Under Agron's insistence, Teresa, although she was a little dissatisfied, still agreed to his arrangement and left Bianca in the care of Agnes. After all, she had just arrived in France and knew that her husband was busy with his career.
It's a critical moment, so I don't want to be stubborn and cause trouble to him for such a trivial matter.
At night, the couple quickly put aside this grudge and slept in each other's arms as intimately as before. Early the next morning, the Aigron couple, who had just gotten up, discovered that their guard captain Leban
The Marquis Andre Davout asked to see them.
"Is there anything you want to report, Andre?" Aigron asked after seeing him.
"Your Majesty, a visitor has come outside Fontainebleau and wants to see you..." Andre saluted first and then answered respectfully.
Aigron thought that if an ordinary person came to visit, Andre would definitely not come to report to him so solemnly, so he suddenly became interested. "Who is it?"
Andre's expression became strange, and his eyes flickered a little.
After coughing slightly, he whispered back to Aigron.
"The visitor calls himself Count Alexander Valevsky."
Hearing this seemingly ordinary name, Aigron was stunned, and Theresa next to him couldn't help but let out a murmur of surprise.
"What? Count Walewski?"
No wonder Andre's expression was so strange, because he was not sure whether Aiglon would welcome this uninvited guest or turn him away.
The surname Walewski will certainly be familiar to those who are familiar with Napoleon's life and deeds - because Napoleon's Polish mistress Marie Walewska came from this family.
After Emperor Napoleon defeated the allied forces of Prussia and the Russian Empire in 1807, in order to balance these two enemies, he decided to rebuild a Polish country, which was the future Grand Duchy of Warsaw.
Although the territory of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was ceded from Prussian Poland and Austrian Poland, the territory of Poland occupied by Russia has not been touched at all, and it is far from the territory of the Kingdom of Poland in its heyday, but this is already Poland
People had their own motherland for the first time after decades of subjugation. Napoleon was extremely kind to Poland.
The Poles repaid their kindness and became loyal allies of Emperor Napoleon from then on, participating in many wars with him.
During his stay in Poland, Emperor Napoleon fell in love with the young and beautiful Countess Marie Walewska. The countess came from a prominent Polish noble family. When she was 18 years old, she married her 70-year-old husband Walewska according to the order of her parents.
Count Levski gained the emperor's favor when she was in her early 20s.
After learning the news, prominent figures in the Polish government, such as the head of the government, Prince Poniatowski, and others put pressure on the young countess, suggesting that she would "sacrifice her country." However, the countess, who cared about her motherland,
After a brief hesitation, he finally threw himself into the emperor's arms.
They got along together on and off for a long time, and in 1810, the countess gave birth to an illegitimate son for Napoleon. Although everyone knew that he was the emperor's son, according to ancient European traditions, he was still counted as an illegitimate son.
He was the legitimate heir of Count Walewski, so this son naturally took the surname Walewski.
For this illegitimate son, Emperor Napoleon did give some compensation. He awarded the child the title of Imperial Count (because Count Walewski already had an eldest son, so the illegitimate son could not inherit the title) and also gave him a share of the title.
The annuity property is used for his future life and education.
However, this romantic marriage ended here, that is, in 1810, Emperor Napoleon, who was eager to have an heir of noble blood, first divorced Josephine, and then married Louisa of the Habsburg family.
Princess.
And in 1811, the new Queen lived up to expectations and gave birth to the legal heir Napoleon longed for - Aiglon.
From that time on, His Majesty the Emperor paid almost no attention to the Countess and her son, in order to avoid disturbing Empress Louisa.
But their fate did not end there. In 1814, Napoleon abdicated for the first time and was forced to live in seclusion on the Island of Elba; Queen Louisa abandoned him and returned to Austria with her son, and Count Walewski
However, his wife went to Elba Island to visit the fallen Napoleon, which moved the emperor quite a lot.
