Eagle’s Glory

The earl's last words made Aigron quite puzzled, but no one explained it to him. The next few days were calm and nothing happened.

Louisa and his wife didn't come to him again, which Aggron didn't care about and even felt relieved; but Princess Sophie never came to him, which made him a little uncomfortable.

Since Her Royal Highness came to Schönbrunn Palace, although the two of them didn't meet every day, they never had the experience of not seeing each other for several days in a row, and the ominous meaning it represented made Egron a little uneasy.

It seems that my actions that night made Her Royal Highness really angry...

Aigron began to think about how to find an opportunity to meet Her Royal Highness and apologize to her, so as to make her change her mind.

Fortunately, his worst fears did not come true. On the evening of that day, Her Royal Highness's maid finally ran over and conveyed Her Highness's invitation.

Aigron heaved a sigh of relief, and hurried to the outside of Her Royal Highness' bedroom.

He didn't wait long, and soon, Her Royal Highness came out.

Today's Her Royal Highness is still youthful and attractive, but unlike the usual luxurious clothes, she is only wearing a light yellow tight wool dress that is popular among town women today. Moreover, there are white and round arms, with velvet gloves on the hands; a bun on the hair, leaving a few strands falling on the forehead, moccasins with floral decorations on the skirt, and hanging around the slender neck. One wore a pearl necklace of plain color, and the others wore no decorations.

Her Royal Highness, who was dressed simply, seemed to be a different person—or, to put it another way, she looked like a young lady from a bourgeois family who had just married.

"What are you in a daze for?" Seeing Aigron's dazed look, Her Royal Highness asked expressionlessly.

Although her tone was a bit cold, Egron felt relieved... After all, this was the first time she had heard her speak in a few days.

As long as she took the initiative to speak, it meant that the previous turmoil could be resolved.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I'm a bit out of my mind, your new attire dazzles me." He complimented quickly.

"You will only waste your precious time by saying such nonsense." Her Royal Highness frowned, "Why don't you hurry up?"

"What?" Aigron didn't quite understand at once.

"Aren't you usually very clever? Why are you getting confused all of a sudden?" Her Royal Highness stretched out her hand, wanting to pinch his face as usual, and then quickly realized that she put her hand down in mid-air.

"Didn't you ask me to do it yourself? You want to go to the theater, and I'll take you there today."

"So that's how it is..." Aigron suddenly realized, and then was a little moved.

He didn't expect that in the past few days, Her Royal Highness the Princess would complete this matter without revealing any information.

Even though she was so angry with herself, she still meticulously fulfilled her wish...

He was both moved and ashamed in his heart, and finally couldn't speak, so he could only bow his head and thank him sincerely.

"Thank you, Your Highness... I really don't know how I should repay you."

"Stop talking nonsense like this, and change your clothes quickly." The princess gave him a sideways look, and then signaled the maid to take him to change.

Aigron obediently followed the maid to the changing room, and the maid handed over the clothes that had already been prepared.

In this era, as in other eras, men's clothing is much simpler than women's clothing. He put on a long black coat, a white turtleneck shirt, a thin tie, gray short boots on his feet, and a pair of hats on his head. A black velvet top hat.

After completing this change of clothes, Aigron looked in the mirror and found that he was like a young master of a rich businessman who knows nothing about the world.

With a strange mood, he followed the maid out.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Her Royal Highness's eyes immediately moved over again, and she looked at Aigron carefully from head to toe.

Aigron was about to ask her if she was satisfied, but Her Royal Highness looked away again.

"Let's go!"

In this way, under the leadership of Her Royal Highness, they came to the square in front of the palace and got into the carriage, while the entourage—including Chanel and Captain Foresty who was in charge of the security work, also got into another carriage.

As dusk gradually fell, these ordinary-looking carriages drove out of the palace gate.

Schönbrunn Palace is in the southwestern suburbs of Vienna, very close to the city, so it is easy to drive quietly into the city of Vienna under the cover of night.

Although it was not the first time to come to Vienna, Egron still couldn't help being a little excited at the moment.

After all, this is the first time he came here with his own will, maybe this means his first step towards freedom.

The time has come to August, and it is the time when midsummer turns to autumn. The cool wind keeps pouring in through the car window into the middle of the carriage, blowing on his face, calling him.

Yes... freedom seems so within reach, as if you only need to take another step, and you can do whatever you want.

If I jump out now, will I be able to escape directly?

Looking at the lights on the streets on both sides and the people coming and going, Aigron suddenly had an idea.

No, no... don't be impulsive.

Aigron tried hard to suppress his gradually messy breathing, and resolutely pinched out this unrealistic thought.

