Under the bright lights, Aigron leaned against the railing and looked towards the stage.
He didn't bother to look for his cousin in the audience, because he knew that his cousin must be watching him at this moment.
Look, look carefully! I am the person you must be loyal to!
He was overwhelmed with emotion, but on the surface he remained calm, watching the performance on the stage like the most attentive audience.
"Why are you so serious all of a sudden?" Sophie was a little curious about his behavior, so she walked next to him and watched the performance together, "Weren't you still absent-minded just now?"
"Since we've come here, I think it's better for me to watch it again." Aigron replied casually, "After all, this is our hard work, and the actors' efforts are also worthy of appreciation."
Sophie was standing next to him at the railing. There was no doubt that with the help of the light, his cousin would be able to see Sophie's face clearly, but he felt that this was not a big problem.
"I remembered what you said." Sophie took over the topic smoothly, "These actors did perform better than I thought. I was worried at first when the manager said that he would use a bunch of unknown actors.
!Looking back, I saw that they were working very hard, well...maybe it’s because Chanel’s supervision was credited.”
"Then, how about we reward them?" Aigron suggested.
"What a good idea!" Sophie suddenly became interested, "Anyway, this script made us earn some money unexpectedly. How about we give the money to them as rewards..."
"Well, I don't lack the money anyway." Aigron thought for a while, then nodded, "By the way, why don't we wait until the curtain ends and let's go backstage to thank them for their efforts."
"Sure." Sophie agreed to him without thinking, "I think these actors should also be curious about who the creators of the script, the Memingen brothers, are, right?"
Her face was full of excitement, and she was obviously looking forward to meeting people in her new identity with Aigron.
However, she would never have thought that the young man actually had an ulterior motive for making this suggestion.
Aigron said no more and continued to watch the performance on the stage.
Soon, the performance ended, the curtain slowly fell, and the audience slowly left the stage after thunderous applause.
"Let's go there." Aigron turned around and suggested to Sophie.
"My dear, have you forgotten something...?" Sophie did not act immediately, but blinked.
Her voice was soft and seemed to have endless temptation.
Aigron's heart suddenly trembled. He didn't expect Sophie to be so cute when she took the initiative to flirt with him.
He approached Sophie with a smile, then led her into the shadows, then lowered his head and kissed her.
After the two separated their lips, they walked out of the box hand in hand, then walked to the first floor, and then to the back of the stage. At this time, the actors were preparing to go to the dressing room to change into normal clothes.
"I'm going to say goodbye to the male actors." Aigron said to Sophie, "You can say a few words to the actresses."
"Are you really...what are you afraid of? I'm not that petty." Sophie rolled her eyes, and then laughed happily, "My Aiglon is not the kind of person who will be fascinated by vulgar fans.
Idiot, I still have this little bit of confidence."
After all, she was still happy to accept Aigron's proposal.
Aiglon winked at Chanel, indicating that she must find a way to delay it for more time. Chanel nodded understandingly.
Eggron said goodbye to Sophie for the time being with peace of mind, and then came to the dressing room of the male actors.
The sudden appearance of the young man made the actors a little surprised at first, but after the introduction by the theater staff, they soon understood that this was Mr. Memingen, the creator of the play they had just performed.
This sudden news caused even greater consternation, because the actors could not believe that the adult tragedy they had just performed was actually written by a young man who looked young and innocent.
After a while, they finally accepted the fact, and then paid tribute to Aigron, and Aigron also thanked them one by one, thanking them for being so dedicated in the performance, so that his script could be performed in the way he wanted to see it.
Then, Aigron continued to chat with them for a while, talking about his experience of the script and his expectations for the next script.
While chatting with them, Aigron suddenly felt very happy. No one here knew that he was Napoleon's son, and no one called him His Highness. Everyone gave him only respect, and all this respect was not based on what he said.
What he obtained through "bloodline" was obtained through his own talents.
This really gave him confidence.
