I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 382 Portrait
"This person?" The middle-aged man frowned slightly.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and the white-haired young man he had seen inside the tavern appeared in his mind.

There are not many people with gray hair in this world, so middle-aged people are very impressed by this.

He looked at Tesla, his expression was also very subtle, and he obviously recognized this portrait as well.

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at Nicholas II.

"Who painted this picture?"

Nicholas II raised his cloudy eyes and glanced at the paintings on the wall.

"That was a painting painted by Catherine II, and it was also the earliest of her many paintings. It was placed in her former palace, and it was also her favorite painting."

"Ekaterina II?" The middle-aged man was slightly surprised, "Isn't that more than 100 years ago?"

"Yes." Nicholas II said, "Even in the royal family, this painting is a very precious collection. If you take over this place in the future, please be sure to take good care of these things."

"Ha." The officer named Luo Nuo on the side sneered, "You don't have to worry about it."

The middle-aged man was speechless. His heart hidden under his calm appearance was stirring up a storm at this moment.

The middle-aged man looked at Tesla in confusion. He knew that he must also know something.

Tesla came back to his senses and noticed the middle-aged man's gaze. He pondered for a moment and whispered.

"I have only met him twice, once when I met you, and the other time, earlier. When I was 16 years old."

The middle-aged man's pupils shrank slightly. At 16 years old, Tesla is now about 60 years old, so that man must be at least 50 years old.

But he looks like a 20-year-old young man.

He is a person who does not believe in God. He only believes in the truth, but precisely because of this, this portrait gives him a particularly strong sense of shock.

"Who is the person in this portrait?" The middle-aged man turned his head and continued to ask.

"I don't know either." Nicholas II shook his head and said, "But..."

He paused for a moment, as if it was a bit difficult to speak, while Rono on the other side slammed the table hard, "Just answer if I ask you to answer, do you still think you are the emperor?"

In fact, it is not surprising that Rono hated Nicholas II.

Everyone knows that Beichen's military strength is stronger than that of Tsarist Russia. In this world, this giant dragon that has been entrenched in the east for hundreds of years is a behemoth that is far more powerful than Tsarist Russia.

Almost all troops on the front lines knew this.

But it was this emperor who, for his own ambition, ignorantly and arrogantly provoked the dragon again and again.

The Pacific Fleet was completely destroyed, and the First Army of the South was also severely damaged. Those were all brothers who had fought with him.

If all this was Beichen's initiative to provoke Tsarist Russia and invade Tsarist Russia's land, he would not say anything. Defending the country is the bounden duty of every soldier.

But this is a war they initiated on their own initiative, and they still fight even when they know the enemy is strong and we are weak. These are completely unnecessary sacrifices.

This is also the sentiment of many soldiers on the front line.

Nicholas II took a deep breath and continued,

"Have you ever seen the portrait of Catherine in the gallery?"

"I've seen it before." The middle-aged man nodded.

As the only female emperor in this country, Catherine's status in the hearts of the people of this country is naturally not low.

Therefore, in order to highlight the cultural status of Tsarist Russia, the royal family held a public art exhibition, and this middle-aged man also attended it, and he went with Gorky.

"According to the older generation, he is the author of that painting." Hearing this, the middle-aged man and Gorky were both stunned.

"Isn't the person who painted that painting..." Nicholas II nodded, "the emperor's lover."

"The legendary biological father of Paul I?" Ronno said.

After hearing this, Nicholas II finally got a little angry, "You can insult me, but you can't insult my family! Paul I and Peter III basically look the same."

Ronno shrugged, "Who knows what happened more than 100 years ago. There were no photos at that time, and even you haven't seen it. It's so easy to fake portraits."

"He has an Asian face." Nicholas II said.

"Don't you have Asian blood?" Luonuo asked.

Tsarist Russia borders Beichen. With such a powerful neighbor, anyone would be uneasy.

Therefore, from the time of Catherine, they chose to use European practices to marry Beichen.

Many people in Beichen married Tsarist Russians, and some emperors of Tsarist Russia married Beichen people.

Therefore, Nicholas II's bloodline contains at least one-sixth of the Beichen bloodline.

He fell silent and was speechless. In other words, many people in the royal family believed this rumor.

Ronno on the other side laughed and said, "So, you talk about the Romanov family every day, but you don't even have the slightest blood of the Romanov family in your body!!"

Nicholas II slowly turned his head and looked at the portrait with complicated eyes.

In fact, some people in the royal family wanted to destroy the portrait and kill this rumor completely, but Alexander I, the grandson of Catherine II, tried his best to keep the painting.

He even left a message to the descendants of later generations, no matter what, he must keep this painting.

By their generation, it no longer mattered whether they had the blood of the Romanov family. Several emperors before Nicholas II also sought out women from the Romanov family for marriage.

Therefore, Nicholas II is undoubtedly of Romanov family blood.

In other words, he actually admired Catherine II, and his desire for land also originated from her.

He looked forward to opening up territory for this empire like Catherine II.

This is why this painting remains in his office.

Gorky looked at Luo Nuo, then at the middle-aged man and Tesla, but found that the expressions of these two people were very complicated.

Gorky instinctively sensed that something was not right in the atmosphere, and asked curiously, "Do you know him?"

"If we said that we met him not long ago, would you believe it?" the middle-aged man said.

Hearing this, Gorky and Nicholas II were both stunned.

"What did you say?" Nicholas II said.

The middle-aged man didn't speak, he just said to Luonuo.

"Take their family down, Ronno."

He looked at Gorky and said, "Maxim, since he has signed the edict of abdication, please help me draft a press release and read this edict to the people of the country.

If possible, it would be better to let him read it himself. "

"I understand." Gorky nodded and left.

After that, Nicholas II and his family also left here under the leadership of the army. They will be temporarily imprisoned somewhere, and their final fate will be decided after discussion.

For a while, Tesla and the middle-aged man were the only ones left in the room.

(End of this chapter)