One day, Her Majesty is recommended the supposedly modest Baron Neuhaus, on whom her lady-in-waiting, Countess Christl Palm, has cast an eye.

On the way home, he accidentally leaves behind a coat borrowed from Toni, which belongs to her uncle, the stove heater Stockel, a small man of advanced age.

On the advice of Countess Palm, the Empress commissions Baron Neuhaus, of all people, to investigate this case of blatent immorality.

The Countess joins him and tells the Empress that Neuhaus climbed into Toni's room only to meet with her and everything occurred in perfect modesty.

The Countess passes the ring to Baron Neuhaus and he proposes to her, thereby averting the scandal hanging over the Imperial Court.