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Fienchen, come see your sister.

I'll make tea!

And milk.

Mm!

- Papa must have tea too. - Yes.

Want your tea, Papa?

Franz? Fienchen is talking to you.

Oh. Sorry.

Have you got my tea?

Thank you.

Tea without milk.

What are you dwelling on?

- Teddy doesn't get one. - Our visit to Milan.

He has to behave himself.

I hope the situation in Lombardy calms down.

It was right to give your brother this responsibility.

Don't you think?

- I've told you before. - Well, let's wait and see.

You must learn to behave.

There are other parts of the Empire that worry me.

Which ones?

Hungary.

I know we've been travelling such a lot, and you want to be with the children, so...

Then the children can come with us.

- Really? - Yes.

Shall we have a family adventure?

- Mm-hm. - Yeah?

To Hungary?

Are you in earnest?

The Hungarians are paying a very high price

for a revolution that is now ten years past.

It is time for a change. Let us take the first step.

And what would this step look like, then?

Franz, the Hungarians want a constitution. Are you going to allow that?

I will take Elisabeth over there.

It is she who binds the people in our Empire together.

Do I really have to remind you, Your Majesty,

how your last encounter with one of those barbarians ended?

I cannot hate a whole nation for the act of one soldier.

And what is more, this time we'll be taking the girls.

No. You can't. They're not nearly old enough for that.

Fienchen is old enough, and it will be of great value to her.

And, who knows,

perhaps someday she'll play an important role for the Empire.

THE EMPRESS

- Yeah. - Good morning, Countess.

- It is time to go. - I am not ready yet, Charlotte.

- Your luggage is still here. - Yeah.

Will you please collect this baggage? We can't afford to be late.

Yes, Countess.

Is the Princess here? Have you seen the Princess?

No, we haven't seen her.

- Your Imperial Highness, where are you? - The poor dear.

Is there something wrong with you? You are very pale.

Yes. Is the fever back? We believed that you were fully recovered.

I'm feeling well.

- Shall I bring the doctor? - No, please.

I probably haven't slept enough.

I heard the kitchen staff have pertussis.

- Two of our chambermaids are poorly... - Pauline, it's fine.

I've a cold, that's all.

I'll be with you presently.

You cannot travel in this state.

You are obviously unwell.

I see what this is.

You want to be rid of me.

I am certain it is not pertussis.

So, what will you do, then?

I've no idea what you're on about.

Please leave.

Right now.

Oh how pretty.

This flower smells so good.

Yes.

Now come.

I want to show you something else before you leave.

Who brought these here?

That's it. You are good.

How delightful.

Mm.

It's a pity that you have to go soon

and not see the fluffy kitties again.

By the time that you return, they will be a lot older.

Oh well.

Now come.

- It is time to go, I'm afraid. - I'm not going.

I want to play here.

You can't, my little one.

Your Mama and Papa are leaving, and you're going with them.

Sophie, put the kitty down.

- No. The kitty is mine. - Put it down.

I'm going to stay here!

Mm.

Kittens?

You cannot do this to her.

Where is she?

She is hiding there in the bushes, and doesn't want to come out.

I thought that you wanted your children to spend more time in the garden.

Don't take me for a fool.

This journey is not the right thing for her.

I decide what is right for her.

I am her mother.

You won't credit it when I inform you, Elisabeth,

but I will miss her.

You're right,

I don't credit it.

Your nose is running, darling.

- I hope you haven't caught a cold. - This way.

- This way. - Mm.

Leontine?

Tell me what's wrong.

I cannot come with you, Majesty.

Will you please go on ahead?

- Yes, Your Majesty. - Thank you.

Why not?

Has the fever returned?

Honestly, you had better rest some more.

- You're not angry with me, are you? - No.

If you're not better, you should stay and rest.

I really wanted to come, now that you're finally going to Hungary.

You'll come next time.

Mm.

You have to promise me you'll see the doctor, please.

