Li Xiao tightened the stand collar of his military coat. Although autumn had just entered, the temperature in St. Petersburg was not much different from that of winter. The chill continued from the soles of the feet to the top of the head, just like stepping on ice with bare feet. If you add more
The cold wind like a small knife whizzed by, and the effect was as chilling as taking a cold bath for three to nine days.
As a southern dog, Li Xiao really can't adapt to the dry cold in the north. Especially St. Petersburg is known as the Venice of the North. The waterways are full of humidity, which means it's colder than colder. Anyway, his thin body is already shivering in the cold wind.
He was trembling, his teeth were vibrating constantly, and his whole body felt like he was being electrocuted.
If it were in the past, Li Xiao would not hesitate to find a warm place to warm up by the fire or blow on the air conditioner, or simply hide under the quilt of the electric blanket to be a salted fish. But now, let alone warming up by the fire, he, a salted fish, can't even take shelter from the wind.
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The reason is very simple. He is now a guard of the glorious Preobrazhensky Guards, and his duty is to guard the Saltykov Gate of the Winter Palace. As a sentry standing at the gate,
As the face of the entire Winter Palace and as a soldier, he could not avoid it, because as long as he dared to skip work or fish, what awaited him would be the harsh punishment of a military court.
As soon as he thought about having to dry out in the howling cold wind for three or four hours, Li Xiao felt that there was really no way he could survive this day. If God gave him another chance, he would definitely not cross over.
Yes, Li Xiao is a glorious time traveler. He accidentally arrived in Russia more than a hundred years ago and was possessed by an unlucky man named Andrei Konstantinlovitch Romanov.
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At first, Li Xiao was happy, excited, and almost ecstatic. He had been waiting for this day for many years. He was not the kind of person who traveled across the country unprepared. Over the years, he had made sufficient preparations.
He has memorized the numbers of Shuangseqiu and Lotto for more than ten years, and studied in detail the history and unofficial history of various countries in the world from ancient times to the present, the rise and fall of stocks, the context of science and technology, and the outstanding talents and geniuses.
Li Xiao believed that with these, he would be able to stand out and make a splash no matter what era he faced in any situation after time travel. Anyway, he had already thought of various scripts to reach the top of his life. The only thing missing was the opportunity for actual operation.
Now the opportunity has come, but the peak of life is so far away. Li Xiao traveled to the Russian Empire in the late autumn of 1847. His cheap father was Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, and his uncle was Tsar Alexander I.
His uncle is Tsar Nicholas I. As a member of the Romanov family, he is a nobleman of the heavenly family. It seems that even if he does nothing, the title of a hereditary grand duke with tens of thousands of hectares of land and tens of thousands of serfs seems to be enough for him to live in peace.
Waiting to die from eating.
But the fact is just the opposite. Li Xiao's situation is quite bad. Let alone eating and waiting to die, let alone marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life, it is very difficult to live a stable life. The reason is very simple. Who can let him?
What if he traveled through time and became the son of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich? This advantage is really not that easy to take advantage of.
The late Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich was an eccentric member of the Romanov family. Although there were quite a few eccentrics in the Romanov family, there were not many who truly loved beauty rather than the country.
The thing is, Alexander I, the elder brother of Grand Duke Constantine, had no children (actually he had many illegitimate children but had no inheritance rights). Grand Duke Constantine was logically the first in line to succeed to the throne. At that time, everyone in the government and the public was
With such acquiescence, the Grand Duke did something that his brother Alexander I could not tolerate - the Grand Duke married a Polish girl as his bride.
Is there a problem?
The problem is quite big. Poland, Russia and the Romanov family are sworn enemies. After the death of Ivan the Terrible, Russia fell into civil strife. The Poles took advantage of the situation and pinned Russia to the ground and rubbed it in various postures.
After repeated frictions, the Russians were forced to support the pseudo-tsar of Poland and ransacked Moscow, and later imprisoned the father of Tsar Michael I, Filaret Romanov.
It can be said that the hatred between the two sides is as deep as the sea. As a member of the Romanov family, you should inherit the legacy of your ancestors and take revenge. If you don't drip wax from Poland's whip, you can't marry a Polish bride, right?
Doesn't this tarnish the family's bloodline?
Anyway, Alexander I could not understand or support his brother's decision, so he secretly disqualified Grand Duke Constantine from inheriting the throne and instead secretly appointed Nicholas I as the crown prince. However, Alexander I made this decision too secretly and secretly.
There was no ventilation, and his death was too sudden, which caused a series of turbulence after his death.
The courtiers who did not know the truth thought that Grand Duke Constantine was the heir, and Alexander I's mother, the Empress Dowager, notified Nicholas I that he was ready to succeed to the throne.
So things got into trouble. Grand Duke Constantine and Nicholas I both expressed their inability to inherit the throne and expressed their allegiance to each other. For a time, the Russian throne turned into a hot potato that no one wanted. There was an opportunity to take advantage of it.
, a group of advanced Russian nobles decided to launch an uprising to transform Russia. This was the famous Decembrist uprising.
Of course, the uprising was eventually suppressed, but for all Russians, the source of all this trouble was the Polish girl, Li Xiao’s cheap mother, Duchess Johanna Grudzinskałowicz.
, even Li Xiao, the "half-blood bastard", was also resented.
The ministers and nobles disliked him, and members of the Romanov family also disliked him. It was simply because his father did not care for his grandmother. What was even worse was that his cheap father, Grand Duke Constantine, suddenly drove away in 1831 before he was born.
He went to the west, and my mother was so anxious that she gave birth prematurely and had dystocia, and she died. Poor Li Xiao became a little weed with no one to care for and no one to love, and it was so miserable.
Li Xiao lamented the fate of his predecessor. He had not been taken seriously since he was a child, almost no one loved him, he was looked down upon everywhere, he was always bullied, and his living conditions were difficult and his nutrition was not up to date, which led to poor health.
They don't look like a fighting nation at all. They are as weak as a bean sprout. It is a miracle that they can grow so big.
If possible, Li Xiao hoped that his predecessor would continue his miracle and persevere tenaciously until the end of time. Why did he want to imitate others and challenge himself to join the Knights of St. Andre? In the end, he was severely punished in the entrance trial.
His life was cut short, allowing him, the unlucky time traveler, to take advantage.
It can be seen that it is really cheap but not good. It has a dog at the beginning of the difficult start, and a better bonus system or plug-in. The only thing he has here is the taunting and hatred attribute. As for the system plug-in, there are no plug-ins at all.
His health was in a terrible state, not much better than third-grade pulmonary tuberculosis. Li Xiao even suspected that if the wind were just a little stronger, it would blow him away.
After Li Xiao secretly took stock, he found that he had almost nothing to rely on. In addition to the title of Grand Duke, his predecessor had no health, no connections, and no money. He really wanted nothing more than the ability to attract hatred.
With nothing else left, how can he open up new opportunities, break new ground, and get to the top of his life?
Anyway, Li Xiao is secretly worried. It has been three days since he crossed here. Apart from standing guard in the northwest wind and drinking until he is full every day, he has gained nothing more. He doesn't know if he can survive until the end of the month, because it is getting colder day by day.
, when the dripping water turned into ice, he suspected that he would freeze to death.