Eagle's Glory

Agnes took Xia Lu to the back of an embroidered screen, and here was where her favorite collections were placed.

Here is a row of shelves, on which are placed all kinds of swords. The blades emit a cold metal light in the sun. Just standing in front of them, there is a sense of chilling.

The young Xia Lu was caught off guard by this, and seemed to be petrified all of a sudden, her legs were a little weak, while Agnes looked at her beloved niece with a smile.

"Xia Lu, these are my aunt's treasures. When you gradually develop them in the future, you can play with them casually. Do you think my aunt treats you well?"

"I don't want to play with these things... Auntie, please let me go back. Mom must miss me very much." Xia Lu replied with a sad face.

"That can't be done! You're here, how can you give up halfway?" Agnes suddenly straightened her face and looked at Xia Lu seriously, "Xia Lu, do you want to go against my will?"

Although Agnes usually laughs and laughs in front of Xia Lu, as the queen of a country, she possesses a sense of majesty. Seeing her say that, Xia Lu was so frightened that she didn't dare to vent her anger.

Tears welled up from the corners of her eyes, but she could only nod her head aggrieved.

"It's so good!" Queen Agnes smiled secretly after the victory, and then she stroked her niece's little head, "Don't be so sad, this is an honor that no one can ask for!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at her collection shelf with great interest, and reached out to take a weapon from it.

Before Xia Lu could react, Agnes had already handed the sword in front of her.

Xia Lu took a closer look and found that the sword was not amazing in appearance, and there were many scars on the hilt and sword body, which was completely different from other collectibles. There was even a feeling of "does it deserve to appear here?" Feel.

"Xia Lu, don't look at it as inconspicuous, but it is of great significance..." Agnes looked at the sword in her hand, and suddenly there was a little nostalgia in her eyes, "This is the sword my master gave me. At this age, I was already practicing with her... How time flies. In a blink of an eye, how old are my children."

After sighing, she looked at Xia Lu again, "Xia Lu, I gave it to you, I hope you can be like me at that time, study hard, hone your will, and eventually become a tough and reliable person You are very smart, much smarter than my own children, but smart people are generally not diligent, or not strong-willed, and this weakness will drag them down and make them end up ineffective... I don't want you to be like those people, I wasted my ingenuity. You have a good grandpa and a good mother. Naturally, they can teach you resourcefulness and ingenuity. All I can do is sharpen your will with my sword. I hope that one day, you can become Strongest man in this court, in this empire, defending our fledgling dynasty—"

"Aunt...?" Xia Lu was dumbfounded.

All along, Her Majesty the Queen has always been a very relaxed and humorous image in front of her. She originally thought that Her Majesty the Queen would not think about so many things, but she did not expect that it turned out that she forcibly wanted to accept herself as an apprentice, and it was not on a whim. But there is this level of consideration.

Before she could react, Agnes continued, "You have to remember that you are able to be what you are today, and you can get everyone's compliments and favors in the court because your aunt and uncle like you, The prosperity of your family is also due to our support. Xia Lu, the Treville family and the Bonaparte family share weal and woe. As long as the royal family is still there, you will always have glory and wealth. This court will have you A place, and you must defend it with your hands and your mind—you must be the best guardian of our family, defending this country and this family, because it is everything to you, understand? "

From her aunt's eyes, Xia Lu felt extremely heavy.

It turned out that Queen Agnes, who seemed to be joking and joking just thinking about her own happiness and never interfering in political affairs, would have such a clear sense of crisis about her situation.

She wants her children to inherit everything from their parents smoothly, and she is her chosen protector of the next generation.

This is not a blind choice. My aunt is right. The Treville family and the Bonaparte family share weal and woe. Everything I have now comes from this. If one day the empire is destroyed, then everything I own Will be wiped out.

So from a standpoint, Xia Lu must be a "royalist" naturally.

Agnes wants to "train" her niece in order to train her into a qualified core backbone of the next generation of the empire.

