While Agron and Edgar were discussing their "big plans" for the future, Teresa, who stayed in the lobby, was troubled by how she should face Sister Alice.
To be fair, these two sisters are so outstanding, impeccable both in appearance and character, that even Teresa can't help but secretly admire them.
She is not a person who is easily jealous of others. If she normally sees such an outstanding woman, not only will she not hate her, but she will respect her and even find ways to become friends.
However, when it comes to her husband, she can no longer maintain her past mentality.
She loves her husband, and it is because she loves her that she cherishes him, and because she cherishes him, she is unwilling to share him. This is also human nature.
Precisely because she knew in her heart that His Highness and Agnes were entangled, she had a grudge against Agnes. Even though she knew how dazzling she was, she was unwilling to get close to her.
But as the saying goes, visitors are guests. No matter what, Alice and his wife are guests who come to visit their own couple. As Alice's sister, Agnes must also get the respect she deserves, and she must not lose her dignity.
Moreover, why should we be afraid?
No matter how admirable Agnes is, she will never be inferior to others.
Because of this, she mustered up the pride in her heart, finally stood in front of Agnes, and then formally greeted her.
"Miss Agnes, you are very welcome to come here." She looked at Agnes with a very friendly smile, "I haven't seen you for so many days, and I am very happy to see that you are still as charming as ever."
"I'm glad to see you too." Agnes had no ill feelings toward Teresa, so she changed her arrogant attitude towards Agron and saluted Teresa very gently, "Your Highness, congratulations on becoming a
A mother!"
"Happiness always comes in the boat of pain." Teresa smiled and shook her head, "God allows us women to taste the pain of childbirth before we can enjoy the joy of family life. She also wants us to experience the pain of childbirth.
Remember the price you have paid so that you can cherish your child more. However, seeing the child's face and hearing his cry makes all the pain I have suffered worth it."
Theresa's words were neither showy nor show-off, and they indeed aroused Agnes' envy.
Although she had made a decisive statement in front of Aigron just now, saying that she would not get married and have children at all, but as a woman, how could she not want to have children of her own?
It was just fate. Now she had no hope for her future marriage. Even if she was unwilling, she could only endure it silently.
But even so, she was not jealous of Teresa, but congratulated her heartily.
"I believe you will become a mother that everyone admires. With your teaching and example, your child, whether he really ascends the throne as he wishes or has to continue to live in exile, will definitely become a respected mother."
people."
It was originally very taboo to say that your child might be exiled in front of others, but she always expressed her feelings directly and didn't think too much about it, and Teresa didn't get angry after hearing this.
After all, for her, whether the throne can come to her own family is not the most important thing in the first place.
She looked at Agnes's eyes again, which were as sharp as ever, but without any malice, and not annoying at all.
Although she felt that Agnes was a love rival in her heart, she couldn't find much personal hostility towards her. This feeling was completely different from Sophie's.
Even I couldn't help admiring her, let alone that bastard libertine? This strange thought suddenly came to her mind.
"I appreciate your kind words." Depressed, she could only thank the other party calmly.
Next to her, Alice had been watching the interaction between Her Royal Highness the Princess and her sister. After receiving the lesson from Duchess of Berry, she was afraid that Agnes would accidentally become the victim of others' jealousy again.
And she could also see that although Princess Theresa was very polite, she seemed depressed, as if she was not happy to see Agnes.
She didn't completely believe Edgar's provocation, but she couldn't help but come over to smooth things over for her sister.
"Your Majesty, Agnes has met you in Greece before. After she came back, she was full of praise for you, saying that you are both beautiful and graceful. You are worthy of being a Habsburg princess. You are stunning.
...I was originally worried that she was exaggerating, but after meeting you today, I found that what she said was not accurate enough. You are even better than I thought. You and your Majesty are both worthy of being loved by God. I
I think His Majesty the Austrian Emperor saw how well you match each other, so he arranged for the two of you to get married."
Although she knew in her heart that Alice's words were just polite words, Teresa was still very happy. On the one hand, Alice spoke extremely sincerely; on the other hand, Agnes's sister praised her and His Highness in front of her.
Let Teresa also feel that she has received the "respect" she deserves.
Teresa has always been artistic and romantic, especially fond of beautiful things. As soon as she saw Mrs. Alice, she was quite overwhelmed by her beauty, so she subconsciously became a little polite. Now that she sees Alice's love for
Being so respectful, her impression unconsciously became better.
"Madam, you are exaggerating." She covered her mouth and smiled, "Don't forget, I was almost abandoned. When you met my husband here, you must have heard
Is this the news?"
The speaker was unintentional, but Alice fell into embarrassment.
When the couple came to Switzerland, they had naturally heard the big news that "Duke Leichstetter abandoned Princess Teresa to escape marriage". The couple even discussed this. Of course, Alice was very
He sympathized with Princess Teresa's experience, and Edgar defended His Majesty, saying that this was a necessary move.
Later, when the two of them met the young man, similar arguments were naturally not brought up again.
I just didn’t expect that Teresa would actually mention this matter in person at this time.
Of course it's okay for Teresa to mention this, but it makes it difficult for Alice. She can't laugh at Teresa's experience, but it's even worse to accuse His Majesty of being 'irresponsible'.
"Yes, I did hear about this incident at that time, and my first reaction was to feel sorry for you." After hesitating for a moment, Alice looked at Theresa sincerely. "It is undeniable that from your Majesty's standpoint,
Say, he may indeed need to do this, but it also puts you in an embarrassing and even painful situation. I am a woman, so I can feel the pain more than men. We all know that the ridicule and slander outside are harmful to
What a terrible sword a woman is! Although I didn't know you at that time, I sincerely feel sorry for you.
