Eagle’s Glory

After everything was settled, Aigron and Theodoros Chlokotronis said goodbye to each other contentedly, and set out on their respective journeys.

In this meeting in Sparta, although they each made some compromises, on the whole they got what they wanted and were very satisfied with the cooperative attitude of their allies - and then, it was time for them to perform.

Aigron took his own guards and headed back along the original road.

After a day's trek, they returned to the port of Methoni.

Aigron returned to the hotel he occupied immediately, and when he stepped into the hotel where only he and the people around him lived, Teresa and Chanel immediately greeted him.

"Your Highness, you are finally back!" Teresa happily raised her skirt and saluted, welcoming him back. "Is everything all right?"

In addition to her joy, her expression also showed relief—after all, since the two of them reunited, they have never been separated. After Aigron was gone, he hadn't been able to see him for three days, and Teresa was naturally very heartbroken. miss.

"Everything is going well, Teresa." Agron also happily replied to her.

Then, the two went upstairs together, and while Aegron walked, he briefly told Teresa about the agreement he had reached with Theodoros, as well as the next action plan of the two.

After he finished speaking, the two had already walked to the bedroom on the top floor.

"It would be great to be able to negotiate everything." Seeing that the progress was so smooth, Teresa was sincerely happy for Aegron, "But, Your Highness, if you have invested so much capital, what if the Greeks default on their debts? It's not that I don't trust them, it's just that there are too many ungrateful people in this world... God knows if we'll just happen to run into them."

"I'm not worried about this, Teresa." Agron shook his head, "If we really succeed, then I will enjoy enough prestige, and many Greeks will fly under my command to become national heroes. They And my interests are one - in other words, as long as they are there, my hard work and wealth will be respected, and the Greek government will implement the agreement without my urging; but if I fail, then I can only run away, everything is lost, why should I care about defaulting on my debts? In short, you can think that I am just making a bet, betting that I will win, and everything else will result in me losing, I Have absolute confidence in the final result, otherwise I wouldn't have come here..."

Seeing the young people talk about life-and-death matters in such a light-hearted manner, Teresa was both worried and admired. Isn't that what she admired the most?

"I believe in you too, more than anyone else," she replied in a low voice.

Then she suggested, "You must be hungry when you came back? I'll ask Chanel to bring some pastries."

"Well, you can ask her to bring the food, but first... I want to take a bath." Aigron replied with a smile, "I feel a little tired and need to relax."

"That's it." Teresa nodded immediately, then called Chanel and ordered them in turn.

After Chanel took the order to leave, she looked back at her fiancé.

"Then, let's go together." Then, she blushed slightly.

Soon, everything was ready. Aigron changed his clothes and walked into the bathroom. Then he took off his bathrobe and soaked in the bathtub comfortably. Teresa followed him, and then entered the same way. The bathtub, leaning against him.

These days, they often bathe together at night, and the two of them have gradually become accustomed to being so close, not as shy as before.

However, even if he was used to bathing together, when he looked at the hazy graceful body beside him in the misty bathroom, when he felt that heartwarming touch from his arms and even his chest, Aigron could not help but feel a little bit. Cardiac veins.

So, every time he reached the limit of his endurance, he had to remind himself of his commitment to Teresa all the time, and forcibly suppressed the impulse.

Perhaps it was also a pleasure, and the fruit would be sweeter by waiting—he could only comfort himself every time.

"Teresa, have you recovered from the cold?" Agron leaned against the wall of the bath and asked lazily.

"Your Highness...it's much better." Obviously, Teresa was just as distracted as he was, so her voice was even sweeter than usual, "It's strange, since coming here, My condition has improved a lot, and the high fever has gradually subsided—maybe this is because I returned to the mainland, after all, I grew up in the inland, and I have never experienced life on an island, so it’s normal to be uncomfortable.”

"I think so too." Aegron agreed.

