Eagle's Glory

Soon, Aigron came to the room where the visitor was temporarily placed.

When the door was opened, the people sitting inside immediately set their sights on the young man at the door, and Aigron saw him at a glance.

The master and apprentice who used to get along almost day and night fell into silence at the same time after reuniting after a long absence, looking at each other without saying a word.

Captain Foresty's sitting posture was still the same as usual, slightly bent, like a fully charged bow.

However, it can still be seen from his face that he has not fully recovered from his injuries, and his body is still a little weak.

With such a serious injury, maybe he will never be able to recover to his heyday... Eggron thought to himself.

And this is thanks to himself - thinking of this, he also felt a little bit embarrassed.

If he had a choice, he certainly didn't want to do such a thing, but sometimes everyone just couldn't help themselves.

"Long time no see, my teacher." After a long silence, Aigron finally spoke, "I'm very glad that we will meet again one day."

"I'm also glad that I escaped from your sword." Captain Foresty replied with a wry smile.

Then, he stood up and saluted the young man respectfully, "Nice to see you again, Your Highness."

"I'm sorry for what I did to you, but I can't apologize, because if I do it all over again, I'll do it again." Aigron replied solemnly, "I don't expect your forgiveness, sir, I only wish you Be healthy from now on."

"Then I also want to tell you that I have never complained about you, Your Highness. I am a swordsman, so I have my dignity. Since I lost, it is because I am inferior to others, and I can escape a life-and-death fight." My life is already my luck, how can I blame you? There is no need to forgive me." Speaking of this, the captain laughed again, "However, if I do it all over again, I think I will behave more better……"

It seems that the teacher has not changed at all, he is so upright and proud, worthy of the honor of a swordsman.

It's just that because of his escape, he has already lost his future.

When he was originally a teacher for himself, he must have been filled with all kinds of hopes for the future, but in the end, all hopes were dashed, and everything he already had was destroyed...

From this point of view, I really owed him a favor, and it would be best if I had a chance to make up for it.

Just as Aigron was sighing in his heart, Captain Foresty was also watching him.

When he was in Schönbrunn Palace, that young man was handsome, but there was always a gloomy look on his brows, maybe because his wings were broken, he was imprisoned, and he had to make false claims to those who didn't like him; but now His Highness , although he is still equally handsome, but he is stronger and looks a lot more heroic, and he is full of vigor and arrogance that is not afraid of anything.

Now when he saw this young man, he finally understood why His Highness was loyal to so many people.

He is an Austrian. From the perspective of national interests, he certainly does not want to see things develop to such an extent; but from His Highness's personal point of view, he thinks this is a good thing for His Highness, and His Highness has finally found himself. Flying in the sky, you no longer have to live in a corner of Schönbrunn Palace and lower your eyebrows to those who don't like it.

He regretted that His Highness could not continue to stay in Austria, but he was also sincerely happy for His Highness's current appearance.

After the master and apprentice looked at each other for a while, Aigron spoke again.

"What's going on with you? Why did you suddenly become Teresa's emissary?"

"Actually, I was just as surprised as you when Her Royal Highness came to recruit me." The captain shrugged, "To tell you the truth, because I was annoyed at my fault of lax supervision, the army has already dismissed me, and my life is in jeopardy." Falling into a predicament, Her Royal Highness is sympathetic to my hopeless future, so she specially recruited me as the captain of the guard, and escorted her all the way abroad to come to you."

When he said this, his tone became slurred, for fear that Aigron might not be able to hear clearly, "His Royal Highness has cashed in all her dowry, and then set off with these assets and some of her personal belongings. We first went to Trieste, then hired a ship there, and then went around the Italian peninsula to the port of Livorno. Now Her Royal Highness stays there with the ship, and then she sent me to inform you—— If there is no other opinion, we will set a time and she will come to you by boat."

"Of course I have no objection." Aigron replied immediately, "I am grateful for everything Teresa has done."

"Then, Your Highness, I have one thing to implore you." Captain Foresty's tone became more serious.

Then, he suddenly knelt on one knee and looked up at the young man. "Can you promise me?"

"What are you doing?" Aigron was surprised, "Please tell me if you have any request."

"You are not in Austria, but with your intelligence and brains, I think you must have imagined what His Highness has done. That's right, she mustered up the courage for you to fight against your own parents, and she forcibly used herself as a threat to force them to Concession, Grand Duke Karl was so angry that he almost went crazy, and even the father-daughter relationship broke down at one point... You should see that she didn't have to let herself fall to this point, she could have pulled out in time, but she didn't...You Can you feel the meaning? Your Highness, please tell me, are you not touched?"

The captain's questioning made Aigron a little ashamed.

How could he not notice it?

"I... I can imagine it, so I am very grateful for what Teresa has done for me." He lowered his head and answered in a nonchalant manner.

