Eagle's Glory

"Your Highness, are you alright?" She walked to Teresa.

Seeing that Teresa's clothes were still intact, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine..." There was no trace of the ecstasy just now on Teresa's face, and there was a slight melancholy in her calm expression.

She sighed a little, "Let's go back, it's all over, no... it should be over long ago."

"Okay, then let's leave quickly!" Seeing that the man had no intention of forcing him to stay, the maid felt that it was best to leave quickly to avoid further accidents.

So, the two of them walked out of the ruins, returned to the carriage parked outside, and set foot on the way back to the hotel.

In the carriage, Teresa still looked distraught.

"What's wrong with you?" The maid asked quickly. "Did he do anything rude to you?"

"That's not true, it's just... I found that there is still a gap between dreams and reality, and I recognized myself." Teresa shook her head, and then replied, "When we were talking, he asked me to think about it carefully. , if I follow him, then I will lose my title, the love of my parents, and everything I have... and what I get may be nothing, and I may even put myself in deep danger of life. He made sense So much so that after I heard it, I thought about it carefully. In the end, I decided not to touch these dangers anymore... So I can only say goodbye to him, and we can only keep in touch as ordinary friends in the future."

Teresa deliberately made her tone heavy and confused, showing a look of "decision but regret", "It is said that we are in contact, but we can only communicate with each other and send greetings, because in the future I will Lived in Austria for a long time, and he will probably never come again."

Although Teresa was so depressed, the maid cheered happily in her heart, but she didn't dare to be ecstatic on the surface, so as not to make Her Royal Highness sad.

"At last, he still has a little conscience, and he didn't trick you to the end." She stretched out her hand and stroked Teresa's hair, "Your Highness, you finally figured it out, that's great! Your parents also You will be very pleased, don't worry, you will have better choices in the future..."

"Although we said goodbye to each other, we are still friends now. I hope you don't continue to slander him in front of me. This is not how I treat friends." Teresa suddenly raised her head and looked at each other seriously. Before returning to Austria, we will continue to correspond and say hello like friends. I hope you can help me and let me settle my last knot."

"Your Highness...?" The maid was taken aback.

"This is my last wish. I hope that the most devoted passion in my life can end in a peaceful way." Teresa closed her eyes with emotion, "Please help me, wait for me to come back Austria, it's all over and I'm going to take another path in my life."

"Okay...okay." After hesitating for a moment, the maid finally could only give in to her beloved Highness, "Since you wish so, then I will do as you ordered."

"Thank you." Teresa finally showed a smile.

After Teresa and her party left, Aigron also returned to Chanel's side.

"Your Majesty, how are you talking with Your Highness?" Chanel asked anxiously.

"How should I describe it..." Aigron looked up at the starry sky, and then replied, "She made me feel ashamed, and even made me thank Metternich; It's the luck of my life."

"It's such a high evaluation!" Chanel was taken aback.

She has been with Aigron for so long, and it can be said that she has witnessed everything in his relationship with Teresa.

Just because she was witnessing it from the beginning, she knew what the young man's attitude towards Teresa was in the past—appreciative but alienated, just treating her as a cute and interesting friend, and in the end she chose to deceive the other party as a fool The guise of the world.

However, after meeting today, he was obviously fascinated by His Highness.

Although she knew that Her Highness Teresa was indeed very cute, Chanel still didn't expect her to be so charming...

Therefore, it seems that in the near future, His Highness Teresa will become the mistress she has to respect and be loyal to.

She knew from the very beginning that it was absolutely impossible for her to have any official status with His Majesty, and she did not even have the extravagant expectation of this. She knew that for the benefit of the empire and the Bonaparte family, His Majesty should marry the royal family—— Just like his father.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't have ideas of her own.

She hopes to stay by His Majesty's side for a long time and take care of him as he has always done - His Majesty has already agreed to this request, and then she hopes that her future mistress can also accept this request.

