Eagle’s Glory

"However, you can think of us as protectors."

Aigron's warning was sincere, but the young Prince Otto was not disappointed by it, nor did he have much fear of his possible kingship in the future.

He is only twelve or thirteen years old now. Although he has received the education of the royal family, he does not really understand what "rule" means, and he does not understand the actual logic of the operation of power, just for a crown that is about to fall on his head by accident. Just get excited.

He knew that as the second son, if he didn't have the chance to see his eldest brother die young, his best future would be to become a Bavarian prince in the future. The prospect of becoming king of a nascent country—even if the country is far away—is definitely a big leap in his life.

This good news had already made him get carried away, so why would he worry about other things?

Besides, in Prince Otto's view, his family is luxuriant and deep, and he only needs to bring someone from Bavaria to assist him, and he is enough to manage the country of Greece.

However, the smug little prince also has basic rationality, and he also knows that he must have a good relationship with the young man in front of him.

Although no one has publicly stated it, everyone knows that he gave this crown to himself, and even if he cedes the throne, he still has great influence in Greece. He created the Principality of Ioannina. Also next to his own kingdom - which means that as long as he has the heart, he can cause great trouble to his rule.

In other words, without the cooperation of this "king elector", he would never even think about being the king of Greece with peace of mind.

Therefore, under the advice of his father and teachers, he had already made up his mind long ago to have a good relationship with Duke Reichstedt.

Moreover, as a young man who has just had blood, he admires heroes the most. Duke Reichstedt happens to be the best among the royal family members of the same generation. After learning about his deeds, Prince Otto himself is right in his heart. He was full of admiration.

Precisely because of various considerations, Prince Otto respected Aegron in front of his father, "His Royal Highness, I have been paying attention to your heroic deeds, you have saved a suffering country and a great civilization. Remnant, I have done what all Christians want to do... I just hate that I am too young to devote myself to your command as a volunteer and create great achievements with you.

But God is very kind to me, and gave me the opportunity to be a follower of your great deeds, to lead the nation out of the trauma of the long-term war. Since this is the case, I am willing to follow God's teaching and your expectations and shoulder the royal family. Responsibility! I also promise you that I will work hard to learn the knowledge that a king should have, abide by the due principles, and use my whole life to benefit my future people! "

This passage was a rhetoric that his father had discussed with his teachers, and it had already made Prince Otto memorize it by heart, so the little prince spoke very skillfully, and at the same time he was full of the lofty ambitions of a young man. The mediocre face also has a little more immature king's momentum.

After listening to Prince Otto's remarks, Teresa glanced at Aegron, then nodded lightly, indicating that she was more satisfied with the attitude of the little prince.

Since his wife had no opinion, Aigron also had no opinion.

He is not saddened by the loss of the Greek throne - after all, the history behind it has long proven that Greece is a chaotic place, and the country is poor and the people are weak, and it is really not worth worrying about.

So as long as the future king doesn't violate his legitimate interests, he doesn't care.

So he walked up to the little prince, reached out his hand, and patted him on the shoulder condescendingly.

"Very good, Otto." He deliberately called out the prince's name to shorten the psychological distance between the two, "I am very moved after hearing your remarks, it seems that you have fully understood As a king, I hope you can remember everything you said today, and then rule your future people with justice and mercy, not to live up to their expectations."

Aigron patted it a little harder, causing the little prince's body to shake slightly, but neither he nor his father would mind this little offense. On the contrary, the eyes of both their father and son flashed and could not be concealed. The joy of the young man's action is tantamount to expressing that he has no objection to Prince Otto, and as long as he has no objection, this crown will definitely fall on Prince Otto's head.

As a thousand-year-old aristocratic family in Germany, the Wittelsbach family has always been one of the most important princes. The various branches of the family once ruled places such as Pulfatz and Bavaria, which have profoundly affected the history of the Shinra Empire.

In recent centuries, however, the family has slowly slipped into decline, weakened by a series of wars.

The biggest blow came after 1740. In this year, Emperor Shinra and Charles VI of the Habsburg family died. However, he did not leave a male heir and was forced to let his eldest daughter Teresa inherit his Austria. ancestry.

The then Bavarian Elector Karl-Albrecht stood up as the leader of the princes and opposed Teresa's right of succession, and in 1742, was elected by these princes as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and the title was Charles VII.

However, Teresa refused to let her men down, won the war of succession in Austria, and sent troops to invade Bavaria, making this "His Majesty the Emperor" disgraced.

After falling into a desperate situation of internal and external troubles, Emperor Charles VII died of depression, and his successor was forced to withdraw from the election of the new emperor. In this way, the Wittelsbach family ended their three-year world, God Luo's throne has returned to the Habsburg family - but, in order not to cause interference from other countries, Queen Teresa chose to let her husband Franz, Duke of Lorraine, take over the throne, and she actually executed it. imperial power.

After this catastrophe, Bavaria was devastated, and the Wittelsbach family also suffered disasters such as the War of Succession and the Napoleonic War. Although they barely maintained their ancestral business, they were also in decline, let alone fighting for Germany. It is exhausting to maintain the leadership of one's own power and not to decline.

But now, this declining family has seen an unexpected joy - the crown from Greece has inexplicably fallen on its own head.

The crown means land, means population, means increasing the prestige and strength of the family, and means that this generation of kings has made great contributions to the prosperity of the family.

How could such a wonderful prospect not make King Ludwig excited?

He seemed to see himself being praised by his descendants as the future of Ming Jun - even though he actually paid no effort or price for this crown.

The more he thought about it, the more pleasing he looked at Aegron.

