Eagle’s Glory

"Your Highness, thank you for giving me confidence."

After hearing Aegron's words, Teresa lowered her gaze slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"You are too polite, I should thank you."

As she said, she bowed her knees slightly, "It is indeed a very good memory to have a dance partner like you when I faced the world for the first time."

After speaking, the two said goodbye temporarily and went to rest.

Aigron walked to the dining table first, took a few cakes from above and slowly ate them.

He didn't eat much for dinner at first, and he used up a lot of energy while dancing, so he was hungry.

Just as he was eating his meal without anyone else, a middle-aged man in uniform walked up to him.

He looked to the side subconsciously, and found that it was his stepfather, the Earl of Nepeg.

With a smile of admiration and relief on his face, the count nodded to him.

"Your Highness, your performance was better than I expected."

"Really?" Aegron asked calmly, "I thought I was just trying to keep myself from being embarrassed."

"You are too humble, even by adult standards, your performance tonight is still remarkable, not to mention that it is the first time for you to officially attend a similar occasion, which is even more difficult." The earl looked at the young man approvingly, "You don't have stage fright in the face of major events. Your calm demeanor is really commendable."

"You made me embarrassed." After Aigron finished eating the cake, he wiped his hands with the napkin, "It's a pity that it's not you, but the father and daughter."

"It's hard to say what happened to Archduke Karl, but Princess Teresa should be quite happy. I've been paying attention to you just now, but Her Royal Highness has laughed several times."

"So what?" Agron asked back. "Everyone knows how to be polite these days."

"Princess Teresa is different from ordinary people. Although she usually treats people very politely, her personality is too weak. It's not easy to see her smile." Count Naipeg shook his head, "So look at it as a bystander. , I think Her Royal Highness has a very good impression of you, and you are a good match... I advise you to work harder in the future, you should be very hopeful."

Aegron didn't follow him in his heartbeat. He had already made up his mind on this matter, and he didn't need anyone else's guidance.

"Why are you so happy? Logically speaking, I have nothing to do with you." He asked calmly.

The middle-aged man was a little surprised by the indifference of the young man, and after a while, he sighed helplessly. "I've said it before, I hope you will be reconciled with His Royal Highness Luisa, and... although you don't think much of me, in the end I don't think I can put you down at all, even if we can't control the Empire Back to you, but at least try to make your life a little more comfortable."

"So this is pity on me?" Agron asked rhetorically.

"If you want to understand that, you can." The count nodded. "What's wrong with pity for a child who has lost so much like you? Even if his name is Bonaparte, he is my stepson."

Looking at the count's sincere gaze, Aegron nodded slightly.

"Okay, I accept your words."

Then, he shrugged again, "My grievance with my mother is our own business, and we will solve it in our own way. Since you are so sincere, I don't mind being more polite to her, But that's all - but, even so, I'm very grateful for your thoughts, and I wish you all the best of luck and your children growing up healthily. If I can be of any help in the future, I will. "

"Thank you." The count laughed again.

Aegron picked up a wine glass from the side, poured it leisurely, and then poured another wine glass.

"Shall we have a drink?"

"Very honored." The count was a little surprised at first, but quickly took the glass from his hand happily. "Your Highness, toast to your glorious future!"

The two touched each other's glasses, and then Aigron picked up the glass and took a sip.

The scarlet and bitter liquor slowly slid down the tongue into the esophagus, bringing a long aftertaste.

"His Royal Highness, you have enough to drink." Just when Aegron wanted to take another sip, the earl advised him, "You have to dance with His Highness again later."

"It doesn't matter." Aegron didn't listen to the other party, but took another sip from the glass, "This way, it won't make my movement difficult."

The count looked at the boy with a little unease, "Your Highness, with all due respect, you seem to be too calm today, and you have no sense of urgency at all... Don't you really think that there is only one candidate for Princess Teresa? Don't forget that there are people. Happy to be the son-in-law of Archduke Karl."

"Of course I won't be arrogant to that level, and I didn't even count on it from the beginning." Aegron shook his head, "I have nothing, and even bowing down will not make me more attractive, so why be timid? What should belong to me will always belong to me; what should not belong to me, what's the point of pursuing it? Princess Teresa can make her best choice, but I don't just ask her to favor one The road can go. I just need to be myself, it's her business whether I like it or not."

Having said that, Aigron also knew that he just took this planned marriage as a pretext to deceive outsiders, so he didn't have any urgency, just showed a gesture calmly.

It's natural to restrain yourself for the loved one, if you don't want it, it's just because you don't love enough.

