Seeing the French Empire, one of the original parties involved, respond with silence, Prince Metternich couldn't help but feel a pang of unease.
Years of diplomatic intuition told Metternich that the French Empire might be planning some maneuvers concerning the two duchies of Schleswig-Holstein.
As the instigator, Von Bismarck was also anxiously watching Valerovsky, fully aware that the German national revival could not proceed without French Empire's tacit approval.
Even in dealing with a small country like Denmark, they needed to obtain the acknowledgment of most countries, particularly the French Empire.
If the French Empire were to intervene against the Kingdom of Prussia in alliance with the Kingdom of Britain as it did in 1851, even the great capabilities of Von Bismarck would be rendered powerless.
The current Kingdom of Prussia was not what it used to be, not even compared to its historical counterpart of the same period.
