Chapter 419 "Look, this is a slave!

Leopold II exclaimed angrily:

"What exactly do they want to do?!"

Marquis Hartman said uncertainly:

"Your Majesty, the Hungarian separatists have always been looking for an excuse to rebel, and this could very well be their way of humiliating Vienna. If we handle this incorrectly..."

Although Hungary is currently a part of the Austrian Empire, it has always had its own "little court," not only independently managing its finances but also maintaining a complete official system, hence having a strong tendency towards independence.

For the stability of Hungary, Austria granted them a significant number of preferential policies, yet the separatists in Hungary cause trouble every year.

It was precisely this point that Joseph had taken advantage of, deciding to let Hungary take the blame. And the members of the Hungarian separatist faction could hardly come to Schönbrunn Palace to defend themselves—unless they wanted to explain from a prison cell.