Things obviously did not go as smoothly as expected, the articles glorifying Catherine did not get much Russian approval, and in the non-occupied territories of the Urals, several pro-Chinese newspapers that had been bought were even seized, and the owners were tortured about the source of these messages.

The serial story came to an abrupt end, and the plot did not develop at all to claim that Empress Catherine is now under house arrest by the Chinese.

The opera "The Coat", which was composed by the famous Russian artist Gogol 30 years ago, has now been adapted into an opera by the Yekaterinburg Art Troupe, and its content is mainly to criticize the Russian bureaucracy.

This is the Yekaterinburg Opera House, which has just been completed for a year, and is extremely grandiose.

Ye Zhao and Ye Katerina sat in the VIP box on the second floor, the red curtains on both sides were hooked, and the excellent position was so good that even the black moles on the faces of the female singers who were singing on the stage could be seen clearly.

From the perspective of Europe, the clothing of the court gradually no longer represents the popular trend, and the costumes of the actors of operas and dramas have become the objects of imitation by aristocratic women and middle-class women. The Chinese element has also accelerated the pace of its changes to a certain extent.

Ye Zhao was pondering Petersko's negotiations, and the meeting had sent invitations to several Polish party leaders, and it seemed that the countries' original plan to reach an agreement within a month had come to naught.

The representative of the Poles, who is just a foil, will not have any say at all, but he has blown up a pool of spring water, which is Li Hongzhang's stroke of genius.

When it is not easy to meddle in certain things, the situation is complicated, and the first lesson that the Chinese teach the Europeans in the international political contest.

Europeans, who like to discuss the entire world order in their own circles, will have to adapt to this.

On the lips, the fragrant and sweet smell came, the third act of the opera ended, and during the intermission, juggling was being performed on the stage, and Catherine peeled off the skin of a mango and sent it to Ye Zhao's mouth.

Ye Zhao didn't know how to turn into himself and Catherine to watch the opera, and he didn't notice that he had been spending more and more time alone with Catherine recently, let alone paying attention to this was all Zoya's painstaking arrangement, and he wouldn't pay attention to such small things now.

Catherine ate mangoes for the first time, which was transported thousands of miles from the Imperial Zongren Mansion in ice boxes, the king of tropical fruits, and its special sweetness deserved the word "king".

This is the sweetest little mango, and it is not easy to peel the skin for others to eat, it is suitable for you to bite and eat, and the flesh on the skin is the sweetest.

Sure enough, the small mango juice in Catherina's hand flowed out, and subconsciously, Ekaterina retracted her hand and sucked her seductive red lips on the lower part of the mango, so as not to let the juice fall on her clothes.

She sent the mango to Ye Zhaozui, and then she felt embarrassed, hurriedly shrank back, and said, "I'll peel another one for you, and I'll eat this." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and waved his hand and said, "You eat yours." ”

"The Coat" consists of five acts, and the last act ends with warm applause in the opera house.

The car was waiting outside, and the gentlemen and ladies who walked slowly down the steps looked at this rarity curiously, and looked enviously at Catherine who had entered the car with a thousand manners.

At this time, a stirring attracted the attention of the spectators, but it was several Russian men who were interrogating a well-dressed gentleman, and after a while, as if to take the Russian gentleman, the two sides clashed, and the Russian man who took the lead had a beard and a hideous face, and the gentleman's head was bleeding with a black baton, and the gentleman who was still immersed in the plot of the opera dodged in panic.

In the car, Zheng Aqiao was telling Ye Zhao: "Master, the old man of the Emperor Taishang, the Queen Mother and Concubine Jing will be able to arrive tomorrow." ”

Prince Zheng is a master who loves to join in the fun, but he likes to walk around when he is old, the empire conquered Oros, it was the time of the armistice, he wanted to come to the Western Regions to have a look, no one could persuade him, Ye Zhao wanted to ask the prince to go around Novosibirsk, but who knew that he had to come to Yekaterinburg.

Accompanying the two old people to Oros, Sava was originally the most suitable candidate, but Sava had just given birth and needed to recuperate, so she was accompanied by Iori in the end, and because Iori was bored in the harem, she was looking for an opportunity to ask her to come out and relax.

Hearing Zheng Aqiao's message, Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a little helpless, his father was not like himself, this was to be stewed by someone in Yekaterinburg, which was even more absurd than the change of Tumubao.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Catherine's face changing color slightly.

Zheng Aqiao said in a low voice: "Master, the one who took the lead was the revolutionary party who recognized Miss Yeka at the beginning, and I heard that he used to be a shoemaker of the Rakshasa royal family. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and when the car slowly drove out, Ye Zhao suddenly had an idea, looked at Ekaterina who was biting her red lip, and said, "You hate him very much, don't you?" ”

Catherine subconsciously wanted to nod, but then shook her head again and again and said, "No, I know, it's all over." She did hate this cobbler, and if it weren't for him, Lyubov and her loyal retinue wouldn't have died, but she knew that now that these people were doing things for the Chinese, she couldn't show that she was obsessed with the past and put herself in danger.

