Jochen had only been back in Berlin for a day, and before he could catch his breath, things started one after another.

In the hallway of the Royal General Hospital in Berlin, Jochen sat in a chair and waited, looking very calm. But his frowning brow and fingers tapping his thighs constantly showed his worry and irritability.

Frederick III and Empress Victoria were both by Jochen's side, and Empress Victoria comforted: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

Jochen smiled and replied to his mother, "I'm fine, let your mother worry." ”

"You're my son, I don't know about you, I like to bang my fingers on the table when I'm restless, and now you probably don't even notice knocking on your own legs, right?" Queen Victoria smiled and said, "It's okay, it's normal to have your due date a week earlier, and soon you'll be a father."

"Jochen is finally a father too, and finally an adult." Frederick III looked very happy: "I am going to have a grandson, and I am glad that the empire will have a little prince." ”

"What if it's a daughter? Aren't you happy? Empress Victoria said, glancing at her husband.

"Just as happy, just as happy, the little princess must be the pearl of the empire in the future." Frederick III immediately changed his tune.

It turned out that Mary's due date was May 25, but as soon as Jochen returned to Berlin on the 18th, Mary was about to give birth, and she could have given birth in the palace, but for the sake of insurance, Jochen still insisted that it was safer in the hospital.

The German crown princess gave birth to a child, and of course the doctor should pay attention to it and pay attention to it, so there are constantly doctors who come out to report the situation, although the doctor is kind and the feedback is good news, but this only increases Jochen's irritability.

Although he was comforted by Queen Victoria, it did not dampen even the slightest irritability from Jochen. The realization that his first child was about to be born made it difficult for Jochen to maintain a calm mind. Without the anxiety of a first-time father, he walked back and forth in circles at the door of the delivery room like the average first-time father, and he was already very calm.

Soon Mary's cries could be heard in the delivery room, which added to Jochen's agitation.

"I'm going to give birth." Empress Victoria said.

Yoheng counted the 50s in his previous life and now has children of his own, and it would be a lie to say that he is not excited. Although he didn't paced back and forth at the door of the delivery room like other soon-to-be-fathers, sitting in a chair and closing his eyes showed that his mood was not at peace at this time.

Although I know that every pregnant woman has a smooth birth, listening to my wife's screams is really worrying. And the doctor stubbornly didn't let him enter the delivery room, which is really worrying.

After a while, suddenly there was no cry of the mother, but there was no cry of the child, and when it was disturbing, the doctor came out and said that the crown princess was a little consumed, and she needed to drink some water to recover, but don't worry, the condition of the birth canal opening is very good, and I hope that the Majesty Xià family can rest assured, which makes the hanging heart go down.

Soon, Mary's cries were heard again in the delivery room. After a while, the screaming stopped, and a loud cry was heard.

The doctor walked out, and said with a happy face to the emperor's family who surrounded him: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Highness, mother and son are safe, and he is a very healthy little prince." ”

"I have a son, I'm a father." Jochen, who finally couldn't hold it back, clenched his fists in front of his chest and said excitedly.

"Congratulations, Your Highness." The doctor bowed.

"Thank you, doctor. Can I go in and see my wife now? ”

"Absolutely, Your Highness. However, it is best not to take too long, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess consumes a lot of body, and you need to rest well. The doctor dutifully explained.

"Okay, thank you again." After saying that, Yoheng hurriedly walked into the delivery room.

Mary, who had just given birth, was covered in sweat, her damp hair was sticking to her face, her face was a little pale, and her expression was a little haggard, but her eyes were full of excitement.

When she saw her husband come in, she asked in a hoarse voice and a little weakly, "Do you see our children?" ”

Jochen sat down on the edge of the bed, then took his wife's hand: "Not yet, now that father and mother are watching him, I'll come and see you first." ”

"What onlookers, talking like looking at a cherished animal, that's your son." Mary replied to her husband angrily.

"What my son, is our son." Jochen retorted with a smile.

"Yes, it's our son." Mary replied softly, her face full of maternal radiance.

Staring at the woman in front of her who gave birth to her blood, although the union of the two parties was a slightly ugly political marriage, but now, the mother of her child, the person in front of her was one of the closest people to her.

Tightening his wife's hand in his hand, Jochen said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, thank you, have a good rest." ”

"Hmm" Mary did consume too much body, just now it was all supported by the excitement of being a new mother, and now that she has her husband by her side, she quickly falls asleep in a peaceful mood.

