Ironical Affair
Ironical Affair
It is just little before 1661, I was the finance
minister of Louis , the fourteenth who loved
wine and pretty woman in lavish party
I supplied him all including the much
needed money as he was leading
an extravagant lifestyle , I was
indispensible to him as he was
to me ,sometimes I outshined him
by merit , he was very pleased
with my charm and wit, I was
very happy ,too , as I was supposed
to be made the prime minister after the
death of Jules Mazarin but the post was
abolished and I was not surprised at all
as I knew it was the price he paid me for my
brilliant service and I comprehended
that I was falling out of his favour so
I needed a smart thing to win back him ,
I was too stupid to arrange a party,
With wine , woman , poetry
and cuisine from the orient which
he had never tested before , after
the seven-course dinner I showed
him a promenade through the
chateau’s gardens, I accompanied him
to the shrubbery and flower beds
, at the gardens’ canals he witnessed
a fireworks display followed
by the performance of Moliere’s play
but in the morning next day I was
banished from the court on the charges
of outsmarting the king .
Copyright © Wahab Abdul | Year Posted 2013
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