Eagle’s Glory

"I know how to be grateful, even if this kind of kindness is not pure."

After hearing the boy's promise, Madame Louisa finally smiled. "Franz, you are indeed very, very sensible. When you decide to offend someone, you can do it easily; but when you decide to please someone, the same is true."

Then, she sighed again, "Sometimes, I even think that you have grown up too fast, and it's a pity to lose your innocence at a young age."

"It doesn't seem to be my responsibility. My living environment and my philosophy of existence are not all determined by me. Others have some responsibility too - especially those who brought me here." Aegron replied calmly.

The irony in his words, of course, could be heard by Louisa, her eyes flashing annoyed, but in the end it didn't strike.

"Okay, I admit that I'm sorry for you. But, sir - ask yourself, in that chaotic situation, if I hadn't brought you back to Austria, you would have ended up a lot better than you are now. Is it? Although you are restricted here, you still have no worries about food and clothing, and you are also a noble His Royal Highness in name. You are much stronger than that poor Louis XVII."

During the Revolutionary era, Louis XVI tried to escape with his family, but was stopped at the border and escorted back to Paris. After Louis XVI was beheaded, his son was honored as the new king by exiled nobles who fled abroad, named Louis XVII - however, as a young he was never treated by any king, and he was assigned by the revolutionary government to Under the supervision of a shoemaker, his living conditions became extremely poor, and he died silently of tuberculosis at the age of ten.

Although it seems a bit arrogant, Louisa's rebuttal seems to be correct.

When Louis XVI and Napoleon died, their only sons both suffered surprisingly similar fates and eventually died of tuberculosis, but the Austrians at least did not treat Napoleon's sons badly in terms of living conditions.

"Although the Austrians have a grudge against Napoleon, at least they don't hate it to the point of diabolical hatred, but the Bourbon family is different from those royal party members. They have a **** vengeance to avenge. If it falls into their hands, it will be It is God's ultimate test of human morality, are you sure they can pass the test and raise you well with virtue?" Louisa asked again.

"You're right." Aigron didn't insist, but nodded directly, "I have nothing to complain about you, Napoleon will pay the price for the destruction of the empire, and as a former crown prince, I also have nothing to complain about. The same is true. Compared to Louis XVII, the price I paid was not too unbearable."

"I'm glad you were able to discuss this with me rationally." Louisa smiled wryly, "I didn't know how to think about things at your age, and I married your father and gave birth to you in a hurry. 1814 What can I do in this year? The coalition forces of various European countries are pressing down on the border, and Bonaparte's empire is about to end, and some of the coalition forces even come from my parents' family! What do you expect from me? I have never experienced the burden Training in a country, what could I do then? I had to obey my father's call and bring myself to Austria with you - I couldn't think of a better idea at the time."

After a pause, she added in a low voice, "I said so much, not expecting you to forgive me, nor begging for your understanding, I just told you how I felt at the time, don't think that you were the only ones that year. Father and son are suffering, your father has been swept away by power and ended up messing up all of our lives, and Murat and Ney were shot because of him at the end! I finally got my own Life, having a family I love, I don't want to be associated with that name anymore, I just want to live the rest of my life in peace and try my best to give my children a brighter future, you can Laugh at my mediocrity, sir, I don't care."

Aegron was silent for a moment.

Although his heart was still filled with the anger and resentment that she had ignored and forgotten for many years, even so, he knew that he could not really get her guilty apology.

Everyone has their own position and logic of action, and they move forward within the scope of their own eyes, occasionally encountering other people and interpreting their own stories.

But if you go the wrong way from the beginning, even if you are close as a mother and son, you will only be strangers in the end.

After returning to Austria, the Empress of the French Empire decided to abandon the nightmare of the past and find her own life as the Grand Duchess of Parma. In the end, their life trajectories became two parallel lines.

It's no pity, it's fate.

He is only the son of the Queen of France, and not the son of the Grand Duchess of Parma. What reason is there for her to entrust so much maternal love to herself?

After thinking about all this, Aegron no longer had the original resentment.

This was not his mother originally, but because of the original spiritual influence of the Roman king, he had subconsciously expected something, but now that he has truly confirmed that he has lost it, there is not much loss and pain.

Besides, I have also been compensated by others.

Thinking of this, a person's voice, face and smile suddenly appeared in his mind. Although it was the person he had just bid farewell to, he suddenly wanted to see her again.

"I won't point fingers at other people's way of life, ma'am." He tried his best to suppress the desire that rose in his heart, and looked at Louisa as calmly as possible, "I won't place too high expectations on you, and you will give I will repay you as much as I am. You ignored me before, so I am equally indifferent to you; now you are trying to help me, then no matter what your purpose is, I am sympathetic and will give it accordingly The reward. Although I can't repay now, I will repay when I have the opportunity in the future - and this is what you are looking forward to, isn't it?"

"How much I pay back depends on how much I help you?" Luisa asked rhetorically.

"Of course." Aegron shrugged handsomely, "No more, no less, fair and reasonable."

Then, he took another two steps forward, took his mother's right hand, and kissed it gracefully before letting go. "Ma'am, I look forward to your attention."

Luisa didn't say anything more, just calmly watched her son's appearance of being diligent but indifferent.

Her eyes were a little lost, but she was not disappointed. She knew that this seemed to be the maximum she could get from her eldest son.

