Carmen on the stage danced happily, she danced her red skirt, jumping freely, leaping, singing her own songs loudly, singing loudly and transparently, like a cloud swallow, straight into the sky, the Queen Mother looked at the performance in the stage motionlessly, when she heard Carmen's overture, her left hand couldn't help but beat with the rhythm, and she didn't care about Joseph I, who was sitting on the side, and waited until the overture ended, Joseph I finally couldn't help but speak, he had heard the prophecy about the future before, I have never said so truly to the terrible woman in front of me, "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, I know such a tragic fate, how can I solve it?" ”

The curtain was raised, another scene ended, and the light on the face of the Queen Mother was also hidden, and the Queen Mother turned her face to look at Joseph I, "Does His Majesty the Emperor believe my words?" ”

"I have a premonition about the fate of the empire," Joseph I said with a sad look on his face, "the dualism of Hungary and Austria is a hidden danger, and my previous failed foreign policy has an impact on national strength and reputation," Joseph looked worriedly at the opposite side, the dark-haired teenager, sitting there a little melancholy, "and my son, Rudolph, is only fifteen years old." ”

In general, Joseph I was a not-so-tough, assertive and purposeful monarch, during his reign the economic and social development was rapid, but the national strength has not been strong, his own foreign policy has no opinion, has fought several wars with France, Germany, Italy, and offended Russia, and then was involved in the whirlpool of the First World War, and the seemingly very powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed in an instant.

"Don't meddle in diplomacy and pay attention to equality in domestic affairs, that's enough. Your country is multi-ethnic, and there is a great need for equal discrimination. The Queen Mother spoke indifferently, pretending to be a master in the world. To be able to open a map cannon like this, pointing out the country without having to govern the country, my heart is really sour. "Your country and Germany are in a position, surrounded by enemies, how to deal with the diplomatic relations of neighboring countries, I mean don't meddle in things. That's what I said to Bismarck. ”

"What about my family? What about my family? The fate of my wife and son, and even my future heir? What to do? Joseph tilted his upper body and asked eagerly, although he has many lovers, but he still cares about his family very much, in this regard, he is still a good man, the queen mother looked at Joseph I, I don't know what to think, and a few tenderness welled up in her heart. Joseph half-knelt down and took the Empress Dowager Cixi's hand, "Please tell me that I am willing to pay any price for them?" ”

"Can it really be paid for anything?" The Queen Mother sat on the velvet cork chair and looked at Joseph I quietly, and the attendant officer behind her was startled when she saw two people, and hurriedly walked out. Guard the door of the box so that no one needs to enter or leave.

"Yes. As long as it can be avoided! ”

"Don't interfere with your son's love life." The Queen Mother pulled up Joseph I, "We all understand that in the royal family, marriage is not decided by one's own feelings, but don't interfere with your son's emotional life." ”

"The fates of your wife and son are linked. And their fate is up to you," the Queen Mother said, looking at Joseph I, "with gentleness you can pry open the shell of indifference." ”

"Love life."

"Yes, Franz, it's like you can have a lot of mistresses. No one is going to restrain you, don't restrain other people's emotional lives, understand? ”

"What about my wife?"

The Queen Mother pointed to Carmen, the heroine on the stage, "The gods say that she and Carmen have the same ending, dear Franz, what should you do, understand?" ”

Franz Joseph I turned around and began to watch the performance on stage intently, and after a long time, a mad man plunged a dagger into Carmen's chest, and Carmen died. Joseph looked at all this in horror, Carmen was in Vienna for the first time, the first time to perform, it was impossible for the Queen Mother of the East to know this ending, right?

I don't know this ending, it's a joke, I don't know how many years ago I would have sung Carmen. At the end of the play, the Queen Mother stood up, smug and applauded, the actors lined up in several rows to thank the VIPs outside, and Joseph I also stood up and scribbled a few times casually, "Could it be that my wife, like Carmen, will also be assassinated?" ”

"Isn't this the most popular method of dying for European royalty?" "I have heard that William I was assassinated several times. ”

"Then I must strengthen the security of Sissi's side," Joseph I made up his mind, he must love her very much for his cousin and queen, "I will not allow her to be hurt by accident, I can't wait, I will go to pick up Sissi soon!" Joseph I turned his head and called out to the chamberlain, telling him to prepare the carriage, "I want her to stay with me all the time, to stay in Vienna!" ”

"It's better to bring your son, Franz, I like to talk to my son more, although many times it is nonsense that you have eaten or not, but emotions need to be communicated, your son left his mother when he was a child, you are very busy, you can't take care of him, the two of you have distance and indifference, you should usually be gentle with your children like women, so that they are not afraid of you, so that they can communicate with you well, and the things shown in fate will not appear again, and your miserable and lonely holy path will be likely to change. Go, I really envy you," the Queen Mother still sat down, there are still a lot of shows to watch next, she is not ready to leave, come to this art capital, how can you pretend to be a few times? "You have your wife, and I don't, cherish it."

Joseph I seemed to understand something, took the Queen Mother's hand, kissed it affectionately, and the noblewomen below exclaimed again, and their envious eyes almost burned a few holes in the Queen Mother's body, "How can I thank you, dear Sissi." ”

The Queen Mother was cold, and it was really uncomfortable to call Sissi, who had the same name as her own queen, "I don't need your thanks, as a monarch, you can give a lot of things, but I don't lack anything, I just need your friendship, yes, friendship, Franz, you are a monarch full of emotions," the Queen Mother turned her head, took Joseph's hand with her backhand, and the two of them shook hands, "You may not believe it yet, but these things will be foreshadowed, as long as this kind of omen appears, you will believe the words of the gods, and when the time comes, I just need an agreement from you. The Queen Mother smiled, "It's just an agreement." (To be continued.) )