Eagle's Glory

"The Earl and Mrs. Nepeg have come to visit you." Chanel replied in a low voice, "Get up quickly, they are waiting outside the door."

As a die-hard Bonapartist, Chanel is also full of resentment towards Queen Louisa, and of course she can guess that Egron's painful performance last night must have been brought after the arrival of the Grand Duchess. So now I feel even more annoyed, and when I mention her, I am very indifferent.

"Really?" Aegron frowned.

Although I don't want to see them, but since they are all here, I can only do the most basic courtesy.

He struggled to get up from the bed, then got dressed, and then washed hastily with the help of Chanel. After he was dressed, he walked out of the bedroom, and then looked at the couple sitting on the sofa by the fireplace people.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, ma'am."

He apologized to the other party in an insincere manner.

"You are not in good health recently, and you really need to rest more." Luisa smiled, "I'm sorry, Franz, I have neglected you too much all this time, and this is my fault."

"It doesn't matter, I can understand, you also have your own family and life, these are enough for you to be busy, and it is impossible and unnecessary for you to spend your energy elsewhere." Egron replied seemingly respectfully.

Of course the couple could understand the ridicule in the boy's words, and they looked at each other.

Louisa frowned, she hadn't been treated like this for a long time.

She rubbed her fingers impatiently, then stood up straight away.

"Well, I know you have a lot of dissatisfaction with me, and I don't ask you to act like a good boy. But even so, I have the right to ask you to be submissive in front of me. In this court, I am the eldest princess!"

"If you ask so, of course I can accept it, but I also have a request, can you not act like a good mother? I don't deserve it." Aegron was not intimidated, but retorted. "Your Royal Highness, your loyal Franz is always at your command."

Mother's eyes widened, and she almost lost her temper immediately, but finally, she calmed down and sighed.

"Okay." She turned to leave.

As a result, another effort to bridge the relationship between mother and son ended in unhappiness again.

After driving her away in anger, Aigron was not happy.

He didn't know why he was so hostile to Luisa, but when he thought of what she had done to the King of Rome in history, and what she did to him after he crossed over, he couldn't help being angry.

Perhaps, this is the anger caused by the lack of maternal love.

At this time, he noticed that Earl Nepeg hadn't left.

"Sir, is there anything else you want to tell me?" he asked.

"Your Highness, please allow me to be frank - your attitude towards Madam is really a bit blunt." The earl thought for a moment, and then said, "No matter what, she is your mother after all... The blood relationship should not be ignored like this Yes. I hope you can apologize to her, sincerely."

Apologize?Why?The other way around, right?Eggron was furious again.

"So, Mr. Earl, are you teaching me how to do things?" Aigron asked impatiently.

Earl Nepeg was a little annoyed at the boy's attitude, but he still shook his head, "That's not what I meant..."

"That's very good, otherwise, if you want to play the role of father in front of me to teach me, then you have to weigh whether you are worthy." Aigron sneered, "You don't think you have The qualifications are on par with that person, right?"

Being robbed so much by him, the earl's expression froze immediately, and the corners of his mouth twitched in anger.

If he had encountered such face-to-face insults when he was young and stayed in the army, he might have directly demanded a duel.

But he still endured it. "As far as merit is concerned, of course I can't compare with him... But if it's about how to make Louisa happy, I think I can win."

The earl's answer surprised Aigron a little, he didn't expect the other party to be so kind to him.

"How she treated me, of course you can see it by staying by your side, so please ask yourself, what would you think if this happened to you?" Aigron slowed down his tone. "So, I will respect her, but if you force me to love her like a mother, I'm sorry I can't."

Earl Nepeg glanced at the young man with complicated eyes.

This child is not so much defiant, but more like the last stubbornness of a heartbroken child.

"Well, Your Highness, I understand how you feel now." He stood up, and then bowed to Aigron, "I hope all this can be made up, and I will try my best to make it up, I sincerely hope you accept Good luck coming down."

"What do you mean?" Aegron was a little puzzled.

"You will know soon." The count waved his hand and bid him farewell gracefully.　　

23, Vienna

The earl's last words made Aigron quite puzzled, but no one explained it to him. The next few days were calm and nothing happened.

Louisa and his wife didn't come to him again, which Aggron didn't care about and even felt relieved; but Princess Sophie never came to him, which made him a little uncomfortable.

Since Her Royal Highness came to Schönbrunn Palace, although the two of them didn't meet every day, they never had the experience of not seeing each other for several days in a row, and the ominous meaning it represented made Egron a little uneasy.

