Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

A foul-smelling box was sent into Queen Anna's bedchamber, and the pungent smell made the stomachs of those around him tumble.

"Go out, all of you."

Upon hearing Queen Anna's words, everyone immediately fled the room as if they had been pardoned.

Only Carl von Sluet, Empress Anna, and her chamberlain, Baron Diel, were left in the room.

"Nope." Baron Dill saw that Empress Anna had already put her hand on the box in front of him, and hurriedly stopped.

With the size of the box in front of you, it's impossible to fit an adult.

Two of the four maidens with Empress Anna had been killed, and Baroness Fritty had broken her neck while riding a horse yesterday, and today someone found the box in Lady Dora's garden.

Lady Dora had been missing for almost a month, she was Queen Anna's nanny, and they had been together for more than thirty years.

Empress Anna wanted to confirm the matter anyway, and Baron Dill pried open the box with a crowbar.

Empress Anna closed her eyes and took a deep breath to look at the box, which was no longer human, the bones of the whole body seemed to be shattered, an extremely distorted pictogram was stuffed into the box, the time of death should be more than a week, the swollen body and the foul smell all corroborated it.

Luckily, it wasn't the corpse of Lady Dora, but to her horror, it was actually the Count of Monterey, the messenger of her cousin, King Alberto of Sardinia.

Empress Anna looked horrified, which seemed nothing wrong to and Baron Diel, and it was not unusual to panic at the sight of such a horrible picture.

There was also a letter in the box, which was left by Lady Dora to the Empress Anna, and the letter said: I hope that the Empress will always be healthy and beautiful, that she will cherish the life in front of her, that she will go to the New World to retire, and that severing ties with the royal family of Savoy is the last thing she can do.

However, the death of the Count of Monterey made her feel complicated. Because the correspondence between Queen Anna and the Count of Monterey was carried out in secret, even her two lovers did not know.

And although there is no problem with the handwriting of this letter, it is a masterpiece, and they have agreed before that the word eternal appears in the first sentence of the letter, which means that the two are eternally separated.

So the person who killed the Count of Monterey would naturally not be Lady Dora. What's more, since the other party knows the identity of the Count of Monterey, it is easy to guess who Queen Anna is helping to do.

At the suggestion of Franz, Austria formed the Apennine Customs Union, which caused the income of the Kingdom of Sardinia to plummet, and at the same time felt the strong pressure brought by the Austrian Empire.

Carlo Alberto is not a man who will sit idly by, he will do whatever it takes to keep his kingdom alive.

Anna, Empress of the Austrian Empire, was the cousin of Carlo Alberto, and both belonged to the royal family of Savoy. Carlo Alberto had the bold idea of killing the legitimate heir to the Habsburgs and giving birth to a cousin with Savoy royal blood instead.

The dove occupies the magpie's nest, as the Habsburgs once did.

Although Emperor Ferdinand I was unable to have children, the Empress was in good health, and Alberto knew that his cousin had always had a crush on him, but all this was done in advance to settle the legitimate heir of Austria.

As a person who lives in a harem all year round, it is not too easy to create a vicious rumor.

Soon the Empress found a great opportunity, and the Austrian government was looking to increase the influence of the imperial family, and they chose the future heir of the empire, Archduke Franz.

Just as the news of the recapture of Belgrade by the Archduke Franz was spreading, people's attention to the Grand Duke reached an unprecedented height.

At this time, Queen Anne sent two of her most trusted maids from Savoy, who lived up to their expectations and soon found a newspaper that they were willing to work with.

After the transaction was completed, the two maids returned to the palace to avoid the ensuing search, but what the queen did not expect was that the government's response was so swift, and then the rumor-mongers were severely punished with thunderous means.

The expected monstrous waves did not appear, and after the people around her disappeared mysteriously one after another, she knew that the other party not only suppressed the rumors, but also discovered herself, the culprit, and even the Earl of Monterey was found.

Queen Anna felt that she was very innocent, she had long pale blonde hair, brown eyes, temperament and figure, and she was confident that she would not lose to the queens of various countries.

But Emperor Ferdinand I was clearly not blessed with this, and he preferred maruko (literally) to women.

Maria Anna's father had no sons, so he doted on his daughters, and Anna and her sisters enjoyed a very free life.

It was not until 1830 that her uncle, Carlo Felice, married the future Emperor Ferdinand I as a gift to please the Austrian Emperor Franz II.

And after the death of her uncle, her cousin Alberto became the only sustenance of Queen Anna.

For her cousin's entrustment, she naturally went all out.

However, she did not expect that today's situation would occur.

"Her Royal Highness! Her Royal Highness! , who saw that the queen was a little distracted, exclaimed.

Anna had just come to her senses when asked again.

"Does Your Highness know this person?"

"I don't know." At this time, Queen Anna was like an innocent little white rabbit, with tears in her dark gray eyes.

Of course, no one believed this kind of nonsense, but and Baron Dill pretended to be very believing and concerned at the same time.

They all felt that Empress Anna had been conquered by herself, but the difference was that Baron Dill had guessed that the mastermind behind this series of assassinations was behind this series of assassinations, while felt that it was just a jealous infighting.

Baron Dill felt that Mrs. Sophie was behind these tragedies, after all, there were only a handful of people who could carry out the assassination of tickets in the Hofburg Palace.

Others would not abuse this right even if they could, but Mrs. Sophie would not have scruples so much, otherwise she would not have the "nickname" of the only man in the Habsburgs.

Although Baron Dill doesn't know why, the other party has the ability to cause trouble in the palace, but he didn't attack Queen Anna, which proves that only the queen's side is safe.

In fact, Empress Anna was not well received at court, firstly because her German and French were very bad, and secondly, she did not bear children for Ferdinand I.

Although everyone knew that the emperor couldn't do it, they couldn't say it, so they threw all the blame on the queen's head.

Baron Sluter, on the other hand, believes that his flawless plan could not be discovered so quickly, and the only explanation is that Baron Dill is playing tricks.

As for the reason, of course, it is jealousy, and there is the question of who is the prince after helping Queen Anna control the government.

Of course, what he has to think about at this time is not the future, but how to save his life now. Dill was the queen's attendant and had a powerful guard.

That guy can kill all the trusted maids around the queen, and he will definitely not be soft on himself as a competitor.

Guided by this thought, decided to leave the palace immediately and seek a way to get rid of his opponent.

(End of chapter)