Eagle’s Glory

Chanel stood there in a daze, watching his dance partner disappear into the crowd.

Everything that just happened was like a dream, and now she almost doubted whether she had just experienced a fantasy.

She took a deep breath, then pinched her hand hard.

The pain from her fingers told her that all this was not a dream. Just now, a young man named Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte really found himself and agreed to help His Royal Highness escape.

It seems that this world is not only the one who has the quality of loyalty, there are people who remember His Royal Highness, and there are people who remember the Empire...

Chanel spent a lot of effort not to let himself lose his temper in this public.

She is now in a state of extreme excitement, and although she doesn't actually have any actual plans right now, she is already imagining the future.

She looked around and saw that everything was so brilliant, which made her wholeheartedly happy. Her face was slightly red and radiant, and she was completely different from the depressed and depressed look a quarter of an hour ago.

Now there is only one thing left - tell His Highness this good news as soon as possible, and let him decide what to do next.

Your Highness...you come back soon! We are saved! She urged again and again in her heart.

At this time, Aigron, of course, could not hear the voice of the maid. In fact, he was immersed in another kind of happiness.

He was accompanying His Royal Highness Sophie, walking through the streets of Vienna.

Normally, Vienna at night is quite quiet and boring, but the carnival time is very different. The lights are bright everywhere, and the citizens in ordinary and fancy clothes are bustling in the streets, enjoying the rare indulgence of the year. opportunity.

Their main purpose is to watch the flowers, and there is no special travel plan, but it is said that there will be a fireworks show tonight, so they decided to go to the venue of the fireworks show.

The place where the fireworks show is held is the Prater area in the center of Vienna, which was originally a meadow and existed as a royal hunting ground, but since 1766, ordinary citizens have been allowed to enter there, and eventually it has become a city park. Of course, in During the carnival, it will also become the largest gathering place for citizens.

After coming out of the theater, the two walked arm in arm towards their destination.

It's a pretty long distance, but they don't care.

They walked along Hernals Street, and none of the citizens along the way noticed that these two people wearing Bavarian costumes and masks had such a special identity.

Although it's a cold winter night outside, Sophie's face doesn't see much tiredness. Instead, she plans everywhere, admiring the novelty she finds.

When they walked to the city center, a huge castle lay in their sight.

Sophie raised her head and glanced at the huge castle standing tall.

This is the old palace in the center of Vienna, the Hofburg Palace. Before the construction of the Schönbrunn Palace, the Habsburg royal family enjoyed the worship of the people in this palace, and even now, every major ceremony, His Majesty the Emperor will also come here with members of the royal family to show the majesty of the Habsburg family and the Austrian Empire.

When the Habsburg family first made their fortune in the 13th century, it was just an ordinary castle, but later with the expansion of the Habsburg family's power and the expansion of the territory, the castle was expanded again and again, and finally became the Luxurious palace. The palace is built according to the terrain and is divided into two parts: the upper house and the lower house. In total, there are more than 1,400 rooms with various decorations, forming a huge complex.

Although the authority of the Habsburg family has been fading, this magnificent palace still stands here quietly, inscribed with the passage of time. Even if the family no longer rules the country, it will be left to Austria as a historical legacy.

As the daughter-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor, Princess Sophie has certainly been to this old palace many times, but it is quite a novel experience to look at it from such a distance.

"I can imagine how much tax it cost." She suddenly felt emotional, "No wonder the commoners think of making a revolution, but such a large palace is regarded as a display, such a luxury and waste, it will make people unconvinced to think about it. Bar."

"It's not like what you would say." Aigron felt very strange about her exclamation.

"Aigron, what do you think of me? An idiot who only knows how to squander enjoyment?" Sophie gave him a sideways look, "It would have been forgivable to have been unaware of all of this decades ago, but after passing through France After decades of trouble, people with no heart or brain will notice it... We are probably just sitting on the crater, and no one knows when the rolling lava under our feet will erupt and burn us Not even ashes are left. Fortunately, my fathers managed to press down this lava, so that I can enjoy the glory I am today, but God knows what will happen to the next generation? Maybe someday outside the Hofburg It is also a series of guillotines, maybe…”

Aegron did not expect that Sophie, who always looked bossy, actually had such pessimistic thoughts deep in her heart.

"You are too pessimistic, maybe things won't get so bad." He comforted the other party, "Even though lava is terrible, there is always a way to solve it."

"Pessimistic? I'm not pessimistic, I'm just being realistic. It's not enough to be unrealistic in this day and age." Sophie smiled, and then answered with her head raised, "I know that everything I have enjoyed since I was a child is absolutely incredible. Most people don't even think about it, my annual expenses are thousands of people's income... so I'm taking some risk for this, isn't it fair? I'm stepping on so many people's heads, Then they also have the right to take revenge, and if it really comes to an end, then I will try my best to resist and use all means to suppress it.

Aigron suddenly didn't know what to say.

Is this free and easy to the extreme, or is it born with no scruples?

"Then what are you going to do about it?" he asked again.

"I plan to do a lot of things so that this empire doesn't collapse until at least I die, and then hand over the mess to future generations." Sophie still smiled, "But now... Anyway, there are big things happening with His Majesty the Emperor and Mei. It's not my turn to worry about Tene, so I'm going to have fun and let myself be guillotined with no regrets."

"Can't you keep mentioning the guillotine at the carnival?" Aegron protested helplessly. "It's not really a happy word."

