In late May, Mosk.
Thunder rolled in the sky, and thick dark clouds flew from the north, covering the Mosk area.
Amidst the sound of the whistle, a train coming from Petersburg stopped at Mosk Central Station. The door opened, and a free orange cat rushed into the platform. It was as fast as lightning and disappeared in the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Ten minutes later....
Ma Wei, who was giving lessons to the monks, saw Fat Orange, who had rushed back from Petersburg overnight.
At the critical moment, Fat Orange returned in person. Something big must have happened. Mawei stopped the lecture and took him to a quiet room.
"The aristocratic faction and the Free Association are on the line."
Fat Orange squatted in front of the fireplace, close to the warm heat source, with a hint of solemnity in his voice: "The aristocratic faction seems to want to escape to the United States of Citi, and now Finn Drost is hiding in a house under the name of Duke Ivanovich. It's on a farm, I know the exact address."
Regarding Finn Drost, Mavey has already obtained the answer through the real pocket watch, which is completely consistent with the information provided by Fat Orange, so Mavey is not surprised.
"If it's just Finn Drost, I'm afraid I can't let you return to Mosk from Petersburg..." Ma Wei knew Fat Orange's temper very well: "Tell me, besides the Free Association, what else is there?"
"...."
Fat Orange hesitated for a moment, his tail swept back and forth in front of the fireplace, and his mood was unsettled: "Paul I is dead."
"What?"
Ma Wei never expected that Fat Orange would bring the news of the death of Paul I. He was a little unbelievable: "Archbishop Henry killed the king?"
"No, Paul I... committed suicide, probably." Fat Jue said: "He wrote an edict, hung it around Kelulu's neck and sent it out of the Winter Palace. When I realized something was wrong and went to check ....A pool of blood was found in his bedroom that had not been dealt with."
"I searched the entire Winter Palace, and finally found his body in a pile of ice in the basement. He was shot in the side of the head. Judging from the shooting position, he might have committed suicide."
"...."
"And his body is very strange. There is no breath of life, but his eyes are open, like... a living dead. It must have been tampered with by the Wisdom Cult."
"Etc., etc...."
The shock was too great. Ma Wei needed to slow down. He rubbed his swollen head and continued following the information given by Fat Orange: "Paul I committed suicide? Why did he commit suicide? What is the content of the edict?"
No matter how you look at it, Archbishop Henry had no reason to kill Paul I, so Mavey believed that Paul I committed suicide, but the question is why Paul I committed suicide....and what the Wisdom Cult did to him.
"What Lulu brought out was an edict of abdication." Fat Orange looked serious, not joking at all: "Paul I passed the throne to his sister, Katerina."
Ma Wei didn't know what to say.
He believed that the information provided by Fat Orange was correct. If the information was wrong, Fat Orange would never use such a confident tone. It has always been very reliable, much more reliable than Xiao Hei. This is why Ma Wei agreed that it would be alone as a cat. The reason for going to Petersburg to develop his power.
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And Ke Lulu, who brought the edict, was a spy who had been ambushing Paul I a few months ago. It monitored every move and daily life of Paul I, including what he ate for lunch and how many minutes he spent in the toilet. all know.
But Lulu said that the edict was written by Paul I himself, so there would be nothing wrong.
even so....
The news that Paul I passed the throne to Katerina still shocked Mavey.
In order to compete for the throne, the two siblings have been fighting for more than a day or two. Although Paul I and Katerina did not use assassination methods to kill each other, their discord with each other...
The whole Romanov Kingdom knows it.
What was the situation that made Paul I determined to pass the throne to Katerina?
For the dignity of the royal family?
maybe....
Ma Wei couldn't think of any other explanation.
"In order to test the aristocratic faction, I gave the edict to Duke Yinvanovich. Finn Drost wanted him to make the edict public." Fat Orange licked his lips, paused, and asked: "This matter Do you want to tell Katerina about it?"
