If Count Rostovtsev had not mentioned this issue, Nikolai Milyutin would not have thought in this direction at all. After all, Queen Elisabeth Alexeyevna was not in particularly good health.
It is normal to feel sick after a sudden death.
But when Count Rostovtsev mentioned it, he thought carefully about the death of Elizabeth Alexeyevna, which was indeed unjustifiable. The queen was not yet 50 years old at the time, and she had never heard of heart problems before.
, but he died of heart failure, which is really strange.
Especially when you think of the bad relationship between her and the Empress Dowager, and the key role the Empress Dowager played in the succession of Nicholas I, it is difficult not to doubt the death of Elizabeth Alexeevna
Is it related to this?
If we start from the perspective of conspiracy theory, if there is no so-called secret edict at all, and if Nicholas I's succession is entirely the opinion of the Empress Dowager, then all the strange things will make sense.
After Paul I was killed, the empress dowager proposed to her son Alexander I that she should inherit the throne or co-govern. In other words, the empress dowager actually wanted to imitate Catherine the Great, but
However, the result was not ideal and Alexander I rejected it.
It is hard not to doubt that when her son Alexander I died suddenly, the Empress Dowager would go back to her old ways and use the excuse to depose Grand Duke Constantine, who had the higher prestige and reputation among her courtiers, and then replace her with one who was unsuitable for the job.
Emperor Nicholas I took this opportunity to expand his power and isolate Nicholas I, or simply achieve co-governance. This is entirely possible!
As for the death of Queen Elizabeth Alexeevna, it has something to do with her or Nicholas I. After all, as the queen, she was also the person who knew Alexander I best. Is there a so-called secret edict? Elizabeth Alexeyevna
Seyevna must have known it. If she was not silenced, how could the Empress Dowager and Nicholas I be at ease?
This terrible suspicion immediately made Nikolai Milyutin break out in a cold sweat. Even he himself couldn't figure out why he had such a terrible idea. He couldn't help but raise his head and looked at Rostovtsev in confusion.
Earl, I hope this Earl will tell him that everything is just his imagination.
It's just that Count Rostovtsev's brown eyes seemed to be covered with a veil, or shrouded in boundless fog. He couldn't see anything clearly. On the contrary, the more he looked at it, the more confused he became, and the more he looked at him, the more frightened he became!
Nikolai Milyutin licked his lips and asked without confidence: "Empress Elizabeth Alexeyevna must have died of natural causes back then..."
Count Rostovtsev replied calmly: "It was a natural death..."
This answer made Nikolai Milyutin very speechless, because it was not an affirmative sentence at all. Although it looked like an answer, when read carefully, it looked like a negative or a rhetorical question.
But before he could ask the question carefully, Count Rostovtsev suddenly added: "The death was indeed sudden. I remember that he died as soon as he arrived in Tula before he could even return to St. Petersburg... What a poor woman!"
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These words made Nikolai Milyutin feel even more uncomfortable. He felt more and more that someone was telling something. Finally he couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Are you implying that the Queen's death back then is questionable?"
Count Rostovtsev seemed to be taken aback and said in surprise: "Why do you ask that? Do you think there is something wrong with the Queen's death?"
Looking at the startled Count Rostovtsev, Nikolai Milyutin was so angry that he wanted to slap him in the face with a brick. It was obviously you who led me to think in this direction, why did you frame me!
Nikolai Milyutin was about to defend himself, but Count Rostovtsev suddenly said: "But as you said, the Queen's death was indeed too sudden. It is normal for the world to have doubts. Besides, the Queen Mother's behavior back then was
It's strange...but these are just rumors and cannot be believed..."
Nikolay Milyutin was speechless. You have said all the good things all by yourself. What should I believe? Or just treat you as nonsense and ignore it. What does it matter if you say these things now?
What’s the meaning?
But Nikolai Milyutin didn't want to say it, but Count Rostovtsev wanted to say: "However, there were indeed a lot of rumors back then. Most people were not very interested in His Majesty, and they generally hoped that Grand Duke Constantine would become the Tsar.
...By the way, it seems that the relationship between Grand Duke Constantine and the Empress Dowager is not very good? It seems that the Empress Dowager dislikes that Polish woman very much?"
Nikolai Milyutin's cheeks began to twitch, because he discovered that Count Rostovtsev did it on purpose. What he said with his mouth was unbelievable, but his heart was extremely gossipy. Are you deliberately asking questions?
The Empress Dowager is attracting attention, right? Even the shocking news that the Empress Dowager does not like Grand Duke Constantine has been revealed. Are you confirming the previous rumors?
However, Nikolai Milyutin really can't say that Count Rostovtsev is talking nonsense, because it is well known that the Empress Dowager does not like Grand Duke Constantine's Polish wife, and the reason why the Grand Duke has been hiding in Warsaw
Their unwillingness to come back was largely due to the royal family's rejection of the couple.
Thinking about what happened to the son of Grand Duke Constantine later, it is difficult not to suspect that the Empress Dowager and Nicholas I conspired to usurp the throne in order to prevent the blood of the Romanov family from being contaminated by Polish blood. This blood-only theory
There is a huge market within the Romanov family, and considering the Romanov family's long-standing custom of German marriage, it is very possible to prevent the penetration of Polish blood.
It's just that Nikolai Milyutin is not very interested in this. Even if it can be proved that the empress dowager played a disgraceful role, so what. Now that the empress dowager has long since passed away, Nicholas I's status is as stable as a mountain. In Russia, almost
No one will miss the Grand Duke Constantine anymore, he has even been forgotten.
Is it possible that we still need to correct the chaos and let the Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich come back as the Tsar? I guess no fool would be willing to do such a thankless thing now. Is it possible that Count Rostovtsev is hiding something?
anti-Nicolaitans?
As soon as this idea came up, Nikolai Milyutin couldn't stop. After all, Count Rostovtsev also participated in the Decembrist uprising. Maybe there is such a possibility! What if?