Eagle's Glory

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In the evening, the former Empress Dowager Letizia Bonaparte, who lived in a secluded palace in Rome, was chatting after dinner with her own brother, Cardinal Joseph Fish, as usual.

Old people always go to bed early, so the daily chatter will end around eight o'clock, and then the old woman will go back to her bedroom and fall asleep.

However, the situation has been slightly different in recent days. She knows that her grandson is about to visit Rome-and, obviously, as soon as he arrives in Rome, he will immediately come to her.

Every time she thought about it, she would be overjoyed, and even sleep was delayed a lot.

"Joseph, where are they now?" Letizia asked again.

Cardinal Fish, who has been tortured countless times today, can only reply weakly, "When I received the letter last time, Aigron wrote down the approximate date of departure. If you calculate the time, it should be the two God."

"That's good..." The old woman nodded expectantly.

As early as two or three months ago, after she learned that her grandson was going to visit Rome, she had already arranged for someone to tidy up her residence, and everything was ready, waiting for her grandson and grandson-in-law to move in .

But the two little guys didn't come for a long time, which made the grandmother wait anxiously. Although she knew it was not their fault, the old man still complained a few times.

Fortunately, the grandson finally made the trip now, and this suffering will soon be over.

However, the closer to the end, every minute and every second made her feel uncomfortable.

"God, how does time go by so slowly!" Empress Dowager Letizia couldn't help complaining. "Any new news?"

"Wait a little longer..." Cardinal Fish could only perfunctory again.

Deep down in his heart, like his sister, he hopes to see the couple again soon.

Three months ago, at their wedding, he personally presided over it as an elder. He still remembers that grand scene so far, and it made him feel extremely gratified.

After returning to Rome, he told his sister exactly what he had seen and heard-this was the greatest pleasure they could enjoy in their old age.

For the Empress Dowager Letizia, apart from continuing the family, this marriage has another meaning—she was the one who insisted on asking her grandson to marry Princess Teresa. Doesn't it prove that she has a unique vision?

Although she only met a few times, she was very satisfied with Princess Teresa. She sincerely believed that after her death, the burden of the family would be carried on by Princess Teresa for her.

"After getting married, he is no longer a child. I hope he can be more stable, shoulder the responsibilities of the family, and stop taking risks." Thinking of this, Letizia couldn't help but say, "In my opinion, he is the best Stay with us for a while, and wait until my great-grandson comes out before talking about anything else!"

Cardinal Fish smiled wryly.

"This... I'm afraid it won't work. There are still many things waiting for Aigron to do. It is impossible for him to stay in Rome for too long."

"Is there anything more important than continuing our poor family?" Letizia asked back.

Having said that, she changed the subject again, "Forget it, I will never be able to control these children. It was like this back then, and it is still like this now..."

After complaining for a while, the old woman finally calmed down.

"He came to Italy, is he planning to meet his mother next?"

"Yes." The cardinal replied, "This is what Princess Teresa insisted on. After all, she feels that Luisa and her are members of the same family and should maintain a good relationship."

Letizia frowned.

She didn't like this ex-daughter-in-law at first, and she wasn't very happy to have any contact with her, but when she heard that it was Teresa's opinion, she couldn't say anything.

"What a reasonable and family-minded child. They come from the same family, but they are so different!"

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Letizia looked towards the door of the restaurant as if telepathically, and at this moment a servant walked over quickly.

Before he could speak, Empress Letizia understood something from his demeanor.

She finally waited for this moment.

Without any thought, she interrupted the chat with her brother, then stood up directly, and walked quickly to the restaurant.

She walked to the living room with excitement, and at this time, the boy and girl couple had just entered.

The eyes of the three met, the old woman's body trembled with excitement, and the anxiety and dissatisfaction that had accumulated in her heart disappeared.

"Grandson, my grandson!" She stepped forward directly.

On the opposite side, Aigron and Teresa were also full of excitement, especially Teresa, who was grateful for Letizia's efforts to match them up before, felt mixed feelings at this moment, and almost cried out.

