Eagle’s Glory

Recommended reading for all book lovers: The Glory of the Young Eagle, Volume 54, We Will Meet Again (..)

Just as the Count of Monte Cristo was conveying the greetings of His Majesty the Emperor impassionedly to his comrades, a small storm was also rising in a certain manor in distant Vienna.

The storm only spread in the living room, and outsiders had no way of knowing it. However, its impact was far-reaching, enough to shake the direction of future history.

On this afternoon, Teresa tiptoed to the door of the study, and then knocked gently.

She knew that her father was at home today, and because of his recent official duties, he was in a much better mood.

So, it’s time to discuss the important stuff.

"Who is it?" A greeting came to mind.

"It's me, Dad... I have something to tell you." Teresa replied softly.

"Oh, come in then." Father quickly agreed.

Teresa didn't open the door immediately, but took a deep breath to adjust her spirit to the best state before pushing the door open.

She knew that she might face a spiritual battle next, but she was already fearless.

In the spacious study, she passed through the rows of bookshelves and then came to the center of the study. At this time, Archduke Karl was sitting on a chair with a book that had just been put down next to him.

"My daughter, what's the matter?" He asked gently, then pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for his daughter to sit down.

He is indeed in a good mood now.

Since returning home from a trip to Rome, Teresa's complexion has obviously improved a lot, and a smile occasionally appeared on her face, which also made the old father feel at ease.

Perhaps time can indeed heal all wounds, and Teresa finally came out of the shadows slowly.

However, he did not expect that instead of dissipating, the hidden shadow would expand unbridled, swallowing up his daughter's heart - and today was the day Theresa was looking for a good opportunity to tell him the truth.

What a cruel day! And he doesn't know anything yet.

Teresa sat down as her father ordered, and then looked at her father.

Then she spoke with dignity.

"Father... I have something important to tell you, and... a request."

Then, under the astonished gaze of Grand Duke Karl, Teresa calmly stated the truth, "I met Your Highness during the journey to Rome."

"What?!" Her first sentence caused her father to exclaim and interrupted her. "He came to see you secretly?!"

"In fact, I took the initiative to find him, and I was lucky enough to find him..." Teresa sternly corrected her father's word choice, and then continued, "We met and reiterated In other words, we both believe that the marriage contract will continue to be valid..."

"What the hell! You came here just to tell me this?!" Her father interrupted her again, and then asked sternly, "What else did you do?"

"Do you really want to know?" Teresa looked up at her father, "Well, let me tell you, we hugged, we cried each other, we danced, we made a lifelong promise, we kissed, and we returned have……"

"Shut up! You actually...you actually dare to say these shameless words to me. When did I teach you to talk like this?" Archduke Karl was so angry that he almost lost his breath. He stood up menacingly, and then looked around Den, "Where's my gun? I'm going to kill him!"

After a while, he came back to his senses, and he was already dizzy with anger.

He forced himself to sit down, but his lips were trembling, "He... After he did such a thing, how dare... How dare he try to tease your heart again and destroy your remaining happiness? Shameless person, dog Bastard!"

"Don't scold him like that. If you must scold him, then I will share in it, because I did it with happiness." Teresa said without giving in.

"We each have half of all responsibilities, and I am very happy to take on this responsibility. So I beg you to be tolerant to us again and give His Highness another chance..."

"What chance?" Archduke Karl asked sharply.

"Become your son-in-law and give me a chance to be happy in the future." Teresa replied in a low voice, "We have already agreed that I will go abroad again to find him in the name of traveling in a while, and then we will stay together like this. Like any unmarried couple. This time I return to China, I just want to ask for your permission."

"Hey! Okay, okay!" Archduke Karl laughed angrily and shouted sarcastically, "It turns out that you have already decided everything, and then you want me to acquiesce and give me a chance to bless you...Should I still Want to thank you?"

Teresa didn't answer again. She knew her father was angry now, so she didn't want to provoke him anymore, but she kept looking at her father and begging him to show mercy for once.

"No, no!" Grand Duke Karl replied firmly. "You know what he did, he lied, he broke promises! He seriously damaged the interests of our country, and he made you a laughing stock. How can such a person deserve to be given another chance by me? It's ridiculous! What's more, he He also did even worse and shameful things!”

"What?" Teresa asked in surprise.

Archduke Karl had a sullen face and frowned. After a moment, he sighed, "Well, there are only two of us here, so I'll just tell you-"

Then, his expression became serious, "Her Royal Highness Sophie has been disappearing from the public eye recently. The official claim is that she is sick and recuperating, but according to the news from my friends privately, she...she is pregnant. "

"What?" Teresa was so surprised that she fell into a dazed state for a moment. "Is this... is this true?"

