Eagle's Glory

"Mom, thank you for helping us." Charlie thanked her after returning to the living room.

"You don't need to thank me, I was just forced to do nothing." Queen Otangs replied, then pointed to the sofa next to her, motioning her son to sit down.

Charlie obeyed his mother and sat down.

"My son, your audacity really terrifies me. I don't know how to end it for you... But now that the matter has reached this point, there is no point in complaining any more." Queen Odance smiled wryly, and then Ask your son again, "Tell me, what do you want to get out of it?"

"I want everything we've lost, Mom." Charlie answered with his head held high.

"Then how much of 'everything lost' can I be satisfied with?" Queen Otangs asked back. "How much of it do you want?"

"Mom, what do you mean?" Charlie seemed a little confused.

"What I mean is very clear. Are you fighting for the Bonaparte family, or for yourself?" Queen Otangs looked at her son seriously, "I watched you grow up, don't try to lie to me, I can see it."

Charlie and his mother looked at each other for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again.

"In my opinion, the two are one. I can't achieve anything without the name of the Bonaparte family, so I must dedicate everything to bring this family back to the throne. As for my personal What can satisfy...Mom, I must at least be the king of a country to be satisfied, of course, it doesn't have to be the Netherlands, other places are also fine."

"Then what is the most you want?" Queen Otangs still did not give up asking.

Louis hesitated for a moment, then whispered his answer to his mother.

"If something happens to Your Majesty, the leader of the Bonaparte family will be one of our brothers, and maybe I will become the emperor of France because of this."

Queen Autangs' complexion suddenly turned pale, but she didn't seem surprised. She didn't speak for a while, but continued to stare at her son.

"Mom, what's the matter with you?" Charlie looked a little uncomfortable.

"It was you who brought Aegron out. You packaged your ambitions into the honor of the family and tricked him into abandoning everything to pursue a dangerous career, so... you are responsible." Queen Odance finally broke Silently, he said to his son word by word, "He is the heir of the family. If the empire is restored, then he will be the emperor for granted. You must respect his status and obey his orders, and you must not take actions that endanger him." , let alone hope that something will happen to him!"

"I didn't mean that...Mom." Louie panicked, and quickly defended himself, "After all, the world is full of accidents, maybe Aigron will die when he can't leave any heirs. Or Louie will have to take on the burden."

"If it is God who sent the disaster, then I have nothing to say, but I will never allow you and your brother to fight against each other in the family for your own ambition. We owe Napoleon enough. If it is not good for his son, That's even worse than pigs and dogs!"

Queen Otangs' tone suddenly became more serious, and she told her son loudly, "If you do this, I will never recognize your son again, and so will Louis!"

"Mom, you think too much, but I never thought about it." Charlie smiled, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"It would be best if not, then swear, in front of me, in front of him—" Queen Ortance raised her hand, pointing to the portrait of Napoleon on the wall, "quickly swear that you will never be disrespectful to him."

Seeing his mother with such a stern attitude, Charlie was obviously at a loss. He didn't understand what his mother had seen and believed that he had something wrong with him.

"Answer me!" Queen Otangs urged loudly again.

After hesitating for a moment, Charlie looked up at Napoleon's portrait in desperation, and left an oath.

"I swear, I will always respect His Majesty Napoleon II, obey His Majesty's orders, never disobey, and never do anything that will endanger His Majesty."

"Son, forgive my mother for speaking harshly to you. There are some terrible risks that must be eliminated before they sprout." Queen Odance smiled wryly, stroked her son's hair, then pointed his forehead and shoulders with her fingers, and stroked made a cross, "I will always remember these words of yours, and if you still recognize me as a mother, you should also remember."

"Okay, mom, you should take a break too, you've been really tired these two days." Seeing that he had finally passed the test, Charlie heaved a sigh of relief and held his mother's shoulders.

Aotangsi did feel very tired physically. The accidents and actions of the past two days had consumed her too much energy, and she just wanted to have a good rest.

"Help me back, I'm going to sleep."

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It was already the morning of the next day when Queen Ottens woke up. After she regained consciousness, she sat up leaning against the back of the bed, and then looked at the scenery outside the window.

Today's weather is very clear, and the view of the garden and mountains outside the window is unobstructed. The open scene swept away her tension and exhaustion.

For a moment, she suddenly felt that she had experienced a fantasy dream in the past few days, but nothing actually happened.

However, her thoughts were quickly shattered, and a noise from the gate attracted her attention.

She got out of bed, then went to the window to look, and then saw a group of men in uniform filing in.

What was supposed to come finally came... She sighed secretly in her heart.

Everything still needs to be faced after all.

She settled down, changed her clothes, and walked out of the bedroom.

Then she came to the first floor and met this group of people in the living room.