"You...you are too strong." The count wanted to persuade him again, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Of course, I don't want to ruin your highness's beautiful night." Aigron smiled again and raised his glass again, "So, sir, let's have another sip. I'll stop here, now you're satisfied. ?"

"Okay!" The Count finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the crisp sound of the glass colliding also sounded again.

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For many it was a good night, or at least a good night, for some it was a nightmare.

As a member of the royal family, Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of course also attended the dinner in full costume today.

On weekdays, she is often the core figure of this kind of banquet, enjoying the attention and envy of everyone, but today's protagonist is not her.

At this moment, she is sitting in the corner of the hall, allowing herself to be ignored and forgotten.

She was wearing a luxurious long dress and held a fan in her hand. The small and exquisite ivory folding fan would be played with lightly by the owner on weekdays, but at this moment, she was suffering a terrible devastation-Her Royal Highness's slender fingers clenched tightly. The folding fan in his hand, the back of his hand, which was already white, was now even more pale as paper, revealing the owner's upset.

Her eyes had been watching the footsteps of the dancers on the dance floor just now, and she didn't seem to be relieved until the dance came to an end.

She felt a little dry, so she picked up the glass and took a sip, but these Italian wines made her feel so bad that she wanted to vomit.

Once again, she was nostalgic for those white wines from her hometown.

"His Royal Highness, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?" asked the female servant next to her.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine." Sophie replied coldly.

Being treated so coldly by Her Royal Highness, the female official was of course upset, but she actually guessed why Her Royal Highness was so upset.

So, she applauded Princess Teresa secretly in her heart, hoping that she would make persistent efforts tonight, and it would be best to make this difficult Highness mad.

"Teresa's dance is so good..." Princess Sophie just heard a sigh next to her. "Sophie, what do you think?"

Princess Sophie was so angry that she was furious again. She turned her eyes and found that the person who had spoken to her was Aigron's mother and her aunt, Grand Duchess Louisa.

Even if she was angry, she couldn't show it to her face now, Sophie could only reluctantly suppress her anger and nodded lightly, "Well, it's really a good dance, Your Highness. For a girl who is new to the social world. It's not easy to act so calmly."

"Yeah, it's not easy to have such a calm attitude at a young age." Grand Duchess Louisa nodded, "However, I think it's also because of having a good dance partner as a foil—I feel Franz The performance is also very good, what do you think? I hope it is not my illusion."

"He just did what he should have done, and there is nothing to praise." Princess Sophie replied indifferently, without showing any joy or anger. "After all, you have high hopes for him, haven't you?"

"Yeah, I do hope that he will be lucky enough to be Teresa's husband-" Luisa nodded again, "and after I read it, I really think they are a good match, Sophie, what do you think? "

This question completely angered Sophie, and she sensed the other party's intention.

"What do you mean by asking me this?" she asked coldly, "I didn't know my feelings were so important."

"Of course it's important." Luisa nodded. "After all, most of the people here know that you mean a lot to Franz, and he should listen to your opinions."

"So, what do you want me to say?" Princess Sophie asked unceremoniously.

"Sophie, don't look at me like that, I'm not hostile to you." Louisa shook her head gently, "I think you know, I've really been trying to make things happen tonight...I hope Franz has one Bright future, if you have the same expectations for him, you should know what to do. I have no opinion on you, I just hope everyone is better..."

Sophie opened the folding fan gently, then squeezed it hard.

A crisp sound of "pop" interrupted Louisa's words.

"Better? Better for whom? Has anyone asked you for advice?" She looked at Grand Duchess Louisa coldly. "We know how to deal with Aegron and I ourselves, and we don't need anyone to give us pointers!"

As soon as she said this, she became more and more angry, "Besides, after so many years of loneliness and lack of support, he didn't even have many smiles. It was only after I came here that he was always happy! When I took care of him, Teresa was not there, You don't seem to be there either; when I accompany him to relax, you are not there; when he is injured, you are still not there, even forgot, I still think of ways to take care of him! Now, what qualifications do you have to pretend to be a loving mother?! "

Being reprimanded so much by her, Louisa lost her smile for a while.

"So what do you think?"

"We'll handle our affairs by ourselves, take care of yourself, Your Highness." After Sophie finished speaking, she stood up and walked away.

[The chin deformity inherited from the clam castle should be a male genetic disease. Women do not seem to have similar facial disorders, and children born after women’s out-married basically have no similar problems (such as the queen of French King Louis XIII and the queen of Louis XVI). All were Habsburgs, but none of the heirs had obvious facial deformities), and not every male heir was like that.

So stop talking about the chin, Archduke Karl is very healthy and so is Teresa! 】