The young Xia Lu quickly understood all of this. From her aunt's gaze, she saw how many expectations from Her Majesty the Queen were on her shoulders.

She didn't want to live up to such expectations.

"I see, Aunt... I will do it well." Xia Lu made up her mind, and then said to Her Majesty the Queen full of ambition.

"That's great, Xia Lu!" Agnes was overjoyed, and patted Xia Lu's head again, "I knew that you would never disappoint my aunt..."

After finishing speaking, she put the sword in her hand directly into Xia Lu's hand, and this seemed to represent a kind of spiritual inheritance.

Xia Lu was holding the sword, and before she could savor the heaviness in it, suddenly, the door of the room opened, and then a footstep came into the room with strides.

"Agnes, are you there?" Then came another call.

Xia Lu quickly recognized that it was His Majesty's voice—this was inevitable, only His Majesty could break into Her Majesty's suite without notification.

Agnes was stunned for a moment, and then made a silent gesture to Xia Lu, signaling her not to make any noise——Agnes was still not sure what her husband would think about this, so she decided to hide it from him for a while, and wait until it was done. .

"Honey, what's the matter?" After comforting Xia Lu, Agnes came out from behind the screen and looked at her husband with a smile.

Today's Emperor His Majesty was wearing a tuxedo, and looked as imposing as usual. After seeing his wife, he greeted his wife with a smile on his face, and then hugged her warmly.

"It's nothing, Agnes, I just want to spend time with you - I've lost my appetite to meet those chattering MPs just now, but I have to force myself to smile... I need some fresh air with you To regain my spirits.”

After he finished speaking, he deliberately made a gesture and sniffed his wife a few times.

"Hmm... Really good, such a fresh scent! Did you take a walk with Alice and the others just now?"

"Don't make trouble!" Agnes tapped her husband's head lightly, "That's right, I just came back from a walk along the river with Alice."

"I envy you so much at ease." Aggron said enviously, and then he changed the subject, "But then you have a lot to do, Agnes—we'll be at Fontainebleau in a while. There will be a big celebration outside the garden, celebrating the anniversary of the Empire, and you must be ready."

"Ah... so troublesome." Agnes sighed, looking listless, "Okay, I will try my best to pay attention."

Aegron watched his wife.

Although the two have been married for several years, she is only in her twenties now, and it is the time when a woman's charm is at its peak, especially the vitality that comes with Agnes, which makes her become a few In the case of the child's mother, she still has a girlish charm.

Although she is a queen, except for collecting swords, she hardly has any extravagant hobbies, and she doesn't like to pay attention to ostentation. She soon gained the respect and prestige she deserved in the hearts of the people, and everyone thought she was one of the most outstanding and lovable queens of all dynasties in France.

——Of course, Aigron himself thought so too.

There is no doubt that the two of them will live together and rule the country that belongs to their family until they leave hand in hand.

"Agnes, it's time for our son to appear in public. After the ceremony, you will bring him to the stage. Keep an eye on him so that he doesn't lose his composure."

"Yeah, I know. Don't worry, our precious son can handle this situation." Agnes nodded, and then she sighed secretly, "However, I don't think our children are as good as Xia Lu is smart... Really, I have already become a queen, why am I not better than my sister?"

"I'm afraid it's because you're not as smart as Alice." Aigron joked, "The children follow the mother."

Agnes immediately became angry and stared at her husband with cannibalistic eyes. "Even if it's the truth, you can't talk nonsense! Besides, I have my own advantages, don't I?"

"Of course, you have too many advantages, so I married you." Aigron quickly comforted her.

Then, he laughed narrowly, "Actually, if we want to have a child who is smarter than Xia Lu, it's not too late...Agnes, why don't we keep working hard?"

"It's daytime, of course it's not too late!" Agnes heard the narrowness in her husband's tone, and then blushed instantly, and then angrily reprimanded her husband, "You are the emperor, how can you think about such things all day long... ..."