Ye Zhao was silent for a while, and said: "I won't pass, go back and ask your guards to arrest him, and Yakov's armament will also be handled by your people." ”

"My guard?" Ekaterina heard this word again, and looked at Ye Zhao even more suspiciously.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You'll understand later." ”

Ekaterina nodded blankly.

…… Second, when Catherina's "armed forces" cleared Yakov's "gang", Prince Zheng and his entourage also arrived in Yekaterinburg.

In the evening, in the small restaurant of the Governor's Palace, Ye Zhao, Wei Yue Iori, Prince and Fu Jin talked and laughed.

On the Oros dining table, the Western candlesticks on the white tablecloth, the Volga was drunk, and the milk bread was on the plate, Prince Zheng looked at his son and couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, the little brother who was a cockfighting lackey is now the ninety-five supreme of the founding dynasty, and the soldiers are powerful in the Western Regions, and he is sown in Europa, how can he not make the old prince feel a lot of emotion.

However, the old prince has always felt that his lone seedling is extremely smart and the best talent in the world, isn't it now?

"Son, shouldn't I come?" Although the prince insisted on coming to the front, he was somewhat worried that it would ruin the big things of his precious son.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It's nothing, I guess I'm about to return to China, and in a few days, I'll send out the news that I'm stationed in Yekaterinburg." ”

Looking at the prince whose sideburns were getting whiter, Ye Zhao said: "It's Ama and Eniang, pay more attention to your body, the land of Oros is cold, you two will go back early after a few days." ”

Looking back at Iori, who was in a gorgeous purple-edged pink flower kimono, Ye Zhao asked, "How are you studying?" ”

I haven't seen Ye Zhao for more than half a year, although Iori is not good at words, but the happiness in her bright eyes can't be hidden, listening to Ye Zhao's question, she is a little embarrassed to say: "I'm too stupid, I can't keep up with the last year of study." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Good student, you took a leave of absence to come to see me, right?" ”

Iori smiled, not squeaking.

That night, Ye Zhao naturally and Iori turned the dragon and phoenix upside down, lingering in every way to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

In the next few days, Ye Zhao accompanied Prince and Fujin to travel in Yekaterinburg, churches, opera houses, musical theaters and other European-style buildings to see, and when Prince and Fujin boarded the return train, Iori stayed in Yekaterinburg.

In the past few days, the news that Empress Catherina's guards had exterminated the hateful Yakov armed forces spread throughout the Yekaterinburg region, and soon spread to the entire Urals.

Recruitment stations for the Queen's Guards also began to appear in the city of Yekaterinburg.

Yakov and his gang were angry and resentful, and even hooked up with the Narodnik Party, Ye Zhao was happy to see it, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to sacrifice the knife, and now it has just become a stepping stone for Catherine to return to Russian politics.

The guards are easy to say, but if the combat forces loyal to Catherine are all transferred from the southeastern plains and other places, it will be too deformed, and how strong can the combat effectiveness of the Russian annihilation be? Whether to be armed or to restore her prestige, she was chosen from among the populace who could generally represent the Russians in the Urals.

The night light is dim, and on the sofa recliner, a snow-white reed moon Iori cat curls up in Ye Zhao's arms, and Ye Zhao is reading the local newspaper.

There was a gentle knock on the door, and Iori wanted to sit up, but Ye Zhao put his arm around her shoulder and whispered, "Lie down, there are not so many rules here." Iori shook her head, got up anyway, and pulled on the clogs.

It was Catherine who came in, she was proud of her eyebrows, she was present when Yakov and others were arrested, not to mention the shoemaker she hated to the marrow, the first batch of "bandits" sentenced to death, when the execution was carried out in a row, Zoya went to the execution ground and witnessed the shoemaker being "targeted".

For Ye Zhao, she couldn't express her gratitude, but Ye Zhao's wife came from the east, so she had to restrain herself a little more, and she couldn't run too diligently to Ye Zhao's room.

Today, it was Ye Zhao who called her over, and Ye Katerina felt a little excited inexplicably, she hadn't been alone with Ye Zhao for a few days, and she didn't know why she was empty.

The beautiful and quiet wife of an Oriental man, I feel pity when I see it, and I love it at first sight.

Catherine and Ye Zhao sat on the sofa, Iori made fragrant tea, Ye Zhao took a sip of tea, and said to Catherina: "Katyusha, you have to be mentally prepared, in this ......" stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the map on the coffee table, and said: "Establish a Ural principality in this area, do you have the confidence to make your people follow you?" He smiled as he spoke, and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have confidence or not, take your time, I will help you, and the empire will also be your solid backing." ”

Catherine was already stunned and speechless.

