Chapter 635: Fate is good but there is no way around it
Mikhail had also been rebellious when he was young, otherwise he would not have given up his inheritance rights and married a woman who was married twice and had children.
Mikhail and Natalia have been living in France since their marriage. Although Nicholas stopped Mikhail's salary, Mikhail never paid for money due to the subsidies from the Empress Dowager. worry.
Although he lived a worry-free life, he was demoted directly from the center of imperial power to the banks of a stinking ditch in Paris. This gap 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.
Someone in St. Petersburg is discussing Alexei's inheritance.
Nicholas only had one prince, Alexey.
If Alexei loses his inheritance rights, then——
When George looked at Mikhail again, his eyes were different.
George remembered that when Ya San died, the Queen Mother wanted Mikhail to succeed him.
This is what Werther told George. The Queen Mother never expressed it in front of George, because George is the most determined Nepali party.
"Regardless of whether Amusa's condition can recover, it is inappropriate to discuss this issue now."
George reminded Mikhail that the empire was in a state of war.
"George, you are the Grand Duke of the Empire, and you have the obligation to maintain the purity of the royal bloodline!"
Mikhail is so serious that it makes people laugh.
Mikhail seems to have forgotten that Alex is the real princess, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and her bloodline is absolutely pure and noble.
On the contrary, Mikhail married Natalia, destroying the purity of the royal bloodline.
Natalia's father is a lawyer who opened a law firm and served as a Moscow City Duma representative and Arbat City School Director.
Natalia was very beautiful, and her first husband was a musician with social status but no interest, so Natalia had an affair during their marriage with Vladimir, who was serving in the Guards.
Vladimir served in the Guards Cuirassier Regiment responsible for the safety of the Empress Dowager, and Mikhail happened to be in this regiment. At a dance, Mikhail met Natalia.
Before Natalia divorced, she had a son with Mikhail, so Mikhail spent 200,000 rubles to get Vladimir to agree to divorce Natalia.
Because Natalia has too much experience, although Mikhail is the Grand Duke, Natalia cannot use the identity of "Grand Duchess", just "Mrs."
When the nobles of St. Petersburg mentioned Natalia, they did not even use "Madam", but "that woman".
After the war broke out, Natalia converted Mikhail's Tsarskoye Selo into a war hospital for wounded soldiers.
Her good deeds did not win her forgiveness from the nobles of St. Petersburg. People were discussing that the threat from the queen might come from unexpected places, such as the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail, whose box was always crowded. visitors.
George didn’t know what was going on. There was Grand Duke Vladimir and his wife, and now there is Grand Duke Mikhail and his wife. It seems that everyone is thinking about Nicholas’ throne.
"My duty, first of all, is to win victory for the Empire."
George did not participate in the conspiracy in St. Petersburg.
Mikhail was silent for a while and let out a long sigh.
"Yes, we must win the war first. To do this, I am willing to shed the 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 tired. He wants to bleed to death and go to the front line!
After the war broke out, Mikhail wrote to Nikolai, saying in the letter: As punishment, I can be deprived of my birthright and property, but no one can deprive me of blood. rights, for my motherland!
Nicholas was moved and immediately revoked the punishment of Mikhail. Not only did he return Mikhail's property to Mikhail, but he also gave Natalya a title. Finally, her "Mrs." was decorated.
If you want to move George, just relying on your mouth is not enough.
Compared with Mikhail, Yusupova is very smart.
As Yusupova said, she received a warm welcome from the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Polis prepared a welcome ceremony for her at the level of a head of state.
Yusupova deserves it because she brought more than 50 million rubles of 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 formed a deep relationship with Anne and Ekaterina at the mahjong table. Yusupova was also Alexandra’s godmother and was bound to the George family early on. .
Yusupova once wanted Alexandra to marry little Felix, but unfortunately Alexandra and little Felix disliked each other, so she gave up.
Yusupova likes daughters and has raised little Felix as a daughter since she was a child. Little Felix wore Yusupova's skirts when he was ten years old, and even left photos as ironclad evidence. There have been rumors in St. Petersburg. Little Felix did not like women, and these rumors gradually disappeared until the birth of little Felix and Irina's daughter.
Alexandra despises little Felix.
Little Felix also disliked the maverick Alexandra.
In Russia, strong and independent women are not popular. Although people praise Emperor Ye, they do not like him.
