Struggle in Russia

While Archduke Constantine and Viscount Prozolov were discussing the plan for the next paragraph, the Archduke Mikhail, who they called an annoyance, was actually preparing secretly.

“Kostya thought his tricks could fool me. My brother is good at everything, but he is too self-esteem!”

Grand Duke Mikhail was very excited and said to a burly man in his early forties with a big beard: “Fyodor, this is my opportunity. If I can take this opportunity to let the eldest brother know that I treat him His loyalty, he will not treat me badly than in the future?”

The burly man called Fyodor is the tutor and friend of Grand Duke Mikhail, and his full name is Fyodor Petrovich Gannibal (Hannibal). The 43-year-old formerly served as the equestrian teacher of Grand Duke Mikhail, who was mainly responsible for teaching the equestrian and swordsmanship of the Grand Duke.

During this period, Fyodor and Grand Duke Mikhail forged a deep friendship, and this Grand Duke was often more willing to seek advice from this teacher. For example, this time serving as a deputy imperial envoy, he did not bring anyone, only Fyodor, which shows the status of this person. Of course, in addition, it is worth mentioning that he has something to do with Pushkin. The grandfather of this man is the grandfather of the writer.

And Fyodor did not live up to his friendship with Grand Duke Mikhail, and always tried his best to advise Duke Mikhail.

For example, now he is very directly saying to Grand Duke Mikhail: “The Grand Duke Constantine is indeed a bit high-handed and low-handed, but with all due respect, he is still quite powerful. You must not despise him!”

After a short pause, he said again: “Although Prince Alexander has a great advantage, it may be difficult for you to really please him!”

Grand Duke Mikhail frowned and asked, “Why?”

Fyodor smiled bitterly: “Because His Royal Highness’s advantage is too great, unless he did something maddeningly stupid, the throne must be his. And you should know that there are too many people surrounding His Royal Highness, you It’s definitely not the most active and not the most beautiful one…Icing on the cake is never as good as giving charcoal in the snow!”

Grand Duke Mikhail was taken aback, and asked in a strange way: “You don’t seem to agree with me to help Big Brother?”

Fyodor shook his head and said, “I don’t mean that. I mean it doesn’t make much sense for you to help His Royal Highness now. Even if you try your best, it is impossible for him to look at you differently. On the contrary, it will be ruthless. To offend Grand Duke Constantine and let His Highness host you against you, you’d better be mentally prepared!”

In fact, Fyodor’s meaning is very simple. It is to tell Grand Duke Mikhail that even if you helped Crown Prince Alexander this time, your eldest brother may not thank you so much for taking you seriously. On the contrary, this will offend Grand Duke Constantine. Now that Nicholas I has no dreadlocks, Grand Duke Constantine still has a lot of power in his hands. It may be difficult to deal with Crown Prince Alexander, but it is a trivial thing to clean him up as Grand Duke Mikhail.

In view of this, the most sensible and calm approach is not to help each other and wait until the day the dust settles. Anyway, no matter how Grand Duke Mikhail is also a Grand Duke, even if he is not taken seriously, the position of a governor cannot escape.

And after all the dust settles, it’s not too late to kneel and lick Prince Alexander, because now it’s already too late, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s sooner or later, at least there’s no danger at that time!

In Fyodor’s view, it is the most uneconomical time to lick Crown Prince Alexander at this time. An Archduke Constantine is dying, and the resistance must be particularly fierce. He can’t threaten Crown Prince Alexander, but it is still possible to clean up his licking dog.

In addition, the position of Prince Alexander is already relatively stable. You don’t care about licking people at this time. Anyway, some people come to lick them. You are not too many.

Fyodor thinks that the most pragmatic and smartest way is to not mix up the mess between the two brothers and just wait for the father to ascend to heaven. At that time, no matter who wins, Duke Mikhail will not lose.

It is a pity that Grand Duke Mikhail is still too eager, his ambition is so swollen that he can’t stop it anymore.

So did Grand Duke Mikhail listen to Fyodor’s persuasion? Probably a little bit, after all, his level in all aspects is actually that way, and he is not particularly courageous. Fyodor has helped him several times before and gave him a lot of good suggestions, and he is also somewhat I can hear it a little bit.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still felt that this opportunity was too rare. If he didn’t do anything, he would not be able to forgive himself. He said, “Fyodor, I can’t do it.” Have to be a little more concealed. Did you help the eldest brother but also make the second elder unaware that I was dealing with him?”

Fyodor sighed in his heart. He knew that Grand Duke Mikhail was determined to get involved, and it would be useless to persuade him. So he said very bluntly: “The most feared thing in doing anything is to be afraid of the head and tail. If you want to be innocent of both ends, you will be in a dilemma. If you must participate in this case, then I advise you to dispel this idea. , Either he will help the crown prince, or he will do nothing!”

Grand Duke Mikhail was stunned, because Fyodor’s words were very heavy this time, which made him hesitate even more. You must know that he was not a firm person. Just a little dazed.

After a long while ~www.wuxiax.com~ he asked carefully, “Is there really no other way?”

Fyodor shook his head flatly and said: “No! You die this heart!”

Okay, Grand Duke Mikhail could only sighed, and then said to himself as if he encouraged himself: “Then go out and fight with Kostya!”

Then he asked carefully: “Fyodor, how about I go over and continue to monitor Kostia now? I should do this, right?”

Seeing Mikhail’s rooster thief, Fyodor sighed again in his heart: “How do you look like a man who wants to do a big thing! I told you to make up your mind, that’s how you are. Make up your mind? What else should you do, you have to do it, okay!”

He can only answer with certainty: “Yes, the sooner the better! And you’d better never let Grand Duke Constantine stay away from your sight anymore, you must stare at him firmly and don’t let him make any small movements. The stricter the better! There must be no wavering at all!”

Grand Duke Mikhail seemed to have listened, but his expression was so tangled, he looked like a chicken thief who wanted to be but didn’t want to take responsibility, and he made Fyodor not be angry when he looked at it…