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The baron was a freethinker and a known gambler. In , the Baron d'Aulnoy was accused of treason speaking out against imposed taxes by the King by two men who may have been the lovers of Mme d'Aulnoy aged nineteen and her mother, who by a second marriage was the Marchioness de Gadagne. If found guilty, the verdict would have meant execution.

The Baron d'Aulnoy spent three years in the Bastille before finally convincing the court of his innocence. The two men implicated in the accusation were executed instead.

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The accusations and counter-accusations are recorded in the Bastille's archives. The Marchioness de Gadagne fled to England, and although a warrant was served for Mme d'Aulnoy's arrest, she escaped from officers through a window and hid in a church. It is possible she then worked as a spy for France and perhaps spent some time in Holland, Spain, and England before returning to Paris in possibly as repayment for spying.

D'Aulnoy published twelve books including three pseudo-memoirs, two fairy tale collections and three "historical" novels. And although her insights may have been plagiarized and invented, these stories later became her most popular works. She gained the reputation as a historian and recorder of tales from outside France, and elected as a member of Paduan Accademia dei Ricovrati, she was called by the name of the muse of history, Clio.

However, at this time the idea of history was a much looser term which included her fictional accounts.

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In years, the more strictly documented form of the term led to her accounts being declared "fraudulent". However, in France and England at the time her works were considered as mere entertainment, a sentiment reflected in the reviews of the period. Her truly accurate attempts at historical accounts telling of the Dutch wars of Louis XIV were less successful.

The money she made from her writing helped raise her three daughters, not all produced during her time with the Baron d'Aulnoy.