The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1375: Really Fragrance (Wish all book friends a happy Chinese New Year)

At this time, Russia and the Ottoman Empire were still at war, and Austria was Russia's ally.

Theoretically speaking, the Austrian Empire was a potential enemy of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire could easily take Maximilian and Ludwig as hostages.

But the reality is that the Ottoman Empire would not do this. Not only would it not touch Maximilian and Ludwig, it would even send people to carefully protect them.

If the Ottoman Empire really dared to attack the Austrian royal family, it would be strange for the Austrian Empire not to join the war.

However, this does not mean that Maximilian and Ludwig can sit back and relax during their trip to Constantinople. Although the top leaders of the Ottoman Empire did not dare to take action, it does not mean that other countries and radicals within the Ottoman Empire would not dare to take action.

Maximilian invited Ludwig to Naples, and Franz simply thought that the former wanted to show off the future capital of his kingdom.

Franz never expected that Maximilian was going to drag Ludwig to die together. Due to the special identities of these two guys, the people in Naples really didn't dare to stop them.

Once these two guys got off the ship, the Ottomans couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

Franz immediately sent a fleet to pick up the two guys. He didn't want to cause any trouble.

Of course, only the fleet commander Friedrich could go in person. After all, Franz could not go in person, so he had to let this elder do it on his behalf.

"Brother, brother, I want to go out and play too!"

Hearing that Maximilian and Ludwig had run away, Franz's sister Maria Anna could no longer sit still.

Looking at his sister who was acting like a spoiled brat, Franz asked helplessly.

"Where do you want to go? How about going to your aunt's house with your mother?"

“I want to go to India!”

"Stay home, there are bad guys outside."

Franz's face turned pale when he heard that he was going to India.

“Where else can you go but India?”

“What’s wrong with India?”

"Where's the good part? It's hot! And it stinks!"

“Jhansi lives in India!”

"Jancy?"

Franz thought for a long time before he remembered who this Janci was. A black-skinned female imp who was a little stubborn and a little proud appeared in Franz's mind.

The so-called Jhansi is Lakshmi Payi, who was known as the Queen of Jhansi in later generations.

"Don't you have any other friends?"

"Humph!"

Maria Anna folded her arms and sat opposite Franz like a little adult.

"The people around me are either here to monitor me or they have other intentions."

"Haha! You still know someone is watching over you!"

Franz immediately became interested. He only thought that his sister was cute and adorable on weekdays, but he didn't expect that she was so sensitive.

"They are all your people! The people sent by my mother never pretend to be friends with me."

"So amazing? Can you recognize them all?"

"Of course!"

Franz "Miss Venusa" called his female attendant in Schönbrunn Palace.

"Please call here all the attendants of Archduchess Maria Anna."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Soon, Maria's attendants arrived.

"Go ahead and look for it. If you find it wrong, I'll hit you on the head. If you find it right, I'll give you a gift."

Franz wanted to see his sister's ability. After all, if she was really capable, he wouldn't have to worry too much after she got married.

Maria Anna acted quickly and quickly divided the people into two teams. Somewhat unexpectedly, Maria found nine of the eleven people arranged by Franz.

"Amazing, amazing."

Franz clapped and laughed.

Maria skipped over to Franz, stretched out her hand and said.

"Gift!"

"About half a year."

Maria pouted.

"What gift takes so long to prepare?"

Suddenly Maria seemed to have thought of something and shouted excitedly.

"You mean Jancey?"

Franz nodded with relief. It turned out that there were smart people out there.

"Yes, I said you couldn't go to India, but I didn't say you couldn't let her come to Vienna."

"Thank you brother!"

Franz suddenly thought of a question.

"You are so smart, why do you always do so poorly on the exams?"

Maria Anna asked rhetorically.

“Does my intelligence have anything to do with my grades?”

Franz thought about it and it seemed that there was really no necessary connection. However, forcing a princess to study seemed to be useless, so he could only say with a little helplessness.

"as long as you are happy."

Outside the high walls of Constantinople, a small group of Europeans were standing at the foot of the walls, reminiscing about the past and sighing. The local Ottomans were no longer surprised by this.

The 12-meter-high and 5-meter-thick Wall of Sighs is still worthy of the word "magnificent". The mottled marks on the wall carry a heavy sense of history that makes people feel heroic.

Maximilian drew his sword and carved the words "Maximilian I, King of the Two Sicilies was here" on the Wall of Sighs.

Ludwig looked around for a long time and finally carved his name.

After the Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans left this magnificent building virtually untouched.

"The walls of Constantinople are tall and thick, like a giant dragon, and the palaces and churches are magnificent, demonstrating the majesty and prosperity of the empire."
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Byzantine scholar Procopius

The walls of Constantinople fully deserved such an evaluation, and Maximilian even felt that the wall deserved a higher evaluation.

In comparison, Vienna's old city wall, which is 3 meters high and less than 2 meters thick, looks thin and ridiculous.

Maximilian even briefly thought of making Constantinople his capital so that he could surpass his stupid, arrogant, mean, shameless, obscene, lewd██,██,██DATA EXPUNGED██, and petty brother!
However, Maximilian seemed to have forgotten which city had twice stopped the Ottoman Empire from destroying Europe in 1529 and 1683.

"Maximilian, what's so interesting here? Isn't it just a bare wall?"

Ludwig did not have the same sentiments as Maximilian, and the latter did not have many expectations of the former.

"Ludwig, you are going to be a king in the future. You should learn more about what a royal city is!
And call me brother!"

"Okay, Maximilian. Isn't Vienna the capital of our Austrian Empire? I see it every day."

Looking at Ludwig with a sincere face, Maximilian said helplessly.

"Vienna is not a capital, it's an administrative center or a gathering place for the degenerates. Feel it with your heart and breathe the atmosphere of the times. This is the true atmosphere of a great country!"

Ludwig took a deep breath and sniffed.

"It's cumin. I'm hungry. Shall we eat first?"

"We only care about eating! We have come to Constantinople for a rare trip, are we here just to taste the food of the barbarians?"

An hour later, in a Turkish kebab restaurant called Shawarma.

Maximilian ate the shop's specialty burrito and said, "It smells so good!"