Struggle in Russia

Count Rostovtsev's attitude is obvious. He cannot give up the planned plan. To him, a human life is really nothing. As long as the purpose is correct, the process and means are not important at all.

In a sense, he is an unscrupulous person, and Li Xiao is not as unscrupulous as him, so naturally he has some words that are not speculative.

Li Xiao didn't continue to persuade him. He knew that it would be useless. It was a waste of time and saliva, and he was not such a conscientious person. He would not struggle if he couldn't do it even if he tried hard.

But there was always a thorn in Li Xiao's heart. He couldn't agree with Count Rostovtsev's actions. The count seemed more and more repulsive to him.

"Are you worried?" Victoria asked.

Li Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "Did you see it?"

Victoria nodded and said: "Your expression is too obvious. You didn't even glance at the stage from beginning to end. This is Rigoletto!"

Li Xiao thought to himself: Even if I don't have anything to worry about, I don't like to watch "Rigoletto". Opera is really loveless. If it were a concert, I might just be able to accept it.

"What happened? Did my father cause you trouble again?" Victoria asked with a wink.

Li Xiao immediately shook his head and said: "No, Your Excellency the Duke did not cause any trouble. As you know, there are few people in Finland, and there are even fewer decent ladies and ladies. With my people watching, Your Excellency the Duke will not cause any big trouble!"

Yes, Prince Vladimir cannot cause big troubles, but there are definitely small ones. As far as Li Xiao knew, the man didn't rest for a day after arriving in Helsinki, and almost got into a fight with someone in the bar.

Victoria looked at him apologetically: "I know you must be comforting me. I know him. He has never been a peaceful person. He always likes to make trouble for nothing. He doesn't like to cause trouble."

At this point, she paused and said affectionately: "So I am very grateful to you, thank you for helping me!"

Li Xiao was so embarrassed by her. To be honest, he really didn't feel that she was of much help. Even when Duke Vladimir was wanted in St. Petersburg, it was just a simple effort to remove that Duke. Thrown into jail.

In fact, if his little move was really discovered by Alexander II or Pobedonostsev, he would just go along and say that he did not know the identity of Duke Vladimir. Anyway, he will pick it clean for himself, and will not make great efforts to save the troublemaker.

"You're too polite. It's really just a little effort!" Li Xiao touched his nose and replied sheepishly.

Victoria replied seriously: "Maybe it's a piece of cake for you, but for me it's unimaginable. Without you, my father would have died. Thank you so much! Thank you!"

The more sincere Victoria was, the more embarrassed Li Xiao became, feeling as if her gratitude was in vain.

This feeling made him feel so guilty that he could only change the topic and asked: "What act is it now?"

Victoria shook her head and smiled: "Your technique of changing the topic is really rough. I know you are not interested in watching the theater, so why don't you talk about what's on your mind? What makes you so uneasy?"

Li Xiao sighed and wondered whether he should tell Victoria about the Ukraine matter. To be honest, it was very uncomfortable to have this matter in his heart, especially after he talked with Alexei. Although the latter expressed some concerns, overall, It's not something he takes too seriously, especially after knowing that Count Rostovtsev is willing to accept the necessary sacrifice after reform.

At the moment when he told the truth, Li Xiao understood what aristocratic thinking is and what aristocrats are naturally superior to others. Even Alexei has this attitude. What else can you say about him?

After thinking about it, he said to Victoria: "If something is related to the life and death of thousands of serfs and ordinary people, but I want to stop it but am unable to stop it, what do you think I should do?"

Now it was Victoria's turn to be in a daze. She didn't expect that someone's troubles were so serious and related to the lives and deaths of millions of people, which made her take a breath.

She asked nervously: "Are we going to fight again?"

Li Xiao was slightly startled. He didn't know why Victoria thought that there was going to be another war. But you have to say that her guess was completely wrong. It was slightly related, but you have to say that she was right but the general direction was completely wrong. .

Li Xiao sighed and said: "It's not a war, but the army may be sent out to quell the rebellion."

Victoria knew what counter-insurgency was, but she had not heard of any rebellion happening in the country. And if the rebellion was so big that it would involve the death of tens of millions of people, wouldn't the scale be a bit too alarming?

Li Xiao subconsciously looked around, but this was his box. Apart from him and Victoria, there were no extra people, and the people in the box next door were completely attracted by the plot and would not notice him at all.

“There was a serf uprising in Ukraine, and it was very large!”

Victoria blinked and asked in surprise: "But why didn't the newspaper say anything?"

Li Xiao suddenly smiled bitterly. Don't you know what kind of virtue Russian newspapers are? They always report good news but not bad news. When the Crimean War was at its most intense, they even boasted about the victory on the front line!

If they were to believe everything they said, the British, French and Turkish forces would have already lost their armor and been defeated, and even the Russian army might have reached Istanbul.

On such major news, Russian newspapers are not only slow to respond but also prone to lying. They really have no credibility.

"But I haven't heard anything like this in private?" Victoria still didn't believe it.

Li Xiao patiently explained: "The third department has blocked the news. For the time being, even His Majesty does not know all the news about Ukraine."

Victoria's eyes widened, she was stunned. In her mind, what news could Russia hide from the Tsar? Could it be that the third part had the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard? .

Li Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "That's not true, but someone guessed that His Majesty doesn't want to hear such disturbing news recently, so he just mentioned it briefly..."

Victoria can probably guess what it means to briefly mention it. Needless to say, it is to make a big deal smaller.

“So what exactly is going on in Ukraine?”

Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "It's chaos, the situation is very bad."

Victoria didn't know how chaotic the chaos was, but she knew that Li Xiao was not a person who was afraid of difficulties. Wasn't the situation still complicated when he helped her? He didn't just solve it when he had it at his fingertips.

But this time he was actually very worried about things in Ukraine, which showed how serious the problem was, and her heart suddenly started to rise: "Then what are you going to do?"