Eagle's Glory

"Okay, goodbye, I wish you father and son have a good time." Aigron didn't intend to say anything more, turned and left.

He was so angry that he couldn't help but compare Queen Otangs with her.

The queen's elegant and humorous conversation and the caring from the heart made him sigh in his heart, and couldn't help but curse in his heart.

These troublesome relatives, even the women who used to have a different surname are more loyal than them!

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"Teresa...remember this one."

In the study of the manor, Princess Henrietta patiently said to her daughter.

At the same time as she instructed, Teresa, who was sitting at the desk, also picked up a pencil and wrote and drew on the paper.

This time, what she drew was no longer the sketches she was good at in the past, but trivial and vulgar money accounts.

There is already a stack of documents, some of which have been carefully marked by her. This girl who was once obsessed with literature has to let go of her aloofness in the past and brace herself to get in touch with the most ordinary world.

She is now busy converting her dowry into cash as quickly as possible.

Of course, there is only one purpose - try to bring as much money as possible, and meet your future husband at the right time.

At the beginning, when the Grand Duke and his wife considered buying her a dowry, they were more generous than they should be, but because they knew that their daughter and son-in-law would live in Austria for a long time, a large part of the dowry consisted of jewelry and real estate, as well as local bond.

But because of the mysterious fate, the situation is completely different now. Teresa can no longer enjoy these things, so she can only choose to cash them out as soon as possible.

As she had not received similar training before, she could only seek help from her mother.

Like Archduke Karl, Henrietta had no choice but to respect her daughter's insistence. After a fierce ideological struggle, she could only respect her decision.

So, lately, mother and daughter have been spending most of their time sorting out accounts and money.

If their identities were ignored, it would be like an old clerk in a cloakroom handing over a new clerk—of course, in essence, it might be the same.

"Come here first, take a rest." The dazed princess picked up the cup next to her and took a sip of coffee.

Teresa also stopped, and also took a sip of coffee, then narrowed her eyes slightly, allowing herself to rest for a while.

Henrietta looked at her daughter distressedly, then shook her head and sighed.

"My daughter, I'm really worried about you... Once you leave us, how will you live!"

"Have some confidence in me, Mom." Teresa opened her eyes, then forced a smile, "I've grown up, and I know how to make my family live happily."

Her own family... Henrietta couldn't help but sighed again in her heart.

"Actually, I am different from your father. I am not blindly opposed to your decision. After all, it does seem very romantic. The revenge of the subjugated prince... This is as charming as a drama, and Franz is indeed a very likable character." Handsome boy, not to mention writing poems and competing with swords, even dancing is so outstanding and cute." At this point, she spread her hands, "At your age, how can there be a woman who hasn't dreamed of romance? But the world doesn't rely on Romance works, we still have to consider practicality after all."

"What do you mean?" Teresa asked softly.

"I won't persuade you to give up now, but I still want to give you some practical advice." Henrietta said to her daughter seriously, "You must not give all this money to him after meeting, It's not wise. Give favors little by little, so that people will continue to think of you."

Teresa nodded slightly.

"According to my estimation, he must have won a lot of sponsorship from his relatives, so he has the confidence to carry out his own business." Henrietta added, "But... I doubt whether this sponsorship will be continuous. Although I have never met the people of the Bonaparte family, I know them well. They are all selfish guys. I don't believe that they will go bankrupt to support him, so your sponsorship must be at the right time, he I will be grateful to you for this... This is a good start, but you must not think that this is enough. In fact, you still have a hard struggle. You have to let go of your temper and find a way to win over the people around you. Money makes everyone respect you—it would be great if you can control the family's financial power because of it, and you have to be an indispensable person, not a blind follower."

Under her mother's earnest instruction, Teresa nodded repeatedly.

She understood that this was all advice from her mother from the bottom of her heart.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the pile of account books and documents on the table again.

A large sum of money is surging in it, and what is placed on top of the money is extremely sincere family affection.

"Mom, I'm sorry..." For a while, she couldn't bear it anymore, and apologized to her mother again. "Please forgive me."

She knows that she has failed her parents' love, but sometimes people can only make these choices that are not voluntary.

I just hope this will all be made up in time.

"I forgive you. At this point, why should I be angry?" Henrietta sighed, "I'm just afraid, afraid that you will have a bad life, after all, we can't continue to protect you... I You can only pray to Almighty God to give you a happy future."

"I will!" Teresa's eyes sore.

