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Chapter 635: Fate is Good

Mikhail was also rebellious when he was young, otherwise he would not have given up his inheritance rights and married a woman who had been married twice and had children.

Mikhail and Natalia lived in France after their marriage. Although Nicholas stopped Mikhail's salary, Mikhail never worried about money thanks to the subsidy from the Queen Mother.

Although he lived a carefree life, the gap between being demoted directly from the center of imperial power to the stinking gutter of Paris made Mikhail mature quickly.

Mikhail expressed his concerns about Nikolai to George.

And asked about Alexei's condition and whether he could recover.

George immediately remembered Yusupova's words.

Alexei's succession rights were being discussed in St. Petersburg.

Nicholas had only one prince, Alexei.

If Alexei loses his inheritance, then -

When George looked at Mikhail again, the look in his eyes was different.

George remembered that when Yasan died, the Queen Mother wanted Mikhail to succeed to the throne.

This is what Witte told George. The Queen Mother never expressed it in front of George because George was the most staunch supporter of the Nigerian party.

"Whether Amusa can recover or not, it is inappropriate to discuss this issue now."

George reminded Mikhail that the Empire was at war.

"George, you are the Grand Duke of the Empire and have the obligation to maintain the purity of the royal bloodline!"

Mikhail is so serious that it's hilarious.

Mikhail seemed to have forgotten that Alex was a genuine princess, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and her bloodline was absolutely pure and noble.

Instead, it was Mikhail's marriage to Natalia that destroyed the purity of the royal bloodline.

Natalia's father was a lawyer who opened a law firm and served as a deputy to the Moscow City Duma and a director of the Arbat City School.

Natalia was very beautiful. Her first husband was a musician with social status but no interest in romance. So Natalia cheated on her with Vladimir, who served in the Guards.

Vladimir served in the Guards Cuirassiers Regiment, which was responsible for the safety of the Empress Dowager. Mikhail happened to be in this regiment as well. At a dance, Mikhail met Natalia.

Before Natalia divorced, she had a son with Mikhail, so Mikhail spent 20 rubles to get Vladimir to agree to divorce Natalia.

Because Natalia's experience is so rich, even though Mikhail is the Grand Duke, Natalia cannot use the identity of "Grand Duchess", but only "Mrs."

When the nobles of St. Petersburg referred to Natalia, they did not even use the term "Madam" but "that woman".

After the outbreak of the war, Natalia converted Mikhail's Tsarskoye Selo into a wartime hospital for wounded soldiers.

Her good deeds did not earn her forgiveness from the St. Petersburg nobility, and people began to speculate that the threat to the Queen might come from unexpected sources, such as Grand Duke Mikhail's wife, whose box was always packed with visitors.

George didn't know what was going on. First there was Grand Duke Vladimir and his wife, and now there is Grand Duke Mikhail and his wife. It seemed that everyone was eyeing Nicholas' throne.

"My first duty is to win victory for the Empire."

George took no part in the St. Petersburg conspiracy.

Mikhail was silent for a while and then let out a long sigh.

"Yes, we must first win the war. To this end, I am willing to shed my last drop of blood for my beloved motherland. If I die in the war, at least my children can be taken care of."

George is a little fed up and wants to bleed to death and go to the front line!
After the war broke out, Mikhail wrote to Nikolai, saying: As punishment, I can be deprived of my birthrights and property, but no one can deprive me of the right to shed blood for my motherland!

Nicholas was moved and immediately revoked the punishment on Mikhail. He not only returned Mikhail's property to Mikhail, but also gave Natalia a title, finally adding some embellishment to her title of "Madam".

If you want to impress George, words alone are not enough.

Compared to Mikhail, Yusupova is very smart.

As Yusupova said, she was warmly welcomed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Polis prepared a welcoming ceremony for her at the head of state level.

Yusupova deserved it because she brought more than 5000 million rubles in investment to the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

The money will be used for infrastructure in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This is just the first one.

In Vladivostok, Yusupova, Anne and Ekaterina developed a deep relationship over the mahjong table. Yusupova was also Alexandra's godmother and was tied to George's family early on.

Yusupova once wanted Alexandra to marry Felix Jr., but unfortunately Alexandra and Felix Jr. disliked each other, so the plan was dropped.

Yusupova loved daughters and raised little Felix as her daughter since childhood. Little Felix wore Yusupova's skirt at the age of ten, and there were photos left as ironclad evidence. There have been rumors in St. Petersburg that little Felix does not like women. These rumors gradually disappeared until the birth of little Felix and Irina's daughter.

Alexandra despised little Felix.

Little Felix also doesn't like the eccentric Alexandra.

