"Your Majesty, are you really fascinated by her? Or is there something hidden? Your Majesty, can you explain it to me? Or do you think I am not qualified to know this?"
Agnes pressed forward step by step, making Agron feel helpless for a moment.
If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid he would be furious now and scold the other person to retreat.
However, this was the Agnes he liked after all, not to mention that she was still pregnant with his own flesh and blood, so he couldn't bear to lose his temper with her.
"Agnes, of course I didn't hide it from you on purpose, nor did I look down on you. It's just that this matter involves a lot of things, and there are many hidden things that are not humane to outsiders... I don't know how to explain it all at once."
"Isn't that just right, Your Majesty?" Agnes still didn't mean to back down, but continued to ask Agron, "There are only two of us here. As long as you don't treat me as an outsider, there will be no outsiders... You can tell me as much as you like.
Don't we have a lot of time now? I think you can tell me a lot before dinner."
Perhaps she was afraid that Aigron would be really angry. After expressing her strong stance, she softened her attitude and explained to Aigron why she was so stubborn today. "Your Majesty, thanks to your care, my family and I have received a lot of favors so far. It stands to reason that
Speaking of which, I should indeed be satisfied, and I should also be careful to please you for fear of falling out of favor. I should never ask more about things you don’t want to tell me... But, I can’t do it. As one of the closest people around you, I’m afraid
Isolated from you, I'm afraid that I don't know your thoughts at all. I'm even more afraid that something unexpected will happen in the future because of your negligence... I would rather be a critic than a sycophant, even if the price is to make you angry.
, I also want to do what I think is right. So, only this time, I ask you to allow me to get to the bottom of it, and more importantly, for the sake of our long-term friendship, please tell me all the truth... Maybe I also
How can I help you?"
Although this was done out of emotion, it seemed that Agnes had really made up her mind and refused to give in, insisting on getting to the bottom of things.
Looking at the sincere and stubborn Agnes in front of him, Agron recalled in a trance the first time the two met.
She was right when she said "many years of love", it has been four years...
Four years ago, two people met unexpectedly next to a grove in an unknown mountain village in Switzerland. Although this first encounter was not pleasant and turned into a chase, the girl holding the sword under the moon looked so heroic.
, but easily touched Aigron's heartstrings, and at that moment, the fate of the two people was destined.
A few years have passed, and everything has changed. The girl she used to be has become his lover. She has restrained her sharpness in front of him, and often appears gentle and considerate. She is even pregnant with her own child, but deep down she has this
She is proud and stubborn, but she has not lost her luster because of it. She is still the Agnes she used to be.
She is committed to herself, not because she is greedy for power or wealth, but because she is doing what she thinks is right.
And now, she is doing another thing that she thinks is right. No matter whether she alienates her or scolds her, she can't change her mind.
Yes, there is no avoiding it.
Either walk away and leave her aside; or you have to have a showdown with her and tell at least part of the truth, and you can't keep her completely in the dark anymore.
He couldn't choose the former, so he could only choose the latter.
Alas... Agnes, you have "generalized" me now.
"Okay, Agnes, since you insist on asking like this, then I will take some time to reveal the real reason to you..." Agron sighed. "Actually, the reason why I am so tolerant of Maria is not for her.
, but her sister."
"Are you talking about Her Highness Sophie?" Agnes obviously knew nothing about Maria, so she immediately understood what Aigron meant, "You grew up in the Austrian court, and you should have a close relationship with Her Highness Sophie.
Okay, so you love the house and the bird?"
"We not only have a good relationship." Aigron replied in a low voice, "In fact, because we have similar interests and similar situations, we fell in love with each other for a long time, and even couldn't help ourselves in the end, and some things happened that shouldn't have happened...
…”
Although she had some vague speculations in her heart, Agnes was still a little shocked when Agron personally admitted his affair with Sophie.
She also immediately realized that this was indeed a secret of the palace and could not be disclosed to outsiders. No wonder His Majesty spoke so dazzlingly.
Of course, Aiglon's description also somewhat whitewashes himself, because he was the more proactive one at the beginning, and it was he who dispelled Sophie's final concerns that allowed the relationship between the two to reach that point.
"But shouldn't she be your aunt...?" Agnes asked softly.
"Although she is nominally one generation older than me, in the final analysis she is only six years older than me. She has been depressed since she got married, and I am probably her last comfort." Regarding this kind of doubt,
Aiglon just smiled calmly.
Now that the skylight had been broken, Aiglon simply gave up and then gave Agnes a new shock.
"Not only did we have an affair, she also gave birth to an illegitimate daughter for me in the end..."
"What?!" Agnes was even more stunned now.
Under Agnes' shocked gaze, Agron told Agnes the whole series of events.
Under such a dense bombardment of information, Agnes was so dizzy that she forgot to ask any more questions.
"Your Majesty, you are really charming..." After a long time, she finally recovered from the shock, and then showed a bitter smile, "It turns out that when we first met, you were already a child.
's father."
"I didn't know about her pregnancy at the time..." Aigron defended himself.
"So if you knew, would you change your mind...?" Agnes asked.
"..." Aigron was suddenly speechless.
Finally, he felt that lying didn't make much sense, so he answered Agnes honestly.
"I won't. In that case, my escape is the best choice. If I fail, Sophie and the child's fate will not become worse; and if I succeed, then I can give them
Mother and daughter create a better destiny..."
Staying in Austria and waiting by their side, even if everything is dark, is it worse for them?
Agnes couldn't tell the pros and cons—or, there was no answer at all.
But Agnes knew that from the beginning, there was only one choice.
Having slept with Aiglon for so long, she is naturally one of the people who knows him best in the world.