Although there were only Her Royal Highness and myself in the carriage, there were a few guards and my own swordsmanship teacher behind me. I was not sure that I would be able to escape their pursuit after jumping off the carriage.

Besides, what if it escaped their control? I didn't have a planned escape route, and I didn't have a person in charge of responding, and I didn't even have an escape tool, so I was completely blind.

If you do this, it will only take a few hours, and there will be cavalry patrolling everywhere outside Vienna, and the police in the city will search from house to house, and you will have nowhere to escape.

And if he is caught, then he will definitely face extremely severe punishment, and there will be no similar opportunities in the future.

Therefore, now is not the time to run away. No matter how sweet and attractive the fruit of freedom looks right now, it is definitely poisonous and must not be eaten rashly.

It's okay, I've been waiting for more than ten years, I'm not afraid to wait a little longer... With firm determination, the young man gradually calmed himself down.

Then, he looked at Princess Sophie sitting beside him again.

Since getting into the carriage, Her Highness the Princess has not spoken, but just looked out of the window with a straight face. She should still be angry about what happened before.

"Your Highness, thank you." With sincere gratitude, Aigron seemed to be talking to himself, "I will never forget your kindness to me."

Her Royal Highness didn't answer, as if she didn't hear anything.

In the silence, the carriage crossed the Vienna River along the bridge, then along Mariahilf Street and Linz Street, through wide or narrow streets all the way, and finally came to Herners Street.

The end of this road is Herners Cemetery, the final destination of most of the citizens of Vienna. Of course, the carriages will not lead in this direction. They turned northeast and stopped at the entrance of a theater.

The theater doesn't look big, but the location is quite convenient. Not far from it is the Vienna Observatory, and from the roof of the theater, you can see the old palace Hofburg in the center of the city. This palace is hidden among the surrounding trees and grass, and only the dots of lights can make people see its magnificent outline vaguely.

Night is always the busiest time in Vienna, and the theater is always full of people, and this time is no exception.

In order not to disturb other people, these carriages stopped in a distant street, and then Her Royal Highness led Aigron to the theater along the street. Chanel followed the two of them, while the others Then he followed from a distance, so as not to disturb the elegant mood of Her Highness the Princess.

Right now, just before the opening ceremony, the two walked into the theater side by side. The people around either didn't care, or looked at them and continued chatting to kill the last time.

Princess Sophie frowned slightly. She didn't like the noisy environment, and even less liked the stuffy air inside, so she looked around and found the ticket office of the theater.

"Sir, I want to reserve a box." She said directly to the ticket seller.

Although it seemed to be a discussion, Her Royal Highness inadvertently took on a commanding tone. "We want the best view."

The conductor took a look at the three people on the opposite side, and estimated their clothes. "Don't be kidding, miss, all the boxes are reserved."

"Call your manager over!" Princess Sophie said impatiently. "I want to book a box!"

Perhaps because of being intimidated by Her Royal Highness, the conductor's eyes widened in surprise.

Then, he said something to the person next to him.

Soon, a middle-aged man hurried over.

"Hello, madam." He took off his hat to Princess Sophie, "I just heard from my people that you want to reserve a box?"

"Yes." Sophie nodded, and then emphasized again, "We want the best."

The manager looked at them suspiciously, "How long do you want to pack for?"

"One year." Princess Sophie thought for a while, then replied. "Just now he said that there is no more? If not, let's change to another one."

"Yes, there are, but the price is not cheap..." the manager replied.

"How much?" Princess Sophie asked impatiently.

"About 2,000 Gulden." The manager said a price casually, "We have a lot of distinguished guests here..."

"Okay, give it to him." Princess Sophie said impatiently to Chanel behind her.

He actually accepted this price directly!

The manager looked at the three people in astonishment, but couldn't figure out who they were.

[Austria’s currency system has changed a lot due to the changes in modern history. At the same time, because of multiple government financial crises, the official coinage has been devalued several times. Generally speaking, the main currency in circulation is a currency called Gulden. The silver coin contains about 11.1 grams of silver, and 1 Gulden silver coin is equivalent to 60 copper coins named Kreuzer. This is the currency system generally maintained in the era of the protagonist.

Converted according to this silver content, 1 Gulden silver coin is roughly equivalent to 2.5 francs (the author did the conversion himself, so the accuracy is not guaranteed).

After 1867, the Austrian Empire became the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the currency system reform was carried out, the currency system was re-divided, the currency was re-minted, and the ratio of Gulden silver coins to Kruzer copper coins was changed to 1:100. A gold coin called the Florin...

In short, these are too complicated. All plots involving Austrian currency in the works use Gulden silver coins, and at the same time calculate the purchasing power in francs, that's all. 】