"This person?" The middle-aged man frowned slightly.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and the white-haired young man he had seen in the tavern before came to his mind.

There are not many gray-haired people in this world, so middle-aged people are very impressed by this.

He looked at Tesla, his expression was subtle, and he apparently recognized the portrait as well.

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at Nicholas II.

"Who painted this picture?"

Nicholas II raised his cloudy eyes and glanced at the paintings on the wall.

"It was a painting by Catherine II, the earliest of her many paintings, and it was one of her favorites in her former bedchamber."

"Catherine II?" The middle-aged man was slightly surprised, "Isn't that more than a hundred years ago?" ”

"yes." Nicholas II said, "Even in the royal family, this painting is a very precious collection, and you must take care of it when you take over this place in the future." ”

"Huh." The officer named Rono on one side sneered, "You don't have to worry about it. ”

The middle-aged man had no words, and his heart, hidden under the calm exterior, set off a stormy wave at this moment.

The middle-aged man looked at Tesla suspiciously, he knew, he must know something.

Tesla came back to his senses and also noticed the middle-aged man's gaze, he pondered for a moment and said in a low voice.

"I've only met him twice, once when I met you, and once earlier. It's me. At the age of sixteen. ”

The middle-aged man's pupils constricted slightly, sixteen years old, and the current Tesla is already about sixty years old, so that man must be at least over fifty years old.

But he looked like a young man of twenty.

He was a non-believer, he only believed in the truth, but it was precisely because of this that the portrait was particularly shocking.

"Who is the person in this portrait?" The middle-aged man turned his head and continued to ask.

"I don't know." Nicholas II shook his head and said, "But."

His words paused, as if he was a little unspeakable, and Rono on one side slammed the table, "If you want to answer, you will answer, and you will be the emperor?" ”

In fact, it is not surprising that Rono hates this Nicholas II.

It is a well-known fact that Beichen's military strength is stronger than that of Tsarist Russia, and in this world, this dragon that has been entrenched in the East for hundreds of years is a behemoth that is far more powerful than Tsarist Russia.

Almost all the armies on the front line are aware of this.

But it was this emperor who, for the sake of his own ambition, was ignorant and arrogant to provoke this dragon again and again.

The Pacific Fleet was wiped out, and the First Southern Army, all of whom had fought with him, had suffered heavy losses.

If all this was Beichen's initiative to provoke Tsarist Russia and invade the land of Tsarist Russia, he would not say anything, it is every soldier's duty to protect his family and defend the country.

But this is a war that they have taken the initiative to provoke, and they still have to fight it even when they know that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and these are completely unnecessary sacrifices.

This is also the voice of many soldiers on the front line.

Nicholas II took a deep breath and continued,

"Have you ever seen that Catherine portrait in the gallery?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded.

As the only female emperor in this country, Catherine's status in the hearts of the people of this country is naturally not low.

Therefore, in order to highlight the cultural status of Tsarist Russia, the imperial family held a public art exhibition, and the middle-aged man also went to participate at that time, and he went with Gorky.

"According to the older generation, he was the author of that painting." Hearing this, the middle-aged man and Gorky were stunned.

"Isn't the person who painted that picture?"

Nicholas II nodded, "The Emperor's mistress." ”

"The legendary one. The biological father of Paul I? Rono said.

Hearing this, Nicholas II was finally a little annoyed, "You can insult me, but you can't insult my family!" Paul I and Peter III looked essentially the same. ”

Rono shrugged, "What happened more than a hundred years ago, who knows, there were no photos at that time, and even you haven't seen it." It's so easy to fake such a thing. ”

"He's the face of Asia." Nicholas II said.

"Don't you have Asian blood?" Rono asked rhetorically.

Tsarist Russia borders Beichen, and with such a powerful neighbor, it would be difficult for anyone to sit still.

Therefore, from the time of Catherine, they chose to use European practice to marry Beichen.

There were many people in Beichen who married Tsarist Russians, and there were also some Russian emperors who married Beichen people.

Therefore, in the bloodline of Nicholas II, there is at least more than one-sixth of the Beichen bloodline.

He was silent, a little speechless, or rather, this rumor was actually believed by many people in the royal family.

And Rono on the side laughed loudly, "So, you talk about the Romanov family every day, but you don't even have the blood of the Romanov family!" ”

Nicholas II slowly turned his head and looked at the portrait with a complicated look in his eyes.

There were actually some people in the royal family who wanted to destroy the portrait and kill the rumor completely, but Alexander I, the grandson of Catherine II, tried to keep the painting.

Even leave a message to future generations to keep this painting no matter what.

In their generation, it doesn't really matter whether they have Romanov blood or not, and several emperors before Nicholas II have also gone to the women of the Romanov family to marry.

So there is no doubt that Nicholas II had the blood of the Romanov family.

In other words, he actually admired Catherine II, and his desire for land also came from her.

He looked forward to opening up the empire like Catherine II.

That's why the painting is kept in his office.

Gorky looked at Rono, then at the middle-aged man and Tesla, but found that the faces of these two people were very complicated.

Gorky instinctively sensed that something was not quite right in the atmosphere, and asked curiously, "Do you know him?" ”

"Would you believe that we had met him not long ago?" The middle-aged man said.

Hearing this, both Gorky and Nicholas II were stunned.

"What did you say?" Nicholas II spoke.

The middle-aged man didn't speak, just said to Rono.

"Take the family down, Rono."

He looked at Gorky, "Maxim, since he has signed the edict of abdication, please help me draw up a press release and read it to the people of the whole country."

It would be better to have him read it out on his own, if he could. ”

"I understand." Gorky nodded, and left.

After that, Nicholas II's family also left the place under the leadership of the army, and they will be temporarily imprisoned somewhere, and their final fate will be decided after discussion.

For a while, only Tesla and middle-aged people were left in this room.

(End of chapter)