During the conversation with Aiglon, Prince Charlie was pleasantly surprised to find that his cousin had changed his past alienation from him. Not only was he cordial, but he actually planned to assign important tasks to him.
Although he is now the prince of the empire and can enjoy peace and wealth, with his ambitious ambitions, he is certainly not willing to be an idle prince. He has always wanted to use various methods to incite public opinion and convince his prince.
My brother asked me to leave the mountain.
And now, this dream has finally come true - my cousin actually plans to let himself participate in the construction of the empire's navy, and has personally promised to make him the Minister of the Navy when the time comes.
In terms of his ambition and self-confidence, he thinks he is qualified even for the Prime Minister of the Empire. But since his cousin only intends to give himself such a piece of pie in the future, it seems good to settle for the next best thing and join the Empire's navy.
After all, the navy is also an important pillar of the imperial army. Whether it is confronting England, confronting other European powers, or developing colonies, the empire needs the support of a powerful navy. If you are the founder and important of this navy,
As a manager, he is destined to leave his mark in future history books.
And with the help of the navy as a platform, he can spread his contacts, win over his cronies, and cultivate his own political power. With the help of these forces, he can obtain more resources and greater power in the future - after all, he is still like this
Being young, who can tell clearly about the future? He believes he has this talent.
Of course, although he has almost endless ambitions, he is still somewhat self-aware in his heart. He undoubtedly hopes to form gangs, but there is no thought of "usurping the throne and becoming self-reliant" in his mind.
After all, thousands of years of feudalism have turned the feudal "patriarchal system" into an iron law that is hard to shake. Within the family, the throne is destined to be directly inherited only by Aigron and his descendants. Now Aigron is very young.
If he has a son, he will definitely have more children in the future. No matter how you think about it, it will not be his turn to get the throne.
Even if he cannot become an emperor, being a "deputy emperor" of the empire who is a very human minister is enough to comfort him for a lifetime... This is Prince Charlie's current ambition.
The navy is the first step on this glorious path.
Right now, he is already very ambitious and just waiting to show off his skills as soon as possible.
Next, he will lead people to inspect military ports across the country, review the fleet, build larger and better-equipped shipyards, develop new steam warships, and organize naval associations among the people to promote the importance of the navy to the empire.
, and attract outstanding civilian talents to join the Imperial Navy...
While he was still thinking about his future ambitions, Aigron suddenly spoke again, interrupting his thoughts.
"By the way, my cousin, I have some latest news to tell you about what you asked me to do last time."
whats the matter?
The prince was stunned for a moment, then recalled that His Majesty was probably referring to the request he made through his mother the last time he gave a concert - to marry a princess in order to continue the family line.
Ah? Is there more than one big gift package I received today?
The huge feeling of happiness almost knocked the prince unconscious.
He couldn't understand why the emperor, who had always been stingy towards him, had taken the wrong medicine this time and suddenly became so generous to him.
Like other members of the family, he has always been a romantic person, but now that he is getting older, he has also begun to consider marriage.
He has always wanted to work hard to create the image of a wise king who is stable, reliable and capable, and a perfect family is also indispensable for this; and marrying a foreign princess can also stabilize his social status and let his children and grandchildren also
You can also participate in the circle of princes in continental Europe.
Because of this, he explicitly hinted to Aigron several times, asking his cousin to find a foreign princess for him to marry for the sake of his merits.
"Your Majesty...could there be any clues about this matter?" he asked in a trembling voice.
"Quite a bit." Aigron nodded, "My cousin, first of all, I need to introduce you to Princess Maria of the Kingdom of Bavaria, who recently visited us as a guest... You should have heard of her, right?"
The smile on the prince's face suddenly froze, and for a moment he even felt a chill in his heart.
Could it be that she is the person Your Majesty wants to recommend to me for marriage?
Theoretically, Bavaria is one of the largest states in Germany, and the Wittelsbach family is one of the oldest royal families in German history. Their "family character" can naturally be regarded as a well-known and best-selling brand. Emperor Napoleon specially made it for
His adopted son, Prince Eugene, arranged for the Bavarian princess to get married, which is a great story.
Logically speaking, when he encounters such good luck, the prince should be filled with joy and gratitude...
But, that’s weird!
He was absolutely terrified!
Although he had never actually interacted with that princess, of course he had heard about the previous princess' behavior in the palace - arrogant, arrogant, and even the Queen was brushed off by her in front of her face.
If a woman marries herself into the family, wouldn't it be a disastrous situation?
Of course, this is actually a trivial matter. After all, he only wants a princess as his wife and a poster child, and doesn't care about the other person's personality.
However, there is another point that is extremely fatal.
Ever since Princess Maria came to the French court as a guest, there have been rumors inside and outside the palace that Princess Maria has an affair with His Majesty, which is why she is so confident and does not take the Queen into consideration.
Although there has never been any "solid" evidence to prove this rumor, many people still believe it, including the prince himself - otherwise, how could Her Majesty the Queen, who has always been good-tempered, be so intimidated by her?
Woolen cloth?
Moreover, he had been to Austria that year, and he knew that Aigron had an affair with Princess Sophie. Naturally, he also knew how attractive Maria, as Princess Sophie's twin sister, was to His Majesty.
So at this moment, he even suspected that Aigron just wanted to keep this lover by his side, so he wanted to marry him——
No wonder he suddenly treated me so well... Did he want me to be a cover? The prince felt that he had seen the truth.
He felt sincere fear when he thought that after getting married, he would have to watch his wife being "summoned" to the palace from time to time.
