Eagle’s Glory

Snow has been falling slowly in Austria since Christmas Eve, and it was not until after the New Year that most areas warmed up slightly.

On the western frontier of the Empire, it still snows from time to time because it is at the foot of the Alps, as does Feldkirch, a small town on the Austrian-Swiss border.

The snow-capped Alps hover in front of the town like a giant dragon. The thick mountains give the town a quiet and stable atmosphere. This town at the foot of the Alps welcomed the arrival of 1827 with an everlasting calm.

In 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 house, and after making sure that there were no watchers around, the people inside came out and sneaked in.

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

Undoubtedly, Aigron was also among them—of course, he had already changed his ripped skirt and put on a set of ordinary clothes.

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

After baking 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 fine, but Chanel was as pale as white paper at the moment, and he couldn't see much blood. .

Chanel has been serving people since he was a child, and his body is strong, but at this time it is almost reaching the limit, and Aigron looks a little distressed.

If Teresa was here, she wouldn't be able to bear it... A strange thought suddenly flashed through the young man's mind.

Forget it... Now that we're all here, what else is there to think about? He immediately dismissed the thought again.

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

"Is the route safe?" Agron 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 part of the road. As long as we cross it, we will cross the Alps, escape this country, and come to Bregenz in Switzerland. It will be much easier then."

He looked a bit like Louie and Aigron, but more alike than faces were the eyes—the kind of eyes that were so ambitious and eager to trample 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 hairy boy about the same age as himself, and he will not take it to heart, but Aigron will not-because he knows that his cousin is in the original On the historical line, after decades of struggle, the long-cherished wish of the Bonaparte family to return to the throne has truly been 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 4 years as president for a total of 22 years, longer than Louis XVI and Napoleon himself - in those turbulent times, To be able to do this is definitely close to a miracle, not a fluke.

Of course, on 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 too similar, and I didn't find out how their brothers differed from each other in the information, so... I just decided by myself. There are protagonists, and they all consciously don't use the self-proclaimed 'Napoleon'.

As for why it's not called Ciel... I always feel that it's weird to call Nasan a Ciel, the author is a little bit out of it...]

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

The two brothers looked at each other, and then Louis nodded. "Okay, Your Majesty, I hope God will give us good weather tomorrow."

Navigating the Alps in bad weather isn't a good idea, but there's no better way to do it than to bite the bullet.

They are racing against time.

After escaping from Vienna, according to the plan, someone was responsible for the suspicion and ran directly to the Italian border in the south. Although he did not dare to expect to completely deceive the Austrians, it could at least serve as a distraction.

They had to take advantage of this gap to escape, and nothing could stop him.

Aegron didn't talk to them too much, he knew it wasn't a good time to chat.

After baking for a while, he just stood up.

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

After he got up and left, Chanel immediately stood up, wanting to serve Aegron 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, in your eyes, I can't help but be in heat at times like this?

Aegron couldn't help but cry in his heart.

"I'll keep an eye out, Louie." Instead of getting angry, he patted his cousin on the shoulder.

Then, Aigron took Chanel to a bedroom.

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

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

It was night now, darkness had enveloped the whole world, and even the snow-covered Alps could not be seen by him now. However, in his illusory vision, those continuous mountain peaks seemed to be showing looming outlines to him.

It is already very close to the border, as long as you continue along the front, through the Alps, you can escape the country and come to Bregenz in Switzerland.

The first destination of their trip was Switzerland.

Why Switzerland?

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

Second, after 1815, Switzerland became a permanently neutral country at the Vienna Peace Conference. However, historically speaking, the great powers have often backtracked on their promises and treated treaties as waste paper, so the so-called "permanent neutrality" is not reliable. However, at least this permanent neutrality status is here, and Switzerland will not be the only one to be the Austrian Empire. Life is obedient, and of course it will not act according to the wishes of the French king.

Therefore, even if the Swiss government finds out that it has absconded to the slightest, it is impossible to dedicate the whole country to arrest it, so it has a breathing space and can calmly carry out the next plan.

Moreover, Switzerland and France are also neighboring countries, and they can pass the news to France as soon as possible, and encourage those supporters who still remain in France——

He can't expect them to launch an armed uprising right now, and he doesn't need them to do so. He just needs to boost their morale and strengthen their confidence. He believes that he can easily do this.

King Charles X of France lost the people's hearts because of his rebellious actions. He will have the opportunity to buy people's hearts in the future. He is not in a hurry at this moment.

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

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

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

He lay down on the bed, while Chanel was about to lie down beside the bed to sleep.

"Chanel, isn't it cold?" Agron asked.

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

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

"Your Majesty..." Chanel was surprised and happy, and a little hesitant. "I'm so dirty now, I don't deserve to be near you..."