Perhaps it is not a bad thing that her complicated entanglement with the Bonaparte family makes a decision in this way.

With the interaction between mother and son like ordinary friends, the atmosphere between the two also eased.

Undoubtedly, they were not reconciled, but at least they were relieved.

"It's good that we can open up to each other today." After a moment of silence, Louisa spoke again. "Before saying goodbye, is there a piece of advice you would like to listen to?"

"Please tell me." Agron nodded.

Luisa looked around subconsciously, and after making sure no one was eavesdropping, she leaned closer to her face and lowered her voice, "You should pay attention later, there are rumors about you and Sophie everywhere, I've only been here for a few days. I heard that this is very bad for you."

Agron's expression froze. "What do you mean?"

"You have the hope of becoming the son-in-law of Archduke Karl now, so you don't have to give up your achievements for some pointless reason." Louisa looked at him calmly, "Bid farewell to the past gracefully, this is what young men and women learned in the upper class. The first lesson of . Now things are very important to you, if you want to have an affair, there will be opportunities in the future..."

"Okay, I ask you to stop, ma'am." Aigron bowed to the other party and ended the conversation politely.

Seeing that he didn't listen to the advice, Luisa could only shake her head helplessly. "If your self-esteem is too strong and you refuse to listen to people's advice, then there is nothing I can do."

"This has nothing to do with self-esteem. I am a person who pays attention to realism. If necessary, self-esteem can be temporarily abandoned." Aigron looked at his mother and replied calmly, "There is only one reason why I don't want to hear it. In her mind, she is more important than you, ma'am. From the point of view of an ordinary friend, your advice is a bit out of bounds."

Louisa's face suddenly turned pale, and her body trembled. This sentence really stabbed her.

"Okay, you can think about your own affairs, I have nothing to say." Then, she turned and left.

Aegron finally ended the conversation that he had been impatient with. He couldn't hold back his desire any longer, and walked straight towards Princess Sophie's bedroom on the other side.

The reason why he rejected his mother's opinion so strongly was not just based on emotional reasons. At present, Princess Sophie is his biggest support for realizing his plan. Take the initiative to stay away from Sophie, and then the matter on Teresa's side has not been settled, then she will face the worst situation, and it will be extremely difficult to think of a way again.

No, these considerations will be discussed later, and now he just wants to see her...

Soon, he received permission from Her Royal Highness the Princess again to meet her.

As in the morning, Her Royal Highness was half lying on the sofa resting, but this time she was holding the script he just wrote.

After seeing the boy, she put down the script in her hand, and then looked at him carefully.

"Aigron, your expression is ugly." Then, she said, "Did His Majesty the Emperor reprimand you just now?"

"No." Agron shook his head, "He just asked me something."

"Then what's the matter with you?" Looking at his expression, Princess Sophie was a little anxious, "Is that your mother?"

"There was no quarrel, we just exchanged opinions with each other. On the positive side, our relationship is now smoothed out." Aegron shook his head, "Okay... don't mention these, I just want to see you Come on, and thank you for taking care of me all the time."

"You said it as if you were about to say goodbye." Princess Sophie couldn't help laughing in surprise, "It's okay, no thanks."

Then, she pointed to the seat next to the sofa, "Okay, you can sit down and rest for a while, I think you are in really bad shape."

Aigron did not follow her suggestion, but continued to stand in front of Her Royal Highness, looking at her.

"What the **** happened to you?" Her Royal Highness was even more surprised.

"His Royal Highness...I want to hug you, okay?" the young man said suddenly.

Her Royal Highness opened her eyes.

She looked at the boy suspiciously and determined his mental state at the moment.

Under the gaze of the young man, she hesitated at first, but finally sighed helplessly.

"All right."

Then, she stood up leisurely. "I'm really curious about what your mother did to you, why you suddenly look like a child with a lost soul..."

"I lost my soul...but I found it..." Aegron muttered softly.

"What?" Princess Sophie didn't hear clearly, so she asked, but her question was quickly interrupted.

"Ah……"

She suddenly felt someone hug her tightly around her waist.

Although she was already mentally prepared, because the boy was holding her tightly, she suddenly felt a little hard to breathe.

"Lighten up..." she whispered.

However, the young man didn't seem to hear it, he still hugged her tightly, buried his head on her shoulder, and closed his eyes slightly.

This moment made him feel heartfelt joy.

"It's alright." Princess Sophie sighed helplessly, and at the same time reached out and patted his back. "Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, at least I still support you."

"Yes, I believe so..." Aegron murmured.

Then, the two hugged like this, silent for a long time.

"Does this feel any better?" After a long time, Her Royal Highness asked.

"It's so much better." The young man looked at her with a smile on his face.

"Then let me go." Princess Sophie frowned, "I can't breathe!"

She said it was false that she couldn't breathe, but it was true that her face was hot and her breathing was a little short.

Looking at the face of the young man in her arms, she suddenly felt her heartbeat speed up.

Really grown up, how handsome.

Then, she reluctantly raised her hand and carefully pushed the other side away.

"It's just to comfort you because you're so lost..." She tried her best to calm down and make her demeanor appear more natural. "Aigron, get well."

"I know." Aegron looked at Princess Sophie solemnly, "I... I will always remember this moment."