No, he would never accept it.
He has no cuckold habit, nor does he have the "consciousness" to sacrifice his wife and children for his personal political future.
"Your Majesty...Princess Maria is smart, smart, full of personality, and mediocre in character. She may not be worthy of me...Besides, I'm afraid her age is not suitable. I still hope to find someone younger than me to marry." So.
, under great fear, he immediately blurted out and declined the honor to His Majesty.
Aigron's expression suddenly became strange.
It seems that my cousin has misunderstood.
Of course, Maria also misunderstood when she mentioned this matter to herself at the time, and her first reaction at that time was similar to that of her cousin now, which was also fierce resistance, which actually made him laugh.
"You misunderstood... I had no intention of bringing you and Maria together. I just wanted to tell you that I mentioned this matter to Princess Maria before, and she promised to help you find a suitable match for you with the help of her mother's in-law circle.
candidate for marriage."
That's it...it really scared me to death...
The prince suddenly felt lucky to have "escaped death".
Since Maria was just a middleman, he had nothing to fear.
"I didn't expect Princess Maria to be so impatient and righteous... I'm really grateful to her." He praised Maria repeatedly.
"Although she is not very popular, her mother and grandmother do come from famous families with prosperous branches. The relationship network among the princes and families is much more reliable than ours. Think about it, if there is a family like theirs,
If I help, your affairs should be much easier to handle——"
At this point, Aigron changed the subject again, "Since you don't object, let's do it this way and we'll see the results then."
The prince naturally had no objections and agreed repeatedly.
So, soon, Aigron invited Princess Maria to the two cousins.
Although he has admired Maria's name for a long time, it is the first time for Prince Charles to be so close to the princess.
Because the other party was famous for her eccentric temper, and she was now asking for help from others, Prince Charlie adopted a cautious and secretly flattering attitude towards her.
"Your Highness, thank you for your help... If with your help, I can really get married as I wish, then I will be grateful to you forever."
"You are serious, Your Highness." Faced with the other party's compliment, Maria just smiled lightly, "For me, this is just a favor, not a favor; besides, my sister is married to a prince of the royal family.
, speaking of which, we are all a family, and since we are a family, it is only right to help out..."
family?
With such a complicated relationship, it's a good thing you can express it... The prince secretly laughed in his heart.
However, from Maria's response, he also clearly noticed that Her Royal Highness the Princess had an extremely friendly attitude towards him, and was not as harsh and irritable as the rumors said.
Of course he didn't know that after experiencing Teresa's "lesson" not long ago, Maria had learned the hard way and had to restrain herself and keep a low profile.
"Yes, we are all a family now, and we don't have to be so distant and polite to each other." After they greeted each other, Aigron interjected, "Now, we are all still very young, and we will spend a lot of time together in the future. I believe
We will always be good friends."
From Aigron's words, Prince Charlie also felt that he hoped that he and Princess Maria could establish a friendship in the future, or to put it simply, become a party.
If Maria helps her get married, it means that she owes her a debt of favor, and it will be natural for her to "repay the favor" in the future.
Although he didn't understand why His Majesty did this, since the matter was settled, he didn't mind pushing the situation along, so he repeatedly echoed Aiglon, promising that he would be a good enough friend and would not shirk Maria if she needed it.
In this way, with the deliberate push of several people with their own thoughts, the atmosphere between them became extremely harmonious, and Aigron also breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, as the prince guessed, he deliberately promoted the prince and Maria to become a political alliance in order to find helpers for Maria.
During the last crisis, Maria was almost knocked to the ground by Theresa and was almost driven back to her hometown. Fortunately, Prince Talleyrand came to the rescue in time at the critical moment and finally saved her, but he also paid a heavy price.
However, Talleyrand was old and it seemed that he would not be able to stay in power for a long time. In order to give Maria the capital to protect herself when she faced Theresa in the future, Aigron also intended to find allies for her.
Looking at the royal family, the only person who can best serve as an ally is Prince Charles. After all, he is both capable and has a long-term bad relationship with Teresa.
For Maria, in order to protect herself, avoid "the past repeating itself", and at the same time take revenge on Teresa, she also intended to win over her own allies in the court and royal family, and she was happy to win such a strong support.
In this way, the three of them had their own thoughts, but precisely because they had the same goal, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious. Prince Charlie even acted like they fell in love at first sight, and firmly stated that he would definitely help Maria whenever she needed her in the future.
Amidst the harmonious laughter, Maria also took the first step of her counterattack - of course, this is still a long way from her revenge plan.
Amidst the laughter, Aigron called his cousin aside alone.
"My cousin, I think you must have heard some rumors about Princess Maria before, right?"
"I did hear some..." This question made the prince a little embarrassed, so he could only respond vaguely.
Fortunately, Aigron didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, he just kept talking to himself.
"Some of these rumors are true, and some are absurd, but I can tell you that she and I do have a close relationship, and the relationship between her and Teresa is indeed very bad -"
Seeing that his suspicion was confirmed, Prince Charlie suddenly felt enlightened.
"I asked her to help you because I hope you can repay her in the future, but you also have to make it clear that you don't have to cater to all her willfulness and arrogance. If she encounters any trouble, you can help her in private.
, this is good, but if she wants you to do something excessive, especially if it involves Teresa, you must not make fun of her! Otherwise, no matter how clever you are, I will not miss it when I hold you accountable.
Pass you - do you understand?"
...This task is really difficult to handle... The prince lamented in his heart.