The reign of Francis I of France (1494-1547) was brilliant in the field of arts and letters, and turbulent in the political and diplomatic field (confrontations and alliances with the emperor Carlos I of Spain and Henry VIII of England ). In her personal life… she led a dissolute and licentious life. In fact, it came to inspire the work "The King is having fun" by Victor Hugo and from it the opera "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi was born.
On one occasion the king fell in love with a courtesan from Paris. This one, at first, was elusive but then she began to show interest and quoted him at a house to have her first love encounter. We don't know how but the husband found out about this encounter and the place where his royal horns would be born.
The poor husband found himself in the dilemma of allowing it, keeping the king's friendship, or preventing it, losing the royal favor. Although they are few, there are certain moments when men have moments of brilliance and wit.
Before the meeting he hid in the entrance of the house where they had met. His wife entered first and when he was about to enter the king came out of her hiding place and began to shout:
Long live the king! Long live the king!
Alerted by the shouts, everyone came to cheer the monarch and he had to leave "with his tail between his legs «. We do not know if there were later appointments, but in that one the ingenious husband avoided the royal antlers.