Eagle's Glory

He was lying on the bed, and Chanel was going to sleep on the bedside.

"Shanel, isn't it cold?" Aigron asked.

"It's okay, Your Majesty..." Chanel shook her head, but her pale face just revealed the opposite fact.

"Then, I'm cold, let's hug and sleep, it will be warmer." Aigron ordered, and then opened his arms to her.

"Your Majesty..." Chanel was surprised and delighted, but also a little hesitant. "I'm filthy all over now, I don't deserve to be near you..."

"Okay, hurry up." Aigron ordered impatiently, and then hugged the shy Chanel into his arms.

He doesn't have any evil desires. On the one hand, he knows that this is not the time to have fun; on the other hand, as Chanel said, it is impossible for him to have any desires due to sanitary conditions-both of them have been there for several days. There was no shower, and Chanel didn't even have a chance to change clothes. Both of them smelled a little bad.

He just wanted to use this method to comfort Chanel and give himself some warm encouragement by the way.

The girl in his arms had long golden hair that used to be shining, but now it looked a little dim because of the oil, but at this moment, in his eyes, it was more dazzling than gold.

She tried her best to help her escape, and she didn't even cry out during the bumps along the way. How can this kind of loyalty compare to gold?

The surroundings were completely silent, and all the hustle and bustle of the world seemed to be swallowed by the wind and snow, leaving only the slight breathing of two people.

To be honest, among the "loyal ministers and filial sons" in this line, the only person he really puts all his trust in is Chanel.

"Chanel, thank you for putting in so much effort for me. The opportunity for me to repay you with practical actions instead of verbal promises is about to come." He whispered to Chanel, "After I fell to the bottom, You are by my side, so as long as I am prosperous one day, you will definitely have a place in the empire. To put it in a vulgar way, you are not a buddy, you are a shareholder. No matter what kind of business I make, I will give a copy for you."

"Your Majesty..." Chanel was so moved by his emotional promise that he couldn't help closing his eyes and leaning against the young man's arms, "As long as I can be by your side, that is the greatest reward."

"Remember what I told you before? The hidden treasure." Eggron continued to ask.

"I remember." Chanel nodded.

"That treasure is on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. I will find a way to take people there, and then the two of us will dig out the treasure." Aigron emphasized to her in a low voice, "It's the two of us!"

"Huh?" Chanel looked at Aigron in surprise. "You...you don't intend to let your highness know?"

"Yes, of course I have to hide it from them! My wealth can only be handled by people I can trust completely." Aigron replied without thinking, "Not only do I have to hide it from them, I also have to pretend to tell my elders who are still alive Relatives asked for sponsorship money."

"Why...?" Chanel was a little puzzled.

"If you want to start a career, the more money the better, isn't it?" Aigron replied with a sneer, "They relied on my father to make a fortune, even if the empire was defeated, they still saved a lot of furniture. The heirs of the empire, wouldn’t it be justifiable to ask for a little money for the restoration of the country? If they give, then I will repay them and give them the honor they deserve after I make a fortune in the future... If they are stingy and don’t give it, that’s fine, I will They can be ignored logically! From then on, they can no longer use the family to blackmail me!"

This is something that Aigron planned. He knows that his elders are not fuel-efficient lamps, and if they fail to do so in the future, they will cause trouble for him, so he simply set the threshold first and ask them to sponsor him. Elders who are unwilling to sponsor It just happened to be included in another volume under the name of "Wuxin Restoring the Country".

"Your Majesty..." Chanel didn't know what to say, "Someone might say that you... say that you are a little unreasonable to the relatives of the family."

"I don't care what others say, I must first determine the status of the family - I will be the patriarch, and the supreme status. If I can't even rule a family, then what qualifications do I have to rule an empire?" Aigron resolutely Answer, "With my father's lesson, relatives should prove their loyalty to me. If they can't prove their loyalty, they are no different from the enemy. No elder can surpass me just by age!"

Then, he looked at Chanel again, and whispered to her, "What I told you is my most precious secret, Chanel, just listen to it in your heart, and don't reveal a word to others. "

"Yes." Chanel immediately agreed without hesitation.

After a moment of silence, Aigron expressed his plans for the next step.

