Almost at the same time, in the Palace of Versailles not far away, King Louis XVI was also talking to his queen about similar topics.

"Your Majesty, do you know that someone has been publicly advocating rebellion?" asked his queen Marie Antoinette, staring at her husband with big beautiful eyes widened.

"When is no one advocated rebellion in the Palace of Royal?" Louis XVI replied disapprovingly.

Queen Mary glared at her husband and said, "Mr. Lavoisier's nephew has become a rebel too! He staged a drama of inciting rebellion in the Palace of Royal to promote rebellion! Especially the song there is not only promoting rebellion, but even blasphemy, do you not want to care at all?"

"How do you ask me to do it? Order the ban on performances and let them all be arrested?" Louis XVI asked, "Now the whole of Paris is in chaos and full of rumors. If we do this, it will easily lead to a real riot."

"Isn't the current situation still a real riot?" Queen Mary asked unwaveringly.

"At least they have not taken their weapons to attack Versailles." Louis XVI replied.

"You are the king, how can you say such things!" Queen Mary was angry at her husband's weak answer.

"Queen, we have to face the reality." Louis XVI lowered his head, and seemed a little ashamed of his situation. "The police system in Paris is basically paralyzed, and because of financial problems, the army has not received military pay for a long time. They are also very dissatisfied with the kingdom, so they have become less reliable. Moreover, the troops near Paris have been infiltrated by those who oppose us, and now we cannot count on them. What is really wrong? It is hard to say who their guns will be on. The troops from other provinces are still a little more reliable. What are we using to suppress these rebels now?"

"What about the mercenaries? What about the Swiss and Germans? They took our money and didn't they work? And aren't there any more reliable troops from other provinces?"

"The mercenaries, and more reliable troops, are not fully in place. Now they can only use them to protect us, and they are not enough to calm the situation."

"How long will it take for them to be fully in place?"

"It's hard to say, because first, it requires money, and second, we can't move too quickly, otherwise we are urging them to rebel. If they really start, our existing strength cannot stand it." Louis XVI said hesitantly.

"So, if we stay in Paris now, we will become hostages?" the queen asked again.

"It's not that, but our strength here is not the upper hand." Louis XVI sighed.

"Then what are we still here for? Why don't we go to where our power prevails? We go out of the provinces, where our power prevails. Why should we stay here?"

"Because once we leave, it means that a civil war will surely break out." Louis XVI said embarrassingly, "Even if we win in the end, our country has been destroyed by the civil war. So, in order to avoid civil war, at least to avoid devastating civil war, we must stay in Versailles now."

"But what can we do when we stay in Versailles?" asked Queen Mary.

"Stabilize them first, and then slowly tune our strength over," said Louis XVI. "We must paralyze them and not let them despair immediately. Until our strength is concentrated and we form an advantage."

"Maybe..." said the queen, "Maybe, if anything, I can contact my family."

"It's not that far, and there's no need for the time being," said Louis XVI. "Even, you should pay attention to normal communications between you and your family, not increase or decrease."

"This is ridiculous!" said the queen, "Is there anyone else to check our letters?"

"I'm not talking about this. But messengers who go out from Versailles will be noticed by those who are interested. Then, rumors may arise." Louis XVI said with a frown.

"Rumor," Queen Mary sneered, "Can the rumor be eliminated by such a move? No, because the rumor does not need to be based at all. On the contrary, my Majesty, the more you indulge it, the more it is. I think you should issue an edict now to determine that the drama is blasphemous and prohibit its performance. If you give in, they will do whatever they want, and soon they will develop to the point where we cannot tolerate it. So, if you really want to delay time, don't indulge them too much."

However, Louis XVI just shook his head.

"Your Majesty, if you continue to let these actions go, even the church will be disappointed in you." Felson, who had been standing aside and not speaking, also spoke.

"Then, just order the performance ban. But don't enforce it." Louis XVI thought for a while and said this.

"If you don't enforce it, then it's better not to order it." The queen said, "If you issue an order but don't enforce it, it will only make others look down on us more, and even encourage them to commit further rebellion."

"What if there is a conflict?" Louis XVI asked, "We send the Swiss guards around us to suppress them? We don't have the power to suppress them. Once there is a conflict, we will really expose our weaknesses! So now, my queen, we must avoid any direct conflict. Even if we have to endure humiliation like Henry IV."

Henry IV was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. Because of his power struggle with the Holy Roman Church, he was ordered to be expelled from religion by Pope Gregory VII. At that time, the Holy Roman Empire was not stable. After Henry IV was expelled from religion, theoretically all his subordinates were also lifted to him. Some princes in the country, led by Duke Rudolf, claimed that if Henry IV could not receive the forgiveness of the Pope, they would not recognize his monarchy.

With internal and external troubles, Henry IV had to bow to the Pope. He took the queen and prince to personally go to the castle of Canossa where the Pope stayed to confess to the Pope, hoping that the Pope would take back the edict to remove him from the church. He and his wife stood in the snow for three days and three nights before they were summoned by the Pope. After being humiliated by the Pope, they were forgiven by the Pope. Later, Henry IV finally quelled the civil strife, then led his army to storm into Rome, expelled Pope Gregory VII, and established another pseudo-pope, which was also considered to have avenged Kanosa's revenge.

Now Louis XVI mentioned this story, hoping that everyone can take Henry IV as an example, endure temporary humiliation and seek the future. So, after hearing this, everyone stopped talking.

After a while, the queen spoke, "Since that's the case, then we should just pretend to know nothing. I have heard that one thing is either not to do or to the end. If we don't act, then His Majesty the King will at least appear mysterious. If we act but are weak, it will be looked down upon."

Louis XVI quickly nodded and said, "I think what the queen said makes sense."

"But, Your Majesty the King." The Queen suddenly said in a sarcastic tone, "I think everyone should have their own bottom line. I have always been curious and always wanted to see, Your Majesty, where is your bottom line?"

...

Although the king did not make the decision to ban the performance of "Spartacus", the rumors that "Spartacus" will be banned soon are still becoming more and more outrageous. At the beginning, these rumors just said that the king wanted to ban the performance of the play, and then said that the king had issued a secret letter to arrest the author and all the actors. In the future, all actors who dared to participate in the performance of this play would be expelled from church... In short, various rumors are constantly innovating, which is dazzling.

At this time, Aman showed some wisdom like his uncle. He regarded these rumors as free advertisements. Taking advantage of these rumors, he took the opportunity to promote it: "This may be the last performance. If you don't watch it, you won't be able to see it in the future!"

Just as Adam and Eve had no resistance in the temptation of "Forbidden Fruit". Adam and Eve's descendants were always particularly excited when facing things with words such as "Forbidden". Therefore, the gimmick of "I'm about to be banned" is indeed very effective. Now every performance of the Dragon and Rose Theatre is full, and some other troupes have followed the trend to perform this drama. Because of this, the blasphemous "Slave War Song" has also spread throughout Paris.

At the beginning, when such rumors came out, the actors in the troupe were still a little nervous, but the performances that were full of performances brought them more income. Especially in the current environment where food prices are soaring, these incomes are even more convincing. So now, those actors have fallen in love with various rumors, and they even create various rumors themselves to attract more audiences. For example, rumors about a certain actor being attacked by an unknown person are constantly being created from them.

Because during this period, various conflicts of all sizes occurred in Paris. A few days ago, even the French Guards and the German Dragoons fought. Rumors about the king's plan to massacre Parisian citizens on a large scale became more and more popular. Many people believed the rumors that Armand and others themselves.
Chapter completed!