I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 257 The Next Friend

This may also be the inevitable direction of all non-state violent organizations, because without the constraints of the law, it is impractical to rely solely on people's hearts.

This is not the only old friend Xiaya wants to meet today.

After leaving the cemetery in Sassily, he came to the Russian imperial palace.

But it is late at night in Russia at this moment, and everyone has already fallen asleep.

Xiaya quietly entered the bedroom of the imperial palace. He has been here before, so he is already familiar with it.

On a large bed placed in the middle of the dormitory, lay an old man, her hair was gray, and there were traces of time on her face. It seemed that her body was thin because of a serious illness, but even so, she was still the same. It can be seen from the bone phase that she should have been a beauty in the past.

Besides her, there were actually some maids who were in charge of watching her in the room, but they fell into a deep sleep with Shaar's arrival.

Sissy looked around curiously, and soon locked on to a painting on the wall facing the bed.

The painting was framed in a very delicate photo frame, which was exactly the one Shaar had painted for Ekaterina before.

Naturally, Sissy couldn't tell whether a painting was good or bad, but people's aesthetics have commonalities, so they were still fascinated by it.

"Is it beautiful?" Xia asked softly.

Sissy came back to her senses and nodded, "Very beautiful."

But after a pause, she continued, "But not as beautiful as my mother."

Xia smiled and continued, "Do you want to know where this person is?"

Sissy looked at the old man on the bed, "Is it her?"

"You are very smart." Xia Ya said softly.

"Why did she become like this?" the girl asked suspiciously.

"Because of time." Shaar said quietly, "That is the most terrible thing in this world. Heroes become old because of it, beauties age because of it, and things decay because of it."

The girl seemed to have heard this word for the first time, and there was a little fear in her eyes, "Will the mother do it too?"

"Your mother won't." Xiaya said, "Because she is special."

"Then I will?" she asked.

Xia Ya looked at her quietly, with a slight smile on his face, "Don't you think so?"

Sissy nodded.

"Okay." Xia said softly, "You won't."

Sissy's eyes lit up, and she was obviously much happier. Compared to the estrangement just now, she seemed to be getting acquainted with Shaar gradually.

Xia gently put the girl down.

He came to Ekaterina's side, and Ekaterina seemed to feel something, and slowly opened her eyes.

There was a little tiredness and weakness in those blue eyes, and the brilliance of the past was also a little dim. Xia Ya could feel that her vitality was very weak, and she was already on the verge of death.

She saw Xia, and murmured weakly.

"Am I dreaming?"

"The boundary between fantasy and reality is not so clear." Xia Ya said quietly, "If you think this is a dream, this is a dream, and vice versa."

"You really like to say such difficult things," she said.

She looked Xia Ya up and down, "This world is really unfair, I am getting old, but you are always young.

You follow the past, and there is really no change at all. "

She looked directly at the portrait, "What the hell are you, God?"

"It shouldn't be counted." Xia Ya said.

"Is that so?"

She coughed twice, "You said... You came to me to witness history, I should have let you down."

She said with blurred eyes, "I used to think that I could change this country, but looking at it now, it seems that nothing has changed except for the expansion of this country.

I used to stand for justice and equality, but in the end I couldn't even abolish serfdom. "

"You are not an orthodox emperor." Xia said quietly, "Your power comes from the nobles, and the roots of the nobles are serfs, if you touch their roots, you will lose the foundation of power.

In fact, in this world, no emperor can ignore the state of the country and do whatever he wants.

In the direction where the sun sets, there is also an emperor who is facing a similar choice at the moment."

"You mean the Emperor of Britannia?" she said.

Shaar nodded.

"He should be able to handle it better than me." Ekaterina murmured softly, "What do you think future generations will say about me?"

"You will become the only female emperor in this empire."

"Emperor?" Ekaterina smiled and shook her head, but did not comment on it.

"Isn't this the last time we'll meet?"

Xia was silent for a moment and said, "I never say absolute words."

"Is that so? I have a question." Ekaterina seemed to want to say something, but she stopped when she reached her mouth.

She smiled in relief, "It doesn't make sense either."

However, Shaar knew what Ekaterina wanted to ask, he said softly.

"You are charming. If I were an ordinary person, maybe I would fall in love with you."

Her eyelids were closed, and her cheeks were barely lifted, showing a smile. Her weakness made her look very tired even with a smile.

Seemingly feeling very sleepy, her eyelids gradually drooped but she was still whispering.

