Eagle’s Glory

"Since you know me so well, please tell me how I should deal with you, my mother?"

Aigron simply clarified the question, which surprised Louisa a little, so she froze for a moment.

"Hey... this is probably my destiny too." After a while, Louisa let out a sigh, "I can't bear your destiny, and I can't give you the protection you deserve. Whenever I think of you, I think back. Starting this failed life of mine, I don't know how to face you, I don't even want to face it, I just want to forget all the nightmares I've experienced."

"I'm really glad that I did this for you." Aigron gritted his teeth secretly, then laughed sarcastically, "You choose to forget me, enjoy your new life and new family in peace, and enjoy yourself, Then of course those nightmares should be borne by me alone. Who made me your son? I am glad that I have done my filial duty. Okay."

Aigron's tone was aggressive, but Luisa didn't take it seriously. She just smiled and replied to her son, "You can hate me, my son, because you do have a reason to do so. I admit that I left you in the cold, Even deliberately excluding you from my life is all my fault as a mother, and since I was wrong, it is only natural for me to be hated by you-"

"Thank you for being so sensible, ma'am," replied Aegron with a stern face, "but considering the current situation, I gladly give up the right you have given me to hate you, because I have made up my mind that I have nothing more to do with you. Hatred-"

Of course, there is no family anymore - he added a sentence in his heart.

"Then I really want to thank you." Louisa replied calmly, "but from the cynicism you have always treated me, I don't feel your magnanimity. Maybe you should go back to Schönbrunn Palace to learn from the teacher. Rhetoric?"

"In terms of what you've done to me, if you don't allow me to even complain, it would be too greedy. In fact, I have tried my best to restrain myself—" Aegron sneered, "If even You are not satisfied with such an attitude, so please bear with it."

Luisa frowned. It had been many, many years since no one had offended her like this in front of her, but this person was her own son, so she had to endure a little.

"You really seem to think you can be presumptuous in front of me." She couldn't help complaining, "Has a little success made you dizzy?"

"Then what attitude do you take to issue orders to me?" Aigron asked back, "You seem to have forgotten that you are not the queen now, but the Grand Duke of Parma and the Countess of Naipegg."

"But you are not an imperial emperor now, you are Duke Reichstedt, you have no place in Paris, but now you can only be a guest in my country, and this is what my father gave you, I Poor Franz!" The mother also sneered. "I don't expect you to be grateful for this little thing, but you also have to think about your current situation, it's not enough to make you arrogant!"

Agron stopped talking.

It's not that he was silenced by his mother's refutation. In fact, what he could do with his eloquence was to make his mother even more angry, but he still had reason. He remembered that he was not here to quarrel with his mother today—

Now the situation can still end, if he continues to sneer, I am afraid that he will be driven away by his furious mother immediately, he does not care, but it is too embarrassing for Teresa.

So he stopped there.

Although both of them had a calm tone, their words were already in tension, full of sharp knives stabbing each other.

But that's how the two of them get along - maybe only then can they feel the bond between each other as mother and son.

Their mutual ridicule made the two people next to them turn pale when they saw it.

Seeing that the quarrel had calmed down a little, Teresa finally found a space to interject.

"Okay, this is the end of the chat. I'm a little hungry. Shall we have lunch first?"

With the steps to go down, Louisa's rapid breathing gradually subsided, and she regained her usual calmness.

"Of course, I have prepared a sumptuous lunch for you." She smiled at Teresa, "Please come with me."

The quarrel came to an end, and the two couples came to the spacious dining room of the palace together. Sure enough, a sumptuous lunch had already been prepared here.

After the trip, Aegron was already hungry, and Taba had to talk again, so he took the initiative to put all his energy on the dining table.

As a small country, Parma is really inconspicuous and has no famous products. Only ham is famous. In the spirit of tasting specialties, Aigron deliberately cut slices of ham with a knife and ate them. .

While Louisa sat next to Teresa, the two chatted and laughed happily, bringing the atmosphere back to harmony. Their topics were quite treaty, from the anecdote of the Vienna court to Teresa's in Greece. Experience, and then to the local customs of Parma, etc., and Aigron was also happy to be silent, devoted himself to eliminating the food, just thinking that today's meeting will end as soon as possible.

When it comes to Greece, Teresa goes out of her way to thank Luisa for her previous help.

"His Royal Highness, thank you for your help. Without your help, we would not have been able to raise the funds we needed so quickly and easily. This is your great contribution to our cause, and Aigron and I will always remember it in our hearts. ."

"It's not helpful, it's just a gesture of help," Luisa replied indifferently. "But I'm a little curious, where did you get so much jewelry? Did you dig up some Roman emperor's tomb in Italy?"

Compared to those around Aegron, Louisa was born in the royal family since childhood, and her vision was naturally extraordinary. Besides, there were a large number of jewellers around her as consultants.

Before Teresa wrote to her for help, hoping to quickly realize the jewelry in her name in order to maintain Aigron's financial needs, Louisa agreed after thinking about it, and after receiving the jewelry sent by Teresa, she identified After a bit of research - then she found that these jewels are genuine valuables, covering the era from Roman times to the Renaissance, and from the style and craftsmanship of the jewelry, it should be mainly concentrated in the central region of Italy.

How could her son be so rich all of a sudden?

She naturally wondered, "Did it come from digging a grave?"

