Eagle's Glory

After the two reconciled, Teresa stopped talking and walked to her suitcase and began to search for things.

"What do you want?" asked the maid.

"I want to find my pencil and sketchbook." Teresa replied without turning her head. "I just received a letter from my father. He suggested that I go for a walk, and then told me about a project he had wanted for a long time. Attractions, I hope I can draw a few sketches and send them back to him.”

"The Grand Duke really cares about you, and I will take time out of his busy schedule to write to you..." The maid sighed full of emotion, and then asked, "So when do you plan to go?"

Teresa picked up the map and looked at the locations of the monuments mentioned in the letter.

"This place is not far from our side." She said while looking at it, "Let's go there in the afternoon, so I can have time to look around and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the evening, it should be very beautiful."

"Then I'll go and arrange it for you." The maid didn't feel anything unusual at all, and immediately agreed to carry out His Highness's advice. "We'll go when the time comes."

"Thank you." Teresa thanked the other party, "I'm sorry."

"You are welcome, Your Highness. The task your mother entrusted to me is to accompany you out to relax. As long as your mood improves, I will be satisfied." The maid smiled and saluted, and then left.

After she left, Theresa breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the bed with the sketchbook she had found.

Your Highness... I'm coming, you must wait for me, don't abandon me... She kept saying in her heart.

While she was waiting, the passage of time suddenly seemed to slow down. Teresa was anxious while paying attention to controlling her emotions not to show them, which turned into a torment.

Fortunately, the time finally came. Under the guidance of the maid, Teresa couldn't wait to get on the carriage, and then embarked on the journey to Hadrian's Palace.

After a period of driving, the carriage soon arrived at the historic site.

This is the villa of the ancient Roman emperor Hadrian. He liked architecture and art. When he was traveling around the empire, he saw a building he liked, so he imitated it in the palace and then remodeled it.During his 20 years of rule, this Li Palace has become a large complex of buildings, which is very exquisite and luxurious.

However, after various changes in history, the Roman Empire perished, and this once gorgeous palace became a ruined monument, leaving only the marble buildings and colonnade sculptures remaining here, telling people about the former glory of the empire. .

Teresa wandered among these architectural ruins, passing through palaces, pavilions and fish ponds.

If it was normal, she would feel a lot of emotion and appreciate the beauty of ancient Roman art, but now, all her attention has been focused on other places.

She looked around, seemingly admiring the architecture, but actually wanted to see the person she wanted to see from every tourist.

However, as time passed, she has not been able to get what she wanted.

Is... did I come too early?

Or is it all just me thinking too much?

Or...is this a terrible joke?

Teresa slowly became distraught.

While dealing with the maid next to her, she pretended to be looking for scenes to draw, and endured the anxiety in her heart, almost feeling like she was going to explode.

At this time, the time had come to the evening, and patches of glow appeared in the western sky, and the Huoshaoyun was reflected in the pool water, making the originally emerald green pool water suddenly a little more golden.

At this time, Teresa was wandering by the pool. There were many huge colonnades here. She passed by one by one, but she couldn't see what she wanted to see.

Where, where?

Where the hell are you?

Don't torture me any more... Show me mercy, Your Highness... Teresa almost burst into tears.

"Beautiful lady, what are you looking for?" At this time, she heard a soft call not far away.

The voice sounded familiar to her.

She raised her head slightly, and slowly looked in the direction of the voice.

The dim light cast long shadows between the pillars, and within her line of sight, there were two more people in the shadows between the pillars and the steps.

And standing in front is a young man, who is wearing casual clothes at the moment, looking at himself calmly.

I finally saw it...

She only felt two tears rolling down her face.

"Scared!" Before Teresa could speak, the maid next to her let out a small scream.

"Calm down, don't make a sound!" Teresa grabbed the middle-aged woman's hand, and then looked at her sincerely, "I beg you... please don't interfere with my affairs, just for a while. Otherwise... ...Otherwise I will never forgive you in my life!"

Maybe it was moved by Teresa's pleading, or maybe it was shocked by her firm eyes, the maid closed her mouth, just looked at Teresa in astonishment, as if she didn't know her anymore.

Teresa didn't care about her anymore, she lifted her skirt and walked directly towards the young man.

Her steps were slow at first, but they got faster and faster, and finally she seemed to be rushing.

The short distance quickly became zero—Teresa rushed directly in front of the young man, and then hugged him regardless of her appearance.

Her shoulder hit the young man's chest, but fortunately his vigorous body withstood the impact without shaking.