"It should be true. That friend of mine would not have the guts to joke about such a thing." Archduke Karl's voice became lower and lower. Apparently he also knew that this topic was absolutely unsafe. "I didn't want to say it after I learned about it, but today, in order to wake you up, I will tell you that I hope this basin of cold water can wake you up - if you think about it carefully, Her Highness Sophie's pregnancy was originally supposed to be The good news about the royal family means that there is hope for continuation, but why are the officials so secretive...?"

He didn't go into details anymore, because he knew that Teresa's intelligence was obviously enough to guess the answer on her own.

After learning about this matter, he didn't even tell his wife. After all, this kind of matter involved the secrets of the main branch of the royal family. With his sensitive status, he was the last person to touch it. His royal brother was already very interested in it. He was jealous, how could he allow his younger brother to spread his scandal?

He continued to look at his daughter, and found that Theresa was stunned, her face was as pale as paper, and a thin layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on her previously determined and meaningless forehead.

Sorry, since he has reached this point, he can only continue talking.

"The question now is who the child belongs to - although I dare not inquire carefully, but according to palace rumors, Her Royal Highness Sophie has a very good relationship with the boy. This Bavarian and Frenchman share the same illness, and they are almost intimate with each other. It's a pity that it was too late when I learned about this! Well, my daughter, you already know now... what an evil person he is, and how far he has harmed you!"

Teresa closed her eyes slightly, and her body was trembling slightly, like an asthma patient having an asthma attack. She was sucking in air and her body was shaking.

Is this a bit too much of a blow? He thought to himself.

However, this is a good medicine that can relieve both father and daughter from the pain.

The father watched every move of his daughter. After an unknown amount of time, Teresa finally raised her head and looked at her father again. But this time, her eyes were no longer as sharp and agile as before, but tears were shining in her eyes. .

"Teresa, stop worrying about that guy, he's not worth it." Archduke Karl sighed, "Let this end."

"I hate them," Teresa said suddenly.

"Yeah, so let them handle their own affairs." Archduke Karl shrugged, "Don't worry about them anymore."

"No...it won't be over!" Teresa yelled back.

"Huh?" Archduke Karl opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe what was going to happen next.

"I know about their affairs...Father, His Highness did not hide it from me, and as I said before, I understand his desire, and I also understand His Highness Sophie's care and love for him, so I respect their mutual attachment. It was a trick of fate. Who told them to attract each other before I appeared? But I didn't expect that in the end she would choose such a decisive way..." Teresa's tears fell, "I...I I’m really resentful! They could have ended all this after they got married!”

"What on earth are you talking about?" Archduke Karl was completely shocked, "So you know...?"

"I resent him, but I also resent her... Obviously she can calmly start her romance with her beloved young man like those ladies, and then bid farewell to each other with courtesy. Obviously there are so many ways not to leave behind She left traces and let everything be sealed in the memory... But she chose to disturb my life for her own willfulness. She must let this continue... How greedy and selfish she is!" Teresa bit He replied with his teeth, a look of resentment flashing in his eyes. "I will never forgive her at this point."

But after a moment, she closed her eyes slightly, "But, I also admire her... She was loyal to her paranoid ideas, risked losing everything, did extraordinary things, and endured terrible sacrifices. This is also It proves that she is indeed not just playing for fun, but truly and desperately throws herself into it, with an astonishing fearless smile, facing the flower of love that may only bloom once in her life... How respectable and noble she is! "

Theresa took a deep breath, and then looked at her father again, her eyes becoming clear again.

"I used to think that our country is like a desert with no real emotions. It's ridiculous that this fire is burning beside me... Good! I pay tribute to her. I really regret not saying more when I met her. Let's talk. But if she can do it, then I...I won't lose."

Seeing his daughter singing as if on a theater stage, Archduke Karl couldn't help but tighten his heart, and he had a ridiculous premonition.

"Hey...you still can't wake up, right?" Archduke Karl asked tremblingly.

"Wake up? What do you mean?" Teresa glanced at her father doubtfully, "I have had pale dreams for more than ten years, but now I have plunged into a reality that makes me excited, uneasy, and excited. Of course I have woke up."

"Can you speak like a normal person!" Archduke Karl couldn't help scolding his daughter, "Can't you think about what is best for yourself? Why should you abandon your glorious future and trample yourself into the mud willfully? among?!"

"Only I have the right to define for myself what a glorious future is, father." Teresa replied solemnly. "At this point, I'm absolutely on my own. And, I think I've found that for myself."

It's over, she's obsessed and won't listen no matter what she says. Archduke Karl sighed deeply in his heart.

Why was I so stupid at that time that I happily took her to Schonbrunn Palace?

He couldn't help but hate Metternich, hate Louisa, and hate his stupid self last year.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and everything you say now is so feeble.

