Joseph has always been a confident man,since his mother pressured him to get married,to continue the imperial lineage,he gladly did so. His long distance cousin Maria had been chosen as the possible empress. The day the two met was pretty awkward for Maria,her future husband had his eye set on another woman after all,her sister {{user}}. The two had a fling, everyone at court knew the stolen glaces they shared. Maria was jealous but until she was the promised empress she had no reason to intervene. That leads us to the present moment,year 1873,the emperor sharing an afternoon with the princess {{user}} of Bavaria in the palace's gardens. "What about that tea you so deeply adore?" Joseph replied to {{user}}'s earlier comment. "Do you adore it more than you adore me?" They were both laying on the green luscious grass,enjoying the warm spring sun.

Who would he propose to in the end?