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Chapter 631 Betrayal
Germany's plan was to use the "Schlieffen Plan" to quickly defeat France within 6 weeks, and then turn to the Eastern Front to cooperate with the Austro-Hungarian Empire to defeat the Russian Empire and win the war.

Britain was not at all in William II's plan. The purpose of the German High Seas Fleet was to ensure that the German coastline was not harassed by the British army.

This was indeed achieved. After the outbreak of World War II, although Germany lost its control of the sea, Britain did not dare to land in Germany.

Although young Nicholas had great ambitions but little talent, his recklessness led to the complete failure of Germany's Schlieffen Plan, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.

By August this year, the world war had been going on for a full year, which had a huge impact on the economies of all countries.

Britain and France were able to survive thanks to their large overseas colonies.

The Russian Empire had the foundation laid by Stolypin, so there would be no problems in the short term.

Germany's problems came not only from itself, but also from the burden of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Long before the Russian army occupied Transylvania, a large number of Hungarians fled and became refugees.

The Russian siege of Budapest caused a large number of Hungarian nobles to live in Vienna or Berlin.

Germany was well prepared before the war and could still hold on.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was unable to continue fighting and not only needed the German army's assistance, but also needed Germany's assistance in strategic materials including food in order to continue fighting.

Falkenhayn's disappointment with the Austro-Hungarian Empire had reached the point of disgust.

Hindenburg was unwilling to shift the main attack direction to the Western Front, which meant that he would not be able to receive reinforcements from Germany.

After Nicholas became commander-in-chief, the Russian army will continue to mobilize.

Without reinforcements from Germany, even Hindenburg would not be able to resist the attack of the superior Russian army.

George was in no mood to watch the fun. On September 9, Rasputin died.

The three men who killed Rasputin were Felix Yusupov, the only son of Yusupova, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, the only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Alexandra Georgievna, and Alexander, the second son of George.

Felix and Yusupova had four sons. Two of them died young, and the third was killed in a duel, leaving only the last son, little Felix.

Alexandra died after giving birth to Dmitri, leaving Paul with a son and a daughter, who were raised by Sergei and Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna after Paul was expelled from the Russian Empire.

Elizabeth is the biological sister of Queen Alex. Because Elizabeth carries the hemophilia gene, Sergei and Elizabeth do not have children, so Dmitry is the only heir to Sergei's title.

The process of these three people killing Rasputin was also full of drama.

Little Felix married Nicholas' niece, Grand Duchess Irina Alexandrovna, last year. When Rasputin attended the wedding, he was driven away by Felix.

This guy is really shameless. Felix and Yusupova didn't even invite him, but he had the audacity to attend the wedding. He deserved to be kicked out.

After all, Rasputin was a frequent guest of the Queen, and he held a grudge after being driven away, so at a court ball, he was not very respectful to Irina.

Around September 9, Irina invited Rasputin to a party at the Yusupov Palace, and Rasputin gladly attended the invitation on the evening of the 20th.

Felix Jr. is 28 years old, Dmitri is 24, and Alexander is only 20 years old.

These three men were too inexperienced when it came to killing people. They first tried to poison Rasputin but failed to kill him.

Little Felix fired three shots at Rasputin, hitting him all the time.

The three thought Rasputin was dead, but when they checked, they found that Rasputin had come back to life and strangled little Felix.

Little Felix was almost strangled to death. In desperation, Dmitri hit Rasputin's head with a hammer, making a hole in Rasputin's head.

Rasputin is still alive.

Finally, Alexander pointed a gun at the back of Rasputin's head and shot him, finally killing him.

After Rasputin's death, the three men wanted to destroy the body, so they threw Rasputin's body into the Neva River.

The three men had no experience in destroying evidence and did not tie any heavy objects to Rasputin's body, so the body did not sink to the bottom of the water and was found the next day.

After all, Rasputin was a favorite of the Queen, and although his killing made people happy, the Queen was heartbroken.

Alexander and Felix the Younger, as well as Dmitri, were arrested.

George is the commander-in-chief of the theater and cannot leave easily.

Anne went to St. Petersburg immediately after hearing the news.

Polis also came from Adrianople and wanted to go to St. Petersburg.

"No, you can't go!"

George's disappointment with Alex also reached the level of disgust.

Of the three people who killed Rasputin, one was the only son of the richest man in Russia, and the other two were the Tsar’s brothers.

Alex was so cruel that he arrested these three people for a demon monk. George was speechless.

"Why would Sasha do this?"

Bolis couldn't understand why Alexander, who seemed to be very smart, had caused such a big disaster.

