In the end, William and Vivian did not convince Maximilian, so the three had to part ways. After William and Vivian left the palace, Maximilian immediately called his trusted minister over and told him to "protect" Vivian closely and would never allow Vivian to continue to have any contact with William.
The reason why Vivian and William are isolated from the relationship between them is that Maximilian's heart is also the result after thinking.
Although Maximilian did not complete the assassination of William at the establishment ceremony of the Third Imperial Division due to Schwartzburg's troubles, this does not mean that Maximilian is willing to give up his plan for William. Maximilian has a very clear understanding of it, that is, as long as William exists for one day, then his position as the emperor of Maximilian will be unstable for a day!
The reason why Maximilian is now able to be stable in the position of the imperial emperor is, on the one hand, because Maximilian ascended the throne of the imperial emperor and received the support of the Prussians, and on the other hand, it is because William is self-aware that William knew that if he ascended the throne of the Holy Roman Empire too early, he would inevitably set off a new round of activities against the Prussians in the empire.
The crown of the Holy Roman Empire has been worn on the head by the Habsburg family for hundreds of years. Although the Habsburg dynasty was not so binding on the princes of all parts of the empire, the imperial royal family was the Habsburg family after all.
Therefore, if William usurped the throne without the consent of most of the princes in the Holy Roman Empire, then this emperor crown would not only not become his help or even his resistance to him and Prussia.
Obtaining the support of most of the princes in the Holy Roman Empire was also the ultimate goal of William convening the Frankfurt Empire's princes' meeting. Maximilian undoubtedly saw this very clearly.
If William could receive the support of most of the imperial princes at the Imperial Conference, there was no doubt that the Prussians would inevitably speed up the action to instigate the Imperial Crown, and as the current imperial emperor, Maximilian's interests will undoubtedly be greatly damaged, and even his life will be threatened.
It was precisely because of the recognition of this fundamental problem that Maximilian would convene some princes who were dissatisfied with Prussia to plan the assassination of William despite the danger.
The relationship between Maximilian and William is almost irreconcilable. Under such circumstances, Vivian will continue to maintain contact with William, and even further the relationship between Vivian and William can be further promoted. Although it can make even if Maximilian's actions fail, their family can keep their safety, but this is undoubtedly very unfair to Vivian. Maximilian does not want his daughter to be in a dilemma between him and William.
In this way, it is very necessary to cut the mess with a quick knife and prevent the two from interacting.
Although William's face was still calm after returning to his station, the corners of his eyes that seemed a little gloomy still made the servants serving him look a little frightened. As William's confidant, Hornder became a little nervous after seeing William's expression.
However, because there was a very urgent matter to report to William, Hornder didn't care whether he could touch his eyebrows or not. He walked up to William with a serious expression and said:
"His Majesty the King, my servant has found out that the mastermind behind the assassination of you some time ago was the Schwarzburger people. The Count of Schwarzburg is one of the masterminds!"
Hearing Hornder's report, William's face immediately became ferocious.
William was already extremely annoyed by Maximilian's attitude today, but now Hornder reported to him that the assassination murderer was found, which undoubtedly gave William a place to vent his anger.
Although William's health has improved a lot, his movements are not very convenient yet. When he met Maximilian before, he relied on the support of his servants to enter the palace. However, because he and Maximilian's words were not suitable for others to listen to later, he drove the servants out.
"Honed, since you know who the murderer who assassinated me is, what are you still here to stay! Why don't you catch the murderer quickly!"
Hearing William's roar, Hornd hesitated for a moment and said:
"But, Your Majesty, the Earl of Schwartzburg is also a nobleman of the Empire. Besides, there is a Schwartzburg army outside the city of Cologne! If we acted on it now, wouldn't it be alarmed?"
Seeing that Hornder did not execute his orders as soon as possible, and Hornder even made different opinions, William's face became even more angry.