Judging from her relationship with Teresa, His Highness has a good temper and treats people politely. Maybe she can be magnanimous and allow her to continue serving His Majesty, but who can say clearly what will happen in the future?

Thinking about it is indeed a bit distressing.

But she also knew that one day she would face this kind of problem—relatively speaking, Her Highness Teresa was already a very tolerant person, at least much easier to get along with than Sophie, who was always bossy.

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, she will continue to stick to the path she believes in, follow His Majesty's side, and dedicate her loyalty.

"Okay, it's time for us to leave." Aegron didn't know what Chanel was thinking at the moment, he waved his hand and made a gesture, "Let's go."

Chanel hesitated to speak.

No matter what, since this is His Majesty's decision, she can only abide by it and has no right to question it, and what can she say?This is a question that she is not qualified to intervene.

It seems that I can only find a way to build a good relationship with Her Majesty Teresa in the future, and then pray for her tolerance...

With a feeling of uneasiness, Chanel finally did not speak, and left silently with Aigron.

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In the next few days, Aigron stayed in the hotel where he stayed, reading popular novels to pass the time, while silently watching the movement in Rome, waiting for the result of his plan.

And now the person who implements his plan is his uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fish.

The cardinal who had been in contact with the highest power, the flame in his heart has not been extinguished.

Encouraged by Aigron, Cardinal Fish, who had bid farewell to the secular world and lived in seclusion, was full of vigorous fighting spirit, as if he had received a shot in the arm.

His aging body has regained the energy of the past, and he is ready to devote himself wholeheartedly to serving the leader of the new generation of Bonaparte family.

He judged the situation, contacted his good friends back then, and then worked hard to carry out the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor through his network within the Roman Church.

One morning, the cardinal sneaked out of the city of Rome again, came to the hotel to meet his master, and prepared to report the results of his efforts.

After confirming that there was no abnormality, Aigron quickly received the old man.

As soon as they met, Aigron paid attention to the expression of the other party, and found that he was composed and had an unconcealable joy.

"Looks like you have good news for me," Aegron said with a smile.

"That's right, Your Majesty!" The cardinal replied while saluting, "I have completed your task."

Without waiting for Egron's questioning, he continued to explain, "I contacted Cardinal Vittorio Esposito through a good friend, and forwarded Father Faria's personal letter to He then offered a generous gift, which he accepted as expected, and promised to listen to my request."

"Did you mention my name and my intentions?" Aigron asked.

"Of course not, I don't think it's the right time yet." The cardinal shook his head hastily, "The attitude of that cardinal is still unclear, and I'm not sure what his attitude is, so I dare not directly refer you Tell me all your intentions. But... your escape from Austria is a major event that has caused a sensation in Europe, and if I suddenly come to him, he must have a premonition in his heart."

Aigron knew what the cardinal was hinting at.

Being able to climb to the top of the church, that cardinal is definitely not an ordinary person. He doesn't need to spend a lot of brain cells to think of the reason why Cardinal Fish suddenly became active-naturally, he can also guess a little bit. The other party's intention.

However, sometimes it is so subtle, even if they are tacit to each other, as long as the two parties don't say it in person, they can forcibly refuse to admit it afterwards, and there is still room for it.

He trusted Cardinal Fish, because his great-uncle Fish had done this job for Emperor Napoleon back then, running around the church for Napoleon, clearing up relationships, and reaching various deals.

Since he is professional and there is no problem with his loyalty, Aegron is of course happy to leave it all to him.

Now he and that Cardinal Vittorio Esposito have established a preliminary contact, and then they will test each other. If there is no accident, using Father Faria as an opportunity and money as a key, he will You will open your own door in the church.

And he believed that in the future, he and the Church of Rome would definitely not cooperate only once.

The two continued to discuss for a while, and determined the timing of the next action. In the end, Aigron changed the subject and mentioned another matter.

"You tell my grandmother when you get back, I've met Teresa, and we...well, we had a great talk."

