On the way to Versailles, the "colorful" old man Count Billon was considered a responsible old man who would do things when he got money, so he spent a full third of the journey to let us, a group of country nobles from Prussia,

It opened their eyes a lot.

After the French royal family, which has always been very innovative, had its first public royal mistress in the 16th century, today's royal mistresses are as important as the king's crown and scepter. Basically, it has reached the point where if there is no

The king who is a royal mistress is not quite like a king.

In other words, the profession of mistress, who merely spread her thighs for the king to have fun, has evolved into an official position in France that combines diplomacy, internal affairs, and the king's personal sexual interests.

Anyway, all I can say about this phenomenon is that it’s no wonder that there is a proverb in the Chinese dynasty that a person with three hundred and sixty talents can achieve the number one scholar. The status of the mistress of the French royal family can be considered to be lower than that of one person and higher than that of tens of thousands of people.

Of course, at night, the royal mistress would probably lie on top of the king.

However, as a mistress of the French royal family, the conditions are relatively stringent. First, she must have a noble title.

But what if there is no noble blood?

The Sun King's father gave a solution. If the chief mistress does not have a noble title, the king will directly canonize the mistress as a duchess, marquis or countess, or canonize the mistress's husband as a duke or marquis.

Or the earl, or even directly betrothed the mistress to a superior noble to enhance the status of the mistress.

Fortunately, there is only one royal mistress in France. Otherwise, wouldn’t a handful of French nobles be cuckolds?

As the chief mistress of the French king, the benefits are naturally great. Foreign ambassadors bribed the royal mistress in the name of gifts in order to persuade the king to agree to implement policies beneficial to other countries. Not to mention, even the nobles wanted to

In order to obtain certain official positions, it is also possible to give valuable gifts to the royal mistress. Of course, if that is all, the benefits of the royal mistress are not only as follows:

In addition, the king helped pay off gambling debts, sold his official position, issued royal pardons... Even investing in pirate ships to join the great cause of Pirates of the Caribbean and traveling around the world were indispensable for them. Correspondingly, the French royal mistress now has the following needs

Obligations: **. Please the king, arrange the king’s entertainment activities, pay property to the treasury in time of war, and receive foreign envoys! [

So open-minded!

So happy!

I feel that our Roman Empire must be on par with France!

It is simply a blessing to the hard-working Western European kings under the monogamous system!

By the way, my predecessor was so wise and powerful, why didn’t he leave such a beautiful legacy to me?

Of course, I also think that if people like Da Ji and Bao Si come to France, they will definitely live better than in China. At least they don’t have to be annoyed by a large group of nerds who are stupid about reading Confucius and Mencius all day long and endocrine disorders! Then

It’s not like he spends his days doing things like pooling blood and making barbecued pork with human flesh, which go against human cognition.

In short, as the mistress of the French royal family, the status of the mistress is so high that it is breathtaking. So, it is not surprising that the now favored royal mistress, the Marquis de Montes, married her daughter to the Duke of Orleans.

It's not an unreasonable phenomenon.

What is even more astonishing is yet to come. Through the mouth of Count Billon, we not only learned that he was a loyal Orleans party, but also learned that the current court and opposition in Versailles are roughly divided into an alliance between the Duke of Orleans and the military minister Roy.

The aristocratic faction headed by the aristocrats who fought for the interests of the aristocracy, and the royal faction headed by Colbert, the finance minister, who governed with the goal of glorifying the king.

In the context of the strife between the aristocrats and the royal ministers, the Kingdom of France also has three new members of the Condé family, led by the Duke of Montmorency, the Prince of Condé and the Prince of Conti, who hold military power.

The confrontation between the old military local nobles headed by the Dukes of Valle and the Duke of Roy, and the rivalry between the northern factions headed by the two brothers of the Prince of Condé and the southern factions including the Duke of Vendôme.

To sum it up in one sentence, except for Colbert, the rest are all a bunch of relatives of the Sun King who are fighting among themselves.

After arriving at Versailles, under the rays of the sun, we saw the Palace of Versailles and its surrounding gardens covering an area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers in the distance. We headed to the town of Versailles, which is located next to Versailles.

It was not only the residence of us foreign envoys, but also the place where all the nobles who could not find residence in Versailles huddled together.

There were no flat roads in other French regions on the way the carriage came. We entered this small town that was based on Versailles. At first glance, we thought we were entering the university district of Constantinople.

