Eagle’s Glory

"This is our time - it's destined to be short, but I'll keep it in my heart..."

Teresa's tone was warm and soft, and people couldn't help but feel excited.

For a moment, the young man was in a trance.

What does she want?

She wants to spend her life with herself in this place.

Although it sounds ridiculous to say "lifetime" at this age, Aigron somehow believes that this is what Teresa wants.

If he obeys her wishes, then he may successfully become the son-in-law of Archduke Karl, cut off his ties with France, and become an Austrian highness with peace of mind. Maybe one day he will become a pillar of the empire, and maybe one day he will only become a reclusive scholar. , but no matter what, life would be interesting with Theresa around.

Sounds appealing.

So, can your story really end here?

He turned his eyes to the distant landscape.

It's beautiful...but that's all.

He rummaged in his heart, but couldn't find any attachment.

Yes, it can't satisfy me here, there's no way to quell my resentment, and it's even less able to satisfy my ambitions.

So, his heart went cold again.

He found the answer.

He grabbed Teresa's hand and pushed it off his face.

"I'll sit here with you if you ask, Teresa."

The radiance in the girl's eyes dimmed instantly, she could clearly feel that His Highness had not been moved by her.

However, she quickly regained her strength. After all, Japan has a long time to come. She believes that as long as she is sincere and right, His Highness will eventually find out what is best for her.

"Well, so let's read a book together." She nodded. "If I'm thirsty, I can have someone bring some coffee."

So, the two sat side by side, just sitting and reading, ending the afternoon.

At sunset, they finally came downstairs, and it was time for dinner.

When Aegron came to the restaurant, Archduke Karl was already sitting there, and he seemed to be looking good and had recovered.

Aigron hurriedly walked over and paid his respects.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, my physique is very good, so you won't be able to withstand a punch." Archduke Karl glanced at him angrily.

"His Royal Highness, please understand, because I have little experience in fighting against others, so I have never known how to control it." Aegron smiled embarrassedly, "I will be careful in the future."

"Since I started the fight, it's my fault that I lost, and you don't have to take any responsibility." Archduke Karl hooked his hand and motioned the young man to come to him.

Then, he patted Aegron on the shoulder, and then showed an extremely imperceptible smile, "Well, if I have to say, I'm very satisfied with your performance. But it's all over, and you don't want to So get complacent, knowing it's just one small step for you—"

"I follow your teachings." Aegron nodded.

Then, he found Albrecht sitting next to Archduke Karl, who was looking at him with panic and admiration at this time, as if he was hesitant to say anything.

"What's the matter, Albert?" Aegron asked casually.

"His Royal Highness, you...you are really powerful. I heard Dad say that you defeated him in less than a minute." Albrecht's hostility had been swept away, and now he has completely changed his attitude, " My swordsmanship teacher can't beat my father, but you did it so easily... It seems that my sister didn't brag, what she said about you was true. I'm sorry... I wrongly blamed her."

Although I am really powerful, your father's strength is not that high, that's just because your teachers never dared to fight the Grand Duke with their true skills... Aegron laughed inwardly.

Of course, there is no need to explain the right and wrong of these adults to him in detail.

"Then apologize to your sister if you have time." He smiled and patted the child's head. "Besides, I don't think you will challenge me now?"

Abbott didn't have any disgust, just looked up at the gentle and funny boy in front of him.

"I... Of course I can't beat you." He nodded somewhat lonely, "Your Highness, can I be as good as you in the future?"

"It's hard to say, but I believe that as long as you work hard, you will definitely have a chance." Aegron nodded.

"Okay, then I will work hard." Abbott still looked up at the young man and made a bold statement, "I want to be as good as His Royal Highness!"

Sure enough, they are children, their hatred is so simple, and their respect is also so simple, and the transformation between each other only needs a little reason.

"Then go for it." Aegron patted his head again,

Perhaps in return for Aegron's encouragement, Abbott suddenly stood on tiptoe and approached Aegron's ear.

