A slender, tall, blond young man was the first to enter the palace.

He was dressed in a grass-green Prussian double-breasted military tuxedo with a golden stand-up collar embroidered with elaborate patterns, the Russians' first round tasseled epaulettes were embellished with gold tassels, and the red cuffs were also embroidered with intricate gold patterns on the three sleeve loops.

A red ribbon with a wide black brim on the lower left side of the right shoulder, with the Order of Vladimir of the 1st Class hanging from his waist, and a golden tassel with multiple strings on his right chest, unlike the acorn pendant that William hung on the button, Sergei's needle-shaped pendant of St. George.

On the neckline, which is a three-white and two-red bow necklace, is the Grand Cross Red Eagle Medal with a golden ring, and at the top of the left chest is a row of dense medals, Joey looks at it head-on, the former medal covers the left side of the latter medal, and each medal shows the right side.

At the top of the list was a Maltese Cross of St. George's Medallion, which Joey could tell the difference, thanks to the special ribbon of the Order of the Order in two yellow and three black.

Below the row, there are various large badges, from top to bottom, the diamond Red Eagle Starmang, the Honorary Knight of the British Empire, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and the gold medal of the Order of St. George, the Great Martyr of the First Class and the Invincible of Russia.

In his left hand, he also held a pair of thin white cotton gloves, and a sword with a golden gauntlet, golden hilt, and golden scabbard hung from the wide white leather belt around his waist. On the body of the sword, which Joey could not see, was engraved with a line of golden Russian inscription, on which was written "Faith, Tsar and Law", which was an honorary sword awarded by the Tsar to a high-ranking officer of Tsarist Russia, which was commonly known as the "golden weapon" in the eyes of Europeans.

Grand Duke Sergei's lower body is also black pants with red vertical lines, but between the two red vertical lines, there is a gold line. Also on a hot day, he wears a pair of black calfskin high riding boots on his feet.

Judging from the figure alone, Sergei is tall and slender, and he is also a double-breasted Prussian military uniform tightly wrapped around his body, and he is much more handsome than William, who looks short and round.

In terms of hairstyle, Grand Duke Sergei's blonde, slightly parted hair, which is also more energetic and fashionable than William's black parted hairstyle.

There were also more medals and medals on the collar, chest, and placket than Wilhelm, one was a marshal of the Moscow Military District who participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 78, and the other was only an honorary colonel of the Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment. In terms of military exploits and honors, William was thrown away again.

In appearance, the tall Sergei had a beautiful awl-shaped face, compared to William's featureless small round face, one with sword eyebrows and thin lips, another with sparse eyebrows and thick lips, one with deep eye sockets, the other with featureless goldfish eye bubbles, one with a beautiful beard, and the other with an exaggerated horn mustache.

No matter how you look at it, Grand Duke Sergei is handsome.

Joey looked at it carefully for a long time, in terms of appearance, figure, and military exploits, his eldest brother is too far behind, no wonder Princess Elizabeth in history would like Grand Duke Sergei, if she was also a woman, nine out of nine would choose this beautiful man in Russia.

When it comes to money, William is even more behind. From the beginning of shaking hands with Crown Prince Frederick, Grand Duke Sergei began to personally deliver gifts to everyone in Frederick's family....

Give a gift, just give a gift, and actually show off French, German, English and Latin at the same time, Joey sighed in his heart, especially the German spoken softly by Grand Duke Sergei, which sounded a little more comfortable than the German spoken by William with a sharp voice....

Fortunately, the young Prince Waldmar was not impressed by the visiting Grand Duke Sergei, otherwise if Joey knew that Grand Duke Sergei was so handsome and golden, it is estimated that he would not have had the courage to be William's love adviser at the beginning, and encouraged William to chase after Ella's cousin.

Joey quietly looked up at William and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his eldest brother still listened to his own advice, and pulled Ella's cousin's right hand tightly with his left hand, judging from his expression, it was still relatively relaxed.

In the eyes of everyone in the imperial palace, the handsome and golden Grand Duke Sergei actually has bitterness in his heart and can't say it. Before coming to Berlin, I was still full of confidence, and felt that as long as I appeared in front of Princess Elizabeth, with my demeanor and eloquence, I would definitely be able to snatch Princess Elizabeth away from William.