It seems that my actions that night made Her Royal Highness really angry...

Aigron began to think about how to find an opportunity to meet Her Royal Highness and apologize to her, so as to make her change her mind.

Fortunately, his worst fears did not come true. On the evening of that day, Her Royal Highness's maid finally ran over and conveyed Her Highness's invitation.

Aigron heaved a sigh of relief, and hurried to the outside of Her Royal Highness' bedroom.

He didn't wait long, and soon, Her Royal Highness came out.

Today's Her Royal Highness is still youthful and attractive, but unlike the usual luxurious clothes, she is only wearing a light yellow tight wool dress that is popular among town women today. Moreover, there are white and round arms, with velvet gloves on the hands; a bun on the hair, leaving a few strands falling on the forehead, moccasins with floral decorations on the skirt, and hanging around the slender neck. One wore a pearl necklace of plain color, and the others wore no decorations.

Her Royal Highness, who was dressed simply, seemed to be a different person—or, to put it another way, she looked like a young lady from a bourgeois family who had just married.

"What are you in a daze for?" Seeing Aigron's dazed look, Her Royal Highness asked expressionlessly.

Although her tone was a bit cold, Egron felt relieved... After all, this was the first time she had heard her speak in a few days.

As long as she took the initiative to speak, it meant that the previous turmoil could be resolved.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I'm a bit out of my mind, your new attire dazzles me." He complimented quickly.

"You will only waste your precious time by saying such nonsense." Her Royal Highness frowned, "Why don't you hurry up?"

"What?" Aigron didn't quite understand at once.

"Aren't you usually very clever? Why did you suddenly become confused again?" Her Royal Highness stretched out her hand, wanting to pinch his face as usual, and then quickly realized that she lowered her hand in mid-air.

"Didn't you ask me to do it yourself? You want to go to the theater, and I'll take you there today."

"So that's how it is..." Aigron suddenly realized, and then was a little moved.

He didn't expect that in the past few days, Her Royal Highness the Princess would complete this matter without revealing any information.

Even though she was so angry with herself, she still meticulously fulfilled her wish...

He was both moved and ashamed in his heart, and finally couldn't speak, so he could only bow his head and thank him sincerely.

"Thank you, Your Highness... I really don't know how I should repay you."

"Stop talking nonsense like this, and change your clothes quickly." The princess gave him a sideways look, and then signaled the maid to take him to change.

Aigron obediently followed the maid to the changing room, and the maid handed over the clothes that had already been prepared.

In this era, as in other eras, men's clothing is much simpler than women's clothing. He put on a long black coat, a white turtleneck shirt, a thin tie, gray short boots on his feet, and a pair of hats on his head. A black velvet top hat.

After completing this change of clothes, Aigron looked in the mirror and found that he was like a young master of a rich businessman who knows nothing about the world.

With a strange mood, he followed the maid out.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Her Royal Highness's eyes immediately moved over again, and she looked at Aigron carefully from head to toe.

Aigron was about to ask her if she was satisfied, but Her Royal Highness looked away again.

"Let's go!"

In this way, under the leadership of Her Royal Highness, they came to the square in front of the palace and got into the carriage, while the entourage - including Chanel and Captain Foresty who was in charge of the security work, also got into another carriage.

As dusk gradually fell, these ordinary-looking carriages drove out of the palace gate.

Schönbrunn Palace is in the southwestern suburbs of Vienna, very close to the city, so it is easy to drive quietly into the city of Vienna under the cover of night.

Although it was not the first time to come to Vienna, Egron still couldn't help being a little excited at the moment.

After all, this is the first time he came here with his own will, maybe this means his first step towards freedom.

The time has come to August, and it is the time when midsummer turns to autumn, and the cool wind keeps pouring in through the car window into the middle of the carriage, blowing on his face, calling him.

Yes... freedom seems so within reach, as if you only need to take another step, and you can do whatever you want.

If I jump out now, will I be able to escape directly?

Looking at the lights on the streets on both sides and the people coming and going, Aigron suddenly had an idea.

No, no... don't be impulsive.

Aigron tried hard to suppress his gradually messy breathing, and resolutely pinched out this unrealistic thought.

Although there were only Her Royal Highness and myself in the carriage, there were a few guards and my own swordsmanship teacher behind me. I was not sure that I would be able to escape their pursuit after jumping off the carriage.

Besides, what if it escaped their control?I didn't have a planned escape route, and I didn't have a person in charge of responding, and I didn't even have an escape tool, so I was completely blind.

