"I believe in you." Aigron closed his eyes in great emotion, "I will wait for that day."
Seeing Aigron's sincere and joyful expression, Sophie blinked and felt very relieved.
For a moment, she didn't know what to say, she just looked at Aigron quietly.
"Aigron, as long as a person has hope, he can overcome no matter how many difficulties he encounters. Besides, your current situation is not particularly bad, so there is no reason to be discouraged." After a pause, she stretched out her hand and patted it.
He patted Aiglon's cheek and said, "Okay, you go back and rest first. You must be tired today."
Her intimate gestures made people feel more cordial, and even Aigron couldn't help but feel moved.
It's a pity that he was so moved that he was destined to be unable to listen to the other party's words because he had no way to wait.
This gorgeous cage must not be his final destination.
After bidding farewell to Princess Sophie, Aigron returned to his residence in the palace along the original route.
Even though he is a prisoner, his living conditions are not much different from other members of the royal family.
The room is covered with thick carpets, and the walls are hung with gilt wall lamps and covered with purple and gold patterned wall coverings. There is a fireplace inside, and large decorative paintings are hung on the walls on both sides of the fireplace.
There is also a velvet-upholstered bench next to it. Next to the bench is a large porcelain vase from Saxony with flowers in it as decoration.
Generally speaking, the layout of the entire room is full of the elegance and splendor of the palace, but it lacks real warmth.
This is where he will grow up in his new life, but no matter how comfortable it is, this place is just a high-end prison for him.
It was already early summer and the room temperature was relatively high, so he opened the window, sat on the bench, picked up a book and started reading.
However, not long after, there was a knock on the door.
"Your Highness, may I come in?" The voice of his guardian, Count von Dietrichstein, came from outside the room.
"Please come in." Aigron casually placed the book on the soft cushion next to him.
The door opened quickly, and then the Earl walked in with gentle steps, and sat down opposite Aigron.
"Your Highness, the Prince just found me." As soon as he sat down, he went straight to the point, "He is a little dissatisfied with your tough attitude towards him."
"This is not my original intention." Aigron was a little unhappy, "I just refused his arrangement. I think I have the right. Do I?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince's arrangement has been carefully considered. It may not be that attractive, but it is certainly quite suitable for your current situation." The Earl avoided Aigron's rhetorical question and seemed to be trying to persuade Aigron, "So I think
You'd better reconsider."
"That is to say, no matter how I answer, I have to obey all his arrangements for me in the end, right?" Aigron sneered, "If that's the case, why bother asking for my opinion? You just ask me
Just escort me to wherever His Highness the Prince wants me to go."
His ridicule made the count's expression become quite complicated, feeling helpless and sad.
After a moment of silence, the count spoke again.
"Your Highness, I have been with you for seven years." The count looked at the young man under his guardianship and said seriously, "A human life can only be seventy years at most, but I have put one-tenth of my life in your care.
By my side, I have been doing my best to take care of you over the past seven years. Please believe that I did not do this to make all of this a joke - although it was an obligation at the beginning, I want it more than anyone else.
You can enjoy a generally happy life. Therefore, Your Highness, I implore you to put aside your emotions and think carefully about what I am going to say next."
After sincerely speaking his mind, he turned to the topic, "Yes, people of your age hate being dominated by others and being ordered from a high position, but based on reality, it is objectively reasonable for you to join the army.
It's also very beneficial to you, isn't it? Although your father has passed away, his reputation is still spread throughout the world, especially the soldiers, even the British soldiers admire him, so if you follow his path,
Isn't it the best way to meet people's expectations? If you show your talents and accumulate your reputation in the army, then your situation may be very different."
After finishing speaking, the Earl looked at Aigron again, his eyes full of sincerity.
He was hinting that his students might be able to get rid of their chains in the future by relying on their prestige in the military. Due to his own position, he could only hint so far.
To be fair, his words were very reasonable and very convincing, but the young man who knew the subsequent fate of the King of Rome had no expectations at all.
In the original history, he entered the army according to the will of the Austrian royal family and received rigorous military training, but in the end what he got was nothing more than an honorary title and no power to command any troops at all; what's more, Mei
Tene also resolutely refused to give him any chance to demonstrate his military capabilities——
Just in 1830, with the outbreak of the French July Revolution, the revolutionary wave once again swept across Europe. Poland and Italy became the center of the storm, and the smug King of Rome resolutely requested to lead his troops to protect Parma, where his mother was, but Metternich
He categorically rejected his suggestion, which made the Roman king extremely angry. He died of depression two years later due to tuberculosis contracted in the military camp.