"What's wrong with the emperor? The emperor also has to combine work and rest." Aigron retorted disapprovingly. "Besides, you have the nerve to say that about me? As a queen, you don't look like a serious queen—"

"What? Are you dissatisfied with me? At the beginning, you said you didn't care about me..." Agnes continued to stare at her husband, "Besides... I think I have always done a good job, even if someone laughed at me Me, I don't care."

Seeing Agnes's puffy look, Aegron felt even happier - even in his current position and age, teasing Agnes still makes him feel happy.

The exhaustion and burnout he had accumulated before had been swept away. At this moment, he only had his wife in his eyes, and he only wanted to continue to be tender with her—to be more tender.

Agitated, he grabbed Agnes' hand.

"Agnes, I will never forget the way you drew your sword under the moonlight when we first met..." He said emotionally, "From that moment on, I knew that I never wanted you to leave me gone."

"Hmph, I kept my hands back then!" Although Agnes was shy, she still pretended to be angry and replied, "Otherwise, there would be no emperor in France today."

"It should be said that I am the one who kept my hand!" Aigron protested dissatisfiedly, "I had a gun in my hand at that time, if I didn't show mercy, France would be..."

He originally wanted to say that there are no queens in France now, but after thinking about it, if there is no Agnes, he will also marry other queens, so he changed his words temporarily, "But there is no most lovely Agnes Queen Silk..."

Agnes's face was completely red, which was a sign of emotion, but she refused to give in. "Why, do you feel unconvinced that there was no winner?"

"What does it mean that there is no winner...?" Aigron asked bluntly, "Didn't you already fall by my side and give birth to a few children for me?"

Agnes was speechless.

Just when she was about to refute again, Aegron didn't give her this chance - he directly pulled Agnes into his arms, and hugged her tightly with his arms.

Amidst Agnes's exclamation and struggle, he looked at his wife who was close at hand with a victorious attitude.

"Beautiful Princess Agnes, you are now in the hands of a mountain thief like me, hehehe..." He deliberately laughed obscenely.

"Shameless! I'm going to kill you!" Agnes yelled, and then she struggled vigorously, and stabbed Aegron's neck with a hand knife to try to escape.

The two people exchanged hands half-truths, unknowingly, the clothes on their bodies became less and less, and the temperature of their bodies became higher and higher, while their mouths were teasing and angrily scolding each other, as if it was real. It's like fighting.

Occasionally, really only occasionally, the two of them would play a role-playing game on a whim, with Agron as the bandit and Agnes as the heroine.

Sometimes Aigron was captured by the female knight as a thug, and sometimes it was the other way around, the female knight acted chivalrously but was captured by the robber.

In the end who "captures" who depends on the mood of the two people and the performance of the day, but no matter who wins, both people will get indescribable excitement and happiness——

After all, as emperors and empresses, they usually have to show due seriousness and dignity in front of everyone, and they can't even say a word at will, so naturally they tend to accumulate mental pressure, so it will be more difficult for them to let go secretly. Get a different experience.

However, this can only be the private interest of the two people. If an outsider finds out that the two His Majesties are actually playing such a sexual game, I am afraid that they will lose their composure.

Gradually, the scolding voices of the two people were replaced by continuous gasps, and the carpet became a mess. I don't know how long it took for this sudden storm to come to an end.

The two were exhausted and lying on the carpet weakly. Although both of them had great energy and physical strength, they were opposite each other, and this storm still made them exhausted.

After a while, Eggron slowly recovered his strength, he struggled to get up, and then put on the scattered clothes on the ground.

He looked at his wife. At this moment, on her tired face, there was still the lingering youthfulness, her eyes were distracted, and she looked suffocatingly beautiful.

And just as he was admiring his wife's obsequiousness, Agnes' eyes suddenly became sharp again.

"Oops!" she yelled softly.

"What's wrong?" Eggron was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that what greeted him was his wife's angry and ashamed gaze.

"You ridiculous bastard! Get out!"

Didn't you enjoy it just now?Why don't you recognize people after you're done?

