Eagle's Glory

At this moment, there was a sound of opening the door, Teresa looked up and found that her father was striding in.

His expression was terribly serious.

He has been like this all this time, and it can be seen that he is completely irritated.

In essence, he was more angry that "the Duke of Lechstedt fled from Austria" than that "he fled immediately after agreeing to marry Theresa".

The boy backtracked, and what he said in front of his wife was still in his ears, but he turned around and chose to escape. His vicious and shameless actions made his daughter a laughing stock in people's mouths. How could this not make the old father furious.

Grand Duke Karl walked towards Teresa step by step, and then patted her on the shoulder comfortingly.

"My dear daughter, I have good news for you."

"Dad?" Teresa was a little surprised.

Grand Duke Karl handed her an opened letter, "People searched his room thoroughly and found a bunch of letters, one of which was specially reserved for you."

Teresa took it in surprise, and then looked down.

"Teresa, I am no longer qualified to call myself your friend.

I know I did something nasty to you and put you and your family in unspeakable embarrassment, but I swear, this is not what I wanted to see in the first place.

Maybe you don't believe my oath, but I can tell you that the reason why I chose to run at this time is to hurry up before the marriage contract is established, so that your reputation can at least be basically preserved.

Yes, this is indeed a sad hypocrisy, so I dare not beg your forgiveness, everything is my responsibility, and I am willing to bear it.I don't want to give you a list of reasons to justify my last resort. I just want to say sorry to you-sorry that I can't say it in person.

Please publish this letter to the public, and I attach my most sincere sentence as a last insignificant gift to you——

I, with my life and the reputation of the Bonaparte family that I regard as life, guarantee that Princess Teresa is completely pure, and I have not done any deviant things that endanger the reputation of Your Highness.

Goodbye, I wish you all the best in the future.

François-Charles Bonaparte. "

Teresa read the letter slowly, a slight blush appeared on her originally pale face—as if she had been greatly encouraged by it.

That's right, his true feelings still touched his heart after all.

She remembered the words of the young man before the two said goodbye.

"Your Highness...Your Highness..." She sighed slightly, and then looked at her father with a little joy, "So, Your Highness actually thought of me! Dad."

"Maybe he did think about it a little bit, but it can't pay for his sin." Archduke Karl's lips twitched.

"Your Highness is pursuing his own future..." Teresa defended the young man in a low voice, "We in Austria treated him badly. Is there anything wrong with him choosing to leave? There was never any official document saying that he was a prisoner, right? Then why can't you go out?"

Archduke Karl glanced at his daughter and gave up trying to argue with her.

"Okay, don't worry about him anymore. Someone will deal with him if he did something like this. Just treat it as a nightmare. Now that you wake up, it's time to turn to a new page in your life."

"No... Dad, I don't worry about Your Highness." Teresa shook her head. "I think our engagement is still valid, it just needs to be delayed for a while, if..."

"There is no marriage contract!" Grand Duke Karl interrupted his daughter, "Teresa, can't you be more sober? That kid has already run away!"

"He can do it, so can I... Dad, I can also go on a trip and find His Highness." Teresa stood up, then paced a little, getting excited again, "Of course not now, but wait In the future, when I have definite news from His Highness, I can travel there and find His Highness...Do you think this is not good? No one will bother us anymore."

"No, no!" Archduke Karl shook his head and rejected his daughter's proposal, "Teresa...don't bother with him anymore, that kind of person is not worthy of you, and I don't want to see him again! We still Hurry up and publish the letter, it will save you trouble, and it will be convenient in the future..."

"No letters, Papa," Teresa said leisurely.

Then, she let go.

Under the dumbfounded gaze of Grand Duke Karl, the letter fell from midair into the fireplace.

"You! What are you doing?!" Grand Duke Karl subconsciously stepped forward to get the letter back, but it was too late, and he could only watch the letter burn to ashes in the fire.

"Crazy...you are crazy!" He glared at his daughter, and then scolded rarely in his life, "I forbid you to have any contact with him! He will pay the price, we will wait and see!"

Teresa didn't answer, just quietly watching the fire in the fireplace.

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When the wind and snow stopped for a while, Teresa took a carriage and quietly came to the residence of the talented musician.

When the aged musician saw this His Highness, her expression was serious and dignified, much more mature than the previous innocence. The short-term change seemed to make her grow up all of a sudden.

Teresa saluted him, and he gazed at the girl sympathetically, before nodding at her.

They had an agreement before that she had customized a piece of music here, but it seems that it is no longer needed...

He didn't feel sorry for his loss of income, on the contrary, he felt extremely sorry for His Highness.

Why let her bear such a blow?The world just doesn't make sense.

"Have you heard the latest news?" Teresa wrote a note asking the other party.

