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Nikolaevich, Powell, and Swart hurriedly got up and went to the tsar's residence. At this time, many soldiers surrounded the tsar's residence. Nikolaevich was furious when he saw this scene, and called the officer on duty to reprimand him. : "What's going on? Why are you standing outside watching the excitement? Do you think you are ordinary people?"

The officer repeatedly admitted his mistake, and Nikolaevich cursed a few times, feeling that the anger in his heart had gone out, and then asked the officer: "How did the Tsar and Queen die?"

The officer hurriedly said: "Report to Commander Nikolaevich, judging from the body, the queen was beaten to death by the czar with a cane, and the czar himself hit a pillar to death."

Nikolaevich frowned, and said, "You said it was from the corpse? What do you mean?"

The officer said: "We were not at the scene when the incident happened. We can only investigate the situation through the dead body."

Nikolaevich nodded and asked, "Why did the Tsar kill the queen? Why did he commit suicide? Did you find out?"

The officer was embarrassed and said, "We don't know the reason."

At this moment, Powell came over and said, "Why is it unclear? If you ask someone present, you will understand everything? Didn't anyone see what happened at that time? Are there no maids and servants?"

The officer said: "Only Princess Ililovna is present, there are no maids or servants."

Powell frowned and said, "Then why don't you ask Princess Ililovna?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on the officer's face, and Nikolayevich snapped, "You're a soldier, what are you talking about? Say it!"

The officer said hastily: "Yes, yes, Commander, this subordinate is aware of his mistake. That's right. Princess Ililovna was greatly frightened. We didn't have the heart to ask."

Nikolaevich's eyes froze, and he said, "Where is Princess Ililovna? ​​Take me there."

The officer hastily led Nikolaevich, Powell, and Swart into the house, and into the hall, where there was a young girl curled up at the base of the pillar, it was Princess Ililovna, her legs were bent in front of her chest. , holding her knees tightly with her arms, her head firmly buried in her knees, her long blond hair fell down, covering her entire shoulders and arms, and under her blond hair, her delicate body was trembling non-stop.

The officer whispered, "She was like this when we came in, and she refused to answer when we called her, so we didn't ask her."

Nikolaevich said coldly: "What a bunch of idiots!"

After Nikolaevich finished speaking, he stepped up to Princess Ililovna, stretched out his big hand, grabbed the princess's long golden hair, and then with a sudden force, Princess Ililovna was shocked. Picking it up from the ground, Princess Ililovna let out a cry of pain and tightly covered her hair with her hands.

Nikolayevich asked viciously: "What's the matter with all this?"

Princess Ililovna raised her head, her big eyes glistening with tears, begged, "It hurts so much, please, let me go..."

Nikolaevich threw Princess Ililovna on the ground with a strong shake. Princess Ililovna lay on the ground, sobbing softly, and did not get up for a long time. Nikolaevich then asked : "Why did the tsar kill the queen? Why did he commit suicide? Did you see it? Tell me!"

When Princess Ililovna heard the question, she remembered the tragedy just now and burst into tears. Nikolaevich frowned and said angrily: "If you don't tell me, I will be rude to you. Alyosha, bring the tsar's whip for his servants."

Alyosha was the officer just now. Hearing this, he cautiously persuaded: "Master Commander, she is a princess after all, so it's not good to do this."

Nikolayevich said coldly: "What kind of princess is she? Tomorrow she will be on death row. Go quickly."

Alyosha didn't dare to say more, went out and ordered a soldier to bring over the whip that the Tsar used to flog his servants, and handed it to Nikolayevich, who held the whip in his hand, and When Powell and Swart saw this whip, they couldn't help shivering. They saw that this whip was completely different from ordinary whips, and it was full of barbs. Go down a piece of meat!

Nikolaevich spread out the whip, flicked it in the air, made a crisp sound of "pop", and scolded Princess Ililovna: "Ililovna, if you don't tell everything honestly, you will Let you taste it."

Princess Ililovna saw how her servants were beaten with this whip, and when she saw that Nikolaevich was going to beat her with this whip, she was frightened out of her wits and begged: "Don't beat me, I say, I will All say..."

Nikolaevich scolded angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

Princess Ililovna choked up and said: "Tonight, the royal father and the queen quarreled over a trivial matter. The arguing made the royal father hit the queen with a cane, and the queen was beaten twice. Suddenly, the royal father Beating the empress as if going crazy, the empress was soon... Seeing that the empress had been beaten to death, the emperor bumped himself into a pillar..."

Princess Ililovna couldn't speak any more and started to cry. Nikolaevich asked angrily, "Is it a trivial matter to kill people? Nonsense! What trivial matter can lead to murder?"

Princess Ililovna tried her best to suppress her crying, and said: "The queen mother complained that the emperor was unable to protect her and me. After only one complaint, the emperor waved his cane..."

Nikolayevich said angrily: "Is it that simple? I think there must be a big secret in it. What are you hiding? Tell me!"

After finishing speaking, Nikolaevich swung his whip again, which made Princess Ililovna tremble all over, and said in a mournful voice: "I didn't lie, I didn't hide anything, that's the truth of the matter."

At this time, Swart said from the side: "Commander Nikolaevich, I don't think she is lying. In this world, husbands are most afraid of their wives complaining about their incompetence, even the tsar is no exception."

Nikolayevich said suspiciously: "That wouldn't kill people, would it?"

At this time, Alyosha came over and said, "Report to Commander Nikolaevich. According to the czar's personal doctor, the czar's mental state has been bad and he needs to take a lot of psychotropic drugs every day, so it's normal to kill on impulse. .”

Nikolaevich nodded, handed the whip to Alyosha, and then pointed to Princess Ililovna and said, "She will be put on trial tomorrow. You should take good care of her tonight. If she commits suicide, I will definitely forgive her." Not you."

Major Alyosha nodded again and again, and Nikolaevich went outside, but just as he reached the door, he turned back and stood in front of Ililovna again.