"Horend, are you the chief of the royal family of Prussia or the chief of the Schwarzburg people? You must execute the order I give you immediately, rather than talk nonsense to me here! Besides, it is just a small Schwarzburg! Not only will I capture the Earl of Schwarzburg, but you will immediately send me the troops stationed in the Main River area and let them immediately attack Schwarzburg! I will let this vassal state be erased from the map!"
William was undoubtedly terrifyingly majestic. Seeing this scene, Hornder dared not say anything anymore. He immediately bowed to William and left the room.
After leaving the room, Horned immediately rushed to the Prussian royal guards' garrison. After a while, the Prussian royal guards came out in full swing. Some royal guards rushed to the garrison of the Imperial Third Division outside Cologne and surrounded it. The other part of the royal guards immediately blocked the main streets of Cologne. As for Horned, he led Carlo and Carlo's First Infantry Regiment to the garrison of Schwarzburg in Cologne.
When the Prussian soldiers' military boots rang on the streets in Cologne, the whole of Cologne was suddenly in chaos. In this situation, even the troops in Cologne did not dare to emerge. After all, these Prussian troops entering Cologne were completely armed. Under such circumstances, no one dared to touch the Prussians without the orders of the powerful and powerful Cologne.
The Earl of Schwarzburg was discussing the next action with Palaud in the room. You should know that the previous assassination did not cost William the life, and according to internal news, the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to Schwarzburg. In such a situation, the Earl of Schwarzburg must find a way out for himself.
Just as the two of them were discussing urgently, they only saw one rushing into the room in a hurry.
Seeing this rash attendant, the young count's forehead was already wrinkled, and Palaud immediately scolded:
"Who asked you to come in! The person who came. I will drag this ungrateful servant down and punish me heavily!"
The attendant who rushed in heard Palaud's words turned pale, but at least the attendant did not forget the purpose of his rush in.
"Your Highness, Lord Palaud, it's not good. Our sentry report that the Prussian army has entered the city. The neighborhood we are in is blocked by the Prussian army. Now there are more than a thousand Prussian army coming here!"
When the Count and Palaud, who had already had ghosts in their hearts, heard the words of the servant, even though they were scheming, their faces changed drastically at this moment.
Since the Prussians have targeted the entire street near this place, they are naturally unrelenting. Obviously, their assassination of William has been exposed. The Prussians' actions are undoubtedly coming to provoke troops and question!
"Palaud, what should we do? Why not break out!"
The Earl of Schwarzburg was stunned for a while and immediately said to Palaud in a panic.
Indeed, the Earl is also considered a hero, but under absolute strength, even if the hero is in a situation, he cannot remain calm under such circumstances.
After hearing the words of the Earl of Schwarzburg, Palaud immediately began to ponder. Palaud knew in his heart that this was the most critical time, and he must not panic. If he panic, it would be over for so long.
"Your Highness, we have two hundred elite guards here, but the Prussians have more than 10,000 troops in Cologne. Even if we plus the two thousand troops outside Cologne, our strength is only one-fifth of that of the Prussians. In this case, it is not a good idea to break through!"
Hearing Palaud say this, the count said with a little displeasure:
"Then you say, what should we do next?"
Palaud thought for a while and immediately said to the servant:
"Are the Prussians coming from cavalry or infantry?"
"Report to you, it's an infantryman!"
Hearing this answer, Palaud immediately said to the count:
"Your Highness, our rash breakthrough is undoubtedly a kind of act of seeking death. Even if we break out of the Prussian army on these streets, I think since the Prussians dare to come, the gates of all the city gates in Cologne must have been blocked. Under the current circumstances, only Maximilian in Cologne and other princes can help us!"
Hearing Palaud say this, the count asked with some confusion:
"How could they help me? I'm afraid they wouldn't want me to fall into the hands of the Prussians, and even the Prussians killed me as they wish!"
But after the count said that, it seemed that he suddenly thought of something again. A hint of surprise appeared on his face and said to Palaud:
"You mean to make me threaten Maximilian and those guys?"
Hearing that Ferred understood what he meant, Palaud was happy
"That's true, His Highness, although our previous assassination of the King of Prussia was only our family's action, but don't forget that we know which princes and how Maximilian planned another assassination of the King of Prussia, and this is an important bargaining chip in our hands!"
