Eagle's Glory

"Your Highness, then you can go back and let me take some people to clean up the rear guards they left along the way. This kind of boring battle is not worth wasting your energy." After laughing for a while, Major Hench He became serious again, "For you now, it's more important to go back and write a letter to report success to all those who have high expectations for you—"

Aigron also knew that the war was over, and all that was left was just finishing work, and it was meaningless for him to continue to lead the army.

Now, since the enemies from both sides have been eliminated, he will not be threatened militarily for the time being, and what he needs to fight next is the political battle.

"Okay." He nodded.

"Besides reporting the success, please don't forget to write a most affectionate letter to Her Majesty Teresa, she must have been waiting for her to see through..." At this time, Major Hench reminded again, "If you don't know how to Write, I can also teach you two hands."

"Come on! I'm an expert on how to please a girl!" Aigron retorted.

Aegron turned his horse's head and turned eastward to return to Nafpaktos. At this time, from the eastern sea, the rising sun was pouring the morning light on him without hesitation, as if draping his body. Put on a layer of gold armor.

Has this energetic and ambitious young man ever been afraid of any tempering?　　

Extra Story (5) Love between husband and wife

[This article is an independent world line, following the first episode, which is the world line in which the protagonist chooses to stay in Austria to marry Teresa after hesitation and live in seclusion.

Also, Happy Tanabata everyone~]

A summer day in June 1847

In the manor on the outskirts of Vienna, it was a rural scene at this time.

In the mountains and forests in the early morning, there are some faint mist that has not yet dissipated, changing under the morning light, just like the veils dancing by fairies in the forest.

The grass on the hillside is full of grass, and the lush leaves cover the country path, which also makes the air cooler. Clusters of wild flowers bloom in the morning sun, and the dewdrops on the petals flash with colorful lights, luring those who are hardworking. Bees come to dance for it.

Birds sing happily among the trees, which brings vitality to the quiet mountain forest.

In the depths of the forest, there is a small but quite delicate white building, which carefully hides itself in the natural scenery.

On the second floor of this mansion, there is a room with the most open view, which has been opened up as the owner's study room, and in the study room at this time, there is a middle-aged man in his thirties sitting on the desk , quietly watching the green scenery outside the window.

There are some manuscripts and books in front of him, and on his right hand is a cup of coffee that has just been half drunk and is still emitting steam, and in the wastebasket next to him, there are a lot of crumpled things piled up. Manuscript paper is obviously the residue produced by middle-aged people in their creation.

Although he seemed to be gazing at the scenery outside the window, his brows sometimes furrowed and sometimes stretched, his expression fluctuated, obviously he had devoted himself wholeheartedly to his own unique spiritual world.

After a long time, he finally made a move—he picked up the pen, moved it quickly on the paper, and wrote it down in one breath. The speed of the movement and the scribbled handwriting seemed to be impatient to accumulate words in his brain. The creativity and passion are poured out cleanly.

Time was passing by quickly, and after a while, a pile of manuscript paper had accumulated in front of him, and at this time he finally poured out his passion, so he let out a sigh of relief, and then put down his pen.

Only then did he realize that he was already sweating profusely.

Creation is very difficult work no matter in any era.

At this moment, the melodious sound of the piano came from the next room, and he knew that it was his wife Teresa playing music with his daughter Emily.

He stood up, picked up the remaining half cup of coffee, walked silently to the window, and drank it while looking at the scenery.

At this moment, there was a light knock on the door of the study.

"Aigron, do you have time? The guests are waiting for you!"

"Come in!" Aegron heard who the speaker was, so he replied.

Immediately the door opened, and in came a woman in a white taffeta dress trimmed with velvet ribbons.

She looks about 30 years old, her skin is still smooth and smooth, her cheeks are white and rosy, she always seems to have a faint smile, and her eyes are also full of joy, as if the whole person exudes happiness of light.

She is Her Royal Highness Princess Teresa, who is also his wife.

Although the two of them are not very old now, they have been husband and wife for nearly 20 years.

Today is the 20th anniversary of their engagement.

Although the couple did not plan to hold a big banquet, their family members and closest relatives and friends would naturally come to celebrate this important anniversary.