Of course, these actors were also very confused about the young man's identity, because looking at his appearance, they knew that he had received a very good education and had an extraordinary bearing. He definitely did not come from an ordinary family.
However, the actors did not ask. After all, there are too many people using pseudonyms in this era. Of course, these sophisticated people will not offend the taboos of noble people just out of curiosity.
Unfortunately, this was destined to be only a short meeting, and the young man knew that he had more important things to do.
"Goodbye, everyone." Agron said goodbye to the actors, "I hope you will all become more famous actors in the future. What you have shown makes me feel that you are worthy of people's praise."
"I also wish you can write more touching works, sir." An actor bowed to pay tribute to the young man, "You are able to achieve such achievements at such a young age. I firmly believe that as long as you continue to work hard, you will definitely be famous in history.
"
"Thank you." Aigron smiled, then turned and left.
After opening the door to the dressing room, he took a closer look and found that there was no one in the corridor.
He breathed a sigh of relief, then moved to the side, hiding himself in the gap between the stairs and the storage room.
Just as he hoped, there seemed to be a black living creature surging in the shadows, approaching him quickly.
Soon, a figure wearing a black hat appeared in front of Aigron.
Then, the other party raised the brim of his hat, and the two looked at each other for a moment.
They recognized each other with little need for any identification.
coming!
Aigron felt that his blood was almost on fire, but he restrained his excitement, suddenly pushed open the door of the storage room, and then brought the other person in together.
There was a lot of dust in the storage room, and there was also a musty smell, which was very unpleasant. However, Aigron didn't care at all. He looked at the young man opposite.
The other party was also looking at Aigron, and seemed to be equally excited.
Immediately afterwards, the two people hugged suddenly.
"His Majesty!"
"My cousin!"
They said hello in French.
Aigron's voice was choked with sobs, and there were a few tears in his eyes.
Although most of his performance at the moment is acting, there is also a little bit of true feelings from the heart - he has suppressed his feelings for too long for many years, and now a real "relative" comes to his side, and he comes to save him
How could he not be excited and excited?
No matter how selfish the other party is, he is always very grateful to the other party.
After hugging each other for a moment, he let go.
"In a desperate situation, all we can rely on are our relatives..." Aigron sighed, "Louis, we don't have much time, so I'll finish as soon as possible."
"Please tell me, Your Majesty!" The young man nodded, "I will remember every word you say."
"Very good." Aigron nodded, "First of all, I don't know how many rumors there are about me with ulterior motives, but I can tell you clearly that I have never thought about giving up my identity, let alone giving up.
The throne, everything I have done... everything is to revive my lost empire. Please don't believe the rumors, follow me, and move towards this goal for the sake of our family."
"I understand, Your Majesty." The young man nodded again, "With your words, I feel relieved! As long as you have no intention of giving up, the empire will not fall."
Aiglon smiled. "How many people do you have?"
"My financial resources are limited, and Austria is very protective against us, so only a dozen of us came to Vienna." Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte did not say any nonsense, but answered directly, "But these people are all
Absolutely loyal people, including my biological brother."
"Yes, another cousin of mine." Aigron continued to smile, "I believe in you, the previous generation of our family has done enough great things, it is our generation's turn to do it next!"
Then, he changed the subject, "Louis, I order you to try your best to help me escape. I want to escape from Austria. I can't do anything here."
"Okay, Your Majesty." Louis straightened his back and promised in a low voice, "I will try my best."
"We can't rely on brute force for this kind of thing. After all, no matter how powerful we are alone, we can't defeat a cavalry battalion, and Austria has hundreds of cavalry battalions." Aigron shook his head, and then said his plan, "I thought about it.
, my best place to escape is here. You will cause chaos in the theater, and then I will jump directly from the third floor and escape among the audience - and during this time, you will first help me plan my escape route after escaping from Vienna.
, and prepare necessary supplies and hiding places."
"I will prepare." Louis agreed immediately, "But Your Majesty, this will take some time, and..."
