Eagle’s Glory

Just as Aigron expected, the picture album he and Teresa co-authored, as well as his other documents and letters, after a period of ups and downs, were quietly sent to their destination and came to the hands of the Marquis of Treville. \u003c/p\u003e

At this time, when winter turns to spring and everything recovers, the snow on the houses has long since melted, the air is humid and cold, the branches and leaves on the trees grow new green shoots, and moss spreads everywhere on the street corners and walls. The originally empty and dark world was re-lit by this bit of green. \u003c/p\u003e

The end of winter has also taken away the cold and dead silence. This huge city has regained its usual vitality, and the conspirators lurking in it have also begun to move around and prepare for the activities of the new year. \u003c/p\u003e

After understanding Aigron's intentions from the letter, the Marquis de Treville called his son Edgar. After all, his son really knows what painting is, and His Majesty also specially appointed Edgar to accept the next job. . \u003c/p\u003e

Because the new year had just passed, Edgar was basically at home recently, and after hearing his father's call, he immediately came to the study. \u003c/p\u003e

The Marquis de Treville briefly explained the situation to his son, and then handed him the album. \u003c/p\u003e

Although Edgar was a little shocked, he still took the album and looked through it carefully. \u003c/p\u003e

"The painting is not bad! You are very proficient with the pen. It seems that your Majesty has found a good painter by his side, and he has painted very hard and put a lot of effort into it." After roughly flipping through for a while, he was full of praise for this pencil album , "To be honest, I want to collect a copy..."\u003c/p\u003e

"This is not important!" The Marquis de Treville interrupted his son, who was not interested in having a technical discussion with his son, "The important thing is, Edgar, that you must perfectly execute His Majesty's order and turn these pencil drawings into printable ones. prints, can it be done?"\u003c/p\u003e

"Honestly, it's a little troublesome..." Edgar couldn't help crying. "Not only must the details of the painting be expanded and colored, but also be careful not to affect the meaning that His Majesty originally intended to express. This is a very trivial and energy-consuming work."\u003c/p\u003e

"Even so, you have to do well!" The Marquis de Treville frowned and snapped at his son, "Edgar, I know you've been bored and wanted to go out to have some fun, but let me tell you, I will not allow you to leave the house until this work is completed! After all, you have a chance to be expected by His Majesty, if you let him down, I will never forgive you!"\u003c/p\u003e

For the Marquis de Treville,

What worries him the most is that his son does not live up to expectations, and his status in His Majesty's heart is not high. It is obviously a rare honor and a rare opportunity for His Majesty to personally assign tasks to his son. He will never allow his son to make any mistakes. \u003c/p\u003e

He didn't expect his son to take the opportunity to turn himself over and become an indispensable talent in His Majesty's mind, but at least he couldn't disappoint His Majesty—he had spent a period of time with His Majesty, and he knew very well that His Majesty was wide-eyed and jealous. He is generous but strict. Once he is disappointed, it will be too difficult to get him back. \u003c/p\u003e

Even if Edgar can't contribute too much to the revitalization of the family, he must not become a stumbling block. \u003c/p\u003e

Edgar was terrified by his father's stern attitude, no matter how many opinions he had in his heart, he could only swallow them now. \u003c/p\u003e

It seems that His Majesty's mission can only be the immediate priority, so let's not go to the club for now... He sighed secretly. \u003c/p\u003e

In order to finish the work earlier, he pulled himself together again and carefully examined the album. \u003c/p\u003e

Then, he suddenly had a strange idea. \u003c/p\u003e

"This portrait of Joan of Arc feels like a person..." He couldn't help muttering to himself. \u003c/p\u003e

Then soon he let out an exclamation as suddenly realized as Eggron's. \u003c/p\u003e

"Agnes! Isn't this Agnes!?"\u003c/p\u003e

Hearing his son yelling, the Marquis de Treville, who had already focused his attention on other places, grabbed the album and read it again. \u003c/p\u003e

After all, he and Agnes have met countless times, and now he can quickly see the shadow of Agnes from the eyebrows of "Jean of Arc". \u003c/p\u003e

He was a little surprised at first, but after a while, he couldn't help laughing. \u003c/p\u003e

"Hahahaha, thank you His Majesty for thinking it out!"\u003c/p\u003e

Seeing his father's unusual appearance, Edgar looked confused. "Dad, what are you laughing at?"\u003c/p\u003e