"Oh? Great!" The cardinal was surprised and delighted. "Are you reconciled with her?"

"Almost, at least now, there are no differences between us. The support Teresa gave me, whether in spirit or other aspects, made me overjoyed." Aigron smiled lightly, as if recalling The two met not long ago.

Then, he looked at the old man with some embarrassment, and then said in a low voice, "We have already made an appointment, and we will meet her sometime later..."

"I will repay her immediately. I think she will be very happy. We will find a time to reunite you with her." The cardinal immediately agreed, "Your Majesty, I believe that your grandmother must Will be proud of you. She will do everything in her power to help you achieve your dreams."

"I hope so," Aegron replied.　　

Extra (1)

With the snow constantly falling in the air and the dark sky that is about to fall into the night, Christmas Eve in 1838 is coming.

This snow has been falling for several days, and the coverage area is quite large, covering almost the entire Vienna and its surrounding areas, and the same is true for those manors located in the outskirts.

The snow covered the road and the forests everywhere, turning the whole land into a vast white ocean. Only a few manor buildings stood stubbornly in this ocean, embellishing it like black reefs. These unremarkable buildings appear even more isolated from the world.

At this time, a blond young man in a black dress was standing quietly in front of the French windows of a country house.

Behind him, a raging fire was burning in the fireplace. These firewood brought warmth to the room, and the crackling sound made the room no longer dead silent.

He kept silent, watching those tiny hexagonal elves descending from the sky in the shape of catkins and butterflies." His eyes were calm and slightly confused, as if he was lost, but he couldn't see much regret.

He has lived here for many years, and it is foreseeable that his next life will be repeated in this peaceful life

Is this a timid escape from the ambition in my heart, or a wise escape from the shackles that fate imposed on me?

He didn't know the answer, but he knew that he didn't feel pain in such a life, because...

Suddenly there was a soft touch from his back, and then a pair of hands wrapped around the young man's waist, and then, there was a sweet call.

"Dear~"

Yes, isn't that enough?What is there to regret?

The young man turned around slowly.

And his wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Teresa, is looking at him with a sweet smile. Her eyes are shining brightly, rippling with endless love for her husband, and satisfaction with the current happy life.

According to the latest fashion, she has fluffy curly hair combed at the temples, and she also wears fashionable skirts—although she is already a mother of three children, she is only in her twenties now, and the charm of a young woman still remains On her body, the grace that belongs to a wife is also more and more revealed because of good maintenance. The two completely different temperaments are integrated in her body, making Teresa look more radiant.

That's what my wife—the young man thinks.

This is the married life that I would rather give up everything that I have thought about countless times in exchange for it.

Asking himself, he has no reason to regret it.

It was on Christmas Eve 12 years ago that Aigron was moved by Teresa's same smile. After long thinking and inner self-struggle, he finally decided to live up to Teresa's love and chose Stay and become the son-in-law of Grand Duke Karl, and will also be with Teresa for the rest of his life.

According to the palace's plan, in June 1827, the news of their engagement was officially announced, and then the news spread to the entire European social circle, and in June 6, a year later, the two of them officially entered the palace of marriage.

It was a grand wedding, and the Austrian court officials very much hoped to officially announce that the Bonaparte family had integrated into this great royal family in this way; and Archduke Karl was also very happy to witness his daughter grow up with a bright light.

But for Aigron and Teresa, all the so-called rituals are meaningless, they will stay together forever, and that is all they want.

And since then, ten years have passed, the happy couple have conceived a happy family together, they already have three children, and according to Teresa's idea, she would like to have a few more, so that this The brilliant and troubled family was able to spread its branches and leaves, and once again entered the royal family of Europe.

"Your Highness...it's time for us to go." After the two looked at each other for a while, Teresa whispered, "I've prepared all the presents, you just need to send them over one by one!"

Although the two have been married for so many years, Teresa still likes to call him that. Perhaps for her, this is like commemorating the eternal first meeting between the two people.

