Chapter 1666 The Goddess’s Secret Word (11)

Paris in the 19th century still had traces of medieval Paris. The streets were bumpy and not as smooth as Versailles. It was not easy to sketch on a rickety carriage, but Jacques-Louis David still did it. He used

The pencil drew the last portrait of Marie Antoinette, who was riding in a prison car to the Place de la Revolution before her execution. This pure line portrait could be drawn by any artist on the streets of Paris.

Women's hair is precious, and they will not cut it off easily unless there are special reasons, but Marie Antoinette's hair was cut off at that time. This was so that the guillotine could cut off the head smoothly when the guillotine fell.

The neck must be exposed on the guillotine, so all hair must be cut above the hairline on the back of the neck.

Before setting off to the execution ground, Marie's hair was cut off indiscriminately and could only be covered with an ugly hat, but some of her hair was still sticking up irregularly, which is reflected in David's sketch.

Apart from that ugly hat, she was also wearing a simple dress. Even though her figure remained slim and her breasts did not sag, this outfit was completely different from when she was wearing makeup and clothes, and was noble and gorgeous.

Although Madame Pompidou was the godmother of the Rococo style, no one embodied the style of the eighteenth century better than Marie Antoinette, the Austrian-born rose that truly bloomed in Versailles, where she had just married

When I arrived in France, I was still a child. Sometimes I would go to the northwest of Place Louis XV to learn to play the piano and adapt to the life of the French court.

Maybe she would occasionally get tired of playing the piano and become inattentive and look out at the scenery outside the window. But she probably never dreamed that one day she would be so embarrassed and sit in a rickety car with her hands tied behind her back.

On the carriage, a painter painted such an ugly appearance.

David is good at painting death scenes, and he also painted the Death of Marat in the Louvre. If he is a policeman, then he is the one who held the camera and took the photo of the deceased.

However, Mary was still alive at that time. Her mouth, which was of Habsburg origin, was tightly pursed and the corners of her mouth were turned down, fully expressing her displeasure. Such a vivid expression would not appear on the face of a dead person. However,

This is indeed the last portrait of Marie Antoinette. When the prison car arrives at the Revolution Square, "Mr. Gray" will take her on the last journey. Maybe she is really like the legend says, because she accidentally

After stepping on the executioner and saying sorry, the deficit left by this "Deficit Queen" will be washed away with her blood.

Severus looked at the sketch hanging on the wall of the National Library of France. It was far less beautiful than other colorful portraits, and even people passing by didn't even bother to look at the sketch.

Compared with the 1.3 billion military expenditures Louis XVI spent on the War of Independence, how much money did Mary spend on dressing up?

The War of Independence was actually a continuation of the Seven Years' War. Louis XVI, who had just ascended the throne, was ambitious to restore France's reputation for defeat and establish his own prestige, so he had to invest regardless of the consequences.

However, 200 years later, the American people have long forgotten France's assistance in the War of Independence and believe that the War of Independence was won by the founding fathers of the United States.

Luxury brings bad social atmosphere. One termite cannot eat much, but a swarm of termites can bore out the beams of a house. Later, France encountered natural disasters and food was extremely scarce. A large sum of money was borrowed for disaster relief. After all these

It is difficult to tell exactly how much money has fallen into the hands of the people.

The common people looked at the unattainable food prices and were so desperate that they took risks. Rumors began to spread in the market. When Queen Mary heard that the people could not afford bread, she asked "Why don't they eat cakes?" This kind of words was similar to that of an Eastern emperor.

What he said is very similar.

At that time, China was in the era of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the five chaos of China led to the destruction of life. This was not what Adou, the son of Liu Bei, said during the Three Kingdoms period.

During the Enlightenment Movement of the 18th century, Chinese culture played an extremely important role, and many thinkers and economists became interested in "compassion for the peasants."

In order to make farmers' lives better, food became free trade, and then it got out of hand.

Food is a necessity for everyone, and someone will definitely buy it. A large amount of "living money" enters the grain market. This is the same as many "tulip fevers". Wherever the "living money" goes, the price of a certain commodity will change.

It is very expensive. This kind of craze usually blows up a bubble. Once the living money is taken away, the bubble disappears and the commodity will return to its original price. However, food is different from other commodities.

The early stages of human civilization were divided into farming and nomadic life. Farming can provide stable food. They do not need to live in pursuit of water and grass like nomadic people. They spend a lot of time on the road. With time and sufficient material foundation, they can develop civilization. Ancient Egypt, India,

This is true for China and even the Aztec civilization. These civilizations left many buildings as proof of their existence. The nomads lacked these and spent more time on conquest rather than construction.

The fact that the Mongols are barbaric and primitive does not mean that they have low intelligence. The Europeans were also barbaric. Not only did they not bathe, but their table manners were also ugly. The tip of the table knife at that time was not oval like it is now. The reason why it became oval is

Because Archbishop Richelieu couldn't stand the nobles' habit of picking their teeth with table knives, he ordered the servants to round the tips of all table knives, and this was how Western-style table knives were created.

There is an Oval Hall in the National Library of France, which was formerly known as the Richelieu Hall.

Napoleon signed the edict of abdication in the White Horse Hall in Fontainebleau, which is also an oval courtyard.

"Thank you." Severus said looking at Marie Antoinette's sketch, then turned and walked towards the Oval Hall.

The names of world-famous cities are scattered around the huge oval glass dome. One of them is Pekin, which originally meant the capital in the north, but European missionaries directly translated it from Latin transliteration. Its metal nameplate

It's right next to Jerusalem, but it's hard to reach from the ground. It's definitely out of reach with an ordinary ladder anyway.

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Felix, Alessandro, Haji and Mrs. Lorris ran to the Place Saint-Huppis.

Originally, the distance between them was not far. It only took about ten minutes to run there. Alejandro, who had participated in the school football team, and Haji, who had served in the army, could both handle it. Felix was somewhat able to run.

Out of breath.

Firstly, he is young, and secondly, he has no systematic exercise. He is stung the most by bees.

Although his face was swollen, he had no allergic reaction, so Haji ignored him, and then Haji asked Alejandro about his next trip.

"Are you planning to leave now?" Haji asked.

Alejandro looked around and then at his watch.

"We need to hurry up." Alejandro lowered his wrist. "I'm going to search the parking lot."

"I think we should investigate clearly first before talking," Haji said. "Just like what we did at the Place de la Concorde."

"There are only four old people in this fountain. What can we study?" Alejandro asked.

"Anyway, let's take a look first." Haji said helplessly, "Maybe we can find some clues."

"I'm going to take a look in the church." Alejandro said, and then walked towards the church to the east of the fountain.
Chapter completed!