What was Victoria's answer to Mysimian's inquiry? Do you tell the truth or just say a perfunctory sentence? With no choice, Misimilian could only choose to change the subject, but fortunately, Victoria was also a smart girl, but in an instant she seemed to understand what was no longer to be said.

Although she did not continue to ask, Victoria's heart did not choose to give up, and returned to the place where she lived, and Victoria quietly came to the room of the Lord of Sophie that night. If there is an occasional mention of Ernst here, it is perhaps the Sophian lord who is the Archduchess of Sophia.

In the delicate women's room, when the Sophie Lord understood Victoria's intentions, she couldn't help but be a little silent, but she also hoped for some changes in this matter, and there was no doubt that the right person to influence Mesimilian at this time was Victoria in front of her.

The events of 1900 were brought up again, and Victoria, who understood the specific situation, was a little incredible, just because of that little thing, the two brothers were separated for nearly 10 years?

Things are naturally not so simple, the events of the year led to serious damage to Messilian's personal image, after all, the appearance of limping has made Messimilian very inferior to this day, and Ernst has always "avoided" this matter, at least in this family.

In fact, Ernst didn't think so much at this time, he himself didn't have a very strong feeling for Vienna here, not to mention the separation over the years, the infrequent letters here naturally made Ernst a little negligent. I believe that if Ernst knew that Misimilian had been waiting for him to apologize, then Ernst would definitely go to Vienna immediately to send his most sincere apology to Misimilian.

What should you do! This was Victoria's first thought, and this was what Lord Sophie wanted to see, otherwise she wouldn't have explained things in such detail. And while Victoria was talking to the Sophie lord about Ernst and Mysimilian, so did Archduke Ferdinand and Emperor Franz.

In Emperor Franz's apartment, Archduke Ferdinand and Emperor Franz sat face to face like ordinary uncles and nephews, and they talked casually as if there was nothing military in the conversation but just some ordinary family conversations, but in fact, they ......

"The economy of Moravia is very good, and Ernst is very capable."

Emperor Franz's praise did not surprise Archduke Ferdinand, first of all, this was not the first time Emperor Franz praised Ernst, and secondly, such words really made Archduke Ferdinand not know how to interface, and he had not guessed what Emperor Franz wanted to express all these years.

"Ernst attaches great importance to military matters, the Moravian army is one of the best in the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire, and I heard that he has his own foreign legion in Siberia, you don't know the situation there?"

Shaking his head, Archduke Ferdinand has not paid much attention to Ernst's situation over the years, the affairs of the Balkans have made him extremely busy, and his second son is a capable person. In addition, even if that force is lost in the Far East, it will not affect anything, and Archduke Ferdinand will naturally not pay too much attention to it.

"I was reminded of Ernst, who by this time was almost Czech king. What is the situation in Austria-Hungary, who can't see clearly? If I could, I would be happy to give Ernst the title of Czech Grand Duke. ”

Emperor Franz's white bearded face smiled very happily, although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a centralized system, but the influence of the local aristocracy on the local area was too great, if the Czech Republic could be completely in the hands of Ernst, then Emperor Franz was only happy, not to mention that Ernst was still a member of the Habsburg line.

What is the concept of the members of the lineage, that is, if Franz insists and Archduke Ferdinand agrees, then the future throne is likely to fall to Ernst, and if Austria, which is completely controlled by itself, plus a Czech Republic, then the only real contradictions that the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire needs to solve are Hungary and the Balkans.

"I said a few years ago that Ernst is a very capable little guy with a lot of potential, and if he sits in my position, I believe that the future of Austria-Hungary will change a lot."

"Uncle ......"

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand did not bother to call Emperor Franz by his official name, but he was interrupted by Emperor Franz before he could say anything.

"I know very well what you want to say, I'm sorry about what happened back then, but to be honest...... Neither you nor Karl are the best candidates for Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including Mysimian. ”

This was the first time that Emperor Franz bluntly spoke out about forcing Archduke Ferdinand to take an oath to renounce the inheritance of his children, and it was also the first time that Archduke Ferdinand denied his ability. Although this made Archduke Ferdinand a little depressed, he was also moved, after all, he hated Emperor Franz for a long time because of the events of that year.