However, as a supporter of the Bonaparte family, I cannot blame Your Majesty for this. I can only lament that fate is too cruel to you. After meeting here, we took the initiative to avoid mentioning this matter to avoid irritating Your Majesty. I can see
It can be seen that His Majesty felt very guilty for you at that time. I believe that if there were other choices, he would not leave Austria in this way that hurts you the most... So at that time, I could only secretly lament the ruthlessness of fate.
Such persecution of two young people. However, later things turned around and you and His Majesty came together again. I think this is because God can't bear to see you suffer, so he blesses you. This is great!"
Teresa listened silently. Although she knew that these words must be untrue and deliberately to please herself, when she thought of those dark memories in the past and saw Alice's blessing now, she couldn't help but be moved.
It evoked great joy.
Presumably what happened next made Alice as dumbfounded as everyone else.
I took back the happiness I once had with my own hands, can you do it?
Although she was elated, she still smiled indifferently, "Huh, that guy won't feel guilty. He must be chatting and laughing in front of you. Who will remember that poor silly Austrian girl!"
Alice just smiled and said nothing more because this was the truth at the time.
It was obvious that Princess Teresa and Lady Alice hit it off happily at first sight, but from the perspective of Agnes next to them, there were some unspeakable feelings.
She could see that her sister was trying her best to please Princess Teresa in order to please her. Although her sister's efforts seemed to be successful, this deliberately low posture really made Agnes feel sad.
Is this what it feels like to live under someone else's roof?
Sister, is this the ‘favor’ that you and your brother-in-law have worked so hard to get? Why bother!?
Although Agnes doesn't like to socialize, she is not a clean slate. She has also seen her parents' respectful and flattering appearance when they met His Majesty the King, and she even said good things to the King herself.
But even so, in Agnes's heart, the so-called kings and emperors are not sacred at all, and they are not more noble than her own family. She is not willing to work in the palace, but she stays away from that noble but hierarchical society.
world.
But now the hierarchical world was vividly placed in front of her. Her sister actually had to be so cautious in front of a girl who was several years younger than her, choosing her words carefully for fear of making her unhappy.
.
How humble and pitiful?
Even if she is the mistress of the Bonaparte family, even if she is the princess of Habsburg, why should she be like this? Why?
In any case, the Bourbon family still sits on the throne of France. No matter how ambitious the Bonaparte family is, they are still in the opposition and have no qualifications to show off a greater prestige than the king.
It’s not like our family has nowhere to go now, so why should we be so obsequious to Princess Teresa?
Agnes didn't quite understand why her sister seemed so determined to become a Bonapartist.
Furthermore, Agnes thought again, does my sister want me to do this too?
Do you want me to be like her, respectful and flattering to that guy?
Agnes didn't want to, not at all.
You may be able to get glory and wealth by being humble, but if you can't even protect your own dignity, what's the point of such glory and wealth?
She did not expect that her sister's biggest motive for doing this was for herself. Alice wanted to use her groveling to make up for Teresa's 'bad impression' of her sister.
After Teresa chatted with Alice for a few words, her mood became much better. Then she looked at Agnes from the corner of her eyes and saw the light flashing in her eyes, her cheeks were reddened, and she seemed to want to speak.
The appearance of stopping again.
"Miss Agnes, do you have anything to say?" she asked.
Agnes hesitated.
"It's okay, you can speak freely in front of me." Teresa smiled and nodded.
"Your Highness Teresa, I also heard about you at that time." After holding back for a moment, Agnes finally spoke, "To tell you the truth, we had already heard about Laixi before we came here last time.
We were quite emotional about the news that the Duke of Stett was going to marry the Habsburg family, because it meant that France might have to bid farewell to the Bonaparte family. But what we didn’t expect was the wedding.
This is the news... We are very surprised, but we also understand that this also means that the Bonaparte family is not willing to remain silent and disappear from France. You also know that my brother-in-law is a supporter of the Bonaparte family. He and
His father's lifelong wish was to see the Bonaparte family return to our country, so he said that to achieve great things, you must sacrifice something. Maybe you are unfortunately one of the destined victims. He feels sorry and sympathizes with you, but he thinks this is inevitable.
of."
After Theresa heard this, her face suddenly darkened.
How could she not have guessed these things? But there are some words that are really unsettling to say in person.
"Agnes?" Alice did not expect that her sister would suddenly say such words, and she was caught off guard for a moment.
But she reacted quickly.
She immediately took over the topic and helped her sister defend, "Your Highness, if Agnes said anything that displeased you, please forgive her. She is not a person who is good at words. She treats you and Bonaparte.
The Ba family is full of respect. She just..."
"Don't worry, Miss Agnes has always been outspoken. I have learned this a long time ago." Teresa also reacted immediately, and then smiled bitterly, "It doesn't matter, I won't care, because this is what it is."
The fact is that many people are flattering us, but it’s not as effective as the facts, is it?”
But even though she kept saying she was sorry, the atmosphere suddenly became cold.
What on earth am I doing?
Agnes had woken up from her previous impulse, and she felt regretful. She glanced at her sister secretly, and then unconsciously shrank her neck under her stern gaze.
Although she was not convinced and did not like her sister's groveling, she did not want to destroy her sister's efforts.
She knew that no matter what, her sister's family were now followers of the Bonaparte family, and they might even be sheltered by the Bonaparte family in the future. She also understood the reason why they had to bow their heads under the roof of others.
Why? Why did you do this? Why did you put your sister into embarrassment just for the sake of a quick talk? They asked themselves and blamed themselves extremely.