Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Princess Charlotte of the United Kingdom is more lively.

Princess Charlotte of Prussia is quieter and more well-behaved in comparison. As for the Prussian Junkers, if they were to be trained, they would be a little hot pepper if they were to be stereotyped to have such a belligerent and strong-willed queen as their mother.

However, these people in Prussia obviously cannot be speculated by common sense.

Queen Louise looks sweeter in both real life and portraits, and has a pair of cherry cakes of considerable size, but her personality is like this, which forms a sharp contrast with her person.

However, the daughter she taught is consistent in appearance and in reality, and during the rehearsal, she weakly pulled the corner of Solovyov's clothes.

"Sir, you just played it wrong."

Then she pointed the violin bow at the score, pointing out that Solovyov had a problem with the tone.

"Your Highness, if that's the case."

This lovely little girl, I really want to take her back and arrange a marriage for her with the silly boy Nicholas. Moreover, Nicholas, who always thinks he is tall and strong and has the desire to protect others, will definitely like this kind of sickly posture.

Well, Solovyov has heard Nicholas say that there are many ladies to protect, from the Queen Mother to the Queen's sister-in-law, to sisters and nieces.

In general, Paul's chivalry is still more implemented. These sons must have one who is more like him.

And the score is wrong. Although Charlotte is playing the violin, there are always people who want to change it to a erhu or something.

In Petersburg's home, there are really such musical instruments, for example. The Kalmyks are also Mongolians, and they also have horse-head fiddles.

The reason for this is that Charlotte will feel tired after playing the violin for a while. Obviously, those with weak physical strength are not like a Dolores sister, at least from the stereotype.

Of course, there are exceptions. Among the six sisters of Baden, there is a sickly Louisa and a healthy but delicate Mary, neither of whom is the type of dragoon.

"Okay, Your Highness, you should sit down. If you are tired, I will get you a 'Recamier'."

Of course, Charlotte is so well-behaved, and William is so serious and old-fashioned, and he is not old enough to gossip, so they should not like to spread rumors like their mother.

As for "Recamier", it is a custom-made chaise longue that Mrs. Recamier likes best. She always lies on it to hold salons and entertain guests.

Princess Charlotte was placed on the chaise longue, and she obviously felt a lot more comfortable, but the education in the palace is always strict. Obviously, Queen Louise has a great influence on the children.

She tried to stand instead of sitting like this.

"Your Highness, this is in Jelgava, you can relax a little, and there is no need to be so restrained. You are here as a guest"

As for Maria, she didn't play the harp at this moment, and held Charlotte in her arms. She liked the eldest princess of Prussia very much, and such a white-skinned "rag doll" was indeed very pleasing.

"Malushenka." This name is more intimate than Masha and Mashenka.

When Soloviev said this, he was a little careless. William did not understand the rules of the Russians. He only heard from his mother that the young Duchess of Saxe-Weimar was the most obedient one in the palace of Petersburg, but she had the habit of bullying the guards officers with whom she had a good relationship.

In Queen Louise's words, it also meant that there were young officers bullied by Maria, and not just this one, but there were other victims.

But Soloviev's situation was different. Before Maria got married, his favorability with the Grand Duchess was very high. Such a guard officer who was able to be able to be able to be able, and who also understood music and touched her pain points, naturally had some admiration.

But in the royal family, it is indeed rare for girls to be able to choose their husbands freely. Probably only the aunt and stepmother of Archduke Karl was so free. Although the princesses of the British royal family can choose their own lovers, it is not enough for the king to agree. The parliament also has to make things difficult for them, which has led to the recent worsening of George III's madness.

He knew it was too late when he said it.

Maria knew he was calling her, and even felt a little happy in her heart. She didn't expect that "General Cat" would call her so intimately, but she couldn't show it in front of the two children.

Although their mother was a close friend of her and her second sister, she was very gossipy under her sweet appearance.

Fortunately, these were two children of the Prussian royal family, and they didn't know a lot of Russian rules, and Charlotte might not be able to figure it out when she married in the future - she was not very talented in languages, and she probably wouldn't be able to master Russian proficiently in her life.

In this regard, we have to give a thumbs up to the empress and the current queen Louisa. After all, one of them could communicate with her subjects in Russian by self-study and presided over the standardization of Russian, and the other had a good talent for languages ​​and could use Russian proficiently, even at the expert level, and could teach girls in a girls' school.

For a small problem like this in address, she probably couldn't understand it for a while.

Especially since these two people always speak in Russian, and only switch back to the language they can understand when talking to their two children.

As for the performance, William's flute was changed to suona, and his parents didn't know about it yet.

But it only took one day, and he had to go on stage the next day.

Such a quartet in the concert hall is indeed quite strange. In fact, only Charlotte used the violin, which is a more popular instrument of this era.

As for Maria, although this instrument appears frequently, it is usually used as a background instrument. The days when it was the main instrument in the classical era are long gone.

And Solovyov used the balalaika, and his image attracted the attention of the Queen of Prussia.

"A handsome general, isn't it, Frederick?"

"Yes, I also appointed an aide-de-camp to present him with the Order of the Red Eagle two days ago, and Brunswick's uncle seems to know him, and they are close friends regardless of age."

Queen Louise probably had some impression of him. When the "Black Duke" and Mary got married, this young officer in green uniform appeared, but it was just a fleeting figure, and the impression was not deep. However, this golden hair and green eyes

Of course, the queen had nothing to say about her husband's heartless and mentioned the old duke in a bland tone.