Beethoven wrote a note to reply, "Of course I have heard of it. This is a big issue that is hotly discussed in the streets. Your Highness... please allow me to express my sympathy for you. That Highness is too much. I could see at that time that he was ambitious. , eager for merit, I originally thought that with you by my side, he would eventually extinguish these unrealistic ambitions, but now it seems that he still can't let go of his name in the end, maybe that family is destined to be fanatical about ambition and evil deeds Bar……"

After finishing writing, he let out a sigh, not knowing whether to curse or lament fate.

It was the same for the previous generation, and it is still the same for this generation. Maybe it is God's destiny that he can't give music to anyone in the Bonaparte family-or they are not worthy to give music to themselves.

Seeing the musician's reply, Tereza burst into tears.

The tears grew more and more, and finally turned into a torrent.

"I can't cry in front of my father. If I cry, then everything is over... So I can only force myself to be calm, so that everything can be saved." She whispered while sobbing, "But you... are so kind Now, I can cry in front of you, and pour out in front of you, because you can't hear, and you won't tell anyone else..."

Beethoven looked at the girl and couldn't help shaking his head.

What a poor kid.

"Forget about him, you deserve a better future." He wrote another note and handed it over.

However, after reading the content, Her Royal Highness shook her head heavily.

She finished writing the note and handed it back. "No, sir, I haven't given up and I won't give up. Getting married with His Highness is something I have decided to do. I will never let myself give up halfway. I came here to tell you that the music I customized for you is still the same. It is valid, please continue to create, can you?"

With astonished eyes, the old musician read her reply.

He paused, wondering if he should still accept the request.

Teresa raised her head and looked at the musician with eyes full of expectation, and this look seemed to be worth a thousand words.

God knows how that bastard boy managed to resist the look... The old musician sighed in his heart.

"Your Highness, since you said so, I can't refuse. But I have to tell you, I don't know if I can finish writing with my current mental strength... After all, the current changes have brought too much to my mentality. Too much negative influence, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to compose the song with the original pure blessing..."

Teresa looked firmly at the musician before writing her reply.

"I believe that you can do it... because I believe that I can do it too, please write hope for us, sir. One day, I will walk into the palace with your song, no matter what is in the way We, I will do it!"

Looking at her firm gaze, the aged musician suddenly wanted to be infected with a little passion again.

He nodded slightly.

"Maybe my lifespan is not long enough for me to see that day, but my soul will bless you, Your Highness."　　

1. After the snow, the sky clears

Since Christmas Eve, it has been snowing slowly in Austria, and it didn't warm up in most areas until after the New Year.

On the western border of the empire, because it is at the foot of the Alps, it still snows from time to time. The same is true of Feldkirch, a small town on the border between Austria and Switzerland.

The snow-capped Alps hover in front of this town like a giant dragon. The thick mountains give the town a sense of tranquility and stability.This small town at the foot of the Alps welcomed the arrival of 1827 with an eternal calm.

During the long snowy night, several ordinary carriages without any signs came to the edge of this quiet town.

The carriage stopped quietly outside a country hut. After confirming that there were no watchers around, all the people inside came out and sneaked in sneakily.

The fireplace was lit quickly, and the group of people leaned against the fireplace to keep warm, finally waking themselves up from the biting cold.

There is no doubt that Aigron is among them-of course, he has already changed the ripped skirt and put on a set of ordinary clothes.

In order to avoid possible tracking and escape before the entire Austrian border was under martial law, Aigron has been rushing to the Swiss border non-stop since meeting with Louis, Chanel and the others. After several days of turbulence, they finally arrived In this small town, he was exhausted at the moment.

After roasting for a while, his stiff body finally regained a lot of energy, and then he looked at the people around him. The men were all okay, but Chanel's face was as pale as white paper at the moment, and there was not much blood visible. .

Chanel has been serving people since she was a child and has a strong body, but she is about to reach her limit at this time, and Aigron feels distressed when she sees it.

If Teresa was here, she would definitely not be able to bear it... A strange thought suddenly flashed in the young man's mind.

Forget it... Now that we are here, what else is there to think about?He dismissed the thought at once.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we need to rest here for one night." His cousin Louis, who also recovered his energy at this time, said in a low voice, "We can't sneak into Switzerland in front of the guards, we can only sneak into Switzerland through secrets." The route, walking through the narrow trails in the mountains, means that we have to abandon the carriage and escape, and it also means that we need to wait for a good day."

"Is the route safe?" Aigron asked.

"It's very safe. That's the route that the smugglers secretly discovered. We came to Austria through this route." A young man next to Louis replied. "Your Majesty, this is the last section of the road. As long as we cross it, we will pass through the Alps, escape from this country, and come to Bregenz in Switzerland. It will be much easier then."

He looked a bit like both Louie and Aigron in features, but more so than their faces were their eyes—the kind of ambitious, defiant eyes eager to put the world under their feet.

