Chapter Ch123.1 - Black Ma.s.s

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

Six oclock in the morning.

After sleeping for seven hours, Wu Jin woke up happy. He crumpled up the pillow and quilt, rolling around before getting up in satisfaction, and jumping out of the king size bed barefoot.

In the main hall of the Grand Trianon Palace, Vera pa.s.sed bread and b.u.t.ter to Wu Jin, while Wei s.h.i.+ appeared from the opposite direction to Wu Jins room.

In the shows live broadcast room, Blood Pigeon had just gotten up, and most of the audience were still making up for lost sleep. Only a few scrolling comments appeared when Wei s.h.i.+ showed up, and they were full of Ohhhhh sighs.

Blood Pigeon: ???

The program producer handed him the script and yawned, Ignore them. These CP fans just wish Little Witch and Little Wei would blaze up like fire on dry wood, and insist on them cuddling together to sleep Ah, ah, give me a cigarette, Im too lazy to brush my teeth

The livestream camera switched, and it cut to show a collection of exciting fights from the last 8 hours.

Grand Trianon Palace.

As expected, Wei s.h.i.+ kept his promise and handed Vera the information they needed before disappearing with Chu Chu in the direction of the Palace of Versailles.

Theyre going to go clear the Louis XIV card instance. Wu Jin thought about it, Its probably going to be the first purple card cleared since the start of the game.

Vera rummaged through the book and suddenly thought of something. She spoke with a trace of lingering fear, Its a good thing that we were only given the clues in the morning. If it had been last nightwhen Montespans second round of clues comes out, other players would rush to the Grand Trianon in the middle of the night once they saw the card.

Vera spread her hands, And we wouldnt be able to catch up on sleep.

Wu Jin choked on a bun, and two sentences popped up in his mind, The rest will be delivered in the form of a wake-up story. and Didnt I come and solve this special situation for you.

The youth quickly buried his head in his food, but he couldnt keep the corner of his mouth from rising up.

After the two of them finished resting up, Vera finally looked at her wrist watch and said, 305 still alive. The dance starts at 8PM, and theres still 13 hours left.

Wu Jin nodded and began search through the information at full speed.

Madame de Montespan was Louis XIVs most famous mistress. Her power and honor eclipsed even that of the Queen, and she was known as the real Queen of France. Vera dug out an unofficial history of the Sun King, Montespan gave birth to seven children by Louis XIV and was officially expelled in 1680. In the end, the King forbade his children from meeting with her and didnt allow anyone to mourn her death

Wu Jin nodded and quickly caught onto the key words, 1680 In 1680, Montespan was accused by the police for her involvement in a famous event.

Wu Jin paused.

Vera came over to take a look, and saw a French word looming in the records: Messe Noire.

What does that mean?!

The two of them exchanged glances, but after going through all the accusations, they were only able obtain a few scant words.

If this was a royal scandal, and the Kings first mistress was the one being accused, Wu Jin closed the book, Louis XIV was likely to have used all possible measures to wipe out Madame de Montespans name and erase all relevant records. The clues arent here.

Vera rubbed her forehead and watched on as Wu Jin opened up the map of the Grand Trianon palace.

Lets go to Montespans room. Wu Jin pointed to one location, Also, we need to know how she fell out of favor.

In the corridor paved with pink marble, Wu Jin quickly strode ahead.

The entire Grand Trianon Palace was dream-like in the sunlight, the pink crystals reflecting brilliant lights, and the gra.s.s outside dotted with iris and orange trees.

These were the two most admired natural icons belonging to the Bourbon royal family.

The entire palace was once a gift from Louis XIV to Madame de Montespan, whose glory couldnt be matched by any French queen.

Louis XIV had been so generous towards his mistress that it was hard to imagine how the lady had ended up being banished by the King.

Behind him, Vera was still flipping through the books. The Hyacinth Show young womans dynamic vision was extremely powerfulshe was able to distinguish between the small characters on the page accurately and without effort despite running at a pace used for long-distance.

In 1669, Madame de Montespan gave birth to the Kings first child and hired a governess. This tutor couldnt be a young and beautiful girl, so she chose an old widowwho was later on known as Madame de Maintenon.

Wu Jin paused, Madame de Maintenon?

In the records of the recipes in the perfumery room, along with Louis XIV, the Queen, and Madame de Montespan, the other person mentioned had been the governess, Maintenon.

Vera flipped back a few pages and stilled, Later on, the king fell hopelessly in love with the governess Maintenon.

The book snapped shut.

At the same time, on one side of the Kings chamber in the Trianon Palace, Madame de Montespans room finally opened up.

