The merchant ship continued to sail east, towing the large Galen ship flying the flag of the Russian royal family. This movement was naturally very slow, and it took several days to reach the easternmost edge of the Gulf of Finland.

A huge island suddenly appeared in front of them, and the castle made of gray and white marble on the island was also clearly visible.

Peternov was also one of the survivors on the ship. Like Ahai and Qiqige, he was also hiding in the cabin. After arriving here, he hurriedly came to the first deck.

"That's Kotlin Island, which the great Peter the Great took back from the Swedes. On the island is Kronstadt Castle, and there is also the Russian Baltic Navy base there!"

"Kotlin Island, Kronshtadt, and the naval base are the biggest barriers to St. Petersburg, bar none!"

As Peternov spoke, he burst into tears.

Although he has changed his nationality to Truchin over the years, he is a Russian after all, and his yearning for his mother country has obviously always existed.

Ahai looked over with a telescope. The white birch forest, pine forest, and poplar forest on the island were densely guarding the island. The white castle was hidden among them. The tall spire was obviously the Orthodox church in the city.

At the southern end of the island, there is a huge pier, which stretches for more than ten miles. The one near the west is obviously a military port, where dozens of warships are moored, and the island is also densely covered with artillery near the coast.

The east side of the pier is obviously a commercial port, with large and small Dutch flat-bottomed boats, Flut boats, and broad-bellied Galen boats.

After seeing them, a small boat with four oars was brought out from the commercial port.

One person on the boat was wearing a current Russian military uniform, but without a collar badge. He was holding a small red flag and waving it, seemingly signaling them to stop.

......

One day later, the Danish royal princess was secretly repatriated by the Queen. The ten Guards soldiers she escorted and everyone on the ship except the princess were all killed by pirates. The princess managed to escape by hiding in a water tank, but later encountered a man.

The news spread throughout St. Petersburg that a Dutch merchant ship happened to be passing by and was saved.

Previously, on a dark and windy night with rough seas for a month, Truy, a drunkard on a merchant ship, unfortunately fell into the sea while going to the toilet. Because he was drunk at the time, he fell into the cold Baltic Sea and was rescued an hour later.

When people found out, it was obviously hopeless.

As a result, only Captain Philip, observer Garcia and three surviving sailors were left on the ship. According to Ahai's estimation, most of these surviving sailors were arranged by the Intelligence Department on the ship.

The corpses of the pirates were all placed on Sursari Island.

A few days later, St. Petersburg became restless.

Regarding the "cruelty" of the current tsar and some nobles who had received favors from Ivan VI's family, the citizens suddenly became commotion.

And the Ivan VI family, which had disappeared from the memory of the citizens for a long time, returned to their minds. When Queen Elizabeth came to power, she took away all the documents, picture albums, silver coin portraits and everything that could prove his existence.

Confiscated and destroyed.

This puts the 51-year-old Queen Elizabeth into a difficult situation.

She suffered another stroke and collapsed on the bed.

When she woke up the next day, she quickly summoned her most trusted Pyotr Shuvanov - the artillery expert, financial expert of the Russian Empire, the owner of the largest private whaling company in the empire, and the actual manager of the imperial state-owned fishery company.

The owner, the actual behind-the-scenes policy maker of the Elizabethan era, came to the bed.

The Queen was still very resourceful. Peter was one of her earliest lovers and was deeply trusted by her. However, she would not let him hold such important positions as Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Field Marshal of the Empire, and Speaker of the Senate.

He has had several ups and downs, and now he is just a deputy prime minister.

She also scolded him in front of everyone, making people who didn't know why think that he was no longer favored.

But Ivan himself knows that this is Her Majesty the Queen, whom he can die for, protecting him, because unlike Razumovsky's lovers, he can only bring her pleasure, but dear Peter is a Dutch lover.

An important minister of the country.

Standing in front of his bed was Peter's brother Ivan, the chief chamberlain of the Queen's court.

Ivan is only thirty-three years old this year, and he is born with a lot of talent.

Some people say that the Razumovsky brothers, the shepherd boys, the Cossacks, and the good opera singers are the "emperors" of the night, while the Shuvanov brothers are the "emperors" of the day.

However, the Queen's power has never been neglected. Whether during the day when she is busy with official duties or at various dances throughout the night, she firmly holds the power and controls the direction of the empire.

The queen is known for her beauty, but she is unwilling to show her aging and deformed face caused by a minor stroke in front of her lover.

Therefore, when he asked Ivan to help him up and lean on a cushion cushioned with several velvet pillows, the black wide-brimmed top hat was surrounded by a gauze cover with white lace.

"What's going on?"

The Queen's voice was obviously much older than before, with a hint of coldness, which made Peter, who had been favored for decades, shudder.

But Peter must hold on to the empress tightly. He knows that because his relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince has never been good, once she comes to power, the era when he monopolized the officialdom of the Russian Empire will be gone forever.

