Chapter 228 The culprit

Author: Seven Years Period

Chapter 228 The culprit

Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

A box full of stinking odor was delivered to Queen Anna's palace. The pungent smell made the stomachs of those around him churn.

"You all go out."

After hearing Queen Anna's words, everyone immediately left the room as if they had been granted amnesty.

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

"No." Baron Dill quickly stopped him when he saw Queen Anna putting her hand on the box in front of her.

With the size of the box in front of me, it is impossible to fit an adult in it.

Two of Queen Anna's four maids had been killed, and Baroness Freety broke her neck while riding a horse yesterday. Today someone found this box in Lady Dora's garden.

Mrs. Dora had been missing for almost a month. She was Queen Anna's nanny. They had been together day and night for more than thirty years.

Queen Anna wanted to confirm this no matter what, so Baron Dill used a crowbar to pry open the box.

Queen Anna closed her eyes and took a deep breath and looked at the box. Inside was a body that was no longer human. All the bones in the body seemed to have been smashed. An extremely twisted elephant shape was stuffed into the box. The time of death should be more than a week.

, the swollen body and the foul smell prove all this.

Fortunately, what was inside was not the body of Lady Dora, but what frightened her was that what was inside was actually the envoy of her cousin King Alberto of Sardinia, the Count of Monterey.

Queen Anna looked horrified, which seemed to be nothing wrong with Slote and Baron Dill. It was not unusual for them to panic after seeing such a terrifying scene.

There was also a letter in the box, which was left by Mrs. Dora to Queen Anna. The letter said: I hope the Queen will always be healthy and beautiful, and cherish the life in front of her. She will go to the New World to retire and cut off the connection with the Savoy royal family.

It was the last thing she could do.

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

Although there is no problem with the handwriting of this letter, it is the last one. They had agreed before that if the word "forever" appears in the first sentence of the letter, it means that the two will be separated forever.

Therefore, the person who killed Count Monterey would not be Lady Dora. More importantly, since the other party knew the identity of Count Monterey, it was easy to guess who Queen Anna was helping.

Due to the formation of the Apennine Customs Union by Austria at Franz's suggestion, the Kingdom of Sardinia's income dropped sharply, and it also felt strong pressure from the Austrian Empire.

Carlo Alberto is not a man who will sit still and wait for death. He will do whatever it takes to keep his kingdom alive.

Queen Anna of the Austrian Empire was Carlo Alberto's cousin, and they both belonged to the Savoy royal family. Carlo Alberto had a bold idea, which was to kill the orthodox heir of the Habsburg family.

Instead, his cousin gave birth to an heir with Savoy royal blood.

The dove takes over the magpie's nest, just like the Habsburgs once did.

Although Emperor Ferdinand I was unable to give birth to a child, the queen was in good health, and Alberto knew that his cousin had been secretly in love with him. However, the first step in all this was to get rid of Austria's orthodox heir.

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

The queen soon found an excellent opportunity. The Austrian government was seeking to increase the influence of the royal family, and they selected Archduke Franz, the future heir to the empire.

Just when the news that Archduke Franz led his army to recapture Belgrade spread, people's attention to this archduke reached an unprecedented height.

At this time, Queen Anna sent two of her most trusted maids she had brought from Savoy. They lived up to expectations and quickly found a newspaper that was willing to cooperate.

After the transaction was completed, the two maids returned to the palace to avoid subsequent arrests. However, what the queen did not expect was that the government responded so quickly, and then used thunderous means to impose heavy penalties on those who spread the rumors.

The expected huge wave did not appear, and then people around her disappeared mysteriously one after another. She knew that the other party had not only suppressed the rumors, but also discovered herself as the culprit. Even the Count of Monterey was found.

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Queen Anna feels that she is very innocent. She has long pale golden hair, brown eyes, and is confident in her temperament and figure, not losing to the queens of other countries.

But Emperor Ferdinand I was obviously not blessed to endure this. He preferred meatballs (literally) to women.

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

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

After the death of his uncle, his cousin Alberto became Queen Anna's only support.

Naturally, she went all out for her cousin's entrustment.

However, she had never expected that a situation like this would occur today.

"Your Highness the Queen! Your Highness the Queen!" Slote shouted, noticing that the Queen was a little distracted.

Anna had just come back to her senses when Slot asked again.

"Does Your Highness know this person?"

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

Of course, no one believed this kind of nonsense, but Slote and Baron Dill pretended to believe and care at the same time.

They all felt that Queen Anna had been conquered by them. The difference was that Baron Dill had already guessed the mastermind behind this series of assassinations, while Slote felt that this was just a jealous internal fight.

Baron Dill felt that the mastermind behind these tragedies was Mrs. Sophie. After all, there were only a handful of people who could carry out kidnappings and assassinations in the Hofburg Palace.

Others would not abuse this right even if they could, but Mrs. Sophie would not scruple so much, otherwise she would not have the "elegant title" of the only man in the Habsburg family.

Although Baron Dill didn't know why, the other party had the ability to cause trouble in the palace, but he didn't attack Queen Anna. This proved that he was safe only by the Queen's side.

In fact, Queen Anna was not popular in the court. First of all, her German and French were very poor. Secondly, she did not bear children for Ferdinand I.

Although everyone knew that the emperor was not good, they could not say it, so they put all the blame on the queen.

Baron Slote believed that it was impossible for his seamless plan to be discovered so quickly. The only explanation was that Baron Dill was up to something.

As for the reason, of course it was jealousy, and there was also the question of who would be the royal husband after helping Queen Anna control the government.

Of course, what he has to consider at this time is not what will happen in the future, but how to save his own life now. Dill is the queen's attendant and has a powerful guard at his disposal.

That guy could kill all the maids she trusted around the queen, so he would definitely not be merciful to his competitor.

Under the guidance of this thought, Slot decided to leave the palace immediately and seek ways to get rid of his opponent.
Chapter completed!