"Grandma..." Aigron went up to meet her, and then hugged his grandmother, "I can finally come to see you in a legitimate way!"

"God bless...God bless..." the old woman murmured to herself as she wept. "God knows how much you have made me worry about!"　　

3. Family and gifts

"God knows how much you have worried me!"

Holding her grandson, the Empress Dowager Letizia had mixed feelings and shed tears for a while, while other people present were also deeply moved.

"I'm sorry..." Eggron hissed, "I've troubled you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Letizia laughed again, wiping tears while laughing, "I originally hoped that you could live your life safely in anonymity, but you chose to do great things, maybe it's fate Well... I can't stop it, so I can only worry about it. Fortunately, the result is satisfactory, God bless you..."

Then, the old woman let go of her embrace, and turned her gaze to Teresa next to her.

For this granddaughter-in-law, she was satisfied with how she looked at it at the beginning, but now she loves it to the extreme.

"Teresa, let me give you a big hug."

While speaking, she held the girl in her arms again, "I'm sorry, my grandson wronged you..."

"You are serious. His Highness did not wrong me. On the contrary, he took good care of me." Teresa enjoyed grandma's caress, then smiled and defended her husband, "Being able to be with His Highness through all the ups and downs, I feel so happy I'm very happy, and I never doubted it for a moment."

"It's really his blessing to have a wife like you." Letizia couldn't help but sigh, "From now on, our family should make up for you."

"It's not right for you to say that, I am also a member of the Bonaparte family now." Teresa replied with a smile, "It should be that I have to fulfill my obligation, just like you did back then, let this family flourish. It is right for Ye to carry forward."

"That's right, that's right!" Letizia laughed embarrassedly, "Indeed, I shouldn't say that, now you are a member of our family, my dear granddaughter, and Egron is If you are a family member, then you are the wife who is the head of the family, and everything in our family should be controlled by you, so how can we talk about compensation?"

Speaking of this, the old man's wrinkled smile was a little more teasing, "So, when do you plan to let our family flourish?"

This question made Teresa's face turn red in an instant. She lowered her head and dared not look at her grandmother any more. She just replied softly, "Of course I'm ready. It will depend on whether His Highness will work hard—"

"Does he dare to work hard!" Letizia glanced at Aigron.

Aigron was also very embarrassed when he heard it, but with a conscience, he has "worked hard" enough since he got married.

Fortunately, Letizia didn't want to keep talking about this, so she changed the subject. "Okay, let's stop standing all the time, I've got dinner ready, let's go eat together."

So, Letizia brought the young couple back to the dining room, together with Cardinal Fish, the four relatives sat together, which suddenly gave the place a warm atmosphere of family dinner.

"Aigron, how long do you plan to stay in Rome?" Letizia asked while eating.

"It depends on whether I go well here. If everything goes well, I will stay here for about two weeks before leaving." Aigron replied.

"Is it so short?" Grandma asked, a little downcast, "Where are you going next? To Palma?"

Although her tone was quite calm, both Aigron and Teresa felt the disgust implied in it-it seemed that she was also very dissatisfied with what her former daughter-in-law had done.

They looked at each other secretly, and then Aigron nodded. "Yes, go visit my mother... After all, she invited me, as a son, I should visit her."

In fact, he didn't want to go at all, it was all because of Teresa's insistence, but he would rather take the responsibility on himself in front of his grandmother, lest her grandmother have any opinion on Teresa.

"That's right..." Letizia sighed, and agreed with her grandson, "After all, she is also your mother. Now that you are married, it is a bit unreasonable to see you at all. You should visit her. You How long are you going to stay there?"

"I don't want to stay there for long, so as not to trouble my mother, she has her family life, and as an outsider, I should maintain due respect—" Aggron said sarcastically. "Maybe stay for two or three days and leave."

"Then where are you going next?" Grandma asked again.

"If there are no accidents, we will go to Bavaria." Aigron replied.

