a rather obscure one,

当然这种事就更是一团乱麻了
for the throne of France,

主要就是为了法国王位的争夺
which would have left France surrounded by the Royal Family of Prussia,

这导致法国被普鲁士的王室围困
Hohenzollerns,

即霍亨索伦王室
a name that in this course you need not retain

这个名字你们在这门课上也不用记
unless it's in some extraordinarily complicated crossword puzzle.

除非遇到一些极度变态的字谜游戏
But Napoleon protests vigorously, and then,

拿破仑不仅固执己见
trying to add insult to injury,

还火上浇油
his ambassador literally chases the German emperor

他令使臣围着德国皇帝家的花园
around his garden

对他进行通缉
and is fairly abusive in a verbal way,

这算是逞一时口舌之快吧
and Bismarck seizes on this to stoke up anger

俾斯麦就抓住这个把柄