Chapter Thirty-Three: The Dragoons Are Locked In The Chamber, Conspired By Louisa Lestock
Lestock said it once, and then said:
"The only way now is to ask you to meet Her Majesty the Queen and extend the King's greetings. You are a princess, and Adelaide is also a princess. It can be said that Adelaide is playing naughty, and the Queen cares for the king's sake.
Come on, I won’t say anything.”
Louisa's face looked uncertain, and then she said something:
"How likely is it that Adelaide will die?"
Lestock was shocked. Adelaide was Louis XV's favorite daughter, and her status in the king's heart was much higher than Louisa!
Looking at Lestock with a trembling face, Louisa said in an evil and bewitching tone:
"Counsellor, Adelaide is wearing the clothes you provided. If she betrays you, you can imagine your fate. You have already been exiled once, do you still want to be exiled?"
"But if Adelaide dies, we can continue to act according to the plan, which is nothing more than to secretly execute all the people who came with us when we return. By then I will become the Crown Princess. Peter has a timid personality and no one likes him.
Even the Queen looks down on him. After giving birth to a child, I will be the regent, and you will have much greater power than you do now!"
"Think about it, Lestock. Vorontsov, who was promoted by you, has now climbed over you and became the Minister of General Affairs. But what are you? A counselor! Don't be ridiculous. You still don't understand, Elizabeth.
Prefer Russian?"
Lestock's face turned blue and white.
As a palace adventurer, it is standard to travel around the palaces of various countries, carry out coups, cultivate relationships, and obtain your own interests.
He has no master to whom he is loyal, only his own interests.
Lestock quickly calculated the risks to be taken and the gains to be made.
Peter is sensitive and suspicious, and wants to be respected, which he cannot get from the queen and the nobles. When Louisa meets Peter, as long as she shows her mindless admiration for him, Peter will fall.
With Peter's careless character, the pigeon blood can easily pass the test, and the subsequent physical examination in the Orthodox Church can also be proved by Peter.
The princess of a country was fine when she came, but she was betrayed by Peter. The queen had to consider whether to choose Louisa as the crown princess, otherwise she would be at odds with France.
Prussia's expansion is impressive enough, and since Prussia is adjacent to Russia, the Queen must not want to see the Franco-Prussian Alliance.
And just as Louisa said, as long as she becomes the Crown Princess and gives birth to a child, that child will be the future emperor!
He is the court physician. If the Queen accidentally gets sick and dies, Louisa's ability should be able to catch Peter. By then Louisa will become the Queen Regent, and his power will be no less than that of Biron!
Thinking of the bloody storm Biron once caused in Moscow, Lestock couldn't help flashing a burning light.
And if it fails, the worst case scenario for Louisa is to be deported back to France, and his outcome is closely related to Adelaide's confession.
Being expelled, or exiled...
Thinking of Adelaide, Lestock couldn't help but feel a headache.
If he had known that something like this would happen, he would secretly have someone make a set of clothes.
Seemingly sensing Lestock's worries, Louisa said:
"Lestock, don't worry. With the love that the king has for Adelaide, she was able to sneak into the team and leave France smoothly. This means that no one in the palace knows her whereabouts, otherwise no one would dare to hide it for her. She
Once I die, even if I am not selected as the Crown Princess, I will still be the princess when I return, and you will still be the palace physician, and the most important point is..."
The two of them said the same thing:
"Princess Adelaide cannot give them away!"
Seeing that Lestock had made up her mind, Princess Louisa covered her face with a fan, revealing only her smiling eyes.
She is sure to make a profit from this business.
If she wins, she will be the Crown Princess and the future Queen Regent.
If you lose, the worst case scenario is that you will be deported back to France.
She has saved enough dowry for herself over the years. She can easily find a noble to marry without her father spending a penny.
Glancing at Princess Louisa, Lestock seemed to recognize the princess for the first time. He then said:
"Princess, I will put Princess Adelaide to sleep as soon as possible, but if Princess Adelaide has betrayed us, then everything should stop immediately, and you must show up to meet the Queen. It is still too late.
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"As you wish, Counselor."
Luisa shook her fan and chuckled, causing the powder to fly.
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Returning to the palace, leaving all the guards and maids outside, Peter locked Adelaide in a secret room.
His first impression of Adelaide was very deep. In order to avoid accidents, in addition to tying her up, he also hung her up.
The secret room was originally the place where Peter played hide-and-seek. He hid here when Ye Er launched a coup. At that time, Ye Er's people searched for a long time but could not find the secret room. There are only a few people who know about this secret room. Only Ivan,
and a somewhat crazy aunt.
Little Ivan is now imprisoned in the fortress, and the aunt has been vacationing and recuperating in the countryside, so it is safe to hide here.
Then Peter started thinking.
From the beginning of the relationship between the characters, three people were instantly identified.
Princess Adelaide, Princess Louisa, Lestock.
These three are all French. The French princess crossed the border but came here quietly. If Lestock hadn't played a role in it, he wouldn't have believed it at all.
Lestock was a criminal. During the period of Queen Anna, he was exiled for molesting the daughter of a court jester. He also had a criminal record after Yeka arrived. He poured poison into oranges three times to kill Yeka.
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It is easy to deduce the chain of logic from his purpose.
What is Lestock's purpose?
Choose a French princess to be the crown princess.
At the meeting to recommend candidates for the Crown Princess, he clearly expressed his views.
And what is Princess Louisa here for?
Candidate for the crown prince concubine.
Now it is obvious that the purpose of all this is to make Princess Louisa the Crown Princess!
But one thing that puzzled him was how Lestock was sure that Louisa would become the crown princess if she came early?
Both he and his aunt were attracted to Sophia Auguste.
Adelaide may know the reason for this, but he cannot interrogate it.
What to ask during interrogation?
Ask her sister Princess Louisa if she has any plans?
Doesn’t that mean that he knows that Adelaide is a French princess?
The interrogation of a French princess, considering Louis XV's love for this daughter, is almost as likely as murder.
Peter had already left the secret room. The space in the secret room was limited and silent. When Adelaide was left alone, she was hanging high and finally showed a trace of fear in this darkness.
"Hmm~ I'm a French official~~ Let go of Wo..."
"Hmm~~"
Peter called some guards and ordered them to bring Mirkovsky back.
Mirkovsky hurried back, thinking that His Highness was going to ask about the news, but he didn't know. He just listened to His Highness's instructions:
"You will be under strict guard these days. No one is allowed in or out except Vorontsova and I. Send someone you trust to find out who arranged the small palace maid outfit. Remember, ask in secret."
Mirkovsky didn't know why, but he still said:
"yes!"
Although he was ordered to find out who made the clothes on Adelaide's body, he already knew it in his mind, and this was not the focus of his attention.
He then ordered the maids to bring the portrait of the French Princess Louisa and read it.