Then he whispered, "My sister likes heather, white and sky blue, and shortbread with cherry jam, and she's still trying to learn needlework from the maid..."

Agron looked at the half-sized child in astonishment.

Why does it seem that even he nodded?

"I can understand the front, but what does the back mean?" he asked subconsciously.

"I heard that I seem to be worried about living in a tight future, so I have to learn to save money." The child replied, biting his ear, "But I think she is completely worried. How can my father want to see her suffer."

Aegron was speechless for a moment.

While the two were talking, Teresa quietly walked to her mother's side.

"mother."

"What's the matter, my dear?" Henrietta replied with a smile.

"I was reading and chatting with His Royal Highness on the balcony just now." Teresa said carefully.

"Oh? That's fine, congratulations, girl." Henrietta still smiled. "And then?"

"While we were chatting, His Royal Highness was very satisfied with the scenery here." Teresa deliberately increased her tone.

"It doesn't surprise me, it's really beautiful here, and the visitors will like it very much." The Grand Duchess nodded with a proud look on her face, "In addition, our attentive hospitality may also give him a sense of belonging. Right."

"But Your Highness can't be a visitor all the time, right?" Teresa asked back.

The mother sensed that there was something in her daughter's words, so she went straight to the point.

"What the **** are you trying to say, my dear daughter? Let's be honest, Mommy doesn't have much time for riddles with you right now."

"I think when His Royal Highness becomes an adult...maybe need to have a foothold outside the palace." Teresa twisted, but she still expressed what she was thinking, "Or, we will set aside a place from here and sell it to him. Right? In this case, he can be our neighbor in the future, and it will be very convenient for us to communicate with each other, right?"

After speaking boldly, she raised her head and looked at her mother cautiously, waiting for her answer.

"'We are also very convenient to communicate with'. What do we mean by this? Is it convenient for you and His Royal Highness to come to visit us here?" Live to make fun of her.

"That's not what I meant." Teresa shook her head quickly, "It's still uncertain now!"

"But your performance makes me think you've already thought about it all." Henrietta shook her head.

"Okay, let's stop arguing about this." Teresa avoided her mother's gaze. "What do you think of my proposal?"

Henrietta snickered inwardly, and pretended to ponder on the surface.

"Thinking about it carefully, your words make sense. He can't stay in the palace all the time. That's where the members of the royal family live."

"Yes." Teresa nodded.

"When His Royal Highness becomes an adult, he needs to start his own family, so he has to find a place." Henrietta added.

"Yes." Teresa nodded.

"Especially, considering that His Royal Highness will take care of his family in the future, the place can't be too small..." Henrietta deliberately lengthened her voice.

"Yes!" Teresa nodded heavily.

"So, my daughter, how many children do you plan to have when you grow up?" Henrietta asked suddenly.

"It's good to have five children like a mother," Teresa replied without thinking, then thought again. "However, more if requested, after all, my great-grandmother, the great queen, gave birth to more than a dozen children, didn't she, and Her Royal Highness's grandmother, Letizia, also gave birth to many children. A family wants to If it is prosperous, the more children, the better... But, if you think about it, there are too many, so there will be no leisure time... So... let's take a look at it later..."

Teresa spoke as if something was wrong, and then she suddenly came back to her senses and saw her mother's playful eyes.

"Mom!" She gave her mother a sullen look. "Do not make jokes!"

"Am I joking?" Henrietta asked, pretending to be confused.

Then, she couldn't help but covered her mouth and laughed, "Child, you are obviously making me laugh, okay?"

After laughing for a while, she finally stopped her laughter from her daughter's furious eyes, "Okay, okay, I'm not kidding. We can consider your proposal, but... Daughter, you seem to have forgotten a question, Does His Highness have enough money to buy it? You can't ask us to give it away for nothing."

