Eagle’s Glory

Of course, Leon had to obey Aigron's orders. He dragged his tired body and copied the declaration that His Majesty had just drawn up; he did not sleep after that, but insisted on it until morning, and sent someone to inform Prince Charles, Your Majesty. want to summon him.

Prince Charles was very puzzled by this sudden summoning. He wondered why he suddenly got the attention of his cousin.

After the establishment of the Principality, he has been sitting on the bench, and he has no hope of being reused. Whether it was Aegron himself, or Teresa, who was regent in his absence, they deliberately refused to appoint him to an important position, so he had the title of a prince and a lofty position, but was marginally excluded. outside the core of the principality. He has never been asked for his opinion on any major event.

His older brother also suffered similar treatment, and compared to him, his older brother, Prince Louis, was even more irritable, and even publicly quarreled with Teresa and some officials of the duchy, and even left Joa in frustration. Nina - Of course, his public name was to marry the daughter of his great-uncle Joseph, the former Spanish princess Charlotte Bonaparte.

Unlike his brother, Prince Charles has a much calmer temper. He knows that if he chooses to leave, it will mean openly disagreeing with His Majesty. Although his cousin seems to be modest, he is also proud and stubborn in his heart, and he will never tolerate this. Offensive - that would mean the end of political life.

Therefore, you must not ruin your future just because of a momentary anger, especially when you still have capital.

As a member of the Bonaparte family, especially for helping Aegron escape from Vienna, Aegron did not treat his cousin badly in material treatment. Not only did he not hold him accountable for embezzling the money for the sale of gemstones, but also listed him He entered the ranks of the highest-ranking nobles in the Principality, and he conferred a large manor on the outskirts of him—the meaning is also very clear.

Prince Charles also knew that he was guarded by his cousin, and because he offended Teresa, he was hated by Teresa, so he chose to keep a low profile and hide in his manor, where he had the right to entertain guests every day. as a pastime.

However, for this equally ambitious young man who is only in his early 20s, his desire for power cannot be diluted by generous material treatment. On the surface, he pretends to indulge in feasting and hunting, but in fact he is Take the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and cultivate personal relationships. At the same time, he is always paying attention to external information, spying on the international situation in the Principality and the mainland, and looking for opportunities to make his own way.

He also knew in his heart that his cousin completely overwhelmed him in terms of prestige and family legitimacy. He could not stand on his own no matter what, so he could only wait for the opportunity to hide and wait to see when the wind changed and he could get it. His Majesty's reuse, take the opportunity to seek power.

He didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

Did you do something taboo recently, is His Majesty coming to reprimand you in person? For a moment, he groaned in his heart.

But no matter what, His Majesty's summons could not be refused, so he could only leave his manor with an uneasy mood, and then came to Aegron's residence.

 …

Agron woke up from his sleep in a daze. Teresa had already woken up and was walking outside with the help of Chanel. He looked out the window and saw at a glance that he was walking slowly on the grass. of two people.

From the window, the two were talking and laughing, and there was no sign of any grudges at all—as Chanel had said, Teresa would not hate her.

Aegron whistled happily to them, and they immediately turned to look at the window. Aegron waved and said hello to the two closest women beside him.

Such a frivolous demeanor does not resemble a king, but considering his age, what is there to blame?

With a happy mood, Aigron took a hasty shower, and then found his secretary Leon.

"Has Prince Charles called over?" he asked straight to the point.

"He has been waiting for you for almost two hours." Leon replied quickly.

In order not to delay Aegron's affairs, he sent someone to notify Prince Charles early in the morning, but when the Prince arrived, His Majesty was still sleeping, and he did not dare to disturb His precious sleep, so he had to aggrieve the Prince and let him attend the meeting. The guest room is waiting.

For Leon, his loyalty is to His Majesty himself, not to the entire Bonaparte family, and of course he knows the importance of it.

"Very good." After making his cousin wait for so long, Aegron didn't feel guilty about it, he just nodded, "Then take me there."

Soon, Leon brought Aegron to the reception room, and Prince Charles, who had been bored waiting, quickly turned his expression serious and straight after seeing Aegron, and then stood up and saluted Aegron.

"Good morning, my cousin." Aigron greeted him kindly, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long, I'm sorry, I slept too late last night..."

"Your Majesty, please don't say that. I should wait for you. Your precious sleep is more important than anything else." Prince Charles replied quickly.

Of course he was very unhappy in his heart, but he had to bow his head under the eaves of others. Since he was acting as the master of his cousin, he could only accept any treatment given by the other party, but he did not dare to show confrontation.

Aigron made a gesture to ask the prince to sit down, and then sat down himself.

"I stayed up late last night, not because I forgot the time because of indulging in entertainment, but I was doing an important thing—" Aigron explained the reason, he didn't intend to cheat, "Accurately, I prepared a declaration , a public declaration to the French people."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Prince Charles immediately became interested.

Such a document, just think about how important it is, it represents the foreign policy statement of the Bonaparte family - and this is the first one!

And the cousin deliberately called himself over to discuss it, which means that in his mind, does he have the right to speak about it?

Prince Charles didn't expect such a good thing, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

"You... what are you going to publish?" He finally had some wit, so he managed to calm down.

"You'll know when you look at it." Aegron picked up a declaration that was transcribed by Leon on the table, and handed it to his cousin.

Prince Charles nervously picked up the pages and carefully read the neat handwriting on them.

His expression became more and more puzzled, eventually turning into shock.

"Your Majesty, you want to publicly support the Republic?" he asked Aegron, raising his head in surprise.

"Yes, I wrote it very clearly." Aigron nodded and simply admitted.

"But don't you want to be emperor?" asked Prince Charles.

