Eagle’s Glory

"I believe in you." Aigron closed his eyes very moved, "I will wait for that day."

Seeing Eggron's sincerity and joy, Sophie blinked and felt very relieved.

For a while, she didn't know what to say, she just looked at Aigron quietly.

"Aigron, as long as people have hope, no matter how many difficulties they encounter, they can overcome them. Besides, your current situation is not particularly bad, so there is no reason to be discouraged." After a pause, she stretched out her hand and patted Patted Aegron's cheek, "Okay, you go back to rest first, you are already tired today."

Her intimate gestures made people feel very intimate, and even Aigron couldn't help being moved.

It's a pity that being moved is moved, he is destined to be unable to obey the other party's words, because he has no way to wait.

This gorgeous cage must not be his home.

After bidding farewell to Princess Sophie, Aigron returned to his residence in the palace along the same road.

Even though he was a prisoner, he didn't owe much in terms of living conditions, and was not much different from other members of the royal family.

The room is covered with thick carpets, gilded wall lamps are hung on the walls, and wall coverings with purple and gold patterns are pasted at the same time. On the inside there is a fireplace with large decorative paintings hanging on the walls on both sides of the fireplace, and a velvet upholstered bench next to it, and a large porcelain vase from Saxony next to the bench, with flowers in it. decorate.

Generally speaking, the entire room is decorated with the elegance and luxury of the palace, but it lacks real warmth.

This is the place where he grew up in his new life, but no matter how comfortable it is, this place is nothing more than a high-level cage for him.

It was already early summer, and the room temperature was relatively high, so he opened the window, sat on the bench, picked up a book and started to read.

However, not long after, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Your Highness, may I come in?" The voice of his guardian Count von Dietrichstein came from outside the room.

"Please come in." Aigron casually placed the book on the cushion next to him.

The door opened quickly, and the count walked in with light steps, and sat down opposite Aigron.

"Your Highness, His Excellency the Prince found me just now." As soon as he sat down, he went straight to the point, "He is somewhat dissatisfied with your tough attitude towards him."

"This is not my intention." Aigron was a little displeased. "I just rejected his arrangement. I think I have this right. Do I have it?"

"His Royal Highness's arrangement has been carefully considered. It may not be that attractive, but it must be quite suitable for your current situation—" the earl avoided Aigron's rhetorical question, as if trying to persuade Aigron, "So I think You'd better reconsider."

"That is to say, no matter how I answer, in the end I have to obey all his arrangements for me, right?" Aigron sneered, "If that's the case, why bother to ask my opinion? You just send me Escort to wherever His Royal Highness wants me to go."

His sarcasm made the count's expression quite complicated, both helpless and dejected.

After a moment of silence, the count spoke again.

"Your Highness, I have been by your side for seven years." The count looked at the young man under his guardianship and said solemnly, "A person's life is no more than seventy years, and I have already put one-tenth of my life in yours." Beside, I have been doing my best to take care of you for the past seven years, please believe me, I did not do this to make all this a joke-although it was an obligation at the beginning, I hope more than anyone You can enjoy a generally happy life. Therefore, Your Royal Highness, I implore you to put aside your emotions and think carefully about my next words."

After speaking sincerely,

He turned to the topic again, "Yes, people of your age hate being dominated and ordered by others, but from a practical point of view, it is objectively beneficial for you to join the army, isn't it? ?Although your father has passed away, his reputation is still passed down in the world, especially those soldiers, even the British soldiers admire him, so if you follow his path, wouldn't you be the most able to meet people's expectations? huh? If you show your talent and make a name for yourself in the military, your situation could be very different."

After speaking, the earl looked at Aigron again, his eyes full of sincerity.

He was hinting that his students might be able to get rid of the chains by relying on their prestige in the army in the future. From his own standpoint, he could only hint so far.

In all fairness, his words are also very reasonable and very convincing, but the young man who knows the fate of the King of Rome has no expectations at all.

In the original history, he entered the army according to the will of the Austrian royal family and received rigorous military training, but what he got in the end was nothing more than an honorary title, and he did not have the power to command any troops at all; Tene also resolutely refused to give him any chance to show his military capabilities——

Just in 1830, with the outbreak of the July Revolution in France, the wave of revolution swept across Europe again. Poland and Italy became the center of the storm, and the smug King of Rome resolutely asked to lead his troops to protect Parma where his mother was. However, Metternich He flatly rejected his proposal, much to the great indignation of the King of Rome, who died two years later of depression from tuberculosis contracted in the barracks.