"There is no doubt that if the treasure is unearthed, I will have no financial worries for a while, but the so-called treasure-no matter how expensive jewelry-is nothing more than dead things, and I can't use these dead things to give Others pay salary, I need cash, and it is a large amount of cash, which means I have to find a way to sell all these treasures at a high price, and the sooner the better, I cannot have energy alone, Chanel , I hope you will assist me in this matter."

"I will do it for you, Your Majesty..." Chanel nodded first, but hesitated, "However, if I am alone, I am alone, and I am afraid it will be difficult to meet your request..."

"Don't worry about this, I will find people who belong directly to me to cooperate with your work." Aigron nodded gently, "I can't rely on Louis and the others for everything, otherwise, even if I escape, I will be nothing more than you." Just a puppet."

Chanel nodded a little ignorantly.

Although His Highness said it easily, this kind of thing is very difficult when you think about it-it must be very difficult to find someone who can maintain absolute loyalty in the face of huge treasures.However, with so many people loyal to the Bonaparte family, it should still be possible to find them.

Wasn't someone telling His Highness about the treasure?

After explaining these things, the two finally fell silent.

At this time, the exhaustion caused by the bumps along the way finally made them slowly fall into sleep.

It was still windy and snowy outside the window, but at this moment, they were extremely warm with each other.

After an unknown amount of time, Aigron opened his eyes drowsily.

It was probably early morning now, and the sky was not yet bright.

He subconsciously looked towards the window.

But at this time, he could clearly see that there was already a large expanse of blue sky outside, with only a few white clouds as embellishments.

Accompanied by the call of the strong wind, red clouds and mist are slightly exposed among the towering peaks of the Alps, and the snow-capped mountains are wearing the holy veil, welcoming the golden dawn.

The sun is like a thin line, slowly moving forward, revealing the beautiful majesty of the mountains, the peaks that were originally windy all night, now shyly quiet down for the time being, watching helplessly The golden paintbrush dyed her coat even more dazzling.

The majestic mountain top is looming in the clouds and mist. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain is a long slope. At this time, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the slope, like a white silk pouring down from the sky, connecting heaven and heaven. world.

So spectacular!So beautiful!

"It's a good weather..." Aigron looked at the magnificent scenery in the sky, and then smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty, God is indeed blessing you!" Chanel hugged the young man violently to vent her excitement.　　

2. followers

Without any delay, after waking up, Aigron led a group of people and immediately left their temporary shelter and sneaked into the wilderness of the countryside.

The carriage that brought them over has to be given up now, because they will try to cross the Alps next, and they don't need these burdens anymore.

After a night's rest, they all recovered their energy. Although they were all disheveled and in a state of disarray during the turbulent escape, everyone was full of fighting spirit at the moment.

This is the last part of the journey, as long as they have the courage to persevere, they will achieve perfect success.

They quickly sneaked into the mountain pass.

The mountain roads in the Alps are already winding and winding. In order to avoid the sight of the border sentinels, they had to take more dangerous trails, so the journey was even more difficult.

They walked through the narrow mountain road in a long snake formation, and they had to climb over obstacles from time to time. Fortunately, there were guides (or smugglers) who were familiar with the local conditions, otherwise they might have lost their way in the cold mountains. .

In order to protect Aigron, he was placed in the middle of the crowd, and Chanel followed him.

This is a severe test of physical fitness. Fortunately, Aigron has received strict physical training since he was a child, so he can barely cope with it. He is holding a trekking pole and walking on the rugged mountain road while looking around. , observe the surrounding situation.

As for Chanel next to him, it is not so easy-even though she has done a lot of work since she was a child, she is a woman after all, and it is really difficult for her to withstand such a harsh physical test, and she has been in the court for many years. Living in the middle, let alone the experience of withstanding the harsh outdoor environment.

Even so, she still gritted her teeth and endured silently, without showing any weakness that affected the mood of others, and tried her best to keep up with her master's footsteps.

However, the human body has its limits after all, no matter how strong the mind is, it still cannot overcome the objective reality after all.

After walking for several hours, Chanel only felt the weight of her feet. She tried hard to move forward again, but her body fell limp in spite of herself.

Seeing that she was about to fall to the ground, Aigron stretched out his hand quickly and supported Chanel.

"Let's take a break." He then ordered the others, and then stopped himself.

Then, he helped Chanel and sat down on a rock.

Then, he handed Chanel a bar of chocolate. "Eat some, Chanel, you need to restore your strength."

