Struggle in Russia

"Continue to observe closely!"

Elizaveta waved her hand to dismiss the local snake, then slowly walked to the window and looked at the street scene of Bucharest.

If the reports of her men are to be believed, there are two spies following her gates. One pretends to read a newspaper, and the other sits on a street corner pretending to be a drunken alcoholic.

It's just that Ye Lizaveta didn't dare to confirm that there were only these two spies, because they didn't seem to be particularly expert at first glance, and they seemed more like monks halfway through.

If it were the spies of the third part of St. Petersburg, it would be impossible to do so poorly, but this is not St. Petersburg after all, and Alexei is not the Duke of Ordorf, so it is understandable that it is worse than the third part.

"Just routine stalking?"

Lizaveta suspected that the reason why these spies were following her was not because her identity and purpose had been revealed, but because of Alexey's caution.

Maybe the governor will routinely pay attention to every dignitary who enters Wallachia, and will send a few spies to watch. In case something is discovered, it can be regarded as prepared, right?

It's just that Lizaveta didn't dare to gamble. If the facts were not like this, then she would lose cleanly, and she would definitely not gamble with her prudence. So she decided to continue to observe and see what was going on.

At this moment, her personal maid suddenly came in with a silver tray: "Madam, the Governor has sent you an invitation, please honor me and attend the ball at the Governor's Mansion tomorrow night!"

Lizaveta was taken aback for a moment, then immediately grabbed the invitation card from the tray, scanned it ten times at a glance, and then frowned.

The invitation came a bit strangely, and she wasn't sure what Alexei meant, was it a grand banquet?

Because it is reasonable to say that the relationship between the Uvarov family and the Speransky family is very bad, let alone sending invitations to each other, I am afraid that they will tacitly pretend not to see each other when they meet on the road.

With such a relationship, suddenly sending invitations and posting them over looks like something is wrong!

Yelizaveta frowned while pinching the invitation, and replied after much thought: "Go and reply to the governor, saying that I will definitely attend the meeting on time!"

Although Yelizaveta felt that something was wrong, she decided to check it out to see what kind of trick Alexei was trying to make, so what about the grand banquet? It's not that she hasn't attended the Hongmen Banquet before,

A mere Wallachian governor's grand feast can't scare her!

"What do you mean by asking me to invite that old hag?"

What Ye Lizaveta didn't know was that it was not Alexei's intention to invite her to the meeting, but Li Xiao's intention. For Alexei, he understood the grievances and fundamentals between the two families, anyway, he just pretended not to see it, and sent invitations? To hell!

"This woman came with no kindness, I'm afraid she came after us!" Li Xiao replied calmly.

Alexei's eyes widened and he yelled in disbelief: "You all know that she is not a good person, so why invite her here? Isn't it just looking for trouble!"

Li Xiao shook his head and said: "Before she deliberately used Vishniak to test us, if we didn't respond at all, wouldn't there be no money here? Besides, this is our home field, how can we be fooled by her? "

Alexei stopped talking, but he looked reluctant to invite Ye Lizaveta. He explained to Li Xiao in a muttering tone: "But the relationship between our two families...you should know!"

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Of course I know, it's just that at this moment and at that moment, they used to have an absolute advantage, and you couldn't argue with them. Naturally, you can only do one thing more than one thing less. But it's different now, we You have to tell the Uvarov family who is in charge of Wallachia!"

This remark made Alexei very happy, but he still hesitated: "But what are you asking her to do? Are you having an awkward chat?"

"It's not an awkward chat!" Li Xiao sighed and explained, "It's about showing off your muscles!"

Alexey wondered, "Show your muscles? What's the use?"

Li Xiao took a breath and replied slowly: "If I'm not wrong, Count Uvarov should have realized that something was wrong with the case of Grand Duke Constantine and Kiev, so he sent his own sister to investigate. Think about her They have all chased them to Bucharest, what does that mean?"

Alexei blurted out, "She suspects us?"

Li Xiao chuckled and said, "It should be that she suspects you, so we must try to dispel her suspicion!"

Alexei gasped, his eyebrows twitched, and he hesitated: "Then what should I do? It's useless to invite her to come just pretending to be generous, right?"

"Of course it works!" Li Xiao patiently explained, "I guess she is also suspicious, or just suspicious. So we have to show off our muscles openly and tell her not to play tricks, otherwise we will be impolite! "

Alexei asked in amazement, "Is this useful?"

Li Xiao said decisively: "Yes! The more generous we are and the more we show off our muscles, the less suspicious she will be. After all, the people who secretly made their name before are not our style!"

Alexei laughed straight away, he understood what Li Xiao meant. Before, they were backstabbing and hiding behind their backs to make a name for themselves, but now they deliberately pretended to be very good and powerful, in order to let Ye Lizaveta distinguish the current them from the previous ones.

After all, according to the traditional way of thinking, people who secretly engage in tricks generally do not collide head-on. Since they choose to collide head-on, then they are not the ones who were secretly tricking before.

The reasoning is quite simple, but Li Xiao is the only one who can think of such a crooked move. Anyway, if Alexei were to handle this matter, he would never have thought of such a trick.

"So don't be so picky when the time comes, and be bold and unrestrained or even a little arrogant. Let the other party know that you are no longer Wuxia Ameng. It's not what you used to be. It's best to warn her directly and let her know You are the master in Wallachia, and in Bucharest she has to be a dragon or a tiger! Do you understand?"

Alexei smiled wryly, "Why do I think this is silly? It's a bit like some second-generation ancestors I met in St. Petersburg before. They seem to like this tune the most..."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "If you can make her think that you are just a second-generation ancestor who got lucky or a second-generation idiot who is infinitely inflated and unable to see the situation with a little achievement, then that would be the best! This will save a lot of trouble , at least for the time being, you don't have to worry about being targeted by poisonous snakes!"

As he spoke, he sighed: "Speaking of which, it's Count Rostovtsev's fault. He is the real mastermind behind the scenes! We have to cover it up for him..."