It is conceivable that if he joins the Austrian army with the idea of ​​"walking on his father's glorious old road", then all that awaits him is despair.

So he decided not to go this way.

However, given his current situation, even if he wanted to resist, he couldn't completely rely on the hard top, he had to pay attention to his strategy.

It's a pity that he has very few chips in his hand now, and even if he wants to use strategies, it is not so easy.

"Sir, since you talk about your feelings for me, I admit that I do believe that you have feelings for me, so let's just be frank. You answer me, you really believe that the Prime Minister will be happy to see me in any place. Is it?" Eggron sighed, "Frankly, I don't believe it at all."

The count was at a loss for words. He wanted to say some comforting empty words, but under the gaze of the young man, he couldn't say anything.

"His Royal Highness is already in his fifties, and you are only in his teens." In the end, he could only continue to hint in a low voice. "Time is on your side. As long as you continue to follow the steps, one day, the confinement on you will be relaxed."

"You make it sound like he is the only one in Austria who wants to deal with me!" Egger shook his head solemnly, expressing his complete disbelief, "Although I have a title, will anyone really regard me as an Austrian? That's right, I'm the Duke of Reichstedt, but that damn place is in Bohemia! I may not be able to go there once in my life... Obviously, I'm just a beggar with an empty title living in this court Well, there is no crown in Europe that has anything to do with me—this is not the idea of ​​His Royal Highness alone, other people will think the same way, right? If this is the case, no matter how hard I try to behave, what is the point? "

Under Aigron's questioning, the count's face became even more embarrassed, and he knew in his heart that what the other party said was true.

"But if you keep resisting His Royal Highness's arrangement, I'm afraid he will be very angry." In the end, he could only say the terrible consequences of continuing to resist.

"Then what will he do after he gets angry? Will he send me to some desert island? On what charge? The crime of disrespecting Metternich?" Aegron was not frightened, but sneered and said A series of rhetorical questions, "I don't remember anyone saying I'm a criminal, right?"

"Of course he won't do that!" The count quickly waved his hand, "But he will definitely punish you in various ways, and even we will definitely be punished."

"That is to say, because I have value, so even if he offends him, he won't do anything to me, but he will let you bear his anger, right?" Aigron continued to sneer, "He uses you to threaten me?"

"Maybe I overestimated the status of us people in your heart, but you can believe, Your Highness, that Metternich has many ways to make your situation much more difficult than it is now." The count replied, "As far as I am concerned, , following you will not bring me many glorious resumes, even if you drive me away, I can enjoy the rest of my life, but what about you? What will you do then? If I am here, At least I can take some of the pressure off of you."

Aegron was speechless for a moment.

It's not that he was speechless, but that the other party's words came from the heart, and he really couldn't bear to say any more harsh words to hurt the other party's heart.

Although he was sent by the Austrian Emperor, after all, he has taken care of him for so many years. If he said he had no feelings, it would definitely not be true.

"Well, since you have said so, I will seriously consider it, and if it is not possible, I will agree to him." After thinking for a while, Aigron finally nodded and agreed, "However, I will never let May be so easy. Tene succeeded, no matter what, I will persist, even if it is just to make him unhappy, I will persist, you have to help me again, I will nod and give in until the last moment, let him know that I am definitely not his obedient slave."

"Do you have to be willful once?" The count looked at him in embarrassment.

Agron nodded again.

The count blinked. The prince's threat and his relationship with Aigron over the years made him extremely entangled, unable to make a decision.

"Can you guarantee that you will obey the arrangement in the end?" Finally, he asked cautiously.

"I can't afford to lose your care, so I will, sir." Eggron replied with a sincere look.

Of course he didn't want to, but he didn't mind verbally appeasing the other party.

In the environment he was in now, "how to lie with the most sincerity" has always been a must for the court dignitaries. Although he is young, he is at least somewhat ready.

"Okay...in that case, I will try my best to intercede for you..." the earl sighed and made his final decision. "Perhaps if you persist a little longer, His Royal Highness may change his mind in the end."

Aigron knew that this was the greatest kindness the Earl could do. He was in the middle of the cracks, and the situation was not much more comfortable than himself.

"Thank you, sir. I won't make it difficult for you again," he reassured.

Just as the conversation between the two was over, an attendant knocked on the door and walked in.

With a perfect smile, he respectfully saluted the little duke.

"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor invites you to dinner."