He only felt incredible, because he knew that his cousin would never give up his dream—it could even be said that this cousin was originally created to be an emperor, how could he give up the meaning of his existence?

"Why, is it strange to be the emperor in the republic?"

Aegron questioned with great interest.

It was particularly interesting to ask this question to this cousin, and it even seemed a little bit of a grim humour.

It's just that Prince Charles couldn't feel the wicked cold humor of his cousin, he just felt a little confused in his brain.

However, deep in his heart, he also has a keen talent as a statesman, so in this mess, he understood the situation in a very short period of time, and tried to guess why His Majesty did this.

"Are you advancing by retreating?" He quickly cleared his head a little, and then tentatively asked Aegron. "Do you think that temporarily supporting the republic can unite those opposing forces and fight against the false king together..."

"Part of it." Aegron nodded.

That means there is another part to consider.

According to this clue, Prince Charles thought again.

Then he noticed a detail - in the second half of the article, His Majesty scolded the Bourbon royal family and the Duke of Orleans at the same time, accusing them of despicably trying to bribe him, and tying them all together, as the enemy of the people and the culprit of national chaos culprit.

"Are you wary of the Orleans family?" he concluded before asking.

Aigron was not surprised that his cousin behaved like this, in fact, history has long proved that he does have such a talent.

Therefore, he has always been afraid of this cousin in his heart, and has always tried to limit him, because he knows that if he can't do it, then this cousin is the most qualified person to take over his banner at the moment - and from Historically, he has at least done a decent job.

But now is the time to employ people. In any case, the most important thing is to achieve the restoration of the country. For this reason, people must do their best. No matter how much you can guard against Prince Charles, it will be a matter in the future. The small will lose the big.

"That's right, that's what I thought." Aigron nodded and admitted the other party's guess, "As far as I can see, the false king is hateful, but the Duke of Orleans is also an opponent to beware of. They have always been ambitious to usurp the main branch. and have been preparing for it for many years. We can buy important people in France, they can buy them, and they can buy them more easily than we can! I have been troubled by this for a long time, and finally I have come to the conclusion , we not only have to take the upper-level line, but also ask the trust of the people, use the name of the people to add glory to us, and then use this brilliance to face these two royal families - what qualifications do they have to represent the people? Why continue to ride on the people? As long as we can raise such questions among the French people, then I think they will be under enormous pressure."

Aigron did not tell Prince Charles about the visit of Count Telwin, Prince Talleyrand's goodwill, etc., but only expressed the movements of the Duke of Orleans in general, but even so, Prince Charles quickly understood what he meant.

After thinking about it carefully, Prince Charles finally had a clear idea of ​​his cousin.

"Wonderful! You tie them both together and let them explain whether they are the enemy of the people or not, which means that either side of them will lose points in the discussion you set up. You call for the A referendum to decide the future of the country, and neither of them dared to do it, so you just put up a pretense, and that pretense was enough to expose the fact that they were nothing but the same thing on both sides! That way, you can make the Duke of Orleans also And then lose the hearts of the people.”

"A declaration is not enough to achieve the effect you said, but this is indeed the direction I hope to work towards." Aigron admitted his thoughts, "The Duke of Orleans is a sneaky conspirator, thirty years ago he That's what my father was, and he's still going to be like that 30 years later, it's hard to beat such conspirators we just play the same conspiracy with them, because they're in France and we're outside, and they have plenty of room to break out. Zu - So we have to find a way to set issues and grab public opinion. Compared with them, we are more open-minded, because we have nothing, so we are willing to give everything, and we will give what we want first."

"Yes! That's right!" Charlie nodded again and again, looking convincing.

This is really not a fake, because after thinking about it carefully, he sincerely agrees with his cousin's considerations, and he even feels for a moment that he is like being empowered.

All sorts of thoughts came to him, but the main thing was vigilance—this cousin of mine was too powerful, so be careful in front of him no matter what.

He also knew that it was useless to question his cousin, and to oppose him would definitely be self-defeating. He could only follow his orders, and only after he had accumulated enough capital would there be room for bargaining. .

"Your Majesty, what do you need me to do?" He simply clarified his words.

"I see that you have been a bit idle lately." Aegron replied with a smile, "You indulge in enjoyment all day long, and you are about to become a slutty prince in people's eyes."

It's not because of you that I feast and hunt all day long, do you think I want to... thought Prince Charles bitterly. It's just that of course he didn't dare to show this kind of resentment, he could only show a gesture of being honest and reprimanding him. "I'm sorry, I may have been a little complacent recently and relaxed my demands on myself."

"So, I want to entrust you with a heavy responsibility—" Aigron stopped detouring and went straight to the subject, "My cousin, do you miss your mother?"

This abrupt question made Prince Charles stunned for a second.

But he quickly understood the implications. "You're sending me to Switzerland?"

"Yes, Switzerland." Agron nodded, "you go there, on the one hand, you will bring me greetings to Queen Autense, on the other hand, I hope you will make some preparations for me there. Come with Teresa."

Prince Charles quickly understood what Aigron meant—Ioannina was too far away from France, and the message transmission was ineffective. Once France changed, even if His Majesty wanted to do something, it would be too late, so he wanted to stay in Very close to the French border.

Switzerland is ideal - there's a lot of mountains, plenty of places to hide, and there's Queen Autons.

Originally, he did not dare to disobey Aegron's orders, not to mention that at this time he was both respectful and awe-inspiring to Aegron, even more so. So he agreed without thinking.

"Your Majesty, thank you for placing your trust in me, I will definitely do it for you!"

While bowing his head in salutation, his heart also ignited a raging fire, and his cousin finally recognized his talent and gave him a chance to prove his ability.