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This sequence of rooms gives us a good idea of how the system worked. You started off in the larger, more public rooms, and then depending on your importance and status, you' d be allowed to penetrate further and further into the private rooms, and therefore closer to the King. And you' d know you' d made it if you got this far. This is the King' s bedchamber. He didn' t actually sleep here, that was in a private, smaller room elsewhere. But this is where he would perform a kind of ritualised gettingoutofbed called a levee, which is an idea he brought over from France. And he would actually get out of bed in his underclothes, the pages of the body would dress him, and those lucky enough to be invited in to watch could take the opportunity to have an informal word with the King. A bit of networking, if you like. |
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zhè yí gè gè fáng jiān xiàng wǒ men zhǎn shì le zhè gè xì tǒng shì rú hé gōng zuò de, cóng yí gè jiào dà jiào kāi fàng de fáng jiān kāi shǐ, rán hòu qǔ jué yú nǐ de zhuó zhòng diǎn hé shēn fèn, jiù kě yǐ yuè shēn rù dì liǎo jiě zhèi xiē sī rén de fáng jiān, gèng liǎo jiě zhè gè guó wáng de nèi xīn, dào le zhè lǐ jiù néng míng bái le. zhè shì guó wáng de wò shì, shí jì shang tā bìng bù shuì zhè lǐ, hái yǒu yí gè gèng xiǎo de sī rén fáng jiān, dàn zài xíng shì shàng, zhè gè fáng jiān kě yǐ shuō míng guó wáng hěn zǎo qǐ chuáng. rán hòu jǔ xíng zǎo cháo, zhè shì tā cóng fǎ guó xué lái de yī zhāo, tā qǐ chuáng hòu yě zhǐ chuān nèi yī, tā de tiē shēn shì wèi yě jiù zhè yàng gěi tā shū xǐ. nèi xiē yǒu xìng huò yāo de rén huì chèn zhè gè jī huì, gēn guó wáng shuō xiē suí yì de huà, zhè yě shì lā guān xì |