"Sorry... Your Majesty... I have caused you trouble." Chanel was moved and ashamed at the same time, almost crying.

"No need to apologize, you have performed very well so far, Chanel." Aigron comforted her with a smile. "I'm a little surprised that you've made it this far. Don't worry, we've gotten pretty good so far."

Seeing the master's calm smile, Chanel's uneasy heart disappeared immediately, and she was also greatly encouraged by this calmness.

She ate this piece of chocolate, and the sweetness made her weak body recover quickly.

When she sat down to rest, Aigron also walked to the side, resting and taking a look at the scenery.

They are in the middle of the ridge right now, and they can see the peaks of the Alps when they look up, and they can see the bottomless valley when they look down.

Right now, the sun is shining on these snow-capped peaks, reflecting dazzling colored light, and the rolling peaks are like giant dragons entrenched on the ground, while translucent mist rises at the bottom of the valley, hazy You can see the village scenery at the foot of the mountain.

Looking at the magnificent scenery bathed in golden light, Aigron felt like standing in heaven overlooking the world in a trance

"That's how His Majesty the late emperor crossed the mountain pass and entered northern Italy." His cousin Louis sighed in a low voice beside him, "I must have seen this scene at that time!"

In 1800, Napoleon, who had just launched a coup d'état and ruled France not long ago, led his army, took a shortcut and crossed the steep St. Bernard Pass. Got a brilliant victory, and finally smashed the Second Anti-French Coalition.

To commemorate this great expedition, Napoleon asked his royal painter Jacques-Louis David to paint a series of oil paintings "Napoleon Crossing the Alps", which eventually became classics in art history.

Napoleon, complacent, proclaimed himself emperor shortly thereafter in 1804, turning the republic into an empire of the Bonaparte family.

How could he have imagined that in the next ten years the empire would prosper and then fall, and then ten years later, the descendants of this family would dramatically restart this ambitious enterprise!

This time, his successor was on a reverse expedition, crossing the Alps from Austrian territory, but with the same goal - to make the family king again.

How long is this day?Aigron didn't know it, but he believed that as long as he worked tirelessly, one day the eagle flag of the empire would fly again in France.

"Louis, when we come to Switzerland, will you have a way to get my news to France?" he asked.

"Of course, we have always had communication channels with France." Louis replied, "Although the Bourbon family has been severely suppressing, we have many sympathizers in the army and ordinary people."

"So, organized?" Aigron asked the most important question.

After all, no matter how many his supporters are, if there is no organization, it will be nothing but a rabble, which will not be of much use.

"There are some organizations... but we don't have many contacts, and I don't know the specific situation." Louis' eyes flickered, obviously even he was not sure how many useful supporters he still had.

"Then, find a way to spread the news to France, and ask them to send a few representatives to Switzerland to meet me as soon as possible." Aigron tapped the ground lightly with his trekking pole, making a dull soft sound. "I'm going to let them know as soon as possible that I exist—and, let them know, that I'm worthy of their allegiance."

"Okay, I will do it as soon as possible." Louis nodded.

After a pause, he began to persuade Egron again, "But Your Majesty, the news of your escape from Austria must be spreading rapidly across Europe at this moment, and France will be particularly nervous, so it will be very difficult for them to come here... So Don't be discouraged if there are not enough people."

"This is indeed a fact." Aigron nodded lightly. "However, the loyalty of those who are still willing to come under such circumstances can be guaranteed. I can regard them as the initial fire."

Then, he picked up his alpenstock and pointed to the changing clouds and mist below.

"Louis, although France is temporarily peaceful now, I don't think this peace will last long. The Bourbon family is not respected and loved by the people. If they pay attention to compromise like Louis XVIII, that's fine; but now Charles XVIII The king of the world is a die-hard conservative. He opposes all non-noble classes... I think his life will never be long. So we need to get active as soon as possible and develop our own organization so that when this dynasty collapses again, Find a way to get what should belong to us..."

Historically, the Bourbon Restoration Dynasty was overthrown by an uprising in 1830 because of Charles X's perverse actions, and the rule of the Bourbon family in France also completely collapsed.However, the current historical line has changed a little because of Aigron's various actions, so Aigron cannot accurately predict when the reign of King Charles X will end, but the general trend of history has not changed yet. His rule will inevitably arouse the all-round confrontation between various classes and the restoration dynasty, and will eventually be overthrown.