Seeing his wife fall asleep, Jochen gently let go of his wife's hand, then quietly got up, and then slowly exited the room.

Jochen then went to the nursery, while Frederick III and Empress Victoria were talking about the little one.

"The doctor said that the little guy weighs 4 kilograms, and he must be a strong guy when he grows up." Frederick III was delighted by a healthy and strong grandson.

"The nose is very similar to Jochen, the ears are similar, and the mouth is very similar to Mary, and the little one must be a beautiful man when he grows up." Empress Victoria said happily.

"Mother, the little guy hasn't grown his facial features now, how can you judge what he will look like in the future?" Joechen looked at his son and smiled and said, "The skin of the little thing is pink and wrinkled, how can you tell what it looks like?"

"What do you know, you weren't born like this?" Queen Victoria retorted, then asked, "How is Mary?" ”

"I'm so tired, I'm asleep, let her rest well, there's no problem." Although he was answering his mother's question, Jochen's eyes were fixed on this new little life.

The ugly appearance couldn't see the prototype of the beautiful man that his mother said, but the feeling of blood connection made Joheng very excited, this was his own child, and the joy of becoming a father for the first time filled Yoheng's chest.

A whole new experience and feeling, duty and responsibility, joy and happiness, mixed feelings. It seems to understand the joys and sorrows, care and sorrow, hectic and worrying of the parents of the two lives in an instant.

"Have you decided on the child's name?" Frederick III asked.

"Reinhardt." Jochen replied that it was a name that Jochen had already come up with, and that the boy would be called Reinhardt and the girl would be called Lily.

Reinhardt, the name is a German name that has been popular since the Middle Ages. Derived from the Old German name Raginhart, ragina means: advise, build yì, decide (god), fate, harti strong, distinct, powerful, resolute.

Raginhard, as a family name, means "powerfulone" (powerfulone), and later used as a personal name, which is generally interpreted as "mightyandbrave" (strong and brave), and is also understood as: lionheart.

Whatever the meaning, as the heir to the German Empire, the name was undoubtedly the most desirable in Jochen's view.

And Lily is an abbreviated form of Elisabeth, and Jochen thinks the name is nice.

"Reinhardt, the Lion Emperor of the Hohenzollerns? It's a good name, and I like it a lot. "Frederick III was delighted that his grandson had such a resounding name.

The Lion Emperor? Reinhardt's Majesty? Think of his son's brown blonde hair that is lighter than his own. It's a shame, Jochen said that he really didn't name his son like he did when he named the Naval Institute for Strategic Studies SNRI. Well, now I can't change it, and my dad seems to like the name very much.

Thus, the full name of the new heir to the German Empire was Reinhardt Wilhelm Franz Ernst, and the suffix von Hohenzollern would be added to the future head of the Hohenzollern family.

The birth of the heir to the German Empire made the whole empire celebrate. The Prussian aristocracy and the officials of the imperial government also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wilhelm I, Frederick III, and Crown Prince Joachim are all in the same line, if there is no heir, the throne of the German Emperor and the King of Prussia does not know which side branch will fall into the hands of the side, and Crown Prince Joachim has not moved after two years of marriage, which makes many people very worried.

Now that he has a child, and he is a boy, this has settled the entire empire, and the heir is undoubtedly an important part of maintaining the stability of the empire.

The name of the little prince Reinhardt spread throughout Germany for a time, and many Germans believed that the name Reinhardt was very compatible with the heir of the German Empire. Newspapers in Germany also published articles wishing the new member of the imperial family throughout the empire a healthy growth and a great man worthy of his name.

The news that Archduchess Marie Valerie had given birth to a baby boy also made the Austro-Hungarian Empire very happy, and the heir to the German Empire was half of the Habsburg blood, which undoubtedly brought the two empires closer together. The illusion that the mighty German Empire was behind it gave the Austro-Hungarians, who were under the clouds of war, confident of victory.

Under such an illusion, the Austro-Hungarian cries for war against Serbia grew louder and louder. The Hungarian support for the war was clearly ill-intentioned, and the Hungarian nobles, under Tiza's contact, were eager for the war to drain the last vestige of the Austro-Hungarian treasury.

But in any case, it was rare in the Austro-Hungarian parliament that the Austrians and Hungarians were so unanimous. Since war is the wish of all the people, let the Austro-Hungarian army win a victory.

With this in mind, Joseph Franz I signed the order of war.

Thus, in June 1892, Austria-Hungary took the first action, and the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia began, with a garrison of about 90,000 troops of five divisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the west.