In all of Europe, there is no royal princess who has such a close relationship as the four daughters of the Romanov family. Although when they were young, they would argue over toys or dolls, but as they grew up, their relationship became more and more intimate.

In the palace, the eldest princess Origa and the second princess Tajiyana share a room, while the third princess Maria and the youngest princess Anastasia are roommates. Although their rooms were very large, the furniture in them was not elaborate and gorgeous, except for some outdated, low and old things that could be found everywhere in the palace, and in this luxurious and incomparably rich Winter Palace, the princesses' couches turned out to be folded thin hard marching beds. Each bed is marked with its owner's name. The bed was uniformly covered with a blue blanket embroidered with the family coat of arms of Empress Katerina. This is not because they made a mistake and were sent to the cold palace, but because sleeping on a marching bed was a royal tradition. This tradition dates back to the time of Empress Catherine, who personally chose the marching bed for her grandson, Alexander. The children of the royal family were taught from an early age to adapt to hard beds as well as cold showers and simple food. The princesses' beds can not only be easily moved around the palace, for example, in the summer, when the room becomes very hot and stuffy, they will move the bed to the large floor-to-ceiling windows, and at Christmas time, they will move the bed to the playroom of Prince Alexei, where there is a tall and beautifully decorated Christmas tree, lying in the dark, looking at the bright decorations on the tree, slowly falling asleep. Even when they visit relatives abroad, they bring their beds and bedding with them!

A large washroom with two bathtubs, a large silver-plated one handed down from the time of Nicholas I, with the names of those who have used it over the years engraved in Latin letters. Next to the large bathtub is a small bathtub, which was used when the princesses were children. At the front of the bathtub were large buckets against the wall, which the waiting maids poured water into the bathtub while the princesses were bathing. A hanging watercolor separates the toilet from the bathroom.

The mist of water in the bathtub made Origa's figure even more attractive, and next to her was a thin figure, a girl who was not yet fully developed was struggling to pour water from the barrel on Origa's head to wash the foam from her flaxen hair. When the princesses grew up, they helped each other pour water without the need for servants, which was also a tradition of the Tsarist family, and it was her sister, the second princess, Tajiana, who poured water for Origa.

Eighteen-year-old Origa's delicate oval face, beautiful sea blue eyes, and even more concave figure make her a beauty coveted by all men in the entire European royal family, but her chin is always raised like a swan, and there is always cold arrogance in her eyes.

Sixteen-year-old Tajiyana's face is full of oriental style, her slender body, slightly dark skin, dark black hair, brown eyes, flowing with a gentle look. She was born with an elegant and charming royal temperament, always casually revealing her gestures, and even when she stood there in casual clothes, people would recognize her as a member of the royal family because of her expectant demeanor.

Tatyana poured another bucket of water on her sister's hair, and Olga stood up from the bathtub with her hair in her hands, her white ivory skin and curvaceous figure were immediately revealed, which made her sister Tatyana a little envious.

"Sister, you are so beautiful!" Tatyana exclaimed sincerely.

Origa was confident enough in her beauty, she wiped the water beads on her body with a white Australian wool bath towel and smiled: "In two years, it will be me who envy you, you will be more beautiful than me." ”

"Sister, will you marry that Romanian prince? Or to marry to England? Tatyana asked in English with a strong Irish accent.

Origa shrugged her shoulders and said, "Who knows? But I want to stay in Russia. ”

Her accent is also heavily Irish.

Tatyana smiled bitterly: "That's impossible, we have to marry a prince from another country." ”

Origa's chin was raised and her nose snorted, "Why do you have to follow those traditions?" Our Romanov family has a history of more than 300 years, and we did not intermarry with other royal families in the first 200 years, since the rules can be changed, why not start with us? ”

Tatyana's face turned pale with fright, and she muttered, "If you let your mother know, she will be very angry!" ”

Olga's expression was a little gloomy: "As a Russian, I can't speak Russian well, my mother forces us to learn English every day, and we are asked to change the Irish accent in English, is it that God stipulates that Russian princesses must marry English?" ”

Tatyana sighed and said, "Britain is our ally, and my father and mother want us to marry into England, and it is also for the sake of Russia. ”

Olga sneered and said, "When I was a child, my mother told me that the Tatar princesses of the East would marry their slaves when they grew up, those Mongols who smelled of sheep, and now we would marry allies??? Why can't we be like ordinary people and marry a lad who can sing love songs? ”