"Did you see anything? Your Majesty already understands what he meant." The Marquis de Treville replied. \u003c/p\u003e

Edgar looked at his father blankly, racking his brains hard but his brain was still blank, "No... I was surprised just now, but it's normal if you think about it carefully. If we say who among the people we know is the most suitable for people's hearts? The image of Joan of Arc, it is obviously Agnes. Although His Majesty has been to more places than me, it should be difficult to find a more suitable one? So when making the portrait of Joan of Arc, he used Agnes as the The reference template is also very normal, at least I don't think it's surprising."\u003c/p\u003e

After hearing his son's analysis, the Marquis de Treville nodded secretly. \u003c/p\u003e

The son is really smart, this analysis is reasonable and outlines the general facts - it's a pity that he didn't think about it a few more layers and stopped at the surface. \u003c/p\u003e

Hey, why didn't the ambition that my family inherited from generation to generation not flow to him? \u003c/p\u003e

He sighed secretly, then frowned and explained to his son, "Your Majesty doesn't just want portraits. If you want to impress people, pictures are not enough, you have to have real scenes! You were born in a sad I may not have any intuitive impression of the age, but I was used to seeing it when I was a child. Louis XVI and his queen traveled around, went to Reims, Namur, and a lot of places! And I used to I stayed in the parade team! Your Majesty also wants to play this hand, look in the album, isn't there a lot of pictures like this?"\u003c/p\u003e

Edgar also noticed it when his father gave him such a hint. \u003c/p\u003e

"You are right, but what does this mean?"\u003c/p\u003e

The Marquis was very dissatisfied with his son's slowness, and glared at him angrily. \u003c/p\u003e

"Fool! Don't you understand? This means that in the eyes of His Majesty, Agnes is the contemporary Joan of Arc!" He couldn't help roaring angrily. \u003c/p\u003e

"Agnes, the contemporary Joan of Arc...?" Edgar wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he made an extremely ugly expression, "This...how did this start...I I feel that although she is quite an interesting person, she is far from Joan of Arc."\u003c/p\u003e

Edgar also knew his sister-in-law quite well. He knew that Agnes had a violent temper, was indifferent to state affairs, and was not very devout to religion and the royal family. Apart from being brave and ruthless, what else did she think of it? None of them match up with Joan of Arc—although Agnes is indeed excellent and powerful, but to say she is the contemporary Joan of Arc is really flattering her. \u003c/p\u003e

"Is the fact important? The important thing is that His Majesty needs her to be Joan of Arc." The Marquis de Treville laughed disdainfully, "I have lived for so many years, and I haven't seen a king who really looks like a king. Don't people still Accepted being ruled by them? In comparison, saying Agnes is Joan of Arc is not so much a joke."\u003c/p\u003e

His father's philosophical words made Edgar speechless for a while. \u003c/p\u003e

That's right, there are so many jokes in this world, lunatics and tyrants can sit on the throne safely, compared to saying that Agnes is Joan of Arc, there is at least one or two "reasonable" points. \u003c/p\u003e

But he was still a little hard to accept this analogy, after all, it seemed too absurd. \u003c/p\u003e

"Father, what do you mean, His Majesty wants Agnes to play Joan of Arc?" He asked tentatively. \u003c/p\u003e

"No, His Majesty needed a Joan of Arc, and he chose Agnes to be Joan's substitute." The Marquis shook his head. \u003c/p\u003e

"Is there any difference between these two statements?" Edgar asked back. \u003c/p\u003e

"Your Majesty has already made his meaning very clear in the letter, but you still don't understand..." The Marquis shook his head, "Your Majesty hopes to embrace religion, transform the Bonaparte family into guardians of religion, so He needs the saint standing beside him to show this image intuitively, and Agnes is the living saint, the contemporary Joan of Arc. You can be unconvinced, we can all be unconvinced, but as long as Let the people accept this, then this is reality.”\u003c/p\u003e

"But will the people accept this?" Edgar still hesitated. \u003c/p\u003e

"I don't know." This time, the Marquis shook his head very honestly, but he quickly changed the subject, "But it's up to people, His Majesty thinks it's okay to try, and I think it's okay—anyway, even if it fails, as long as we If we obey His Majesty's will, then we will not suffer any losses."\u003c/p\u003e