"Karl is too idealistic and you are too military, the final solution to the internal problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is no longer military, the changes in Moravia are a model, even if Ernst cannot sit in the position of Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the future, I hope you can put him in charge of rectifying the internal problems of the Empire."

Franz's words, Archduke Ferdinand, naturally, would not veto, nodded and said that he would definitely do according to Franz's opinion, in fact, he himself had the same idea, after all, Ernst had already made a standard solution example for the entire empire.

In 1911, just after the conversation between Archduke Ferdinand and Emperor Franz, Christmas in Moravia had already ended two days ago, and everything seemed to be back to normal, while the Far East was preparing for the grand Spring Festival.

1912 was a very important year for Austria-Hungary, as it was the year in which Serbia launched the First Balkan War. The main sides of the war were the Balkan League, which consisted of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro Negro, and on the other side was the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had great influence in the Balkans.

In 1908, due to internal revolution, the power of the Ottoman Empire was gradually controlled by the United Progress Committee, and it was only because of internal strife that Austria-Hungary seized Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.

This war had nothing to do with Austria-Hungary, but mainly the rise of several southeastern European countries in Serbia in a few years plus the decline of the Ottoman Empire, which gave the Kingdom of Serbia several southeastern European countries an opportunity. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire were the main sources of containment of several states in the Balkans.

The four countries of Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia are extremely strong countries, the Kingdom of Serbia and several countries in Southeast Europe are developing rapidly, but confronting such countries is undoubtedly an act of seeking death, although Italy is slightly weaker, but it is ultimately easier to bully than the Ottoman Empire.

The Balkan League was established, and in such a situation, the first Balkan War was naturally started by the Balkan League on its own initiative, and several countries of Austria-Hungary were happy to benefit from the left-hand fisherman. And when the Balkan Wars began, the Manchu Empire collapsed.

In February 1912, the last emperor of the Manchu Empire, Xuantong, announced his abdication, ending the 2,000-year feudal imperial system in that ancient country in the East.

In the same month, Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China, which was the result of the negotiations between the north and the south, and it was also an inevitable result, because neither the north nor the south wanted the war to continue, and at the same time, the military strength of the south was far weaker than that of the north, and Yuan Shikai became the president is undoubtedly the best result. The beginning of a new beginning for that old state undoubtedly had some influence on some monarchies, especially the United Kingdom, which was gradually beginning to lose control, and Ireland's request for autonomy was rejected by the British Parliament.

There was also some instability within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially Hungary, which had already compromised the Habsburgs, and some hoped that Hungary would be republican, self-governing, and able to break away from Austria-Hungary. Emperor Franz and Archduke Ferdinand naturally suppressed such a situation mercilessly.

In April, a major event came from the United States, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

This is not a small matter, because there are a large number of nobles on this huge ship, which can be called the largest and most luxurious ship, how can the accidental death of these people not shock the whole of Europe?

The Titanic is the work of the British White Star Shipping Company, with a length of about 269 meters, a displacement of more than 46,000 tons, and a first-class ticket price of about $600. Of course, it turns out that the claim is just a claim.

On April 10, the Titanic began its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, and in order to win the Blue Ribbon Award, the highest honor for the North Atlantic ocean liner, Captain Edward Smith chose a shorter summer route across the Atlantic, which is usually not taken in winter to avoid colliding with icebergs.

I don't know if it was overly arrogant or really predestined, in such a place, Captain Smith still sailed forward through the glacial terrain of the North Atlantic at full speed of 22 knots. At 23:45 on the 14th, the 269-meter-long ship collided with an iceberg, and a 90-meter crack was torn open from starboard to the center of the hull, and a large amount of seawater poured into the hull. Captain Smith immediately sent a distress signal and ordered the lifeboats to be released, but the number of lifeboats was too small to accommodate all 2,224 passengers, and the order on board was chaotic.

The ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, killing 1,513 passengers and leaving only 711 alive. Among the dead were the elite of American industry, European aristocrats, and even a ducal heir among them.