surrounded by maids in her room and changed into Prussian clothes. But this ceremony was indeed true.

In the process of greeting the bride presented to Prince Louis, there is one thing - according to the traditional and agreed treaty, after the Portuguese princess Isabella arrived in Nantes by boat across the Atlantic Ocean, the French port would be moored with a ship that belonged to neither the Portuguese nor the French. Princess Isabella was on this ship, under the gaze of witnesses on both sides, namely the Portuguese and the French, took off all the clothes and accessories belonging to Portugal, and could not even leave a fiber, and then put on the clothes and shoes belonging to the French, so that she could truly become the Princess of France.

Although the Marquis was a man, because his mother, Lafayette, was a noble lady in the palace and was with the queen and the duchess, he was still very familiar with the content of the ceremony, and avoided the embarrassment that the prince had to describe this issue in detail. Then he heard from the prince that he intended to cancel this link in the process.

The Marquis was immediately in trouble.

People of this era were extremely careful and concerned about such details. Louis XIV suppressed all the Swedes who came to welcome the bride as the Sun King to save Princess Elizabeth from suffering this ordeal, and the princess was because the Prussian king needed to show enough sincerity to the French king to get the qualification to swing left and right. Logically speaking, the Portuguese princess had to face this difficult thing, and no one would care about it - but the prince proposed to ban this embarrassing ceremony.

There are many opponents, not entirely out of selfishness. No matter what, because Princess Elizabeth did not fully complete the ceremony, there are still people who question whether she has enough ownership of Sweden. This is not until the Swedish queen gave birth to Carl XI's successor.

The identity of the Portuguese princess was originally a bit difficult. If Princess Isabella had not fulfilled this obligation, would someone use this as a reason to criticize her?

"She has me." Little Louis said simply.

Little Louis has an example, that is, his father Louis X. At that time, because of Queen Teresa's dowry, there were many vicious rumors in and outside the court, both inside and outside the court, and even the Queen Mother, who was the princess of Habsburg in Spain, had been cold to the Queen for a long time, but Louis XIV never wavered. He treated his wife gently and politely, respected her, and shared power with her. His attitude allowed Queen Teresa to gain a foothold in the Louvre and Versailles - compared to Louis XIII's wife, the Queen Mother, she was so happy - the latter's husband had never slept with her for twenty years, and people blindly criticized the woman for not being able to give birth to a son for the king...

Louis XIV also taught his son that he could not protect his wife, but instead followed the people who accused and hurt her. Not to mention that this is true on the moral level, at least in terms of responsibility, it is lacking in sense of responsibility. This is completely different from what others say. Louis XIV also explained this. Because the king has too much power and there are too few people who can be trusted by him, once he can obtain the king's trust, the benefits are endless. However, as a wife, the queen is born to be an ally of the king. If she can get the king's love, it is equivalent to taking away the best and largest fruit, and it is easy to do.

So generally speaking, the ministers and nobles of their own country will try their best to destroy the relationship between the king and the queen. They would rather flatter a "royal lady" who violates morality than bow to the queen, although their reasons have always been high-sounding - of course, they would tell the prince that they were worried that a foreign woman would have too much influence on him, which would shake the foundation of France.

"But," Louis XIV said to Louis with a smile: "I respect your mother and have dear people, but when have they changed my decisions, unless I wanted to do so. In the future, the same is true for you. If you make a bad plan or a stupid behavior, don't blame anyone, because if you are affected, you are willing to be affected by him or her, it is still your fault."

Little Louis deeply remembered this in his heart. This was what his father, a great king, said. Isn't it more credible than the whispers of scholars and politicians? While reading the process, he kept thinking about whether he would use such... boring means to humiliate his future wife. Can humiliate a person make her respect and love him? Even a beggar or an unforgivable thug would not think so.

He had read every letter Isabella wrote to himself, and kept the draft of every letter he wrote to Isabella. He had comforted the lady who had been tortured by guilt for many years (she was different from her father and mother, and still had a pure heart), and he promised that as long as she came to France, she would be free, love and dignity.

Then, before her feet touch the soil of France, first of all, they must be in front of a group of strangers... until they are invisible?

Is this his first gift to her?
Chapter completed!