Chanel stood there blankly, watching her dance partner disappear into the crowd.
Everything that had just happened was like a dream, and now she almost doubted whether she had just experienced a dream.
She took a deep breath, then pinched her hands hard.
The pain that passed through her fingers told her that this was not a dream. Just now, a young man named Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte really found her and agreed to help His Highness escape.
It seems that in this world, I am not the only one who has the quality of loyalty, there are also people who remember His Highness, and there are people who remember the Empire...
Chanel spent a lot of effort not to lose his composure in public.
She was now in a state of extreme excitement, and although she didn't actually have any actual plans yet, she was already imagining the future.
She looked around. Everything was so brilliant, which made her feel happy all over. Her face was reddish and radiant, completely different from the depressed and depressed look a quarter of an hour ago.
There is only one thing left now - tell His Highness the good news as soon as possible, and let him judge how to deal with it next.
Your Highness... come back soon! We are saved! She urged again and again in her mind.
At this time, Aigron, of course, couldn't hear the maid's voice. In fact, he was immersed in another kind of happiness.
He was accompanying His Royal Highness Sophie, walking through the streets of Vienna.
Normally, Vienna is quite quiet and boring at night, but it is very different during the Carnival period. The lights are brightly lit everywhere, and citizens wearing ordinary clothes and fancy clothes are crowded in the streets, enjoying a rare indulgence in the year. Chance.
Their main purpose was to watch the flowers and they didn't have any special travel plans, but it was said that there would be a fireworks show tonight, so they decided to go to the fireworks show venue to have a look.
The place where the fireworks show was held was the Prater area in the center of Vienna. It was originally a grassland and existed as a royal hunting ground. However, since 1766, it began to allow ordinary citizens to enter and eventually became a city park. Of course, in During the carnival, it will also become the largest gathering place for citizens.
After coming out of the theater, the two held hands and headed towards their destination.
It was quite a distance, but they didn't mind.
They walked along Herners Street, and no one along the way noticed that these two people wearing Bavarian costumes and masks had such a special identity.
Although it was a cold winter night outside, there was no trace of exhaustion on Sophie's face. Instead, she was planning everywhere and admiring things that she found novel.
When they walked to the city center, a huge castle lay across their sight.
Sophie raised her head and glanced at the huge towering castle.
This is the Hofburg Palace, the old palace in the center of Vienna. Before the construction of Schönbrunn Palace, the Habsburg royal family enjoyed the worship of all people in this palace. Even now, during major ceremonies, His Majesty the Emperor will also come here with members of the royal family to show the majesty of the Habsburg family and the Austrian Empire.
When the Habsburg family first became prosperous in the 13th century, it was just an ordinary castle. However, as the Habsburg family expanded its power and ruled the area, the castle was repeatedly expanded and eventually became a Luxurious palace. The palace was built according to the terrain and was divided into two parts: the upper residence and the lower residence. There are more than 1,400 rooms with different decorations in total, forming a huge building complex.
Although the authority of the Habsburg family has faded day by day, this magnificent palace still stands quietly here, engraved with the passage of time. Even if this family no longer rules this country, it will be left to Austria as a historical legacy.
As the daughter-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor, Princess Sophie has of course been to this old palace many times, but looking at it from such a distance is quite a novel experience.
"You can imagine how much tax money it cost." She said suddenly with emotion, "No wonder the common people want to start a revolution, but such a big palace is treated as a display, such extravagant waste, it makes people unconvinced just thinking about it. Bar."
"This is not like what you would say." Aigron felt very strange about her sigh.
"Aigron, what do you think of me? An idiot who only knows how to spend money and enjoy life?" Sophie glanced at him. "It would have been understandable if I had not noticed all this a few decades ago, but after what happened in France, After decades of turmoil, no matter how heartless or brainless people are, they will notice it... We are probably just sitting on the crater of the volcano. No one knows when the rolling lava under our feet will erupt and burn us. There is not even ashes left. Fortunately, my fathers finally suppressed this lava, so that I can enjoy the prosperity now, but God knows, what will happen to the next generation? Maybe one day outside the Hofburg Maybe it’s also a series of guillotines…”
Aigron didn't expect that Sophie, who always looked domineering, actually had such pessimistic thoughts deep in her heart.
"You're too pessimistic. Maybe things won't get so bad." He comforted the other person, "Even if the lava is scary, there is always a way to solve it."
"Pessimistic? I'm not pessimistic, I'm just realistic. It's okay to be unrealistic in this era." Sophie smiled, and then answered with her head held high, "I know that everything I have enjoyed since I was a child is absolutely Most people dare not think about it. My annual expenses are the income of thousands of people... So I have to bear some risks for this. Isn't it fair? I step on the heads of so many people. Then they also have the right to take revenge. If things really come to pass, then I will resist with all my strength and use all means to suppress it. If I can't resist, even the guillotine is theirs. I will not pretend to be pitiful and complain to God."
Aigron didn't know what to say for a moment.
Is this the ultimate in freedom, or is he born without any scruples?
"And what are you going to do about it?" he asked again.
"I plan to do a lot of things to prevent this empire from overturning at least before I die, and then just leave the mess to future generations." Sophie was still smiling, "But now...anyway, all important matters will be handled by His Majesty the Emperor and Mei. It's not my turn to worry about Tene, so I have to enjoy myself in time and have no regrets before going to the guillotine."
"Can't you stop carrying the guillotine at the carnival?" Aiglon protested helplessly. "That's not really a word that makes people happy."