Rasputin was hated by everyone in St. Petersburg. Little Nicholas kept shouting that he wanted to hang Rasputin, so why didn't he do it?

Felix humiliated Rasputin in public, and even though he knew that Rasputin would bear a grudge against him, he did not send anyone to kill Rasputin.

To put it bluntly, everyone is waiting for others to take action. No one wants to offend the queen because of this evil monk.

If this happened to Bolis, he would incite Felix the Younger and Dmitri and would never get involved himself.

"Because Rasputin deserves death!"

George would never allow anyone to hurt Alexander.

These three people dared to act because they had nothing to fear. Yusupova was confident that she could buy the Russian Empire.

Behind Dmitry were two grand dukes, and he was also the queen's nephew.

Alexander relied not only on George, the royal military god, but also on his brother, the king, Polis.

The reason why George didn't let Boris go to St. Petersburg was that as long as George and Boris were there, Alex could lock up Alexander and give him a slight punishment, but she would never dare to kill Alexander to avenge the evil monk.

Of course, it is unbelievable that someone would be locked up.

"Your Majesty is going too far. How could he arrest Sasha for such a man?"

Polis was angry and worried about Alexander.

George wasn't worried at all.

Alexander was arrested by the gendarmerie and detained at the gendarmerie headquarters.

Before arresting Alexander, the gendarmerie commander Junkovsky sent a telegram to George, telling him not to worry and that he would ensure Alexander's safety.

Look, people who really have power are always so meticulous in what they do and won’t offend others easily.

It is too easy to kill someone these days. Just think about how those people who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand were infected with tuberculosis. The sanitary conditions in the prisons of the Russian Empire were not much better than those in the prisons of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If Alexander got tuberculosis, George would massacre the gendarmerie headquarters.

Although Anne was also worried about Alexander, she did not go directly to the Queen after arriving in St. Petersburg, but went to Yusupova first.

Yusupova was not at the Yusupov Palace, but at her hometown in Crimea.

This attitude is also very clear.

If the queen dared to kill little Felix, Yusupova would mobilize her 40 serfs.

There were 1831 in 40, but no one knows how many there are now.

Could it be that the Queen thought that since the empire had abolished the serfdom system, those serfs had nothing to do with the Yusupov family?

Felix was calm and composed, and was not worried about the safety of the three people.

After Alexander and his two companions were arrested, 19 grand dukes of the empire sent a joint letter to Nicholas, pleading for them.

This fully proves the imperial nobles' disgust for Rasputin.

And resentment towards the Queen.

Although the Orthodox Church does not advocate divorce, if Nicholas divorces Alex, the empire will definitely not object.

Not only will they not oppose it, but they will also praise Nicholas' courage in breaking the shackles of marriage.

I have been confused for half my life, and it is rare for me to be wise once.

"Don't worry, His Majesty is on his way back to St. Petersburg, and this matter will be resolved soon."

Felix's expression didn't reveal his emotions, and only he knew what he was thinking.

"How are the children?"

Anne was equally calm, she was regretting.

Regret not killing Rasputin in Amur.

"I just visited them yesterday, and they seemed fine—"

Felix is ​​indeed extraordinary as he was chosen by Yusupova.

"——I think this is a good opportunity to let them know that they should stay calm when encountering problems."

Anne looked at Felix with a hint of dissatisfaction.

In Anne's opinion, the reason why Alexander became "bad" was because he was led astray by people like little Felix and Dmitri.

Although Alexander is 20 years old, little Felix is ​​already 29 years old. Considering the average life expectancy these days, he is almost dead, so how can he still be so immature?

Felix was helpless.

Only this one of his and Yusupov's four sons grew up. In order to allow their only son to smoothly take over the Yusupov family, Felix and Yusupov taught little Felix carefully and made him a responsible person.

The result is an excessive sense of responsibility.

If Felix and Yusupova have problems with the education of little Felix.

So is there nothing wrong with George and Anne's education of Alexander?
Since Polis was now the King of Bulgaria, Alexander automatically became the first in line to the throne of Grand Duke Yuriev.

From this perspective, the future of the Yuriev family is also worrying.

Alexander is okay. Even if he is not a good person, there is still the third brother.

Felix and Yusupova can no longer have children.

After Sergei was assassinated, Elizabeth was unable to have children even if she wanted to, and had to rely on her adopted son Dmitri for support in her old age.

While Anne was discussing with Felix how to rescue her son, Elizabeth was at the Summer Palace, asking her sister to release her son.

"Are you going to betray me too?"

Alex was angry and full of murderous intent.

Elizabeth turned pale. Who was betraying her?

(End of this chapter)