He is the younger brother of the former Dutch King Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte, Charles-Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, another cousin of Aigron.

In the eyes of most people, this young man is just a kid about his own age, and they won't take it seriously, but Aigron won't—because he knows that his cousin was in the original On the historical line, after decades of struggle, the long-cherished wish of the Bonaparte family to return to the throne was truly realized.

He first took advantage of the east wind of the 1848 revolution to become the president of the Second French Republic through election, and then eliminated the opposition step by step, and officially became the emperor of the Second French Empire in 1852.

And after that, he sat on the throne for 18 years, plus the 4 years as president, he ruled for a total of 22 years, longer than both Louis XVI and Napoleon himself-in that turbulent era, Being able to do this is definitely close to a miracle, and it is definitely not a fluke.

Of course, in this world line, he is now definitely his subject.

No matter what he thinks in his heart, right now he can only face himself respectfully.

[The names of these two brothers are so similar, and I did not find out how they are different from each other after checking the information, so... I decided on my own. The elder brother is called Louis, and the younger brother (Na San in the original history) is called Charlie, because There are protagonists, and they all consciously don't use the 'Napoleon' self-proclaimed title.

As for why it is not called Shire...I always feel that it is weird to call the third person Shire, the author is a bit out of play...]

"In this case, let's rest for one night first." Aigron made a decision, and then looked at the brothers. "However, after dawn tomorrow, no matter what the weather is, we have to leave, we can't delay!"

The two brothers looked at each other, and Louis nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty, may God bless us with good weather tomorrow."

Traveling through the Alps in bad weather is really not a good idea, but right now there is no other better way than to bite the bullet and try.

They are racing against time.

After escaping from Vienna, according to the plan, someone was in charge of spreading suspicion and ran directly to the southern Italian border. Although he didn't dare to hope that he could completely deceive the Austrians, he could at least serve as a distraction.

They had to take advantage of this gap to escape, and no matter what happened, nothing could stop him.

Aigron didn't talk to them too much, he knew it was not a good time to chat.

After roasting for a while, he stood up straight away.

"Okay, let's rest early and leave as soon as the sun clears tomorrow."

After he got up and left, Chanel also stood up immediately, wanting to serve Aigron to sleep as usual.

"Your Majesty..." Louis walked to Aigron's side and whispered to him, "Now is the critical moment, you'd better save your energy..."

Wait, do you think I can't help being in heat at a time like this?

Aegron couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

"I'll pay attention, Louie." Instead of getting angry, he patted his cousin on the shoulder.

Then, Aigron took Chanel to a bedroom.

Compared with Schönbrunn Palace, the furnishings here are naturally very simple, and because there is no heating appliance, it is uncomfortably cold, but Aigron doesn't care.

Aigron lit the candlestick in the room, and Chanel made the bed for Aigron as usual, and Aigron walked to the window and looked into the distance.

It was already night now, and darkness had enveloped the entire world, even if it was the snow-covered Alps, it was impossible for him to see it now.But in his illusory field of vision, those continuous mountain peaks seemed to be revealing the faintly visible outlines to him.

Here is very close to the border, as long as you continue to move forward, through the Alps, you can escape the country and come to Bregenz in Switzerland.

The first destination of their trip is Switzerland.

Why Switzerland?

First of all, this is the place where the mother of the two brothers, Princess Odance, lives in seclusion. The two Louis brothers are relatively familiar with this place, and they have enough connections and resources to help him live in seclusion temporarily. He can find the first and most important shelter.

Second, after 1815, Switzerland became a permanent neutral country at the Vienna Peace Conference.However, historically speaking, various major powers have often turned their backs on their promises and treated treaties as waste paper, so the so-called "permanent neutral country" cannot be called reliable, but at least the status of this permanent neutral country is placed here. The order is obedient, and of course it will not completely follow the French king's wishes.

So even if the Swiss government finds out that there are clues that he has absconded, it is impossible to use all the power of the country to arrest him, so he will have a breathing room and can calmly implement the next plan.

Moreover, Switzerland and France are also neighboring countries. I can pass the news to France at the first time, and encourage those remaining supporters in France——

He didn't dare to expect them to launch an armed uprising immediately, and he didn't need them to do so. He only needed to boost their morale and strengthen their confidence. He believed that he could easily do this.

King Charles X of France lost the hearts of the people by going against the grain. He will have a lot of opportunities to buy people's hearts in the future. There is no rush at this moment. Let's stabilize the team now.

"Your Majesty, it's packed..." While he was still thinking, Chanel whispered to him, "You can rest now."

Since escaping, Chanel has taken the initiative to change her name to her master, and it can be seen that she calls this more smoothly.

"Okay, thank you, Chanel." Aigron interrupted his thoughts and prepared to go to bed.