Eagle's Glory

"You are His Highness, the teacher will definitely pick something nice to say." Abbott shook his head with an expression of disbelief, "How about the two of us demonstrate?"

Aegron was a little surprised by the challenging gaze in the boy's eyes, but soon he felt a little funny.

"I didn't learn swordsmanship from my teacher to bully children, so I won't fight with you now." Aigron stretched out his hand and pinched his flushed face, "But, little guy, if you want to fight with me Make gestures, then when you grow up, I can give you a chance."

"Are you afraid of me?" Abbott still looked at him, looking like he wanted to challenge.

"What are you talking about!" Teresa finally couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled him behind her, "Are you deliberately trying to make everyone unhappy?"

Then Teresa pulled Aegron aside, "Never mind, Aegron."

"He seems to be a little hostile to me." Aigron shrugged. "But don't worry, I won't fight with children."

"This little rascal, he is jealous of you." Teresa turned her head and glared at her younger brother with some dissatisfaction, "Recently, because mom and dad have mentioned you a lot, he feels a little upset, and he insists on challenging you... He's always felt like the baby of the family, and then he's been left out because of you lately."

"Oh, that's it, then I can understand." Aigron suddenly realized, and then couldn't help laughing. "Kids are really easy to understand."

"So you don't need to know him as much." Teresa looked at him worriedly, "Don't affect your mood because of him."

"Naturally, I'm not bored enough to fight with a ten-year-old boy." Eggron replied with a smile.

"Are you ready, Teresa?" A slow voice suddenly came to mind, "Is it time to return Your Highness to us?"

Although these words sounded innocuous, they always seemed to be teased, and Teresa couldn't help but blush a little.

"It's okay, Mom!" Then, she blinked at Aigron and stepped aside.

Then, Aigron walked back to the side of the Grand Duchess.

"Please sit down." The Grand Duchess signaled Aigron to sit on the sofa, and then she sat beside him.

Then, the Grand Princess took a closer look.

"Ah, sometimes I really feel the incomparable mystery of fate." After a while, Henrietta suddenly sighed, "It's so interesting!"

Then, she pointed to Archduke Karl standing in the center of the living room, "My husband, who represented Napoleon who was unable to come to Vienna to attend the wedding, stood in front of the altar of the Augustinian Church in Vienna and held the wedding for your mother. At that time, I It's hard to imagine the scene at that time without marrying in Austria, but... the atmosphere shouldn't be too good, right?"

It must not be too good. At that time, Austria was repeatedly defeated by Napoleon and was forced to send Princess Louisa to "marry"—and it was Metternich who proposed to Napoleon on his own initiative. Thinking about it, those nobles would feel ashamed.

"The news caused a sensation in Europe at the time, and of course I heard about it in Nassau. I was surprised and relieved, because I thought it might mean that the endless war was finally coming to an end...Who would have thought that things would change in the end? Like that!" Henrietta smiled again, "In the end, you and I both came to Austria, and after more than ten years, now his son came to me, ah, who can guess the will of God Through it!"

Then, she smiled and winked at Aigron, "But I think, this time, maybe the atmosphere will be much better, at least my husband will be in a very different mood at that time, maybe this is God's compensation for him ?”

... Eggron didn't know how to answer, so he could only smile awkwardly.

He could hear that Henrietta's words seemed to represent some kind of approval.

"Do you like country life, Franz?" the Grand Duchess asked again.

"I'm not too used to it, but I'm also yearning for it." Aigron replied. "After all, I never had a chance to get close to the countryside since I was a child."

"Then you can enjoy the real country life—" Henrietta blinked, "And Teresa will be a good guide. Well, I'm going to prepare lunch for you, you You can go shopping with Teresa first to relax."

Just as Aigron was about to leave, Princess Henrietta suddenly said another sentence,

"My husband, because one of his aunts and the previous Duke of Cieszyn had no heirs, so at their request, he became the adopted son of Duke Albert of Cieszyn. After the grandfather died in 1822, his estate It is inherited by my husband, including the Albertina Palace in Vienna, where we live every winter, so we will pass by soon—sir, if you like, you can come and join us then We are more than welcome to spend Christmas together..."　　

76, sincerity

"Sir, if you like, you can come and spend Christmas with us then, we are more than welcome..."

Aegron certainly understands the meaning of Christmas.So Henrietta's words seem to imply that Aigron can have a family reunion at that time-that is, be officially recognized as a member of the family?

Although I am not surprised by this result, but the speed is too fast... I just met her once, and she seems to have recognized me?

Aigron was a little surprised, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

It is estimated that she may have heard a lot of good things from her husband and daughter, so she only needs to take a look at it for a while.