Palaud's words opened up Ferred's thoughts, but he looked happy after hearing Palaud's words.
"Yes, we can rush out and go to Maximilian to threaten him. If he doesn't help us, then we will hand over the evidence in our hands to the Prussians!"
When Maximilian and six other princes planned the assassination of William, in order to prevent traitors from appearing among the seven families, the seven people signed a name on a document. At the same time, each of the seven people wrote a disrespectful word to William and the Hohenzollern family. This document was kept in the hands of the seven people.
You should know that their assassination of William was a life-threatening thing, so everyone was very cautious. Therefore, this document is of considerable weight.
But if Ferrede easily brought the documents to the Palace of Cologne and threatened Maximilian with them, wouldn't Maximilian take the risk of killing Ferrede? Therefore, Ferrede must hand over the documents to a trustworthy and capable confidant.
Thinking of this, Ferred looked at Palaud, and Palaud immediately understood the meaning of Ferred's eyes. Palaud was a smart man. After understanding Ferred's meaning, Palaud immediately said to Ferred:
"If Your Highness believes in his subordinates, then after highlighting the Prussian blockade of the streets, he will immediately hide his name with the documents. If Maximilian is unfavorable to Your Highness, he will immediately hand over the document to the Prussians!"
When he heard Palaud say this, even Ferrede, who was a little bit heartless in the medical officer, couldn't help but feel a little moved at this moment. You must know that true feelings are revealed in times of adversity. Palaud's road is undoubtedly very dangerous. You must know that once Maximilian knows that the documents are not on him, then Palaud, who is his chief confidant, will definitely be the focus of doubt. In this way, not only will the Prussians search for Palaud, but Maximilian and other princes will also search for Palaud and be unfavorable to him.
His eyes were wet and said to Palaud with difficulty:
"Okay...good...good! Palaude. You are worthy of being a loyal minister of Schwarzburg! If I can escape safely this time, you will be the one who controls half of Schwarzburg's territory!"
At this time, Ferred could no longer care about anything else, and in this case, he could only tempt Palaude. After all, as long as he was a person without any benefit, it was impossible to take advantage of another person to go through fire and water.
After the two made up their minds, Fereud immediately took out the documents of the seven princes who had been hidden in the secret room in the study and handed them over to Palaud for personal preservation. Then the two immediately summoned all the guards of the Earl's headquarters.
Fortunately, Schwarzburg's eyeliner was still very reliable. It was precisely because of this reliability that the Schwarzburg people bought time. Before Horned led the Prussian royal guards, the 200 guards at the Earl's garrison had already completed their full armed forces.
After the armed forces, Feyre's eyes scanned the faces of the guards beside him.
"My loyal guards, the Prussians are coming here, and they are trying to kill us all, but the reason is that the weapon used to assassinate the Prussian king last time was suspected to be the standard weapon of our Schwartzburg army!
The Prussians were simply crazy! Just for a few weapons, they actually wanted to kill all the Schwarzburgers. As your lord, the Count of Schwarzburg under the glory of God, I would never want those Prussians to slaughter us like chickens and sheep!
So, soldiers, follow me out! Break through the blockade of those Prussians and we rushed back to Schwarzburg! From then on, we Schwarzburgers and Prussia have broken their ties!”
The escorts who were rushed to gather were stunned when they heard Ferred's words, and then the scene seemed a little out of control. Although they had long been dissatisfied with Prussia, after all, Prussia's capture of the Main River area even cut off the hope of Schwarzburg's outward expansion in a sense, but this did not mean that these escorts wanted to fight with the Prussians.
Not to mention anything else, are there few enemies who have been trampled by the Prussians in recent years? These people are undoubtedly the role models of the Schwarzburg people, which also makes a considerable number of Schwarzburg people unable to resist Prussian life because they know that the Prussians are too powerful.
After a while of commotion, the guards gradually became quiet because they saw Ferred's eyes gloomy and clear among the guards.
