Eagle's Glory

Aegron sighed secretly in his heart.

He had to admit that this lovely M. Edgar de Treville was much more difficult to use than Chanel - Chanel never had to say it a second time when he was dictating himself.

Forget it, there are not many people in the world who are as passionate about their careers as Chanel, and they should not be too demanding in everything.

So Aigron explained his request in detail.

Following his explanation, Edgar gradually began to find his status, and began to participate in discussions with young people as a painter. On the one hand, he made professional suggestions, and on the other hand, he also let Aigron delete some unrealistic requirements.

With his help, the idea that originally had only a few outlines in the mind of the young man gradually turned into a very clear and clear set of compositions.

Although there is still a long way to go before putting it on paper, Aigron believes that with Edgar's talent, he will be able to complete this task.

"Edgar, the next thing will depend on you." Aigron looked at the young man opposite with full expectation, "In the next few days, you draw a sketch of what the two of us discussed, and then I will finally see what needs to be revised, and as soon as the final draft is completed, I will find a way to find a place to print it in large quantities, and finally send it to France for distribution.”

"Okay, I'll do my best, Your Majesty!" Edgar agreed confidently, "I can't guarantee that you asked me to do other things, but you asked me to paint, which is my profession, and I will never give up. You will not be disappointed!"

Then he asked again, "By the way, have you decided on a title for the album?"

Aegron thought for a moment, then answered. "The title is called——Successor."

"By the way, try not to show my mother in all these pictures." Aegron suddenly added as if thinking of something.

"...Why?" Edgar didn't understand.

"She's Mrs. Nepeg now." Aggron shrugged.

He had no problem with Louisa remarrying after Napoleon's death, but he didn't want the French to think that his mother was now the monarch of a small Italian state under the Habsburg Empire.

"Okay, I will pay attention, Your Majesty!" Edgar suddenly realized, and then agreed.

Seeing that things went so smoothly, Aigron also became in a better mood.

Facing the rustling spring breeze in the woods, he leisurely looked up at the blue sky.

This is only the first edition of the picture book, and he can continue to conceive more if necessary in the future. This effective means of publicity should be used to evoke the French peasants' memories of the glory of the empire, and remind them of Bonaparte. The memory of the Ba family.

Although this cannot make them stand up and support themselves to return to the country and proclaim themselves emperor, Aigron believes that as long as he perseveres in similar propaganda, sooner or later he will be popular - after all, farmers are still the main body of the French population .

This is a long journey, and he must go step by step, but he is confident that he can reach the glorious end.

Eggron ended his conversation with Edgar, giving the painter time to put his ideas on canvas, while he continued his walk among the hedges and woods.

To his surprise, after Edgar went back, his wife Alice came to him.

"Mr. Memmingen." Alice saluted the young man respectfully.

"Madame de Treville, do you have any orders?" asked Aigron.

"How dare I tell you?" Alice smiled warmly, "I have a request, and I wonder if you can agree to it."

"Please tell—" Eggron replied.

To be honest, he was a little curious.

"Next, we are going to go boating on Lake Constance and enjoy the beautiful scenery here...Mr. Memmingen, may I have the honor to invite you to go with me?" Alice asked with a smile.

This is really surprising.Aigron suddenly looked at the other party in surprise, not understanding what this meant.

"Don't worry, I don't have any special intentions. I just think that if you are present, my trip will be more memorable. After all, maybe my husband's trip is more for you than for me." Allie Si continued to look at him with a smile, "I wonder if you can grant me such an honor?"

Seeing her smile, Aigron's heart sank secretly.

She always felt like she was complaining about something.

Is it resentment that you are being used, or resentment that your wedding trip has become a cover for a conspiracy?

"Are you protesting against us?" Aigron thought for a moment, then asked directly. "If that's the case, I'm sorry ... but all I can say is that each of us has to do something we can't help."

"I'm a little annoyed, and I believe that with your magnanimity, you will tolerate my emotions." Alice's smile disappeared, and then she sighed softly, "But since things have developed to this point, I will What's the point of sighing? I might as well think about how to make things better. In a way, it is a rare honor in the world to have Napoleon's son as a guest on my wedding tour, isn't it?"

"Is this the so-called optimism?" Aigron couldn't help laughing.

"I prefer to call it realism." Alice opened her eyes wide, and then looked at the young man challengingly, "How about it, sir, are you willing to take a moment to make up for my shortcomings?"

"Yes, of course." Aigron agreed without thinking.

Now that Alice has made it clear, he doesn't play any guessing games anymore, "If you don't mind meeting the ogre king face to face, then of course I'd be happy to be your guest and help you on your wedding trip."

It has been two months since he came to Switzerland, and Switzerland, which was originally highly tense, has now relaxed.

He wasn't a wanted criminal in the first place, and the Swiss didn't have the motivation to hunt him down across the country just because of a rumor. After dealing with it for two months, they didn't bother to pursue him anymore.

So now as long as he is careful not to show off, it is not a problem to go boating in the lake.

