Eagle’s Glory

"However, Your Majesty, I would be delighted to accompany you in such pleasures."

"Then it's settled." Aigron couldn't help laughing, "After I settle down, I'll take time to practice skiing with you, and when I learn it, I'll take Teresa with me... I want to come to her would be happy too.”

"It would be my honor if I could leave good memories for you and Her Royal Highness Teresa here." Queen Aotangsi replied diligently, "From the perspective of the elders, I can see you young people gathered here Being in front of me will also give me a lot of comfort—"

When he came to Queen Aotangsi again, Aigron's mood was very different.

The last time he had just escaped from Austria, the journey was bumpy, and he had lingering fears. Although he had a vague plan for what to do next, he didn't know whether he had the ability to execute it, and he was full of confusion about the future.

But now, the situation is completely different. After more than a year of experience, he already has a small territory and a group of loyal subordinates who follow him. More importantly, he has been trained to be calm, confident and calm. Attitude, he has fully invested in his new role, truly convinced that he can become the head of the Bonaparte family, become a pretender to the throne.

This mentality made him no longer any hesitant or confused, and even a little more leisurely.

Of course, he was also somewhat intentional. He just wanted to infect the people around him with this confidence and calmness, so that they would also be full of confidence in himself.

Judging from Queen Aotangsi's demeanor, she was indeed infected by Aegron, as if this young man was not doing anything major, but was just an ordinary junior guest who came to visit her.

Aigron and the queen chatted while eating, and soon led the topic to Aigron's last visit to Bavaria and the visit to his adopted brother, Prince Eugene's widow.

And Queen Aotangsi is the younger sister of Prince Eugene.

After their father was killed, the brother and sister lived with each other and spent the darkest and precarious days together. Naturally, their relationship was extremely deep, so when Prince Eugene was mentioned, Queen Eugene could no longer maintain her usual calmness and elegance. Her expression was gone, and she burst into tears, saddened by her brother's untimely death.

"Hey, God was so **** him, and took him away in his early forties! He's such a righteous, considerate man, full of kindness to everyone, despite the many enemies he's provoked for the Empire. , but there are almost no personal enemies, everyone praises him and respects him... The thought of never seeing him for the rest of my life makes my heart tear." Queen Aotangsi cried, Said in a trembling voice. "How happy my brother would be if he could see what you are like now! He will certainly try his best to help you, more than I can."

Yes, he would - Aegron replied inwardly.

He didn't tell the queen about Prince Eugene's posthumous manuscript, because it was really dishonorable to tell it, so he hid it.

"As for the matter of the prince, I dare not say that I am as sad as you, because you are the one who grew up with him and suffered disasters together. The bond between you and him is beyond anyone's reach. But I For him, for me, full of respect and gratitude. It's funny, in our family, every man is full of ambition, full of quarrels and attacks on each other, only he...he is us One of the best people in the world, he did his best to serve the emperor, and he never complained or hated anyone, I just hated myself for not having time to see him again and saying these words with my own mouth."

Then, he solemnly looked at Queen Aotangsi, who was still crying, "Siren has passed away, it is meaningless to say more, we can only bear these pains silently. And now... Her Majesty, you are my only One of my closest relatives left. You were first my father's righteous daughter and then my uncle's wife. You have witnessed and experienced all the joys and sorrows of our family... You have been with me in all my hardships, and when I was at my worst, you didn't care about gain or loss. You have helped me...I will always remember this, and I will always love you, and I will do my best to serve you and achieve all your wishes."

After Aigron's words, the queen was moved to tears again.

"I have something I really want to trouble you with, Your Majesty."

Aigron was slightly taken aback.

On the one hand, he was emotionally touched, on the other hand, out of etiquette, he made a promise to the queen to "achieve all your wishes for you", but he didn't expect the queen to really ask for something.

Obviously, "all wishes" are impossible, and he believes that the queen will not be so uninteresting, making both people look ugly.

"Please speak." He replied quickly.

"You were born in 1811, and my sons, Louis five years older than you, Charlie three years older... I'm glad they all worked for you, for the family business, and I warn them , I must continue to serve you and do my duty." The queen whispered while looking at Aegron.

In fact, Queen Aotangsi had three sons, but the eldest son died early when he was only a few years old. Of course, Aigron would not bring this sad thing out at this time.

"Well, the two cousins ​​did give me a lot of help, and I am very grateful to them." Aigron nodded.

Although his relationship with his two cousins ​​is not very good now, they were the ones who rescued him back then, and he couldn't deny the debt, especially in front of their mother.

"When your father was exiled to an isolated island, before he passed away, when he mentioned you, he once said that when you grow up, it is best to marry a princess from an ancient royal family. Sister; now, you are married, and you are married to the princess of the Habsburg family. Although there are some innocuous twists and turns in the middle, it can be considered as his last wish, and now Princess Teresa has lived up to your expectations. If he has an heir, his spirit in the sky will surely cheer for him... I am also sincerely happy for him."

After sighing with emotion, Queen Aotangsi continued to speak. "Parents in the world are like this. Your father can't worry about you, and I can't worry about my sons. I don't know much about other things, and I don't want to interfere, except for their marriage, as a mother. I can't give up..."

When the queen said this, Aigron probably already understood what she meant.

She is asking for grace for her son.

Intermarriage between the feudal royal families in Europe has been the norm for thousands of years. The Bonaparte family was accepted as the supreme monarchy family when it was at its most prosperous, and the marriages of its family members were naturally "top match" .

