Brauchitsch had been at the Winter Palace for a while. From afternoon to evening, Empress Catherine was still missing.

Peggy's incident, coupled with the secret in his heart, made Brauchitsch extremely confused.

But no matter how anxious he was, Ekaterina just didn't see him.

The helpless Brauchitsch could only accept his fate and wait for Her Majesty the Queen's call.

Brauchitsch was anxious, and so was Catherine.

All day long, she secretly mobilized troops to protect the Winter Palace.

At the same time, spies were sent to inquire about the movements of the Ming army in Moscow.

In the evening, the army was deployed, and they were all the Royal Guards who were the most loyal to the royal family.

The spies sent out at the same time have also returned!

Everything in the Ming army in the city could not be more normal. The son of the generalissimo went to visit the wounded soldiers.

However, Brauchitsch's daughter Peggy stayed with the young marshal.

"Brauchitsch said that his daughter disappeared last night?" Ekaterina looked through the dark night to the brightly lit Moscow in the distance.

"Yes! When I went to his house, he was very anxious.

To me, it doesn’t look like it’s just a pretense.” The captain of the guard reported to Ekaterina.

"hehe!

Then tell me, could it be Peggy who left Brauchitsch's house in a Ming army jeep last night?"

A smile appeared on Ekaterina's face!

After a stressful day, it turned out that I was nervous for nothing.

If Peggy was a messenger, she would definitely hide in the cabin instead of appearing openly in public like this.

"It's most likely Peggy, and the people sent out to investigate reported that the person who called the headquarters of the Ming Dynasty Marshal was also a woman's voice."

"Then tell me, could it be that Peggy eloped and fell in love with the son of the Ming Dynasty Marshal?"

Ekaterina breathed a sigh of relief. All signs showed that Brauchitsch had not betrayed herself and Russia.

All this is just the speculation of the sensitive Rasputin.

The fact is very likely that a pregnant girl ran towards her lover late at night.

Because her father Brauchitsch did not support the marriage.

Of course Catherine understood why Brauchitsch objected to the marriage.

Because he knew that Ming Dynasty would soon become enemies with Russia. His daughter would definitely not be happy if she followed Marshal Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Brauchitsch once again requests to see you."

"Oh, okay! Let her wait a moment while I change my clothes."

Accompanied by the palace ladies, Catherine went into the inner room to change clothes.

Everyone is not surprised that Her Majesty the Queen wears different clothes when meeting different people.

Everyone here has become accustomed to Her Majesty the Queen's habits.

Not long after entering the inner room, I haven't finished changing my clothes.

Rasputin bursts in shouting!

"Rasputin, this is the Winter Palace. Watch your words and deeds!" Ekaterina couldn't stand it anymore and warned Rasputin in a serious tone.

"Your Majesty!" Rasputin knelt down in front of Catherine with a "pop".

"What are you...! What's wrong?" Only then did Ekaterina see clearly that Rasputin's head and face were covered in blood, and even his clothes were stained with blood.

"Your Majesty! I saw Brauchitsch's daughter Peggy and Marshal Daming together, and I wanted to follow them to see if I could find out anything.

As a result, they discovered that Peggy actually ordered the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers to surround me and beat me.

Moreover, those officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still obeyed her orders.

You see, this has made me like this.

Your Majesty! Brauchitsch must have defected to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise his daughter would not be with the Ming Marshal.

Those officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would not obey Peggy's orders.

Your Majesty! You make the decision for me. You must kill Brauchitsch. Otherwise, by the time he has negotiated the terms and betrayed Russia, it will be too late."

Rasputin howled and told Catherine, like a pitiful child asking his mother to stand up for him.

Ekaterina helplessly stroked Rasputin's hair and carefully wiped the blood on him.

"Brauchitsch is innocent, he is loyal to Russia and loyal to me.

As for Peggy, I guess she eloped with Marshal Daming.

Those officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty obeyed her orders entirely because Peggy was with the Ming Dynasty Marshal."

As a political figure, Ekaterina clearly knew that her fate was linked to Russia.

Everything she has today is all because Russia is standing behind her, and she is the empress of this empire.

Without Russia, she, Catherine, is nothing.

Not even as good as those prostitutes in the bathing center!

The pug-like Rasputin in front of her would not even look at her.

For Russia, Brauchitsch was much more useful than Rasputin.

The former is a minister who governs the country, while the latter is just a piece of bedding.

How could Catherine, who had loved countless men, ruin a good minister of the country because of a male favorite?

Rasputin obviously did not distinguish between Empress Catherine and the demanding Catherine on the bed.

After being stunned for a moment, Ekaterina stood up and walked out directly.

Rasputin watched Yekaterina walk out, his teeth clenched but there was nothing he could do.

He does not have any official position in Russia, and the little so-called power he holds comes entirely from Catherine.

Normally, it would be okay to scare low-ranking officials with a false pretence, but it was not so easy to deal with a high-ranking official like Rasputin.

Rasputin was so angry that he felt like a pet dog.

If the master likes it, he will tease you for a while. If the master doesn't like it, he will kick you away.

Ekaterina's attitude was to treat him like a dog. But towards Brauchitsch, Ekaterina's attitude was that of a human being.

She treated Brauchitsch as a human being!

To a certain extent, she regarded Brauchitsch as her equal.

No one likes to be a dog, no one likes to be looked down upon.

This feeling is quite uncomfortable!

At this time, the object of his resentment was not limited to Brauchitsch, he also resented Ekaterina.

I want revenge!

You all wait for me!

Rasputin secretly made up his mind!

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"Haha! The silly boy knows how to play with money, so he has grown up." Li Xiao sat on the sofa with a cup of tea in front of him.

This period of time is a rare leisure time in the war.

The Prussians on the northern front stood still, but intelligence showed that they were increasing their troops every day.

Including Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians.

Of course, that includes the Poles too.

The Poles are also very strange, their soldiers seem to fall from the sky.

It had only been a year since an army of 400,000 to 500,000 was killed, and now an army of 300,000 to 300,000 was actually organized.

Moreover, the equipment and training were pretty good, and intelligence said they had received careful guidance from the Prussians.

The pressure on the northern front is increasing, and the number of coalition troops should exceed two million in March.

Maybe even more!

The northern front was defended by only 900,000 Russian troops, plus 280,000 Ming troops.

The original idea was to defeat Napoleon on the southern front and temporarily lose France's ability to attack.

Deploy the troops on the southern front to deal with the northern front!

But he didn't expect that the French had to survive with broken arms. They abandoned many old and weak soldiers, and after 300,000 people were killed, they successfully withdrew from the Tsaritsyn battlefield.
To be continued...