Aigron was a little surprised, but he could see that his wife was not joking, so he could only shrug his shoulders.

O woman!It's really hard to understand.

"Okay..." He could only shrug his shoulders, "Agnes, I'll wait for you for dinner."

Then, he packed his clothes and went out.

At this time, Agnes let out a sigh of relief, and then she changed her clothes, and walked lightly behind the screen.

She was not a very careful person, and the two of them were flirting and having fun just now, so she forgot that there was a third person present.

When she remembered, it was too late.

Agnes looked at Xia Lu quietly, while Xia Lu looked at her aunt tremblingly, not daring to breathe.

Obviously, she just heard everything.

Although Her Majesty the Queen looked normal, the vague smell coming from her nose still reminded Xia Lu of what happened just now.

Agnes sneered, then stroked her niece's hair again.

"Xia Lu, you don't want your aunt to be angry, do you?" She asked in the softest voice.

"Yes... yes... Aunt." Xia Lu replied in a low voice with fear, "I didn't hear anything... Woowa..."

"It's good to know." Agnes continued to caress Xia Lu, and the smile on her face became brighter.　　

134, appointment

"Honey, when the time comes, I will give you the Louvre, and you will win."

Teresa was greatly moved by Aigron's seemingly improvised words.

Of course she knew what the Louvre meant. The art treasures in it could be said to be as splendid as stars. She had been fascinated by it when she was still in Austria.

If you can become its owner, it is of course a great fortune in this life.

But Teresa thought for a while, and finally shook her head and rejected the proposal, "No need, Your Highness. It's enough for me to be lucky enough to enter it for a tour. If you give it to me as a gift, it will cause trouble for me instead. Well, it's too ostentatious, I'm afraid the French will scold you for bringing them an insatiable Austrian woman..."

Aigron froze for a moment, then shook his head, "You are not the same as your great-aunt."

"But how do the people know that one is different? To them, it's just another Habsburg princess...so I have to be careful so that they can accept me sincerely." Teresa replied with a smile , "Actually, as long as you can see those priceless treasures from time to time, why care about whose name it is in? Let it belong to the country and the people. We just need to keep them on behalf of the people."

Isn't that actually what it means?

Aegron couldn't help laughing.

"Teresa, you really deserve to be my wife... Well, yes, I want to be the emperor of the people, and you are the custodian of the people's art. We all dedicate ourselves to the people."

Here, he suddenly became excited.

He picked up a piece of paper and drew a sketch of the Louvre and its surrounding terrain on the paper.

"Teresa, a few hundred meters away from the Louvre is the Duinleury Palace, which is now the king's palace." Aigron explained to Theresa while painting, "Before the Great Revolution, you know , the French royal court is in Versailles, but after the Great Revolution, Louis XVI was kidnapped and kidnapped to Paris, and then lived in the Duinillery Palace. My father chose this as the royal palace in the early days of his administration. After the restoration of the Bourbon royal family, they It's still there."

While drawing the locations of the Du Inlery Palace and the Louvre, he then drew two long lines directly on both sides of the two palaces to connect them together.

Then, he looked at Teresa again, "When it becomes ours, I will build two corridors, connect them, make them a whole, and make them into a splendid building that attracts the attention of the world. All bear witness to the glory of our family..."

In fact, in history, someone really did this, and it was Napoleon III, the emperor of the Bonaparte family.

He connected the Du Yin Leli Palace and the Louvre with gorgeous galleries, and then turned the two palaces into a whole to show the prosperity and splendor of France under his rule.

Napoleon III was ambitious, worked hard, and wanted to leave his mark on the world.

Under his rule, Paris was refurbished and truly became a gorgeous modern metropolis, and the two palaces project was the most eye-catching culmination of this huge project.

During the heyday of the Second Empire, grand balls and celebrations were often held here. France, which completed the industrial revolution, used this to show off its wealth and strength. .

It is a pity that the Second Empire eventually became a mirage. After the humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the Empire was wiped out.