Russian Empire, Volgograd, Governor's Mansion.
While Grand Duke Michael's men were carrying out the operation to blow up Nicholas II, he locked himself in his study.
Even though he had allowed the entire plan. However, he still felt a little guilty.
Even though Nicholas II did not have much brotherhood with him. However, in this spacetime, they were still blood brothers.
Now, for the sake of the throne, he had no choice but to kill his own flesh and blood.
However, Grand Duke Michael quickly convinced himself that he was not only doing this for himself, but also for the sake of the Russian Empire and its people.
"If I don't get rid of Nicholas II now, his ending will be even more tragic. Rather than being wiped out by the Bu faction and watching the empire collapse twenty years later, it would be better to meet God now. This way, the entire empire could still be protected!”Grand Duke Michael secretly used this reason to convince himself.
"Your Excellency, General Vasily is here!”Secretary Yakov reported.
Grand Duke Michael knew that the plan had already come to an end.
"Let him in!" Grand Duke Michael ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Yakov replied.
Soon, Major General Vasily walked in. Although he was still expressionless as usual. However, Grand Duke Michael saw a hint of joy in his eyes.
Grand Duke Michael had already guessed that the plan had succeeded.
"Your Excellency, the plan has succeeded. Our people have confirmed that the Tsar couple were killed on the spot.”Major General Vasily reported.
After hearing this, Grand Duke Michael suddenly looked relieved.
He did not regret killing Nicholas II, nor did he feel sad about it.
One had to know that in the eastern world, for the sake of the throne, killing each other was a common occurrence in the past dynasties. Even the western world was the same.
Since Nicholas II had already been killed by the explosion. Then, his follow-up plan could naturally continue.
"Are you sure that everything is done cleanly and that there won't be any evidence left behind to point at us?”Grand Duke Michael asked.
"Of course, Your Grace. The assassin is a terminally ill person that we specially found for him. We have already promised to take good care of his family. Everything he did was voluntary. His family did not know about this either. In addition, we also left a pamphlet of the Bolsheviks on him. Everything will point to the Bu Party." Major General Vasily continued.
Placing the blame on the Bolsheviks, using this opportunity to hunt down the Bolsheviks throughout the Russian Empire and completely destroy them was also an important plan of Grand Duke Michael.
Grand Duke Michael knew that if the Bolsheviks were allowed to develop like this, the foundation of the Russian Empire would soon be shaken.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to kill Nicholas II and shift the blame to the Bolsheviks would undoubtedly kill two birds with one stone.
"Your Excellency, our intelligence personnel will secretly inform the various tabloids in the empire tonight to let them know that His Majesty the Tsar was killed by the Bolsheviks. Tomorrow morning, the newspapers under our control will also follow up with the report. Soon, all the newspapers in the empire would report it. All the citizens of the Imperium would know that this assassination was done by the Bolsheviks!”Major General Vasily said.
As the saying went,'the mouths of the masses are like gold.' Through the reports of the various newspapers in the Russian Empire, most of the people of the Russian Empire would believe that their beloved Tsar was killed by the Bolsheviks.
Then, it could be foreseen that the support of the Bolsheviks among the people of the Russian Empire would fall to the freezing point.
At that time, when Grand Duke Michael went to capture the Bolsheviks in the entire Russian Empire, he would not encounter any resistance, and everything would go smoothly.
In this way, he would be able to achieve his goal of inheriting the throne. At the same time, he would be able to deal a heavy blow to the Bolsheviks and consolidate his rule. It was simply killing two birds with one stone!
"Very good, then we'll see what the cabinet ministers in Petersburg do next!”A smile appeared on Grand Duke Michael's face.
According to the law of succession of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II was the first heir to the throne when Tsar Alexander III was in power, and Grand Duke Michael was the second heir to the throne.
After the death of Alexander III, Nicholas II succeeded the throne. And Grand Duke Michael had also risen to become the first in line to inherit the throne.
However, there was a prerequisite.
Since Nicholas II had no children, Grand Duke Michael was naturally the first in line to inherit the throne.
Once Nicholas II's son was born, then Grand Duke Michael's right to inherit the throne would drop.
The current Tsar Nicholas II only had one daughter, the half-year-old Archduchess Olga Nikolaevna. Nicholas II didn't even have time to change the law of succession before he was killed.
Then, according to the laws of the Russian Empire, Grand Duke Michael was naturally the first in line to the throne.
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