"Oh, I'm sorry! I've spoiled you..." Sophie hugged the young man and ended the slightly heavy topic, "If the French plague had any positive effect on me, it was it Made your father and made you, Aegron .

"No matter how terrible the lava is, I won't let it burn you." Aegron looked at Sophie and solemnly assured.

"Okay, I remember this sentence, Aegron, don't be fooled in the future!" Sophie immediately became happy.

While they were chatting and laughing, their footsteps unconsciously approached the high wall outside the Hofburg Palace.

"Hey! Stop where you are, don't get close!" A guard came up and blocked them, "This is not a place you can approach!"

Then he looked up and down, looked at the clothes of the two people, and probably understood. "Are you tourists? This is the palace, please leave quickly!"

"Who said I was a tourist? This is my place!" Princess Sophie suddenly took off her mask, and then scolded the guards seemingly angrily, "I'm Your Royal Highness, how dare you talk to me like that?"

"Come on, if you're a princess, then I'm the crown prince of the empire." The guard waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, stop making trouble, hurry up and leave. I'm in a good mood today, or you'll be fine. It's so easy."

Aegron was afraid that something would happen to Sophie again, so he pulled Sophie away with persuasion.

"Hahahaha..." After walking away, Sophie covered her mouth and giggled, "It seems that I'm not as famous as I thought."

"It's too embarrassing to expect an ordinary person to be able to see and remember your appearance at close range." Aegron replied with a wry smile, "Besides, no one would believe that you really came here like this. "

He could already see that Sophie was enjoying the pleasure of making fun of people.

"Yeah, at least tonight, I'm Sophia Memmingen, a foreigner who has nothing to do with the empire." Sophie narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the young man, "Who needs to care about these Austrians? Look!"

She had just drank after dancing, and her face was still a little flushed. At this time, with the dim light, she could see that her eyes seemed to be sparkling.

They walked down the street for a while and came to near Central Park.

At this moment, a sharp sound came from mid-air.

Aigron and Sophie looked up at the sky subconsciously, and found that a large group of light spots quickly rose from the ground into the air, like a swarm of fireflies.

Soon, these light spots exploded in mid-air with a huge roar.

Accompanied by the roar, there are dazzling patterns. These fireworks carefully made by Italian craftsmen, in colorful shapes, present the carnival of Vienna citizens.

Accompanied by the changing patterns in the air, the spectators surrounding the park cheered one after another to celebrate the arrival of the festival.

The fireworks kept exploding in the air, and various colors and shapes formed a flowery skyline, and Aigron watched it carefully, enjoying the visual experience that he had never had the chance to get, and for a while completely forgot the time. So did Sophie standing next to him, immersed in the dazzling performance.

After I don't know how long, the speed and scale of the fireworks have finally dropped, and this means that tonight's fireworks show has come to an end.

With a little regret, Aegron sighed.

"Good times are always short, aren't they?" Sophie also sighed regretfully, "But at least, we're worth it."

"You are right." Aegron regained his energy. "I feel pretty good."

"Don't be discouraged, Agron." Sophie raised her hand and touched the young man's face, "We will have a chance to see it later."

"I hope so." Agron nodded.

Although he agreed on the surface, he knew in his heart that this was the first time he had seen such a dazzling performance in Vienna, but it might also be the last time he saw fireworks in Vienna in many years.

I don't know when the next time will be...

"Walk with me for a while?" Sophie suggested again. "Let's go see the river and go back."

"Okay." Aegron drove away the slight depression in his heart and regained his energy.

They followed the road beside the park, went east, and not long after they came to the Danube, which crossed Vienna.

After a short walk along the embankment, they came to a bridge that spanned both banks.

They stood by the railings of the bridge, breathing the cold wind passing through the river, quietly watching the river under their feet and the lights of thousands of houses on both sides.

The broad and quiet Danube flows slowly under their feet, as if it had never changed.

Vienna has come and gone for generations, but the Danube will remain here, nourishing and nurturing the city.

"What a beautiful river... that is what connects Bavaria and Austria." Sophie looked at the river flowing upstream, and then sighed softly, "Bavaria..."

The winter wind in the middle of the night was harsher than the daytime, not to mention that it was still by the river, Sophie suddenly shuddered.

Aegron stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms.

Sophie didn't struggle, just quietly enjoyed each other's tenderness.

"You can also think of me as a Bavarian," Aigron whispered. "If that makes you feel better."

"You?" Sophie couldn't help laughing. "You don't deserve Bavaria at all!"

"Franz Memmingen, you gave me the name, so I will always have the Bavarian brand in my spirit. I am willing to accept this result, because I want to stand with Sophia Memmingen forever. aside." Aegron replied solemnly.

Sophie opened her eyes.

"is that true?"

Agron lowered his head and kissed him suddenly.

The two were on the bridge, kissing like no one else was around. Passers-by didn't care about the little episodes of the carnival, only the river beneath their feet was silently witnessing them.

After a long time, they parted their lips.

"Aigron, we should go back..." Sophie said weakly.

Aigron hesitated.

He wanted to take that step, but he didn't dare to say the words.

He didn't know the result of asking, but he knew that if he backed off today, he would never dare to ask again.

So, he boldly put forward a new request.

"You must be very tired, why don't we go to the hotel for a rest?"

Then, the young man looked at Sophie, waiting for her answer.