While Count Baur was waving the jewels and gold bars given to him by the Habsburgs around to accept bribes, Mantel of the Kingdom of Prussia was also not idle.
In his efforts to remove Maximilian from his position as Grand Duke of Warsaw, he found both the Gorchakov Envoy and the Neselrode Envoy in succession.
After learning from them that the next meeting would continue to oppose Maximilian as Grand Duke of Warsaw, he began to tirelessly visit various embassies, attempting to propagate the Austrian threat theory to garner support.
He first went to the Bavarian Embassy to warn the Bavarian Envoy, saying that if the Austrian Empire succeeded in having Grand Duke Maximilian inherit the title, their influence in the entire Central Europe region would greatly increase.
By then, it would be difficult for Bavaria to maintain its position as the third power in Germany.
