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Chapter 5 Microphone

Yekaterina was indeed too tired. She didn't eat anything. After drinking some water, she woke up at noon the next day. Maybe because she was too stimulated, Yekaterina was in a trance. With a splitting headache, Anna called Ekaterina's full-time doctor. After diagnosis, the doctor believed that Ekaterina's spirit had been greatly stimulated and her whole body was on the verge of collapse. She needed at least a year of rest to recover.

During the next period of time, there were funerals and enthronement ceremonies in the Winter Palace, which was obviously not suitable for physical recovery, so the doctor's suggestion was to go to the Imperial Manor in the suburbs, which was quieter and more conducive to physical recovery.

"I will not go to the Imperial Mansion. This is my and Sasha's home. No one can let me leave here." Ekaterina sneered, looking at the doctor with mocking eyes.

The doctor retreated hastily. Ekaterina's eyes were too aggressive and the doctor couldn't bear it.

Looking at the doctor's back, Ekaterina sneered again.

"Actually, what he said is right. You really need a quiet environment to rest now." George couldn't help but speak. Bai Ling and poisonous wine were too scary. Although the probability was very low, George didn't want to gamble.

Staying in the Winter Palace and not leaving, Maria will sooner or later become unbearable, which will do no good to George's family at all.

Therefore, taking this opportunity to gain more benefits is the only way to go.

What George really wants is not only to leave the Winter Palace, but it is best to leave Russia directly, because if he does not leave now, he will not be able to leave in 1919.

Although George didn't know much about the Russian Empire in his previous life, he also knew that the Russian Empire fell in 1919. This is a knowledge point.

After the fall of the Russian Empire, members of the royal family met a miserable end. The last czar and his family were secretly executed in the basement. Other members of the royal family either went into exile or were executed in the same way. No one survived.

Even if George had knowledge beyond his time, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could change everything.

Therefore, whether George is willing or not, he must leave Russia before 1919. Otherwise, even if he joins the revolution and starts his own rebellion, George will most likely not be able to escape the purges one after another.

"George, this has nothing to do with you, help me see if your sister is awake?" Ekaterina did not treat George as an adult because of George's reason.

George was helpless. Being humble was his fatal weakness. George now hated his age.

The age of 9 is too embarrassing. Either you are only three years old like little Ekaterina and don't understand anything, or you can become an adult and at least be able to make your own decisions. Now you know the best option, but you can't reveal the secret. It feels too much. It's painful.

George was not the only one who wanted Catherine to leave the Winter Palace. Alexander approached George again later, this time in the study of the Winter Palace.

"Thank you George, you have helped me a lot, but now we have encountered a new problem -" Alexander is also picky, who makes George easy to talk to.

"It doesn't matter, this is what I should do." George was as clear-headed and rational as ever.

Ordinary people are still children at the age of 9.

But he was born into a royal family, and at the age of 9, he is no longer qualified to be willful. George is now the only man in the small family of Super Duke Yurievsky, and he must hold himself to adult standards.

Of course, what George didn't notice was how outrageous his maturity and rationality was in Alexander's eyes.     That's right, the Russian Empire does not need other outstanding princes except the Crown Prince.

But George himself has no right to inherit the throne, so no matter how outstanding George is, he is not a threat to the crown prince. Even if George's ability reaches the sky, he will only become the most effective assistant to the future tsar. The stronger George's ability, the more powerful the empire will be. The more stable, the stronger.

Alexander was about to become Tsar, so the better George performed, the more interested Alexander became in George.

"Maria told me that your mother's health is not good. For the sake of her health, I think your mother needs a quiet environment to cultivate her body. What's your opinion?" Alexander didn't know that George had already tried to persuade her, but it was useless.

"I will be very busy during the next period of time and will not have much time to pay attention to the Winter Palace. George, I know you are a smart man and you should know what I want to say." Alexander hesitated and asked George to persuade Ekaterina. It would be too cruel for George to leave the Winter Palace.

If Catherine leaves, George will also leave.

Catherine regarded the Winter Palace as her home, so why didn’t George do the same?
  Just after his father died, he and his mother were kicked out. This was indeed too cruel for a 9-year-old child.

"I know, but where can we go after leaving the Winter Palace?" For the first time, George's eyes showed confusion that was consistent with his age.

You can’t live in the Winter Palace for a long time, but the Imperial Mansion is equally unsafe, even more dangerous than the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace at least attracts much attention, but you might end up “depressed” if you go to the Imperial Mansion.

"On this issue, I completely respect your mother's choice. After all, this is what my father wants to see." Alexander looked at George with more admiration, glad that he had a smart brother.

Alexander was by Yaer's side before he died. At the last moment of his life, Yaer left a will, hoping that Alexander would treat Catherine well.

George didn't know that Ya Er had left a will when he died, which became George's best reason to persuade Catherine.

After the first two days of grief, Catherine calmed down and agreed to leave the Winter Palace, but she did not want to stay in Russia, but wanted to go to France.

France is a special place for Catherine. When Asia II was alive, she often did not take the queen with her when visiting abroad, but took Catherine with her. France was the most important place for Asia II and Catherine. A frequent visitor to the country, Yaer even bought properties for Catherine in Paris and Nice.

Alexander agreed to Catherine's request without much thought.

Although Ya Er does not take the queen out, the queen will go to France or Switzerland for vacation every winter to escape the cold winter in Russia. Therefore, it is normal for Ekaterina to go to France. At least it gives the outside world the feeling that she is not forced to leave Russia.

Once this problem is solved, other problems can be easily solved.

In order to solve the problem of Yekaterina's livelihood in France, Alexander proposed that the Russian royal family pay Yekaterina 4 rubles in alimony every year to cover Yekaterina's expenses in France.

This was a lot of money. The ruble in 1881 was still very strong. For a long time, one ruble could be exchanged for 0.77 grams of gold.

Nowadays, the ministers of the Third French Republic have an annual salary of 4 francs, which is equivalent to rubles.

(End of this chapter)