"His Royal Highness will." Teresa replied firmly, "Metternich and the French are eager for him to settle down. As long as you operate from it, you can easily get enough money. Besides, His Royal Highness is a very good person. Scholar, as long as he signs his real name in the future, some people are willing to buy his works..."

Then, she took a few more deep breaths to calm herself down from the shame just now, and looked at her mother as calmly as possible, "As long as you agree, everything will be easy, thank you, mother."

"I hope everything goes well for you, child, we will do everything we can for you." Henrietta's smile disappeared, and then she reached out and stroked her daughter's forehead, "If anyone would miss you, it would be He is blind, and there is no girl as good as you in the world."

"But some people are born blind." Teresa suddenly became frustrated and whispered at a volume that others couldn't hear.

But she quickly regained her spirits, and then looked at her mother with a smile on her face, "Since God has performed so many miracles, it's not a problem to restore sight to the blind, right?"

The conversation between the mother and daughter ended, and the family members started their own dinner.

The servants began to put dishes on the table. Aegron was about to start eating, but found that Teresa was missing at the table.

"Where's Teresa? Why hasn't she come yet?" he couldn't help asking.

Grand Duchess Henrietta did not answer, but raised her finger to her lips and made a silent gesture to Aigron with a smile.

Aigron hadn't figured out the situation when suddenly, the sound of the piano reverberated in the dining room.

Aigron seemed to understand something.

Then, he listened quietly, the sound of the piano echoed softly in the dining room like mercury pouring down.

It was "Moonlight Sonata in C minor" - he recognized it quickly.

This is probably one of the most famous piano pieces in later generations.

So he quietly listened to Beethoven's masterpieces.

After a few minutes, the music finally stopped, and Teresa came in from the next room.

"His Royal Highness, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, it's our family's habit." She smiled embarrassedly, "I'll play a tune for everyone before dinner."

"Well, I have to say, this gave me a big surprise." Aigron nodded happily. "You play very well."

"You're over the top, I'm just at an ordinary level." Teresa was obviously very happy with Aegron's compliment.

"Teresa has been practicing since she was a child," Henrietta explained with a smile, "However, does His Royal Highness also study music?"

"I haven't studied it, but even if I haven't studied Beethoven's music, it will still be very comfortable to listen to." Aigron replied casually.

"So does His Highness like him too?" Teresa looked surprised.

Then, she sighed a little depressedly, "This master is indeed worthy of admiration... It's a pity that we Austrians are so sorry for him. It's really sad to say that Austria finally welcomed a master, but despised him! We just Don't you deserve a culture?"

The Grand Duke and his wife glanced at each other covertly, feeling a little embarrassed by her daughter's absurd remarks.

But this is also true.

Although Beethoven was known all over the world after his death, in his final stages of life, he was very unpopular in Vienna's elite circles.

On the one hand, the dignitaries he had made friends with (such as Prince Lisnovsky, the protector for many years) have passed away, and no one has given him any more sponsorship; on the other hand, he does not bother to make friends with other people, and he often Making liberal speeches against Metternich's strict control of the country greatly offended the government and made his situation even more difficult.

"It's hard to imagine that this great man is still alive." In the silent atmosphere, Aigron suddenly sighed, "I always feel like he is an ancient person."

"I will soon become a person of the past." Archduke Carl replied casually, "He is seriously ill now, and he is about to say goodbye to the world."

This time, both Agron and Teresa were a little surprised.

Although Aigron came from later generations, it was impossible for him to remember Beethoven's birth and death years in detail, but he vaguely remembered that he did indeed die during this period.

"This is really a loss for all mankind..." He couldn't help but sigh.

"His Royal Highness, in order not to leave any regrets, how about we find an opportunity to visit him together?" Teresa hesitated, then suggested. "Such a person should not die in obscurity."

Then, she looked at her father.

Archduke Karl was a little embarrassed, but under the constant gaze of his daughter, he finally nodded helplessly. "Okay, okay! I'll try, but eat dinner first."