"Since you know me so well, please tell me, how should I face you, my mother?"
Aiglon simply made the problem clear, which surprised Louisa a little, so she was stunned for a moment.
"Hey... this is probably my destiny." After a moment, Louisa sighed dejectedly, "I can't bear your destiny, nor can I give you the protection you deserve. Whenever I think of you, I think about it.
After this period of my failed life, I don’t know how to face you, and I don’t even want to face you. I just want to forget all the nightmares I have experienced.”
"I'm really glad that I did this for you." Aiglon gritted his teeth secretly, and then laughed sarcastically, "You chose to forget me, enjoy your new life and new family with peace of mind, and be content with yourself.
So of course those nightmares should be borne by me alone. Who made me your son? I am very happy that I have fulfilled my filial piety and I will bear all this. You can leave behind the unbearable past and just be a bystander.
good."
Aigron's tone was aggressive, but Louisa didn't feel dissatisfied. She just smiled slightly and answered her son, "You can hate me, my son, because you do have reason to do so. I admit that I ignored you,
I even intentionally excluded you from my life. This is all my fault as a mother. Since I was wrong, it is natural for me to be hated by you."
"Thank you for being so sensible, ma'am." Aigron replied with a straight face, "But considering the current situation, I happily give up the right you gave me to hate you, because I have made up my mind that I will no longer have anything to do with you.
Hatred"
Of course, there is no family affection, he added secretly in his heart.
"Then I really want to thank you." Louisa replied calmly, "But judging from the cynicism you have always treated me, I don't feel your magnanimity. Maybe you should go back to Schonbrunn Palace and learn from the teacher.
Rhetoric?”
"Based on what you have done to me, if you don't even allow me to complain a little bit, that would be too greedy. In fact, I have tried my best to restrain myself." Aigron sneered, "If you even do this
If you are not satisfied with the attitude, then please bear with it."
Louisa frowned. It had been many, many years since anyone had been so offensive in front of her, but this person was her son, so she had to be patient.
"You really seem to think you can be arrogant in front of me." She couldn't help but complain, "Has your slight success already made you dizzy?"
"Then with what attitude do you give orders to me?" Aiglon asked, "You seem to have forgotten that you are not the queen now, but the Grand Duke of Parma and the Countess of Neipeg."
"But you are not an imperial emperor now, but Duke Lechstadt. You have no place in Paris and now you can only be a guest in my country. Besides, this little thing was given to you by my father. I
Poor Franz!" Mother also sneered. "I don't expect you to be grateful for this little thing, but you have to think about your current situation. It's not enough to make you arrogant!"
Aigron stopped talking.
It's not that he was rendered speechless by his mother. In fact, with his eloquence, he was able to make his mother even more angry. However, he still had reason. He remembered that he was not here to quarrel with his mother today.
The situation can still be resolved now. If he continues to be sarcastic, he may be driven away by his furious mother immediately. He doesn't care, but it would be too embarrassing for Theresa.
So he stopped there.
Although both of them spoke calmly, their words were filled with tension and the sharp edge of stabbing each other.
But this is the way the two of them get along. Perhaps only at this time can they feel the bond between mother and son.
Their mocking each other made the two people next to them turn pale. They wanted to interrupt but did not dare to intensify the conflict, so they could only watch helplessly.
Seeing that the quarrel had calmed down a bit, Teresa finally found a chance to intervene.
"Okay, let's end the pleasantries here. I'm a little hungry. How about we have lunch first?"
Now that there are steps to go down, Louisa's rapid breathing gradually calms down, and she regains 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 together to the spacious dining room of the palace. As expected, a sumptuous lunch had already been prepared here.
After the tiring journey, Aigron was already hungry, and he wanted 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. It is only famous for its ham. In the spirit of tasting specialties, Aigron deliberately cut off pieces of ham with a table knife and ate it.
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Louisa sat next to Theresa, and the two chatted and laughed happily, bringing the atmosphere back to harmony. Their topics were quite treaty, ranging from anecdotes about the Vienna court to Theresa's life in Greece.
experience, and then to the local customs and customs of Parma, etc., and Aigron was happy to be silent, concentrating on eating food, and just wanted to end today's visit as soon as possible.
When talking about Greece, Teresa specifically thanked Luisa for her previous help.
"Your 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 both Aigron and I will remember it."
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"It's not much help, it's just a little effort." Luisa replied calmly, "But I'm a little curious, where did you get so many jewels? Did you dig any ancient tombs of Roman emperors in Italy?"
Compared to those around Aiglon, Louisa was born into a royal family since she was a child, so her vision is naturally extraordinary. Moreover, she has a large number of jewelry merchants as consultants around her.
Theresa had written to her before and asked for help, hoping to quickly liquidate the jewelry in her name to meet Aiglon's financial needs. Luisa agreed after some consideration. After receiving the jewelry sent by Theresa, she appraised it.
After some research, she discovered that these jewelry were genuine valuable cultural relics, covering the era from the ancient Roman era to the Renaissance, and judging from the style and craftsmanship of the jewelry, they should be mainly concentrated in central Italy.
How could her son suddenly be so rich?
She naturally wondered whether it was found by digging a grave.
