Chanel accepted Aiglon's new order very happily. She ran out to make coffee, then brought it back and put it on the desk.
"Thank you, Chanel." Aiglon picked up the pen and paper and said gently to Chanel, "Now, please sit down and enjoy your coffee. The coffee you brew is very delicious."
His casual compliment made Chanel feel proud. She sat next to the boy, bowed slightly with a slight flinch, then picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee.
Aigron ignored her, but picked up the pen and wrote quietly on the paper. The pen tip made a slight rustling sound as it moved, and was only briefly interrupted when he occasionally picked up the coffee and took a sip or two.
While drinking coffee, Chanel looked at the boy quietly, trying not to make any noise to disturb her master's thoughts.
She looked at the boy's side face. His expression was so focused, and there seemed to be no impurities in his eyes. The sunlight outside the window slanted through the glass and fell on him. In the girl's eyes, it was like giving him Surrounded by dazzling light.
In this way, time passed unconsciously, the cups around the two people had bottomed out, and the sky became dark.
Finally, Aigron stopped writing and threw the pen on the desk. Then he rubbed his hands, then stood up and stretched.
"Everyone says I'm humble, but I think I'm too arrogant and overestimate myself." After stretching, he looked at Chanel with a wry smile, "Writing is not as easy as I thought -"
He pointed to the small stack of manuscript paper in front of him. "That's all we've achieved today."
"It's okay, Your Highness, you are just a little unfamiliar in a new field. Once you get familiar with it, you will be very smooth." Chanel immediately comforted him, "You may think that I am complimenting you, but you All your teachers have said that you are extremely talented, so... please don't be discouraged."
"Thank you, Chanel." Aiglon smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who gives up halfway easily."
"Okay, let me clean it up." Chanel stood up again, then reached out to take away the finished cup.
"Don't worry, Chanel." Aiglon shook his head and stopped the other party, "We'll deal with it later. I want to ask you a few questions."
"What's the problem?" Chanel was a little confused, but still stopped.
"I promised your wish to avenge you. There is no doubt that I will keep my promise and fight for you to the end." Aigron looked at the other party quietly, "Then have you ever thought about doing it after the revenge is completed? what?"
"After revenge..." Chanel's eyes became confused, and then she shook her head, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I didn't think about this problem."
For her who had nothing to rely on before, wanting to return to her country to avenge those who were still domineering in the local area was already so illusory as to be almost delusional. She only persisted in hatred to prevent herself from having a mental breakdown. It's just an obsession, there is no time to think about what to do after revenge.
"I can't think of what to do, let's wait until then." Finally, Chanel whispered.
"This is not good, Chanel." Aiglon looked at her with some worry, "Hate can be your motivation, but you shouldn't live by hatred alone. You should think about the future and be like your peers. Maybe all my dreams will come true? As long as I succeed."
Following Aiglon's prompt, Chanel thought about it in silence.
A bright future... these words sound too unreal, but they seem so real at this moment.
"I can make you a Marquis or a Duchess, and then find you a marriage partner. You can marry any nobleman you like. Anyway, the French are always open-minded." Aiglon casually reminded, "If you are short of money by then, I can also give you a large estate so that you will have no worries for the rest of your life."
Although Aiglon seems casual, this is not a casual promise, but a very serious promise. After all, money is meaningless to the king. Its only function is to reward loyal subjects-especially to the Bonaparte family. This is especially true for a royal family that lacks foundation.
Napoleon himself did not value money, nor did he care about a luxurious life, but he was incredibly generous to his subordinates. Juno, Ney, Berthier and others were even more famous for their extravagant spending. They relied on the emperor's favor. To make up for one's own bills.
Although Chanel is a woman, she is also the first loyal follower he met. So as long as he makes a comeback, he must be heavily rewarded. Otherwise, what reason do other people have to follow him?
"No... no need, Your Highness!" Chanel's reaction was beyond Aigron's expectation. She immediately shook her head and rejected Aigron's proposal.
"Huh?" Aigron was a little confused, "Are you not satisfied?"
"No, I am very satisfied with your kindness to me. Even more than satisfied, I am full of gratitude, because... because no one has ever considered the future for me before." Chanel's voice was choked, "But, I... I I'm just an orphan surviving a disaster, so what's the point of having a title? It can't make up for what I've lost. If you insist on telling me, I have a request..."
"What request?" Aigron asked.
"Please let me stay by your side and take care of you... I have no relatives and no one cares about me. The only mercy God showed me was that I found an opportunity to serve you." Chanel said He cried and replied, "You make me feel that I can do meaningful things, so I want to serve you forever. Since you ask me what I want for the future, then this is my request, and you can agree to it." me?"
Aigron was a little surprised and looked at her blankly.
It seems that there is indeed loyalty in the world that does not come from material desires.
He was not only happy, but also felt a little bit like a light on his back - he was placed with such terrible expectations and reverence, was he really worthy of it?
