That was precisely the difficulty.

The king also declared himself resolved to receive his mother affectionately; but he required her to abandon the lords of her party, and that was what she could not make up her mind to do.

In the unpremeditated conflict that took place at Ponts de Ce, the troops of the queen-mother were beaten.

"They had two hundred men killed or drowned," says Bassompierre, "and about as many taken prisoners." This reverse silenced the queen's scruples; there was clearly no imperative cause for war between her and the king, and the queen's partisans could not be blind to the fact that, if the struggle were prolonged, they would be beaten.
The kingship had the upper hand in the country, and a consent was given to the desired arrangements.

"Assure the king that I will go and see him to-morrow at Brissac," said the queen-mother.