Since getting married, Aigron has lived in seclusion in the countryside with Princess Teresa, voluntarily isolated from the world. The only thing that connects him with the world is the scripts, poems and historical monographs he silently created.

External disputes cannot spread to this isolated island, and the family is as harmonious as ever. The couple seldom quarrels. At that time, Teresa accommodated her husband.

Just as Teresa swore when the two first got married, she seemed to regard "taking care of His Highness's life so that he can concentrate on creating and displaying his talents" as her mission, and she persisted willingly. The marriage life that is close to each other has continued in such a harmonious and beautiful way, and 20 years have passed by inadvertently like a flick of a finger.

Perhaps, this calm "inadvertent" is happiness itself.

"Your Highness..." Teresa called out softly, then walked to the desk and sorted out the manuscript paper that Egron had just written. "After resting, let's go down together, everyone is waiting for us!"

While identifying the handwriting, she moved her fingers deftly, and put the manuscript paper into a special booklet—and on the bookshelf by the wall of the study room, there were already too many similar manuscripts in different categories, and there was a note on it specifically marked Time and keywords, so that the owner can retrieve it at any time.

These scattered and scribbled manuscripts, sometimes even Aigron herself can't figure it out after passionate creation, and she is almost the only one who can sort them out.

"Theresa." Just as she was tidying up, Aigron suddenly turned his head and looked at his wife.

"What's wrong?" Teresa asked with her head down.

"Has François come?" Eggron asked in a low voice.

Teresa froze for a moment, and then her expression darkened.

Finally, she shook her head slightly.

"This bastard who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth!" Aigron couldn't help shaking his head and sighed, "Why does he have to do stupid things?"

"Of course you know why he is like this..." Teresa also sighed. "Over the years, haven't you imagined something similar?"

Being refuted by his wife in this way, Aigron froze immediately.

Although he is quite satisfied with his current life, when he occasionally looks back on his life or hears about important events in Europe, he still occasionally has a little flame of ambition in his heart-this is deeply rooted in Bonaparte. The desire for power in the family blood.

The desire for glory and power is like a ghost in his body, and it comes out from time to time to make troubles, reminding the prince, who is approaching middle age, that he still has a destined career that has not yet been completed.

However, every time he reminded himself - since you have chosen this path, you should go on without hesitation.

He has always been a resolute and decisive person. Now that he has made a decision, he must stick to it to the end. So he used this stubbornness to forcefully extinguish the flame in his heart, and then spent 20 years of marriage with He Meimei and his wife Life.

To him, Teresa and her children were God's best compensation for what he had lost.

However, his self-control can endure the flame of ambition, but his descendants may not be able to do it——

In the past 20 years, he and Teresa have had six children, and their eldest son François is now almost an adult.

Under the care of his mother and grandfather, this young man has never experienced any hardships, and although his grandfather has never been by his side for a second, his grandfather's reputation has been haunting him ever since this young man became sensible. his heart.

This young man was just as intelligent as his father back then, and when he reached this vigorous age, he could no longer bear the lonely life his father voluntarily chose. The flames in his blood seemed to be urging him all the time, insisting on Let him do a great job.

The "big cause" in his mind is not in Austria, which belongs to the Habsburg family, but in France in the west—to be precise, the French Empire that was once briefly ruled by the Bonaparte family.

In this day and age, the Bourbon dynasty had already been overthrown by the July Revolution in 1830, and the Orleans family, which replaced it, also showed faint signs of instability at this time.

Because of this, those Bonapartists who had been dormant for a long time also began to move around, hoping to use the opportunity to overthrow the increasingly unpopular King Louis-Philippe and let the Bonaparte family rule France again.

In order to achieve this goal, they secretly sent someone to contact Aigron. However, Aigron, who had already made a decision, of course would not change his will, so he flatly rejected their request.

For him, although being an Austrian Duke of Lechstedt is not wonderful, at least the current life is enough.

But his son was completely different—although the Bonapartists didn't persuade Aigron, they hit it off with his eldest son. The ambition and blood of a young man made him readily accept their support, and he also hoped to use Own actions, so that my family can return to the top of Europe.

After he made such a choice, the father and son had many quarrels about it. The father blamed the son for risking his own life and the lives of others, while the son blamed the father for indulging in a secluded life, being obliterated and forgetting his destiny. obligation.