"You...you can't be willful anymore." After a moment, Archduke Karl hissed to his daughter, "As a father, I have the right to decide your life and your marriage."

"Didn't you already decide once?" Teresa asked, "I think this decision is a good one and I accept it - don't you like him very much too?"

"That's a thing of the past!" Archduke Karl interrupted his daughter. "What he did has made me change my decision. It's not my fault but his own fault. Now I take back my decision. I want to Find a husband for you again, there will always be a better candidate in the world."

"I beg you not to do this..." Teresa couldn't help crying, "I...I have made a decision, I love him!"

"Love? A vague and ridiculous word. Human beings can live well without it." Archduke Karl shook his head, "Life will change a person. Maybe after ten or twenty years, your thoughts will no longer be the same." Same."

"You can do this, because it is your right. I will never have any complaints against you, because you are my father, my beloved father - but accordingly, I also have my right to do what I want. Things you want to do.”

Teresa's eyes were filled with tears, but she still looked up at her father, "Since you don't promise me, then I will change my habits and attend every banquet that I was so bothered by." , in the name of Madame Bonaparte; I will also write to all the people I know or do not know, telling me my choice, with the same signature! This is not my claim, but the title I deserve. Used with pride, I don’t believe anyone would marry such a woman... And then the world will know that Austria not only detained the King of Rome for more than ten years, but also planned to continue to detain his wife ruthlessly. Let a family be broken up just because of some resentment that should have disappeared with time!"

"Shut up!!!" Archduke Karl shouted out with great anger.

The prince could no longer see his usual calmness. Even his blood vessels were protruding. He raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to slap his daughter, but Teresa remained fearless and held her head high. He looked into his father's eyes.

After all, Archduke Karl did not slap him in the face. He covered his chest with his hand. This commander who had commanded thousands of troops felt like he had been shot at this moment, and was so heartbroken that he could not move.

"You... are crazy! You are already crazy!" My father scolded me like this for an unknown number of times.

"Maybe I am indeed crazy, but this is also my choice. A person should face up to the weight of his choice. Even being a madman is better than being a capricious clown. In other words, if I didn't have this awareness, I wouldn't be like this Standing in front of you." Teresa replied quietly but solemnly, "Father, I am your daughter, so I understand you, but you should also understand me. Once I make a decision, I will never make a decision again. Others are moved because I value myself and am not willing to damage the quality of my soul easily, and you cannot force me to do this, because you are the person in the world who should respect me the most!"

Theresa's words buzzed in Archduke Karl's ears and gave him a splitting headache.

He felt as if he had entered a strange world.

Why did his daughter, who had always been quiet and docile and whom he had always been proud of, become someone he no longer recognized?

When did she develop such a sharp tongue, and when did she forge such a heart of steel?

He didn't know the answer, but he could already tell that he really couldn't convince her with words.

Is it really something to be proud of letting your daughter read so many books? For the first time in his life, he had doubts about the way he raised his children.

what to do? If left alone, Teresa could really do what she said, bring shame to her family and the royal family, and make Habsburg a laughing stock in the eyes of the world - this was something that he and His Majesty the Emperor could not do under any circumstances. tolerated.

So, should she be imprisoned indefinitely until she changes her mind, or...

If it were His Majesty the Emperor, he would probably choose the former, but Archduke Karl asked himself, he would not be willing to do this no matter what. How could he bear to see his daughter wither and wither at the most beautiful age in her life?

Therefore, this cunning daughter took advantage of her father's love and intolerance to boldly threaten me...

He had many thoughts, but he seemed to be thinking of nothing.

In the end, he could only let out a long sigh, "Teresa, do you really not think about it anymore? Even if your father begs you?"

Teresa was about to cry, but she held back her tears and slowly shook her head.

"We are all angry today, let's calm down first." Archduke Karl sighed, then turned around and prepared to leave. "We will discuss this issue later."

Then he disappeared through the door.

"I'm sorry, Dad..." After her father's back finally disappeared, Teresa couldn't help herself anymore.

She never liked speaking to her father in this tone, but she knew that now she had to show the strongest stance. Only in this way could she hope to resolve the situation in the way she most wanted.

If she cowers because of timidity, it will only end up causing pain for everyone, and she will never be able to get relief.

Temporary heartache and permanent heartache, she had no choice.

I only hope that I will have the opportunity to repay my father in the future and atone for my sins of unfilial piety...

She raised her hand and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

It seems that my father is at his wits' end and has begun to waver. It only takes a little time for him to finally nod... It will take some time for His Highness to start his journey anyway, so there is no need to be so anxious.

She gently placed it on her chest and closed her eyes.

I hate you, Your Highness, because you only showed part of your soul to me. By fate's trick, your heart was stolen.

But... this doesn't bother me, we will meet again eventually.

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