Yeah.

You must get well.

Thank you, Elisabeth.

Your Majesty, please.

♪ Could I complain? ♪

♪ Could I be apprehensive? ♪

♪ Could I lose faith in you ♪

♪ And in myself? ♪

That was so much better, Your Highness.

More precision on your triplets, please.

And do not run away with the sixteenths.

Certainly.

I have a note too.

When you draw towards the end and sing the line,

"Could I lose faith in you and in myself?"

it must be more forceful, do you understand?

"Could I lose faith?" he asks. But he does not.

And he knows Almighty God is with him.

Even in the darkest hour, he does not give up the fight.

We must hear it.

Yes, Imperial Highness.

And so, let's just have one more run.

♪ Could I complain? ♪

♪ Could I be apprehensive? ♪

♪ Could I lose faith in you ♪

♪ And in myself? ♪

- I'm well now, thank you. - It is I, Alexander.

I was so worried when I heard that you weren't well enough to go to Hungary.

Uh, and then I was happy because we could spend more time together.

Uh, can we?

Yes, we can.

Can I say something?

Yeah.

You have been avoiding me.

And you seemed so very angry.

Why have you lost interest in me?

I really have not.

I have this stupid cold.

I understand.

I'll leave you now.

Alex.

Make me some tea.

You surely know how?

Yes, I can do that.

I prefer you without the tight dress.

Naked. Original.

I didn't mean it like that.

It feels like I see the real you.

Leontine.

Can you envision you and I ever leaving here?

Going somewhere where we can start anew?

Get away from court

and from politics.

Just a vegetable garden and...

a little child?

I thought you didn't want that whole life though.

I could do, but not here.

It's just that His Majesty and I,

we've accomplished so much here.

And you're so vital to the Empress,

and we both still have so much to achieve here...

Forget it now, will you?

First you don't want to marry because you want to work,

and suddenly you want to, but just away from here.

Why can't we just marry and stay here?

Get off.

- Look. - Children, come!

Quickly.

Move. Get off me.

Go inside. Sit at the table. Quickly now.

Hurry up! Or Sister will scold us.

Wait for me. I want to sit next to Joseph.

It's my turn. You always sit next to him.

I'm very hungry.

This is the dorm for the youngest.

Many have to share a bed.

We lack so much here.

A good day is when they don't go to sleep hungry.

The Lord will give you strength.

Her Majesty wishes to give help where it's most needed.

God bless the Empress.

We desperately need new windows.

Last winter, we lost 20 to whooping cough alone.

Sister, and newborns?

Do you take newborns at all?

Yeah.

What sin has brought forth we find on our doorstep.

Tell me, do any of the children here get adopted and rehoused again?

Because Her Highness wants to know.

Listen, these children have found their abode in the Lord's house.

Nowhere else.

I know this world often leaves young girls no choice at all.

But nothing is more powerful than a mother's love.

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

Whoa!

Whoa now!

Welcome to Ofen, Your Majesty.

- I trust you had a pleasant journey. - Out of the way!

Travel sickness.

Charlotte, the streets in Hungary are in a much poorer state than ours are.

Will you kindly shut up?

Please get her to bed.

- Yes, Your Majesty. - Hm.

The nursery is in the East Wing.

- Theo will escort you. - You not feeling well?

No, tummy ache.

It's been a long journey for her. Hasn't it, my little one?

Franz, Fienchen is suffering from the long journey.

I'd like to take her for a walk in the garden.

We await the Viceroy at seven o'clock, Your Majesty.

It would do you good too.

- Right. I'll come too. - Mm-hm.

- We have time to spare. - Yeah.

Very well, Majesty.

I've heard tell there's a river here.

Are you feeling better?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

- Tummy still hurt? - No.

Charlotte was feeling ill earlier too.

Where are they? Where are all the stars hiding?

Yes, where are they all hiding?

Fienchen, come. I'll show you something.