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

He doesn't have any evil desires. On the one hand, he knows that this is not the time for fun; on the other hand, as Chanel said, the sanitary conditions can't make him have any desires - both of them have been for several days. There was no shower, and Chanel didn't even have a chance to change clothes, and the smell on both of them was a bit unpleasant.

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

The girl in his arms, with long golden hair that used to shine, is now a little bleak because of the oil, but at this moment, in his eyes, it is more dazzling than gold.

She tried her best to help herself escape, and the bumpy road, she didn't even cry out a word of bitterness, how can this kind of loyalty be compared to gold?

The surroundings were all silent, and all the noise of the world seemed to be swallowed up by the wind and snow, leaving only the subtle breathing of two people.

To tell the truth, in this line of "loyal and filial sons", the only person he truly trusts is Chanel.

"Chanel, thank you for your hard work for me. The time for me to repay you with actual actions rather than verbal promises is about to come." He whispered to Chanel, "After I fell to the bottom, You accompany me, then as long as I grow up to the top one day, there must be a place for you in the empire. To put it in vulgar terms, you are not a man, you are a shareholder. No matter what business I break into, I will give you a share. for you."

"Your Majesty..." His emotional promise made Chanel so moved that he couldn't help closing his eyes and leaning against the young man's arms, "As long as I can follow you, it will be the greatest reward."

"Remember what I told you before? Hidden treasure." Aegron continued to ask.

"I remember." Chanel nodded.

"The 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 unearth the treasure." Aegron emphasized to her in a low voice, "It's the two of us!"

"Huh?" Chanel looked at Agron in surprise. "You...you don't plan to let your Highnesses know?"

"Yes, of course I have to hide it from them! My wealth can only be handled by people I fully trust." Aegron replied without thinking, "Not only do I have to hide it from them, I have to pretend to tell my elders who are still alive. Relatives are asking for sponsorship fees.”

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

"If you want to do a career, the more money the better, isn't it?" Aegron replied with a sneer, "They relied on my father to flourish, and even if the empire was defeated, they still saved a lot of furniture. Heirs of the empire, isn't it justifiable to ask for a little bit of money for the restoration of the country? If they give it, then I will repay them and give them the honor they deserve... If they are stingy and don't give it, that's just right, I will They can be ignored logically! From now on, they can no longer use the family to blackmail me!"

This is something that Aegron has planned. He knows that his elders are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they will cause trouble for him in the future, so he simply sets the threshold first and asks them to sponsor him, the elders who are unwilling to sponsor. It just so happens that it can be entered into a separate volume in the name of "Unintentional Restoration of the Country".

"Your Majesty..." Chanel didn't know what to say. "Someone may say that you... say that you are a little inhumane to your family's relatives."

"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, what qualifications do I have to rule an empire?" Aegron categorically He replied, "With my father's lesson, in my case, relatives should prove their loyalty even more. If they can't prove their loyalty, they are no different from enemies. No elder can surpass me by age alone!"

Then, he looked at Chanel again, and whispered to her, "The things I told you are my most precious secrets, Chanel, just listen to your heart, and don't tell anyone a word. "

"Yes." Chanel agreed immediately without hesitation.

After a moment of silence, Aegron revealed his plans for the next step.

"There is no doubt that if the treasure is unearthed, I will have no financial worries for the time being, but the so-called treasure - no matter how precious the jewelry - is nothing more than dead things, I can't use these dead things to give I need cash, and it's a lot of cash, which means I have to find a way to sell these treasures at a high price, and the sooner the better, I can't have energy alone, Chanel , I want you to help me with this."

"I will do it for you, Your Majesty..." Chanel nodded at first, but hesitated, "However, I am alone, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet your requirements..."

"Don't worry about this, I will find people who belong to me directly to cooperate with your work." Aigron nodded lightly, "I can't rely on Louis and the others for everything, otherwise, even if I take it out, I'll still be nothing. Just a puppet."

Chanel nodded ignorantly.

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

Didn't someone tell 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 allowed them to slowly sink into sleep.

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

After an unknown amount of time, Aegron opened his eyes dazedly.

It's probably early morning, and it's not bright yet.

He looked at the window subconsciously.

At this time, he clearly saw that there was already a large blue sky outside, with only a few white clouds as embellishments.

Accompanied by the call of the strong wind, a little red cloud appeared between the towering peaks of the Alps, and the snow-capped mountains were wearing the holy gauze to welcome the golden dawn.

The sun is like a thin line, moving forward slowly, revealing the beautiful peaks of the mountains, the peaks that had been windy all night, but shyly quieted down for a while, watching helplessly Gold paintbrushes dyed her coat even more dazzlingly.

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

What a wonderful life! So beautiful again!

"It's a good weather..." Aigron looked at the magnificent scene in the sky, and then showed a heartfelt smile.

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