Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 102 002 Your Highness, do you want to see a real storytelling performance?

Entering the Winter Palace, it is inevitable to go to the garage. After arranging the sled, Grand Duke Constantine helped his wife get off the car, but the job of the nanny was replaced by Soloviev.

"If you get married and have children, you will definitely be a good father."

Sophia fell asleep as if the power was off, with only her little head exposed outside, and her face was covered with a mask, also for fear that the child would catch a cold.

Sophia didn't know a lot of things. He was now in St. Petersburg, but he was about to become a father.

Sylvia was stroking her belly in her own manor in Milan. She anticipated the result of playing too much that time, but it was the first time for both sides, and she was extremely inexperienced and still got hit. This can only be said that her physical fitness is too good.

But even if there was an illegitimate child (Russians always call it "apprentice"), he would not know the situation far away in Italy, and Silvia would not mention this matter when she wrote to him.

Now, he is in the palace to take care of the baby for his superior in Italy.

And walking in the palace, he is not afraid of the old guards of the Putin regiment laughing. The 2nd Battalion is here today. They see the commander of the 1st Battalion, who is following the Grand Duke. They are all professionally trained and will definitely not laugh directly.

The ones who can laugh are the young ladies who are having a ladies' tea party here.

Especially Catherine, she laughed so hard that her body shook. It was not funny to see a Guards officer taking care of a baby, but it was strange.

She is the youngest among the "sisters with consecutive numbers". Queen Maria loves her the most, so it doesn't matter if she is a little unrestrained.

They are in the reception room, and the literary page of the "Petersburg News" is on the table. Solovyov knows that he will not be able to escape today.

Because the serialized version of the newspaper published today is the content of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he translated, the editor-in-chief had issued a notice at the beginning, that is, the translator participated in Marshal Suvorov's expedition, and the translation of this book was temporarily put on hold.

After he came back, except for the latest one or two chapters, which had to be put aside a little according to the progress, he basically updated the content he translated on the road in a revengeful manner for more than a month.

When readers were excited, some wrote to the newspaper, asking the author to speed up the progress.

Even the owner of No. 17 Nevsky Avenue, Count and Countess Stroganov, had received letters urging them to update, and someone wrote directly to declare that they believed that the reason for resuming the serialization was that one of the entourage after Grand Duke Constantine returned was the translator.

Solovyov knew that he could not escape, and taking advantage of the Countess's coming to accompany the Crown Princess, these two young ladies who liked riding horses did not miss the opportunity and directly got the author out of the Countess's mouth.

That is to say, Solovyov was usually either on duty or in the officers' rest area in the palace. For Catherine, it was not easy to catch him, and she was not violently urged to update.

When they had the opportunity to meet, Solovyov was always behind Tsar Paul. No matter how much these two relied on their parents' love, they would not do anything too outrageous.

Today was different. This "ladies' tea party" was originally a few girls, plus their maids, chatting in the reception room of the Crown Princess. Solovyov followed Constantine and his wife in, which could be said to be a blow.

"Major, don't run away today. Explain this to us."

As an expert in squeezing Solovyov's surplus value without giving him a kopeck, Maria held the newspaper and asked in a very gentle tone. Although the tone and expression were so gentle, there was still a dark side in it.

Moreover, she was wearing a pink dress, pink lipstick, pink nail polish, and she took off her shoes, put her feet flat on the indoor shoes, and even painted her toenails pink - this pink color seems to be black when cut open.

Although she always took him to the concert hall before, she could just take out two songs at a time to fool him. When she made up something out of nothing and urged him to update, anyone would be scared.

After all, his translation work has slowed down again due to his duties recently.

"Your Highness, it seems that you also know that the unnamed translator is me."

"We also heard that you are tinkering with another novel at home. When Julie went to your house, she saw it. Although it was only a partial excerpt, she was moved to tears after reading it."

Good guy, his home was also attacked. He had nothing to do and practiced. Among the books he brought back from Kyakhta, there was also The Romance of the West Chamber.