This was supposed to be his own secret, but he didn't need to hide it from his grandma and uncle, so he said it directly.

"I had a secret agreement with Metternich and the others to support the members of the Wittelsbach family to become the king of Greece. As for which one to choose, I need to discuss with the current Bavarian royal family and strive for a good result— —”

"So it is!" Letizia suddenly realized.

She didn't care about European politics, let alone the Greek king, but she still felt very happy seeing her grandson's confident expression when he spoke.

At that time, her son was drawing and drawing on the map of the whole of Europe, reshaping the territory of almost all countries, and giving birth to new countries such as the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Kingdom of Italy and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. Who doesn't feel terrified of his boldness?

Now in the grandson, you can also find some of the demeanor of the son back then.

Of course, compared with her son, her grandson still has a long way to go, but she is satisfied enough.

Letizia has not seen Aigron many times, but she has always been concerned about this grandson. At this time, seeing him so energetic, the more she looks at him, the happier she is.

Which old man doesn't like to have such a grandson?

"Since you have already made up your mind, then I won't interfere any more, I just wish you all the best." The old woman said with a smile, "But during this time in Rome, you have to accompany me well... ...your grandma hasn't been happy for too long, and she hopes to have a good time."

"Of course!" Eggron immediately nodded and agreed, "I am very glad that I have the opportunity to make up for the regret of not being by your side for a long time... Your kindness is indeed what I longed for since I was a child."

"Poor child... where is your fault? This is clearly the torment of fate, and you are a complete victim." Letizia recalled those sad things in the past, and almost cried again, " This torment started when your father disobeyed God and broke with the church, and God punished him for his arrogance, and ended up making us atone for it with suffering! We're fine, after all, we've lived a rough life and can take a blow; but you... my pity Grandson, you have suffered too much!"

While sighing, she advised her grandson, "So you must take him as a lesson and always remember to be devout to God and respect the church. The reason why you were able to escape from the cage and do such a great career must be because of God's will, the Almighty Lord is blessing you. It is very lucky that our family has been favored by God twice, so this time you must not deviate from the Lord! As long as you can always follow God's will, then even if You won’t be able to become an emperor in the future, at least you will have a place in Rome, it’s better than being a ghost, you must heed my advice.”

The old man said these words in a crying voice.

Although she used to be the empress dowager of the empire, Letizia is essentially just an ordinary Italian old lady, devout, religious and compassionate, without the ambition of a politician or the cruelty of unscrupulous means. In her opinion, her children and grandchildren Everything they got was too dreamy, and there was no other explanation except being favored by God——

Therefore, the destruction of the empire is naturally a punishment from God.

She does not ask her grandson to ascend to the throne in the future, but only hopes that he can live a safe life and continue the family blood, so she is very afraid that he will repeat the same mistakes and commit the great crime of arrogance and disrespect.

For the advice of the old man, Aigron could only listen silently.

He doesn't mind cooperating with the Roman Church, but in essence, the Church is just a tool for him, and this means that he will inevitably have both cooperation and conflict with the Church in the future-this is not surprising, since the Middle Ages, France And which monarch of Germany has not had a headache with this problem?

But he didn't need to tell his grandmother these words, so as not to disappoint her.

After the grandmother finished chatting, Aigron changed the topic.

"By the way, I am coming to Rome this time, and I plan to visit Uncle Lucien. Can you send someone to inform him? I want to ask his opinion before visiting."

"That's great." Letizia nodded with a smile, "I've sent someone to inform him—I think he must be very happy to see you as a nephew, after all, during this period of time, he and I When we met, he always praised you very much."

Hearing what grandma said, Aigron couldn't help but also have expectations.

"I'm grateful he missed me so much."

He has not seen this third uncle since he was born-Lucien lived in seclusion in Rome before 1815, and when he returned to France to help his brother in 1815, Aigron had already been brought by Louisa in 1814 vienna.

