Eagle’s Glory

"Sir, if you like, you can come and spend Christmas with us at that time, we are very welcome..."

Of course Aigron understood the meaning of Christmas. So Henrietta's words seem to imply that Aigron can have a family get-together at that time - that is to say, be officially recognized as a member of the family?

Although I'm not surprised by this result, but this speed is too fast... I just met her once, and she seems to have recognized herself?

Aegron was a little surprised, not knowing how to answer for a while.

It is estimated that she may have heard a lot of good things from her husband and daughter, so just look at it for a while to recognize it.

"Mom, don't say it anymore, but it scares everyone." Perhaps sensing his hesitation, Teresa couldn't help complaining to her mother in a low voice, "It's too early to talk about Christmas..."

"Oh, I don't want you to waste time in vain, sometimes it's not good to be direct?" The princess smiled and winked at her daughter, "You're just reading so many books and reading stupid, thinking so crooked all day long. In the end, I can only find fault for myself... Since His Majesty thinks it's good, we think it's good, and everyone else thinks it's good, so why bother to ask for trouble?"

"Mom!" Teresa really couldn't stand it anymore, she protested her mother loudly, then took Aigron's hand and walked out, "Your Highness, let me take you out for a walk."

Aiglon wanted someone to take him out of this awkward atmosphere, so he immediately followed her out, and behind them, Henrietta laughed.

"Don't forget the time, or we won't be waiting for your lunch!"

Teresa didn't say a word, and after taking Aegron out of the mansion, she walked forward until she came to the garden.

There are endless rose bushes everywhere in the garden, but it is late autumn, and the flowering period of roses has already passed, so it can only be regarded as a green landscape.

But even so, in this beautiful garden, people can still feel the poetic beauty.

The rose oil that Teresa gave to serving Chanel was probably extracted from here.

In the center of the garden is a huge pond, and in the pond there is a pavilion in Chinese style, open on all sides, with a dome above it, and the pavilion itself is supported by columns, with reliefs below the columns, and a marble table in the middle. chair.

In addition, there are some painting tools here, which should be something that Teresa usually uses - after all, her younger siblings have not yet had this interest in terms of age.

Unconsciously, a picture emerged in Aegron's mind - under the golden sunset, the girl sitting in the pavilion, carefully looking at the blooming flowers not far away, painted it one by one.

While Aegron was still thinking, Teresa finally stopped and sat down with the boy.

"Aigron, you shouldn't mind what my mother said just now, right? I'm sorry... Sometimes she talks too casually and likes to tease me." Teresa apologized to him embarrassedly.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little ashamed." Aegron replied in a low voice. "However, I'm honestly honored to see her recognize me so much."

"...That's a matter of course, after all, if she wants to pick and choose, she won't be able to find anyone." Teresa blurted out an answer.

After a while, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, so she smiled embarrassedly. "Then what do you think of her invitation? I think - anyway, you are in the palace to celebrate the festival like a ceremony, you might as well come to us, and it will have a more family atmosphere, so that your heart will be warmer."

Teresa's re-invitation made Aegron at a loss for a while. He knew that if he really participated, it would represent a lot of meaning, but now if he doesn't agree, the consequences seem to be worse.

"I—I really haven't experienced the feeling of family, maybe one day I get a chance to experience it, it seems like a good idea," he replied after a moment.

"Speak so euphemistically, and like to use hypothetical and uncertain sentences - Your Highness, you are really a politician without a teacher." Teresa couldn't help laughing slightly sarcastically, "However, I'll take it as you promised, don't let me down."

"Okay..." Aegron could only helplessly nodded. "But, Teresa, can you answer a question for me?"

Teresa was a little surprised, then nodded. "Please ask."

"—We broke up last time, and you made Your Majesty angry. How did you explain it to your parents after you came back? Why do I think they didn't seem to be affected at all and are still so enthusiastic." Aegron Asked his doubts.

"Do you really want to know?" Teresa dodged her gaze, as if a little guilty.

"I want to know, please satisfy my curiosity." Aigron insisted.

"Okay, then I tell you... Please don't be angry." Teresa's mouth rose and she smiled slyly. "I told my father and mother that you are very kind to me, but you are afraid that you will drag me down. You cry and tell me that you are in a difficult situation and don't know if you can achieve anything in the future, so please think about it carefully, don't put it I entrust my future to a destitute prince who has neither money nor fame..."

"..." Aegron suddenly laughed dryly, "...Isn't that going too far? I won't cry."

I see.

He finally understood why the Grand Duke and his wife treated him so differently.

After Teresa's so much fuel and jealousy, adding the character of "pity Teresa" to him, the couple who love their daughter are naturally extremely satisfied.

No wonder then that Archduke Carl took him to the event immediately, probably because he wanted to dispel his "concerns".

If you think about it this way, it's really thanks to their family that they value it - at least so far, they have only given themselves kindness.

Is there something wrong with your own performance?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Teresa with a guilty conscience.

"Isn't this bad? No one will be hurt because of this." Teresa restrained her smile and looked at the boy with a serious face, "Your Highness, you said that day to think about it, it doesn't matter, we can all think about it, but after my parents and I have thought about it. It's not something you can control, is it?"

"It's true." Aegron could only nod his head, "I can only thank you all for now."

"Don't think of what I've done as a threat, Your Highness." Perhaps guessing what Aegron was thinking, Teresa explained gently, "In fact, no matter what the outcome between us is, I hope my father will use his own Influence helps you stand out. On the one hand it is to pay for what our country owes you; on the other hand, I would love to see you use your talents to help our poor country...it is so lacking in talent There is no room for waste.”

