In the long corridor, an old woman dressed in court dress walked forward step by step, the sound of footsteps on the marble floor was very soft but very rhythmic, and behind her, several cautious court ladies followed.

As she was about to reach the end of the corridor, the old woman's footsteps stopped, for in front of her stood a smiling court attendant.

"Ma'am, Bixia is resting now......" His voice was very soft and flattering, as if he wanted to tell her - if it were not my duty, I would not dare to stop you.

"I have something I want to talk to Bixia." Ms. Adelaide smiled, but her tone was irresistibly ordered, "Get out of the way." ”

"But......" the attendant hesitated.

"You've done your job." She waved her hand and motioned for the other to get out of the way.

"Okay...... Please come in. After a moment's consideration, the squire moved out of the way.

As the lady said, she has done her job. If you block it more, you won't be able to wait for it to be unpleasing to both sides.

The lady knocked lightly on the door, and then pushed it open and walked in without waiting for an answer from inside, while the ladies waited outside the door, as she ordered.

In this court, I'm afraid she is the only one who has this privilege, and even Queen Bixia can't be so disrespectful of etiquette.

"Adelaide?" King Bixia, who was resting on a chair, was a little surprised, but quickly returned to normal, "Why are you here?" ”

"Because you're free today, that's why I took the liberty of asking to see you." The king's sister replied with a smile. Then slowly walked in front of him.

Although by this time she was thin, pale, and covered with fine wrinkles. However, even this could not completely erase the charm she once had.

"Did you come back yesterday? Have fun out there, right? Bixia also smiled, "I'm sorry, I've been busy with too many things lately, and I haven't had time to accompany you." ”

"You are the king of France, and you should be busy with state affairs, why do you need to daoqian to me?"

"Then what are you looking for me today?" King Bixia looked up at the table clock next to him, "Hmm. Anyway, there is still some time today, you can talk slowly. ”

As soon as she heard this, the lady's expression slowly began to become serious.

"What? Is something big going on? "The king is a little confused.

"I am here for your throne. It doesn't look very stable. Wang Mei suddenly said something that shocked the king.

After a moment of shock, the king regained his composure, then smiled and waved his hand.

"It's not surprising that you say this, but it's not you who say it in front of me. He was arrested a long time ago. ”

"I'm glad you weren't surprised by my words. But...... My brother, this is not something that can be joked about and pretended not to be seen. The lady's voice became a little hurried.

"Well, well," the king smiled at his sister, and then returned to his seriousness, "there is no such thing as a throne that is completely secure. But as far as I am concerned, for the time being, everything is still in place. ”

"Oh God! Maintainable! Lady Adelaide let out a small sigh, a hint of exhaustion on her pale face. My brother. Don't be fooled by the courtiers who will only say nice things to you and make you happy. And then get the benefits from you. None of them will really want to help you. ”

"Why did they mess with you again?" King Bixia smiled and asked, "I don't think anyone among them will dare to mess with you, right?" ”

"Of course they don't, they all flatter me, and I'm afraid I hate them......" Lady Adelaide shook her head slightly, "but that's why I hate them all the more." ”

"What do you think?" King Bixia was a little puzzled.

"They kept us from knowing what really happened, just as their kind confused the poor king in 1789." The king's sister sighed, "I fear that they are about to accomplish this new feat." ”

The clouds quickly enveloped the face of this supreme, if it was an ordinary courtier, he would have already stopped his mouth at this moment, right? But his sister still looked at him, her eyes clear and determined.

To Zuihou, the king still did not have a seizure, and his gaze softened again.

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"This time I went out of the palace to relax, I also specially inquired about your reputation among the people, do you want to know the result?" Ms. Adelaide whispered.

King Bixia frowned.

"You mean bad?"

"I mean, very bad." Ms. Adelaide's expression was serious, "It's worse than expected, I'm going in casual clothes, and I'm going around talking to someone." None of the people I have spoken to, whether peasants or merchants, even nobles, have said anything nice about you. Brother, what I want to tell you is that the situation is even worse than I expected......"

"What, you went out just to meet some rebels?" The king's expression grew worse and worse. "It's terrible."

However, in the face of the monarch, who had become somewhat severe, the king's sister was unmoved.

