The Tsar was no longer able to do so, and lay in bed constantly talking in his dreams, confessing to God, complaining to Ivan IV, sometimes weeping bitterly, sometimes becoming extremely strong, clamoring to return to Russia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Tsar's retainer Stolypin was not doing well, he coughed incessantly, he contracted severe tuberculosis, but he refused to be treated, a politician whose political ambitions were completely disillusioned, and for him he probably felt that he was already dead, and he had long since lost his strong will.

The life and death of the tsar affects the nerves of many people, and Britain and France, who are busy dealing with post-war affairs, also pay attention to here, although with the current situation of the tsarist family, it only has a banner and can only be used as a signboard, but this signboard is still somewhat useful, and Britain and France are also trying to maintain the existence of the tsar family.

But here in Western Siberia, now basically completely controlled by the Chinese, the population under the tsar's rule is only three million, but China has deployed two million troops here, not to mention that the tsar's people are old, weak, sick and disabled, in addition to nearly a million old people, more than one million women, only hundreds of thousands of children, even young men, most of the disabled soldiers created in the war.

Obviously, it has lost the manpower to sustain the Tsar's rule, and it will not be too easy for China to annex it.

Therefore, in front of the tsar's bed, there was a group of nobles, ministers, and outside the tsar's bedchamber, there was a group of diplomatic envoys from various countries.

The tsar has been talking nonsense, and everyone knows that his life has come to an end and is waiting for a result.

Stolypin sat on the edge of the bed, his face decadent and coughing.

The Tsar's gorgeous bed, velvet sheets, Jiangnan silk quilts, and Persian blankets are the same as in the past.

The closest to the bed were the Tsar's daughters, Archduchess Olga lying on her side on the carpet beside the bed with tears on her face, crying for a long time without a human form, her hands clutching her father's hand, and the other daughters, including Archduchess Anastasia, choked up, and they also felt that the time had come to part with their father.

There were other nobles and relatives watching, the Tsar's uncle, the eminent Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich, came from France, he was the supreme commander of the Russian army at the beginning of the World War, he fled to France after the Russian Revolution, and has been in France ever since, but at this time he also came to the Tsar, and it is impossible to say that the French did not have any other thoughts.

After the revolution, a large number of Russian nobles fled abroad, and of course many more were targeted by Vladimir.

Some of these nobles lived a very depressed life, especially women, Archduchess Maria, before the war he never brought money, never wrote a check, but after the revolution, she first fled to Romania, accepted the protection of the Romanian royal family, but lived a very depressed life, she could not even wear the latest fashion from Paris, and the clothes all over her body were the old clothes of the Romanian queen.

But she was very capable, she divorced the Swedish prince before the war and returned to Russia, worked as a nurse during the war, and even learned to do surgery, she was not an incompetent woman, she knitted clothes day and night, and could earn 6 pounds a week, although she could not maintain the previous luxury life, but she could still survive.

Maria is good, a large number of moth-like Russian aristocrats, after the beginning of exile, can only rely on the sale of jewelry to make a living, but after the war jewelry market is extremely sluggish, these jewelry can not maintain their still luxurious life after the sale of these jewels, they soon ran out of money in Paris and London, many women began to engage in other jobs, such as dancers, and the pre-war aristocratic women became the playthings of men.

Among them, the Russian woman in exile in China is even more miserable, the nobles in Europe, after all, can still take refuge with some relatives, but the aristocratic woman who goes to China, in a nightclub in Shanghai, invites an American dancer to dance a dance, and she can support a woman from Russia.

At this time, the only hope of these exiled nobles was that the tsar would continue to hold power, so that they had hope, so with various purposes, many nobles came to Siberia from all over the country and stood in front of the tsar's bedside.

Yang Chao was also at the bedside, he was by his wife's side, he was the tsar's son-in-law, according to Russian customs, he could probably be called Yang Dagong.

Origa's hands, one holding her father's hand and the other holding her husband's hand, both hands were clenched very tightly, and they were still trembling slightly.

Yang Chao sat next to him and gently hugged her shoulders to comfort her.

The Tsar no longer spoke in his sleep, his face was ruddy, his breathing was even, as if he had fallen asleep.

No one disturbed the Tsar's restful sleep until half an hour later, when the Tsar himself woke up.

The tsar woke up with a smile on his face, with a holy glow on his face, and it was clear that he had seen beautiful things in his dreams.

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

The Tsar saw familiar faces, greeted them with a smile, was very personable, and if he could stand up, he would probably bow slightly.

Many people also returned the salute at this time, bowing slightly, and the woman lifted her skirt.