After that meeting, the two men never met again. In 1815, Napoleon fought to the death, and then lost completely at Waterloo. Then he was exiled to the island of St. Helena thousands of miles away, and died sadly in 1821.
The countess died in childbirth after her remarriage in 1817.
On the day Napoleon died, Aiglon lost his father, but his mother was still alive; but the illegitimate son of the emperor and the countess, Aiglon's theoretical "brother", became an orphan without a father or mother.
How did he grow up over the years? What did he experience? Egeron, who was sequestered in the Austrian palace, didn't know it. It wasn't until he escaped that he got some information from his comrades.
Count Alexander Walewski first grew up in Poland. In 1824, he escaped from Poland and then secretly went to France to apply for asylum.
The Bourbon royal family regarded Aigron as a formidable enemy and wished to get rid of him quickly, but they did not care much about the young Count Walewski and took him in.
After all, although everyone knew that he was the son of Emperor Napoleon, an illegitimate son was not qualified to carry the flag of the Bonaparte family - in fact, there were no Bonapartists running to find him.
The young earl thus stayed in Paris, living a rather comfortable life with the generous annuity property given by Emperor Napoleon, receiving a good education, and gradually grew into a graceful young man.
The above is all the information that Aiglon knows.
Aigron had no grudge against this "brother" who was more than a year older than him. After all, he posed no threat to him, and it was impossible for him to claim the Bonaparte family's claim. In history, Aigron unfortunately died young.
After Emperor Napoleon's legitimate heirs were cut off, the supporters of the Bonaparte family continued to support not him, but Louis Bonaparte, who was Napoleon's nephew. This shows how deep-rooted the European tradition is, even the bloodline of the emperor.
Can't win.
After entering France, Aigron didn't think much about this "brother". He had too many things to be busy with, and an illegitimate child didn't have much to care about.
He didn't expect that at this time, the elder brother came to the door by himself.
But this is normal. Seeing that Aiglon is now prosperous and may be able to successfully restore the empire, it is understandable that the illegitimate Count Walewski wants to come over to try his luck and find some future for himself.
Quietly, Aigron and Teresa looked at each other.
"Do you want to meet me?" Aigron asked.
"Can we meet..." Teresa immediately replied, "Your Highness, although he is an illegitimate child, he is still half of your relative. So even if he is here to ask for benefits, we might as well take a look. If
He is really capable and a good talent, so it would be good for us to keep him."
The reason why Teresa said this was, on the one hand, because she was really interested in the illegitimate Count, who also had the blood of Napoleon; but on the other hand, it was because of her own position.
Because of a series of previous conflicts, she was also extremely disgusted with Aiglon's cousins, and regarded them as a threat to the status of the Aiglon family - after all, they were also legitimate members of the Bonaparte family, and they were destined to have a share of the empire's cake.
Their.
The illegitimate son is different. Even if he is of the emperor's blood, he is not qualified to cut the cake. Everything can only come from the emperor's gift. At the same time, his personal interests are also highly bound to Aigron, because apart from Aiglon, there is no one else.
People would reuse an illegitimate son of Napoleon, so in Teresa's opinion, this was an excellent target to win over.
After obtaining the consent of His Majesty and his wife, Andre said goodbye and left. Soon after, he led a young man into Aiglon's reception room - and Aiglon and his wife were also present at the moment to receive this special identity.
illegitimate son.
After meeting the two new owners of the Palace of Fontainebleau, Count Valewski immediately saluted the Aiglons in a respectful manner. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving me for coming without telling me, and for granting me such an honor."
I wish your two majesties all the best in the future!"
While he was saluting and speaking, Aigron kept paying attention to him.
The two brothers stared at each other in silence for a moment. They met for the first time in their lives, and they both left a deep impression on each other.
Needless to say, Aigron has experienced a series of major events at this time and has become a trend-setting figure in history. There is a sense of grandeur and nobility in his behavior when he has been in the world for a long time, which makes people secretly heartbroken.