"If you are the ogre king, then we are probably the chief goblin." Alice sighed again, "So what do you need to care about now? To be honest, I married Ed. When I added it, I should have thought of today, after all, General Treville has never concealed his political stance... Alas, I used to be lucky, hoping that the old general's thoughts were just castles in the air, and would not affect my marriage. Since you are staying in Austria, and it seems that you will live as an Austrian royal in the future, and will not interfere with the French side. Who would have thought... who would have thought..."

"Who would have thought that my ambition would be so tenacious that I would not extinguish it in Vienna?" Eggron smiled and filled in for Alice what she hadn't said.

Then he went on, "There are many things in the world that are so helpless, madam. My ambition has not been extinguished, and neither has General Treville's, so we decided to do some big things together. It's that simple, I have never forced anyone to work for me, and I don't have the ability to force anyone now, so everything is people's own choice—”

"You don't need to explain to me. I understand. I figured it out during the sleepless night last night. You have no responsibility, and the Treville family has nothing wrong with it. You are just executing your own will." Ai Li Silk smiled wryly and nodded, "Everyone has their own pursuit, and they bear the price for their own decision, and I also bear all the price for my decision—I insisted on marrying Edgar, and I knew it beforehand. There are risks involved, so I will never blame others when things come to an end."

After a while, she added, "And even now I have no regrets. I am Alice-de-Tréville, and if my husband and father-in-law honor you as your Majesty, then you are also mine." Your Majesty, I only hope that your career will succeed as soon as possible, and that the sacrifices involved will be as small as possible..."

"We can do this if we try hard enough," Aigron replied.

But to be honest, he couldn't guarantee it. After all, sacrifices are inevitable, and he himself sacrificed a lot.

"Then, Your Majesty, I am waiting for your arrival." Alice saluted the young man again to show her respect for him.

After a while, she seemed to think of something again, "By the way, I heard from Edgar that you want to have a fair fight with Agnes to learn sword skills?"

"Yeah, I have this idea." Eggron admitted. "Of course, if you don't want her to fight with others, then I can take back my request."

"That's unnecessary. It's good for Agnes to learn a lesson..." Alice said again at this time, she smiled and closed her mouth, and looked at her sister who was walking in the distance with an umbrella, "like her This kind of little girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth doesn't know how to restrain herself after she goes out, if she really kills someone, it will be troublesome."

Then she changed the subject, "It's just... are you really confident that you can win? My sister is very powerful. If you make any mistakes, it will be a serious crime for us!"

"It just so happens that I am a person who has too much confidence in myself. I believe I can win." Aegron raised his chin proudly, looking at the young woman in front of him, "Don't worry, if Agnes can really beat me, I'll gladly admit defeat. It's just a game, there's nothing wrong with it, and I'm not the kind of trash who just takes anger out on others."

"Since that's the case, then I'm relieved..." Alice pursed her lips and smiled, "Then I'm looking forward to your performance—and besides... I have one more thing I want to ask you."

Alice raised her head, and then looked at the young man solemnly, "Agnes is innocent, her surname is not Treville, and she doesn't even know anything about what happened now...I don't want her to be involved Please let her stay out of this troublesome matter! If the worst happens, I will silently accompany my husband in prison or exile, but Agnes has no reason to suffer the same crime!"

Looking at her persistent and nervous eyes, Aigron couldn't help being moved.

It seemed that there was a reason for Agnes to be so close to her and desperately want to protect her.

"I am happy to agree to your request." Aigron immediately agreed.　　

14. Give a name

The beautiful Lake Constance ushered in another evening of spring.

The sun gradually fell between the mountain peaks, and the sky was dyed yellow by the setting sun, and the color became darker and darker, as if it indicated that the night was coming.

Because the light is getting darker, the Alps in the distance look particularly majestic, as if they can't wait to crush the sun.The reflection of the sun and the mountain in the water are entangled, swaying in the waves, like elves dancing among them.

The evening sky by Lake Constance is still full of poetic beauty.

A small boat was cruising in the quiet lake water, and as it moved, ripples were stirred up in the calm water surface, making the elves in the water dance more intensely.

Aegron was standing at the bow of the boat at this time, looking at the picturesque and magnificent evening scenery in front of him, his heart was full of youthful pride.

At the moment he is at the request of Alice, rafting on the lake with the Trevilles.

In order to keep it secret, Alice refused the boatman to accompany her, but rented an empty boat and let the servant who came with her take charge of it.

After two months of nesting under the barn, he was already suffocated. How could he not be moved by seeing such a picturesque scene today?

The torment of pain will eventually pass, and he will eventually make achievements, be worshiped by the world, and let people who place high hopes on him see that all their expectations have not been disappointed.

Until that day, he will swim with the people he cherishes and enjoy the quiet time after the storm.

No matter how far away this day is, it will definitely come.

But dear one, what is going on with her now...

He suddenly recalled that the Swiss lakeside also appeared in the script he wrote.

Then he recalled the bits and pieces when he was writing the script at Schönbrunn Palace.

Those were the days when His Royal Highness Sophie accompanied him, and those were his most precious memories so far... It was also the past that he had personally abandoned.

"My dear friend, do you know what you have done? You stood in front of a woman who longed for warmth, you gave her hope, you made her smile again, in this case, how could you bear to be so cruel Let her despair?"