"How about it? Isn't it beautiful? This is the place shrouded in the glory of our king. It is the place where the God of War and the Guardian of the Muses are. It is also the place where there is nothing comparable in this world."

Count Billund proudly introduced several sights on the road, and then he took us to the place where the foreign envoys lived. On the road, I noticed that there were many people dressed as entourage who immediately came to see us.

Followed closely.

After getting off the carriage, I asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, Count. Although I don't want to doubt the hospitality and sincerity of the French, I have to say something. Look at the back, what is the purpose of the stalker who is so suffocated?"

What's going on?"[

"Oh, they are..." Earl Billund raised his head disdainfully, and then glanced at me, "If they strike up a conversation, if you have some spare money in your pocket, you can leave with them. I guarantee that they will meet all your needs.

, if you don’t, I think you should stay in the embassy honestly.”

I nodded, and Leon next to me frowned. After Biron walked away, he said, "You are a guy who looks down on others."

"Really? This reminds me of a question, does Leon get a very low monthly salary as a guard?" I laughed and didn't care at all.

"No, it's not low." Leon shook his head.

"But it's not high enough to squander it, right?" I smiled and dug into my pocket, grabbing a handful of gold coins. "Take everyone out to have fun, especially Kerrian, who thinks about the village all day long.

Childhood sweethearts go out, but be careful not to touch dirty women."

I copied almost exactly what Wen Dier said to tease me, but Leon and the others still couldn't go out and have fun tonight, because there was a lot of luggage on the accompanying carriages that they needed to move to the mission.

Go inside the building.

As soon as I moved my luggage out of the carriage, I heard the perverted old man Billon talking to Wen Dill and the others in the corridor: "Ambassador of Prussia and Mrs. Wen Diel, I don't know what you want to do in the future.

Do you want to eat the food that is usually provided, or do you want to taste the delicious food that can only be found in the Palace of Versailles?"

"You can also taste the food that only the king of France can eat here?"

"Yes, the chef who cooks for the king is my friend. I can let the apprentices he brings out to serve you here after serving the king."

Pennywise looked at Wendel longingly.

Wen Dier took some time to shake his fan and said, "I really don't know that His Excellency Count Billon has such a background."

The old pervert Billon laughed and glanced wildly: "Of course, let me tell you, I often go in and out of His Majesty's palace, attend His Majesty's little wake-up ceremony, and pass His Majesty the hair to wipe his face.

Where’s the towel!”

"oh?"

"In fact, even if I am far away from here, I can still know what His Majesty is doing now."

Feletelia asked curiously: "Then what is His Majesty the King doing now?"

"It should be around four o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, it will be time for the Duke of Anjou or the royal mistress, the Marquess Montesspin, to host internal entertainment activities. During this time, the princess, prince and ministers will probably

Participate in activities such as indoor parties, and His Majesty the King may also participate, or he may be with the Marquess Montessori."

"I see, so how much does it cost to provide this superior service?"

"One thousand francs, madam. Every month, you have to pay about one thousand to three thousand francs for food."

"No problem."

"By the way, madam and Mr. Ambassador, do you need me to lead you to buy gifts to bribe Marquis Montessori? I happen to know that there are the most beautiful jewelry and beautiful dresses nearby, and I guarantee that you will spend the money.

You will get the best return.”

"Let us discuss this until the next day, Your Excellency, after all, we have been riding in the carriage for so long these days, and we are still very tired."

"That's right. Then please ask Madam and the Ambassador to wait here for my news. I will submit the news of your arrival in Versailles to the Foreign Secretary tomorrow."

"Thank you, His Excellency Count Billund."

After Viscount Billon left, Feletelia said: "It costs four thousand francs a month. Isn't this too wasteful?"

"My friend the Prussian Ambassador, you are not the only one who lives here."

Wendil looked at me, and Feletelia also looked at me: "He?"

"Of course it's him."

Feletelia waved her hands carelessly: "According to Count Schwerin, this guy is almost like an ordinary soldier and can eat anything..."

"What he can eat is his business, but I can provide him with the best, why don't I provide it?" Wen Dier's rhetorical question made Feletelia speechless.

Could it be that this is the difference between a married woman who knows people well and a literary youth?

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room suddenly cooled down, I quickly changed the topic: "Instead of discussing how to eat and what to eat, I think we should focus on the purpose of our visit to France this time. The first one is that His Holiness will

Otto and his followers are handed back to us, second,

Looking for better doctors, and third, looking for cocoa bean suppliers worthy of establishing long-term cooperative relationships." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian. Your monthly vote is my greatest support.

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