During the quarrel between father and son, this originally happy and harmonious family also split up, until finally, Francois left a sentence: "You and mother can stay in the country, and I will go and take away the honor that belongs to our family." Take it back and give it to you!" and then ran away from home.

The parents were helpless and powerless about what their son did, and could only watch him act on his own.

And today, on this important day, Francois has not come back, which is enough to show the extent of the rift between father and son.

Aigron stopped talking, but stared out the window in a daze.

"Your Highness, don't be angry about Francois anymore. Young people will always be a little ignorant, and they will know what is good or bad when they hit a wall in reality." Teresa walked to his side and comforted him in a low voice. Husband, "At least for now we're together, that's enough... As for François, he'll come back when he's exhausted."

"No, Teresa, I'm not hurting for him." Eggron stretched out his hand, covered his face, and sighed again, "I was thinking, maybe... maybe François is right Yes, I did lose too many important things!"

Teresa's face froze instantly.

"So you think I've delayed you?" She lowered her gaze, and asked cautiously.

"No, I didn't think about it that way." Aigron shook his head hastily, "Being able to marry you and spend the rest of my life together is enough to make up for all my losses, but, François... now my son is fighting for our family Isn't it absurd that I stand here looking at the scenery while struggling?"

Teresa saw the hesitation in her husband's heart, and her heart ached accordingly, but now she knew that she had to be strong, comfort her husband, and let him come out of the hesitation.

"You don't need to change your mind for him, Your Highness. Since he is about to reach adulthood, he can naturally choose his own path, and we can't control that much, so let him go." She stretched out her hand, tightly firmly held her husband's hand. "Your Highness, I love François and all our children. The children are the fruit of our married life and the most important treasure in my life, but... for me, you are life itself, more important than children. , more than anything."

Teresa's voice trembled a little because of her full devotion, "I love you and love every day I spend with you, so I don't need you to snatch anything at all. If you reach the pinnacle of power, then Of course it is very good, I can also be honored by this, and maybe even wear a crown, but in that case, will my life be better than it is now? I am afraid not necessarily! I have experienced too much glory and wealth, even if I bring the queen The crown may not make me more dazzling, and if that is the case, there will be too many interests and trade-offs between us, and the original honest love between us will be dusted, so..."

Teresa hugged her husband, then closed her eyes slightly, "This is the best now, the two of us are together, no one disturbs us, you quietly dedicate your talents to the world, and I spend my whole life They are all by your side, freeing you from all worries, and you can devote yourself to the magnificent career on the pen... Your Highness, sometimes I really feel that God is too partial to me, allowing me to get what I want without suffering Everything can go on living so happily! Aigron, my dear, I am very satisfied with everything. If I have any wish, I only hope that all this can continue peacefully without changing anything until we Two until they are old."

Teresa's words were so emotional, and her eyes were even more watery, that Eggron was both joyful and moved when he heard it.

Yes, his heart that sometimes trembled because of ambition was melted by this incomparably warm love.

He reached out and stroked his wife's still smooth cheek.

"Teresa, you are right. On this day, it is too ridiculous to think about those boring things. I only need you by my side. Go to his empire!"

Then, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed his wife deeply, as if to express his determination.

Teresa also closed her eyes happily, and opened her red lips to welcome her husband's tenderness.

It took a long time before the two parted their lips, and Teresa raised her head slightly to look at her husband.

"Your Highness, let's go on a trip to relax after a while. You can go wherever you want, Rome, London, Petersburg, or even some remote corner of the world...anywhere is fine!"

Yes, after 20 years, Austrian officials have very few restrictions on Aiglon, and since Aiglon published his works using his real name, he has caused a sensation all over Europe.

Now he has fans all over Europe. If he wants to, he will be warmly welcomed wherever he goes.

"Yeah." Eggron just nodded slightly.

Then, the middle-aged couple, whose love was still fresh, walked out of the study holding hands, and came to the living room where everyone gathered, enjoying everyone's blessings for them.　　

163, love

With the retreat of the besieging army, the series of battles surrounding Nafpaktos came to an end. The Knights of Fontainebleau led by Aigron unambiguously defeated the Turkish army who came to encircle and suppress.