The most powerful "The Story of the Stone" has not been brought out yet. Besides, Solovyov himself feels that he does not have the ability to do it. Even if he gets the book, he dare not translate it himself. He must at least cultivate some Sinology foundation in Russia before starting.

Speaking of which, the French are also familiar with this matter. They have translated part of Confucius' "The Analects" in Shandong.

Also, Julie is pregnant with her husband's child, but she is still so restless and follows Mrs. Lebrun everywhere.

"But your highness, I can only bring out these mature contents. Don't let Julie read some of them."

"If you were not an officer of the Guards appointed by your father, we would drive you to my sister-in-law's study and let you do only translation work"

This child, Ekaterina, was probably able to read some legendary stories by herself at the age of ten. It seems that the second-year syndrome has come to her mind in advance.

No matter how you look at it, they are mostly of German descent, but the Russian descent from Peter the Great and the Baltic descent from Catherine I are causing trouble, plus the willfulness of Peter III and Paul, which will always affect these young ladies.

"Your Highness, what do you think."

"I think it's a good idea. If the Diplomatic Academy needs a writing expert in the future, you can go."

Constantine's head is more rough, and he especially protects the fourth sister. Speaking of it, Catherine's relationship with her two brothers is very orthopedic, and they communicate and exchange small gifts all day long.

"Well, Your Highness, I have to say that translating texts is also a big project, and I did it all by myself, translating novels of hundreds of thousands of words into French or Russian. What Julie saw should be the drama I translated into French, but it was a semi-finished product. Mr. Voltaire used to do the story of the prince's revenge, and I translated the love story of a college student and the prime minister's daughter. The most interesting part is Miss Cui's bridesmaid, Little Hongniang."

Speaking of which, the set age of Hongniang is about the same as Maria, and no matter how much Cui Yingying raises her age, I am afraid it will not exceed Julie's current age of 19, not yet 20.

"You have to perform for us."

After Maria said this, Konstantin, the second sister-protecting maniac, also began to respond: "I think it's okay, call Lisa, and let's all watch this kid's performance."

He also patted Solovyov on the shoulder and said: "After all, in all of St. Petersburg, only you have this ability, understand Chinese culture, can perform, and can speak well. At the same time, you are also in the Guards. It doesn't matter if you call him to perform."

In terms of fighting power, Solovyov really wants to fight with the Grand Duke, because he is not a heavyweight, no matter how high his skills are, it will be of little use, not to mention that the other party is so familiar now, which is an expression of trust.

"Here, I'm going to make a fool of myself. However, Your Highnesses, I still need to change my boots into leather shoes or soft shoes for servants, otherwise the performance will be awkward."

"That's good, of course, we don't want you to fall."

Maria was particularly concerned about Soloviev. If he got injured at work, it would be difficult to find a "song machine" that came into the palace in the future, and it wasn't for anything else.

But Konstantin also remembered that Soloviev had been injured once, in his leg.

"Mishka, don't force yourself. Is your leg injury okay? After returning from Prague, you didn't play in the second half of the first ball. In the second ball, you simply ran to the Guards barracks to have dinner with the veterans. I'm afraid you've injured your leg again."

Although this grand duke was rough, he always took good care of the subordinates he liked.

"It doesn't matter, Your Highness. I wrestled and played sambo with someone two days ago."

Although there is sambo now, it is not yet a system.

Since Soloviev said so, Constantine didn't say anything else, but asked the servants to bring all the props needed for the roll call.

Alexander was not here again today. He was in an official residence on the river bank and not in the palace. When the harbor was half frozen, Tsar Paul went to Kronstadt to inspect the maintenance of naval ships when they were unattended.

Constantine was the most influential person here. He was considered the current "big shot" in the Winter Palace. The queen herself was not in the palace. Although the crown princess or the grand duchess should be in charge, they both had little presence.

The girl who jumped around the most in the palace at this time was probably Catherine, but the more sinister one was Maria. She had used Soloviev as a free laborer for countless times.