Teresa hugged the teenager who was almost her fiancé tightly, and then tears began to flow down uncontrollably.

"You ask me what I'm looking for? I'm looking for a villain, Your Highness." She sobbed, "He... how much he made me suffer!"

"Teresa, I'm sorry." That was all the young man could answer.

"Is it just sorry?" Teresa clenched her fist and lightly hammered his shoulder, crying aggrievedly.　　

40. Mutual complaints

"Is it just sorry?"

Teresa raised her head and looked at Aigron with tears in her eyes. It was impossible to estimate how much resentment and grievance there were in her eyes.

Who can withstand this pitiful appearance without being moved?

Of course Eggron couldn't help feeling pity.

He also stretched out his hand, hugged Teresa, and comforted her in a low voice.

"Teresa, as I said, all this is my responsibility and I have done it to myself... I don't expect you to forgive me for my mistakes, but I must, my pride and my dignity will not allow me to go to Austria The way the palace arranged for me, I became their puppet. I am sorry for using you as a shield and a victim in order to realize my plan. I owe you my debt and let you become a laughing stock. This is a stain that I cannot erase ,Really sorry."

"No, I don't want to hear this! What I want is not sorry, nor your cold farewell letter, Your Highness." Teresa interrupted the young man's words in a tearful voice, "You wrote that letter so hard. It is just the most terrible blow to me, like a sharp sword tearing my heart! Don't you forget? I never stopped you from leaving! I didn't want to I am willing to help you by preventing you from chasing your own glory and dreams...Why did you refuse to believe my words until the end, and abandoned me so cruelly?"

Aigron was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

This is also a question he has no face to answer.

In fact, he came here to lurk a long time ago. After Teresa arrived, he did not show up immediately, but only after some observations. He confirmed that although someone followed Teresa to protect her, he did not appear. They were too close, obviously not wanting to disturb the interest of Her Royal Highness, only a mere maid followed her.

Therefore, it seemed that everything was as planned. Teresa guessed that it was written by him after seeing the letter, and then cleverly ran to see herself in the name of a tour.

How passionate and respectable.

He couldn't help feeling even more ashamed.

He looked behind and found that the middle-aged maid who followed Teresa was also staring at him. Although she didn't speak, her eyes clearly showed reprimand and anger.

Did you hate yourself for leaving without saying goodbye and making His Highness a laughing stock?Or do you hate yourself for lingering ghosts, you have already run away, but you come to Teresa again, and let her fall into that terrible trap again?

Either way the accusation seems plausible.

He lowered his head again, looking at Teresa who was crying on his chest.

No matter what, at least coax her well today, otherwise it would be too much... He secretly thought.

"Teresa, can we talk somewhere quieter?" he asked in a low voice.

Teresa nodded immediately, "Okay, I also have a lot to tell you."

Aigron turned his head and gave Chanel a wink. Chanel understood, then walked to the side of the maid and watched her.

"Are you going to take His Highness away?!" The maid was anxious, and hurriedly asked loudly, "You can't do this...it will hurt her badly!"

"No, don't worry, I won't do that, or I would have done it long ago." Aigron shook his head and replied to her, "Now, I just want you to be quiet and give us a little time. I will send Her Highness Teresa back...I implore you to do me a favor for our safety, thank you."

The maid looked at him and then at Teresa. Although she was anxious, she had no choice but to obey in the end.

After Egron finished speaking, he took Teresa to the depths of the palace.

It was already evening at this time, and the afterglow of the setting sun turned golden red, dyeing the monuments with a sense of history even more illusory and blurred.

Teresa had also recovered her composure from the initial excitement and excitement at this time. She walked beside the young man, looking at him from time to time.

"Your Highness, how are you doing recently?" After confirming that there was no one around, she asked in a low voice. "Is everything going well?"

"I'm fine." Aegron nodded calmly.

"It seems to be going well, that's great..." Theresa breathed a sigh of relief, "Where are you now?"

Aegron hesitated, then decided to tell her the truth. "I have now found a hiding place for myself, on a small island in the Mediterranean called Monte Cristo."

If he didn't dare to trust Teresa before, so he had to leave without saying goodbye, then he has no reason to hide her now. Teresa has won his trust with her actual performance, and he wants to use her It's a way to make up for her.

"I see... no wonder there is no news of you anywhere." Teresa suddenly realized, and then nodded, "If you think about it carefully, staying away from the mainland is indeed the best choice. However, the living conditions there should be quite bad, right? "

"Of course, it is incomparable with Schönbrunn Palace and Albertina Palace." Eggron shrugged, "However, this little suffering is nothing to me. won't run away."

