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The routines of the Russian court are as deep as the sea, and every prince who is powerful and powerful in a flashy coat is an old fox who has experienced a hundred battles. While carefully hiding clues, he set a trap for his opponent. The law of the chain of suspicion is applied and brought into full play.

However, Grand Duke Andrei Shuisky was unsuspecting in the face of the young Tsar, and was directly tricked by him. After Ivan IV threw out his suspicions about Shuisky, Grand Duke Shuisky either honestly admitted that he had placed an inside line in Ivan's ranks, or he was convicted of plotting against the Tsar.

It's all a tsar's routine.

Whether the whole army is wiped out or the car is abandoned to protect the commander, Shuysky must make a choice.

Cold sweat was already oozing from the tip of his nose, and Shuysky was holding his wet palm, cramped and uneasy. However, unlike his two elder brothers, who are decisive and decisive, it is difficult for Shuysky to make a decisive decision in the face of gains and losses.

The thirteen-year-old Tsar and the forty-year-old Grand Duke Shuisky embarked on a trial of rivalry.

Ivan IV carefully fiddled with the king's chess pieces on the Western chessboard, and he recalled his historical self, before Ivan IV died before he finished his last game of chess with the chess player Birkin, the Rurik dynasty was wiped out with his sudden closing of his eyes, and then Peter the Great began the Romanov dynasty for more than two hundred years.

Having read history, he clearly remembered the weakness in the hearts of every traitor and traitor around Ivan the Great.

"Grand Duke Shuisky, you haven't answered my question yet."

The young and mature Ivan IV waved his hand, further pressed the middle-aged man in front of him, and said in a serious tone, "Why do you know the identity of the assassin?" Did you plant the eyeliner around me, or did you prepare for this assassination? ”

Shuisky's eyes glanced at the door of the living room, and in the shadows that the light of the bright crystal lamp did not shine, the pupils of Grand Duke Shuisky suddenly constricted.

He faintly saw the shadow of the sword and axe handprint carved into the wall.

The shadow of the envoy's axe flickered outside the living room by candlelight.

Cold sweat had already oozed from his forehead, and Shuysky began to fidget, not knowing if he would end up hacked to death by the ambushed guards once he confessed.

He watched Ivan clutch the king on the chessboard, and finally realized that he had no way back. An idea crossed his mind, and he finally made the final decision.

Shuysky, with his dry tongue, opened his mouth, already nervous enough to know how to organize his words. Faced with the questioning gaze of Ivan IV, he finally decided to abandon the car and protect the commander.

"Your Majesty......"

"Yes, yes, it just so happens that there are people I know among the palace guards, so I only know about His Majesty's actions."

Ivan IV, however, aggressively continued, "Is that all you know?" ”

Shuisky raised his hands in panic and said with a sad face, "Really, that's all I know, I really don't know the rest!" Please spare me, Your Majesty, for the sake of serving you for many years. ”

Shuisky exposed his cowardice, and when he was suspicious, he who enjoyed all the glory and wealth was more afraid of death after all.

Taking advantage of the arrival of Grand Duke Ivan IV, he did not continue to delve into it, but asked rhetorically, "Name." ”

"I need their names."

The atmosphere of the whole living room became heavy, and the pressing of Ivan IV made Shuysky feel an invisible pressure and was approaching him.

In front of him was no longer the young Tsar who was toyed with by several princes between applause.

Under duress from Ivan IV, Shuisky uttered four names, one of which was Ivan IV's Captain Tukhaisov.

"As expected."

Ivan IV's gloomy face finally smiled. To Shuysky, the smile was like a demon waving at him.

Standing up, looking at the Grand Duke of Shuisky in front of him, he said lightly, "Grand Duke Shuisky, I'm tired of you today, if there is nothing to do, go back early and rest." I just wanted to talk to you, and I didn't mean anything else. Don't take what you just said. ”

Ivan walked towards the door of the living room, leaving the dejected Shuysky behind.

When the powerful Grand Duke stood up, his feet trembled uncontrollably. He turned his head to look at Ivan IV, who had disappeared into the doorway, with mixed emotions.

Then the door slowly closed, cutting him off from the Tsar.

The corridors of the palace were filled with the guards sent by Tuchkov, and if Shuysky dared to make any disobedient move, they would rush in and chop him to pieces.

Tuchkov had been waiting for the moment of revenge, but in the end, he still did not hear the signal to throw a chess.

"Your Majesty."

Tuchkov was depressed, but he didn't dare to refute, he said with some puzzlement, "Why don't you let us do it directly?" ”

Ivan waved his hand and vetoed Tuchkov's request, saying, "How can a dog jump off the wall without forcing it into a corner?" ”

"Putting aside the nobles who tend to be inflammatory, the power of the Shuisky family is far stronger than we imagined, and now that he has beaten Andrei once, he does not dare to make excessive moves for the time being. Cut off the arms of their family, and by the time he really wanted to rebel, there was no way back but to go to the last step, waiting for death. ”

Tuchkov suddenly realized that the cunning Shuisky had no room for resistance in front of Ivan IV.

The young Tsar had already begun to show his iron-fisted dictatorial methods. The Grand Duke, who once trampled him under his feet and acted mischiefly, he wanted to crusade back one by one.

"Grand Duke Tuchkov, there are definitely more than four people on Shuysky's side."

Ivan IV thought for a moment, turned his head to look at Tuchkov, he made a gesture of obliteration, and said to the Grand Duke, "Give me all the Kremlin guards 'clean', and replace them with your attendants before a new batch of people are selected." ”

After two days of conspiracy and getting along, Tuchkov already understood the vicious mind and iron-fisted methods of His Majesty. He is not like a cunning old aristocrat, who cleanses his political enemies without blood. Ivan IV preferred to take matters into his own hands and deal with the enemies that stood in his way.

Simply and brutally kill the opponent who stands in the way of politics.

"What's next?"

Tyuchkov asked in a low voice, "What should we do with Grand Duke Shuisky?" ”

Ivan seemed to have anticipated everything for a long time, and officially sent a crucial move to the high-flying Grand Duke.

He pretended to be casual and said, "Didn't Shuisky's son like to ride and swing in the square, trample, beat, and rob the people? The inhabitants of the entire city of Moscow hated these high-flying and domineering aristocratic youths. Sooner or later, the sins that they have done before will have to be repaid, since their family participated in the coup d'état that purged my uncle Staritsky's entire family five years ago. ”

Ivan IV said gloomily, "I will make him heir." ”