"Mom, don't talk about it anymore, it's scaring everyone." Perhaps sensing his hesitation, Teresa couldn't help complaining to her mother in a low voice, "It's too early to talk about Christmas..."

"Oh, I don't want you to waste your time, sometimes it's not good to be straightforward?" The princess smiled and winked at her daughter, "You just read so many books and read so stupidly, thinking all day long Going around, in the end, I can only find fault for myself...Since His Majesty thinks it is good, we also think it is good, and everyone else thinks it is good, then why is there any need to ask for trouble?"

"Mom!" Teresa couldn't stand it anymore, she protested loudly to her mother, then took Aigron's hand and walked out, "Your Highness, let me take you out for a stroll."

Aigron was eager for someone to take him out of this awkward atmosphere, so he immediately followed her out, and behind them, Henrietta laughed loudly.

"Don't forget the time, otherwise we won't be waiting for your lunch!"

Teresa didn't say a word. After leading Aigron out of the mansion, she walked straight forward until she came to the garden.

There are endless rose bushes everywhere in the garden, but it is late autumn and the flowering period of roses has already passed, so it can only be used as a greening landscape.

But even so, in this beautiful garden, people can still feel the poetic beauty.

The rose oil that Teresa gave to Chanel should be extracted from here.

In the center of the garden, there is a huge pond, and in the pond there is a Chinese-style pavilion, open on all sides, with a dome on the top, and the pavilion itself is supported by colonnades, with reliefs below the pillars, and a marble table in the middle chair.

In addition, there are some painting utensils here, which should be the things Teresa usually uses - after all, judging from her age, her younger siblings have not yet reached the time when they are interested in this.

Unknowingly, an image appeared in Aigron's mind - under the golden sunset, the girl sitting in the gazebo carefully looked at the blooming flowers not far away, and described it stroke by stroke.

Just as Aigron was still thinking, Teresa finally stopped and sat down with the boy.

"Aigron, you shouldn't mind what my mother said just now, right? I'm sorry...sometimes she speaks too casually and likes to play tricks on me." Teresa apologized to him embarrassingly.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little ashamed." Eggron replied in a low voice. "However, to be honest, I'm quite honored to see her recognize me so much."

"...That's a matter of course. After all, if she tries to pick and choose, she won't be able to find anyone." Teresa replied blurted out.

After a while, she suddenly felt something was wrong, so she smiled embarrassedly. "Then what do you think of her invitation? I think—anyway, you celebrate the festival as if you were attending a ceremony in the palace. You might as well come to our place, which has a more family atmosphere. In this way, your heart will be warmer."

Teresa's re-invitation made Aegron at a loss for a while. He knew that if he really participated, it would mean a lot, but if he didn't agree now, the consequences would be even worse.

"I—I really haven't experienced the feeling of family. Maybe one day I have a chance to experience it. It seems good." After a while, he replied.

"Speaking so euphemistically, you still like to use hypothetical and uncertain sentence patterns—Your Highness, you are really a self-taught politician." Teresa couldn't help laughing sarcastically, "However, I'll take it as your promise, don't let me down."

"Okay..." Aigron could only nod helplessly. "But, Teresa, can you answer a question for me?"

Teresa was a little surprised, then nodded. "Please."

"——We broke up last time, and you angered His Majesty. How did you explain it to your parents after you came back? Why do I think they are not affected at all, and they are still so enthusiastic." Aigron I asked my own doubts.

"You really want to know?" Teresa avoided her eyes, seeming a little guilty.

"I want to know, please satisfy my curiosity." Aigron insisted.

"Okay, then I'll tell you... please don't be angry." Teresa smiled slyly. "I told my father and mother that you are very kind to me, but you are afraid that you will drag me down. You cried and told me that you are in a difficult situation now, and you don't know whether you can achieve anything in the future, so please think about it carefully and don't put Entrusting my future to a down and out prince with neither money nor fame..."

"..." Eggron laughed dryly, "...Is this too much? I don't know how to cry."

It turned out to be the case.

He finally understood why the Grand Duke and his wife looked at him so differently.

After Teresa's embellishment and adding a "pity Teresa" personality to him, the couple who love their daughters are naturally extremely satisfied.

No wonder Archduke Karl immediately took himself to participate in the event, probably because he wanted to dispel his "worries".

If you think about it this way, it's really thanks to their family that they value it—at least so far, all they have given themselves is kindness.

Then his own performance, isn't it a little ignorant?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Theresa a little guilty.

"Isn't that bad? No one will be hurt by it." Teresa restrained her smile and looked at the boy seriously, "Your Highness, you said that you should think about it that day. It's okay, we can all think about it, but after my parents and I think about it, The result is not something you can control, right?"

