Just when Hersman thought that the important conversation of the evening was over, and that the next step was to enjoy a good dinner, things took a turn for the worse. No, not some twists and turns, but something that happened that had a profound impact and almost got Hersman into trouble in the future.

And the origin of the matter turned out to be because of Chloe. Feng. Ms. Heinsberg's mouthy. As Hersmann followed Wilhelm II into a dining room with oil paintings on the golden walls, Chloe was talking to two ladies, one of whom was very tall and a little older, with a not-so-good-looking rectangular face and a large nose and mouth. The other was young and beautiful, looking a bit like Wilhelm II - the German emperor was good-looking, and must have been a handsome man when he was young.

When the three women saw the emperor enter, they all stood up and curtshit. The Emperor nodded at them, and then his eyes were drawn to Chloe.

"Your Majesty, I am Chloe, Countess of Heinsberg. Maria (Chloe's middle name). Chloe quickly introduced herself, "I'm Major Hersman's female companion. ”

"It turned out to be the daughter of Count Heinsberg, I have seen you." Wilhelm II smiled and gestured with his hand, "You were only that old then. He looked back at Hersman, as if to say, "You kid is lucky to have hooked up with a countess."

"This is my wife, Augusta. Victoria. The Kaiser pointed to the rectangular-faced woman.

"Your Majesty!" Hersmann snapped and bowed to the German Empress. The queen just nodded at him slightly, looking very arrogant.

"This is Victoria. Louise, my daughter. Wilhelm II pointed to the beautiful young lady again. She was a Prussian princess and Duchess of Brunswick.

"Your Highness." Hersman also gave to Victoria. Louise bowed, and when he saw the good-looking princess stretch out her right hand in a drooping gesture, she quickly took the princess's right hand with both hands and kissed the back of her hand lightly - it was a kiss hand.

"Ah, now that you're all here, why don't you sit down?" Wilhelm II strode to the throne at the top of a long dining table, and a chamberlain dressed in fancy clothes stepped forward and pulled out a chair for the emperor to sit on. The others also took their respective seats, and Hersman sat in Victoria. Next to Princess Louise, Chloe sat facing her.

The uniformed court attendants walked in and began to serve food and wine. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the emperor began to chat with everyone.

"What did you all talk about? Why do I think the ladies are not so happy? Wilhelm II didn't know how to see that his wife, daughter, and Chloe's faces were a little heavy, but Hersmann didn't notice that anyway.

"Father, Chloe. Lady Maria referred to the Tsar. "Victoria. Louise said in a somewhat sad tone. "She had seen the Tsar's family in Tsars' Village."

The princess had also met the Tsar's family, and when she got married in 1913, she had a good impression of them. And the tsar's empress Alexandra. Feodorovna was also the princess's cousin - she was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and William II was the grandson of Queen Victoria (or the eldest grandson, if Victoria wasn't so proteach, William II's mother might have been Victoria II, and William II would have been the King of England).

"Have you seen Nikolai?" Wilhelm II frowned and looked at Chloe. "How is he? Isn't it melancholy? ”

"I can't see it, because I've only seen them from afar." Chloe looked at Hersman apologetically as she spoke. She had already mentioned this to Hersmann, who had seen the Tsar's family more than once during the time Hesman had left the village and knew that their situation was very difficult and dangerous. Out of respect for her royal lineage, she once asked Hersmann to try to rescue the Tsar, but was adamantly refused.

"Far away?" William II was stunned, "Could it be that their whole family is a prisoner?" ”

It's normal for the tsar and empress to be under house arrest, they are sinners of Russia! But the four Grand Dukes (the Tsar's daughters) and Crown Prince Alexei were innocent, they were still children.

"They could die!" Victoria. Louise replied in a sympathetic tone for Chloe, "Chloe. Maria said: "Their whole family is in danger of being executed!" ”

"All...... Whole family execution? Wilhelm II looked at Hersmann, "Could there be such a thing?" ”

Hersman was silent for a moment and nodded, "I think so...... The soldiers who guarded them were hostile to them. In fact, the proletariat of Petrograd as a whole was hostile to them. So much so that the British government was reluctant to accept the Tsar's family's request for asylum in exile. ”

"What? British refusal? Wilhelm II was incredulous, "Is this true?" ”

"It's a rumor, but it should have a lot of credibility." "Actually, none of the leaders of the Russian Provisional Government wanted to embarrass the Tsar's family," Hersman said, "but they did not have much real power...... The Tsar's family remained under the control of the Petrograd garrison, which was controlled by the soldiers' council and under the command of the Provisional Government. ”

"And now?" The Kaiser seemed to have taken an interest in the family of Nicholas II. The British did not want the Tsar, that was without vision, and Wilhelm II thought that his vision was good.

"Now they, Tobolsk, Siberia, were sent there before the August Revolution, and Kerensky feared that leaving the Tsar in Petrograd might fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks." "But now the family is still a prisoner of the Bolsheviks." ”

"It's horrible!" Victoria. Louise stuck out her tongue, "Will the Bolsheviks kill them?" ”

"This ...... It's hard to say. "Hersman knew about the tragic fate of Nicholas II's family in history, but he did not want to save them." Lenin did not want to harm the Tsar's family, and all the officials of the Provisional Government who had been arrested during the August Revolution were released. But the Bolsheviks firmly controlled only Petrograd, and the Soviets elsewhere were mostly complex, with all kinds of people. ”

"So Nicholas II's family is in the hands of a group of anarchists?" Wilhelm II thought for a moment, "Can we save them?" I guess the tsar is still somewhat useful, right? He's at least a good collateral! ”

Yes, of course! Historically, Wilhelm II wanted Ukraine, and Comrade Lenin did not dare not give it, what else could a tsar be reluctant to? Anyway, Germany is about to make a desperate bet on the Western Front, and it will not be in the Eastern Front. But what are you going to do? Wilhelm II's own imperial throne is almost gone, and he still has the ability to restore Nicholas II?

"Your Majesty, of course we can ask the Bolsheviks to treat the Tsar's family well, there is no problem with that." Hersmann said slowly, "But sending Nicholas II to live in Germany, I'm afraid they will have great concerns." ”

"Worried that I support the restoration of Nicholas II?" Wilhelm II asked.

"Yes, my majesty." "Although this is not possible...... Because if we supported Nicholas II, Britain, France and the United States might support Lenin. Moreover, most of the Russians were anti-German, and Lenin and the Bolsheviks were among the few more pro-German Russians. ”

Lenin was indeed pro-German! There is no doubt about it. On more than one occasion, Hersmann had heard Lenin say in public that "we should learn from Prussia" -- learn from Prussia's rigorous and industrious spirit.

"No, no, no, I am not going to support the restoration of Nicholas II right now." As Wilhelm II spoke, the waiter brought a plate of roasted lamb tenderloin, which was very fragrant and attractive. The emperor picked up a small knife that sharpened quickly and began to cut the mutton. "Now Russia is a piece of raw lamb, and even if you cut off a piece of meat, it is not easy to swallow. But the future is not certain, so I need to hold the knife in my hand first, so that I can strike quickly when the time comes. Major Hersman, do you understand what I mean? ”

If you were still the Emperor of Germany by then...... Hersman thought gloomily: But it is not useless to really get the Tsar's family here. At least they can be used as bargaining chips after the defeat of Germany - if Britain, France and the United States want to intervene more vigorously in the Russian civil war, it is still necessary to use a tsar to unite the white armies of all stripes, right?

Thinking of this, Hersmann snapped upright: "Your Majesty, I will find a way to bring Nicholas II and his family to Berlin!" ”

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