Eagle’s Glory

Reminded by her father, Teresa adjusted her mood, and then cheered up to celebrate the festival with her family. Christmas at the manor was spent in joy as in the past.

Beforehand, apart from the special gifts for their father, Aigron and Teresa also specially prepared some gifts for the wife and the children, and she distributed them one by one on Christmas Eve, which also made the children cheer for it.

After Christmas, people wait quietly for the arrival of the New Year in a few days, but for Teresa, she has already started packing to leave.

She had already discussed with her father that she would leave once the New Year passed, and as time went by, the longing for her husband had been tormenting her, making her more and more unbearable, so she decided, on the first day of the New Year Set off directly in the second day so that the couple can be reunited as soon as possible.

As for her son, she will stay here for a while - firstly, she is in a hurry, and it is not convenient to take a baby with her; secondly, this is also at the request of the old father, so that he can spend more time with his grandson.

At this time, other family members finally knew Teresa's plan. Albrecht persuaded her sister to stay a little longer, but Teresa politely refused. Everyone knew her thoughts and stopped persuading her. Carrying the greetings from the family members to His Highness.

And just as the New Year approached, another unexpected guest came to the manor—His Royal Highness Sophie visited again.

Although it was a little unexpected, the guests who came to visit on the first day of the new year should of course be treated well according to the etiquette, so the Grand Duke and his wife warmly welcomed His Royal Highness Sophie in.

Same as the previous visit, Sophie's attitude was very humble and polite. She just said that she was impatient with the solitude of Schönbrunn Palace, so she wanted to visit Teresa's family during this festival to experience the long-lost excitement.

Both Archduke Karl and Teresa were skeptical about this statement, but they didn't want to ask too many questions, so they could only cheer up and entertain Sophie. After a while, Sophie hinted that she wanted to talk to Teresa alone.

So Teresa took Sophie out of the living room and came to the study room—it was the place where the two of them talked last time.

"Your Highness Teresa, are you leaving soon?" Seeing that no one was around, Sophie asked straight to the point.

"Why do you say that?" Teresa was taken aback, she managed to maintain her superficial composure, and immediately denied it, "I finally got home this time, so of course I have to spend some time with my parents—"

Sophie didn't answer, just smiled lightly,

Looking at Teresa, as if to say "Oh, why are you lying in front of me like this".

This look made Teresa even more nervous.

After all, the main purpose of her returning home this time is to conceal her whereabouts - if His Majesty knows all this in advance, what's the point?

Could it be that the emperor already knew, so he sent Sophie to beat him?

"Don't worry, this is all guessed by myself, and I haven't told anyone else." As if seeing what she was thinking, Sophie said with a smile, "And, don't worry, I won't do it." Don't worry about me getting in the way of things that make things difficult for you and your wife."

"Why do you guess like that?" Teresa secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little puzzled.

"Isn't it obvious? Teresa, you love him, your eyes shine when you talk about him, you give up everything for him-so why are you willing to leave him for so long? I never believed that you would stay here to accompany your parents for a long time. Of course your parents are very important to you, but your husband is more important." Sophie stated what she saw with a calmness that seemed to have nothing to do with her, " The emperor doesn't understand love, and neither does Metternich, so they won't think about it, and you don't have to worry about what they will do."

Then, Sophie added, "I was just guessing, but after I came here today, I confirmed that your mother and brothers don't seem to be particularly happy, they obviously know that you are leaving soon. "

Now Teresa felt that she was helpless, and she no longer dodged, but nodded directly, "Your Highness, your insight is really sharp... Well, I'm going to tell you the truth, I plan to leave here, And just tomorrow, just pretending to the outside world that I'm still here... I'm telling you everything, so I beg you to keep it secret, not for me, but for him, because it's important to him It's really important."

Teresa felt that from a certain point of view, Sophie really understood herself. If it wasn't for the joke of fate, maybe the relationship between the two of them would be better.

"As I said, I won't interfere with your actions." Sophie emphasized again, "After all, I'm still waiting for you to finish, and then I will save my poor daughter by the way."

"Please don't worry about this." Teresa nodded heavily, and then she took out a sketch from a corner of the study and placed it in front of Sophie.

Sophie took a closer look and found that it was exactly the sketch of Christel.

Although it was drawn with a pencil, it still outlines the general appearance of Christel, and I can feel her cuteness even more.

"I plan to give the portrait of Christel to His Highness after I go back—at least let him know what this child looks like, otherwise it would be too cruel for a father." Teresa explained in a low voice.

Sophie was silent.

"Thank you," she finally thanked Teresa after a long time, "I owe you a favor, and I will remember it."

"It doesn't need to be so serious, I just do it out of sympathy for Christel... After all, it is too cruel to let an ignorant and ignorant child die after birth." Teresa replied, "Our couple's lives should not be stained like this."

"It really made you arrange everything properly..." Sophie curled her lips and smiled again, there was too much helplessness and self-deprecation in it.

Then, she bowed her knees slightly and said goodbye to Teresa, "I'm so glad I caught up and said goodbye to you before you set off. Teresa, have a good trip, and give me a few words about that bastard by the way, Then we settled the bill."

"I will definitely scold him severely." Teresa agreed insincerely.

Then, she bowed her knees and bowed farewell to Sophie, "Your Highness, goodbye. I believe that after you put everything down, you will be able to play your current role well, and the empire will prosper because of you in the future."

"Let's leave everything to God, anyway, what can I do now?" Sophie shook her head and replied dejectedly, "Okay, I have to go, don't send me, let me alone in the wind Be quiet."

Since Sophie said so, Teresa naturally had to follow suit. She stayed where she was, watched Sophie walk out of the study, and then walked down the stairs along the corridor.