"I don't know if I am worthy of you doing this, but since you ask so, I promise you." After thinking for a moment, he nodded, "You can change your mind at any time."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Chanel was overjoyed, and then wiped her tears with her sleeves, "You are so kind..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this topic anymore." In order to free the two of them from the sudden sentimental atmosphere, Aigron changed the topic.
He picked up the manuscript paper and handed it to Chanel. "Look at this script."
Chanel took the manuscript paper respectfully, and then looked at it carefully.
Although it is a script, it is actually just a hastily written outline of the story. There are no lines for the characters, only a rough setting:
A certain country was ruled by a tyrannical king who was very cruel to his subjects and equally ruthless to his children. For his own political purposes, he betrothed his youngest daughter to a big nobleman in the territory. The nobleman was much older than the princess, and his character was equally cruel and ruthless. He only treated his wife in a business-like manner.
After a few years of marriage, they gave birth to three children. However, the princess's heart withered day by day, and her appearance gradually withered in the wasted years.
However, one day, at a banquet, a young nobleman fell in love with her at first sight, and then began to pursue her violently.
Under the knight's love, the princess's withered heart also bloomed, and they finally fell in love and became pregnant.
However, good things didn't last long, and the love affair was soon exposed. His Majesty the King was furious and decided to break them up. The princess and the young man agreed to flee to Switzerland and start a new life there anonymously.
The princess's escape was successful. She stayed in the hotel and gave birth to a beautiful child. However, her sweetheart never arrived. The princess was extremely anxious, worried that he had not escaped capture. However, not long after, she saw news in the newspaper about young people holding a grand wedding. Then, she received a letter from her husband, telling her that all the unseemly things had been done and that she should go home early to fulfill her obligations as a wife.
In desperation, she wrote to her father, husband and lover respectively, telling them that she would rather die than live for their dignity. Finally, she came to the lakeside of Geneva and found all relief in a trance.
"This is a tragedy..." Chanel sighed with a little sadness after reading it. "Your Highness, why do you want to write such a story?"
"No, the story is not important at all, what is important is just the metaphor." Aigron shook his head.
"What metaphor?" Chanel didn't understand for a moment.
"This is what I call family secrets." Aigron shrugged, "Chanel, since we have reached this point, I will tell you in detail. You should know it."
Aiglon stood up, walked in front of Chanel, and then lowered his voice, "My father had several brothers. He was the second in line. The eldest brother Joseph was the king of Spain, and then the third brother Lucien fell out with him. He has always lived away from the empire, and his other two brothers, Louis and Jerome, became the King of the Netherlands and the King of Westphalia respectively - you know all this, right?"
"Yes, I know." Chanel nodded. For a Bonaparte supporter, these must have been known for a long time.
"My uncle Joseph has no sons, only one daughter; let's not mention the third Lucien. Louis, the former King of the Netherlands, had three sons in total. The eldest one has passed away, and there are two left. They are all grown up. They are older, one is 22 years old and the other is 18 years old. And these two cousins of mine are very ambitious and eager to make achievements -" Aigron explained to her unhurriedly, "Louis' wife, their mother, you know Who is it?"
"I know!" Chanel nodded immediately, "She is Princess Otangse, Otangse-de-Beauharnay, the biological sister of His Highness Eugène. Of course I know."
"Yes, that's the key point." Aiglon smiled and shrugged, "The protagonist of the story is her, although she has changed her appearance. After she gave birth to three sons, she found a lover, Count Flao, of course I I’ll change my name.”
Yes, this was a family marriage led by Napoleon. He married his stepdaughter to his biological brother. He did not have a son at that time, so he planned to let the son born by Otangsi inherit his career.
However, the emperor had countless calculations, but he forgot about the emotional factor in marriage. The couple did not like each other from the beginning, and they just reluctantly got together for politics. Although they gave birth to three sons together, Ao Tang Queen Silk has another love.
"Is that so...?" Shanel finally understood something.
Then, she thought of something else, "So an illegitimate child? Is it true?"
"Yes, she and her lover had an illegitimate child." Aigron nodded, "In 1811, in an unknown hotel near Lake Geneva in Switzerland, she secretly gave birth to a son for Count Fraau."
"Oh my god..." Chanel was greatly surprised.
Chanel's surprise did not surprise Aigron. Hortense kept this matter secret for the sake of the family at the time. Only later did she write her memoirs in her later years, and her son Louis Bonaparte restored the Second Empire and reused the illegitimate son. (Professed Duke of Morny), the secret became widely known.
The current Queen Ortense certainly did not commit suicide. She was living quite well in seclusion in Switzerland, and her lover had already abandoned her after the destruction of the empire in 1814.
"So, you changed her deeds just to..." Chanel understood.
"Not only the story, I will also work hard on the details, and roughly retell a few paragraphs of the letters between my poor sister Otangs, or my aunt and her lover, if for no other reason than to let my cousins know." Egger Long smiled, "They will find me, I believe in their ability..."
After a pause, Aigron added, "And ambition."