She knew that although His Majesty was very affectionate and very kind to the people around him, he was also extremely selfish. What he loved most was the throne that originally belonged to him. No matter how important other people were, they would not be equal to "
When the "throne" is at two ends, he can always make the only choice, and he can even abandon his favorite first love.
This is Your Majesty, what can you do?
Agnes felt sorry for Sophie and her daughter, but soon began to feel sorry for herself.
"I thought I just lost to Queen Theresa, but I didn't expect that I had already lost twice when I first met you, and both of them were people I couldn't win at all..." She seemed to be teasing but also like
Complained, "Even so, you are not willing to let me go. Your Majesty, the fate you have arranged for me is really cruel."
"I'm sorry, Agnes..." Agron could only apologize, "But I actually...actually like you very much, really like you, otherwise I wouldn't have tried my best to keep you by my side.
It’s not like that for everyone.”
"Of course I believe you, Your Majesty." Although Agron's confession was a bit weak in the current context, Agnes did not complain or argue, "In fact, I also like you, and even far more than you.
You like me so much that even if you complain a few words, I am not that dissatisfied with who I am today. You don’t need to care about this small emotion. As long as you don’t abandon me, I will always be by your side.”
Being comforted by Agnes in turn, Aigron suddenly felt a little hot on his face. He held Agnes's hand and the two of them quietly admired the shade of the trees and grass not far away, savoring the feeling of being hit on their faces.
The warm breeze came, and no one said anything.
After a while, Agnes seemed to have completely regained her composure, so she spoke again.
"Okay, now let's turn back to the topic... So, Your Majesty, you are so indulgent to Your Highness Maria because she is the twin sister of His Highness Sophie. You regard her as a shadow or a substitute in your heart, and you want to be with her.
We can bring back the sweet memories of the past there...right?"
"Although there are slight discrepancies, it is basically true." Aigron nodded.
"Now I can understand it!" Agnes breathed a long sigh of relief, "I have always wondered how such a wise and ruthless Majesty could be so obsessed with the arrogant and domineering Her Majesty Maria, that
She even allowed her to offend Her Majesty the Queen regardless of the severity - it turns out that the cause and effect of all this was planted several years ago."
Only then did she realize that there had been such a deep entanglement between Queen Theresa and Princess Sophie—Princess Maria was even just an extension of this entanglement.
Of course, she didn't know at this time that Sophie had planned to win over Maria, so she just thought that Maria's hostility towards Theresa came from her sister's "experience", so she deliberately tried to hurt Theresa's face to vent her anger.
"What Maria did was indeed inappropriate, but now she has been taught a lesson. I think she will restrain herself in the future -" Aigron replied with a wry smile, "Although there are many rumors now, as time goes by
As time goes by, the storm will gradually subside, and soon people will no longer pay attention to her, after all, there will always be an endless stream of celebrities in the social world."
Agnes was only skeptical about Aiglon's words. In her opinion, Her Royal Highness Maria was a narrow-minded and mean person. How could she stop just because she received a lesson? I'm afraid she would be even more resentful and want to think more about it in the future.
Just try my best to get revenge.
However, there is no evidence at the moment, and she can't make any accusations.
"Then Your Majesty, even if Her Majesty Maria stays on her own from now on, why don't you understand Queen Teresa's thoughts?" So she changed her angle and asked Aigron another question, "No matter what you have done before,
Entanglement, your current wife is Queen Teresa. She is the queen of the empire and our mistress. She also has her dignity and persistence. Since she hates Her Royal Highness Maria so much, can't you take care of her thoughts? After all,
She has already made too many concessions to you... In my opinion, it is not too much for her to ask you for anything, right?"
This actually brought up Aigron's pain point.
Maria and Teresa were so incompatible, which was something he had never expected. In the beginning, Maria took the initiative, which created an unmanageable situation and almost caused a huge mess. Now even if he wants
Try your best to remedy it, but you can only walk on thin ice.
But in the final analysis, Teresa's hostility towards Maria actually came from her fear of Sophie, but she was unwilling to admit it.
"Sigh... we can only take one step at a time, but I believe that as long as the two of them have as little contact as possible, the matter can be solved." After a moment of silence, Aigron finally spoke his mind truthfully.
.
"That is to say, you must relive the old dream, even if it's just half of the old dream, right?" Agnes stared at Aigron, and then through Aigron's few words, she reached the depths of his heart.
Aiglon did not answer, but this was actually half an answer.
Agnes didn't ask any more questions, let alone accuse him. She just lowered her head and spoke again after a moment.
"Well, you are your Majesty and I am your servant. I can't stop you from doing anything you want, so I won't accuse you of anything anymore. I'll just pretend that I didn't ask anything... But I also ask you.
You can show me a little respect and let me act according to my heart on this matter."
"What do you mean?" Aigron asked quickly.
"I will never do anything detrimental to Queen Theresa, and if, I mean if, I find someone detrimental to Her Majesty the Queen in the future, I will also stand by Her Majesty the Queen...not for fame, wealth or
Money, but for a little sense of justice in my heart, and to make up for the guilt I feel towards her... Your Majesty, I ask you to allow me to do this. Of course, even if you don't allow it, I will do it!" In Egger
Under Long's gaze, Agnes solemnly expressed her feelings.
Although right and wrong were indeed complicated back then, and she couldn't even tell who was more correct, now, Agnes felt that it was no longer important. What was important was that Her Majesty the Queen was Theresa, and this was the result.
She didn't have any friendship with Sophie, but she had known Theresa for a long time, so she naturally had a "preconceived" impression, and she felt guilty, so she was more psychologically inclined towards Theresa.
Because of this, seeing Teresa being so wronged in this matter, the simple sense of justice in her heart was overflowing, and she couldn't help but come forward.