- See how it glitters? - Yes.

Whatever could that be?

Oh goodness.

Now we have to get wet.

Look.

See how it glitters?

Perhaps it's a star that fell from the sky.

Yeah.

For you.

Oh.

Come, my darling. Come.

- Here. - Show me your star.

Hm.

Hup!

Look at her now.

Adventurous like her brave mother.

I know.

But she has your tender heart.

Ew.

I wish it could always be like this.

♪ No, I will carry ♪

♪ In my breast ♪

♪ Your heaven ♪

♪ For all times ♪

♪ And this heart ♪

♪ Before it breaks ♪

Tea for you, madam.

Oh, thank you, but I must leave right away.

If you'll excuse me, Your Imperial Highness.

I'm attending a golden wedding anniversary.

Certainly. Thank you.

Your Imperial Highness,

Baron.

I very much enjoyed the music today.

So did I.

May I ask you something?

Why do you do that?

Do what, Your Imperial Highness?

Rest your hand the way you do.

I can stop doing it, Highness.

I don't want you to stop doing it.

I rest my hand to feel the notes,

their vibrations under my fingers.

You play well, Your Imperial Highness.

Sorry.

I don't know why I said that to you. I had better go.

Baron, you sing well.

Was someone there?

You should go now.

Farewell.

It's a matter of ripping out this sickness

before it spreads and takes root.

He is still but a child.

He's almost a man.

You can save your children from many dangers here on Earth,

but when they die, they'll be on their own in the afterlife.

Do not fear, Imperial Highness.

I'll redeem his soul.

- Your Majesty. - What's wrong?

- The Princess has vomited. - Does she have a fever?

She's a little warm.

And yesterday in the night, she had a touch of diarrhoea.

Why did you not inform me last night?

I didn't want to wake you again, Majesty.

- It was so late. - Tell Dr Fritsch to come.

Dr Seeburger has arrived with the Imperial entourage.

Better than nothing.

Mm-hm.

I see.

- Open your mouth. - Ah.

She had a fever all night and this morning.

Ah.

She is teething.

That is often the cause of a temperature and diarrhoea.

- No reason for concern. - She was also vomiting.

Majesty,

I know that on occasion the emotions can run high in a mother,

but this child is healthy.

Do not make me out a fool.

Right. We thank you, Doctor.

Your Majesty.

I cannot stand him.

I know.

You can go to the reception by yourself. Fienchen needs me here.

Elisabeth, I have issues to discuss

with the new Justice Minister, Count Nádasdy.

He wants all the revolutionary leaders pardoned.

I'm not sure if I should agree to that.

- And it's crucial that you are there. - I know.

But I will not leave her alone today.

Come, let's put you to bed, my darling one. Up.

You'll be better soon, my love.

"And all the stars shone down."

"And all the children gathered together, and they saw the lamb standing there."

- Are you cold? - No.

You will soon see the stars.

How is my girl?

She's never had a high fever from teething.

Do you think we should return to Vienna?

Everything we need, we have here.

Mm-hm.

Elisabeth, you heard the doctor.

And you should try and get some sleep.

How was the dinner?

When I go by myself, everybody expects a confrontation.

I am sorry.

I'll call Frieda so you can lie down.

No. I want to stay right by her.

Thank you.

Good night.

I don't want any more.

I don't like it.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

We wanted you to rest. She's so much better.

Fienchen.

- Mama! - Hello.

Mm.

- Aw. - She had some porridge.

As I told you, no cause for worry.

Oh, my darling, I'm so glad that you're feeling better.

You can perform your duties without concern, Your Majesty.

I feel it'd be advantageous if you came with me.

Where are you going?

We would first spend three days in the Great Hungarian Plain.

We need the landowners allied with us.

Uh-oh.

Let's go, then.

It is vital.

- Hm. - Mm-hm.

Sit down, Luzi.

You will not see the Baron ever again,

and your music lessons are now forbidden.