"It's not that I went out of my way to see some rebels, but all I can see are the rebels in your mouth, brother, you can understand the current grim situation without me making a special explanation. None of them dared to tell you the truth, but I did. As a monarch, what a terrible thing it is to not be loved by his subjects. ”

The king frowned, but did not speak.

"Brother, I came here to meet you because I was genuinely worried about you and your dynasty, and now anyone can see that your dynasty has reached a moment of crisis, if you don't care about it, nothing happens, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid ......" Adelaide stole a glance at her brother's face, but Zuihou, in order to move her brother, she still spoke out ruthlessly, "What happened to the Bourbon family and our father will be repeated before my eyes!" ”

King Bixia finally couldn't help it.

"Adelaide, you're going too far!"

"Brother. I'm saying this for you! Lady Adelaide looked at her brother with tears in her eyes, "I can't just say nice things to you. It's too late for you to change course now. ”

There was anticipation in her eyes. At the age of fifteen and seventy, her eyes were always the same.

Seeing his sister's appearance, the king sighed and restrained his anger.

"And what do you think should be done?"

"You should go to the famine relief so that people can get out of famine for a while; Then you should go and revive the industry so that the workers do not suffer the scourge of unemployment; Also, at home you should deregulate. Eliminate the resentment of the people......" Ms. Adelaide said a few thoughts she had been thinking about lately, "and then you can find a way to repeal the August decree." Reconcile with the Church and let the Church soothe the people's emotions. Religion edifies people's hearts......"

[The French Church was extremely supportive of Bourbon orthodoxy after the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty, so it was very disgusted with the usurpation of the Orleans family. So in early August 1830, the newly formed government of the July Dynasty submitted a bill to Parliament. Demands for the abolition of Catholicism as the state religion of France. The parliament passed the bill by an absolute majority, and the July Dynasty was completely hostile to the Church. 】

After hearing this, the king shook his head.

"You women don't understand politics."

"Aren't these words right?"

"Yes, that's right." The king directly admitted, "The ideal is that every king should do this, as long as it is done to the peace of the country, but Adelaide, we do not live in the ideal." Actually, I'd love to do that too. But can we do it? Or can I do it? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Relief from famine and development of industry and commerce. Sounds great, but where does the money come from? If I raise taxes, the burden on the people will be heavier, and if I borrow, who will the already indebted government borrow? Can I rob it? I want to rob it, but who should I rob? Rob those who put us on the throne? ”

"As for religion, haha," the king couldn't help laughing, "I'm a usurper, and the throne was snatched from relatives. The more I preach God and Orthodoxy, the more people will remember this - Napoleon did not have such a burden, and anyway his throne was snatched from the people, who easily remembered whose relatives the king was, but it was difficult for them to remember that they had a crown in their hands......"

"But......" The king's words made the lady a little confused.

"Adelaide, it's good that you have compassion, but right now we can only live in a state of 'acceptable'. Since ancient times, hasn't everyone ruled by improvisation? The virtuous king only lives in mythology. ”

"But ......" the lady hesitated.

"Don't think about it so much, Adelaide, I'll take care of everything." The king sighed again. "Until we leave, I will keep this family business, and when it is handed over to Albert, he will naturally find a way."

[Louis-Philippe's crown prince Ferdinand Philippe died in a car accident in 1842, so the eldest son of the crown prince, Louis-Philippe Albert, was made heir to the throne (born August 24, 1838).] After the overthrow of the July Dynasty and the death of Louis Philippe, the supporters of the Orleans faction proclaimed the former grandson the pretender to the throne and called himself Philip VII. 】

It is obviously impossible to say that the king of today is so mediocre that he cannot see the turbulent undercurrents of the country and the overflowing anger of the people. But whether it can be solved is another matter.

Constrained by knowledge, his sister could only think of suggestions such as "soothing the people's emotions and eliminating contradictions through lenient rule and religion", but could not come up with any more solutions to the deeper problems.

If a country can be governed so easily, how can there be a dynasty that has fallen since ancient times?

After all, her brother has been in politics for half a century, and has been a king for seventeen years, so he has enough vision to see the more difficult and deeper fundamental problems in the country, but he also has no good way to solve them, and he is already old, and he has no determination to destroy the existing order in France and even Europe, so he can only reluctantly rule in a fool's way, hoping that the next generation will have a way to solve them, or hope that time will automatically solve these problems.

Who knows if he still has time...... (To be continued......)