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After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "Your Majesty's actions undoubtedly show that he will never let go of Agnes. This is even more good news for us..."\u003c/p\u003e

He didn't know that this album was Teresa's work, nor did he know that it was actually written by Teresa, and he thought it was created under the instruction of His Majesty, so he immediately thought of that point according to "normal logic". \u003c/p\u003e

In a sense, it is also wrong. \u003c/p\u003e

"So Your Majesty is tired of playing ordinary tricks, so do you want to do some tricks like a saint?" Edgar couldn't help joking, "I don't know what will happen to him and Agnes by then? The saint purifies the wicked, or the wicked pollute the saint? Or is it a game?"\u003c/p\u003e

"Shut up!" The Marquis de Treville glared at his son, "We don't need to speculate about His Majesty's motives, we just need to understand his orders and execute them. Although he is thousands of miles away now, the day when he returns It's not far away. From now on, when you mention him, you must show enough respect and not show any flaws——Edgar, if you don't want to entrap your father and family, you'd better do as I say. "\u003c/p\u003e

Seeing his father's stern attitude, Edgar felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he had no choice but to pat his head and be reprimanded. \u003c/p\u003e

In the silence, he was thinking seriously, and Edgar didn't dare to disturb his father. \u003c/p\u003e

"You hurry up to complete this work during this time, and when it is finished, I will find a way to print the album, and then you can find a reason to meet His Majesty." After a long time, the Marquis de Treville ordered Edgar, "Take your wife and daughter with you."\u003c/p\u003e

Edgar was a little puzzled. After all, although His Majesty had already arrived in Switzerland, the journey was not so far away, but the bumpy journey was still tiring. There was really no need to mobilize the whole family to go, let alone the young Xia Lu? \u003c/p\u003e

But in just a moment, Edgar understood his father's intentions. \u003c/p\u003e

As long as Alice and Xia Lu leave, Agnes will take the initiative to invite Ying to go on a journey with her sister and niece even if she doesn't mention it...\u003c/p\u003e

As expected of a father. \u003c/p\u003e

He glanced at his father full of admiration, and nodded tacitly, "Okay, father, I will go and convince Alice—"\u003c/p\u003e

"Yeah." Seeing that his son was doing well, the Marquis finally looked better, and nodded slightly, "Edgar, when His Majesty returns to France, there will be some people rushing to see him. No. Therefore, take this opportunity to let him know and get close to our family. This is the only guarantee for the future of our family. You must not neglect it——Besides, Alice is a smart person. Listen to her more, I think she deserves more respect than you before His Majesty."\u003c/p\u003e

"Okay, Dad." Edgar was straightforward on this point, he never cared about others saying that his wife was better than himself, but he had another concern, "It's just that Alice may not be happy to see Agnes become... Becoming a good friend of His Majesty... If she gets in the way, it will be quite troublesome."\u003c/p\u003e

"Everything should be done step by step, don't rush. Alice is unwilling to accept Agnes as a lover, but will she refuse Agnes to become a saint?" The Marquis de Treville asked impatiently, "She is afraid that her sister's reputation will be destroyed. Defiled, but what an honor it is to play Joan of Arc, will she feel disgusted? She may not be happy in time—the more radiant Agnes is, the more radiant her face is, the more Xialu can benefit from it, even if For Xia Lu's consideration, she will not object."\u003c/p\u003e

The Marquis of Treville explained to his son word by word, "Don't let her make a choice at the beginning, let her slip down unconsciously. When the final showdown comes, she will side with the Treville family, On the side of you and your daughter. At that time, everything has no choice."\u003c/p\u003e

Edgar suddenly realized. \u003c/p\u003e

"I see, father... I will act on camera, as long as Alice is willing to persuade Agnes, everything will be much easier."\u003c/p\u003e

Seeing his son's face of simply completing the task, the Marquis de Treville sighed slightly in his heart. \u003c/p\u003e

"Son, you should have considered these things by yourself, but you didn't want to think about them, and you betrayed your responsibilities. I was angry and helpless, but I chose to forgive you, because her only son and I... …You can live whatever life you want, as long as you are happy.\u003c/p\u003e

I can't force you, I choose to pin my hopes on future generations. So I just ask you one thing, before you can let go, do your best to create a better foundation for your next generation, they are our hope, no matter how much sacrifice is worth it. After they grow up, you can do whatever you like, and I won't embarrass you anymore. "\u003c/p\u003e