Archduke Ferdinand, who was worried about the hot-blooded young Princip, is now on his way with his wife, Sophie Hotek.

That's right, this Archduke Ferdinand came to Sarajevo, in addition to taking state affairs, also had a little private matter, that is, taking his wife to relax.

Speaking of which, although Archduke Ferdinand is the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his marriage to his wife Sophie Hotek is a good thing.

Because Sophie is just the daughter of a down-and-out count in Bohemia (the down-and-out nobles are automatically reduced by one level), because by chance, she met Archduke Ferdinand at the house of the Archduchess Christine. However, there was a small gap between the status of the two at that time, Archduke Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Sophie, the daughter of the count, was just a lady-in-waiting next to the female archduke.

In addition, the Grand Duchess Christine pursued His Excellency the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince was not interested in him. On the contrary, he was attracted to the beautiful maid on the side.

The subsequent result is known, for the pursuit of Archduke Ferdinand, Sophie Hotek, the daughter of a down-and-out count, has no reason to refuse, and then the two fell in love.

If someone else had changed, then there would be no need to guess what happened next, Sophie became the lover of the Grand Duke Ferdinand, and the children of the two would also become the illegitimate children of the Grand Duke (the kind without inheritance). Subsequently, the Grand Duke got married and had children, and the two continued to maintain a lover relationship.

However, Archduke Ferdinand did not follow the usual path, he was not satisfied with his relationship with Sophie's lover and wanted to marry her.

This was not the case, and his uncle, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph I, and others in the Habsburgs persuaded him to change his mind. Because he was the heir to the noble Habsburgs, it was nothing to marry the daughter of a down-and-out count.

He, the heir of the empire, was of noble birth, not to mention marrying a princess, at least he needed to be the daughter of the Grand Duke, and he also needed a prominent duke from his ancestors, otherwise he would lose the face of the Habsburgs.

However, in the face of the persuasion of his family and elders, the Archduke Ferdinand was infatuated and insisted that this Sophie would not marry. No matter how much others persuaded him, the Archduke Ferdinand was obsessed. In the end, the Grand Duke chose to marry Sophie, which was seen as humiliation by most of the Habsburg family and refused to forgive him.

As a result of Ferdinand's acquiescence to marry Sophie, the descendants of the two did not have the right to inherit, and Ferdinand could no longer mention Sophie's name in public or official.

As for Sophie, who married into the Habsburgs, life was just as difficult.

Although he received the title of Grand Duchess of Hornberg, she had to endure endless humiliation. At royal banquets, she had to be the last to enter, and she was always arranged at the last seat at the table, away from her husband.

With all kinds of suppression, Sophie couldn't be in a good mood, so Ferdinand often took his wife to relax when he was traveling.

Of course, as a qualified crown prince, it is important to give priority to ensuring that things are done, so Archduke Ferdinand first went to the place of military exercises and watched the military exercises completed by the 4th, 9th, and 17th divisions of the army. Later, he had a conversation with the commander-in-chief of the exercise, General Hezendorf, chief of the General Staff of the Army, and the focus of the discussion was on Serbia, the hypothetical country of the exercise.

During the conversation, the chief of the Austro-Hungarian Army General Staff frankly admitted that if a war was to be waged against Serbia, then Austria-Hungary would not need to be mobilized, and then he briefly mentioned his concern about Russia's attitude.

As for the concern of the chief of the General Staff, Archduke Ferdinand persuaded that Russia had great domestic difficulties and could not intervene in the Balkan war. Moreover, the Kaiser also gave him a guarantee that if Russia intervened in the Austro-Serriot conflict, Germany would come to the aid of Austria-Hungary.

Well, after a night's rest at the place of the exercise, the Ferdinands only had one last stop left to visit Sarajevo, and they finished their trip in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In Sarajevo, preparations for the Crown Prince had already been completed, and Mayor Fishim, in his decree, asked the citizens to show a hospitable side, and he also wrote down the driving directions of Archduke Ferdinand (sure it wasn't an inner ghost?). ）。 He wrote the route in the hope that the shops on the side of the road would be able to display the flags and flowers of the empire on the streets.