Although there was no suitable weapon, Soloviev still performed with the lance of the Ulan cavalry. He also had to make sure that the space in the reception room was large enough, at least it was safe for him to play with the lance.

Speaking of which, when it comes to telling the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the most lively part is the Changbanpo section. However, considering that it is too dangerous and Constantine, who is prone to brain derailment, doesn't know what outrageous things he will do next, he uses a spear instead of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and starts to tell the story of passing five passes and killing six generals.

Regardless of whether it is French or Russian, it is definitely impossible to imitate the old gentleman that Solovyov is best at imitating. He can only do the set of civil and military and fighting to tell the outline of the whole story.

Considering the time limit, the story is not so rich.

However, in the palace, these young ladies rarely see this typical teahouse performance. It is because Solovyov's flower spear is good, and they all applauded at the end.

"It's a wonderful performance, but it's hard for you to hold the spear and pretend to be a broadsword."

Constantine also felt a little satisfied after watching it, and asked the attendant beside him to bring lemonade to quench his thirst.

Speaking of which, it was this rough-minded Grand Duke who took care of him, gave him a seat, and continued to talk about the serial content.

"I think you should speed up the progress and translate the whole book quickly. Before my father goes to bed, he always listens to Kutaisov reading a passage."

It's not surprising. After all, this Tsar often published replies to petitions from local nobles and civilians in the Petersburg News, and would also let his subordinates read the newspaper. If there was an interesting story in the news or literature section, he would naturally not miss it.

It can be said that there was a Czar in the army, but Paul himself was working hard on a daily basis and would not understand it in detail. He could just read the contents in the newspaper.

However, among the sisters in the palace, most of them did not like to study. Ekaterina, who had the least scheduled classes, had plenty of time to make noises and bring Maria with her.

"But this book cannot be fully believed. The sword used by General Guan was not a broadsword. Although there are such swords in the Guandi Temple in China."

"Huh? Didn't you say that Guan Yu is a general? Why are you still closing the Emperor's Temple?"

When Konstantin asked this, Solovyov had to follow what he knew and said: "In the Song Dynasty of China, the emperor formed a kind of worship because of General Guan's loyalty, and he began to make kings. In Before the current Qing Dynasty, the emperor was granted the title of emperor, and that’s why the Guandi Temple was established.”

"I see. After all, in Rome, everyone is called 'Imperator'. It is not surprising that such a loyal and heroic general has such a memorial."

It was not Constantine who made this explanation, but the Crown Princess, who was holding a book and holding a child at the same time.

"Your Highness, although your explanation is different in China and Russia, the meaning is somewhat consistent. The emperor of China is more likely to be Basileus of Macedonia or the Shah of Persia, while the emperors of Europe all have commanders in chief. mean."

"Sister-in-law, you know so much."

"Catherine, if we were all like you, we wouldn't know so much. If you don't do your homework, now that you are still young, your mother will be unhappy as time goes by. She has very high expectations for you."

Although Ekaterina admired her sister-in-law, and Louisa didn't like preaching, she seemed a bit serious when she spoke like this.

"Not to mention reading, etiquette and language must not be left behind."

Constantine added that he was lacking in etiquette, but since he was in the Guards every day and was the second in command, this was not a big problem.

As for Louisa, she is actually also very curious about this "Chinese Strange Book".

"Major, if you are not on duty in the palace, you can come to our tea party and tell us ancient Chinese legends."

Although His Highness's invitation was gentle in tone, once it was spoken, it was indeed difficult to refuse.

"I am willing to serve His Highness."

"However, as you just said, we need to tell you the things that are inconsistent with history."

"This is nature, science is constantly improving, and sociology is the same. This morning at the Academy of Sciences, I saw experts from the Petersburg Academy of Sciences studying several fossils and identifying them as ancient crocodiles. This is obviously wrong. Crocodiles are not They don’t have that kind of teeth, but canine teeth are more like mammals.”

Although Louisa had met the major several times in the past, she didn't know him well, but it was very interesting that he blushed and spoke seriously like an encyclopedia.

This road is going to take a turn if you're not careful.