"That's true." Aigron could only nod his head, "I can only thank you all now."

"Don't think of what I did as a threat, Your Highness." Perhaps guessing what Eggron was thinking, Teresa explained gently, "In fact, no matter what the outcome of our relationship is, I hope that my father will use my Influence helps you to rise to the top. On the one hand it's paying off what our country owes you. On the other hand, I'd love to see you use your talents to help our poor country... it's so lacking in talent There are so many people, there is no room for waste.”

"Thank you for having such confidence in me." Aigron laughed.

"Of course I have confidence in you, because what you have shown me so far is what I expected to see." Teresa replied seriously, "It can be said that the combination of Austria and France that I have always expected to see , it is perfectly reflected in you... Ah, it just so happens that you are also in blood, it really makes people feel God's will..."

Seeing Teresa's slightly excited performance, Aigron was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that he suddenly had an extra fan.

Maybe I was moved by what I wrote.

"Your Highness, can you fish?" Just as he was still thinking, Teresa suddenly changed the subject.

"Fishing?" Eggron shook his head in a daze, "I don't know."

"Then I can teach you." Teresa smiled and found two wooden fishing rods from the corner of the gazebo, and then handed him one, "Actually, the technique is very simple, waiting, and waiting with hope , that's the whole point of it. Besides, if nothing else, at least we spent our free time together, didn't we?"

Before Eggron could react, he found that he had an extra fishing rod in his hand. As for him, he could only smile wryly and sit by the railing with Teresa to fish.

Under Teresa's guidance, he put the bait on the hook, and then dropped it below the water surface of the pond. All he had to do next was to wait quietly.

The two sat side by side like this, quietly waiting for the passage of time, only the breeze sweeping the leaves and flowers whispered in the gazebo.

"Sometimes when I want to think about something, I will come here." After a while, Teresa looked at the water, as if talking to herself, "For example, Your Highness, I have been unable to figure out recently, why Do you want to be so ruthless? I don't mean to be ruthless to me, but to be too ruthless to yourself. Could it be that with your intelligence, you can't see how to benefit yourself? "

"In addition to pros and cons, sometimes people think about many other things, such a person is a person, right." Aigron also looked at the water and replied in a low voice.

"In other words, this is emotional." Teresa seemed to have expected it long ago, "I'm not saying it's bad, in fact, I appreciate your warm way of acting... But even so, you It’s worth weighing whether it’s worth it.”

"What do you mean?" Aegron asked back.

"Actually, we don't need to guess riddles anymore, right? The reason why the smooth things are so troublesome, in the final analysis, is that someone is obstructing it, right?" Teresa asked back. "Or let me put it bluntly, Her Royal Highness Sophie is making things difficult and instigating you to seek hardship in your own future. Heh, she is happy on her own, but what a price you have to pay! Thinking of this, I can't help feeling a little angry Not fair."

"She didn't instigate me." Aigron shook his head.

"Don't lie anymore, I have already witnessed it with my own eyes... The way she stared at me that night was as if she wanted to hang me with her own hands." Teresa sneered exaggeratedly, "Although I I know she has taken care of you a lot, but I really don't understand how she can selfishly make fun of your future..."

"She didn't..."

"Don't deny it." Before he finished speaking, Teresa planned his words. Then, she lifted the fishing rod heavily, and then flicked it lightly. With skillful movements, she threw the hooked fish to the ground. In the small bucket next to it, the fish were jumping around unwillingly, but they couldn't escape the bad luck.

Then, she turned her head to look at the young man, "Your Highness, although I don't know much about the news, I can tell that the patience and opportunities His Majesty the Emperor and Metternich gave you are definitely limited. If you show no cooperation attitude, then maybe there will be no chance in the future... So that's the way it is, isn't it?"

Aegron didn't know how to refute her for a moment.

Perhaps this is indeed true.

"I don't deny that she has helped you a lot, but for her own obsession, she forced you to cut off the opportunity you finally got. If this is not selfish, what is it?" Seeing that Aigron was speechless, Trey Sha then continued to ask, "Aigron, for me, no matter what our result is, I am still me, my parents love me equally, and I can still become one of the most eye-catching people in this empire; but you are different Think about it, what would you do if you lost such an opportunity? Will you continue to be unknown for a lifetime? When I think of this, I am so angry that I can't bear it, you should never be manipulated like this."

Teresa's words were reasonable and kind, and Aigron had to admit that they were all right-even though he actually had other plans.

"Then what can I do? Abandon her? No, I'm sorry, I can't." He was silent for a moment, and then replied, "She once gave me light and illuminated my life when I was most difficult , I am willing to repay her, even if I have to pay some price for it, I think it is worth it."