It is also very likely that he will be exiled to the Arctic region, where he will be in the company of the vast ice and snow, polar bears, and savages who eat raw meat all day long.

When he thought of this, he shuddered again.

Fortunately, although the queen could still speak at this time, her eyes could not stare in one direction for a long time, so she did not notice this.

It can be said that the empress had indeed planned for the empire throughout her life. When she was dying, she left a will to treat the "Night Emperor" Razumovsky brothers well, but did not mention the Shuvanov brothers at all.<

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She knew that during these decades of rule, the Shuvalov brothers had already found a way out for themselves based on their wisdom, and she did not need to worry about it at all. On the contrary, even though Razumovsky, who was born in poverty, had

She is very wealthy, but after all she is not a real politician and may be replaced by her successor at any time.

"My dear His Majesty the Emperor"

Peter knelt on one knee, held up her hand and kissed her.

"It has been clearly investigated that the ship escorting Sofia was indeed stranded on the island due to a hurricane, and encountered pirates that night. Due to the surprise, all the noble soldiers of the Guards who were escorted were killed, and the servants and sailors on the ship were also killed and injured.

”

"Sofia escaped by hiding in the large water tank in the bottom cabin"

"Since there is not much money on board..."

"How did you know?"

"Your Majesty, my people have found out clearly that it was done by Adams, a British pirate supported by the Swedes. At that time, Adams was so angry that he did not get enough money and decided to use this big ship to ram the lone merchant ship passing by."
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"As you know, such large ships are only used by nobles from all over the world. They are slow and the reliefs on the bow and stern are too gorgeous, so pirates dare not use them at all."

"They focused on a flat-bottomed boat from the Netherlands that had been loaded with grain in Poland. The flat-bottomed boat had only a few cannons. After being hit by the big ship, it immediately tilted sharply. Half of the sailors fell into the cold water on the spot.

" inside"

"At this time, the nasty fellow Adams arrived with a fast pointed-nosed and broad-tailed small Galen boat. He took advantage of the merchant ship before it could reset and fired a burst of musketry, killing half of them."

"So they jumped on the merchant ship to seize the ship. Fortunately, Dion, who was once famous for his dancing, conversation and superb swordsmanship throughout St. Petersburg, was also on that ship. In addition, the captain Philip had also been in the Dutch Navy, and several people

Struggled to drive the pirates out"

"In the end, there were only five or six people left on the boat. Seeing that he was outmatched, Adams retreated"

"Wrong!"

Although the Queen could not turn her body, her thinking was not slow at all. She immediately realized something.

"The pirates are numerous and have a favorable advantage. Even if Dion is here, I'm afraid they are no match for them."

Shuvanov almost broke into a cold sweat and said quickly: "There was also a Russian who followed Dion to St. Petersburg. His name was Peternov..."

"Petnov?"

"Yes, he was one of the Guards soldiers who went to the Khiva Khanate to conquer decades ago under the orders of Peter the Great. Later, they were ambushed by the Khivas and all were killed or captured."

"Our country also organized rescue operations several times, but all failed. Later, it was the Truchen people who rescued them, including Peternov."

"Petnov is a minor nobleman from the pre-Rurik era in Perm. He was only fifteen years old when he joined the army, and he still has his fiancée in the countryside of Perm"

"Later, his fiancée married Bekotov, who is now a senior official in Astrakhan Province, so Petronov had a grudge against Bekotov"

"Petnov did not dare to return to Perm. There were no farms or serfs there for him. They were all occupied by Bekotov, so he returned to Truchin with Kitard. Now he was old and wanted to

He died on the soil of his motherland and took his adopted daughter and maid over on a Dutch ship."

"This must be arranged by the Truchen people?"

"Yes, the Truchen people currently have a consulate in Warsaw. Without their assistance, Petronov would not have been able to take the ship. His adopted daughter is a Truchen person. She grew up riding horses and heard about fencing.

It’s also pretty good”

"When the pirates broke in, his adopted daughter and maid were hiding in the cabin. After hearing the noise above, they picked up the grenades on the ship and came up. At that time, the pirates were swarming the merchant ship in large numbers, Petronova, cough cough

, is the name of Peternov’s adopted daughter”

"Petronova has also been herding horses in the grassland since she was a child. She has seen wolves and wild bears all over the grassland, so she threw those grenades over. At this time, Dion and others took advantage of their confusion and stabbed again, and

Adams was killed and wounded on the spot. Adams had no choice but to abandon the ship and escape."

"Dion? Petronova?"

The Queen's mind suddenly recalled the masquerade darling who was distant from men and close to women. It was he who met the Queen through the ball and took out the letter written by the King of France to her from a Montesquieu book and presented it to her.

It was given to the Queen, thus forming an alliance with Russia before the British.
Chapter completed!