On the bed, Peter opened his eyes. The morning light was moving, and what was even more moving was the look of Vorontsova sleeping soundly.
Quietly, softly, like a breath of fresh air, when Vorontsova opened her eyes, she saw Peter and couldn't help but blush.
Then he seemed to realize the time and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Oops, Adelaide..."
Peter was slightly startled, and when he saw Vorontsova jumping up and running around in a hurry, he suddenly realized that it was probably Izuku's fault.
The other maids and guards in the dormitory were in the outer hall without him, and no one dared to come in, so it was okay for Vorontsova to whisper Adelaide's name just now.
Peter glanced towards the unlocked secret room, not paying much attention.
Last night, he entertained the princess with good wine and meat in the secret room. He thought that Adelaide would understand and would not take this opportunity to escape.
And she couldn't escape.
Vorontsova just straightened her chest and then walked there.
When the secret room door opened, Peter saw Adelaide lying on the ground sleeping soundly next to the door.
In this posture, with a vodka bottle in one hand and a pig and rabbit platter in the other, the roasted meat on it had been scattered on the floor. Peter felt that Adelaide was really heartless.
Then he lay down on the bed again, opened the quilt and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh, why did he fall asleep too.
Vorontsova grabbed Adelaide's two feet and dragged her back into the secret room. Then Adelaide's murmur and rustling sounds came from inside.
After another moment, Vorontsova came out, and Adelaide also peeked out of the secret room. She happened to make eye contact with Peter. In Adelaide's angry eyes, the door of the secret room was closed.
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Then Vorontsova washed her hands, called the maids outside, and together they began to serve Peter.
Vorontsova said while doing the final finishing touches for Peter:
"Your Highness, today is a great day for you to become godfather."
Peter nodded indifferently, looked at the maids guarding the outer hall, and asked:
"Has Ivanovich been here?"
The palace maid saluted and said:
"Your Highness, I've been here before. I heard that His Highness was still resting, so I didn't bother him. He left this for His Highness."
As she spoke, the maid held a book in her hands, which was a Bible.
Peter flipped through it and found nothing out of the ordinary. He gave the Bible to Vorontsova and let her hold it, but he was thinking about Ekaterina Vorontsova.
According to normal history, Ekaterina Vorontsova's mother, Countess Roman, only had a lifespan of two years. His original plan was to use a magic stick during this baptism, make prophecies, and cast a veil on himself.
A layer of mysterious halo, thereby shortening the distance between you and the Orthodox Church.
Although the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church was repeatedly weakened under Peter the Great's reforms, for him, the power of monasteries and churches in various places was still very considerable.
In the hearts of Russians, Orthodoxy is their faith and irreplaceable!
In Europe, too many wars have occurred because of religious reasons.
The Crusades were launched eight times. Although the basic purpose was to recapture the Holy Land, Jerusalem, people from different classes had different purposes for participating in the war.
The ruling class aims to regain territory and re-rule the region.
For those soldiers, their purpose in participating in the war was to atone for their sins so that they could go to heaven after death.
For the Pope said to them:
"If you don't have the money to buy indulgences, then join the army, take back our holy places, and destroy those non-Christians. In this way, God will forgive us our mistakes."
The power of religion is so powerful that Peter was envious.
As the empress's aunt, she often went to the church to pray when she was young. After entering a devout state, she would kneel for several hours. At that time, her aunt was a grand duke. A glimpse of the whole situation revealed the influence of Orthodox Christianity in Russia.
Moreover, the current Patriarch Adrian is very old. He survived Peter the Great, Empress Anna, and the Regent Duchess of Mecklenburg. Can he survive himself?
For me, who has a constitution of 20, that is impossible!
Peter thought of Peter's uncle, Adolf Frederick.
Because Peter became the heir to the Russian Empire and was forced by Elizabeth to give up the Swedish throne, Adolf Frederick became both the Lutheran bishop of Eutin and the King of Sweden. Why couldn't he?
In Russia, he is both the crown prince and the patriarch, which is not bad.
If he becomes the Patriarch, he will have unimaginable conveniences in many places in implementing his own policies after ascending to the throne.
Those who believe in him will be rich forever!
"Let's go."
Although it was still early and his baptism was in the afternoon, Peter was still planning to go to Holy Trinity Cathedral first.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
When it was approaching noon, Elizabeth asked someone to call Peter when she set out. She was surprised to learn that Peter had already set off, and then rushed to the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Under the leadership of the Queen, palace dignitaries and nobles quickly gathered here.
When they heard that Peter was praying in a side hall and had been praying for more than an hour, they all looked strange and suspected that they had heard wrongly.
Can Peter pray?
Adrian, the Patriarch of All Russia, stared, suspecting that Peter was doing some kind of sabotage.
He showed no sign of aging at all, and quickly rushed to where Peter was with his staff in hand.
Elizabeth hurriedly followed.
As the Queen left, the palace ministers also followed her.
When everyone walked in and saw Peter really praying seriously, they couldn't help but be stunned.
Adrian looked Peter up and down, trying to figure out what evil he was trying to do, but he found nothing.
On the contrary, Peter looked solemn and looked like a pure Orthodox Christian, which made Adrian suspect that his eyes were dim.
"Is this still Peter?"
He couldn't help but be surprised and doubtful.
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The easiest way to distinguish between Catholicism, Christianity, and Orthodox Christianity is to look at the statue of God and see who is in the c position.
Catholicism is God, Christianity is Jesus, and Orthodox Christianity is Mary.
Peter looked at the Virgin Mary in the mural and murmured in his heart:
"Virgin Mary, please give me strength... Oh no, please give me the position of Patriarch. I will lead Russia to strength! Believe me, I am right! I love you~"
At this moment, Peter's expression was sacred and solemn.
Elizabeth looked at Peter's back at this time and was very pleased.
Peter was so thin when he first came to Russia, and she was often worried that Peter would never wake up. At that time, Peter had no sense of belonging to Russia at all, and everything he did and said was German, and she was worried about it.
She launched a coup to overthrow the ruler who was surrounded by German blood. Will the future empire still be controlled by Germans?
But at this moment, all these worries disappeared.