"Nikolaevich, are you okay?"

"Your Majesty, I'm fine."

The Tsar said hello to his uncle.

"Natasha, is your father okay?"

"My Father~"

This is the daughter of a general who had previously found a job as a model in Paris.

"Polikova, where's your mother?"

"Your Majesty, she's here."

This is a young southern aristocratic girl, but her mother is a famous courtesan.

The tsar turned his head and saw the beautiful noblewoman.

"You're still so pretty."

The Tsar held out his hand as he spoke, and the noblewoman very considerately bent down and handed her hand over, and the Tsar took her hand, reluctantly raised his head and kissed her on the arm, and then fell down heavily, breathing heavily.

Everyone was terrified.

But the Tsar gasped for breath and smiled again.

He looked at his daughters with concern and love in his eyes.

"Your mother?"

Seeing the disappointed looks of his daughters, the Tsar knew that his wife was completely dead and would not want to look at him.

Fortunately, he still has a daughter.

The Tsar wanted to raise his hand and touch his daughter's cheek, but he didn't have the strength.

"Ouga-"

He looked at his eldest daughter affectionately.

"Father!"

Origa only held her father's hand.

"Remember, remember, the tsarist family, to the Russian nation, bears, bears, unshirkable responsibility, responsibility ~~"

The Tsar's voice became smaller and smaller, and after saying this sentence intermittently, his eyelids began to droop, and he slowly closed, and his breath became weaker.

When the others reminisced about the Tsar's words, they found that the Tsar had calmly stopped breathing.

"Father, father!"

The daughters' hurried calls rang out.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The call of the nobles also sounded.

Then came sobbing and crying.

In the living room outside the dormitory, everyone heard the voice, and those who sat stood up and stopped walking.

They glanced at each other, and then hurried towards the Tsar's bedchamber, eager to know what will the Tsar had left behind, and who had chosen to be his heir.

It's a pity that the tsar didn't leave a will, and the time for the tsar to recover his sanity was too short, but the last words that the tsar said to his eldest daughter were understood by Yang Chao as entrusting the country to his eldest daughter.

"Obviously, His Majesty the Tsar has entrusted the country to Archduchess Origa, and I think Oliga will be more than willing to take on this responsibility."

Yang Chao told the ministers of various countries that the remnants of the Tsar's words just now had not faded, and no one dared to deny them, not to mention that the words were said in front of all the nobles and ministers, and they could not be concealed at all.

But the ministers of various countries did not admit it: "It was just the last words of the Tsar, and it is uncertain whether the Tsar's mind at that time was clear or not." What's more, there is not a single word in this sentence about the throne at all. ”

Yang Chao sneered: "Then what do you say you dare to do?" ”

"I think that the issue of the Russian throne is not just a matter for Russia, but a matter for the entire Western royal family. We should choose a suitable heir first, I think a male heir who has the right to inherit the Russian throne is more suitable, after all, the current Russian Empire needs a strong tsar! ”

said the British envoy.

Yang Chao sneered: "The suitable heir you are talking about will not be an Englishman, the Tsar's queen is the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, does the British royal family want to propose the right of inheritance on this basis?" ”

European royalty is indeed related to each other, but in this Russian Revolution, the British royal family behaved shamefully, they refused the Nicholas family's request for refuge, and as a result, they were almost shot by Vladimir.

The French also despised this: "The British royal family is naturally unsuitable, but Archduke Nicholas is the most suitable heir." ”

The French are talking about the Tsar's uncle, who is really suitable according to his qualifications, has been a military commander, and is the closest candidate to the Romanov family, but he is a generation higher than the Tsar, and is the younger brother of the Tsar's father.

Yang Chao said: "Where is there an uncle inheriting the throne of his nephew." ”

The French envoy said: "This is also something that cannot be helped, and we are all thinking about Russia." ”

Yang Chao said: "Since it is for the sake of Russia, let the Russians decide for themselves." ”

The French envoy said: "How to decide? ”

Yang Chao said: "Let the Russians choose for themselves." Anyway, Archduchess Olga is the eldest daughter of the Tsar, and she has an indisputable right to inheritance. But I am willing to let the Russian nobility decide for themselves whether or not to let Archduchess Olga take on the responsibility of leading the Russian Empire forward. ”

The Frenchman nodded: "Very reasonable." Grand Duke Nikolai was also happy to take on this responsibility. ”

The British can't interject now, who told them to do too much.

So the final decision was to let the Russian nobles choose for themselves, and there were only two candidates, one was Grand Duke Nicholas and the other was Grand Duke Olga. (To be continued.) )