Tatyana was even more disgraced, and she said in horror: "Sister, we are princesses, and we can't have ordinary people's thoughts." ”

Origa said coldly, "Princess? I'd rather not be a princess! In such a lavish palace, we can't have a big, soft bed, and as a princess of the world's largest empire, I can't even have my own wardrobe! ”

The four Origa sisters had been assigned the style and color of their clothes since childhood, and she had no choice until she was sixteen years old, and she had the right to take care of her wardrobe, which was shared with Tatyana.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Tsar's princess is the pride of the heavens, but no one thought that they even had a reading wardrobe and a warm bed was a luxury. They have a myriad of clothes and jewelry, but they can't dress up to their liking. As for love, it has nothing to do with the royal family, and princesses can't have love.

The red tape and precepts of the royal family became a mantra on their heads, making it difficult for them to breathe. In the eyes of others, it was a lucky thing to have slaves, but the four Origa sisters were as big as a fighter when they saw them, and they would teach them every day to behave gracefully, to be extremely polite in public, and to do what they could never do as pretending to be servants??? Where are the servants, who are clearly a group of abbey mothers or prison wardens, and they are a group of criminals dressed in the most beautiful costumes.

Olga is intelligent, knowledgeable, and concerned about current politics. Reading all the current newspapers and magazines in the house was a daily chorus, and the Tsar, who loved her dearly, allowed Olga to read in his study. She learned from the book that not only the Russian court, but also the Tatar court in the East, and even after the princess got married, it was very difficult to see her husband, and she had to take out private money to bribe those servants in order to see her husband secretly.

Why are princesses all over the world prisoners in fine clothes and fine food? Olga is puzzled!

But from the press, she keenly felt the political atmosphere in the country and the hatred of the people towards her parents. From her daily reading and conversations with friends, she learned about the negative image of her parents in public, and she couldn't understand why people believed the lies that were not good for her parents. But she couldn't do anything about all this. In Germany, Austria-Hungary, and even the allied Britain, Nicholas II was promoted as a tyrant who did all kinds of evil, he was shameless, he had as many mistresses as Louis XIV, the empress was also a silver woman, and some even said that he had a very close relationship with Rasputin?? In fact, Olga was very aware of the relationship between his father and mother, and after the Tsar got married, he did not have an affair with any woman at all, and there were no secret secrets between his mother and Rasputin, she was just out of affection for her brother who suffered from hemophilia and dependence on Rasputin's "divine powers".

"Sister, you know what? Anna and Rasputin have a special relationship. Tatyana lowered her voice.

Origa's face sank suddenly: "Sister, don't spread these frivolous rumors, and don't insult my friends!" ”

As princesses, their daily lives are strictly planned, so it is impossible for them to arrange their own meetings with their peers. Sometimes, they were sent out to visit friends or go for a walk, but they were always followed by a large number of secret police. The loyal policemen either hid in the bushes on the side of the road, and often cleared the road of idlers and others to make a way for them. For this reason, although they are very dissatisfied, they are helpless. Who told them to grow up in the emperor's house!

Although Origa nominally held the title of Grand Duke and a vast fief, she did not even have much pocket money, and even such a pitiful pocket money was often given by them to the court ladies and servants around them, in exchange for a little friendship from ordinary people??? Although this friendship is more fragile than the dew on the blades of grass, it is still the thing they cherish most.

Anna is precisely her "friend", and Olga will never allow anyone to speak ill of her friend, not even her own sister??? But if she knew how Anna was slandering her behind her back, then she should be sad for this friendship.

"Sister, I didn't lie to you, the day before yesterday I saw her come out of Rasputin's room with my own eyes, and she didn't have any clothes on her body!" Tatyana blushed.

A cold light appeared in Origa's eyes, and she concluded without thinking that Rasputin must have bullied Anna with her power, let alone to others, when Rasputin looked at her, that kind of obscene look was undisguised!

"Damn, I'm going to let him get the most severe punishment, I'm going to let him know what happens to my friends who bully me!" Origa gritted her teeth.

Tatyana shuddered when she saw her sister's hideous face, and she suddenly found that when her sister was angry, she was almost the same as Tsarina Catherina.

An idea arose in her heart that if it was not her younger brother Alexei who inherited her father's position as tsar, but her sister Origa, it might be a better choice!

Maybe my sister becomes a tsar, and she can get rid of the fate of being at the mercy of others and marry a man she likes!

(To be continued)