She calmed down the panicked maid, and then looked at the group of men in uniform.

"Gentlemen, why are you breaking into my house so rudely? Disturbing my peace?"

"I'm sorry to disturb you, ma'am." The leading middle-aged man took off his hat and saluted the former queen. "Please allow me to introduce, I am Austin Miller, the police chief of the canton of Thurgau."

"Mr. Miller, it's a pleasure to meet you." Queen Otangs nodded to him coldly, "What can you do to find me? I don't remember what I did to disturb the local law and order."

Austin Miller took a good look at Queen Odance, but didn't see anything from her expression.

Then, he looked up and looked around again, and saw the portraits hanging on the wall.

"You really don't know, ma'am?" he couldn't help asking.

Queen Ortance did not answer, but just looked at him.

"Okay then, let me tell you—" the chief of police sneered, "There is news from Austria that the King of Rome—no, it should be said that His Royal Highness Duke Reichstedt fled Vienna and disappeared. There is news Said he may have absconded into our country."

"God!" Queen Ottens exclaimed. "Why did this happen?"

The chief of police, who had been watching her reaction, didn't see anything unusual, but of course he wouldn't stop there.

"Please allow me to search your house, ma'am." Although he said please on the surface, he didn't mean to wait for Queen Odance's consent, but waved his hand directly.

And the policemen next to him also took action one after another, walked into each room and began to search.

At this time, Charlie also came out of the room.

"Mom, what happened?" He looked at his mother innocently.

"This is my son." Queen Ottons hurriedly explained to the chief of police.

The police chief looked at the young man carefully, and then questioned the local policeman who was brought next to him.

After getting a confirmation reply, he finally relaxed a little.

"It is said that your son left Switzerland before and only recently returned?" Then he asked.

"He has gone to visit his father," replied Queen Ortance calmly. "There is no law, sir, that says that a child cannot go to his father?"

The Chief of Police frowned, then spoke again.

"Ma'am, I don't know if you have participated in this shocking incident. I hope it is best not to, otherwise you will have to accept punishment together and be expelled from Switzerland."

"My current life is very peaceful and peaceful. I like the life here, and I hope to live like this forever, so I am not interested in participating in any conspiracy activities." Queen Otangs was tit-for-tat.

"Really? Ma'am, I'm not happy with my current job, but there are some things I have to do, please forgive me."

"I can understand you. Please sit down, sir." Queen Ortanges replied solemnly, and then pointed to the sofa.

The chief of police sat down, and then proceeded to have his men search the entire villa.

These policemen searched every corner carefully. After about an hour or two, they returned to the chief of police, but still found nothing.

"Now do you believe it? We know nothing about what happened." Queen Odance said to Commissioner Austin-Miller.

"I can't believe it," replied the Chief of Police with a wry smile. "We will continue to monitor the situation. If the Duke of Reichstedt is found to be in our country, then we must send him out of the country. And you, I hope you can face up to your current situation and make the right choice .”

"Mr. Director, I don't quite understand what you are talking about." Queen Ottens still looked at the other party calmly, "I am as surprised as you about this matter."

It is indeed an uncomfortable thing to be rushed into the living room by a large group of people in uniform. If most people are not mentally prepared, they will even turn pale with fright, but Queen Odance maintained her composure. Lost proper manners.

After all... She has dealt with the highest-level dignitaries on the European stage, and she has also seen the most turbulent chapters in history, so how could she be afraid of such a small scene?

"I have never been willing to embarrass a woman, let alone such a famous lady as you. After you came here to take refuge, we have never disturbed your life, so that you can be a guest of the Swiss Confederation Live here forever."

The tone of the chief of police softened, and then he looked at Queen Otance sincerely, "However, in return, we also have the right to ask you to understand our country's situation—madam, Switzerland is a small country that was once involved After entering the terrible flames of war, it finally got out of the pool of blood, ushered in the days of peace, and obtained the hard-won neutral status.

Just because we know how precious all this is, we will do our best to maintain our peace and not allow anyone to break it——The Duke of Reichstedt is not our welcome guest, if you are proved to be with him next If you get involved with something, then you will also lose the qualification to be our friend, please bear this in mind. "

"I will remember." Queen Otangs nodded solemnly. "But don't forget that he is Napoleon's son, and even my closest relative. I don't want him to be caught by you. If he does come to Switzerland, I hope he is all right."

"An honest answer." The police chief smiled and nodded, then stood up and bowed to the former queen, "Madam, then I hope the whole incident does not end in a tragedy, I am very glad to have the opportunity to visit you."

"Thank you, sir." Queen Otangs nodded to him, "You are much more polite than I imagined, I understand your embarrassment, if you need my help in the future, please tell me directly, I will do my best to cooperate.”