"There are many ways to repay her. Why do you abandon your own life? If you abandon yourself, then you won't even be able to repay her in the future, right?" Teresa continued to ask, "And, Aigron , I think you are just too lacking in being cared for by others. You have no mother to accompany you, but she has been taking care of you, so you have transferred your admiration for your mother to her unconsciously, so you are very obedient to her and obey her. This is very good at first, but it is a pity that one cannot be a child all the time, you should come out of the dream and see the outside world clearly, there is a different scenery there, you can finally amaze everyone—”

"I really didn't expect that your surname is not Habsburg, but Freud." Aigron couldn't help complaining.

"What Freud?" Teresa asked with some doubts.

"Oh, I'm just talking nonsense, don't worry about it." Aigron smiled and fooled the past.

Yes, in this day and age, who would know about Freud and his psychoanalysis—although he is an Austrian.

"Don't treat me with such a perfunctory attitude, please, Your Highness, what we are talking about is really important! If you don't care about yourself, how can others help you?" Seeing that he was still so calm , Teresa was a little anxious.

Unknowingly, she put down the fishing rod in her hand, then stood up, eagerly looking down at the young man in front of her, "I really don't want to see you sink into depression in the future, don't you understand? Can't give Do I have a chance to rescue you? Your Highness... Even if I am a little late, wouldn't you be willing to open the door for me and listen to my heart?"　　

77, tenderness

"Even if I'm a little late, wouldn't you be willing to open the door for me and listen to my heart?"

Theresa's tone was quick and her expression was very serious, which was enough to reveal her sincerity - of course Aigron could fully detect this.

It is obviously impossible to say that he is not touched in his heart. He is so recognized by others, or by people like Teresa, which is something to be proud of.

However, he knew in his heart that he was destined to just treat her as a pawn, so he was even more afraid to have too much fetters with her, so he no longer knew how to respond to such kindness.

"I... I don't know if I'm worth it for you." He pondered for a moment, and then replied in a low voice, "You can also see that I can't give you anything now, and maybe the same will be the case in the future. Besides, we've only met a few times It's just a second time, maybe you have added a lot of halo to me in your heart and regarded me as a perfect person, but I know that I am not this kind of person."

"I've never expected anyone to be perfect, or maybe it's because His Highness has the unique flaws of His Highness that people will find him cute." Teresa shook her head lightly, "That's right, with ordinary eyes Look, it's really rash for me to make up my mind so quickly, but think about it, what else can I find fault with? If I say goodbye to you, maybe in the future I will obey my father's order and marry the prince of this kingdom or that kingdom. What does he know? What is there to look forward to? I'm tired of seeing the mediocrity in our own country, so what about other countries? He may be hunting--or worse--gambling and behaving badly Indifferent, shallow-minded, polite but not human... God, what is there to look forward to in such a life? Instead of living that disgusting life, it is better to take this opportunity to find someone who agrees with you , maybe if you miss it, there will be no more in the future..."

Then, she smiled wryly again, "Yes, you have no money or power now, and maybe you won't have any in the future, but so what? I'm not greedy for luxury, and my parents will give me a large dowry. It’s enough for me to live this life. God gave me the luck of being born in this family, and I don’t dare to ask for more. As I said, I just want to write a legendary story, and it doesn’t matter what kind of legend it is What about? If you are determined to forge ahead and yearn for success, then I will help you make every effort to reach the top; if you just want to roam the forest and indulge in words, that's even better! I can accompany you to collect songs everywhere , so that you have no worries, and can help you organize your manuscripts... You can even save the money for hiring a maid! No matter which one is, it is an interesting life for me..."

Aegron opened his eyes wide.

He never thought that Teresa would take the initiative to say such warm words.

And this warmth really touched him.

Even without considering her identity, Teresa herself is so worthy of attention.

At this level, it would be too unreasonable not to say a few words.

"Teresa, thank you for your sincere warmth to me." He sighed with a little emotion in a low voice, "But since I already have my own ideas, I won't change them easily."

His words were puns, Teresa of course could only understand the superficial meaning.

"Are you unable to part with Your Highness Sophie?" She asked immediately, and then shook her head, "Your Highness, I understand your feelings, and I didn't force you to agree to act in your own interests right now; if you do, On the contrary, I think your nature is cold. I just beg you to think about it carefully, and don't make fun of your own future... She is willing to see you sink, but I am reluctant. You should weigh it again, don't be in a hurry Saying such cruel words, give us a little time to let ourselves have a chance to get out of the dream... Isn't that good? Anyway, we are still very young, and Mom and Dad probably don't mind waiting another year or two."