"Now that you have seen what Her Highness Teresa has done for you, I beg you to accept His Highness's good intentions and be gentle with her, let alone do the behavior that humiliated her before." The captain stood up, and then said to Aigron earnestly, "His Royal Highness has such deep affection for you, even if you do these things, she will never leave her. I can't help but be moved... even if you Even if you have a deep personality since you were young, it is impossible to feel nothing, right? Undoubtedly, in your position, you must put your interests first, but you are also a person, and you must sometimes talk about feelings in addition to your interests, otherwise you will What's the point of all the hard work?"

Seeing the captain's sincere expression, Aigron was stunned.

"You're right." After a while, he nodded slightly.

"Besides, even from the most utilitarian point of view, it is beneficial to you to take good care of Princess Teresa. This is the best chance for you and Austria to reconcile, and it is also the biggest chance..." Captain Foresty continued to persuade, "Because of your escape, His Majesty the Emperor and Metternich were furious, and Grand Duke Karl hates you now; but Her Highness Teresa is still a member of the Habsburg family after all, if you want to restore the relationship in the future, she It is the best clue. As time goes by, Grand Duke Karl will eventually forgive you. After all, you are his son-in-law, aren’t you? There will always be a way to repair everyone’s relationship..."

Aigron knew that what the captain said was indeed true.

If he really wants to regain the throne, he really needs to consider the attitude of the great powers in the future, and this means that he has to find a way to bridge the relationship between himself and the big powers.

From this perspective, Teresa is indeed his important weight.

"You are right, Captain." Aigron sighed and admitted the other party's remarks.

"I have been preaching in front of you since I was a child, so I am afraid you will bother me in your heart, but Your Highness, this is my admonition from your standpoint, I beg you to listen to me, just one sentence." The captain continued to look sincerely Young man, "Your Highness Teresa has sacrificed too much for you. She has cut off her escape route. If she is betrayed by you again, she will have nowhere to go! I really can't bear her to fall to such a state."

Eggron nodded solemnly.

In front of the captain's sincere words, he couldn't help being moved.

He didn't miss the old love, but the other party did. He analyzed it fiercely for him, and couldn't bear to watch him let Teresa down.

"Stop it, Captain." He raised his hand and patted the captain on the shoulder. "I swear to you, Teresa will be my wife if she pleases. I owe it to her, and I like her too... I think this is the happiness that God has given me, and I should not throw it away."

"It's great that you think so!" The captain finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll report back to Your Highness."

"Well, yes." The young man nodded leisurely, "Tell her that I will do my best to receive her grandly, and then let everyone around me regard her as their mother and give her everything she deserves... By the way, tell her that I will rely on her to take care of me from now on."

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After getting the promise he wanted, the captain left without stopping, and Aigron summoned all his cronies on the island-Charlie, Michel Ney, André Davout, in the handicapped French army... Father Leah gathered together.

They were called together and looked at each other. It was obvious that His Majesty was about to announce some important decision.

Just when they were guessing anxiously in their hearts, the young man came in front of them, and then got straight to the point.

"Gentlemen, I have good news for you—my fiancée is coming to the island."

"Fiancee?!" Although his words were not loud, they detonated the room like a bomb, and even the experienced priest Faria showed a shocked expression. "what happened?"

Charlie, who knew a little bit of inside information, recovered from the shock the fastest.

"Is...is that Her Royal Highness the Princess?" He asked tremblingly, "The daughter of Grand Duke Karl?"

"That's right." Eggron nodded slightly.

The crowd suddenly fell into silence, and everyone looked at each other again, and no one knew what to say.

"Your Majesty, this is a very important matter. Your marriage is related to the future of the empire, so it needs to be carefully planned." After a long time, Father Faria said cautiously, "The people of France can accept that their monarch once again has an agreement with Austria. Is it a palace marriage? No one is sure... You are still very young, you can wait a little longer, and it will not be too late to decide after a while."

It's already here, so why wait?Should Teresa be packed and stuffed back?Even if I really can't do it... Eggron thought to himself.

"If you don't accept it, I'll let them accept it! Didn't God ask their opinion when the thunder was about to strike?!" Aigron suddenly raised his voice and said in an unquestionable tone. "Gentlemen, this is my private matter, and I have the right to make decisions for me, so I say she is her! I just inform you..."

All along, he has shown his gentle image in front of everyone, and the people present have hardly seen him speak harshly, so after Aigron expressed his opinion so harshly, everyone turned pale, and no one raised any opinions Come.

After all, there seems to be nothing unacceptable.Right now, Your Majesty is alone and alone, and Her Highness the Princess can stick to the marriage contract unswervingly. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?

"It seems that no one has any objections." Aigron nodded, "Very well, then I hope you will treat Teresa with the proper attitude, understand?"

"Yes!" His words were echoed neatly and resoundingly.　　

84, welcome

The appointed day is coming soon.

In the early morning of this day, Aigron brought his cronies and subordinates, as well as almost all the soldiers, to the trestle on the island, quietly watching the calm sea.

After the sea fog dissipated, they clearly saw a sailboat sailing towards the island at full speed with full sails.