"It's really a long life"

As her words fell, she too fell into a deep sleep.
The maid who fell on the ground gradually woke up. She didn't seem to notice Shaar and Sissy at all, but wiped her eyes and looked at Ekaterina on the bed.

Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something, she stood up abruptly and stretched out her hand to test it under Ekaterina's nose, then the expression on her face instantly changed to extremely sad, and she shouted mournfully.

"His Majesty!!!"

On March 1800, [-], Ekaterina, who had just entered the [-]th century, died in the Summer Palace, peacefully lying on her bed.
Perhaps it was because of the Philosopher's Stone that Shaar gave her, which allowed her to live a few more years, otherwise she would have died of a stroke in 97.

However, the extra few years of living still failed to have much impact on the future.

Ekaterina II's greatest achievement is in external expansion. Unlike the domestic policy of advancing in name and retreating in real terms, in terms of foreign relations, Ekaterina II made this long-stalled chariot roar again start up.

In the south, under the leadership of two famous generals, Rumyantsev and Suvorov, the Russian army defeated the declining Ottoman Turkish Empire and forced it to sign the Kuchuk-Kenaghi Treaty with Russia. Separated the Crimea peninsula from the Ottoman sphere of influence, making it independent, and extended its own sphere of influence to the coast of the Black Sea.

In the Caucasus region, Russia took advantage of the weakening of the Persian Empire and the complex ethnic composition and sharp contradictions to send troops to occupy this region.

In the west, Catherine II, taking advantage of the chaos in Poland's internal affairs, united with Austria and Prussia to carve up Poland, a confidant, three times, and obtained a valuable strategic buffer zone on her western border.

It is very difficult to make an evaluation of Catherine II. On the one hand, she tried to bring Russia into modern times, but due to her own limitations and realistic political considerations, she regressed.

Some of her policies continued to carry forward the spirit of Peter the Great's period, such as military affairs, education, economy, etc., which deepened Russia's westernization, but she also strengthened serfdom, making Russia continue to fall into the shackles of the ancient feudal system.

But anyway.Under her leadership, Russia's national power has grown significantly, and the empire has also played a tradition of expansion, which also provides the foundation for the future status of the country, which is one of the reasons why she became the great emperor.

In this world, emperors like Arthur and Ramses still exist in fantasy after all.

In most countries, conservative emperors are already very rare, and emperors who can expand like this are also very few.

Therefore, she is called the Great Emperor, without a doubt.

Many ministers, maids, and the crown prince were awakened from their sleep and quickly ran into Ekaterina's bedroom.

And Xiaya led Sissi to go retrograde with them, but these people didn't realize their existence at all.

"What happened to her?" Sissy asked.

"She's dead." Xia Ya said quietly.

"die?"

"It means to leave this world." Shaar's tone was very calm, "Don't worry, it's not something terrible, but it's the end of a journey, the end, and the beginning."

Sissy nodded half understanding.

"Next, we're going to find an acquaintance, and your mother also knows this person."

However, just as Shaar was about to take the girl out of here, a voice came from the side.

"stop."

Shaar looked not far away in surprise, a young man in pajamas but looking very young was standing there.

He ignored Xia Ya's blindfold and found them, staring at Xia Ya.

Xia Ya turned his attention to the thing hanging around his neck, which was the Philosopher's Stone that Xia Ya gave to Ekaterina before.

It should be this stone that helped him see through his deception.

"It turns out that she gave this item to you." Shaar murmured softly, "It seems that she values ​​you very much. Your name is Alexander, right?"

He is the grandson of Ekaterina.

In the original history, it was this person who led the anti-French alliance to defeat Napoleon.

Alexander quietly stared at Shaar, looking at his face, his expression was very solemn, because he had seen this face before.

But it was not a real person, but a painting, which was placed in another palace. It was rumored that it was the father of Crown Prince Paul, that is, his grandfather.

I once asked about the origin of that painting.

However, Ekaterina at that time explained that it was a character that existed in fantasy.

Alexander believed this.

but look now
This person is real, and his face has not changed a bit in the past few decades.

He also noticed that the people around him were completely unaware of the person in front of him.

It's like, this person only exists in his eyes.
He swallowed slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But just listen to Xiaya.

"Keep what she gave you well, it may be very useful for you in the future"

As he said that, in the blink of Alexander's eyes, he and the girl disappeared in front of his eyes
Alexander fell silent, raised his hand and grabbed the Philosopher's Stone, and remained silent. . . .

(End of this chapter)