Alexandra is currently in Constantinople, responsible for training soldiers in field medical treatment.
This is the job that noble women should undertake.
After the war broke out, the queen went to the frontline hospital to help cut her fingers. In George's opinion, it was just a show. She should do more valuable work.
After the war broke out, statistics from the Balkan Theater Command showed that most of the soldiers killed in action died of excessive blood loss because they failed to be bandaged in time after being injured. Now recruits recruited in the Balkan theater must receive training in field rescue. They must at least know whether the arm is shot and whether the bandage should be wrapped proximally or distally.
This is common sense to George.
But in this era where left and right cannot be distinguished, it is common sense to eat when you are full or not hungry.
Unlike Alexandra, Anne's main job after the war broke out was to coordinate industrial production, organize material supplies, and ensure smooth logistics.
Ekaterina is trying to raise money.
These jobs are more meaningful than cutting off your fingers.
Like St. Petersburg, Adrianople automatically entered a state of war after the war broke out.
It is also a state of war, but the situation is different. The material supply in Adrianople has also entered a state of war, especially food.
Yusupova is curious, is Bulgaria short of food?
There is also a shortage and there is no shortage.
Bulgaria’s traditional agriculture is growing grapes. Grapes can be used to make wine, but they cannot replace the staple food.
With George here, Bulgaria will definitely not be short of 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 war.”
Stamboliski is still in Bosnia To divide the land among the local tycoons, Yusupova was accompanied by August throughout her visit.
Yusupova said nothing, her expression was obviously one of appreciation.
Someone from St. Petersburg should come to Constantinople or Adrianople to take a look.
But if someone really looks at it, he will probably come to a different conclusion than Yusupova.
“We have sufficient food stocks and there will be no problem eating until next winter. His Majesty advocates saving food. The palace and the government have changed the banquet wine from French champagne to our local Bulgarian wine and rose wine. Compared to French profiteers, His Majesty left this part of the profits to the farmers.”
August was proud that inviting Polis to be the king of Bulgaria was the most correct decision in his life.
Yusupova's expression was slightly unnatural. Yusupov Palace was hosting guests and it was also a luxurious and exaggerated champagne tower.
Not to mention the Summer Palace and Winter Palace.
The quality of Bulgarian wine is not much worse than French champagne.
Yusupova prefers rose wine.
The banquet at Adrianople Palace is also different from the Summer Palace in St. Petersburg.
Since Polis didn't like gorgeous gowns, Bulgaria's ministers followed suit. Soldiers were all in regular uniforms. Ministers wore formal attire. You would never see the exaggerated gold chain of the pocket watch on the chest or the bracelets that covered all the fingers. Gem ring.
The ladies don’t have much jewelry either.
When Alex attended the banquet, she wanted to wrap herself in diamonds.
Elizabeth only had a pearl necklace passed down to her by her grandmother, and a ring symbolizing marriage, not even a bracelet.
By the standards of St. Petersburg, Elizabeth's simplicity is not in line with the status of a queen, and is even disgraceful.
In Adrianople, Elizabeth was the standard.
The queen only wears one necklace and one ring. If you dare to wear an extra brooch, it is disrespectful to the queen.
"You are too frugal. Didn't your mother-in-law give you her private collection?"
Yusupova smiled, she would be just like any mother-in-law. daughter-in-law.
Let’s not talk about the size of Anne’s private collection.
Ekaterina's private collection is no less than that of Yusupova.
"Those crowns and necklaces are too heavy, I don't like them."
Elizabeth is really temperamental, this reason makes Yusupova speechless.
Girls who come from a small family will most likely not be so grand.
“If you want to inherit the crown, you must bear its weight——”
Yusupova is also good at quoting.
“My mother told me to lift my weight as lightly as possible.”
Elizabeth’s “mother” here may be Anne or Princess Mary.
Princess Mary also came from a famous family. Her father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, her mother was Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and her grandmother was Queen Victoria.
From Maria's perspective, Princess Mary is Ya Er's granddaughter, and she and Polis haven't even been out of the fifth server yet.
There is nothing we can do about it. European royal families are looking at each other in a circle, and they are all related to each other. If they all care about this, the prince and princess can only exist in fairy tales.
Instead of worrying about this, it’s better to 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 is also challenging.
(End of this chapter)