Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he promise him?

Why did the bearded man become an enemy of the Tsar? What did the man swear and resolve to do? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he

Why did the bearded man become an enemy of the Tsar? What did the man swear and resolve to do? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he promise him?

The bearded man turned an enemy of the Tsar because the Tsar had executed his brother and confiscated his property.

The man pledged to avenge his brother’s death and resolved to kill the Tsar. When he was informed that the Tsar had gone alone to meet the wise hermit he ambushed in the woods to attack and kill the Tsar on his way back.

The bearded man was happy to confess before the Tsar that he had arrived there with an intention to attack and kill the Tsar for avenging the death of his brother and his property-confiscation. But the bearded man apologized for harbouring such thoughts out of a sense of remorse because the Tsar had saved his life when he was seriously wounded by his  bodyguard. 

He had received a large wound in his stomach that was bleeding profusely. Running out of the woods he fell unconscious before the Tsar who himself nursed him by washing and bandaging his wound carefully and sheltering him into the hermit’s hut for a night after giving him fresh water. His life was saved by the Tsar whom he considered to be his greatest enemy, and repentance filled his mind in place of anger and hatred. Undergoing a sea change the bearded man promised to serve the Tsar as a slave as long as he lived and so would his successors.