Aigron also felt quite admirable when he saw Count Walewski. His behavior was elegant and appropriate. Although he was respectful, his expression was calm and he did not appear particularly humble. He had a calm demeanor.
The Earl seems to be a romantic and handsome young man, but he is also somewhat reserved and scheming. He seems to be a capable person.
In history, he has indeed accomplished many things.
In order to show his patriotism, after 1830, he first joined the French army, retired a few years later, and then returned to Paris, wrote for theaters and newspapers, and began to get involved in politics, and later joined the diplomatic service of the July Monarchy.
, served as an envoy abroad.
After 1848, Louis Bonaparte took advantage of the chaos and came to power. He was first elected president, and then crowned himself emperor as Napoleon III. Seeing the opportunity to rise to prominence, he immediately joined Napoleon III's command.
Napoleon III made great use of this illegitimate cousin who had the blood of the emperor. He successively made him foreign minister and minister of state, and also made him a duke. He can be said to be an important minister of the empire. However, the two men later had differences in political ideas.
, he was gradually alienated and abandoned, and was eventually relieved of his duties and placed in the Senate for retirement. He died in 1868, before he had time to see the destruction of the Second French Empire.
In any case, Count Walewski was at least on the stage. When he was the foreign minister, he chatted and laughed with European countries without making any jokes. On the contrary, he won the Empire for the Crimean War and the subsequent Paris Peace Treaty.
The transcendent status of the European arbiter is already considered to be very capable.
"Mr. Earl, it's a pleasure to meet you..." Although everyone knew that they were brothers, it was certainly impossible for Aigron to call him brother. Legally speaking, he was a member of Count Valewski's family.
"In fact, I have been following you for a long time."
As he spoke, Aigron walked up to him and stretched out his hand to him.
Aigron's gentle attitude made Count Walewski secretly relieved.
In fact, since Aigron entered France, he has been paying attention to his "brother". The reason why he has not joined him is because he is not sure about his brother's attitude towards him and whether Aigron can succeed.
These days, he has been collecting information about Aiglon while observing the development of the situation.
And recently, he finally confirmed that the heir to the Bonaparte family is indeed a powerful character, and he has great hope of succeeding.
Therefore, in order to catch this bus and bring out his special identity, he finally made up his mind to run over to meet his "brother" in order to seek a smooth career.
"I am very honored by your attention." Count Walewski bowed slightly to thank Aigron, and then raised his head to look at Aigron, "And I have always been thinking about you. When you
When you were living in the Austrian court, I silently prayed to God for your safety; when you fled Austria and began to work hard for the revival of your family, I also prayed for your career and for every victory you achieved.
Cheers, now I am finally waiting for you to return to this country... I am convinced that your wishes will come true."
Of course Aigron knew that what the other party said was untrue. In fact, if he had not accomplished anything and continued to live in seclusion in Austria, his "brother" would not have thought of him for a few seconds.
However, he did not reveal the polite words, and just asked with a smile, "Since you are so concerned about my career of reviving the family, why didn't you join the Bonapartist party before? In your capacity, I think my
The supporters should be very happy to welcome you."
Although Aigron's attitude was very gentle, this question made Count Walewski slightly embarrassed.
After all, it is easy to be criticized for being the son of Emperor Napoleon but not doing his best to revive the family.
"Unfortunately, although I was barely allowed to live in France before, I was often monitored by others and I was unable to participate in political activities." Fortunately, the count was not unprepared for this issue, and he quickly regained his composure.
Then he answered Aiglon calmly, "Also, although I am not afraid of sacrifice, I don't want to sacrifice in vain for a cause that has no hope of success."
"If there is no hope, then why am I still standing here?" Aigron asked again.
"Because you are a person favored by God and born into this world. You have inherited the bloodline of creating miracles." The count replied calmly, "And I am just a mortal. I cannot do these things. I can only preserve my usefulness first.
I waited for the opportunity to serve the Bonaparte family again, and now I have waited for you, and for a miracle, Your Majesty."