Teresa blinked distressedly, then her expression became serious again.

"If there's anything in the world that you can bear, then I can also bear it," Teresa whispered.

Aigron seemed to hear something overtones.

If I invite her to follow me to see it now, she will definitely go with me, right?Agron thought.

But no, he couldn't do that now.

That will undoubtedly completely anger Archduke Karl and the Austrian court, and allow himself to be noticed by the outside world in advance, resulting in unpredictable consequences.

"Your father must have hated me?" he blurted out.

"He is indeed very angry, but it is not that you are out of Austria's control and went to your own career, but that you are cheating. After all, you...you once promised marriage to my parents in person, but you escaped before the news was announced. Let us The family is in a very embarrassing situation." Teresa seemed to be stating and complaining, her voice began to tremble again, "During this time, there have been rumors about me in the social world, and every time I hear them, He was so angry and cursed at you..."

Egron could of course imagine this result. In fact, Archduke Karl's performance was quite restrained.

How could a father bear it when his daughter, who was regarded as a treasure, was so abandoned and turned into a laughing stock in the social world?

"All of this is my responsibility..." He sighed, "What did you do with that letter? I waited for a long time, but I didn't hear about it being published. I thought Grand Duke Karl had other plans, so I just I didn’t go to the newspaper to issue a statement anymore. What’s going on?”

"It was burned by me." Teresa replied flatly, "At first, Dad really planned to announce it to save the situation a little bit, but I burned it directly... So Dad was even more angry, but he had nothing to do, and then he had to keep cursing you."

Aegron was speechless for a moment.

Once again he was touched by Teresa's firmness and affection.

Even at that moment, she didn't give up... How can I deserve this love?

"I can't imagine what will happen to me the next time I meet him," Aegron said with a wry smile.

"He said that he would beat you with a horsewhip just like punishing a deserter, until you bleed all over your body," Teresa replied.

Maybe it was because Aigron was afraid, so she quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, this is just an angry talk, I will never let Dad do this... If he dares to take the horsewhip, I will hug you and see him I can't let it go!"

"Pfft ha ha ha ha..." Aigron couldn't help laughing, "Okay, then I will rely on you to protect me, Teresa..."

"This is what I should do." Teresa replied naturally, and then, she felt something again, and looked at Aigron in surprise. "You... you plan to see my father?"

"Of course it's impossible in a short time, but I think, as long as my career continues, I'll see him—" Aigron replied.

Seeing His Highness's thoughtful expression like this, Teresa was also happy in her heart.

"Your Highness..."

"Well, what's wrong?" Aegron asked.

"It's nothing, I just want to scream." Teresa smiled slightly, then grabbed his arm, and leaned her head on his shoulder, "God knows, how much I endured until this time Reunion... So, please let me enjoy this moment for a while, okay?"

"Yes, no problem, as long as it takes." Aigron found a relatively low marble railing, and then sat down, while Teresa naturally leaned beside him.

The two of them didn't speak for a moment, they just leaned together like this, quietly watching the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance.

Time passed by like this, and Teresa's broken heart was slowly repaired in this close tenderness.

Her face became rosy again, and the shadow of happiness emerged again.

"Okay, Your Highness..." she said softly, "I'm not afraid anymore."

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Aigron asked quickly.

"These days, I have been afraid, not because I am afraid that I will be slandered by gossip, nor because I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the pain, but because I am afraid that all this is meaningless, and that you will not understand my feelings at all. Farewell to me." Teresa sighed with lingering fear, and then laughed again, "But now I am not afraid, you have not abandoned me, you are by my side now, I can feel this warmth , so I will never be afraid again, as long as sacrifice is valuable, I am not afraid of sacrifice; as long as the future can see light and happiness, I am not afraid to endure the pain of the present... You know what I mean."

Aegron certainly knew what Teresa was talking about—in fact, she had hinted at it countless times.

She believes that the marriage contract between the two is still valid and must be persisted.

It is of course impossible to say that you are not moved.He never imagined that this girl who obviously had countless glorious paths to walk, would choose to walk her own path so firmly and persistently. What kind of love is this?

"Teresa, thank you for still being so sincere to me regardless of previous suspicions. I am really touched..." Aigron sighed softly, "But, I ask you to think again."

Teresa's eyes widened instantly, and her eyes instantly became terrified.