The golden dome and towering spire of the Uspensky Cathedral shimmered in the morning sun, and the Moskva River meandered into the distance within the Slavs' sight.

The Grand Duke's Dormitory on the west side of the Kremlin Square is inlaid with white stone cut into tetrahedron on the front, which glows harshly in the sun.

In the bedroom of the Grand Duke's bedroom, he sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the low-hanging golden curtains, and looked at himself in the mirror calmly.

The face of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, gray-brown hair, a little haggard on his immature face, but with an untimely maturity, and a hint of depth and indifference. It is as if a childish shell carries an old soul.

He rubbed his hair and finally sighed. It's been almost a month, and I've finally come to terms with the fact that Ivan Varisinovich has become Ivan.

The man known in history as Ivan the Terrible and the Evil Tsar.

Although it is a magpie's nest, he can still feel that the young Tsar's gradually distorted personality in the court struggle is affecting his mood and state of mind.

tyrannical, callous and suspicious.

This is not a crappy plot in a third-rate novel, but an absurd crossing that really happened to me.

And in order to survive, it is necessary to adapt to the new identity as soon as possible.

Everything that came before must be left behind.

A young tsar whose mother, Yelena, who served as a regent, died of poisoning by a minister, and his power was hollowed out, and he depended on his mentally handicapped younger brother for his life.

He was Ivan IV.

Thunder and tyrant in the eyes of historians and posterity.

The year 1543 was the most chaotic and bloody time for the Tsarist court.

Five years ago, Ivan's mother was poisoned by the minister, and the young Ivan became an orphan. The royal forces took control of the imperial court, and six days after Yelena's death, they arrested Oberensky, a favorite of the Empress Dowager, and threw him to prison and put him to death. From then on, the power of the Queen Mother Regent was overthrown.

The power fell to the royal party headed by the Shuisky brothers to take charge of the Regency Council and manipulate Ivan to handle state affairs. Although Shuisky was famous in the world, he had no respect for Ivan IV, bullied Ivan at a young age, did whatever he wanted at court, and even publicly insulted Ivan and his mentally handicapped brother Yuri. After the death of Vasily Shuisky, Ivan Shuisky became a veritable regent.

Three years ago, the Grand Noble Duma tried to oust the regent Shuisky in favor of the upright Grand Duke Belsky. It was only two years later that Shuisky again acted in the shadows, overthrew Belsky, and became regent again. As soon as Shuisky came to power, he persecuted his courtiers who opposed him, arresting and killing many ministers who supported Ivan and Belsky.

He controlled the government and was so powerful that no minister dared to raise objections.

In order to better control Ivan, Shuisky constantly sent his cronies to Ivan's side as attendants to monitor his every move.

Shuisky focused his gaze on the expanding territory of the Grand Duchy in his room.

After the vigorous expansion of the grandparents and the fathers, the actual effective control of the territory at this time was equivalent to the area of modern Germany and France combined. The territory of the Grand Duchy of Moscow stretched from the Karelian Peninsula in the north to the Pskov-Smolensk-Gomel-Chernikov line in the west, bordering the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania; It borders the Crimean Khanate in the southwest, and the border runs from the Kursk and Yeletts lines to the confluence of the Volga and Sura rivers.

At this time, Russia was temporarily stable externally, and Ivan was able to focus his attention on the court and deal with the regent who controlled the government.

The door to the dormitory was suddenly pushed open, and the maid in charge of the bedchamber, Elena, walked in with a plate. Ivan's breakfast was rudely placed on the table.

The oak table and the cutlery collided with each other, making a screeching sound that broke the silence of the bedroom.

She was also assigned by Shuysky to his side to monitor Ivan IV's pawn.

The young tsar, whose power was hollowed out, had no choice, and now the regent Shuysky covered the sky with only one hand, so even the maid did not take Ivan IV in his eyes.

The maid replied indifferently, "Your Majesty, your breakfast." I put it on the table. ”

"Wait a minute."

I thought it would be as usual, but this time Ivan IV stopped the maid who was about to leave directly from behind and looked at each other calmly, "Wait a minute, Natasha." ”

The young maid turned her head and looked at Ivan IV behind her, the look of disdain in her eyes was fleeting, and she asked respectfully, "What is the matter with Your Majesty?" ”

"You've been in charge of my daily life since two years ago, and I just want to know ......"

Ivan paused slightly, telling a terrible inside story.

"How long have you been reporting to Shuisky about my health since then?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know what His Majesty is talking about."

Natasha's face changed suddenly, and she quickly shook her head and said, "I have nothing to do with Shuysky. ”

Ivan stood up, and he slowly walked in front of Natasha.

At this time, the young tsar had long since lost his previous cowardice, and was replaced by a gloomy coldness that frightened Natasha.

The Regent of Shuysky had been controlling the government for so long that everyone ignored the figure hiding behind the curtain.

"For the sake of such forgetfulness, let me remind you."

"Shuisky publicly stated at the court yesterday that my brother Yuri is an out-and-out mentally retarded, and it is ridiculous that Ivan IV is still afraid that a mentally retarded will be plotted. If I'm not mistaken, you were the only one there when I said that I was worried that my brother would be plotted. ”

Natasha, who was still pretending to be calm, changed her face suddenly, she didn't expect that thirteen-year-old Ivan would actually set up a game to let her reveal her identity.

Natasha was still thinking about dying. Tried to put on a tough attitude. In her opinion, Ivan IV was a thirteen-year-old child, and even if he was crowned with the title of Tsar, what could he do?

But what others don't know is that the soul hidden under that immature face is far more mature and stable than anyone imagined.

"But now that the entire court is under Grand Duke Shuisky, what can you do?"

Natasha said disdainfully, "Honoring you as Your Majesty means Grand Duke Shuisky, in the entire court, do you really think that anyone will pay attention to you?" Your Majesty Ivan? ”

Ivan IV laughed contemptuously, and sure enough, as described in history, the entire Kremlin was acting recklessly, bullying the young ignorance of the tsar, but they did not know that they would have to pay the bloody price for their actions in the future.

"When I was three years old, when my father Vasily III was seriously ill, in order to ensure the stability of the throne in the future, he specially issued an edict to establish a regency council composed of seven great nobles, who would assist me at a young age until I was fifteen years old. These seven men were all powerful ministers of my father's time, led by my uncle, Archduke Glinsky, followed by my uncle Andrei; The prominent brothers Vasily and Ivan Shuisky, as well as three Grand Dukes Zakharin, Tuchkov and Volyntsov. According to his ideas, this arrangement would be enough to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country, and that the young me would have enough ability to confront the big aristocratic Duma, where the opposition was gathered. ”

"However, now the situation is different, and your master Shuisky is now a dictatorship, do you think that the others will not have an opinion? Coupled with the death of the former Grand Duke Belsky, the people of the royal party have begun to get impatient. The days of Grand Duke Shuisky's misdeeds are finally coming to an end. ”

Ivan didn't care about the other party's attitude at all, and looked at the gradually rising sun, under which the Kremlin was bathed at this time.

Natasha's eyes widened at the sudden thought of something, and she stammered, "Do you want to ......"

"A traitor planted by my side."

Ivan IV asked rhetorically with a grim expression, "Did I tell you to get out of this door alive?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, hurried and dense footsteps sounded outside the corridor of Ivan's bedroom, and they were gradually approaching the door.