To be honest, Franz was feeling rather awkward at the moment, because after going in a circle, the ball seemed to have landed back at his feet.
Of course, Franz could also simply stand by and do nothing. After all, it was Frederick William IV who had taken this trouble upon himself. He only needed to wait for the Two Principalities issue to explode into an irreparable mess, then hold them accountable afterward.
This time, Prussia would definitely be left unable to swallow what it had bitten off. Even if the public did not strip the Kingdom of Prussia of its German identity, the Kingdom of Prussia's prestige would inevitably suffer a severe blow, and it would lose the moral standing to contend for leadership of Germany.
But Franz was not here to see who could be worse. If he truly wanted to lie flat, he had ten thousand ways to sabotage Prussia to death—enough to leave it with more than mere social death.
Yet such a move held little meaning for Franz, and might even run counter to his ultimate goal.
The problem now, however, was that the model of resolving matters through the Confederation Monarchs Assembly was probably too slow. Everyone had been avoiding this matter like the plague, and after Frederick William IV took it on, there was even less reason for them to remain.
Since Frankfurt lost its independent status as a free city, it had completely lost its former glory. The monarchs would not choose such a place for their gatherings either.
In fact, even Franz had already returned to Vienna. His original purpose had been to establish the authority of the Confederation Monarchs Assembly, giving himself another means of bypassing the law.
Moreover, the greater the majesty of the monarch, the stronger the authority