Just when Sophie reached the corner of the stairs, where the upstairs and downstairs shared a common blind spot, Chanel, who had already been prepared, also passed by quietly, and the two passed by very reasonably.

At this moment, they exchanged a glance with each other, and said goodbye to each other.

Just now Sophie gave so much analysis in front of Teresa about her going away—but in fact, the more important thing is that Chanel had already tipped her off and let her know about Teresa's departure. Sha intends to leave as soon as possible, so she seized the time to visit on the first day of the new year, so as not to miss this group of people.

And the information they exchanged was obviously more than that.

At the same time when the two of them got sideways, Sophie took out a few rolled up papers from her cuffs without hesitation, and handed them to Chanel, and Chanel took the papers quickly, Then put it in his cuff again.

In this way, the warm paper was quickly passed between the two people, and it was only exposed to the light for a short moment, as if it had never existed.

"I'll leave it to you, Chanel." Then, Sophie whispered in a voice that only two people could hear, "Tell him, I can live, and I can live for a long time, I can wait for that day."

After finishing speaking, she didn't wait for Chanel to react, and immediately walked down the stairs.

Then, she bid farewell to the Grand Duke and his wife in a respectful and decent manner, then stepped into the carriage again and left the manor.

It wasn't until she sat in the empty carriage that she breathed a sigh of relief.

The long-lost excitement made her heart beat wildly, she looked out the car window nostalgicly, and greedily breathed the air outside the palace.

She succeeded, at least at this stage. She wrote down the main points of her thinking during this period of time on paper, so that her future sister can play herself

Next, there is another long wait.

Of course she knows that even if this step is successful, there are still too many difficulties ahead, and the hope of success is quite slim.

But she still felt the long-lost excitement.

Because she saw hope.

She felt the hope of living.

Ever since that young man cruelly abandoned her and left, she seemed to have entered an endless nightmare, and the mental pain could hardly be eliminated. For her, the night was long, and the night of despair so dark that she couldn't see her fingers made her breathless. I can't breathe.

But now, she knows that the young man has never forgotten himself, he is trying to save himself and revisit his old dreams, even if his efforts may not work, this is enough to give her a glimmer of hope.

This glimmer of hope, like a thunderclap, cut through the night of despair and made her feel the joy of living again.

It turns out that I have not been abandoned by the whole world, and it turns out that all these disasters may stop...

It is enough to have this hope.

She must live on, until the day her dreams come true.

There is no doubt that this means that she cheated Teresa, and even "deceived" is not enough to describe the nature of it.

But, I'm sorry, she has never been a person with a lot of sympathy, not to mention that she has been tortured by despair and anger for so long now, it is considered lucky not to collapse, she can't control that much anymore.

She must overcome the torment and disaster that fate bestowed on her, and find what she lost.

With this long-lost hope, Sophie closed her eyes slightly, and the carriage started slowly at this time, leading her on the way back to the palace.

Unintentionally, tears rolled down her cheeks—only God knows how much grievance, sadness and expectation were mixed with those tears!

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On the second day of Sophie's farewell, Teresa also bid farewell to the family.

This time, in order to keep the secret, Grand Duke Karl made careful arrangements early on.

He called two inconspicuous carriages, and then sent some of his most confidant men to escort Teresa and Chanel to leave—after they left, he would act as usual, pretending to be his daughter He still stayed by his side to cooperate with his daughter and son-in-law's plan.

Obviously, this won't fool the world for long, but it's a day he can help.

In the early morning, because it was winter, the visibility was still quite low, and there was a light snowfall outside, which dyed the surrounding area white, and only the road leading to the outside world was exposed, like the warp and weft woven on a white blanket.

Everything was ready, Teresa watched the servants load their simple salutes into the carriage, and then she said goodbye to her parents.

Teresa looked at her parents with mixed feelings.

On the one hand, she is indeed very sad for her relatives, and regrets that the short reunion ended so soon. She also knows her parting, and she doesn't know when she will come back next time; but on the other hand, But she is eager to return to her husband as soon as possible to reunite.

The two diametrically opposed emotions made her feel guilty, and her mother even cried outright.

"Teresa..." Madam hugged her daughter reluctantly, "Why don't you stay a few more days? Mom really hates you to leave."

"I'm sorry, Mom..." Teresa apologized to her mother in a low voice, "I have to do this."

"Teresa, have a good trip." Compared with the mother and daughter, the Grand Duke was much calmer, and he solemnly bid farewell to his daughter.

As a father, he certainly didn't want to see his daughter go through hardships and take risks, but on the other hand, he was faintly proud of his daughter.

Teresa has tenderness, but no weakness; she has determination, but she doesn't have the cruelty of treating others as nothing. She loves her family and life, and has the courage and ability to protect her with all her strength.

Being able to raise such a daughter at least shows that his education has been considered a success.

Maybe he really gave birth to a queen? At least Teresa does deserve it, the Grand Duke thought.

"Father, take good care of Francois for me during this time." Teresa waved to her father, "I will always miss you!"

"I will too." The Grand Duke nodded, and showed a rare reluctance, "That's all I can do to help you, I hope you can walk your next road steadily!"

"Well, I will!" Teresa solemnly assured her father, and before she could cry, she stepped into the carriage.

She also doesn't know the exact location of Aigron, so the destination she chooses can only be the mountain villa of Queen Odances. After arriving there, the queen will naturally help her arrange everything and send her back to her husband around.

Yes, His Highness is waiting for him...

The carriage started slowly, and gradually faded away under the reluctant eyes of the parents, and finally melted into the blank world.