Mother, no.

You're nearly a man, Ludwig.

Come the new year, we will make sure there's a suitable candidate to wed

to terminate the endless gossip.

I will do better, Mother.

Please.

Please allow me to have my music.

I only want to protect you, Ludwig.

Put your faith in me.

Margarete.

Your Imperial Highness, if you would come with me.

Where?

The Cardinal Rauscher will be instructing you daily from now on.

- No. Please, not the Cardinal. - It is for the best.

Minister, a guest has arrived for you.

- Guest? What sort of guest? - A certain Count von Apafi.

Count von Apafi.

It is an honour.

You are Minister von Bach.

I thank you for seeing me.

Please.

I, uh, hope you will forgive me

for arriving here unannounced like this.

- I just happened to be passing through. - Absolutely, yes.

Leontine will certainly be happy you have come.

So, Minister, to be honest...

my dear wife and I are very concerned.

We have written to our daughter numerous times over the past two years,

but have not heard back from her.

Then comes your letter of intent to marry her, and then your withdrawal.

So I want to know what the hell's going on?

I, uh... I understand your bewilderment.

I will endeavour to explain.

Your daughter Leontine...

is the closest confidante to Her Majesty.

The Empress and my daughter?

You don't say.

Yes, this, uh, position, it demands all that she has.

She finds little time for other things.

And that is why your betrothal is no longer what you wish?

Uh, no, it is not that.

I'm absolutely enchanted, Earl von Apafi...

Sorry, Count von Apafi.

That's such a relief.

The Countess has insisted that you have the wedding at our ancestral castle.

Ah.

I have here a photograph of our castle that you will soon be heir to.

And this is Countess Agnes, my wife,

and Leontine on the day she departed to come here.

Leontine?

Uh, where?

Here.

What say you, Minister von Bach?

Can I see my daughter? Is she here in the palace?

Countess von Lamberg, are you in there?

One moment.

Oh. Hm.

Baron von Bach, well, well.

What does this concern?

The Countess von Apafi.

And what has she done?

Can you still remember the day of her arrival here?

Uh, were there any discrepancies?

Discrepancies?

- None. - Please, think again.

- Any doubts you have? - Mm.

Think, Margarete. Think now.

There was something about her shoes.

Countess Amalia, God rest her soul,

she constantly wittered on about it,

that Countess Apafi shouldn't be around.

Countess Salm-Reifferscheidt said that?

Amalia could not stand Leontine.

Schönbrunn is a lunatic asylum.

Amalia, she discovered, uh, photographs of, um...

Of Leontine.

So do you know what became of them?

Do you know where they can be found?

No.

Amalia died due to a tragic accident.

That's all I know.

- Mm. - Thank you.

Majesty, it sustains the whole village.

They really are very well-behaved.

Thank you.

A traditional dish.

Carp soup.

- Mm-hm. - Carp from the Danube.

Mm.

I do not recommend it, Your Majesty.

It is good.

Phenomenal.

Thank you very much.

For you, Majesty.

Thank you.

Traditional Hungarian horseman, Your Majesties.

Hello.

I thought you'd enjoy this.

Dr Seeburger sent me.

The Princess is extremely unwell.

It's the Princess. Her condition has worsened.

Dr Seeburger is concerned.

Prepare the carriage!

We must try not to panic unduly.

But why have they asked us to return?

Dr Seeburger was wrong all along.

It is not the time for blame. We don't know what's wrong at the moment.

Hyah! Hyah!

I shouldn't have made this journey.

But she was doing well when we departed.

If a fever comes, she gets a fever.

Whether we're there or not doesn't change that.

Knowing that your parents are there,

the emotional security makes a difference, Franz...

even if that's not what you were taught.

- Whoa. - Whoa.

Your Majesty.

- Your Majesties. - Your Majesties.

Where is she?

Your Majesty, this is Dr Götz, a paediatric specialist from Vienna.