The figure of the sailboat full of sails became clearer and clearer in sight. Although the people on board could not be seen, one could feel the mood of the owner at the moment from its speed.

As the sailboat approached, the people on the shore began to stir, and they whispered excitedly to each other, anticipating what was going to happen next.

"Silence! Silence!" The officers who maintained order nearby stopped their noise, and then stared ahead with them.

Finally, under the anxious waiting of everyone, the sailboat began to slow down, and then slowly approached the trestle, and lowered the anchor on the boat.

Then, the figures of several sailors appeared on the ship, and they lowered the wooden steps together as a step for the people on the ship to go to land.

All the people present held their breaths at this moment, they all knew that it was about to appear.

And His Majesty, to whom they are loyal, is also standing nervously at the front of the trestle, waiting for the appearance of his fiancée.

They were not disappointed, and at this long-awaited moment, a slim figure appeared on the deck of the ship.

Aigron looked up, and then found that she was also staring at him, and the two of them just stared at each other in the air, forgetting each other's words for a moment.

Teresa changed from her plainness in the past, wearing a luxurious short-sleeved wide-brimmed woolen skirt, a lace hat on her head, and a small parasol in her hand, as if she was participating in some outing.

Obviously, she is also getting ready for this grand occasion.

At this time, she stared at the young man steadfastly. Although she tried her best to appear calm, she couldn't hide the excitement and relief in her eyes.

Your Highness... I have finally come to your side.Her eyes seemed to say.

It's really beautiful... Aggron thought.

Then, he came back to his senses, put his right hand in his arms, and gracefully bowed to the girl on board.

As if some order was issued, at this moment, all the people present gave out deafening cheers.

"Long live the princess!"

"Long live Her Majesty the Queen!"

While they were cheering, the guard of honor at the front raised their guns and pointed them at the sky.

Then, gunshots resounded densely and uniformly throughout the island, firing salutes for the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Of course, this was specially arranged by Aigron. Now that he has decided to fulfill his promise with Theresa, he will use this grand welcome ceremony that everyone personally participates in to announce to everyone that Theresa is in his heart. status.

After hearing the cheers of everyone cheering, Teresa's face flushed slightly, and a look of joy shone in her eyes.

She has never liked to show her face in front of everyone, so she is not happy for the cheers of others at this time. What she is really happy about is Aigron's intentions shown through this method-everyone is a witness, we walked together.

Yeah... that's enough.

What else is there to be afraid of?

She squeezed the umbrella tightly in her hand, then took a step forward, step by step, walking towards the young man on the trestle bridge.

As the distance between the two got closer, Teresa's eyes became more and more radiant, like the rippling lake light, and Aigron couldn't help being intoxicated by it.

Unknowingly, she walked up to the young man, put away the umbrella in her hand, and looked at the young man timidly. "Your Highness... I finally fulfilled my promise and came to your side. From now on... I am grateful to you for taking care of me."

"I thank God for sending me such a precious gift." Aigron nodded, and then said the same to her. "Teresa... I am also grateful to you for taking care of me"

Everything seems to be on the table.

The two hugged each other like that.

"Great!"

Despite the officers' efforts to maintain order, the soldiers laughed and whistled one after another.

However, it is obvious that they are all well-intentioned, and they are also happy for His Majesty and His Royal Highness, so they have not been really punished.

At this time, Aigron was completely unable to pay attention to the surrounding situation, and he stared at the girl in his arms.

When talking with Captain Foresty, the other party mentioned that Teresa had almost broken with her father in order to see her.

Even if he didn't say it, Egron could imagine how much Teresa had endured silently in order to achieve this result at this moment.

He accepted the account.

In addition to the debt of fleeing before, the two sums added up, he owed Teresa too much, and he didn't know if he could fully make up for it?

"I'm really sorry, Teresa...for making you suffer so much because of me." He lowered his head and whispered to Teresa, "I'm really grateful for everything you've done for me. "

"Your Highness...don't say that." Teresa looked up at the young man, and then replied in a low voice, "The past is over, let's look at the future, our future..."

"Yes...we have a future, a long, long time..." Eggron laughed.

Then, he hugged Teresa gently, and grabbed her calf to hug her up.

As if showing off his spoils, he led her around half a circle, turning his head to face his subordinates.

Teresa did not make any resistance, allowing the boy to welcome her in such a warm way, she snuggled into the arms of the boy, not daring to face the sight mixed with joy, banter and excitement, while her His face was already red hot.

Maybe this is the scene she's been waiting for so long.

Whistles and cheers kept pouring into her ears, making her heart beat faster and making her earlobes feel hot. She felt that she had lost all strength in her whole body, so she could only hold onto the young man's shoulders tightly. on his chest.

With this moment, the pain and resentment accumulated in her heart seemed to disappear.

"You are a little lighter than last time, Teresa." Aegron pressed against Teresa's ear, and then replied with a smile.

"It's all your fault~" Teresa blushed, and then replied in a low voice.