Ye Zhao smiled and said: "It's nothing to worry about, you go back to ponder this matter, and you don't need to reply, whether you want to or not, in our Chinese proverb, I am ready to drive ducks to the shelves, forcing you to do it, and the nobles in Ufa and Kama will persuade them to support you." ”

Catherine was still in extreme shock when she returned to her bedroom, and as soon as she returned to the bedroom, Zoya hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Miss, what did Mr. Wen say to you?" "She is very concerned about the relationship between Catherine and Ye Zhao.

Catherine shook her head and sat back in the gorgeous bed curtain a little dazedly, Zoya's face changed, and she said, "Is Mr. Wen going to drive you away?" Is it because of Mr. Wen's wife? "Zoya has heard that Oriental women are jealous, and although she tries hard to have a good relationship with Mr. Wen's wife, she can't understand her words and is always estranged.

Catherine shook her head and said: "It's not what you think, Zoya, he, he wants me to be the Grand Duke of the Duchy, he said that there will be a Duchy in the area of Yekaterinburg, and he will persuade the nobles to support me as the Grand Duke." ”

Zoya was also stunned and speechless for a long time, and after a long time, she finally came back to her senses and said in surprise: "Miss, I really can't think of it, there's nothing better than this, isn't it?" ”

Catherine said blankly: "I don't know. "To be honest, she was just a little woman who needed the protection of a man, and she never imagined that one day she would become the leader of the country, let alone the chaotic situation during the short truce between China and Russia.

Zoya knelt in front of Catherina, held Catherina's hands, and said, "Miss, don't be afraid, I think, Mr. Wen must have his considerations, and he will not put Miss in danger." ”

The man's wise eyes flashed in Catherine's eyes, but after all, she really never knew the true thoughts of this man, he was so gentlemanly and polite, but he also rejected people thousands of miles away, and it was difficult for people to touch his heart.

Zoya blinked her eyes and said again: "Miss, I feel more and more that Mr. Wen is a big man in China, perhaps, he is a close confidant of the Chinese Emperor, maybe his Royal Highness. ”

Ekaterina was silent.

Zoya muttered again: "Perhaps, he is His Majesty the Great Emperor of China, if so, it would be fine." Zoya's tragic experience made her surname inevitably change, she was more insecure than Catherine, and she hoped that the young lady would be sheltered by the strong, and not have to experience the horror scenes of her nightmares every night, but she was not aware of these things.

Ekaterina froze, and her blue eyes were a little angry: "What are you talking about?" If he is the emperor of China, I will kill him to avenge His Majesty. ”

Zoya stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say more, she knew how much Miss hated the Emperor of the East who defeated His Majesty the Tsar.

However, the development of the situation naturally did not come as Catherine expected.

The extermination of Yakov and other three bandits won the empress popularity very quickly, and the people of Yekaterinburg believed that they could eat bread, the curfew was lifted, and the Chinese gradually implemented moderate policies, all because of the empress's resistance.

Although there are also rumors that the empress was once abused by the Chinese, the different values have made the Russian people more sympathetic and supportive of the indomitable empress.

In the Chinese version of the newspaper, Empress Catherine was indeed an indomitable fighter, although she was under house arrest by the Chinese, she waged a-for-tat struggle with the Chinese, telling the Chinese with practical actions that the Rus' would not be conquered.

In the speech, Her Royal Highness painfully admitted the defeat of Russia in the East and incurred a strong enemy, for which she was willing to take responsibility, but at the same time she impassionedly stated that the Rus would not be conquered by any foreign bandits, and called on the Chinese to withdraw their troops and achieve real peace between the two countries, otherwise the Chinese would only fall into the abyss of never-ending war.

The Chinese also had to start thinking about the withdrawal of troops, and Yang Fengyin agreed to Empress Catherine to organize arms.

Soon, Governor Berekov wrote a letter of allegiance to Catherine, offering to become Catherine's "loyal knight" Yunyun.

The news of the preparation of the nobles of the Yekaterinburg, Ufa regions for the formation of the "Ural principalities" soon reached Moscow.

The Petersk Peace Conference, which was still arguing over the status of the Poles, changed dramatically, and the Russians began to seriously consider the proposals of the Chinese in exchange for the unity and integrity of the country.

However, on October 25, when the Chinese Emperor was inspecting the Corps in Yekaterinburg and the chief press officer of the Zongren Mansion accompanying him took a tough attitude to say that the Imperial [***] team was preparing for the winter offensive, suggesting that the Emperor was no longer impatient to wait for negotiations without the slightest progress, Germany and Austria, who had reached a secret agreement with Li Hongzhang, appeared to be fair, but privately began to urge Russia to reach an agreement with China as soon as possible.

