At Mrs. Lichtenau's house, Lichtenau hugged the livid Crown Prince's arms and sobbed softly:
"Tell me, Lichtenau, how did these things end up in the hands of your servant? I remember I only told you about the movement and marching route of the Prussian army. How did your servant know that?"
"Your Highness, these things have nothing to do with me. Someone must have wronged me. You have to make the decision for me."
"Hmph, okay, Lichtnau, you've followed me for so long, and you actually try to play this trick on me. There's no smoke without fire. Do you dare to say that you know nothing about this?" the Crown Prince asked loudly.
"Your Highness, you have to believe me. I have followed you for so many years. Do you think I would betray you or Prussia? Your Highness, this must be a fabrication by Locke and others. Your Highness, you have to seek justice for me," Lichtnau continued to cry out for justice.
"It seems that I have spoiled you too much. From today on, you are not allowed to leave the door. I will get to the bottom of this matter. If it is not your fault, I will forgive you. If it is your fault, you can wait to be cut into pieces, hum." After saying that, he swung his arm, pushed Lichtnau away, and strode out.
Lichtenau suddenly panicked. She found that the crown prince was no longer the crown prince she remembered. In fact, children in the royal family have always been precocious. Maybe most of them are not very smart, but they have always been very clear about right and wrong.
This incident made the Crown Prince suspicious of Lichtenau. After all, Lichtenau was an Austrian and she had both the motive and the ability.
After the Crown Prince left, Lichtnau immediately called Ryan in and said:
"The plan has changed. Even I am a little confused about the Crown Prince's attitude now. I think we should prepare early."
"What are you going to do? I just saw that the guards outside the house were all left by the Crown Prince."
"He is unkind, and I am unjust. Go find someone to buy some food. I will hold a dance party in two days and invite the crown prince to come. In the middle of the dance, I will invite the crown prince to the room. Then you can take two people in and take care of it," Lichteno said fiercely.
"Isn't this too risky?" Ryan asked
"You know the current situation in Austria. I heard that Frederick has already reached the outskirts of Vienna. As long as we kill Crown Prince Frederick, he will definitely come back. Then Austria will be safe."
"Then what should we do? How do we evacuate?"
"You are so stupid. When the time comes, you kill the crown prince and quickly create some chaos. I will arrange a carriage in the backyard, and then we will rush out." There was a crazy fire in Lichtenberg's eyes.
"Okay, let's do as you say." Ryan had to accept Lichtenau's crazy idea.
In the Palace of Souci, old Hans is giving lessons to little William
"William, raise your arms a little higher, so that your eyes, the gun and the target are in a straight line, a little higher," Hans shouted to William.
William tried hard to keep his arm, gun, and target in a straight line.
"William, remember, you are not aiming at a person, but at a button on his body," Hans said. Since the hit rate of the gun was too low at that time, veterans knew that if you aimed at a person on the battlefield, you would miss the person nine times out of ten, but if you aimed at a button on the person, you would hit the person nine times out of ten.
There was a bang and William fired the gun. After firing the gun, a huge force rushed towards William's arm, but William endured it.
"Not bad, you've made progress compared to last time. Okay, let's practice a few more times," Old Hans said to William with satisfaction when he saw the hole on the target.
William just smiled bitterly and raised his arm to aim again.
Two days later, a grand ball is being held at Mrs. Lichtenau's house. All the nobles in Potsdam are invited, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also be present tonight.
"How's it going? Are you ready?" Lichtenau said to Ryan in the secret room of his home.
"Everything is ready. I have selected two death warriors. They both have an irreconcilable hatred for Prussia. There should be no problem tonight, but where can we escape to?" Ryan asked Lichtnau in confusion.
"I have a small house next to the city hall. We can hide there when the time comes," said Lichtnau.
"How can that work, right under the noses of the Prussians?"
"Fool, the most dangerous place is the safest place. We can take the carriage outside the city and get off secretly. Then we can sneak back to Potsdam wherever the carriage goes. The Prussians will never expect it."
"Well, we can only succeed and not fail, for Austria"
"For Austria!" Lichtenau shouted a slogan and walked out with Ryan.
In the evening, Mrs. Lichtenau's house was brightly lit, and Lichtenau and Ryan, who was ostensibly his butler, stood at the door to welcome waves of guests. Suddenly, a tall, gorgeous carriage drove over on the road, with a double-headed eagle relief of the Prussian national emblem carved on the side of the carriage. Lichtenau knew that the crown prince had arrived.
"Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." When the carriage stopped at the door of Mrs. Lichtenau's residence, Lichtenau and the nobles present saluted.
The Crown Prince's attendant opened the carriage door. The Crown Prince got off the carriage, straightened his clothes and walked over. He nodded to the nobles on both sides of the road from time to time.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, most of the guests have arrived. We are just waiting for you," Lichtenberg said to the Crown Prince with a flattering smile.
"Well, that's right. You should have good relations with the nobles and do less meaningless things in the future, okay?" the crown prince said meaningfully.
"Your Highness is right. I will do as you say from now on," Lichtenberg said in fear and trepidation.
"Well, let's go in together," the Crown Prince said to Lichtenau, very satisfied with Lichtenau's answer, and then he walked towards the gate first.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" Amid the attendants' shouts, the nobles in the hall quickly divided into two lines and knelt down to salute.
The Crown Prince walked to the center of the hall, took a wine glass from the attendant beside him and said loudly:
"Long live the King, long live Prussia, the Prussian army will win." After saying this, he raised the wine in the glass and took a sip, and the nobles present also raised their glasses and shouted slogans.
"Everyone have fun and enjoy yourself tonight," the Crown Prince said again as if he were the host, and the nobles in the hall also responded to the Crown Prince.
It was the consensus of the nobles that the first dance of the ball belonged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Madame Lichtenau.
After the dance, the Crown Prince was pulled away by Lichtenau. The Crown Prince signaled his attendants not to follow him, and the attendants knew that the Crown Prince was going to have fun. In a bedroom, Lichtenau smiled and said to the Crown Prince:
"Your Highness, I just asked a tailor to make a small piece of underwear for you. Please sit down and wait for me. I will show it to you." After saying that, she gave the Crown Prince a light kiss on the face.
The Crown Prince was tempted by Lichtnau and said quickly:
"Go quickly, come here early, I'll wait for you here." After saying that, he lay down on the bed.