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Chapter 2 Mom almost didn’t

While George was protecting his two sisters, Catherine was crying.

Yekaterina was taken by Ya Er when she was 16 years old, and she has been under Ya Er's protection since then. For Yekaterina, Ya Er is her god and everything to her.

Now that the sky is falling, Ekaterina doesn't know what she should do. Thinking of her three underage children, Ekaterina's heart is twisting.

Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. At this time, someone stabbed this poor woman in the heart.

"Get out of here right now, this is not the place you should stay!" Crown Prince Alexander's wife, Maria, who was about to become queen, did not hide her hatred for Yekaterina. She held her head high when she spoke and looked down at Yekaterina from the corners of her eyes. Linna, this action is not directed at Ekaterina. Except for a few people, Maria does this when facing most people.

Princess Maria from Denmark shouldn't have been so mean. Even if she didn't like Ekaterina, she shouldn't have been so explicit at this time.

However, the members of the Romanov family are so direct. If they like it, they like it, if they don’t like it, they don’t like it. They never hide it, because in Russia, everyone serves the Romanov family, so the members of the Romanov family, Always so "candid".

Interpreted from another perspective, "frank" can also be understood as rough and direct.

Maria's antipathy to Catherine was justified.

Maria's marriage to Prince Alexander was not happy because she did not love Alexander at all, but Alexander's brother, the former Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich.

Maria's father, King Christian IX of Denmark, is as famous as Britain's famous "European grandmother" and is known as the "European father-in-law".

Christian IX's eldest son was the future King of Denmark, Frederick VIII.

The eldest daughter, Alexandra, married Prince Albert Edward of England, the future Edward VII.

The second son became King of Greece in 1863.

For his favorite second daughter, Christian IX carefully selected the then Russian Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich for Maria.

This was a beautiful marriage. The marriage between the Danish royal family and the Russian royal family attracted much attention. Maria looked forward to marrying Nicholas. The two exchanged letters and expressed their love to each other.

In 1865, just a year before the wedding of Maria and Nicholas, Nicholas accidentally fell from his horse and died of meningitis.

Nicholas left his last words before his death, hoping that Maria would marry his brother, Maria's current husband, Alexander.

Compared with Nicholas, Alexander was not a qualified crown prince.

When Nicholas was alive, in order to avoid causing trouble to Xiao Qiang, the Tsar spent all his energy on cultivating the crown prince and did not pay enough attention to his other sons. This led to some bad habits that inevitably appeared in other princes.

Alexander was no exception. He did not like studying or governing the country. He liked drinking, watching musicals, and dancing all night at balls. His favorite thing was fishing. Later, a British newspaper commented on Alexander: When the Czar was fishing, Europe was also Have to wait.

If there is no better candidate, the crown prince who likes fishing can be accepted by Maria.

But with Nicholas, a qualified heir to the empire, Maria could not fall in love with Alexander no matter what.

Royal marriage is not based on personal preference.

Even without Nicholas's will, Maria had to marry the Russian prince.

Such a marriage cannot be happy.

The unhappy marriage made Maria lose her mind, so Maria was deeply jealous of Catherine, who was favored by the Tsar.

Since Alexander II was carried back to the Winter Palace, Catherine was in a state of extreme grief.

Now that she was treated rudely by Maria again, the most powerful gene in Russian women's blood suddenly awakened.

"Unless death, no one can separate me from my husband!" Ekaterina's attitude was tough and her tone was unquestionable.

"Then why don't you die!" Maria said completely. Only then would she be qualified to be the mistress of the Winter Palace, instead of the coquettish bitch in front of her who seduced the king and pissed off the queen to death.

The Tsar, who was used to seeing women, could fall in love at first sight. Ekaterina's personal conditions were impeccable. She was a top student at Petersburg University and a ballet lover. She just turned 34 this year and was only 12 days older than Maria, her daughter-in-law. .

The key is that Ekaterina, who has given birth to four children, has maintained a good personal condition and has not become an older woman after giving birth to children like other Russian women, including Maria. She still maintains a slim and slim figure. "I almost forgot to tell you that even if I die, you are not qualified to be buried next to the king." Maria was so mean that she felt like she would bring out a poison apple at any time.

Evil queens in fairy tales are like this.

Reality is far crueler than fairy tales, Maria is not just a threat, she is really capable of it.

Ekaterina said nothing and looked at the entrance of the hall.

At the entrance of the hall, the new Tsar Alexander, who was about to ascend the throne, the Imperial Foreign Minister Alexander Mikhailovich, the Minister of War Milyutin, and the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, the Navy Marshal, were stunned.

Mikhailovich was one of the most trusted people of the old tsar. He single-handedly promoted the Alliance of Three Emperors and was a famous European diplomat as famous as Bismarck.

Milyutin served as Minister of War for 20 years. During his tenure, he established the modern Russian military service system, shortening the original service period of 20 to 25 years to 6 years of active duty and 9 years of reserve service in the Army, and 7 years in the Navy. 3 years active duty and years reserve duty.

Grand Duke Nikolayevich was the younger brother of Asia II. He held many positions. He was a naval marshal, chairman of the Russian Geographical Society, commander-in-chief of the navy, governor of the Kingdom of Poland, and chairman of the Council of State. He was a well-known reformist leader.

Just now, several important ministers of the empire unanimously decided that Prince Alexander would ascend the throne immediately after Ya Er's funeral.

This is convenient for members of other royal families. After attending the funeral of Alexander II, they can immediately witness the enthronement of Alexander III.

Everyone knew that Maria disliked Catherine.

But no one expected that Maria would treat Ekaterina with such an almost vicious attitude.

In any case, Ekaterina is also the wife of Alexander II. No matter how much Maria hates Ekaterina, she should give Ekaterina the respect she deserves.

"If you also want me to leave here, then you will be disappointed. Only death can separate me and my husband!" Ekaterina's voice was calm, and everyone could feel the strong emotions contained in it.

Maria didn't care at all about the imperial ministers present, and sneered and winked at the female officer next to her.

The female official has a standard Russian woman's figure, the kind that makes it easy for her husband to carry her away after he drinks too much. It is not easy to deal with the sweet-sounding and soft-bodied Ekaterina.

"Don't come over, I keep my word!" Ekaterina suddenly showed a table knife and put it against her neck.

"do not want!"

"Please don't!"

"stop!"

Maria can show off her face, but the new tsar who is about to ascend the throne and the imperial ministers still have to face it.

The bones of the old tsar are still cold. If his wife is forced to death, the scandal will be too big. Where will the royal family's face be put if the news spreads?

"Maria, back off!" Alexander snapped. He had enough worries now and didn't want any more accidents to happen.

Others may have envied Alexander, who was about to become Tsar.

But only Alexander himself knew how dangerous it was to be a tsar in Russia.

The old Tsar Alexander II experienced hundreds of assassinations in his life. This is not an exception. Tsarism is a very dangerous profession. Including Alexander II, 16 of the 6 tsars of the Russian Empire died unexpectedly.

In 1741, the ninth tsar, Ivan VI, was overthrown in a palace coup. In 9, Ivan VI was killed in an unsuccessful rescue.

In 1762, Peter III was deposed just six months after he ascended the throne and was killed shortly after.

In 1801, Pavel I was strangled to death by his generals with the connivance of his son Alexander I.

In 1855, Russia was defeated in the Crimean War, and Tsar Nicholas I committed suicide in despair.

Coupled with Sofia, who was imprisoned until her death, and Alexander II, who was just assassinated, the probability of an accident happening to the Russian Tsar is indeed relatively high.

(End of this chapter)