Therefore, Aigron can't hesitate. From the first day he escaped, he must consider how to make a profit from it.

"What you said is quite in line with my judgment." Louis nodded lightly, deeply convinced by His Majesty's words, "However, we still have to listen to the judgment of the people in France, here I will tell you I recommend the Marquis de Treville—this old general is a very ardent supporter of us, and his connections are deep enough to be our important helper."

"Marquis of Treville?" Aigron frowned and thought, he felt as if he had heard the name in class. "Is that the cavalry general?"

After a while, he remembered that the Marquis of Treville was a cavalry general who followed Napoleon in battle after 1806. He was knighted by his father because of his repeated military exploits, and he participated in the unfortunate Russian campaign with him, and witnessed together The collapse of the empire.

When he was in class, whenever he mentioned this general, his evaluation was basically brave and good at fighting, and he was loyal and reliable.

If that's the case... it's really trustworthy.

However, Napoleon has been down for so many years, and countless of his original loyal subordinates have turned to the Bourbon family. Even the marshals and generals who have received countless favors from him have mostly switched their families to be loyal to the king.

Therefore, he still had some doubts instinctively.

In addition, based on the historical knowledge he learned in heraldry, the Treville family is a very high-level noble family in France. They used to be able to freely enter and leave the Versailles court and won the favor of successive kings. Members of such a family , would be iron-heartedly loyal to the Bonaparte family?It's really unimaginable.

"The Marquis de Treville was originally the second son of the duke, and he had no chance of inheriting the title. It was His Majesty the late emperor who gave him the favor, made him a marquis, and gave him a large sum of money and land as rewards, so in his heart I have always been grateful to Dade for our family." Louis explained to Aigron in a low voice, "Since the restoration of the Bourbon family, he has been refusing to serve the king, and as a result, he was fined a large amount of family property, but even so he has not changed his political stance , chose to retire and live in seclusion, I think this is enough to prove his loyalty to the Bonaparte family."

After a pause, Louis added, "I have been to France before, and I was personally received by the Marquis himself. He expressed his admiration to the late emperor and pledged to continue his allegiance to Napoleon II. Your Majesty... so I think that once he gets the news of your escape from Austria, he will be overjoyed."

"Is that so...?" Aigron probably had a bottom line in his mind. "Okay, let's focus on inviting this Marquis. I need this kind of capable and prestigious person to serve me. One such person can be worth a hundred."

"You are so right, Your Majesty!" Louis nodded emphatically, "The Treville family is a famous noble family, even though the Marquis himself broke with the dynasty, his family's reputation and connections are still there, among other things, he Your elder brother, the Duke of Treville, is in the dynasty and has a high position and authority. I think the Marquis can use this network to gain more support for you. However, the two brothers, because of their political differences, are not at present. What kind of relationship..."

"Oh?" Eggron was surprised.

It seems that the situation is more complicated than he imagined.

There are two brothers, the older brother is loyal to the king, and the younger brother is loyal to the Bonaparte family. He would rather live a miserable life than compromise...

Is the loyalty of the Marquis de Treville really so secure?Or is this a hedging ploy?

But after he thought about it, it didn't matter. No matter whether this loyalty came from gratitude for the reward, or from the choice of the family that hedged their bets, at least this Marquis de Treville was worth trying to win over.

He doesn't care whether others serve him for noble or base purposes, as long as the other party is useful.

He looked again at the magnificent scenery in the distance, and then ended the conversation.

"Okay, let's talk about the rest in detail after we arrive in Switzerland. It's enough to rest for so long."

Then, he walked to Chanel's side.

"Chanel, are you feeling better? Let's go."

"I'm much better now, Your Majesty, let's go!" Chanel forced herself to stand up unsteadily.

"Let me help you." Aegron took her arm.

"Your Majesty?" Chanel panicked. "Please do not……"

"Your health is very important to me, and I won't allow you to fall down because of your bravery." Aegron said, helping her to walk forward together without any explanation. "If you feel guilty, then continue to be loyal to me in the future."

"Okay...Your Majesty." Chanel was so moved that she almost cried, but she never refused again, but leaned on the master's arm.

In order not to make the young man too strenuous, she tried her best to muster up her remaining strength and make her walk as stable as possible.