Chapter 5 Microphone
Ekaterina was indeed too tired. She didn’t eat anything. After drinking some water, she woke up at noon the next day. Maybe it was because she was too stimulated. Yekaterina was in a trance and had a splitting headache. Anna called Yekaterina's full-time doctor. After diagnosis, the doctor believed that Yekaterina's spirit had been greatly stimulated and her whole person was on the verge of collapse. It takes at least a year of rest to regain health.
During the next period, the Winter Palace is full of funerals and enthronement ceremonies, which is obviously not suitable for physical recovery, so the doctor’s suggestion is to go to the Imperial Manor in the suburbs, which is quieter and more conducive to physical recovery. .
"I will not go to the Imperial Mansion. This is my and Sasha's home. No one can let me leave here." Ekaterina sneered, looking at the doctor with mocking eyes.
The doctor retreated hastily. Ekaterina's eyes were too aggressive and the doctor couldn't bear it.
Looking at the doctor's back, Ekaterina sneered again.
"Actually, what he said is right. You really need a quiet environment to rest now." George couldn't help but speak. Bai Ling and poisonous wine were too scary. Although the probability was very low, George didn't want to gamble.
Staying in the Winter Palace without leaving, sooner or later Maria will be unable to bear it anymore, which will do no good to George's family at all.
So it is wise to take this opportunity to gain more benefits.
What George really wants is not only to leave the Winter Palace, but it is best to leave Russia directly, because if he does not leave now, he will not be able to leave in 1919.
Although George didn't know much about the Russian Empire in his previous life, he also knew that the Russian Empire fell in 1919. This is a knowledge point.
After the fall of the Russian Empire, the members of the royal family met a tragic end. The last czar and his family were secretly executed in the basement. Other members of the royal family either went into exile or were executed in the same way. No one survived.
Even if George had knowledge beyond his time, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could change everything.
So whether George is willing or not, he must leave Russia before 1919. Otherwise, even if he joins the revolution and starts his own rebellion, George will most likely not be able to escape the purges one after another.
"George, this has nothing to do with you, help me go see if your sister is awake?" Ekaterina did not treat George as an adult because of George's reason.
George was helpless. Being humble was his fatal weakness. George now hated his age.
The age of 9 is too embarrassing. Either you are only three years old like little Ekaterina and don’t know anything, or you can become an adult and at least be able to make your own decisions. Now you know the best option, but The feeling of not being able to reveal secrets is too painful.
George was not the only one who wanted Catherine to leave the Winter Palace. Alexander approached George again later, this time in the study of the Winter Palace.
"Thank you George, you have helped me a lot, but now we have encountered a new problem-" Alexander is also picky, who makes George easy to talk to.
"It doesn't matter, this is what I should do." George was as clear-headed and rational as ever.
Ordinary people are still children at the age of 9.
But he was born into the royal family, and at the age of 9 he is no longer qualified to be willful. George is now the only man in the small family of Super Duke Yurievsky, and he must hold himself to adult standards.
Of course, what George didn't notice was how outrageous his maturity and rationality was in Alexander's eyes. That's right, the Russian Empire doesn't need any outstanding princes other than the Crown Prince.
But George himself does not have the right to inherit the throne, so no matter how outstanding George is, George is not a threat to the crown prince. Even if George's ability reaches the sky, he will only become the most powerful person for the future tsar. The stronger George's assistants are, the more stable and powerful the empire will be.
Alexander was about to become Tsar, so the better George performed, the more interested Alexander became in George.
"Maria told me that your mother's health is not good. For her health, I think your mother needs a quiet environment to cultivate her body. What do you think?" Alexander didn't know that George had already advised her. , useless.
"I will be very busy during the next period of time and will not have much time to pay attention to the Winter Palace. George, I know you are a smart man and you should know what I want to say." Alexander hesitated, leaving George It would be too cruel for George to persuade Catherine to leave the Winter Palace.
If Catherine leaves, George will also leave.
Ekaterina regarded the Winter Palace as her home, why didn’t George do the same?
Just after his father died, he and his mother were kicked out. This was indeed too cruel for a 9-year-old child.
“I know, but where can we go after leaving the Winter Palace?” For the first time, George’s eyes showed confusion that was consistent with his age.
The Winter Palace cannot be stayed for a long time, but the Imperial Mansion is equally unsafe, even more dangerous than the Winter Palace. In the Winter Palace, at least it attracts much attention, but if you go to the Imperial Mansion, you may end up "depressed."
"On this issue, I completely respect your mother's choice. After all, this is what my father wants to see." Alexander looked at George with more admiration, glad that he had a smart brother.
Alexander was by Yaer's side before he died. At the last moment of his life, Yaer left a will, hoping that Alexander would treat Catherine well.
George didn't know that Ya Er had left a will when he died, which became George's best reason to persuade Catherine.
After the first two days of sadness, Catherine also calmed down and she agreed to leave the Winter Palace, but she did not want to stay in Russia, but wanted to go to France.
France is a special place for Catherine. When Asia II was alive, she often did not take the queen with her when visiting abroad, but took Catherine with her. France is Asia II and Catherine. The country where Ekaterina visited most often, Ya Er even bought properties for Ekaterina in Paris and Nice.
Alexander agreed to Catherine's request without much thought.
Although Ya Er does not take the queen out, the queen will go to France or Switzerland for vacation every winter to escape the cold winter in Russia, so it is normal for Ekaterina to go to France, at least to give the outside world a feeling, and Not forced to leave Russia.
Once this problem is solved, other problems can be easily solved.
In order to solve the problem of Yekaterina's livelihood in France, Alexander proposed that the Russian royal family pay Yekaterina an annual alimony of 40,000 rubles to cover Yekaterina's expenses in France. .
This is a lot of money. The ruble in 1881 was still very strong. For a long time, one ruble could be exchanged for 0.77 grams of gold.
The current minister of the Third French Republic has an annual salary of 100,000 francs, which is equivalent to 40,000 rubles.
(End of this chapter)