Then, he hugged Teresa, and the two of them were skin-to-skin.

"That's great... It's all because of me that you suffered this kind of ordeal."

"It's all over, don't say such things again." Teresa leaned in his arms obediently, and replied softly, "If you only need to pay such a small price, I can be with you for a long time, I It's a little frightening! God has made you suffer so much before, and you haven't complained everywhere. I'm just a cold, so what's there to complain about?"

Teresa's words made Aegron even more moved, so he hugged the girl tightly, enjoying the gentle tranquility between the two, and the exhaustion of his journey was also swept away.

"Just yesterday, I received a reply from my mother." After a moment of silence, Teresa spoke again.

When she first came to Greece, she sent a person who followed her back to Austria to deliver a letter to her mother. On the one hand, she told her parents for peace and shared her joy; In the current situation, I begged my mother for help.

After receiving the letter, the Grand Duchess Henrietta wrote another letter and asked the messenger to bring it back.

The messenger was running back and forth, and Teresa didn't receive a reply until yesterday.

Like Teresa's letter, Henrietta's reply was equally affectionate, and Teresa was deeply moved after reading it.

The mother also gave her a lot of future advice and exhortations in the letter, which she also kept in mind.

After all, only the closest relatives are the most reliable in the world.

"What did the letter say?" Aegron asked casually.

"Mum praised my courage and blessed me and encouraged me to keep going for my own happiness," Teresa replied, "Also, she told me that she was going to use her influence to speak for you at court. I hope the imperial government can support your actions... at least not interfere with you."

Aigron just smiled in his heart after hearing this.

He did not doubt the influence of Archduke Karl and his wife, but he knew that they had little to say on such matters—his grandfather, the Emperor Habsburg, trusted only Prime Minister Metternich in foreign affairs, while Metternich just happens to not change his mind because of other people's opinions.

Therefore, don't say Henrietta's good words, I am afraid that even if the Archduke Karl speaks in person, it may not be effective.

Of course, anyway, as long as he has such a heart, he is very grateful - at least it means that his future mother-in-law has forgiven him and blessed his career.

"I'm very grateful for her kindness, but I think it's better for her to avoid this kind of thing, it's better for your father." Aegron replied.

"Mom doesn't care about avoiding suspicion." Teresa disagreed. "Besides, what's the point of avoiding suspicion now? It won't take long for everyone to know that we are together. Do you still expect them to stay out of it?"

Aegron was right.

Although he is now concealing Teresa's identity, there has never been an airtight wall in the world. Teresa has always stayed by his side. Now that he has become the center of attention, someone will soon find out the clues—and Then someone will think of Teresa.

So he did not comment.

Thinking of this, he added a little guilt to Archduke Karl - if everything is known to outsiders, I am afraid that he will bear a huge blame, and some people will even suspect that he secretly instigated this, and then he will face huge pressure.

Thinking about it carefully, since he met him, he didn't seem to have encountered a good thing, and his daughter was kidnapped... If it were him, how should he treat such a person?

He decided to stop thinking about it.

"Mom is persuading my father to give you a little more help in Austria. After all, we have already fallen into it anyway. It is better to try to get a good result, and my father is still hesitating." Teresa continued. , "So my mother's opinion in the letter is that you make a big noise as soon as possible and let people know that you are fighting for Christians; and make it public and let everyone know that you are not hostile to Austria, so that she can also help her father. Don’t worry. Although my father has retired for a long time, if he speaks, he will be seriously considered by the imperial government after all…”

Aegron was instantly refreshed.

According to Henrietta's tone in the letter, she is definitely not limited to her couple's verbal support, but wants to use her power to influence the official attitude.

He never counted on this, but it would be a pleasant surprise if he could get the full help of their husband and wife.

In other words, the conditions for his implementation of the agreement are more mature.

Whether it is the internal pressure in Greece or the external influence, he is urged to make a big news as soon as possible, and only in this way can he really make his reputation and make those supporters rejoice.