"Don't cry! The future Queen of France cannot cry." Henrietta laughed, trying to ease the atmosphere with a joke.

After laughing for a while, she told her daughter, "If you have a chance in the future, you must come back and visit us."

"Father won't let me come back." As soon as she said this, Teresa was sad again.

"Silly girl!" Henrietta was heartbroken and couldn't help scolding this disturbing daughter again.

"Your father is just fighting. He has never been soft with anyone in his life. How can he let it go when he is so run on by you? He is just scaring you. Don't worry, things won't get so bad Yes, our majesty and the prime minister are both realists. As long as your majesty is successful in his career, are you afraid that they will not compromise? As for you, Teresa, with you bridging the relationship between the two parties, I don’t think there is any contradiction that cannot be resolved. What everyone has forgotten—hasn’t everyone come here for thousands of years?”

"I hope so." Theresa also felt a lot more relieved.

"By the way, you have to be careful of those relatives around him." Henrietta remembered something again, and told her daughter again, "I just said that none of them are easy to mess with, and no one knows whether they are welcome or not. You, if any of them treats you maliciously..."

"I'm not afraid of this. It's fine if they quietly recognize me as the mistress, but if troubles arise, then I won't swallow my anger, and I have to convince them." Teresa frowned slightly, her slender hands also Clenched a fist, "I am generous and tolerant towards His Highness, just because I love His Highness, and I hope from the bottom of my heart that everything goes well for him. As for others... no matter who they are, as long as they are disrespectful to us and damage my happiness, I will never forgive him."　　

62 sacrifice

"No matter who it is, as long as it disrespects us and damages my happiness, I will never spare him."

Seeing her daughter's high-spirited words, Henrietta was finally relieved.

"Well said, Teresa, that's what it takes. You need to be polite, but there's no need to be servile to others, to please others. You've sacrificed enough for Franz, and there's no more It is necessary to lose the rest of my dignity..."

As she spoke, she lovingly stroked her daughter's hair.

"Oh, I really hope that one day all this will be peaceful. I'm really tired of us lately... Oh, it would be great if he didn't have so many unnecessary ambitions! We never expected him to be some kind of emperor."

Teresa was also touched, she lowered her head and was speechless, the mother and son enjoyed the peace in silence.

After a while, Henrietta changed the subject again, "By the way, I heard some rumors about Her Royal Highness Sophie recently."

"Ok?"

The speaker was unintentional, but Teresa's face suddenly turned pale. "What... what rumors."

"It is said that she got sick not because of the pneumonia that the court said, but because His Majesty was enraged by helping Franz escape, so she was temporarily detained." Henrietta lowered her voice, "This is just a rumor, you Let's just listen to it as news, don't take it seriously. But I think, there is some basis for this... After all, the two of them are very good friends..."

Teresa could only laugh with embarrassment. "Perhaps it is."

During this period of time, although the palace has been trying to block information about Sophie, as a princess, she has not appeared in public for a long time, which will definitely attract rumors.

From her mother's reaction, Teresa immediately guessed that her father did not tell her about it.

This is just right, saving her tongue.

"His Royal Highness shoulders the heavy responsibility for the continuation of our country. I hope she is fine." She could only respond in this way.

"Who says it's not!" Henrietta smiled wryly, "His Royal Highness has been ill for so long. Recently, although no one in the social circles has publicly talked about it, many people are worried about the continuation of the emperor. In case... in case she doesn't make it through, maybe we have to find another princess from a foreign country, and God knows how much trouble it will take."

There is no need to worry about it... She is working hard for it now.Teresa answered in her heart.

Just when she was upset, her mother's voice continued to ring in her ears.

"It is precisely because of these speculations that the court has been trying to reassure people recently, saying that His Highness is now in good health, and just needs to rest for a while, and she will reappear in front of the public after a while..."

That's right, counting the time, it won't be long before she can really see people again.

And the crystallization of that evil fate will also be hidden in the dark.

Teresa unconsciously breathed heavily.

She was angry and envious at the same time, and a little bit unconvinced.

Why...why are you doing this? !What did your willful sacrifice make of my actions?

She clenched her fist unconsciously, wanting to slam it heavily on the table, but in the end the remaining reason stopped her.

"Teresa? What's wrong with you? Why is your face so ugly?" Seeing that something was wrong with her daughter, Henrietta quickly stopped talking.

"It's nothing, Mom." Teresa finally came to her senses, and then shook her head slightly. "I'm just a little lucky. It's great that she's fine."