If you do this, it will only take a few hours, and there will be cavalry patrolling everywhere outside Vienna, and the police in the city will search from house to house, and you will have nowhere to escape.

And if he is caught, then he will definitely face extremely severe punishment, and there will be no similar opportunities in the future.

Therefore, now is not the time to run away. No matter how sweet and attractive the fruit of freedom looks right now, it is definitely poisonous and must not be eaten rashly.

It's okay, I've been waiting for more than ten years, I'm not afraid to wait a little longer... With firm determination, the young man gradually calmed himself down.

Then, he looked at Princess Sophie sitting beside him again.

Since getting into the carriage, Her Highness the Princess has not spoken, but just looked out of the window with a straight face. She should still be angry about what happened before.

"Your Highness, thank you." With sincere gratitude, Aigron seemed to be talking to himself, "I will never forget your kindness to me."

Her Royal Highness didn't answer, as if she didn't hear anything.

In the silence, the carriage crossed the Vienna River along the bridge, then along Mariahilf Street and Linz Street, through wide or narrow streets all the way, and finally came to Herners Street.

The end of this road is Herners Cemetery, the final destination of most of the citizens of Vienna. Of course, the carriages will not lead in this direction. They turned northeast and stopped at the entrance of a theater.

The theater doesn't look big, but the location is quite convenient. Not far from it is the Vienna Observatory, and from the roof of the theater, you can see the old palace Hofburg in the center of the city.This palace is hidden among the surrounding trees and grass, and only the dots of lights can make people see its magnificent outline vaguely.

Night is always the busiest time in Vienna, and the theater is always full of people, and this time is no exception.

In order not to disturb other people, these carriages stopped in a distant street, and then Her Royal Highness led Aigron to the theater along the street. Chanel followed the two of them, while the others Then he followed from a distance, so as not to disturb the elegant mood of Her Highness the Princess.

Right now, just before the opening ceremony, the two walked into the theater side by side. The people around either didn't care, or looked at them and continued chatting to kill the last time.

Princess Sophie frowned slightly. She didn't like the noisy environment, and even less liked the stuffy air inside, so she looked around and found the ticket office of the theater.

"Sir, I want to reserve a box." She said directly to the ticket seller.

Although it seemed to be a discussion, Her Royal Highness inadvertently took on a commanding tone. "We want the best view."

The conductor took a look at the three people on the opposite side, and estimated their clothes. "Don't be kidding, miss, all the boxes are reserved."

"Call your manager over!" Princess Sophie said impatiently. "I want to book a box!"

Perhaps because of being intimidated by Her Royal Highness, the conductor's eyes widened in surprise.

Then, he said something to the person next to him.

Soon, a middle-aged man hurried over.

"Hello, madam." He took off his hat to Princess Sophie, "I just heard from my people that you want to reserve a box?"

"Yes." Sophie nodded, and then emphasized again, "We want the best."

The manager looked at them suspiciously, "How long do you want to pack for?"

"One year." Princess Sophie thought for a while, then replied. "Just now he said that there is no more? If not, let's change to another one."

"Yes, there are, but the price is not cheap..." the manager replied.

"How much?" Princess Sophie asked impatiently.

"About 2000 Gulden." The manager said a price casually, "We have a lot of distinguished guests here..."

"Okay, give it to him." Princess Sophie said impatiently to Chanel behind her.

He actually accepted this price directly!

The manager looked at the three people in astonishment, but couldn't figure out who they were.

[Austria's currency system has changed a lot due to the changes in modern history. At the same time, because of multiple government financial crises, the official coinage has been devalued several times. Generally speaking, the main currency in circulation is a currency called Gulden. The silver coin contains approximately 11.1 grams of silver, and 1 gulden silver coin is equivalent to 60 copper coins named kreuzer. This is the currency system generally maintained in the era of the protagonist.

Converted according to this silver content, 1 Gulden silver coin is roughly equivalent to 2.5 francs (the author did the conversion himself, so the accuracy is not guaranteed).

After 1867, the Austrian Empire became the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the currency system reform was carried out, the currency system was re-divided, the currency was re-minted, and the ratio of Gulden silver coins to Kruzer copper coins was changed to 1:100. A gold coin called a florin...

In short, these are too complicated. All plots involving Austrian currency in the works use Gulden silver coins, and at the same time calculate the purchasing power in francs. 】　　

24. Negotiation and Settlement

The Ruby Theater can only be regarded as a second-rate theater in Vienna. Although the location is good, there are not many surprises, and the level of the actors can only be said to be average.