But even though she made this judgment in her heart, she didn't say anything and continued to silently assist Teresa in distributing the jewelry, and even kept a few favorite pieces for her own use.
Now she just asks casually.
It was difficult for Teresa to respond to this question, so Aigron had no choice but to speak on his own.
"Emperor Napoleon once searched for property all over Italy. Some people found some ancient tombs and dug up treasures." He stopped eating, and then used his rhetoric to deceive Chanel and the others again. "Later, after the empire was destroyed,
, they kept these treasures, and after I escaped, someone found me and gave these treasures to me as my father's inheritance. They thought that I was the only person worthy of using it."
He has told this set of lies many times and has become very good at it. He does not expect to be able to fool his mother. Anyway, as long as he bites him to death, it will be the truth and she will not be able to falsify it.
However, to his surprise, instead of showing any disbelief, his mother had an expression that was as expected.
"So that's it...the people who told you the whereabouts of the treasure should be Count Narosh and his friends, right? I thought that after the empire was destroyed, their group would take the money and disband, but I didn't expect that there are still people who stick to their loyalty.
, they are really thoughtful.”
Queen Louisa just sighed calmly. She had no idea that her words would stir up a storm in Aigron's heart.
Holy shit! Is there really such a treasure?
He didn't expect that the story he made up at random actually had its prototype.
For a moment, his expression was a little weird, but he finally controlled himself, lowered his head and ate to hide it.
"How did you know this person existed?" After calming down, he asked as calmly as possible.
"You seem to have forgotten that I was once the real ruler of the empire, although the time was very short." Louisa replied calmly.
Only then did Aiglon remember that during Napoleon's expedition to Russia, his mother had been the Queen Regent of France for more than a year and had really participated in political affairs, so it seemed quite normal to know some of the secrets of the empire.
However, from the few words his mother said, there were really not many clues left for him.
"To be honest, I really don't know who he was before." He said, seemingly a little ashamed, "But I have promised them that when I succeed in my career in the future, I will definitely reward them heavily.
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Because he didn't care about this matter at all, Aigron's test was easily successful. His mother replied to him nonchalantly, "At that time, someone reported to me that there was a secret team under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Ministry of the Interior.
Many art treasures were unearthed in Italy and enriched the imperial royal family's collection. So I asked about it, only to find out that what they were doing was such an obscene thing. After knowing these things, I didn't ask any more questions. My family
They would never do such a thing! However, as far as I know, the person they lead is Count Narosh. This guy is said to be elusive. I don’t know if this is his real name. In short, he helped your father get it.
There was a lot of money, dirty money."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Aigron firmly remembered every word his mother said.
In other words, there really was a group of people under Napoleon who secretly mined wealth from ancient families and tombs in Italy.
Historically speaking, Napoleon did a really good job. He robbed tens of thousands of art treasures to Paris, enriching the collections of the royal family and imperial nobles.
If there really was such a group of people who were digging up treasures from Italian tombs everywhere under the protection of the emperor's army, why did they all disappear without leaving any traces? And why was there still no movement after raising the banner?
No one who had been involved in the incident told Aigron this information. It was not until his mother's casual chat that the shady story was revealed to Aigron.
There are many possibilities, maybe they all died fighting for the Empire or died for other reasons.
But the most reasonable explanation is that they pocketed all the money and divided it among themselves.
And this is also very logical.
Logically speaking, this is actually a normal gangsterism. When Emperor Napoleon was in power, he protected these people and looted. But since Emperor Napoleon is no longer in power, there is no problem for them to share the spoils privately.
But in Aigron's view, the situation is completely different...
My money! This is all my money!
He roared in his mind.
At this moment, he made up his mind to find a way to find this group of people and get the money that was destined to belong to him. He should get the money into his own hands to enrich his treasury and make full use of it.
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But there were so few clues that there was no point in questioning the mother further. She seemed to know only so much.
Moreover, Aiglon has too many things to do now, and it is really difficult to devote his energy to tracking down something that has disappeared without a trace.
Aigron could only suppress the chaotic thoughts in his heart and put this matter aside for the time being.
However, his restless blood already made him feel itchy. He vowed that if someone really betrayed him, he 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 about ten years old, one boy and one girl, the girl was slightly older.
Their expressions were obviously curious and nervous, and they looked at Aiglon as soon as they came in.
When Aiglon also looked at them and their eyes met, the two children hurriedly saluted him.
"Please allow me to introduce you and your wife." At this time, Count Naipeg, who had been silent, spoke.
"This is Amberdine" he pointed to his daughter.
Then he pointed to his son and said, "This is William."
Egron instantly understood that these were the two children born to his mother and Count Nepeg, namely his half-brother and sister.
But... there is one more thing worth remembering.
According to records, the daughter was born in 1817, and the son was born in 1819. Note that Napoleon did not die until 1821, and Louisa and Count Kneiperg could not get married until this time.
In other words, these two children were illegitimate after their birth and could not be "returned" until Napoleon's death.
They are living evidence that the mother abandoned the Bonaparte family and herself regardless of everything (including reputation).
When he thought of this, Aigron's mood worsened again, and his eyes towards the two children became cold.
"Well, what a lovely child..." he said with a smile. "You are a happy father."