Elisabeth was, after all, Franz's legal wife.

The other party had lived in Budapest for a long time, refused to return to Vienna, and fooled around with an Asian man for a long time, and Franz was certainly angry.

Isn't she hailed as the financial queen of Budapest by the ignorant aristocrats, and I'm going to defeat her and ravage her from what she does best!

Franz felt that his vision was much stronger than that of this damn slut.

Therefore, Franz, through personal connections, once again leveraged and bought a new round of treasury bonds in the style of the British Empire.

Although Franz's soft peg of the Austrian currency to the pound in order to curry favor with London had led to Austria being frantically sucked out of blood and suffering huge losses, this time, Franz felt that his operation was absolutely fine.

The Ottomans were finished, the Italians were on their knees, the Prussians were dry bones in the grave, and everything was under control.

He felt that he had copied the 100-year bottom of British government bonds, and he just had to sit back and wait for the bonds in his hand to slowly appreciate.

However, Franz wanted to copy the bottom of the British, but the British wanted to copy the Habsburg home!

As soon as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ali Guo's "shock therapy" came out, the British national debt plunged instantly, and the bonds in the Habsburg royal safe were all turned into toilet paper in the pit!

The thousand-year-old family was destitute overnight!

What's worse is that the Russian government, which infiltrated the Balkans and posed a faint threat to Austria-Hungary, began to have an ambiguous attitude towards the war.

There was intelligence that they had stopped fighting against the Ming and were at odds with Berlin.

The Russians' goals have apparently completely shifted to the Balkans with Greece!

This is something that Austria-Hungary does not want to see in any case.

Franz, who was beleaguered at home and abroad, was cornered.

He realized that maybe it was time to stop this damn, stupid war.

If you think about it, Austria had no reason to enter the war at all.

As long as it put its head down and agreed to the unification of North Germany, Austria could be pulled out of the war in an instant.

Even because of their cultural proximity, they were able to form allies with the Germans.

Franz began to examine his position and was determined to recognize the unity of the German Empire.

As he did in 1879, he invited Wilhelm I to Vienna for a secret visit.

As a descendant of the Habsburgs, Franz's style of diplomacy favored personal interactions between monarchs rather than sending foreign ministers or special representatives for talks.

There is no doubt that accepting such an invitation requires extraordinary courage and great political wisdom.

But Wilhelm I, as the founding emperor of the German Empire, did have something extraordinary.

He ordered the 20-year-old imperial grandson to stay in Berlin and leave for Vienna to make an appointment.

Franz attached great importance to this alliance between the German monarchs, and specially sent someone to Budapest to invite back his empress.

To this end, he did not hesitate to agree to a treaty that would further give Hungary autonomy.

Of course, Franz also had the purpose of bringing Elizabeth back to Vienna, which was to borrow money from her to help the Habsburgs through the difficult situation.

Today, the aristocracy of Europe knows that with a small amount of collateral, they can borrow money from the financial queen of Budapest, whether it is a pound or a franc.

It was the last straw that saved the Habsburgs.

It's just clear that Elizabeth has no interest in helping her husband through this.

After she filed for divorce again and Franz refused, she locked herself in the house in a fit of rage and did not leave the door.

After three days of cold war, Franz finally began to compromise, saying that he could send a royal counsel to Budapest to participate in the inquiry.

But he insisted that there was no crisis in his marriage to Elizabeth.

The status quo between them is just the norm in the marriages of European royal families.

It is in the interest of both parties to set aside the dispute and maintain the status quo.

However, Elizabeth was very firm, and she replied with the famous words of her best friend: "I would rather have the sincerity of the Orientals than the hypocrisy of the West!" ”

Although the differences between the two sides were difficult to bridge, Franz made concessions, and Elisabeth reluctantly agreed to accompany him to the Kaiser's arrival.

Wilhelm I secretly traveled to Vienna by train.

One of the oldest railway stations on the European continent, Vienna's Nord Terminus railway station, has a long history of legend.

Historically, in January 1913, a bearded man with the name Papadó Pros on his passport stepped off the train here and embarked on his legendary journey.

His real name was Joseph Stalin.

And in May 1877, the same bearded man stepped off the train from here, embarking on the last journey of his life......

William I stepped off the train in a low-key manner, not as agile as an 80-year-old man.

He hid the whole person in a trench coat.

When he went to Fengdu to meet Zhu Fugui and Abdul, he was dressed like this.

The meeting went very smoothly and could even be said to be full of pleasant memories.

Wilhelm I hoped that this trip to Vienna would be the same.

He stepped off the platform and walked briskly past his plainclothes guards.

It was heavily guarded by Austrian troops, and there was certainly no danger.

If the killing intent came from Franz, then his plainclothes guards would be useless.

So, it's better to be honest and show your trust in Franz.

Well, Zhu Fugui was also like this when he met with him, and William I felt that he was not in any danger.

Wilhelm I enthusiastically opened his arms and embraced Emperor Franz.

"My dear Franz, I'm glad you invited me. Our embrace is not only a German embrace with Austria, but also a ...... between German brothers."

Bang!

Before the words were finished, gunshots rang out in the train station.

Wilhelm I looked behind Franz over his shoulder in disbelief, and on the platform, a trembling young man stood abruptly under the noses of the Austrian guards.

He held two guns in his hand and stared at the two emperors embracing each other.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The young sought-after fired three more shots.

The bullet passed through the back of Franz I and the chest of Wilhelm I.

"Zhu is right......

Wilhelm I looked at the Austrian guards who had just reacted and were in a mess, and his vision became more and more blurred.

As he was dying, somehow in his mind, he remembered the radiant young emperor and what he had said......

"If you're not afraid of god-like opponents, you're afraid of pig-like teammates...... Zhu told me not to get too close to the Italians and Austrians...... It seems that he said ...... It's all ...... Really ......"

It all happened so suddenly.

In fact, the Twin Shooters had no idea who the old man who had hidden himself in a trench coat was, and his target was always Franz I.

Laxie didn't have any detailed plans, he just heard from the guards at the northern terminus of Vienna that the Dog Emperor, who had been in arrears for most of his salary, was going to welcome some distinguished guests here.

Then he hid in the toilet.

For two whole days, no one found him at all.

"For Hungary! For Huaxia! ”

Laxie shouted slogans and pointed his gun to his chin before the guards surrounded him, and pulled the trigger sharply.

Bang!

Another gunshot rang out, and three bodies were left at the old Vienna North terminus.

Laxie's skull exploded, and the bullet pierced through his jaw, tearing his face apart, but judging by what remained, he died with a smile.

Franz was probably the first to die.

All he did was let out a scream of unknown meaning, his face contorted, and his whole body spasmed.

And William I, his face was unwilling and angry.

At the wrong time, in the wrong place, a generation of German emperors, died from the wrong bullet.

Soon, the news that the Hungarian separatists had killed two birds with one stone in Vienna and shot the German and Austrian emperors spread throughout Europe like a bolt from the blue.