The women in the fish market would start the march toward Versailles that had been discussed so much in the previous weeks. Food was especially scarce. The women had come to say that Paris was short of bread. When these promises failed to calm the agitated mob, Louis ordered the food stores at Versailles be opened and distributed to the protestors. [17], These two popular goals coalesced around a third that was largely the revolutionaries' idea, which was that the king and his court, and the Assembly as well, must all be moved to Paris to reside among the people. 5. Long live King Orléans! [5], Quiet Versailles, the seat of royal power, was a stifling environment for reformers. Versailles was not a single palace but a sprawling complex of buildings and outbuildings, manicured lawns and gardens, roads and decorative features.