Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 133 033 Young people do not respect martial ethics and dare to launch sneak attacks

After Louisa returned to the Winter Palace, she felt even more lonely.

Both Alexandra and Elena arranged to live in separate palaces, and Alexander did not come back often. After Maria went to the greenhouse in Pavlovsk, she fell ill with fever when she came back, and a doctor was being arranged for treatment.

There is only one Ekaterina left, and she has not been very excited recently. It seems that after the young Prince Mikhail went to Paris, she lost her mind and was in a trance, which made the queen very anxious.

"When will Mishka come back?"

The main reason is that there are too many people calling this name. If you call him in the palace, many soldiers will respond.

She put her sleeping daughter in the cradle and went to the reception room. There were no attendants here at this time.

Louisa felt very bored. She spread a map on her lap and started to find a lot of islands.

"Places like Newfoundland and Greenland are covered in ice and snow, and there may also be some islands down there."

After watching for a while, she felt a little tired, so she kicked off her shoes and wanted to sleep on the sofa.

However, it was not easy to sleep peacefully. The sound of leather boots hitting the ground was getting closer and closer. At first, she thought it was Alexander coming back, so she got up and opened the door herself.

"Your Highness, I am on patrol at night. It is already this time and you are not sleeping yet."

It was Lieutenant Marin, the adjutant of the Guards, who came through the corridor with two Guards soldiers.

After moving back to the Winter Palace, the guards were removed from her door, but guards were posted at several key intersections and corridors, making it still very safe.

The main reason is that the changing of the guard at the door will disturb the fragile Crown Princess and little Maria's rest, which is different from the arrangement at the summer palace. What's more, many of the surrounding rooms are already vacant.

"Mr. Marin, go and continue patrolling. I just can't sleep."

"Your Highness, it's better not to walk around the palace at night. Although it is heavily guarded here, it is not safe."

"Who said this?"

"Major Solovyov, the commander of the first battalion, is always cautious. It was he who protected your highness at the Peterhof Palace in the summer."

"I know he's young and smart."

"Yes, I am five years older than him, and I am only a lieutenant. He is favored by the emperor."

Louisa was also a cautious person and did not inquire more about Solovyov's situation. Moreover, she always took care of the children by herself at night, and rarely called the maids and nannies over. That is, Zagryazhskaya was staying here, but the little girl was asleep now, lying on the cradle in only her pajamas. The other side.

It was a thank you to Louisa. In fact, the little girls sent here had to ask her to take care of these "little sisters" while taking care of her daughter. If they were here at night, they might not have a nanny to help.

In order not to disturb the sleep of the older and younger children, she took off her mules, but it was a little cold when she stepped on the floor. If she walked to the reading room like this, her feet would be very cold.

Louisa walked on tiptoes and quietly entered her reading room. She lit the candle herself so that at night, she could see it clearly even with the lampshade.

She had no clue now, so she opened a hardcover novel by herself.

After opening the book, I saw the exquisite paintings inside, which were like Persian paintings depicting war scenes.

"This is the story of the battle between General 'Ruble' and the three brothers. The painting is really good."

She may have pretended to be Solovyov in her heart more than the Guards Major pretended to be her. After all, her world was very simple and so lonely. If she couldn't sleep late at night, she would have more time to think wildly. But what came to her mind was the scene of Solovyov writing furiously.

"Mr. Major, it would be great if you could finish the book quickly. I want to read it."

Louisa has never learned Chinese, nor has the Russian royal family. She also has a set of thread-bound books here, which have never been translated. She only heard Maria tell some stories in them when she came to visit, and it was Solo. Vjov told her.

Her eyes fell on the set of thread-bound books, which were carefully placed in the wooden box.

"What's the full story?"

She was already tired now and fell asleep in the recliner where she usually read.

At this time, Solovyov was indeed on duty at night. Unlike other officers, he was still very young after all, and he was very familiar with his own business in Russia, which was placed in Moscow 180 years later. , is also a rare species.

"Seryozha, how was your inspection going?"

"Mr. Major, everything is fine. It's just that Her Highness Elizabeth has not rested and is in the reception room."

"Okay, you should go and have some rest. Tomorrow is your day off."

Solovyov is still on night duty. He will also have a rest tomorrow, but he will be able to sleep for a while in the second half of the night. Tomorrow, the editor of the "Petersburg News" will also talk to him about the publication of the second volume.

Who allowed him to complete a large amount of translation work during his break, and added the version for Generalissimo Suvorov to listen to on his sickbed. Now "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been translated to a place where it is not easy for readers to accept it.

Regardless of whether they are positive characters or designated villains, a large number of these people will exit in a short period of time, which has also attracted the attention of editors.

The next morning, Solovyov still met with the editor to discuss the issue.

"After all, I am not the original author. This is a popular version that has been popular in China four hundred years ago. The stories in it are also from Chinese historical stories. The content may be somewhat different, but in the historical context , overall it’s not wrong.”

"I can understand your thoughts, but did it collapse too quickly?"

"If I put you 12 years ago, I'm afraid you wouldn't believe that the situation in Europe would change so quickly. The manuscripts I submitted, all the way to 'Baidicheng Tuogu', if there are no other opinions, I still hope You publish according to this content.”

"Can't we really make some changes?"

"If you understand Chinese, monsieur, you will think that if the people who renew the book are not consistent in their thoughts, I am afraid that there will be a situation where the dog's tail is followed by the mink's?"

“A dog’s tail on the back of a mink?”

"Yes, this is a Chinese idiom story, which means that the continued literary work is not as good as the original one. If you are interested, I can also collect some Chinese idioms and make a dictionary."