Expectations are wonderful, but reality is painful. When I arrived in Berlin, I quickly found out that Princess Elizabeth lived in Sanssouci Palace, and out of the basic etiquette of a nobleman, Grand Duke Sergei was ready to make an appointment before coming to the door, rather than rushing to the door directly.

If Grand Duke Sergei was not so high-profile when he visited Charlottenburg Palace on the first day, it would have been so eye-catching, maybe he could really meet Princess Elizabeth, but when he was in Charlottenburg Palace, he gave gold coins and jewelry to show off his wealth, which made Joey wary and directly encouraged William to take Princess Elizabeth into the palace the next day.

At this point, Grand Duke Sergei's pursuit of Princess Elizabeth in Berlin turned into a complete nightmare.

The news that Princess Elizabeth had left brought back from Sanssouci Palace by the attendants, to hearing that Princess Elizabeth had already worn a ruby ring on her left ring finger, and that the letters he had sent to the palace to ask for a visit were rejected one after another, all of which made Sergei extremely angry.

The most annoying thing is that the news channels that I bought with gold coins and jewelry, and all kinds of news about Princess Elizabeth are sent every day, without exception, there is William's figure everywhere, what Princess Elizabeth is shopping with William on Unter den Linden today, on an outing on Wannsee Lake today, boating on the River Spree today, and watching an opera at the Berlin Opera House today....

In the end, this can no longer be regarded as spending money to buy news to track Elizabeth, but has become spending money to buy news to torture yourself.

When he received an invitation from the Empress Dowager to a dinner with General Shuvalov more than half a month ago, Grand Duke Sergei's first reaction was to find an excuse, whatever bad excuse, to flee Berlin immediately and leave this sad place far away.

But General Shuvalov stopped Grand Duke Sergei to the death, after all, his social circle in Moscow and the diplomatic circle in Berlin have clearly stated that he wants to bring a princess back to Moscow, if he lets Grand Duke Sergei return to Moscow like this, wouldn't it mean that he is talking about political jokes?

Therefore, General Shuvalov kept cheering Sergei and told him to have confidence in his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, believing that Germany, which is now obedient to Russia, will fully respond to this marriage.

With great difficulty, Sergei, who was shy in his bones, decided to stay and participate in this dinner party.

Sergei, who had decided to stay, reverted back to his previous appearance and began to spend a lot of time and money on the preparation of gifts for the visit to this dinner, and in any case, was ready to use the advantage of money to make a final effort. With the help of General Shuvalov, the head of the secret police, he quickly figured out the preferences of each member of the Imperial Palace.

In Joey's eyes, at least until he received Sergei's gifts, Sergei gave each gift that won the favor of his parents, his older siblings, his father received a bust of Frederick the Great in the collection of Peter III, and his mother received a generous charitable donation to the Crown Princess Victoria Foundation.

As for William, after receiving a portable sword from Sergei and given to him by Frederick the Great, Peter III, his biggest fan at the time, the relationship between the two improved significantly.

Princess Elizabeth received a beautiful pair of jewelry, an egg pendant made of colored gemstones, made of a large piece of alexandrite, a color-changing gemstone that glowed grass green in the sunlight and a berry red glow in the incandescent light of today's womb. In the envious eyes of many ladies, Princess Elizabeth also happily accepted the gift.

But when Grand Duke Sergei's gaze fell on the ring finger of Princess Elizabeth's left hand, Joey clearly saw a trace of despair in Sergei's eyes.

Princess Victoria also received a beautiful piece of jewelry, earrings and necklaces made of Russian jasper, which symbolizes youth and beauty, which also attracted a wave of envious eyes.

Joey didn't wait long, and soon received his own gift, and after a period of unnutritious greetings with Grand Duke Sergei, Joey opened the heavy gift box that Grand Duke Sergei gave him.

With eyes made of rubies, a small nose made of black onyx, and a body made of silver, a cute polar bear jumps into view.

"Joey, I know you love critters, I'll give you a nice polar bear toy before I officially give you a polar bear." Grand Duke Sergei said to Joey with a smile.