Back at the immense Hofburg in Vienna, Franz enjoys his dynastic duty of siring an heir, 'naive maiden' Sisi is spotted by her chaperon trying to reconnect with harlot-mentor Fanny for fertility advise, but soon gets pregnant and delivers a girl assisted by her. A new autonomist uprising in Lombardy requires a bloody crushing after the governor-general is murdered, Sofie convinces Franz to cancel the pardon for the earlier Hungarian rebels, whose leader count Andrassy secretly meets Sisi to pass a message to the emperor offering peace for respect and autonomy. At the grand christening, Franz is wounded in the cathedral by an armed rebel.
—KGF Vissers