"I know many people are confused about my decision. It is true that the Prussians are so powerful that we can't even see hope for victory!
But we are never fighting alone. Those who advocate freedom and those unyielding imperial people always stand with us. We are not without allies, nor are we fighting alone! Behind us are not only hundreds of thousands of Schwartzburg people, but also tens of millions of people from the Holy Roman Empire supporting us in battle!”
After saying that, Ferred did not wait for the next reaction of these guards. Instead, he waved his hand and ordered the guard to open the gate of the station, and then Ferred rushed out with his horse. The one hundred cavalrymen in Schwartzburg, who acted as guards behind him, rushed out quickly.
Just as these Schwarzburg people left their base and rushed towards the street, they happened to encounter the First Infantry Regiment of the Royal Guards led by Hornder and Carlo.
"Quickly, stop them!"
Seeing these Schwartzburgers sweeping out, Hornder immediately ordered the royal guards soldiers beside him.
Hearing Hornd's order, the two wings of the Prussian army, which had been in the marching formation, quickly unfolded, and soon a standard infantry combat formation was placed on the street.
Seeing that the Prussian army was changing formations, Ferred rushed towards these Prussian troops without any hesitation. You should know that there were two ends of the street. There were Prussians setting up formations on this end. Ferred naturally ordered the guards beside him to rush towards the other end of the street without hesitation.
Watching the Schwarzburgers' actions, Hornder immediately felt bad.
In order to be able to complete the deployment of the Schwarzburgers before the Schwarzburgers were ready, except for the one end where Horned led most of the troops to come, Horned on the other end of the street only arranged one hundred Prussian soldiers to guard there. After all, the distance from the other end of the street to the Cologne Gate was even longer.
"Come on, catch up with me. Never let those Schwarzburgers leave here!"
With a shout of Hornder, the Prussian army, which had originally formed a formation, immediately chased the Schwarzburgers' tail under the orders of officers at all levels.
But the streets were so wide in total, and in addition to one hundred cavalry, the Schwarzburg people also had one hundred infantrymen. Under the order of the Count, these infantry following the cavalry also slowly retreated while shooting at the Prussian army chasing behind them.
Due to the width of the street, although the Prussians' military strength was several times that of the Schwarzburg people, the advantage of the military strength was that they could not be fully utilized. Therefore, Hornd immediately said to Carlo beside him:
"Carlo, you immediately take hundreds of people and walk around the other street, leaving as many Schwarzburg people as you can!"
Carlo, who had been staying with Hornder before, heard Hornder's order and immediately saluted Hornder. Then he turned around and left the street with the Third Battalion of the First Infantry Regiment of the Royal Guards in the rear.
It can be said that the mission Carlo assigned to Carlo this time was completely the first time Carlo has been independent since he became the commander of the First Infantry Regiment. After all, Hornde had been commanded before, but Carlo, as the real commander of the First Infantry Regiment, seemed to have nothing to do.
Carlo's heart was ignited with fighting spirit. He knew that this was his first appearance in the Prussian military field. If he could complete the task successfully, he would undoubtedly give a perfect answer to his first formation.
But if Carlo fails to complete the task successfully, although Hond and William will not say anything about him, his impression in the minds of the Prussian senior executives will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and this discount can even affect how great Carlo can achieve in the future.
The one hundred Prussian soldiers arranged to receive the other end were also affiliated with the First Infantry Regiment. Although they arrived on this street twenty minutes earlier than the large army, twenty minutes were not enough to block the entire street, and even there were only three antlers against the cavalry.
When Ferred first saw the antlers set up on the street in front, he felt panicked, because if the Prussians could place three layers of antlers on the street, even if there were a hundred cavalry under Ferred, they would not be able to break out in a short period of time. After all, the antlers were a restraining object for the cavalry.
But then, when Ferred saw that Prussia had only set up three antlers on the street, Ferred felt a little relieved. Although there were Prussian soldiers on the side and behind the antlers, Ferred believed that it was impossible to resist the charge of the hundred elite cavalry under his command with such strength.