"Thank you for your confidence in me." Aegron laughed.

"Of course I have confidence in you, because what you have shown me so far is what I expected to see." Teresa replied earnestly, "It can be said that the combination of Austria and France that I have always expected to see , it is perfectly reflected in you... ah, it happens that you are also in blood, it really makes people feel the will of God..."

Seeing Teresa's slightly excited performance, Aegron was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that he suddenly had one more fan.

Maybe he was moved by what he wrote.

"Your Highness, can you fish?" While he was still thinking, Teresa suddenly changed the subject.

"Fishing?" Aegron shook his head blankly, "I won't."

"Then I can teach you." Theresa smiled and found two wooden fishing rods from the corner of the pavilion, and handed him one, "Actually, the technique is very simple, waiting, and waiting with hope. , that's what it's all about. Plus, even if we get nothing, at least we spend our free time together, don't we?"

Before Aegron could react, he realized that he had an extra fishing rod in his hand. As for him, he had no choice but to sit by the railing with Teresa with a wry smile.

Under Teresa's guidance, he put the bait on the hook, and then dropped below the surface of the pond, all he had to do next was to wait quietly.

The two of them sat side by side like this, quietly waiting for the passage of time, and in the pavilion there was only the whisper of the breeze sweeping the leaves and flowers.

"I sometimes come here when I want to think about a problem." After a while, Teresa looked at the water and seemed to say to herself, "For example, Your Highness, I have been unable to figure out why recently. You want to be so heartless? I'm not saying that you are heartless to me, but that you are too heartless to yourself. Could it be that with your intelligence, you can't see how to benefit yourself?"

"In addition to the pros and cons, sometimes people think about many other things, so people are human, right." Aigron also looked at the water and replied in a low voice.

"That is to say, it's emotional." Teresa seemed to have expected it long ago, "I'm not saying it's bad, in fact, I appreciate your warm way of doing things... But even so, you It's also worth weighing whether it's worth it."

"What do you mean?" Agron asked back.

"Actually, there is no need for us to guess at this time. The reason why things that were going smoothly have been made so troublesome is that someone is making trouble, right?" Teresa asked. "Or I'll say it clearly, that is, Her Royal Highness Sophie is making trouble, instigating you to find trouble in your own future. Oh, she is happy, but what price do you have to pay! When I think of this, I can't help but feel a little indignant. Not fair."

"She didn't instigate me." Agron shook his head.

"Don't lie anymore, I've seen it with my own eyes... She glared at me that night as if she wanted to hang me herself." Teresa sneered exaggeratedly, "Although I I know she's taking care of you a lot, but I really don't understand how she can selfishly make fun of your future..."

"She didn't..."

"Don't deny it." Before he could finish speaking, Teresa planned what he said. Then, she lifted the fishing rod heavily, and then gave it a gentle swing. With a skillful movement, she swayed the hooked fish. In the small bucket next to it, the fish jumped unwillingly, but there was no way to escape the bad luck.

Then, she turned her head to look at the young man, "Your Highness, although my information is not well-informed, I can see that the patience and opportunities given to you by His Majesty the Emperor and Metternich are definitely limited. attitude, then maybe there won't be a chance in the future... so that's what it is, isn't it?"

Aigron didn't know how to refute her for a while.

Maybe this is indeed the case.

"I don't deny that she has helped you a lot, but for her own obsession, she forced you to cut off the opportunity that you finally got. What is this not selfishness?" Seeing Agron speechless, Trey Sha continued to ask, "Aigron, for me, no matter what our outcome is, I am still me, my parents love me the same, and I can still be one of the most famous people in this empire; but you are different. Now, think about what you would do if you lost such an opportunity? Continue to be unknown for a lifetime? When I think of this, I am so angry that I can't bear it, you should never be manipulated like this."

Teresa's words were so sensible and kind, that Aigron had to admit that he was right—even though he had other plans.

"Then what can I do? Abandon her? No, I'm sorry, I can't." He was silent for a moment, then replied, "She once gave me the light and brightened my life when I was at my worst. , I am willing to repay her, even if I have to pay some price for this, I think it is worth it."

"There are many ways to repay her. Why should you abandon your life? If you abandon yourself, then you won't even be able to talk about repayment in the future, right?" Teresa continued to ask, "Also, Agron , I think, you are just too lacking in being cared for, you are not accompanied by your mother, and she has been taking care of you, so you unknowingly transferred your admiration for your mother to her, so you are extremely obedient to her and obey her words. This would have been very good, but unfortunately people can't be a child all the time. You should come out of your dream and see the outside world. There are different scenery there, and you can finally amaze everyone—"

"I really didn't expect that your surname was not Habsburg, but Freud." Aigron couldn't help but complain.

"What Floyd?" Teresa asked in confusion.

"Oh, I'm just talking nonsense, don't care." Aigron smiled and fooled the past.

Yeah, in this day and age, who knows what Freud and his psychoanalysts - even though he's Austrian.

"Don't treat me with such a perfunctory attitude, please, Your Highness, what we are talking about is really important! If you don't care about yourself, how can others help you?" , Teresa was a little anxious.

Unconsciously, she put down the fishing rod in her hand, then stood up, looking down at the young man in front of her eagerly, "I really don't want to see you sinking into depression in the future, don't you understand? Do I have a chance to rescue you? Your Highness... Even if I am a little late, wouldn't you be willing to open the door for me a little and listen to my heart?"