Aigron didn't waste time, and immediately sent a large number of messengers to send his good news to all parties concerned, and through these messengers, his victory was spread to the whole world at a flying speed.

Although judging from the scale of the two warring parties, this battle is nothing remarkable, but the significance of it is beyond the scale of the war. Victory is enough to boost the morale of the Independent Army; on the other hand, and more importantly, this is another time that the Bonaparte family has appeared in front of the world as a military group.

Only more than ten years after the fall of the empire, the new generation of the Bonaparte family is unwilling to be lonely and disturbing the wind and rain, making the world uneasy again.

Although their leaders kept saying that they were only supporting Greek independence, anyone with a little common sense would know where their ultimate goal was.

Facing the same news, people will have different reactions - some people are gnashing their teeth with hatred, just thinking of killing this restless young man with their own hands; With anticipation in mind, they watched from all over Europe what kind of miracles this vigorous and ambitious young man would create.

In Mesonei, far from the front line, Teresa received the news of her long-awaited victory.

Although she has absolute confidence in her fiancé, she still can't help but feel anxious these days, and sometimes even wakes up in nightmares at night.

In order not to disturb Aigron's mind, she forcibly suppressed her uneasiness and quietly waited for the news. All these sufferings were finally relieved at this time.

The moment she received the good news, she almost fainted from ecstasy.

In addition to the good news, Teresa also received a private letter from Aigron.

She forcibly controlled her emotions, arranged many affairs at hand, and then returned to her room with this private letter.

At this time, she finally couldn't hold back her emotions, opened the envelope with trembling hands, and then picked up the letter written by Aigron, and the letter was the note she was most familiar with.

"Dearest Teresa:

You know, winning is always exciting, especially for someone like me whose ego has been suppressed for too long.After victory, I couldn't wait to announce my achievement loudly to the world, for those who once looked down on me to take a good look.

However, I most hope to share my victory with you, because you are the most special person in my heart.

Many people have taken care of me on the way I grew up, and I am grateful to them all, but you are the first person in the world who believes that I must have outstanding achievements. Your feelings for me are not just protection, but Follow and help...and you really acted personally, followed me without complaint or regret, supported me unreservedly, and even opposed everyone around me. I will always remember this kindness and kindness. All in return for you.

Every day I'm away from you makes me realize how precious it is to have you by my side, and I can't stop myself from missing you, whether it's in war or in rest.Really, almost every moment I think about every day with you, and the feeling of kissing you, even when I sleep, I regret the lack of your hug... Really, writing now As soon as I write this, I can't wait to kiss you and taste my darling!

It's just that the current situation is not enough for us to live leisurely. We still have too many important things, so we can only continue to separate for a while, but believe me, such days are not many, as long as we continue the present trend, everyone will cheer for us next!

After this battle, there is a vast expanse in front of us, the initiative is in my hands, and my enemies can hardly organize to besiege me in a short time... In other words, all the gates have been closed Open to me, just see how I choose.

Although I haven't come up with a specific plan yet, I'm going to march west to Mesolonghi, which is a fortress and an important stronghold. As long as I capture it, I will capture a large piece of territory in western Greece , at least have a solid rear.

Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that it’s the place where Byron died with unfulfilled ambition—if all goes well, it won’t be long before I take it down there, and then I can rest in peace for a while, then We will be able to meet in time, and then we can go to the place where Byron died together to pay homage to this great poet.

And I still have to hold you and kiss you all the time, make up for all the time God took from us, the best time is waiting for us... so let's wait and look forward to it !

Also, thank your father for me, I dare not write to him myself, because I am afraid that my handwriting will only anger him, so I can only ask you to convey it-but my respect and gratitude to him But there will never be the slightest impurity.

Please tell him that he is not only a great commander, but also a great father. Only the best father can raise a daughter like you who has the most beautiful qualities in the world, such as beauty, kindness, wisdom, and firmness. You can know him And to be honored by his love and to be his son-in-law is a lifetime honor for me, and it is more worthy of boasting than winning ten battles.

—Aegron who loves and misses you forever. "

At the end of the battle, Major Hench suggested that Eggron write a most affectionate letter and send it to Teresa to console her for her lovesickness.

Aegron was of course happy to do this, so he thought about it for a while, and immediately wrote this letter that made him feel a little embarrassed.