Struggle in Russia

Frederick I took the document suspiciously, flipped it through carefully, and found that it was a thick stack of bills. He was not unfamiliar with this kind of thing. He had seen too many such bills in recent times. Especially the name on the bill was familiar to him, it was Julianne.

"Where did you get this? Are you spying on me despicably?" Friedrich I was angry.

Alexey replied calmly: "We have no interest in you, at least after Prince William gave you a guarantee. But Miss Julianne is different. In addition, Your Highness, you'd better be careful. Look at these bills..."

Friedrich I was still very angry. He shook the bill and asked: "Look carefully, are you just planning to use this to blackmail me? I paid this money for a lovely lady? So what?" I’m single, not even engaged, and I can give anything to the woman I like!”

"Of course you can," Alexey responded calmly, "but then you can't marry Princess Louise, unless you are a bastard!"

Friedrich I was speechless, because although his tough statement just now was reasonable, he could indeed do it. But being able to do it doesn't mean there is no problem in doing so. If he really did this, William I would never marry Princess Louise to him. After all, the royal family wanted to lose face, at least publicly.

But this is not the point, because Alexei does not intend to use this to blackmail him. Although he has pointed this out just now, it is mainly used to tell Friedrich I-whatever you pull, you will beep again. Don't believe I really did this.

Seeing that Frederick I was speechless, Alexey felt that his goal had been achieved, so he continued to remind you: "I am not showing you these to blackmail you. Take a careful look at these bills to make sure you are familiar with them." Okay? Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Friedrich I lowered his head suspiciously and looked at the bills again. It took him a while to figure out the clues, because these bills were not money he spent on Julian. In fact, these huge expenditures were far beyond his financial ability, so Let's talk, if he paid all these bills, he would be bankrupt now!

"This is impossible! I never paid these money!" he exclaimed.

Alexey added at the right time: "Yes, I know you have not paid these money. Then the question is, given Miss Julian's family conditions and financial ability, do you think she can afford this money?"

This time Friedrich I stopped talking, because there was no way to defend Julianne, even he couldn't afford it, let alone a girl from an ordinary background could afford it.

After a while, he defended Julianne and said: "Maybe... maybe... maybe she suddenly got rich?"

"Suddenly getting rich?" Alexey smiled, "If there is such a good thing, you'd better tell me how to suddenly get rich, because I am short of money now! But do you believe this kind of nonsense?"

Friedrich I suddenly stopped talking. He couldn't even convince himself of such self-deception, so he naturally didn't believe it.

Suddenly his face turned blue and white, but he remained stubbornly silent. It could be seen that he still wanted to defend Julianne, and this required Alexei to continue to give him a heads-up.

"Stop beating around the bush, let's reveal the mystery!" Alexey said seriously, "Austria helped pay these bills because they were paid to bribe Miss Julian to serve them, totaling 285,000 Seven hundred, in addition, according to their latest deal, the Austrians will also pay a remuneration of up to five hundred thousand, and the first advance payment of one hundred thousand was sent to Miss Julianne’s residence yesterday.”

Friedrich I was stunned. He looked at the bill and then at Alexei. He wanted to say that these were all fake, fabricated, lies, and framed. But, reason told him that all this was true, because such lies were too easy to expose, and there was no need for the Russians to tell such weak-minded lies.

After a long time, he raised his head and asked: "What do you mean, you already have sufficient evidence?"

Alexey answered bluntly: "Yes, we arrested the Austrian spy leader Count Helenson. He is Miss Julian's online. He assigns Miss Julian specific tasks and pays her."

"Earl Helenson?"

Friedrich I had an impression of this person because he had visited this person with Julianne. At that time, Julianne said that Helenson was her friend. At that time, he also suspected that Julianne had an affair with Helenson and sent people to investigate. This person, but it was later found out that this person was an Austrian noble, but he came to Bucharest to do business. Since he didn't have much contact with Julian later, he didn't pay much attention to her.

But Alexey said that Helenson was an Austrian spy. In retrospect, the relationship between this guy and Julian was indeed a bit weird, but Frederick I did not completely believe it because he always felt that the Russians were despicable and could do anything. Come out and make up a story to slander Julianne and frame Austria. It is entirely possible under the current circumstances.

"Do you think Mr. Helenson has confessed?" he asked slowly.

"Yes, he confessed to all crimes, but..."

Following Alexei's deliberate pause, Frederick I quickly asked: "Just what?"

Judging from the look on Frederick I's face, he probably thought that Alexey had killed Helenson by killing him, and he felt that the Russians could do such a thing.

But Alexei's answer was beyond his expectation: "It's just that our actions are still a little late. Count Helenson has assigned Miss Julianne a new evil task, so I have to ask you to come Go to the appointment and discuss the solution to this problem together!”

Friedrich I was stunned. He thought that with Alexei's ability and the Russians' methods, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with an Austrian spy, right? What's more, even if Julianne has a relationship with him, as long as Julianne really threatens Russia's interests, the Russians will definitely not care about the feelings of his so-called crown prince.

So what do the Russians mean by this?

Alexey did not continue to sell out, and quickly gave an explanation: "If the Austrians' evil plan succeeds, I believe it will greatly damage the relationship between the Grand Duchy of Baden and Prussia and the relationship between Prussia and Russia, but in view of William The prince's expectations for you, we must take care of your feelings. Considering your feelings for Miss Julian, this makes me very embarrassed..."