Before her mother could ask again, she suddenly asked again, "Mom, can you do me another favor?"

"See what you say! Just mention it." Henrietta replied with a smile.

"If... If Her Royal Highness Sophie reappears in front of people after her recovery, can you help me arrange an audience?" Teresa asked.

"Huh? It's okay, but why?" Henrietta blinked with some doubts. "I remember that you usually don't have much friendship with her."

"I have to face what I have to face." Teresa replied in a low voice.

Then, she smiled, "I mean, before I leave, I have to thank her for everything she has done for His Highness."

"I don't understand what you are thinking..." Henrietta sighed, "But since this is your wish, then I will try it. I think in my capacity, the court should not refuse."

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After bidding farewell to the King of the Netherlands, Eggron returned to his room angrily.

When he was carrying out his own plan with great enthusiasm, it was a bit disappointing to suddenly intervene in his uncle's affairs.

And this fact is like a basin of cold water, making Aigron, who was a little bit swayed, face the reality again.

That's right, although I am now the king and hegemony on a small island, and I have initially established the structure of my own internal forces, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the leader of hundreds of people, let alone can't influence external forces, even a waste in the family. Uncle Wang can also disobey his orders.

Before achieving the goal, I still have a long way to go.

Although he very much hoped to severely punish this uncle as an example to others, he also knew intellectually that he did not have the time to make extra troubles, and he also needed the two Louis brothers to continue to serve, so he could not make a big mistake because of a moment of anger.

Now this kind of treatment is the best solution he can do.

But this definitely does not mean that he will forget the offense, he has recorded this account in his heart, and will settle it carefully when he has the opportunity.

Thinking of this, his anger calmed down again.

"Your Majesty..." At this moment, a timid greeting came from beside him. "Are you okay..."

Aigron turned his head and found Chanel looking at him worriedly.

"It's okay, it's just a little unpleasant." Aigron shrugged.

"Is His Royal Highness unwilling to pledge allegiance and sponsorship?" Chanel probably guessed something.

Aegron didn't answer.

"How could this be!" Chanel yelled, "How could he betray his obligation?!"

Chanel's expression was full of anger and pain.

Although she knew about the grievances and entanglements between the King of the Netherlands and the late emperor, she still couldn't imagine that Louis, as the younger brother and uncle of the emperor, would abandon the interests of the family and refuse to help his nephew's career.

This was a huge blow to a diehard follower like her.

"It's unforgivable!" she said through gritted teeth.

Seeing Chanel's battered appearance, Aigron reconfirmed his judgment.

If everyone knows what Louis has done now, it will definitely have a huge spiritual impact on these followers.

Fortunately, Chanel's loyalty is unquestionable, even if there is such a mental shock, she will not shake her belief, as for others, it is hard to say.

"Some people are not destined to do great things. They will only chatter about the bad things they have encountered all their lives, but they dare not change anything, and they don't have the ability." Egron said mercilessly, "That's fine, I don't have to Leave him a place, the empire does not need those who are not loyal to the emperor, even if he is a close relative!"

Then, he looked at Chanel again, and then softened his tone, "Chanel, I already knew that I can't do anything by relying on my relatives and elders, I can only promote my cronies and talented people, I can achieve something. As long as you are by my side and follow me unswervingly, then what do I care about uncles and uncles? They should consciously run away, the times have already abandoned them."

"I will always be by your side." Chanel bowed her head deeply moved.

Then, she cheered up again, and then took a few pieces of clothing from the side, and handed them to the young man.

"Your Majesty, why don't you try?"

"What is this?" Aegron asked with some doubts.

Before waiting for an answer, he had already seen it.

This is a military uniform, mainly black, with golden tassel shoulder straps and a red ribbon.

The material is good, but traces of rushing can be clearly seen.

On top of the military uniform, there is also a bicorne hat with an eagle emblem.

"What did you do?" He probably understood.

"Yes... Your Majesty." Chanel blushed slightly and nodded lightly, "I heard you said before that you want to adopt a uniform uniform, and you like black clothing, so I tried to use island materials , and imitated those gentlemen's military uniforms, you...can you try it?"

"Of course, thank you, Chanel!" Aegron's original anger was swept away at this moment, and he couldn't help laughing, "You really bothered."

"You don't have to thank me, it's my duty to serve you." Chanel also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she whispered again, "I'll put it on for you."

Then, she unbuttoned the jacket and trousers for the young man, and then carefully put on the military uniform she made.