"Oh, I'm sorry! I've disappointed you..." Sophie hugged the young man and ended this slightly heavy topic, "If the French Plague has any positive effect on me, that's it. What made your father what made you, Aiglon... When I think of this, I feel like it doesn’t matter even if the lava rolls under my feet.”
"No matter how scary the lava is, I won't let it burn you." Aigron looked at Sophie and solemnly promised.
"Okay, I remember this sentence, Aigron, don't cheat in the future!" Sophie suddenly became happy.
While they were talking and laughing, their footsteps unconsciously approached the high wall outside the Hofburg Palace.
"Hey! Stop where you are, don't come close!" A guard came up and blocked them, "This is not a place you can approach!"
Then he looked up and down and looked at how the two people were dressed, and he probably understood. "Are you tourists? This is the palace, please leave immediately!"
"Who said I'm a tourist? This is my place!" Princess Sophie suddenly took off her mask, and then yelled at the guard seemingly angrily, "I am Her Royal Highness, how dare you speak to me like this?"
"Come on, if you are the princess, then I am the crown prince of the empire." The guard waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, stop making trouble and leave quickly. I am in a good mood today, otherwise you will not It’s so easy.”
Aigron was afraid that Sophie would cause trouble again, so he pulled Sophie away without persuasion.
"Hahahaha..." After walking away, Sophie covered her mouth and chuckled, "It seems I'm not as famous as I thought."
"It's a bit too difficult to expect an ordinary person to be able to see and remember your appearance at close range." Aigron replied with a wry smile, "Besides, no one will believe that you really came here like this. "
He could already see that Sophie was enjoying the joy of teasing others.
"Yes, at least tonight, I am Sophia Memmingen, a foreigner who has nothing to do with the empire." Sophie narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the young man, "Who needs to care about these Austrians? Look!”
She had just drank wine after dancing, and her face was still slightly flushed. With the dim light, her eyes seemed to be shining even more.
They walked along the street for a while and came to the vicinity of Central Park.
At this moment, a sharp sound came from mid-air.
Aiglon and Sophie subconsciously looked up to the sky and found a large group of light spots rising quickly from the ground into the sky, like a swarm of fireflies.
Soon, these light spots exploded in mid-air, making a huge roar.
Accompanied by the roar, there are dazzling patterns one by one. These fireworks carefully crafted by Italian craftsmen use colorful shapes to present the carnival to the citizens of Vienna.
Along with the ever-changing patterns in the sky, the audience surrounding the park cheered one after another to celebrate the arrival of the festival.
Fireworks continued to explode in the sky, with various colors and shapes forming a skyline filled with flowers. Aigron also watched carefully, enjoying the visual experience that he had never had the chance to get, and completely forgot about time for a while. The same goes for Sophie standing next to him, immersed in the dazzling performance.
After an unknown amount of time, the speed and scale of the fireworks finally slowed down, which meant that tonight's fireworks show had come to an end.
With some regret, Aigron sighed.
"Good times are always short, aren't they?" Sophie sighed regretfully, "But at least our trip was worthwhile."
"You're right." Aigron cheered up again. "I feel pretty good."
"Don't be discouraged, Aiglon." Sophie raised her hand and touched the young man's face, "We will have a chance to see him in the future."
"I hope so." Aigron nodded.
Although he agreed on the surface, he knew in his heart that this was the first time he had seen such a dazzling display in Vienna, but it might also be the last time he would watch a fireworks show in Vienna for many years.
I don’t know when the next time will be...
"Would you like to walk with me for a while longer?" Sophie suggested again. "Let's go see the river and then go back."
"Okay." Aigron drove away the slight depression in his heart and cheered up again.
They walked east along the road next to the park, and not long after walking they came to the Danube River that passed through Vienna.
After walking a short distance along the embankment, they walked onto a bridge spanning both banks.
They stood by the railing of the bridge, breathing in the cold wind passing through the river, and quietly looked at the river at their feet and the thousands of lights sandwiched on both sides.
The wide and quiet Danube River flowed slowly under their feet, as if it had never changed.
Many generations of Vienna have come and gone, but the Danube will always stay here, nourishing and nurturing the city.
"What a beautiful river...it connects Bavaria and Austria." Sophie looked at the river flowing upstream, and then sighed softly, "Bavaria..."
The winter wind in the middle of the night was more biting than during the day, not to mention that this was still by the river. Sophie suddenly shivered.
Aigron stretched out his hand and lifted her into his arms.
Sophie didn't struggle, just quietly enjoying each other's tenderness.
"You may as well think of me as a Bavarian," Egglund whispered. "If it makes you feel any better."
"You?" Sophie couldn't help laughing, "You are not worthy of Bavaria at all!"
"Franz Memmingen is the name you gave me, and thus mentally I will always bear the brand of Bavaria. I am willing to accept this result, because I want to stand with Sophia Memmingen forever. One side." Aiglon replied solemnly.
Sophie's eyes widened.
"is that true?"
Aiglon lowered his head and kissed her suddenly.
The two of them kissed on the bridge as if no one else was watching. The passers-by didn't care about the small carnival episode, only the river under their feet silently witnessed them.
After a long moment, their lips parted.
"Aiglon, we should go back..." Sophie said weakly.
Aigron hesitated.
He wanted to take that step, but he didn't dare to say the words.
He didn't know what the result would be if he asked, but he knew that if he backed down today, he would never dare to ask again in the future.
So he boldly made new demands.
"You must be very tired, how about we go to the hotel to take a rest?"
Then, the young man looked at Sophie, waiting for her answer.
