Just as Rohan is winning Philippe back as lover, Louis stubbornly charges him and Louvois, not the prince, with talking to the war veterans on palace construction strike, who even ask Orleans to speak for them. Louis releases Philippe’s pregnant woman as his mistress, but orders both remain at court. Ruined after his castle’s fire, even the duke of Kassel agrees to move into Versailles when promised debt remission, but counts on Montcourt to steal for him, now by dirty deals with tax collectors. Convinced force won’t work, Louis soothes the strikers by promising the …
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