"I just hope that these troublesome things will pass away soon, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to rest for a long time!" The police chief complained, then turned and strode away from the living room.

And his subordinates also followed him out of the mansion, and then disappeared in the snow.

Seeing their leaving backs, Queen Otangs secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom, fortunately we acted quickly." Charlie also said happily.

"It's fortunate that it's still early, and he didn't believe my words." Queen Otangs replied coldly, "We've been living in seclusion these days, and try not to go out as much as possible."

"Of course I understand that." Charlie nodded. "However, his performance is as we expected. The Swiss have no hatred for His Majesty, they just want to be calm, so as long as His Majesty does not show up in public to break their peace, they don't want to mobilize their troops."

"That's what I said, but Aigron must also be careful." Otangs frowned slightly, and then sighed, "Also, you have to remember your oath, I swear to God, if you break the oath, I will never forgive you."

"I'll remember, Mom," Charlie replied casually.

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Under the urgent transmission of official documents between countries, the news that "Duke Reichstedt escaped from Vienna" soon spread like wildfire and spread throughout Europe.

Whether it is the palace or the government, or the streets, people gathered together to talk about this sensational event.

Everyone knows that this is definitely not the end of one event, on the contrary, it will be a new beginning of a series of events.They were either excited or worried, and no one dared to say what would happen next.

Even Switzerland, a small country surrounded by the Alps, was once engulfed by this uproar and was in a rare state of tension.

But with the passage of time, everything became calm again, the waves of boulders thrown into the pond have disappeared, people's tense nerves slowly relaxed, and they returned to ordinary daily life.

From winter to spring, everything recovers, green replaces white, and covers the earth. Lake Constance also ushers in its most beautiful day of the year, and more tourists come from all over the world.

A spacious four-horse carriage stopped by the lake, and then several young men and women came out of the carriage, and then stood by the lake embankment to look at the beautiful scenery in the distance.

They were all dressed very delicately, and the leading pair of young men and women strolled by the lake arm in arm.

They chatted with each other and looked at each other from time to time, with sweet smiles on their faces. It was obvious that this was a young noble couple on their wedding trip.

And behind them, there is a young girl holding a small parasol decorated with satin lace, leisurely following behind, looking around the scenery curiously.

Because of the coldness of early spring, she wore a thick woolen skirt, but her figure was slender so that she did not look bulky.

She had long, golden-brown hair held back by pearl barrettes.

Her face was fair and pretty, and her brown eyes looked around nimbly, as if she was full of exuberant curiosity about everything around her.

And if you put aside the girl's beauty and youthful vigor, insightful spectators can find that her movements are light and fast, and her steps are very accurate. With her exquisite attire, it is as if she is dancing.

After the couple in front chatted for a while, they found a place to stop.

The young man stood in place, looked at the surrounding scenery, and compared the distance with his fingers after all, then took out his painting tools from the servant next to him, opened his easel and prepared to draw here.

The young lady stepped aside so as not to interfere with her husband's display of his painting skills.

She retreated to the side of the girl, quietly looking at her husband who was about to swipe on the canvas, her eyes were full of deep attachment.

But the girl couldn't calm down, and kept pacing beside her, looking at the surrounding scenery.

"Agnes, can't you take a break?" The little woman couldn't help complaining to the girl because her vision was affected, "Don't disturb Edgar's thoughts."

"I'm so far away, how could I disturb him?" The girl complained seemingly aggrieved, "Alice, do you blame me for affecting you?"

Feeling ashamed and angry at being contradicted by her like this, Alice couldn't help but glared at the girl.

Agnes smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, with a smug expression on her face. "Why are you so shy at this time?"

"I'm not shy." Her sister replied, then smiled helplessly and looked at her sister.

"You will have such a day, Agnes."　　

8. Treville

"You will have such a day, Agnes."

The quarrel between the sisters did not last long, and then Alice continued to watch her husband, while Agnes wandered around boredly.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and soon came the evening. At this time, the setting sun was slowly falling from between the peaks on both sides, and the clear lake water was dyed with thousands of golden scales. The originally beautiful Lake Constance, suddenly It is even more beautiful.

And it was at this time that the young man named Edgar stopped his creation.

He looked at the lake and mountains in the distance, then at the canvas in front of him, and then let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing that he had finished the painting, Alice also quickly walked to her husband's side, carefully admiring the creation he had just completed.

The setting sun rests proudly on the lake, and the tall trees, reflected in the broad water, are a burning ochre-yellow.Because of the reflection of the trees, the water also has blue and gold intertwined colors.The sky high in the upper right corner of the canvas is blue, and the color gradually darkens to orange at the place where it meets the water surface.Against such a sky, the whole world seems to be on fire.

"Ah! It's so beautiful!" She applauded and cheered.