He Fooled the World to Create a Masterpiece 🪄

This magician built a strong brick wall in the middle of the stage. He claimed he could walk through the wall using his mind. As his partner closed the curtain, the man appeared on the other side. Moments later, the audience went wild. No one could believe what they saw. Everyone demanded that he do the magic again. He had rehearsed it only once. He couldn't back out now, so Houdini gritted his teeth and prepared to try again. When the curtain closed again, he gave a signal. His partner activated a special mechanism, and a small secret door in the floor quietly opened. This was the real secret. Houdini crawled from under the floor. Despite his appearance, he composed himself. He stood in front of his wife, Bess, turned around and showed her he was fine. Then he fixed his clothes. Ignoring her concern, he struck a mysterious pose and returned to the audience. This time, the applause was louder. The entire backstage team was proud of him. Houdini knew magic wasn't real, but if it made people happy, it was worth doing. Houdini's fame grew until even the Russian royal family invited him to perform at the Kremlin. At the start, Houdini announced that he could grant any wish. He asked the royals to write their wishes on pieces of paper. To make it believable, he asked the princess to randomly pick one. Houdini said that whatever wish it contained, he would make it come true. When Houdini opened it, he suddenly realized he didn't know a word of Russian. The room burst into laughter, but Houdini didn't panic. He asked the queen to help him translate the paper. The queen looked at it and said the wish was impossible. It said the Kremlin bell had to ring again. The bell hadn't rung for centuries. The rope that rang it had long rotted away, and the stairs leading to the bell tower had become ruins. But Houdini wasn't worried. He opened a window and looked toward the bell. Then he took out a handkerchief and placed white silk cloth inside it. The next moment, a rope suddenly appeared inside the handkerchief. The audience erupted in applause, but Houdini didn't want to reveal this trick. He called the princess to the stage and asked her to pull the rope. When she pulled it, the bell's powerful sound, silent for centuries, echoed throughout the Kremlin. Every royal in the room was stunned. Some even fell to their knees, believing Houdini had performed a miracle. Magic is only an illusion. The real secret behind the bell was revealed when Houdini received the paper. The wish papers had been switched beforehand. What was the magician's wife's name?