So I'm guessing the consensus is that there's no way for Rasputin to use such a situation to his advantage?
If I dare ask, how? He just impregnated the Tsarina with a bastard child (barring the fact that a consensual sexual relationship would have been implausible). No amount of 'Jesus made me do it' arguments is going to convince Nick to let that slide. The shame demands a head rolling, and Yussupov and his buds would be holding a huge party at his execution.
