Inside the palace.
“Your Majesty, yesterday dozens of luxurious carriages went to Bezukhov’s estate outside the city.” Konstantin, covered in wounds, stood before Ekaterina.
"Who were these people who went to Bezukhov's house?" Ekaterina quickly became alert. "What are these bastards up to?"
"Your Majesty, our people are investigating."
"Your people are too slow. By the time you've investigated, my crown as Tsar will have already been taken off," Catherine said angrily.
Her army of 700,000 was almost completely wiped out, and she had previously lost another 200,000 elite troops. Now, this young girl has less than 5,000 soldiers left.
Ekaterina panicked.
This little girl has never been so flustered as she is today.
"Strengthen the defenses of the palace."
"Quickly send someone to investigate and find out who went to that old fox Bezukhov's house for dinner last night."
"yes……"
"Your Majesty, I heard they also intend to win over Jiang Tian." Konstantin made this up entirely; he knew that Bezukhov and his men had a considerable number of serf soldiers under their command.
In just one manor outside the city, there were tens of thousands of serfs working there.
Once these serfs took up arms, although their fighting ability was not as good as that of the regular army, the enemy had a large number of people and a strong advantage.
The Bezukhov family is large in number and possesses considerable wealth.
It would not be difficult for them to arm an army of hundreds of thousands.
For such a person to seize power would be incredibly easy, requiring absolutely no effort.
Konstantin was worried that Bezukhov, that old fox, was trying to win over Jiang Tian.
If that's the case, they have absolutely no chance of winning.
Upon hearing this, Ekaterina immediately tensed up: "Is that really true?"
"Your Majesty, I have also heard about this matter. However, while we should not harbor malicious intentions, we must be wary of others. We must prepare in advance."
Otherwise, things would be too passive.
Catherine placed her right hand on her chest, and the little girl quickly made the sign of the cross: "Holy Mary, please help me."
Immediately afterwards, the little girl went straight to Jiang Tian's room.
…………
Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu were strolling in the back garden of the palace.
Just then, two palace guards walked over.
"Gentlemen, I see you two wandering around in the palace's back garden all day long. Don't you get bored?"
Li Yuanba nodded.
Xiang Yu: "It's not particularly boring; the scenery here is quite nice."
"I've heard that the people of your Great Xia Dynasty are all good drinkers. Would you be interested in coming over for a few drinks with us?"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu curled his lip and said, "Your wine is awful, not nearly as good as our Erguotou."
Upon hearing this, the palace guards immediately laughed: "That's because you didn't go to our bar to drink our high-concentration vodka."
Another palace guard said, "We have a drinking tradition here. When two people have a drinking contest, there are 50 cups in front of them. Whoever drinks until they pass out first loses."
"How big is the cup?" Li Yuanba asked, immediately intrigued.
“We have small cups and large cups,” the palace guard said, gesturing as he spoke.
"Of course, if we still haven't reached a conclusion after these 50 drinks, then we'll have another 100 drinks. There's one condition for our drinking: we can only drink and not eat any food."
Only then can we determine who has a higher alcohol tolerance.
"You may be good at fighting, but when it comes to drinking, we Russians have never been inferior to anyone."
The two of them were singing in unison.
Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba's fighting spirit was immediately ignited.
"Vodka? This is good enough."
A palace guard took down a water jug from his waist: "I don't know if this wine is good or not, but it's strong enough. I don't know if you can get used to it."
The palace guard handed over the wine pot as he spoke.
Li Yuanba was just about to drink.
Ling Yunzhi, who was standing nearby, quickly stopped them: "Generals, be careful, lest someone poison this tavern."
Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu quickly withdrew their hands.
A few days ago, Catherine almost poisoned Jiang Tian.
This matter is now known to everyone.
Upon hearing Ling Yunzhi's words, the two palace guards burst into laughter.
They unscrewed the lid of the kettle and took a big gulp.
After finishing the drink, he smacked his lips.
“You two are both great heroes. I know you should be wary of others, but there’s no need to be so cautious at all times.”
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me. If I get poisoned from drinking it, my brothers will tear down your palace."
Xiang Yu tilted his head back and took a big gulp.
Ling Yunzhi wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
Xiang Yu felt that the wine was extremely spicy when it entered his mouth, and that holding the wine felt like holding a burning stick, burning from his mouth all the way to his stomach.
"This wine isn't very good; it's just a little spicy."
Li Yuanba watched Xiang Yu smack his lips and then reached out his hand to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu threw the wine jug to Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba had already taken a big gulp.
"You two certainly have an enormous capacity for alcohol," the two palace guards said in unison, both giving a thumbs up. "If you two went to a bar, I reckon no one in all of St. Petersburg could rival you."
"If you two are interested, you can come with us to the bar tonight for a drink. Let those country bumpkins there see your incredible drinking capacity."
The more the two palace guards talked, the more excited Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba became.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's leave tonight."
"Xiang Yu, we should at least inform our lord," Li Yuanba hesitated for a moment.
"Where is the bar?" Xiang Yu asked.
"It's just 100 steps to the left of the palace gate, and you'll arrive as soon as you step out the gate."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu turned around and said to Ling Yunzhi, "Ling Yunzhi, tell our lord that we're going out for a drink."
After saying that, Xiang Yu took Li Yuanba's hand, and the two walked outside side by side.
Two palace guards quickly ran ahead to lead the way for them.
The two palace guards flattered Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba as they walked.
The two of them left Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba completely bewildered.
After leaving the palace, walk 100 steps to the left.
Sure enough, there was a big bar.
The group pushed open the door and entered.
The bar was filled with smoke.
Many people were smoking inside.
As soon as the two entered the bar, they could smell a pungent odor of alcohol.
Besides the pungent smell of alcohol and smoke, there was also the stench of everyone's sweat.
Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba couldn't help but frown.
At this moment, two palace guards clapped their hands: "Everyone, please be quiet. We have a distinguished guest at our bar today."
Let me introduce it to you.
This is Xiang Yu, the general of the Xia Dynasty.
This is General Li Yuanba of the Great Xia Dynasty.
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