Among Napoleon's brothers, he didn't have a good opinion of this Uncle Lucien whom he had never met—after all, he was talented and proud, but he was also notoriously frivolous and greedy for money, and even repeatedly made Napoleon unable to step down.

His courage to disobey Napoleon at the height of his power and refuse all his favors to leave France is also admirable; but his personal ambitions are also exposed, and he has publicly declared many times in the past that he will be Napoleon's heir , was finally warned severely by the unbearable Napoleon.

Of course, the uncle was just an uncle, and he was the unyielding master of the Bonaparte family, so he would never allow his uncle to offend him.

"Speaking of your uncle, I think of other children..." Letizia suddenly sighed, "I really hope that one day, I can see my children and grandchildren reunited."

At this point in time, Letizia's adult sons, except for Napoleon, are still alive (only the former Queen of Naples Caterina is alive among the daughters), and they are scattered.

Joseph lived in seclusion in the United States and bought a large piece of real estate in New York; Lucien lived in seclusion in Rome;

In the past, the original members of this family each wore a crown and ruled half of the European continent, but now they are separated from each other. It can be said that "the sky is full of stars".

For the old lady, she didn't care about the splendor and wealth, it was only her children and grandchildren that made her feel at ease, recalling the prosperity of the past, and thinking about the present, it was inevitable that some sadness would come from it.

"There will be such a day, grandma." Teresa quickly comforted the old lady. "We now have two cousins ​​working by our side. Once we come to France in the future, we will take care of other family members. At that time, you can also spend your days in Paris."

"Then I will try to find a way to live so that I can see that day." Queen Letizia replied with a smile. "But I heard that Louis seemed to have conflicted with you before?"

"It's not a conflict, it's just that he has some disagreements with us." Aigron replied.

Then, he told his grandmother the whole story of his uncle Louis going to Monte Cristo Island and refusing to sponsor him, and then he added that Queen Odance gave him money generously.

"This selfish son!" Letizia was really angry. "He is not as sensible as his wife! Has he forgotten that he can't have a penny without his brother! How dare he dare to ask you for help?" Standing on the sidelines while helping... What a son of a bitch!"

"Maybe the past made him feel bad, after all, he was the king of the Netherlands." Aegron replied calmly.

"You can't blame you for what happened in the past, as a member of the family, he should do his best to help you!" Letizia was still angry, and took a sip of the broth to calm down a little, "Forget it... I'm here You are old, and you can't control these unworthy descendants, but Aigron, don't worry, your grandmother is completely on your side, and she will do everything possible to support you."

Then she looked at Teresa again, "Teresa, do you remember? I said before that I would hand over all my property to you."

"You don't have to..." Teresa said hastily.

"I think it is very necessary." Letizia interrupted her with a smile, "I am at this age, and I can't tell when I will die, so it is necessary for me to organize my property and make a plan in advance. Get ready, so that you won’t be arguing about it—my property was given by Napoleon back then, and it should be handed over to you now. The reason why I was stingy with Aigron before was because I was afraid that he would take risks with it. Now that he is with you I'm married, so I don't have to worry about it. I've been counting my property, including real estate, mansions and jewelry. After I make a detailed list, I will hand it over to you. From then on, you can control it as you like. It's all right."

Aigron and Teresa glanced at each other. As the empress dowager of the empire, Letizia has not been liquidated much, so she does have quite a lot of property in her name, and if these can be given to them, it is true can relieve their financial pressure.

As the heir of the family, wouldn't it be justifiable to receive these gifts?

"Thank you, grandma." Aigron thanked the old woman sincerely.

"Silly boy, a camel can't go through the eye of a needle, and I can't take money to heaven. I'm glad I can use it to help you!" Letizia said with a smile.

In this way, the grandparents and grandchildren were chatting at the dinner table, and Teresa also interrupted from time to time. The dinner was full of laughter and the atmosphere was intimate.

At this moment, the attendant who sent the news came back, and he brought another news—Aigron's uncle Lucien Bonaparte had rushed to his mother's residence, waiting to meet his nephew.　　

4. Uncle