But even if she judged so in her heart, she didn't say anything, and continued to silently assist Teresa in distributing the jewelry, and even left a few pieces of her favorite pieces for her own use.

Now she is just asking casually.

And Teresa couldn't answer this question, so Aigron had to speak up.

"Emperor Napoleon used to scavenge for property in Italy back then, and someone found some ancient tombs and dug up the treasure." He stopped for dinner, and then used the words that he had fooled Chanel and the others into again. "After the empire was destroyed, they left these treasures behind, and when I escaped, someone found me and gave me these treasures as a legacy from my father, who thought I was the only one worthy of using it. "

He has said this set of lies many times, and he is very skilled. He does not expect to be able to fool his mother. Anyway, as long as he kills himself, this is the truth, and she can't falsify it.

However, to his surprise, the mother not only did not have any unbelieving expression, but an expression that was expected.

"So that's how it is... The people who told you about the whereabouts of the treasure should be Count Narosh and the others? I thought that after the destruction of the empire, their group would break up with the money, but I didn't expect that some people would stick to their loyalty. , they are really caring."

Queen Louisa just sighed with emotion, she didn't think that her words caused a storm in Aegron's heart.

I rely on! Is there really such a treasure?

He didn't expect that the stories he made up at random actually had a prototype.

For a moment, his expression was a little weird, and he finally managed to control himself, and lowered his head to eat to cover up the past.

"How do you know this person exists?" After calming down, he asked as plainly as possible.

"You seem to have forgotten that I was the real ruler of the empire, although the time was very short." Louisa replied indifferently.

It was only then that Aigron remembered that during Napoleon's expedition to Russia, his mother was the Queen Regent of France for more than a year, and she was really involved in political affairs - so it seems quite normal to know some secrets of the empire.

However, from his mother's words, there were not many clues left to him.

"To be honest, I really don't know what his identity was before." He seemed a little ashamed to say, "But I have already promised them that when my career is successful in the future, I will definitely reward them heavily. "

Because he didn't care about this matter at all, Aigron's test was easily successful, and his mother replied to him indifferently, "Someone reported to me at that time that there was a secret team under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Empire. Italy has unearthed a lot of art treasures that have enriched the collection of the imperial family, so I asked about it, only to find out that they were doing such a nasty deed - bah, after knowing these things, I didn't ask any more, I My family would never do such a thing! However, as far as I know, the person headed by them is Earl Narosh. This guy is said to be haunted, and I don't know if this is his real name. In short, he helps you Dad got a lot of money, dirty money."

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Aegron firmly remembered every word his mother said.

In other words, under Napoleon's command, there really existed such a group of people who secretly excavated wealth from those ancient families and tombs in Italy.

Historically, Napoleon did a really good job - he grabbed tens of thousands of art treasures into Paris, enriching the collections of royalty and imperial aristocracy.

If there were such a group of people digging treasures from Italian tombs everywhere, under the protection of the emperor's army, why did they all disappear without leaving a trace? And after playing the flag, why is there still no movement?

No one who had been involved in the incident told Aegron this information, and it wasn't until the mother's casual chat that Aegron was slightly uncovered.

There are many possibilities, maybe they all died for the Empire or for other reasons.

But the most reasonable explanation is that they have stolen all the money.

And it's also very logical.

It stands to reason that this is actually a very normal black and black. When Emperor Napoleon was in power, he sheltered these people from looting, and when Emperor Napoleon was no longer in power, it was no problem for them to share the spoils privately.

But in Aigron's view, the situation is completely different...

my money! It's all my money!

He growled inwardly.

At this moment, he made up his mind, he must find a way to find out this group of people, and put the money destined to belong to him. He should get the money into his own hands, enrich his treasury, and play their role. .

But there were so few clues that it was pointless to press the mother further, and she seemed to know only so much.

Moreover, Aigron has too many things to do now, and it is really difficult to separate his energy to track down a thing that has disappeared.

Aegron could only suppress all the chaotic thoughts in his heart and put this matter aside for the time being.

However, his restless blood has made him feel unbearable. He vowed that if someone really betrayed him, they would definitely make them pay the price they deserve!

While he was thinking silently, the door of the restaurant suddenly opened, and then a young woman dressed as a governess walked in with two children.

The two children looked to be around ten years old, a boy and a girl, the girl a little older.

Their expressions were obviously curious and nervous, and they looked at Aegron as soon as they came in.

When Aegron also looked at them and looked at each other, the two children hurriedly saluted him.

"Please allow me to introduce you and your wife—" At this time, Earl Nepeg, who had been silent all the time, spoke up.

"This is Ambrose—" He pointed to his daughter.

Then he pointed to his son again, "This is William."

Aigron instantly understood that these were the two children born by his mother and Earl Nepeg, which were his half-brother and sister.

But... there's one more thing to keep in mind.

According to the records, the daughter was born in 1817 and the son in 1819 - note that Napoleon did not die until 1821, and Louisa and the Count of Naipeg were not able to marry until then.

That is to say, these two children were illegitimate children after birth, and could not be "regularized" until Napoleon died.

They are living proof that the mother abandoned the Bonaparte family at all costs, including her reputation, and abandoned herself.

Thinking of this, Aegron's mood turned sour again, and his eyes became cold when he looked at the two children.

"Well, what a lovely child..." he said with a smile. "You are a happy father."