The Russian-occupied territory of Polish territory was unsurprisingly divided between Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Polish delegates apparently did not have any opportunity to speak, but they expressed their favor to the Chinese who had facilitated the participation of the Polish delegates in the peace talks.

Within Britain there is a glorious and isolated idea among the Liberal Party of building a good political axe at home; maintaining peace abroad; to bring the European powers into harmony; not to ally with other countries; recognition of the equal rights of all nations; Sympathy for freedom and so on.

The Sino-Russian War made British politicians realize that the road to dealing with this Eastern empire was very long, and how to limit its inflated self-confidence and prevent it from becoming a destabilizing factor in the civilized world became a topic of concern for many British politicians.

At the peace conference, the British were the most vocal in their support for Russia, but the presence of the Chinese emperor in Yekaterinburg put pressure on all of Europe.

In particular, after the letters of Yakov and other "bandits" and the republicans were exposed, the Russian republicans were accused of treachery and secretly sabotaging the peace talks, and the Chinese mission was even preparing to evacuate Petrosko overnight.

Then China announced that it would recognize the legal surname of the Ural principality.

In such an atmosphere, after fierce debate, the Sino-Russian Petersko Peace Treaty and the Petersko Convention were finally reached in the midst of months of dazzling political changes.

The main content of the "Sino-Russian Petersko Peace Treaty" is that China and Russia will redefine the border, with the east-west border bounded by the Ob-Tobol River, the Oros people east of the Ob River to stay and live freely, and the north-south border to be bounded by the Ural River.

Between the Ural and Tobol rivers, a straight line was drawn eastward from Orsk, which belonged to Russia, and the straight border of this unbounded river was about 150 kilometers.

Russia paid war reparations to China 800 million silver rubles (about 400 million silver dollars), the Principality of Petrosk paid war reparations of 100 million silver rubles to China, and the Ural Principality paid war reparations of 100 million silver rubles to China. All payments are due within 5 years.

But soon China announced that it would exempt the Duchy of Petrosko and the Ural principalities from the war reparations against China.

The Petersko Convention was the product of a compromise on the status of the Poles, the Balkan states, and the peoples of the Caucasus.

In the European part, the Chinese did not pursue Russia fiercely, and although they supported the Turks' demand to annex Romania, the Turks' will was still defeated by the opposition of European countries.

At the same time, the peoples of the Caucasus and the Ukrainians have not been given the status of readers, and the Convention is only a general indication that the will of the peoples themselves will be respected.

Although Ye Zhao knew that such vague treaties would usually lead to future conflicts, it was obvious that many things could not be solved once and for all.

The Franco-Prussian War Germany weakened France so badly that France ceded the most important industrial areas, and in the end did not swallow the bitter fruit of its own suffering?

The Petersko Pact reflects China's interests mainly in the recognition of the "Ural Principality", but the border between the Ural Principality and Russia still needs to be discussed by the two countries, and at the same time supervised by an international observer mission to avoid any form of military conflict.

China has also pledged to gradually withdraw its troops from the Ural principality as soon as the border between the Ural principality and Russia is agreed, and a clear timetable for the withdrawal of troops will be given.

At the same time, China will also allow a joint observer mission composed of Britain, Germany, and Austria to enter the southeastern plain and the Kazakh region to inspect the living conditions of the former Oros immigrants and Kazakhs.

The International Observation Mission and the Joint Observation Mission are all new tricks put forward by the Chinese at the peace conference, but there is no doubt that they have played a very good role in promoting the conclusion of the peace treaty and have also made the peace conference more characteristic of an international conference of "civilized society."

Clearly, these offers were tempting to the Europeans and they could not resist.

By the time Petersk's delegates signed, China became the largest empire in the western Gulp Sea and the Arctic Ocean in the north.

Catherine was obviously in a bad mood during this time, because she really didn't know how to face Ye Zhao.

Zoya's joke came true, Ye Zhao, who had been facing her day and night during this time, turned out to be the emperor from the Central Plains, and she was so complicated that she was afraid that she didn't know what she wanted.

Zoya said that the wind was blowing in her ears every time, saying that state affairs and private affairs should not be mixed up, and that the Chinese emperor who defeated His Majesty the Tsar should not become the queen's enemy, on the contrary, he rescued the queen several times, and it was reasonable that the queen should also be his friend.

Zoya's tragic experience made her heart more or less distorted, deep down, she admired the strong even more, hoping to be protected by the strong, and the Eastern Emperor, who defeated the whole of Russia, was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the world in her understanding.

After learning Ye Zhao's true identity, she hoped more and more that the young lady could be protected by the Chinese emperor, so that her master and servant would not have to experience the nightmare they had again.

(To be continued)