If only His Majesty could be tough when he should be, as he often makes people feel embarrassed as a king.

But then, their attention was drawn to their second son, holding a black instrument, but not a clarinet.

However, the queen herself often dressed up as a third-class woman and went out on the street. She still had some impression of this. After all, there were still some foreigners on the streets of Berlin, and she had seen street performers using this instrument.

"It is an instrument of Persians or Turks. Willy's flute playing level is indeed not good. He has a talent for music."

As a mother, she knows her sons best. William is more suitable to be a soldier. As for other aspects.

As for playing, the scene effect is even more outstanding. As soon as the sound of the suona comes out, the sound of the other three instruments is suppressed.

It's just that William's technical level is really

But the music played like this will inevitably make everyone present laugh.

But Queen Louise also thought that she couldn't let her son, who was waving a saber all day, pretend to be an artistic youth in the future. After all, there was only one king, and the other Prince Louis Ferdinand, who had some musical talent, had been stabbed to death by French cavalry with a saber.

However, this effect obviously made William feel that he was still cared for by people.

Especially his eldest brother, Crown Prince Frederick William, laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

But Solovyov, the initiator of this incident, didn't expect the result to be like this.

During the rehearsal, William's performance was not bad, but when he was on stage.

Think about many children learning to play the violin, the final effect is like a saw. William's is still an improvement, at least turning the noise into a farce.

As for the correct way to play the suona, after William's performance, Solovyov couldn't help it, and he walked up to the prince.

"Your Highness, if it is a suona, it should be used like this, Your Majesty, can I use this instrument to perform here?"

"Of course."

Although Soloviev looked down on the King of Prussia from the bottom of his heart, he still needed to maintain etiquette, and he saw that the people sitting below were looking at him.

"Then please allow me to play. As for the score, it has been prepared for the drummer and the musicians."

Speaking of which, it was really hard for him to be blocked by Maria in the guest room to copy the five-line score yesterday.

However, Maria's approach so far is still respectful, and the two of them are still the state of close friends in the past.

This state is that Maria blocked him in the small dark room to copy the music.

As for these instruments, percussion instruments are more or less interoperable between the East and the West, and when the suona appears, it is even more powerful.

If you understand music, I'm afraid you can hear the difference in the rhythm.

From a quartet to an orchestra, when the suona appears, it will definitely steal the show.

Even the musicians in the palace, who were professionals supported by the income of the French nobles in exile here in Russia, could not suppress this instrument.

"Probably. That's it. It's just a personal hobby."

Speaking of which, Frederick William III can indeed be described as ignorant. Queen Louise has been bedridden these days, and he often seems to have no idea. If he mentions this person, when the queen realizes who it is, he is still confused.

The two of them are quite affectionate, but the man seems to be unworthy of his wife except for his status.

"And you have always been very interested in the East, haven't you, Baron?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, but this craze is not as strong as before. If it was 30 years ago."

"In that era, you might have been the darling of the literary salon."

When the queen said this, she actually did not do a careful investigation, and the news spread relatively slowly.

But it is also true that the topics discussed in the salons now always make people feel hypocritical and impetuous.

As for Soloviev, he often spent time with Madame Recamier, but poetry was only an appetizer.

"But times are always changing, Your Majesty."

This was also a relatively novel experience, and Frederick William III was happy to see that his wife looked better.

Perhaps the only thing that made him qualified as a monarch was that he treated his wife well.

"Louise, you look better."

"Maybe we experienced a humorous performance, which made people feel happy and diluted the unhappiness."

The queen said this and took her husband's hand, indicating that he would stop here today.

"Okay, as you say."

It is indeed rare for royal couples to show their affection like this. The civilian life does bring them closer to the citizens of Berlin, but the king really has no ability, while the queen has always been loved.

Then they went back hand in hand with their litter of cubs.

The people in the band were relieved.

"General, don't give this suona to the prince again."

"I know, I know."

Then he had to send Maria back. After playing enough, the little girl began to miss her son again.

After all, the child is weak and sickly, and the child's illness is difficult to diagnose. As a mother, I am always a little worried.

In the past few days in the Jelgava Palace, since no one has any illness, it is naturally still good.

As for when Maria brought her son out to show Solovyov, think about the child's name, it can be regarded as adding Maria's more important relatives.

This name is too important, but it can't be said that it is a complaint.

"Come and hug my little Pasha, Mishka."

"My injury is not fully healed, this arm."

"If you are like this, I won't play with you in the future."

Speaking of which, although Maria is a mother, she is just 21 years old.

"Your Highness."

"Today is my name day, so I want everyone to play together."

Because Maria married far away, even if the palace knew, it would be difficult to celebrate her birthday at this time, that is, to call a band in the Jelgava Palace, and the Prussian royal couple were here, but her husband went to Memel.

"If we were in St. Petersburg, everyone would be here and it would be more lively. Besides, we wouldn't have to worry about the front like we did in Jelgava."

"But I'm different from my sister. She brought her children home early to visit her parents and was there to recuperate and seek refuge. I came here with my husband. My grandmother and father are gone, and not many people care about me, except you three idiots, master and apprentice, and brother Konstantin."

Soloviev and his two students were both classified as "unromantic idiots", which was a cause for celebration.