"Your Majesty, here is your morning tea."
"Leave."
"Y... Yes, your majesty?."
"I said leave me alone."
"As you wish, your majesty."
When my maid left the room, I finally sighed and thought about my circumstances, which are very terrible. Today is the 8th of July, 1762, and the time is 9 PM, which means I have already arrested one of the co-conspirators of my wife, who helped her in plotting against me. If I were any powerful emperor, I would have sent my guards to my wife and had her executed, but no, I am not a powerful emperor because my wife has more power than me; at least that is what the historians think about her, and I totally agree. But now I am her enemy, and the situation is already here, so let's escape from this country now, but before it, I want to play with her, so let me write her a letter first.
"My dear wife, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova,
I am glad to know that you are preparing for a coup and I also agree with you after all this empire does not an emperor like me an incompetent emperor so I am escaping from this country and you are free to rule and if you think your person told me this then you are wrong and to prove you wrong I will tell you what will you do or are currently doing now so you will leave your palace and go to Ismailovsky Regiment, where you will deliever a speech asking the soldiers to protect you from your husband then you will go to the Semenovsky Barracks, where the clergy were waiting to ordain you as the sole occupant of the Russian throne and then you will begin your reign as Empress of Russia as Catherine II and you know I also accept it cause I do not want the throne since due to it my son died and my mistress was executed and from that moment onwards I tried everything in my powers to ruin this country but after sometime in my relationship with you I realised that you can control this country efficiently and also why should I hate these people since the only person to hate for this was that Elizabeth so I still acted as an incompetent ruler since I wanted the world to know that how bad her decision was that the person she choosed was going to ruin the country litterally now I am eloping with my lover so please do not try to find me since if I can create you then I can destroy you as well.
P.S. Give my love to our son, or maybe your and Saltykov's son, since I myself do not know who is the father of the child, but do not worry; I do not hold a grudge against you since we all have our circumstances.
Your loving husband, Karl Peter Ulrich."
After writing all this letter, I started to pack my stuff, like coins and my clothes, and after doing it, I called the previous maid in the room.
"Marie, come inside."
"Yes, your majesty, what are your orders?."
"Give this letter to the empress when she arrives here. Is it clear?."
"Yes, your majesty."
"Also take this ring as your award."
"Really, your majesty?."
"Yes, Marie."
I know why she is scared since the previous owner was very bad to his subordinates, but I am not that person.
"But I want something from you, Marie."
"Your majesty, should I start here, or do you want us to do it somewhere else?."
Oh right, this person was also a womanizer, but the problem is that he does not know how to seduce a person; he only knows how to use his power and money to get them.
"No, you are thinking wrongly. By that I meant that do you know any secret place from where someone can leave this palace? Since I am getting suffocated in here, I do not want any guards to see me leaving since I want to be alone."
"Actually, there is no way to do that, but I can help you with it, your majesty."
"Really, Marie?."
"Yes, your majesty, I can get you the armor of the knight, and by showing your ring to the palace guards, you can leave the palace by saying that you are going on an important mission of the mirror."
"The plan is good; get me that armor."
"Yes, your majesty."
I am betting right now that she is not a rebel too; after all, my personal maids were selected by the previous empress. That means my wife had no chance to interfere with the process, but there is still danger to it, yet I cannot do anything, so let me dress in a common outfit first, and let's wait for it.
"Your majesty, may I come in?."
"Yes, you can, Marie."
"Your majesty, here is the full body armor that you wanted."
"Had anyone seen you with it?."
"No, your majesty."
"Are you sure?."
"Yes, your majesty, I am sure, since the empress had ordered only having a thousand soldiers in the palace, and that too on the walls, and later she also reduced it to half, so no one can see me except the maids, who are mostly asleep right now, your majesty."
Well, what can I say? The previous owner was really an idiot. How can he not see these obvious signs?.
"Can you help me with the armor?."
"Yes, your majesty."
After putting the armor on my body, I felt the real pressure not from my wife but from the weight of this thing, but still I managed to balance myself and stood straight.
"Lead the way."
"Yes, your majesty."
I started following her, and after some time, when I was breathing heavily, I saw the gates of the palace, and my hopes reignited since I thought I would die due to the weight from the armor and not from the hands of Alexei Orlov.
"What is it, Marie?."
"The emperor had ordered me to bring this guard to you since he has an errand to run for his majesty."
"Why are you giving such respect to that idiot Marie?."
"Nothing particular I just heard that he captured one of the guards, and now I am scared of getting the same treatment."
"You do not have to worry about him and about the guard. He can go out, but does he have anything that will prove his return?."
"Yes, he has a ring given by his majesty."
"Very well, show me the ring."
I showed him a random ring, and after that he opened the gates of the palace while giving me a horse for travelling, and finally I saw the city of Oranienbaum with my own eyes, and after leaving the palace perimeters, I galloped on my horse and ran away from the place, and after riding the horse for twenty minutes, I saw the walls that surrounded the city, and I stopped myself since I know that the nearest city from here is St. Petersburg, but I do not know the directions, so I have to ask someone, but the pain is I cannot remove my armor since nearly every city guard has seen my face.