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Chapter 1 The Czar’s father died at the beginning

George was lying on the big soft bed, looking at the Romanov family emblem in the center above the white gauze curtain in a daze.

About an hour ago, George was involved in a car accident while visiting the Winter Palace. When he woke up, George came to the Winter Palace.

This is St. Petersburg in 1881. The previous owner of this body was also named George. His father was Alexander II, the 16th Tsar of the Russian Empire.

The identity of the prince did not bring much glory to George, because the marriage of the Tsar and George's mother Catherine was not in line with royal tradition.

Traditionally, the tsar's queen could only be a member of the royal family of a certain European country. Alexander II's queen Maria was Princess Mary from the Prussian court.

In addition to the queen, the tsar also had many lovers and illegitimate children.

20 years ago, the 46-year-old Tsar met Ekaterina Dolgorukova, who was only 16 years old.

The Tsar fell in love with Catherine at first sight. He made a choice that others could not understand. He arranged for Catherine to work as a female official next to Queen Maria to increase the chance of contact with Catherine.

Catherine did not immediately accept the Tsar's advances, and it was not until two years later that Catherine was actually with the Tsar.

The Tsar's feelings for Ekaterina were sincere. After meeting Ekaterina, there was no other woman around the Tsar except the Queen and Ekaterina.

Maria died of illness last year, and the Tsar married Catherine 28 days after Maria's death.

According to Russian tradition, the status of Catherine, who was born in an ordinary noble family, does not match the identity of the tsar. After the death of the queen, if the tsar wants to continue his marriage, he should choose a marriage partner from a European royal family, not Yekaterina, who was born in an ordinary noble family. Na.

However, there are exceptions. Through the "Law of Miscegenation", the Tsar can also marry Catherine, but after the marriage, Catherine cannot be called the queen, and the children she has with Alexander II can also be called queen. He cannot become a Grand Duke and has no right to inherit the throne.

There is no doubt that the Tsar favored Ekaterina. Among his many titles, he chose the title of Grand Duchess Yuryevskaya for Ekaterina.

After being named a special duchess, Catherine had the privilege of not being subject to Russian law.

As the child of a tsar and a grand duchess, George also had extralegal privileges.

Yurievskaya's masculine word Yurievsky is the nickname of the Romanov family, which was the Tsar's compensation for Catherine's inability to become queen.

It was precisely because of this that the children born to the Tsar and the Queen, George's brothers, had their dislike of Catherine at its peak.

George had six brothers. The youngest brother was born in 1860, 12 years older than George.

Also an hour ago, when Alexander II was returning to the palace after inspecting the military camp, he was attacked by a bomb from the Narodnaya Volya. Two of Alexander II's legs were blown off, and one of the legs was blown off. His whole body was covered in blood. He pointed at the Winter Palace with difficulty and told his attendant general: I want to die there.

When the attack occurred, George was in the carriage behind Alexander II. The bomb made by the Narodnaya Volya was so powerful that George was hit and his head hit the carriage. When he woke up, he was already lying in the Winter Palace.

It seems that Ya Er died in this assassination.

Thinking of this, George suddenly realized an important issue.

When Ya Er was alive, Catherine was much favored, and the status of the three George siblings also increased. As the youngest son of the Tsar, George was also favored by thousands of people.

After Yaer's death, Catherine herself was unable to protect herself, and George's situation also worsened.

So the current situation is very dangerous. George may face the end of his fate before he can enjoy the life of a prince for even one day.

Bai Ling or poisonous wine?     This is a very difficult choice.

Compared with these two, growing potatoes in Siberia is a good thing.

Before I could finish my thought, a heavy bell sounded outside the window.

The worst happened, the bells signaled the death of Alexander II.

When George heard the bell, he immediately jumped out of bed. He had now lost his biggest protective umbrella. In this crisis-ridden winter palace, danger could happen at any time.

boom--

The door to the room was pushed open forcefully, and it was not the killer who came in, but Mrs. Anna, Ekaterina's personal maid.

George's expression was calm, but his heart was in turmoil. He didn't trust anyone now.

"It's terrible. Just now, the empire lost its great Tsar Majesty——" Anna held the three-year-old Ekaterina Alexandrovna in one hand and held the eight-year-old Olga in the other. .

Xiaoye and Olga are both George's sisters. In fact, they also had a younger brother named Polis, who unfortunately died young.

"What should I do now?" Doesn't George want to stay in the room, stay here and wait to die?

"You don't have to do anything, you can't do anything, everything is in chaos." Anna's expression was extremely ugly. She was the same age as Ekaterina. After the Tsar and Ekaterina got together, Anna came to Yeka With Telina, the two have a deep relationship.

No matter how unpopular George was, he was still a prince, and his status was better than that of the illegitimate son of the Tsar.

The illegitimate children of the tsar could all grow up and be crowned dukes and marshals of the navy in the future. George, a prince recognized by the "Miscegenous Marriage Law", would be unpopular at most after the assassination of the tsar, and would not be favored by Bai Ling or Bai Ling. Poisoned wine.

Ekaterina is different.

George was no longer welcome. The blood of the Romanov family flowed in his body. Like Catherine, he was named Yurievsky Super Duke, with a transcendent status and extralegal privileges.

George and the soon-to-be-throned Tsar had the same half-mother and blood relationship. Even if Alexander disliked George, considering the prestige and honor of the Russian royal family, he would not be too harsh on George.

Ekaterina was not related by blood to Alexander. The Czar's favor was with Alexander, which was the main reason why the queen was left out. So if Ekaterina died due to some accident, it would not be surprising at all.

Even if Ekaterina dies tonight, the Russian royal family will only announce the cause of Ekaterina's death as love suicide.

The royal family is really not as glamorous as it seems.

"You all stay here honestly and don't go anywhere. It's very dangerous outside now. George, you are the brother, can you protect the two sisters?" Anna smiled forcefully, not knowing that the George in front of her had changed.

"Of course, I can!" George responded to Anna with the attitude a 9-year-old child should have.

Although he is only 9 years old, George is far taller than his peers, reaching meters.

This is thanks to the strong genes of the Romanov family. Ya Er is over 1.9 meters tall, and George still has room to grow.

(End of this chapter)