In Russia, strong and independent women are not popular. Although people praise Yeshiva, they don't like Yeshiva.

Alexandra is currently in Constantinople, training soldiers in battlefield medicine.

This is the job that noble women should undertake.

After the war broke out, the Queen went to the front-line hospital to help cut fingers. In George's opinion, it was just a show and she should do more valuable work.

After the outbreak of the war, the Balkan Theater Command calculated that most of the soldiers who died in the battle died from excessive blood loss because they were not bandaged in time after being injured. Now, all new recruits in the Balkan Theater must receive training in battlefield first aid, and at least know whether to wrap the bandage on the proximal or distal end of a bullet wound in the arm.

This all seemed like common sense to George.

But in this age where it is hard to tell left from right, it is common sense to have enough food and not feel hungry.

Unlike Alexandra, Anne's main job after the outbreak of the war was to coordinate industrial production, organize material supplies, and ensure smooth logistics.

Ekaterina is working hard to raise funds.

These jobs are more meaningful than cutting off your fingers.

Like St. Petersburg, Adrianople automatically entered a state of war after the outbreak of war.

Although they are both in a state of war, the situation is different. The supply of materials in Adrianople has also entered a state of war, especially food.

Yusupova was curious, was there a food shortage in Bulgaria?
Both lack and lack.

Bulgaria's traditional agriculture is growing grapes, which can be used to make wine but cannot replace staple food.

As long as George is here, Bulgaria will definitely not lack food.

"Grand Duke Yuriev said that the war will not end in a short time, and we must all be prepared for a long-term battle."

Stambolijski was still in Bosnia fighting against the local tyrants and dividing the land. August accompanied Yusupova throughout her visit.

Yusupova said nothing, but her expression was clearly one of appreciation.

Someone from St. Petersburg should really come to Constantinople, or Adrianople, and take a look.

But if someone really takes a look at it, the conclusion he or she will come to will most likely be different from Yusupova's.

"We have sufficient food reserves, and there will be no problem eating until next winter. Your Majesty advocates saving food. The court and the government have changed the wine used for banquets from French champagne to our Bulgarian locally produced wine and rose wine. Compared with the French profiteers, Your Majesty left this part of the profit to the farmers."

Augustus was very proud and thought that inviting Polis to be the King of Bulgaria was the best decision he had ever made in his life.

Yusupova's expression was a little unnatural. The banquet at the Yusupov Palace was also luxurious and extravagant with a champagne tower.

Not to mention the Summer Palace and the Winter Palace.

The quality of Bulgarian wine is not much worse than that of French champagne.

Yusupova prefers rosé wine.

The banquets at the Adrianople Palace are also different from those at the Summer Palace in St. Petersburg.

Since Boris did not like fancy formal dresses, the Bulgarian ministers followed suit. Soldiers wore casual uniforms and ministers wore formal suits. You would never see the exaggerated big gold chain for the pocket watch on the chest or the jewel rings on all the fingers.

The ladies didn't have much jewelry either.

When Alex attended the party, she wanted to cover herself with diamonds.

Elizabeth was wearing only a pearl necklace passed down to her by her grandmother and a ring that symbolized her marriage. She didn't even have a bracelet.

By the standards of St. Petersburg, Elizabeth's simplicity was not in keeping with her status as a queen and was even indecent.

In Adrianople, Elizabeth was the standard.

The queen only wears a necklace and a ring. If you dare to wear a brooch, it would be disrespectful to the queen.

"You are too frugal. Didn't your mother-in-law give you her personal collection?"

Yusupova smiled and said that a daughter-in-law is like her mother-in-law.

Let’s not talk about how large Anne’s private collection is.

Ekaterina's private collection is no less than Yusupova's.

"Those crowns and necklaces are too heavy for my liking."

Elizabeth is truly kind-hearted, and this reason left Yusupova speechless.

It is highly unlikely that a girl from a small family would be so generous.

"If you want to inherit the crown, you must bear its weight——"

Yusupova is also good at quoting.

“My mother taught me to take things easy.”

The "mother" mentioned here could be Anne or Princess Mary.

Princess Mary also comes from a prominent family. Her father is Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, her mother is Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and her grandmother is Queen Victoria.

Counting from Maria's perspective, Princess Mary is the granddaughter of Ya Er, and she is not even five generations away from Bolis.

There is no way around it. Looking around at the European royal families, they are all related. If we take all of this into account, princes and princesses can only exist in fairy tales.

Rather than worrying about this, we should worry about Queen Victoria's inherited hemophilia.

The good news is that Elizabeth's brother Carol did not inherit Queen Victoria's hemophilia.

So this disease also selects people.

(End of this chapter)