As for the three of Prinship, with the assistance of the mayor god, they mastered the driving route of the crown prince. So the three decided to go their separate ways. Each took a Browning and a grenade.

As for the distribution of locations, Grabezh is prepared near the Chumurya Bridge on the Epiqui Street, while Chabrinovich is prepared on the Chucaesar Bridge and Princip on the La Tena Bridge.

If Archduke Ferdinand's route had not changed, he would have met Grabezh first, then Chabrinovic, and finally Princip.

It's not that Princip backed down, but that Graberge had the best marksmanship among the three, and in order to ensure the success rate, he carried out the first assassination. And Chabrinovich had good marksmanship and carried out a second assassination. As for Princip, he had the worst marksmanship, so do the last resort.

While all three were ready, the Ferdinands arrived in Sarajevo, accompanied by the military governor Potiorek.

Coming to Sarajevo today, Archduke Ferdinand wore the uniform of an Austrian cavalry general, a blue bolero, black trousers, and a red belt. His wife, Sophie, was also dressed very elegantly, wearing a white tulle and a hat, and a bouquet of red roses tied to the hat.

Upon arrival, the Ferdinands first inspected the army, and then the Grand Duke and his wife boarded a royal convertible and followed behind the leading car. The mayor and the police chief were seated in the leading car, followed by the Grand Duke and his wife, followed by three vehicles of the entourage.

The salute rang out 21 times and the royal parade began.

The parade followed a predetermined route to show the residents of Sarajevo the style of the crown prince and his wife. And the residents were also very helpful, waving flags and throwing flowers at the crown prince and his wife. And the crown prince and his wife were also very face-saving, waving to the enthusiastic residents on both sides.

For a time, the friendly interaction between the crown prince and the residents of Sarajevo was demonstrated.

Soon the convoy was about to arrive on the Avenue of Epiqui towards the Chumurya Bridge, and this should be the time for the first assassin, Grabezh, to act.

The preciousness of life cannot be measured by anything, and Grabezh may have seen death as if it were home, but when this emotional impulse gradually subsided, then many things were viewed differently.

So when the convoy passed in front of him, the man with the best marksmanship in the assassination team did not make a move, but watched the convoy drive past.

Unaware of the danger, the convoy of the crown prince and his wife continued to drive forward, and soon came to the second assassination point, the Caesar Bridge where Chabrinović was located, the Serbian hot-blooded young man who was about to assassinate did not hesitate, he unscrewed the back cover of the grenade, and threw it at the oncoming crown prince and his wife vehicle.

However, when he was about to throw, a plainclothes policeman next to him noticed his move, and one of his pushing hands caused a huge deviation in his aim, and the grenade was thrown directly into the river, making an explosion.

Subsequently, Chabrinovich was arrested by the police.

The Ferdinands were still a little horrified by the assassination they had just suffered. However, as the crown prince of Austria-Hungary, Ferdinand did not want to change his itinerary because of this, so he rejected the mayor's proposal to change the itinerary. (Decency is the most important thing for nobles, Princess Sissi was stabbed in the abdomen from behind, and she had to maintain decency, so she didn't make a noise and died)

The Ferdinands' motorcade then continued to parade along the established route. All the way to the Pont de la Tena, where Princip is located.

At this time, the lead car suddenly had a flat tire, causing the convoy to stop here. What's more, Princip is just 3 meters away from the Archduke Ferdinand. With such a good opportunity, Princip did not hesitate, he stepped forward, got closer to the target, and fired three shots in a row with a Browning pistol. The first shot hit Archduke Ferdinand in the chest, the second in the neck, and the third in the abdomen.

The sound of gunfire made everyone present go crazy, and the driver immediately started the car to take the Grand Duke and his wife to the hospital. And Princip, who committed the murder, was directly pressed down by the guards on the side.

Now that the Grand Duke has been shot, no one can know what this means.

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