His expression showed a little embarrassment, "And some money. We have some money outside, but we didn't dare to show up casually after arriving in Austria, so now we don't have much left on hand."
"This is indeed a necessary caution!" Aiglon glanced at him approvingly, "It doesn't matter, I will find a way to get Chanel to give you money. Don't be frugal, prepare more things! As long as you achieve your goal, it won't cost you anything.
Nothing. As for time, I have been waiting for so long. It doesn’t matter if I wait a little longer, but you must hurry up. The sooner the better for us! The crown of France is already shaky, and I don’t want to wait for others to pick it up.
Go eat some scraps!"
"Okay." Under Aigron's urging, Louis straightened his back again, "Your Majesty, leave it to me, I will take care of everything."
"Very good..." Aigron smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's get here first today."
"How will we contact each other in the future?" Louis asked.
"The fewer times we contact each other, the better. Unless it's the most important ones, you have full authority to handle them without telling me." Aigron told him carefully, "As for the most important ones, you can fake them as theaters and send them to me.
letter, and then send it to the following address...remember, be sure to use codes and lingo."
Then, he told Louis about his communication with the theater and about renting a room in the hotel as his mailing address.
"Your Majesty... you are truly gifted by nature!" After hearing all this, Louis' eyes when he looked at Aiglon had changed. "I didn't expect you to prepare so many things in an orderly manner..."
All the characteristics displayed by this cousin who was not yet an adult really shocked him.
"If you had lived a life like mine since you were a child, you would have had a lot of time to think about these things." Aigron replied half teasingly and half bitterly.
Then, he gently patted the other party's shoulder, "My cousin, everything depends on you from now on. Our family is destined not to disappear into history unknown... I firmly believe so."
"I firmly believe so." Louis promised sternly, "Your Majesty, you have given me enough confidence, then I will show my true ability and prevent your hard work from being in vain."
"Okay, goodbye." Aigron said goodbye to him, "I'll go out first, and you can leave later."
While Agron was meeting his cousin, Sophie was also saying goodbye to the actresses.
Like Agron just now, these actresses were also very surprised when they saw Miss Memmingen, and then looked at the young female author with admiration.
Sophie was able to enjoy the respect and admiration of others with her fabricated identity. She changed her usual style of staying away from strangers and being bossy, and she had a pleasant conversation with almost everyone.
Chanel also deliberately dragged her to chat with the actresses in order to delay time so that her master could have more time to meet his cousin.
"Okay, let's go back." After an unknown amount of time, Sophie felt a little tired, so she said to Chanel.
"Miss, how about we go to the audience area for a walk? Maybe we can hear some suggestions from the audience." Chanel was a little anxious, so she suggested. "After all, the gentleman may be very happy chatting with the actors, so we rashly disturbed him.
It’s not very good either.”
"It makes sense." Sophie thought for a while, agreed to the proposal, and took Chanel back to the auditorium on the first floor.
Although there were fewer people in the audience at this time, most people were still there. They were chatting and waiting for another play to be performed after the intermission time passed.
Just as they came to the corridor near the door, Sophie suddenly stopped.
She looked at a young girl leaving the table and preparing to walk out of the theater, and suddenly she felt that she looked familiar.
As the two people got closer, the other person's outline and face became clearer and clearer. Although the other person was dressed simply, Sophie finally recognized him.
It's actually her? How did she know this place?
Is she following us?
Thoughts came one after another. Sophie felt humiliated at first, and then felt angry.
Are you worthy of taking care of my affairs?
At this moment, the girl opposite also recognized Sophie. She subconsciously stopped and tried to dodge, but found that she seemed to have no way to escape.
Then, she forced herself to calm down, and then walked over expressionlessly, trying to pass by Sophie.
"Stop!" Sophie stopped her just as the two people passed each other. "Theresa, in your capacity, there is no need to sneak around and disturb other people's moods, right?"