Now that everything is ready, let's do it...

Byron's legacy will be fulfilled by himself. Agron made up his mind.

"Teresa, thank you...and your parents." He thanked Teresa with gratitude, "The help and kindness you have given me is something I never expected or dared to expect before. …Fate robbed me of everything I ever had, but she also made us meet, so I don’t hate her anymore!”

"Since we are all a family, we should help each other." Teresa smiled contentedly, "Okay, Your Highness, I have finished talking about my mother, I am wondering if we should also Let your mother know?"

"My... mother?" Aegron was a little confused for a while, and repeated the term that made him somewhat unfamiliar.

Marie-Louisa, the former Queen of France and now the Grand Duchess of Parma, was not much of a mother to him.

"Did you mean Countess Nepeg?" he asked sternly after a moment.

From the slight change in his tone, Teresa could hear the displeasure in the young man's heart at this moment.

"You still haven't let go of your hatred for her?"

"That's wrong, I don't hate her, I already reconciled with her when I was in Schönbrunn Palace - of course, it's only for reconciliation." Aigron replied coldly, "I don't remember hating her for what she did to me when I was a child. She was neglected, but correspondingly, I don't have the kind of respect and love for her mother, she is a stranger to me, and I don't want to have anything to do with her."

"That being said, she is your mother after all, isn't she?" Teresa persuaded in a low voice.

"Then what exactly does she look like my mother?" Aegron asked sharply, "I understand that some things are disasters brought about by fate, and she is helpless, so I agree with her remarriage, but someone forced her to remarry. Is she not allowed to come and see me? She has seen me a few times in the past ten years, and every time she comes and goes, is this her mother's love? Sorry, I don't want to talk to her about feelings, because the two of us There was nothing in between.”

Seeing Aegron's reaction in this way, Teresa couldn't say anything else. Although Aegron said on the surface that she didn't care at all, she clearly saw the kind of resentment deep in her heart - obviously, between him and Luisa The grievances cannot be easily eliminated, and he does not want to eliminate it.

"Even so, at least she helped us..." she whispered, "I'm very grateful to her for this."

Agron was at a loss for words.

Indeed, this is undeniable - when the Austrian court was planning to choose a marriage partner for her, Louisa cooperated with it and facilitated her and Teresa's marriage.

Although there have been twists and turns in the middle, the marriage will eventually become a reality.

Conversely, the more Teresa satisfied him, the more "help" Luisa seemed to him.

He was reluctant to admit it, but the truth was the truth.

"Well, I'll thank her for that too." In the end, Aigron could only answer dryly, "However, in this situation, what can I do? I don't want to implicate her, and presumably she doesn't want to be like this. Does the rebellious me have anything to do with it?"

"There are some things that she can't get rid of easily." Teresa shook her head again. "Even if she is indifferent to you, she will not be so cruel to hope that you fail or die, after all, she is your mother."

"Okay, so what?" Agron asked rhetorically.

"So let's write a letter together thanking her for helping us both," Teresa suggested, "and tell her that we want nothing from her but her blessings, and I think she will No matter how dissatisfied I am with you, I should not refuse this.”

"What's the point of this?" Aigron was still a little hard to accept. "I think instead, she just wants to hide from me as far as possible. The surname Bonaparte is complete trouble for her, and she has a family of her own."

"This is very important to me... Aigron, your father is no longer there, the only one alive is your mother, if our union is not blessed by the elders, it will be unbearable for me, so I hope to work hard for it one time."

Looking at Teresa's serious expression, the anger in Aegron's heart suddenly disappeared.

What is she doing so stubbornly for?

Well, even to make her happy, it's okay to satisfy her wishes.

"Well then, you can write a letter to her, I can sign it and attach a few nice words, but that's all, I have nothing more to say to her." Finally, he sighed, "So you're satisfied, Teresa."