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It is said that after Ivan IV's feast, many lords returned home with terrible nightmares or fell ill and bedridden, and the bloody dinner reverberated in their minds, seeping into the marrow and soul. The face of the Tsar at the banquet also became gloomy and terrifying, as if he was holding a hanging, wandering and dangling near them.

Daggers, poisons and the noose of the gallows, which almost became a symbol of Ivan IV.

After a week of waiting in fear at home, the Kremlin still did nothing else, and the lords were relieved of the fear of being hanged. They believed that the tsar did not want his own life, but only through Shuysky's death, to beat the lords and make them restrain themselves.

Just when all the lords were relieved, only Glinsky did not see it that way, and after ten days of physical and mental suffering, he could not bear it anymore and finally sent an invitation to Grand Duke Belsky.

He had something important to discuss with the other party.

In response to Glinsky's invitation, Belsky agreed to his request after a moment's thought. After all, now they have a common political enemy.

The sumptuous carriage stopped at the door of Glinsky's mansion, and after Belsky got out of the car, he did not see Glinsky come out to meet him.

The servant who came out to meet him said to Belsky, "Grand Duke Glinsky is ill, so please also ask His Excellency Belsky to move to the Grand Duke's ward." ”

He hesitated for a moment at the door, but the servant refused to explain why.

Belsky feared that Glinsky had an infectious disease. During the period of Tsarist Russia, the sanitary conditions and medical environment were very bad, except for the royal doctors around the Tsar and the medicine around the noble dukes, the other folk doctors were almost all half-medical and half-witchcraft. If an ordinary civilian gets seriously ill, there is only one end, waiting for death.

However, the contagion was even more terrible, with only two survivors of the Black Death in Smolensk in 1386, and the poor sanitary situation in Moscow could lead to a terrible pandemic plague at the slightest opportunity.

The servant seemed to have guessed Belsky's thoughts, and hurriedly whispered, "It's not an infectious disease, don't worry, the Grand Duke Belsky will naturally know when he arrives at the bed." ”

But he still followed the servant into the door. The servant led him awkwardly to the door of an extremely secluded room, the darkness of which was only faintly lit.

He saw a sick Greensky lying on the bed, the windows of the room sealed, and several oil lamps on the table were burning faintly, illuminating a corner of the dark room.

Glinsky turned his head, and the slightest sickly face appeared in front of him. Belsky even subconsciously took two steps back, and asked with some hesitation, "Grand Duke Glinsky?" ”

Archduke Glinsky coughed a few times, he nodded, and said, "Here you are, my friend. Recently, the situation has been exceptional, and I can't go out to meet you personally. ”

The Grand Duke sat up from the hospital bed, looking calm and without any illness at all. It seems that the so-called illness is just an excuse made by the other party.

Belisky was puzzled and asked, "Why is that ......?"

"For your own safety."

Glinsky whispered, "Your Majesty, I don't know if he is monitoring every move of all the Grand Dukes, and the other stupid Grand Dukes think that the Tsar has let them go. But he wasn't going to rest on his laurels. The bodies hanging in the Kremlin are a sign of danger. ”

Belsky shuddered when he remembered that scene. The other Grand Dukes walked almost on their arms along the road, and they had a brand-like fear of the Tsar's means of executing his opponents.

Glinsky gave him a look, and the servant behind him closed the door with great interest. The secret is firmly locked in this door.

In the closed door, only the voices of two people echoed one after another.

"We all thought that the Tsar had gotten rid of Shuisky only because his son had ridden into Ivan IV on horseback in the square, but was it really that simple? The night before Shuysky's accident, the Tsar's servant was arrested on the charge of assassination, and after that, the entire Kremlin was subjected to all the purges, fearing that all this was a conspiracy against Shuysky, and pulled out the eyeliner that Shuysky had deployed around him. It's just that he doesn't think the tsar will go after him. It is a pity that Grand Duke Shuisky made a mistake, and the tsar had long been dissatisfied and resentful of his disloyalty. He was also killed to consolidate the regime. ”

"So what should we do?"

"He's not going to give up, we're going to take matters into our own hands when we find an opportunity."

Glinsky put forward an even more terrifying idea, "We must be prepared to set up another tsar, because Ivan IV is becoming more and more difficult to control, and once he can come to power, we will be the victims of his reign, and we will not hesitate to kill us." ”

"If his younger brother, the stupid Yuri Varisyevich, were in power, we would have been able to control the government firmly. It is said that Shuisky was eventually arrested in the militia regiment, and it seems that he also wanted to rush into action, but the Tsar was faster than him. ”

The hasty murder of Shuisky gave Greensky a wake-up call. It also lets him know that if he wants to save his family's life, he must make a choice.

"So what do we do? Are we going to depose the monarch? The Duma will not agree, and neither will the Grand Dukes who covet power. Not to mention the fact that there was also Tuchkov, who held military power, was loyal to Ivan IV like a loyal dog. ”

Glinsky walked over to the table, he came down facing the other side, and said to Belsky beside him, "First firmly control the militia forces near Moscow, and then wait for the opportunity to think in the long run." Ivan IV was still young, and it was impossible for him not to make mistakes. And there is a group of fierce eyes around us, so we have a chance. ”

Nearest the king nearest the gallows.

From now on, they must be reminded of every step of the way, for fear that Ivan IV will find an opportunity.

After a moment of silence, Belsky asked one last question, "I have only one curious question, why did the tsar rush to persecute all the Grand Dukes?" He's just a teenager, where did he get the courage to make such a decision? ”

After pondering for a moment, Glinsky finally shook his head, and he sighed and said, "I'm afraid I can only ask him for this answer." ”

"I'm afraid, even more ruthless than his father, Varisi III, Ivan IV."