This young young man has already achieved a great reputation. Although he has given up the crown of Greece, he still holds a duchy in his hands. Even if he does not become an emperor in the future, his current achievements are enough to show off. complacent.

It's a pity that he is already married, otherwise it would be suitable to be his brother-in-law...

His Majesty the King doesn't know why his sister Maria suddenly asked him to see him alone - but according to her, it was because she was quite curious about this young man when she corresponded with Sophie, and wanted to see what he was like kind of person.

This request made King Ludwig a little puzzled, but he complied, satisfying his sister's curiosity-he didn't know what Maria's true thoughts were, and he didn't bother to care so much.

His father, the previous King Maximilian I, was married twice, first to Princess August Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, with 2 sons and 2 daughters who lived to adulthood , including the king himself, and Princess Augusta, the wife of Prince Eugene; and the second marriage, after the death of his ex-wife, married Princess Frederick Caroline Wilhelmine of Baden, a total of five daughters lived to adulthood (two of them were twins).

So, Sophie and Maria are his half-sisters.

King Ludwig and his stepmother were not close by themselves, let alone such a half-sister, who usually didn't have much emotional communication other than courtesy greetings.

He didn't expect Maria to make such a request, but considering that her twin sister Sophie and Duke Reichstedt used to get along, and Sophie is said to have taken good care of the Duke, it's not enough for Maria to have some curiosity Surprised.

Since Sophie married Austria, King Ludwig had never had the slightest concern for Sophie, but at this time he was full of gratitude to Sophie-after all, it was obvious that the Duke of Reichstedt was so accommodating to his own. Family, the biggest reason must be her care for the Duke back then.

A sister who ignored her sister after she was married because of political marriage, but did not expect to make a great contribution to her family when she was silent!

Thinking about the king, I feel a little sigh. How many generations of his family have worked hard and participated in how many wars, but the territory has not grown a little bit, and the number of times he has been beaten to the ground is countless; but he did not expect that a married daughter , but inadvertently, it has more than doubled his family's territory... Even if Greece's national strength is weak, the land is still there.

Should I be happy or should I smile?

Leave it alone! No matter how badly fate made a joke, the quality of the crown will not be devalued because of it.

Thinking of this, His Majesty's mood became better than ever, and his gaze towards Aegron was full of diligence and joy.

"His Royal Highness, I will never forget the favor you bestowed on our family today, and no matter what happens in the future, you will always be a friend of our family - and, I think my sister in Austria, after hearing After this news, she must also feel very relieved, she will definitely be grateful to you! After all, you still lived up to her love for you..."

As soon as the king mentioned Sophie, Aegron suddenly became serious. "I said before that when I was in the most difficult time, it was His Highness Sophie who cared for me selflessly, giving me the courage to face life and persevering. My heart has always been full of gratitude. At that time, I was thinking, if If I can repay the Wittelsbach family in the future, I will definitely do it, and after I fled Vienna, she was even more hated by His Majesty the Emperor, I think I owe her too much. Thanks to fate... I finally Given this opportunity, I hope she can forgive me a little for the pain I have caused her after learning about it."

Teresa lowered her gaze and looked at the table, not letting her unhappiness leak out to others.

She knew that these thoughts of Aigron were normal and inevitable; she also knew that choosing a member of the Wittelsbach family to wear the Greek crown was the best choice for the current situation.

However, because she knew this, she always felt a little unhappy in her heart.

She knew that the lingering love after the wedding made the young people feel very happy, but they could not dispel the memories that had been lingering in her husband's heart.

The previous feelings were deeply ingrained in his heart, and even if she felt unhappy in her heart, she could do nothing - who made that woman take care of him before they met? This is probably the helplessness of fate.

Fortunately, now she has been left in Vienna forever, and she will be separated from her husband in the future, so she doesn't have to worry about her coming to hinder her and her husband's happy life.

In this case, of course, you can be more generous.

I wish her a happier life in the future~ Compensating for her victory by giving her a crown to her family is enough to show her generosity.

Fortunately, the two changed the subject shortly after mentioning Sophie, and Teresa's torment did not last long.

"I'm very happy that Otto is not alone in Greece. He also has a Duchy of Ioannina as an ally who is always there to help each other." King Ludwig took the initiative to propose a motion, "His Royal Highness, I have an idea— "

From his tone and expression, Aegron felt a little ominous inexplicably.

"Just say it."

His Majesty smiled, and then pointed to his second son, Prince Otto, "Look, Otto and Grand Duchess Hyde are the same age, it's like God's arrangement, what do you think about getting him engaged to Hyde? In this way, the bonds between the two newly-born countries will be closer, and they will be able to watch and help each other in the future."

Aegron's astonishment only lasted for a moment, and he immediately wanted to understand the other party's intentions.

As a nominal ruler, Haide has no real power, but a ruler is a ruler after all, and she has no siblings, so her children are the heirs of course.

If Prince Otto marries her and gives birth to an heir in the future, then this means that the Duchy of Ioannina can be incorporated into the future Greek kingdom without bloodshed, further expanding the Wittelsbach family's rule.

The worst can also become the Junhe model, and the family can expand further anyway.

Hmm, that's pretty cool to think about. But for Aegron, although the Principality of Ioannina is not the place where he will stay for a long time, it is his first real territory after all, and he is not willing to hand it over to others in the future - even in name only.

Just as Aegron was about to politely refuse, Teresa suddenly spoke up, and said the remarks he had in mind almost coherently.

"Your Majesty, Haidai is still too young to talk about these things, and her previous experiences have made her lack a lot of education she should have. At present, it is difficult for her to be qualified to talk about marriage with one of the oldest royal families in Europe. , so...I think we can look at it first and talk about it later."