They will take their children to visit the family of Archduke Karl not far away - since they got married, they will do this every Christmas. The Archduke Karl and his wife insist on bringing their daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren together Let's celebrate together.

But to be honest, Aigron doesn't dislike this kind of big family atmosphere. If there is any trouble, it is probably troublesome to deal with various human relations... But Teresa solved most of the problems for him thoughtfully. , he just needs to follow the procedure to do things most of the time.

"Okay, thank you." Aigron nodded slightly, "Let's go to the study to tidy up."

"Study? Why?" Teresa was a little puzzled.

"I'm going to take some written manuscripts and show them to your father today." Aigron replied with a smile, "Because some of them involve passages in the past history, I hope to be able to evaluate as some parties as possible. I think your father is The best candidate."

"That's right! My dad is the best judge, he's even very strict with himself—" Teresa couldn't help laughing after hearing that.

Archduke Karl once wrote a pamphlet under a pseudonym to discuss the command of the war. Some passages in the pamphlet severely criticized some of his command mistakes when he was in command of the army. The Austrian officials thought it was some evil person After attacking the royal prince anonymously, the booklet was hastily banned, and it was not published until Grand Duke Karl himself spoke.

From this point of view, Archduke Karl is cold and pragmatic, merciless, but absolutely unbiased. He is indeed the best person to seek advice from.

So the couple walked into the study.

The study room is very tidy, with paper clips, books, and furniture all neatly stacked together, only some messy traces on the desk, with a lot of manuscript paper scattered on it, obviously it was completed by the owner not long ago.

Teresa helped her husband organize these manuscripts carefully, as if holding some sacred object in his hands.

When Aiglon was working—that is, when he was writing in his spacious study—Teresa kept everyone alone, so the whole family walked on tiptoe.

In Teresa's view, this work of His Highness is not a boring pastime for a prince and grandson who has no heart for the world, but the greatest cause, imitating his father to conquer the world with a pen.

Under Teresa's care, after marriage, Egron was hardly involved in the mundane affairs of housekeeping, and could almost devote himself to the work he decided for himself. Constantly expending his vigorous creativity and energy, his works include novels, scripts, various reviews, and even some historical monographs.

With his efforts, these works have been copied in various countries in Europe, accumulating many readers.

However, he also has a strange insistence that every time he publishes his works, he will use his pseudonym instead of his real name, so although his writings are spread in Europe, only a small group of people around him know that these works are actually written by the famous His Majesty written.

"It would be an insult to me if someone read my work just because of my name," he replied when Teresa asked him why, and Teresa immediately accepted Her Highness's strange words. persistence.

However, Teresa also found it difficult to accept that her husband's reputation was forgotten by the world, so after discussion, they agreed that after a few years, when Aigron established his reputation and status in the literary world by his own ability, the author's real The disclosure of his identity shocked his book fans all over Europe.

Soon, the couple sorted out these manuscripts and put them in a special bag.

Then, they walked out of the study and came to the living room of the villa.

At this time, their children were already waiting here under the leadership of the servants.

Three children, the oldest is the son François; then the eldest daughter Emily, the youngest is the daughter Charlotte.

These French names were actually not chosen by her father, but the result of Teresa’s insistence—she felt that since the Bonaparte family had been brilliant in France, at least future generations should leave a commemoration when they named them. And Egron, of course, readily accepts this view.

Because of strict family education, although the three children were young, they were all strictly polite and saluted their parents respectfully. Aigron also walked up to them and patted their cute little heads affectionately.

"Wait at Grandpa's place, don't make noise, and say thank you no matter what gift you receive, understand?" While stroking, he smiled and told his children.

"Understood, Dad!" The children replied in unison.

Soon, the family walked into the carriage, and the carriage with sleds drove forward in the light snow all over the sky, and soon came to the country house where the Grand Duke Karl and his wife lived.