Struggle in Russia

Petrovna knew very well that the blame for the Bestuzhev Liuming case was too great, and only someone with sufficient status and status could memorize it. It will be crushed if you touch it!

To put it bluntly, the only one in Kiev who can take the blame is Count Shuvalov and Grand Duke Constantine. One of these two people must pay a heavy price for this.

The focus of the question is who is going to take the blame. Anyway, Shuvalov and Grand Duke Constantine are unwilling, and they both want to throw the blame on each other and kill each other.

Petrovna is very clear about her role in the struggle between the two parties. Now she has no way to turn back and can only go to the dark side with Grand Duke Constantine. Either she helped Grand Duke Constantine kill Count Shuvalov, or she was killed by Count Shuvalov. There is absolutely no third way to choose!

It's just that all this after being arrested made Petrovna very confused. She and Viscount Prozolov also discussed Count Rostovtsev's inclinations before. It's just that they don't know the earl too well, and the actions of the earl after he came to Kiev are really weird.

From capturing Shuvalov at the beginning to releasing Shuvalov, it was impossible to guess his true intentions between the capture and release.

During the period, the governor Peter Barek was killed. If he was said to be cunning and ruthless, it was true. But couldn't such a formidable character see the various problems in the Bestuzhev Ryumin case and Shuvalov's role in it?

According to Petrovna, this case is not difficult at all, and it does not need to be dragged on for so long. There must be something wrong with Count Rostovtsev's delay.

It's just that the question is whether he is afraid of offending Count Uvarov or has other intentions, which is hard to guess. At least with Petrovna's intelligence, she couldn't figure it out.

Especially after being arrested, Petrovna's various magical experiences made her feel more and more that Count Rostovtsev was playing a big game of chess. The method is explained.

"I have said everything I have to say, I am innocent, you have no right to arrest me!"

Finally, after staying in prison for a week, Petrovna felt that she could no longer live in such a muddled way, that she could no longer follow the opponent's rhythm, and had to take the initiative.

When Anton was about to end the day's interrogation, she suddenly stood up and yelled for him to set her free immediately.

Of course, Petrovna knew that this was absolutely impossible, but she just wanted to make trouble for no reason, otherwise how could she test the other party's purpose?

It's just that Anton didn't care about Petrovna's sudden outburst. He replied unhurriedly: "You are innocent? Then explain to me why you helped the prisoner escape, don't Tell me you don't know Mr Bruning, and you were not involved in helping Mr Fionning escape."

Petrovna stopped talking immediately, because this was indeed her biggest pain point. A large number of certifications and physical evidence can prove that she has a close relationship with Bruning, and it can also prove that Bruning was sitting on of her carriage.

This cannot be blamed, and this is also the key point for Shuvalov to cheat her. For Petrovna, if she can't give a reasonable explanation, then she is a criminal, and exile is light according to Russian law.

Can Petrovna explain? Of course it is possible, she can say that all of this was ordered by Shuvalov, and she can tell Shuvalov's entire plan, so that she can explain her doubts.

But Petrovna couldn't do that, or she couldn't do it yet. Because once she did this, even if the grievance of helping Fionin escape from prison could be cleared, framing Bestuzhev Liumin would not be a trivial matter, okay?

Not only did she take an active part in the frame-up, but she even tried to free the empire's most dangerous prisoners, following Shuvalov's instructions.

These subjective malice were not something she could just get rid of by dumping Shuvalov.

So, even if she confesses honestly, her behavior is still a serious violation of the law. Even if the jailbreak clause can be used lightly, she can frame Bestuzhev. Liu Ming is locked up for her, and there is no way Scrubbing.

Naturally, Petrovna is facing an extremely painful situation. She will definitely be blamed for not telling the truth honestly, but she will be accused even if she confesses the truth honestly. Tell me, what should she do?

According to Grand Duke Constantine's plan, he planned to use Petrovna as a tainted witness, to push all or most of the guilt to Shuvalov, and then slowly pick it out for her.

But who would have thought that Count Rostovtsev would not play his cards according to common sense at all. Not only did he let Shuvalov go, but he also said that there was insufficient evidence for Shuvalov's doubts in the case of Bestuzhev. That is to say, Petrovna's suspicion is even greater, which makes it impossible for Petrovna to clean up.

At this time, whether she confessed or not, let alone not, it was very difficult.

After one sentence made Petrovna speechless, Anton didn't continue to talk nonsense with her, leaving Petrovna with a dull face to pat his butt and left.

And Petrovna really wanted to cry, but she couldn't get around this hurdle after going around and around. This made her very frustrated, and she even had doubts about the promise of Grand Duke Constantine to help her clean up. .

Because according to the current rhythm, no matter how she looked, she looked like the one who was about to be sacrificed, which made her feel more anxious and began to panic all day long.

"How is that woman feeling? Is she still as calm as before?"

Petrovna didn't know that Count Rostovtsev was actually paying attention to her attitude, which was enough to show that her value was actually very high, and she was not a pawn who could be sacrificed casually.

Anton curled his lips and said: "This woman is very smart. She knows that the situation is very unfavorable to her, so she has been avoiding the important and taking the light of the light. Maybe she is still fantasizing about Grand Duke Constantine coming to save her!"

Count Rostovtsev shook his head with a smile and said, "People are like this. They refuse to accept the reality until the cruel truth comes before them. She is just too smart, so she takes chances."

Anton knew that what Count Rostovtsev said was right. Many people are clever but are mistaken by cleverness. If Petrovna is not so clever, she should know that her ending will not be good no matter what. It is better to be early Give up those unrealistic fantasies, maybe you can get a relatively not so bad result...