It is conceivable that if he joined the Austrian army with the idea of "following the glorious path of his father", then only despair would be waiting for him.
So he was determined not to take this road.
However, given his current situation, even if he wanted to resist, he couldn't rely solely on hard support. He had to pay attention to his strategy.
It's a pity that the chips in his hand are very few now, so even if he wants to use strategies, it's not that easy.
"Sir, since you are telling me about your feelings, I admit that I do believe you have feelings for me, so let's be honest. You answer me, do you really believe that the Prime Minister will be happy to see me have prestige anywhere?
"?" Aigron sighed, "Frankly speaking, I don't believe it at all."
The count was suddenly speechless. He wanted to say some empty words of comfort, but under the young man's gaze, he couldn't say anything.
"His Royal Highness is already in his fifties, and you are only a teenager." In the end, he could only continue to hint in a low voice. "Time is on your side. As long as you continue to follow the steps, one day, the restrictions on you will be relaxed.
of."
"You make it sound as if he is the only one in Austria who wants to deal with me!" Egeron shook his head heavily, expressing his complete disbelief. "Although I have a title, will anyone really regard me as an Austrian?
Yes, I am the Duke of Lechstadt, but that damn place is in Bohemia! I may not be able to go there once in my life... Obviously, I am just a beggar with an empty title, living in this palace.
, there is no crown in Europe that has anything to do with me - this is not what His Highness the Prince thinks alone, other people will think so, right? In this case, what is the point of trying to show off no matter how hard I try?
"
Under Aiglon's questioning, the earl's face became even more embarrassed. He knew in his heart that what the other party said was true.
"But if you keep resisting His Highness the Prince's arrangements, I'm afraid he will be very angry." In the end, he could only tell the dire consequences of continuing to resist.
"Then what will he do after he gets angry? Send me to a desert island? For what crime? The crime of disrespecting Metternich?" Aigron was not frightened, but sneered again.
A series of rhetorical questions, "I don't remember anyone saying that I was a criminal, right?"
"Of course he won't do this!" The Count waved his hand quickly, "But he will definitely punish you in various ways, and even we will definitely be punished."
"That is to say, because I have value, even if I offend him, he won't do anything to me, but he will let you bear his anger, right?" Aigron continued to sneer, "He uses you.
threaten me?"
"Perhaps I have overestimated the status of us people in your heart, but Your Highness, you can believe that Metternich has many ways to make your situation much more difficult than it is now." The count replied, "As far as I am concerned.
, following you will not bring me much glorious experience. Even if you drive me away, I can enjoy the rest of my life, but what about you? What will you do then? If I am here,
At least I can share some of the pressure for you."
Aiglon was speechless for a moment.
It wasn't that he was speechless, but that the other person's words came from the sincerity, and he really couldn't bear to say any harsh words to hurt the other person's heart.
Although he was sent by the Austrian Emperor, he had taken care of him for so many years. If he said he had no feelings, it would definitely not be wrong.
"Okay, since you said so, I will seriously consider it. If it doesn't work out, just agree to him." After thinking for a moment, Aigron finally nodded and agreed, "However, I will never let Mei go so easily.
Tene succeeded, no matter what, I have to persist, even if it is just to make him unhappy, I have to persist, you have to help me again, I will nod and give in until the last moment, let him know that I am definitely not his submissive
’s slave.”
"Do you have to be willful just once?" The earl looked at him in embarrassment.
Aigron nodded again.
The earl blinked. The prince's threat and the relationship he had spent with Aiglon for many years made him extremely entangled and unable to make a decision.
"Can you promise that you will comply with the arrangement in the end?" Finally, he asked carefully.
"I can't afford to lose your care, so I will, sir." Aiglon replied with a sincere look.
Of course he doesn't want to in his heart, but he doesn't mind appeasing the other person verbally.
In the environment he is currently in, "how to lie with the most sincerity" has always been a required knowledge for the palace dignitaries. Although he is young, he is at least somewhat experienced.
"Okay... In that case, I will try my best to intercede for you..." The Count sighed and made his final determination. "Perhaps if you persist a little longer, His Highness the Prince will finally change his mind."
indefinite."
Aigron knew that this was the greatest kindness the count could do. He was caught in the middle and his situation was not much more comfortable than his own.
"Thank you, sir. I won't make things difficult for you again." He promised again.
Just after the conversation between the two ended, an attendant knocked on the door and walked in.
With a perfect smile, he respectfully saluted the little duke.
"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor invites you to dinner."