diymy Chapter 96. Virginity
Chapter 96. Virginity
Chapter 96. Virginity
12 month.
While Sergei was reading, Pimen came over and stood beside him.
"Sir, Zakhar Chernyshev has returned to St. Petersburg from the army; he is now a colonel."
Sergei continued reading his book.
"If he still has the same passion for the Grand Duchess, let him experience military life again."
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"Yes." Pimmen left.
Sure enough, at the masquerade balls in recent days, Zakhar repeatedly invited Ekaterina to dance. Such a public invitation was impossible to refuse.
While dancing with Ekaterina, Zakhar whispered sweet nothings to her.
I am so happy to see Your Highness. You are becoming more and more beautiful. I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you. My admiration for you has reached the point of being uncontrollable.
Ekaterina could only respond with a polite smile, and immediately parted ways with the other person after the song ended.
On this day, Zakhar once again invited Ekaterina to dance.
"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well today," Ekaterina said, refusing his offer.
This public rejection left Zakhar momentarily stunned, and everyone else looked over with strange expressions.
At such a grand ball, refusing someone to dance signifies a strong dislike for them. Although Ekaterina used illness as an excuse, she still managed to make Zakhar the "focus of attention."
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Zakha did not give up.
He found Catherine's attendant, Gagarina, and gave her a printed "love letter," which was actually a small piece of paper with several love quotes printed on it.
"Please pass this on to the Grand Duchess."
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Garrina smiled and nodded, accepting the love letter.
After leaving the room, she tore the love letter to shreds and threw it into the trash can.
The next day, Zakhar made an excuse to see the Grand Duke, and while Peter was playing with the dog, Zakhar went up to Catherine.
"Your Highness, did you grant my request yesterday? Please allow me to go to your bedroom to hear my confession."
"Colonel, you cannot enter my bedroom." Ekaterina said, looking at her book.
"Please let me go. If necessary, I can disguise myself as a servant," Zakha pleaded.
Ekaterina closed the book and flatly refused, "No!"
Just then, Zakhar was in dire straits. Queen Elizabeth ordered him to return to the army immediately, and the order stated that he would be transferred to the colder and harsher north.
Zakhar didn't know why it was so sudden, nor did he know why the Queen was treating him this way.
He wanted to see the Queen, but Elizabeth refused to see him.
In the end, he had no choice but to leave.
He didn't even get to see Catherine one last time before he left.
On Elizabeth's desk were the "love letters" that Gagarina had torn up and thrown away. From this, it can be seen that Zakhar's repatriation to the army was already a result of Elizabeth's mercy.
1753 October.
"France and Austria dominated the whole of Europe, and both wanted Russia to be their ally. Frederick of Prussia took measures to win over the German states and took the opportunity to carry out a crazy expansion."
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Sergei and Maxim discussed the current international situation.
"For Russia at present, this is a peaceful period. As long as Russia does not join any party, it can achieve lasting and stable development," Maxim expressed his view.
Sergei didn't say anything, but looked out the window.
With his intervention, the course of history has changed, and events that do not occur according to timeline, as well as events that did not happen in history but are happening now, are causing him, who has mastered Russian history, to gradually lose his ability to "predict the future."
Just like the three sentences he wrote to himself: History is changed because of me; I am not an ambitious man, but a schemer; the trajectory is unshakable.
After gaining a precise understanding of himself, he both hoped to change history and leave his own indelible mark, and also hoped that the course of history would not be drastically altered, so as not to cause irreversible consequences in the future.
The more he came into contact with history, the more he felt how terrifying it was.
Maxim had no idea that Sergei, who was looking out the window, was having such a big thought in his mind. He finished his coffee and got up to leave.
"The guards are about to start training, I have to go now."
"Um."
The Winter Palace, Elizabeth's Concert Hall.
Catherine, dressed in a pink dress and wearing a white scarf, approached Elizabeth, who was feeding a baby bird in a cage.
"Your Highness."
"Keep your voice down, don't scare it."
Elizabeth shared a handful of birdseed with Ekaterina, who in turn fed the sparrows.
"I want to ask you, how have you been lately? How is your married life with Peter?"
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Ekaterina reached out to feed the birds, but Elizabeth grabbed her wrist and looked at her indifferently.
"The birds have eaten enough."
Ekaterina said calmly, "It might not be that the bird ate too much; it could be that it's sick."
Elizabeth stared at her intently: "Are you talking about you or Peter?"
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Ekaterina remained silent.
Elizabeth issued an ultimatum: "My mind is made up. If you cannot conceive by spring, your marriage to Peter will be annulled!"
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Ekaterina broke free from Elizabeth's hand and went to the window. Elizabeth's words made her feel a sense of crisis and fear. After briefly weighing the pros and cons of telling the truth, she tentatively asked.
Are you going to send me home?
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Elizabeth's words plunged Catherine's heart into despair: "Isn't Russia your home?"
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Ekaterina then realized that she had spoken out of nervousness, but she remained calm and confronted Elizabeth head-on.
"The reason I say this is because I miss my mother so much and I want to pay my respects to my father, but you have never been able to grant my wish. I am suffering in pain and torment."
Elizabeth looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze: "Don't you want to take this opportunity to visit your uncle, Frederick of Prussia?"
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Catherine looked him straight in the eye: "I am an Orthodox Christian, and I will not leave Russia, even if you suspect me of being a traitor!"
Elizabeth smiled and said, "You will not leave Russia, because you cannot leave. I will lock you up in a monastery in the north for the rest of your life!"
She pinched Ekaterina's smooth chin and slowly lifted her beautiful face.
"To avoid putting yourself in danger, my girl, you should try your best to get pregnant as soon as possible."
Catherine stopped hiding the truth and told the truth: "That's impossible. Peter doesn't want to have marital relations with me. He even has to wear gloves when he holds my hand."
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Elizabeth encouraged her: "Then you have to find a way to attract him, stimulate him, and seduce him!"
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"I am still a virgin," Ekaterina said calmly.
Elizabeth was thunderstruck, her mind blank: "What did you say? You're still a virgin? That's impossible, you're lying, how could you still be a virgin?!"
"If you don't believe me, you can have someone come and examine you."
Soon, Elizabeth summoned her female physician to her room, where the physician examined Catherine.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Duchess is still a virgin."
Upon hearing the royal physician's words, Eliza felt as if struck by lightning. She swayed and nearly fell, but Razumovsky helped her to a chair.
"Jesus, God, Heavens, why is she only telling me now? They've been married for seven years, and there was clearly blood on the sheets after their wedding night—"
Elizabeth summoned Shuvalov and coldly inquired what was going on.
Shuvalov stammered, "Perhaps it is—the Grand Duke—who is infertile."
"Is that possible? Don't I know Peter has a mistress? Didn't you tell me that Peter spent the night with his mistress?"
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Shuvalov gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Duke did indeed spend the night with his mistresses. He made the women strip naked, ordered them to march in formation, drilled them, and punished them—"
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Elizabeth was completely dumbfounded.
"This is — Peter's — spending the night together?"
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