The trip to England was the pinnacle of Dion's life. Away from the smoky French court, he is happy physically and mentally. He became Leah de Beaumont, and participated in celebrity parties many times, causing a sensation in the whole London society. So far, his luxurious and dissolute life in London has been proved. He used to spend a lot of money to import expensive wine directly from his hometown of Burgundy, which was widely given away and enjoyed a high reputation among sommeliers. I also bought a luxury house, which is crowing and dancing every day, and the scale is comparable to that of the palace state banquet. Both the government and the royal family have to regard it as a troublemaker. But Dion has many years of diplomatic and even spy career, and has a large number of confidential documents signed by the king that ordinary people can't imagine. Even if no one could help him, he even mortgaged confidential documents to get a high cash loan. ...
1763 10, Dion was ordered to return to France. Knowing his situation, he refused to return to China, so he had to threaten Louis XV with state secrets. Therefore, he had to watch out for spies sent by Louis XV to assassinate him everywhere. 1764, Dion published his memoir Lettres, mé moires, et né gociances particulié res, which was widely appreciated by all walks of life in Britain. Because this book does not involve the attack plan on Britain, let the French king at home and abroad breathe a sigh of relief. 1766, Louis XV decided to compromise temporarily, giving Dion an annual pension of 12000 francs as an affirmation of his diplomatic and military career and allowing him to stay in Britain. Dion can live in London with peace of mind. In addition to continuing to collect task information, he also spent a lot of time to satisfy his love of books. His private library in London has 6000 books and 500 precious manuscripts.
Dion's political exile lasted for 14 years, in which 1770, there was a rumor in Burgundy that Dion was originally a woman, and at that time, the people of Britain and France argued endlessly like a frying pan and gambled ... Everyone was talking about Dion's cowardly behavior as a woman. In order to calm down the situation, Dion had to wear the men's clothing of the dragon cavalry captain. However, since 1765, the Earl of Grics, the ambassador to Britain, has been at odds with him. He deliberately spread rumors and clashed with the other side. The gender issue suddenly rose to a political issue, which was more and more unfavorable to Dion's work and made him very upset.
1774, Louis XV died of smallpox, and the Secret Service ceased to exist. The new king Louis XVI showed little interest in diplomacy. After canceling the attack plan, he sent the playwright Caron de Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to London to mediate. Finally, he promised that as long as Dion kept state secrets, he would let bygones be bygones and welcome him back to France. Dion in anxious to return was entangled in social rumors, so he simply responded to "I am a woman" and found a series of family reasons as arguments, showing the embryonic form of his female personality. Just jumping into the Yellow River can't wash it off, which leads Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais to believe that Dion women said they proposed to him. ...
Dion, after 14, finally returned to the motherland and was calculated by Louis XVI. 1On August 29th, 777, the shameless Louis XVI ordered Dion to take off his dragoon uniform, and held a ceremony for him to become a permanent woman on June165438+1October 2nd1... Marie Antoinette, a 22-year-old young princess, volunteered to provide it. Because she heard her good friend Gorander Martine Gabrielle de Polastron describe Dion as a "sad female knight", she took him as a woman and felt sympathy.