"Your Majesty, what is so urgent?" Brauchitsch finally met Ekaterina.

"Someone told me that the army would take action today. I was afraid that you would make a mistake. That's why I ordered someone to pick you up. Now it seems that it was an intelligence error.

You have been delayed in the Winter Palace for so long!"

"Will the Ming army take action? This should be unlikely. Although the Ming army has increased its troops now, there are only 500,000 people on Russian soil.

The Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty also counted on us, Russia, to resist the huge coalition forces.

them……"

"I heard you haven't eaten yet?" Ekaterina suddenly interrupted Brauchitsch.

"Uh...! Yes, I haven't eaten yet." Brauchitsch was stunned and didn't understand why Ekaterina asked that.

"Then let's eat some together, I haven't eaten either.

I have been busy since morning!" Ekaterina never had to draft a lie.

She was indeed very busy this morning, but she was busy in bed with Rasputin.

Throughout the afternoon, Ekaterina stayed in the Winter Palace, looking out the window at Moscow in the distance, fearing that a cloud of black smoke would rise into the sky.

"Uh! Yes, Her Majesty the Queen." Brauchitsch was really hungry and hurriedly followed Ekaterina into the restaurant.

The restaurant was very large, but there were only two people eating, Brauchitsch and Ekaterina.

Brauchitsch was flattered. This was the first time he had eaten alone with Ekaterina.

Those young and handsome officers often get such opportunities.

Could it be that Her Majesty the Queen has other ideas...? Brauchitsch shook his head.

At this age, if I have the heart, I probably don’t have the strength.

"I heard someone said that your daughter Peggy is missing?" Ekaterina suddenly asked after cutting a piece of steak and before putting it into her mouth.

"Oh!" Brauchitsch quickly swallowed the steak in his mouth.

"It disappeared when I woke up this morning. I was thinking about how to find it before I came here.

I suspect someone has kidnapped her, and the kidnapper will send a letter asking for ransom." Speaking of Peggy, Brauchitsch couldn't even eat the delicious steak.

"Don't worry, Brauchitsch, Peggy is in the palace of the Ming Dynasty Marshal." Ekaterina looked at Brauchitsch with a smile.

"She...she is in the Ming Palace. What is she doing there?" Brauchitsch was startled.

It would be suicide to have anything to do with people from the Ming Dynasty at this time.

"I think Peggy has fallen in love with the son of Marshal Ming Dynasty. Today they showed up at Rasputin's casino together and even beat Rasputin."

"...!" Brauchitsch looked at Ekaterina and held back abruptly.

If Rasputin had not been Her Majesty's lover, he would have been cut into pieces and thrown into the Volga River.

"Brauchitsch, don't worry. I don't doubt your loyalty at all. This is just a little girl's choice.

I was also young and experienced girlhood, and I know how unrealistic the fantasies were back then." Ekaterina took a sip of wine as if nothing had happened and raised her glass to Brauchitsch.

"Oh!" Brauchitsch quickly picked up the wine glass and took a sip in panic.

Catherine's doing this represents favor.

This is very rare in Russia today!

Very big changes are about to occur, and it is very important to be consistent with Her Majesty the Queen at this time.

"I want you to go to Prussia and talk to Bismarck.

Agree on a feasible plan and we will launch it at the same time.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the Ming army, the frontline troops took the opportunity to let the coalition troops in to expel the Ming people."

"Your Majesty the Queen, I think...!"

"Brauchitsch, I know what you're thinking.

But what Ming Dynasty has done in these years, coupled with accurate intelligence, shows that.

Once the war is won, Ming Dynasty will attack us.

Li Xiao doesn't like a strong Russia, he will dismember us like he dismembered India.

Without a strong and unified Russia, who are we?

Who still cares about us?

Russia's strength is important, but our survival and status are even more important.

Russia is still Russia without us, but we are without Russia...!"

"Your Majesty, I understand. Tomorrow, uh... right now, I will leave for Prussia.

I will bring back the plan as soon as possible to ensure that our connection with the coalition forces is seamless."

"Well! This time you go with Duke Peter. He is worried about military matters, and you are mainly responsible for discussing post-war matters with the Prussians.

We can't drive away the Ming people, but the Prussians and French come again.

How did the Ming people say that?"

"The tiger will be driven out through the front door and the wolf will be admitted through the back door." As a great Mingtzu, Brauchitsch immediately thought of this famous saying.

"Yes, that's the sentence.

Russia belongs to us and no foreign forces are allowed to interfere.

You must let Frederick and Bismarck know that we will do anything to preserve what we have."

"yes!"

Brauchitsch understood that Catherine was unwilling to lose power no matter what.

But this can't be blamed on her. Any king who loses his power will die uglier than a pig.

The two of them were eating and talking, and they had been eating for a long time without realizing it.

Suddenly the phone in the restaurant rang, and the head guard rushed over to answer it.

"Your Majesty, the military police of the Ming Dynasty are gathering." The captain of the guard said urgently, covering the receiver.

"What?" The wine in Ekaterina's hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Glass shards flew far away, and bright red wine snaked on the ground.

"Assemble the army immediately and prepare to attack the Ming Dynasty. Pick up..., pick up Kutuzov." Yekaterina was a little incoherent.

Things had gone far beyond her expectation, and she didn't understand why Li Xiao would take action at this time.

Just now, Ekaterina thought Rasputin's information was a false alarm.

"Slow down!" Brauchitsch suddenly shouted.

"What are you going to do?" Ekaterina looked at Brauchitsch like a tigress.

"Your Majesty! I don't think Daming will take action at this time. This is probably a misunderstanding.

Mr. Guard Chief, are there any changes in the Ming army, or are only the Ming military police gathering?"

Before Ekaterina could speak, Brauchitsch asked first.

"The Ming Dynasty's army is the same as usual. There is nothing different. Only the military police are gathered." The captain of the guard answered honestly.

"That's right! Your Majesty, if there is a military operation, they should mobilize all the troops, not just the military police.

It seems to me that there should be some action within the Ming army.

Since you are staying at the Winter Palace, just mobilize troops to strengthen the defense of the Winter Palace.

This is Russia, not the Ming Empire. We are familiar with everything here, but the Ming people are not."

After hearing Brauchitsch's words, Catherine stopped panicking.

Brauchitsch was right, if he wanted to kill Ekaterina, he would have to use the army anyway.

After all, Ekaterina still had two Guards divisions on hand to protect her safety.

Although the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were brave and good at fighting, it was still a bit difficult for the military police armed with light weapons to fight against two Guards divisions.

"Order the Guards to be on high alert." Catherine walked to the window and issued a new order.

Moscow, with its bright lights in the dark, is far less beautiful than the cities of the Ming Dynasty.

But this is already one of the few cities in Europe with electricity!

You know, there are still 400 million people in Europe who rely on oil lamps for lighting.

Thinking about Western Europe, only big cities like London, Paris, and Berlin have electricity!

When will Moscow be as prosperous as the capital of the Ming Dynasty?

"Your Majesty! I'm going to the city to see what happened."

Brauchitsch took the initiative to stand up. Of course, he had selfish motives for doing so. After all, Peggy was still in the Grand Marshal's palace.
To be continued...