There was a strong vanilla, jasmine, and orange blossom fragrance. The red velvet curtains hung from the high ceilings and brushed against the elaborately embroidered bed. Facing this big bed was a painting of the female owner of this room.

The foremost beauty of France, the Marquise of Montespan.

The woman in the painting was young and beautiful, with a taste in clothing that wouldnt go out of fas.h.i.+on for decades, or even centuries. Her cheeks were high, arrogant and sharp, but it didnt prevent the charm in her bones from s.h.i.+ning through.

Any mistress of the King will eventually fall out of favor. Vera shrugged her shoulders, Given that the Kings next mistress was the governess that shed hired, Montespan still had an advantage. Although

Vera sighed, Not only did the King fall in love with Maintenon, the children also loved the governess more than their mother.

Wu Jin looked at the lady in the painting and nodded, It was a psychological gap.

The two of them rolled up their sleeves and began to search through Montespans room. Vera expressed, Having lost the Kings love, the Grand Trianon Palace and its property became the most important thing! And what is the most important thing in the 31st century? Housing!

The female contestant pushed open a wardrobe, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, Several dresses are missing.

Wu Jin immediately asked, Could it be a clue

Vera closed the wardrobe and shook her head, No, I think Chu Chu was the one who took them. For Chu Chu to take away six dresses means that this madames taste in clothing was very outstanding. At the very least, she was a clever mistress.

Wu Jin thought of the big basket Chu Chu had taken with her as they were leaving, containing some unknown supplies, and nodded in a daze. By the time the two of them opened up the second curtain in the suite

Wu Jin took two steps back.

An old painting hung there. A woman lay naked on the gra.s.s, and a strange pattern was drawn out behind her. A priest handed her a babyto be precise, its neck was at an unnatural angle, and its cheeks and chest were marred by blue and purple bruises.

The priests left hand. Vera spoke and suddenly began to tremble.

It was a b.l.o.o.d.y dagger.

What is this?! Veras face was nauseated. This painting wasnt complicated. Other than the dagger and the dead baby, the depiction of the beautiful woman, the priest, and the scene was the same as any romantic portrait from the 18th century. The sun was s.h.i.+ning in the painting, but the painting made peoples backs go cold.

Wu Jin looked at the profile of the womans face, Its Madame de Montespan. He looked up, and the pink marble walls glistened, To the east of the Grand Trianon He narrowed his eyes, The orange grove.

Wu Jins voice had just fallen when the card in his pocket turned hot.

The red dot that marked the second round of clues appeared on the map sketched out with rough lines.

East of the Grand Trianon, E110.

The two of them traded glances and turned around to run to the target location.

Wu Jin quickly sorted out the clues as they ran, Montespan was banished in 1680, and the accusation was the Messe Noire, a term with unknown meaningits very likely to be related to the painting hanging there. Before that, she had seven children, which meant that there was at least seven years before the governess, Madame de Maintenon took her place.

The timeline should be in favor, then out of favor and accused.

The new clues are the priest, the dead baby, and the array

Wu Jin pressed his lips together, Sacrifice.

Veras mouth opened wide.

At this time, most of the players were in the Palace of Versailles, and the two were apparently the first to arrive at the clues location. The array on the ground seemed almost fake with how realistic it was. The reddish brown liquid was solid beneath their feet, and the soil had traces of being freshly turned over.

A shovel had been tossed away at the foot of a tree not far away.

Ill do it. Wu Jin didnt hesitate to roll up his sleeves and have Vera hang out by the side.

The dry and hard soil was far more difficult to handle than Wu Jin had imagined. It took him almost a quarter of an hour before a piece of parchment appeared in view.

Wu Jin bent down to pick it up, and it looked like a broken corner of a piece of parchment, She can easily obtain his heart. As for me, for over 10 years, in order to stabilize Louiss love, I would turn to Catherine every month to sacrifice a stillborn baby at ma.s.s, and pray for him to change his mind. Montespan.

Catherine. Wu Jin frowned, Were going to find this Catherine that Montespan mentioned. She should be a regular guest of the queen, one who had a high position and knew the courts secrets. She also had enough means to provide hundreds of stillborn babies for the Kings mistress to complete the prayer for the Kings favor The key words once again linked up in Wu Jins mind.

Sacrifice, priest, ma.s.s. Messe noire.

Messe.

Sacrificial ma.s.s, a Black Ma.s.s.

Montespan would crush the dead baby against her naked body, using the blood, bone, and skin tissue from the stillborn to strengthen the Kings love for her.

Vera sucked in a breath of cold air, her previous sympathy for Madame de Montespan finally turning into disgust.

Wu Jin looked at the hard soil, Theres something else underneath. Ill continue to dig down

Vera suddenly looked up.