As long as you don't make a joke about "getting from Long to Shu", Chinese culture can easily cause misunderstandings for Russians.

At the same time, when Chinese people go abroad, it is easy for them to not understand other people’s culture.

As time enters October, the weather gradually turns cooler. Unlike in Peterhof or Gatchina, social activities gradually begin in the Winter Palace. Even in the era of Tsar Paul, receptions were not reduced. How many.

The Tsar himself might devote himself to official duties, and this kind of reception was where the Crown Prince Alexander showed his talents.

The reception will also be held at the Winter Palace, but strangely, Queen Maria, Crown Princess Elisabeth, and Archduchess Maria are all absent, which has also aroused various speculations.

In Russia, there are two types of fabricated rumors. One is the kind that is sensational and eye-catching, and the other is the kind that has a nose and eyes, and actually has a very smooth logical chain.

This kind of atmosphere can't help but make people start to worry. Grand Duke Constantine has always been in the legion and is not here.

For Count von Palen, it was an easier piece of evidence to spread their rumors. For example, the Russian royal family members did not attend due to physical discomfort, and the female relatives were under house arrest. Such lies.

Alexander was not satisfied with this and called the officer in charge of the Guards.

Lieutenant Saveliev of his own Guards regiment, and Captain Baron Rosen of the Prussian regiment.

"Your Highness, this rumor is nonsense. We all know that your Highnesses in the palace may not necessarily attend such social events every time."

Of course, it doesn't matter what these two people have to say. Alexander is also an elusive person, and it is difficult for others to figure out what he wants to do.

"I think that's it, just do what you should do!"

In fact, it was very simple to break the rumor. He ignored Louisa, took his wife out of the palace, and dressed her up with jewels, which would solve the problem in terms of face.

However, with his recent attitude of neglecting his wife, it is difficult to modify this aspect.

It's not surprising that everyone else was indeed sick at the time.

Then, after he said this to his adjutants, he did not return to his palace. He didn't really care what happened to Louisa there, but he thought it might be a kind of "compensation", that is, Louisa and he would really go their separate ways in the future. As long as she didn't give birth to a boy, she would still Within his "tolerance" range.

This kind of thinking is no wonder there is no fire in the backyard. Some meddlesome officers in the Guards have already performed it once before, resulting in more than 20 people being sent to serve in the Caucasus and Odessa.

He was very reassured by the officer in charge of security at the time. After all, he was able to pursue the intruder from the palace to the entrance of the Garden of England and kill the intruder. This was enough to prove his loyalty to his duty.

But there are also some small problems here.

It’s just that no one outside knows what happened to Solovyov and Louisa earlier in the England Park.

And in the palace, Queen Maria also allowed Paul to have a few women around him. Palace life was probably like this. If you want to keep things going, you have to make arrangements.

The night duty was rotated among several battalions of the general regiment every week. When Solovyov came to the area where the crown prince's palace was, he usually patrolled the sentry by himself, and arranged the rotation of sentry posts at a scheduled time. They are all very particular to prevent someone from taking advantage of the changing of the guard to break in.

After he came up, he saw Louisa again at the door of the palace, where she was in a daze.

"Your Highness, why are you here again today?"

"Oh, sorry, it's Mr. Major. Are you on patrol yourself tonight?"

"I am on duty tonight. Our regiment leader went to Count Zubov's residence to attend a reception. I can only shoulder the responsibility of patrolling and guarding."

"You are still so diligent and..."

Everyone in the palace knew that the Crown Princess was not in good health. It would be troublesome if she really fainted.

And this time, it looked like she hadn't rested well for many days in a row. She was very tired and was about to fall to the ground. Solovyov was very close to her when he spoke, so he hugged her and called the maid over.

"Hurry up and bring the smelling salts!"

Although Zagryazhskaya was clumsy and often unreliable, and sometimes she dozed off earlier than anyone else in the palace, she hurried out when she heard someone calling her softly, and took out the smelling salts from the "first aid kit" in the palace.

"Major, what if the smelling salts don't work?"

"First check if she is breathing, and then pinch the two knuckles on her hands, under her nose, and above her lips!"

The princess probably didn't know that she would be patrolling tonight. This kind of thing was usually done by the adjutants and company commanders.

He picked up Louisa and walked to the front of the recliner in two steps, asking Natalia to put the smelling salts close to her nostrils.

After feeling the pulse, Solovyov could confirm one thing, that the prince's body was really delicate, and the pulse was weak, but relatively stable.

Today, the maids and servants were around, and he asked about it and found out that he didn't rest well at night, didn't eat much, and seemed very anxious.

Life in the palace is full of intrigue all day long. Fortunately, the Russian cabinet and the prime minister of the empire did not step down or be fired, but the risk factor of the royal family is also very high.

When Louisa woke up, she saw that the little maids around her were all about to jump into her arms.

"Your Highness, you scared us to death!"

"Okay, don't cry."

Louisa's evaluation in the palace is two-sided. From Queen Maria's point of view, she should indeed be more proactive, so as to pull Alexander back, and some senior maids think so too.

However, the girls selected by the nobles who just entered the palace all regarded Louisa as a gentle and amiable elder sister.

But today, they had never seen anyone faint like this at home, and they were all scared.

The most outrageous thing was what Solovyov heard Natalia say: "What if you have a stroke?"

Well, it seems that except for Louisa's age, this disease is exclusive to the Tsar in the royal family, right?

But the girls took the opportunity to get close to Louisa, and now they have become light bulbs, which is quite funny.