Specialist? For what?

Imperial Highness, Princess Sophie has typhoid fever.

What?

This doctor's wrong. She was getting better.

I'm going to her.

Let's listen to the doctor.

I am certain the illness has been festering for two or even three weeks.

The nurse informed me that the Princess had suffered from diarrhoea lately.

Yes, but there was never any mention that it could be typhoid.

How on earth could you miss that?

Your Majesty, in the early stages,

typhoid symptoms are inconclusive and easily mistaken.

How can you be so certain?

We had our best doctor, and he couldn't tell!

In the last three years,

I've seen hundreds of children with typhoid,

and... I say it is.

I'm here,

my darling.

Has she had fluid?

She just spits it out.

I've been trying with water and a spoon for hours.

Your Majesty.

She's so pale, Franz.

I'm here, my Fienchen.

My little girl.

All will be well.

She will recover soon.

Of course she's going to.

Is there something you want to tell me?

- What do you mean? - Don't treat me like a fool, Leontine.

Oh no. What do I even call you?

I don't even know your name.

Why are you saying all these things?

You've been lying to me all along.

There've been rumours about me since I came.

- You must take no heed of them. - Your father is here.

Count von Apafi.

I spoke to him today.

Shall we go get him?

I never cared if you were rich or poor, or how noble you were,

or where on earth you came from.

But I do care when you're not who you claim!

My feelings were always real.

Who on earth are you?

Did you have any involvement in Amalia's accident?

Say something!

Take care of asking questions that you don't want the answers to.

Is he still here?

Count von Apafi?

And does he know his daughter's not?

Not yet.

I... I won't betray you.

I'll tell him that Her Highness wanted Leontine to go with her to Hungary.

I'm in love with you.

Pack all your things.

You will leave the palace before dawn and never return.

You ridicule divine creation...

...and, boy, you insult it.

Do you understand?

Mm-hm.

Stand up.

Embrace me.

The Lord is with you.

Kneel down again.

Pray with me.

- O Lord. - O Lord.

Deliver me from the sin of lust.

Deliver me from the sin of lust.

Deliver me from the sin of sodomy.

Deliver me from the sin of sodomy.

Deliver me from all sins that are too powerful for me.

Deliver me from all sins that are too powerful for me.

- Let me be cleansed by your blood... - Let me be cleansed by your blood...

...so that I triumph through prayer.

...so that I triumph through prayer.

- In the name of the Father... - In the name of the Father...

- ...the Son... - ...the Son...

- ...and the Holy Spirit. - ...the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Stand up.

Embrace me.

We're nearly done.

When you're better again, we'll have another tea party.

Yes.

Please, my Fienchen, the water is good for you.

Please will you try?

Majesty, I'm sorry.

It's... It's just that I can't...

Stop all this crying! If you won't, get out!

My star.

The stone.

Why are you still there, woman? Go look for the stone.

Of course, Your Majesty.

We will find it.

I have it.

You are going to get better.

♪ O how beautiful ♪

♪ Is your world ♪

♪ Father ♪

♪ When she shines with golden beams ♪

♪ When your gaze ♪

♪ Descends ♪

♪ And paints the dust ♪

♪ With a shimmering glow ♪

♪ Could I complain? ♪

♪ Could I be apprehensive? ♪

♪ Could I lose faith in you ♪

♪ And in myself? ♪

♪ No, I will carry ♪

♪ In my breast ♪

♪ Your heaven ♪

♪ For all time ♪

♪ And this heart ♪

♪ Before it breaks down ♪

♪ Shall drink in the glow ♪

♪ And the light ♪

♪ Drink in the glow ♪

♪ And the light ♪

Fienchen, Mama's here again.

I just dozed off.

My darling.

Fienchen?

Fienchen?

Wake up.

Wake up.

Franz?

Get the doctor.

Get the doctor!

Majesties, uh...

my deepest apologies.

No.

No.