The line suddenly came back to his mind.

The appearance of Sophie reading the lines in the memory suddenly flashed in front of my eyes, just like she was standing in front of me at this moment, scolding me with a crying voice.

His heart couldn't help but ache a little.

Stop now!He took a deep breath, letting himself finally break free from the memory.

He hadn't heard any news about Sophie in the past two months, and the Austrian officials didn't reveal a single word about her. She seemed to have been temporarily erased from the world, and never attended social occasions or public events again.

Although he rationally did not believe that his grandfather, His Majesty the Emperor of the Austrian Empire, would really be so angry that he would lose his mind and impose the cruelest punishment on Sophie, but the current situation really does not allow him not to worry.

He decided that once he left Switzerland, he would try to find a way to inquire about Sophie's news, at least to confirm her safety at the moment—even though he was stubborn in his bones, he still refused to reveal his name in front of Sophie before making achievements. .

"Your Majesty, what are you worried about?" At this moment, a soft question came from behind him.

Aigron interrupted his thoughts, turned his head slowly, and found Alice standing behind him, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Why do you ask that?" he asked back.

"I just thought you looked a little sad just now." Alice replied in a low voice. "Ever since I met you, you have always given me a sense of stability and momentum beyond my age, but just now... I finally saw the shadow of a young man, even a bit like a poet."

"Haha..." Aigron couldn't help laughing. "Are you complimenting me or hurting me?"

"Of course it's a compliment." Alice smiled again, "I've seen some news about you before, saying that you are knowledgeable and talented, and you are determined to be a writer."

"That's just a cover I used to paralyze the Austrians." Aigron shook his head, "Someone once asked me whether I would like to be Goethe or Napoleon, and I have already answered in my heart-I can only be a Napoleon. "

"But even so, you won't be the emperor all the time, you will have your own entertainment besides state affairs." Alice stubbornly insisted on her opinion, "For example now——you see , how beautiful the scenery here is, can you come up with a poem?"

Aegron didn't answer right away.

He looked at her husband Edgar, who was at the stern of the boat, admiring the surrounding scenery, appreciating the magnificent beauty of nature, and looking for inspiration for his painting.

Ever since Edgar received the "major task" from his Majesty, he has been thinking hard for the past two days. How to implement His Majesty's ideas better and more accurately? This arduous task has cost him too much energy .

For him, this can be regarded as a vacation.

"Do you want me to experience the pain of Edgar racking his brains for creation?" He couldn't help but joked.

"Where did you go!" Alice couldn't help protesting with a smile, "It's his honor that you can entrust him with important tasks. This shows that you value him and recognize him, doesn't it? In fact, I'm very happy! "

"Happy?" Aegron was a little puzzled.

"He is my husband, of course I want to see him cheer up and make a difference." Alice's smile disappeared, with a little emotion on her face, "Your Majesty...to tell you the truth, I'm not really special I agree with him and his father to do such a dangerous thing for the sake of being rich, and I was mentally prepared to live a tight life before getting married. I never expected him to be rich...but seeing him so devoted and serious I still can't help but feel happy from the bottom of my heart. At least it gives me a reason to believe that it is a good thing for the Treville family to serve you."

Hearing Alice's confession, Aigron was stunned.

Looking into Alice's eyes, he believed that her words were the truth from the heart.

Because of this, it appears that the feelings are sincere and precious.

Then he remembered the words Edgar had shown off in front of him.

"I hope that I can make him worthy of you." With emotion, he couldn't help blurting out.

"He is worthy of me now..." Alice smiled happily, and then she looked up at the young man again, "Let's get back to the topic, Your Majesty—I just want you to finally pay for my wedding trip Just leave a memory, this trip is not for me, but for you; but I hope it ends for me, I just want my newly married to return to the magnificent dream I have dreamed of ...will you bestow upon me such an honor?"

Aegron froze for a moment.

Alice is really persistent. She feels that her cherished wedding trip has been tarnished by political conspiracy, so she hopes to use another legendary way to restore, or re-post.

In a sense, I did owe her such a favor, so... it's not a bad idea to satisfy her wish a little bit.

"Since you've already mentioned this point—then I have no choice but to promise you." Thinking of this, Aigron shrugged. "It's just that I don't know if my creation can satisfy you."

"If you are satisfied yourself, I have no reason not to be dissatisfied," replied Alice at once.

Aigron didn't say much anymore, he turned his head again and looked at the sky in the distance.

Most of the sky has turned into a gray-black night sky, densely covered with stars, only the last gloomy yellow remains in the west—the sun is about to set, and there is only a golden line between the peaks, stubbornly moving toward the sky. It is proved that daylight still remains.

What a beautiful and majestic sight it is.

The young man was infected by this scene, he threw away all the troubles in his heart, and also forgot that he was still a fugitive.

At this moment, he only thought that he was already the king of the world.

He raised his right hand, facing the sky in the distance, and the Creator hidden behind the sky, like a challenger.

"You, elves of the mountains and lakes, you who dwell in the lakes, who chase the sun and shy away from it;