Napoleon himself married the princess of Habsburg, his younger brother married the princess of Württemberg, and his adopted son married the princess of Bavaria. He almost "collected" the most noble and famous princesses in Germany at that time, which greatly satisfied Napoleon's small family. The vanity of the landlord's son—his third brother Lucian was scolded by the furious emperor Longyan for refusing to divorce his original wife and marry another princess, so he ran to Rome in a fit of rage, and almost cut off his brotherhood.

There is a saying that the way of heaven is good, how cool it is when it is beautiful, and how miserable it is when it is down.

After the fall of the empire, although the princesses who married the members of the Bonaparte family did not abandon their husbands (except Louisa), the door of the European royal family was closed again to the members of the Bonaparte family. Their marriage, It's a bit of a "high or low" meaning.

In order not to lower the style of the family, and to prevent the family's hard-to-account property from flowing out, the members of the Bonaparte family chose "internal digestion", that is, to marry between cousins ​​and cousins.

Napoleon's eldest brother, former King Joseph of Spain, has two daughters, one married to his younger brother Lucien's eldest son, and the other to his younger brother Louis' eldest son, which can be regarded as a compromise in desperation - if under normal circumstances, these two Bona Princess Ba will definitely be married to various royal families.

In the original historical line, after years of exile, Napoleon III finally rebuilt the empire, but at this time he could not find a royal princess who was willing to marry him, and in the end he had no choice but to marry a Spanish ordinary The noblewoman Eugenie became queen.

During the 20-year reign of the Second Empire, Napoleon III has been trying to change his family's lineage and re-enter the royal family.

This effort paid off. During his reign, his cousin, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, married a princess of the Savoy family of Sardinia (provided that the Sardinian kingdom went to war with Austria). time to stand on the side of Sardinia), and finally entered the room.

After the Franco-Prussian War, the Second Empire was destroyed after all, but its "family" remained after all. Victor Bonaparte, a descendant of Jerome and an exile known as Napoleon V, married Belgium The princess of the royal family is integrated into the big family of the monarch.

However, in this world line, this process has obviously been greatly accelerated - after all, Aigron, as the heir, married the daughter of Habsburg.

And Queen Aotangsi seems to hope that her son can get a little light.

Sure enough, under Agron's gaze, Queen Aotangsi made her request, "Your Majesty, my eldest son is now married to Joseph's daughter, let's not mention it. But my youngest son Charlie is still married. Men, I really don't want to see that he is older than you but has yet to find a place... So, I'm ashamed to ask you to help me, can you?"

Aegron did not answer immediately, but remained silent.

He knew that for the royal family, marriage was never just a marriage, it meant too many things. His cousin is so ambitious that it would be a bit dazzling to marry a foreign royal family.

However, now that the queen is begging softly in front of him, and he has just said that he will do everything he can to fulfill the queen's wish, how can he go back in person?

"Your Majesty, if I can do it, I'd be happy to let my family members marry the foreign royal family like the late emperor." After a moment of indifference, Aigron replied, "However, now, with our Ability, really can't make the arrogant royal family lower their heads... This matter can only be discussed later."

"I know that it's a bit difficult for you to realize this wish at present - but I believe that as long as you have a successful career in the future, you have a chance to realize it for me, do you think so?" The queen pretended not to hear Aegron's perfunctory , but continued to question him, and it seemed that he would not stop until he got a positive response.

Facing the expectant look in the eyes of King Aotangsi, Aigron finally nodded. "Yes, of course."

After all, he still didn't want to hurt the queen's heart, and he didn't want to go back on his promises.

Forget it, it's pointless to worry about this kind of thing now. Besides, even if the promise is to be fulfilled in the future, there are many workarounds to make this matter less harmful.

After getting this satisfactory answer, the queen finally smiled again, "Thank you, Your Majesty... I believe this day will come soon... I long for the day when I will be surrounded by grandchildren, which will be my last in the world. It is the most complete happiness.”

"Of course." Aegron could only nod his head again.

Now he has figured it out, all this must be manipulated by his cousin behind the scenes.

He knew that his relationship with His Majesty had cooled, and if he made a request, he would definitely be rejected, so he took out his mother as a microphone, and Queen Aotangsi was also happy to benefit her son, so after seeing Aegron's first Taking advantage of Aegron's most emotional moment, Tian took the opportunity to make this request.

Basically, after making this move, Aigron could not refuse.

Even if he wanted to understand all this, Aigron had nothing to say, and he had no problem with the queen herself - the heart of a mother's beloved son, no one has the right to blame, what's wrong with wanting to pave the way for her son's future? ?

Didn't your mother do the same thing? Of course, her motives were for the children of her stepfather, the Earl of Nepeg.

Thinking of Louisa, Agron's mood fell even more to the bottom.

Compared with Louisa and Aotangsi, he hopes to be the same as Queen Aotangsi.

It's just that the past cannot be traced, and the relationship between mother and son is destined to be irreparable.

After this turmoil, Aegron was a little disillusioned, finished breakfast hastily, and left Queen Aotangsi.

He came to the room that the queen had arranged for him, and then asked Andre, the captain of his guard, to call Prince Charles over.

After receiving the order, Prince Charles quickly came to the room. Judging from his expression, he was ready to face a storm.

If it was just a scolding in exchange for a promise that could not be shied away from, it was already overvalued for him.

However, to his surprise, his cousin's expression did not have any haze, on the contrary, he was still as happy as before.

"My cousin, I thank you for everything you have done for me during this time... You have worked hard." Aigron greeted him with a smile.

This smile made the prince feel more furious than any anger, but of course he did not dare to contradict Aegron.

"Your Majesty... It is my duty to serve you..." He hurriedly bowed his head to salute his cousin.