The drama can only be said to be a second-rate restoration of political struggles and historical events, but the portrayal of the characters and feelings of the two brothers Louis and Philip is a masterpiece among masterpieces. The appearance of the two brothers is a wonderful contrast: the sun king has a ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, a mustache, and likes to wear gorgeous red and gold; It is also mostly in low-key colors such as dark blue or silver gray.
In order to prevent the younger brother from competing with Louis for power, the Queen Mother Anna raised her youngest son as a girl. This incident is only mentioned in the episode, but it is the source of all the contradictions in the character Wang Di. Vla, who played Philip, put it very well: "He longed to be a woman, and he longed to fight. He was gay, but he had to love his wife." If Philip was older and Louis was younger, the former might not be Not a generation of kings. However, as the second son of the Wang family and the heir furthest from the throne, his position is doomed to be awkward; even if he has no rebellious intentions, in the eyes of others, he will always be the most rebellious person. His transvestites and homosexuality, though deviant at the time, were not necessarily unwelcome; his ineptitude was the best allegiance to Louis XIV.
"I build my empire, you build your wardrobe," Louis said to Philip. However, what Philip thought was to lead the army, "even a small battle." "You only know that being a king is difficult, but have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a king's younger brother?" Being a king's younger brother is difficult, It would only be harder to be the younger brother of a suspicious and headstrong king like Louis XIV. The scene before Philip goes to war vividly interprets the contradiction and unity between his two personalities: the gay vase and the general who can fight well. He put the feathers from his wife's hair ornament on his chest and said, "That way I will dress up nicely, and they (referring to the enemy who planned to assassinate Philip) won't recognize me." After looking in the mirror, he drew his sword and charged with the hail of bullets...
Although the king's younger brother and the knight of Lorraine in history have their own scumbags, they can be considered to love and kill each other and grow old together. Brother Wang once scolded his elder brother and his wife to the Pope for Lorraine, which also shows the relationship between the two. Out of respect for history and true love, although Lorraine in the episode is stupid and vain (but it is said that Lorraine in the second part is a bright spot), I still have to stand on this pair of CPs. Forgive me, I can't see the cuteness of brother CP, because in my cognition, brother control is an attribute that has nothing to do with love.
By comparison, the female characters at Versailles are extremely lackluster. With all due respect, Your Highness Henrietta, is the script you took Louis's blow-up doll? On the contrary, Mrs. Meng's attributes of femme fatale are more attractive to me. Even the queen who cheated with the dwarf at least made her own resistance to fate... However, the scene of Henrietta's serious illness was really a good show. , but also further portrayed the contradiction between the brothers. Louis did not love Henrietta, but in his heart, beauty could not be heavier than the country. Philip may not have much interest in women (not to mention his brother's wife), but he has at least a kind of affection and conjugal care for Henrietta, who controls his everything and even owns his name. Although the wife's behavior is powerless, she is not without opinions. Outside Henrietta's ward, Philip cursed Louis, accusing him of killing her by sending Henrietta to England out of ambition. But Louis repeatedly stressed to himself that although he was anxious about Henrietta's condition, he had no regrets about sending her to England, and that he was very proud of her achievements. And the paragraph in which Louis justified his political ambitions was even more domineering.
"I can't conquer the whole world, but I want France to be the center of the whole world."
At the end of the episode, Philip left with his lover in anger, while Louis stood on the high hill and looked at the picturesque scenery. It is not known what will happen next.
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