"...You can't hide it. Katerina will find out sooner or later that her brother committed suicide." Mavey took a deep breath and decided to go to the Kremlin: "Besides, she has the right to know, Paul I... This is her last relative, let’s go.”
After picking up Fat Orange, Ma Wei let Lai Wen temporarily take his place and continue to teach the believers. He took Fat Orange with him and entered the palace complex next door unimpeded.
In the afternoon, Katerina was still dealing with government affairs. After being informed by Marusha, she met with Ma Wei and Fat Orange.
"Father, I'm very busy. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
Katerina sat among a pile of books, reading the content on the paper and signing the things she agreed to. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink tea.
"Your Highness, I just received the news that your brother, His Majesty King Paul I, shot himself in the Winter Palace." Ma Wei spoke quickly without any pause: "He drafted an abdication edict before committing suicide. , passed the throne to you."
The dancing quill froze for a moment, and the ink wet the paper. After a slight pause, Katerina still signed her name.
She put the document aside, picked up a new document, said 'hmm', and asked without raising her head: "Is the news true?"
"There should be...nothing wrong."
"Probably, that means you're not sure?"
"Your Highness, what I said should be that Paul I's suicide has yet to be confirmed, but his death is correct. Fat Orange has already seen your brother's body in the basement of the Winter Palace."
"Where is the abdication edict?"
"....In the hands of Duke Yinvanovich, Fat Orange was not brought back."
"There is no edict, no body has been seen, and no news of the king's death has been reported... Father, please don't tell me this kind of uncertain news in the future." Katerina still didn't look up, she was already staring at I have been reading the documents in front of me for a long time, which is completely inconsistent with the speed of reading one document per second when Ma Wei first came in.
She still signed the document.
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"Your Highness, the abdication edict was brought out by Ke Lulu, you...sigh."
Shaking his head, Ma Wei said no more, hugged Fat Orange and left the study. As the door closed, Katerina's signature quill gradually stopped.
She sat in silence for an unknown amount of time, then suddenly and violently pushed all the documents to the ground.
Hearing the noise coming from the house, Marusha was about to open the door and go in to check when Mavi stopped her: "Let her be alone."
There was a sound of smashing in the house, and several guards who heard the sound gathered over, looking at Ma Wei and Marusha at the door with blank expressions.
After more than ten minutes, the sounds in the room gradually subsided, and after a while...
Click.
The door opened from the inside, and Katerina walked out with red eyes. She glanced at the people standing in the corridor. Her hoarse voice was mixed with creepy anger: "Call Onufri, Makarov, Ruo Lu Jin and the others come to see me!”
"Yes Yes!"
The guard had never seen Katerina like this before, and ran away almost as if running away.
"Father."
"...Here, Your Highness."
"How sure are you?"
"I'm afraid now is not a good opportunity to attack the Royal Capital... Your Highness." Ma Wei advised: "You should wait for the King's abdication edict to be issued before entering the Royal Capital in good faith."
"Didn't the noble faction already get the king's edict to abdicate?" Katerina's face was as cold as ice: "Those murderers who killed my brother... I will make them pay with their lives!"
"Your Highness, you are on the verge of losing control."
"I'm calm, Father."
Katerina glanced at Ma Wei: "But I must be angry now. This is politics. Now is the best opportunity to overthrow the Wisdom Cult..."
Clenching her palms, Katerina said word by word: "I will use Paul's death to arouse the anger of the people. Only in this way can we control the Romanov Kingdom as quickly as possible!"
Ma Wei frowned: "Aren't you sad? Paul I is your last relative..."
"I'm sad, my heart hurts, like it's about to burst..."
Katerina looked at the dark clouds outside the window and said in a cold voice: "But I must hide my emotions. Romanov does not need an emotional king. I must be as stone-hearted and use everything I can use."
"People often say that women have the most vicious hearts, a thousand times more vicious than men... This is good."
"I want people who say this to understand that women are scarier than they think!"
