Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 233 045 The Saint’s Battle Flag Flies in Toulon

The French war in Haiti was inevitable due to the plague in the Caribbean, and Napoleon also lost his brother-in-law, General Leclerc.

The reason for this difference is that his brother is also a general.

This unfortunate general should be said to be the most talented among Napoleon’s brothers-in-law. Except for his courage, which may not be as good as that of the strangely dressed Murat, he is excellent in all aspects.

There is another reason for his expedition to Haiti, which is his wife. There are too many scandals in Paris. Although they have a good relationship with each other, Pauline has a very bad problem. She will fall in love with a handsome man when she sees him. Sometimes she is not picky about food, even Leclerc’s subordinates and the housekeepers and servants in their official residence.

In short, her private life is extremely chaotic. Now she is still young and beautiful, and with the favor and protection of her second brother, she is somewhat like a war flag.

Poor General Leclerc, his wife is now returning to France in mourning clothes, and is with his coffin.

However, although she was mourning her husband and had some real feelings for him, she was also involved with several generals.

Even if Napoleon doted on his second sister, he couldn't stand this kind of behavior.

"Send anyone who has sex with Paulina to Italy, retire, or go directly to the United States! Our family"

"Napoleon, you should be calm. Paulina just lost her husband, but she is like this again."

"Josephine, she has always been jealous of you and has a bad relationship with you. Why are you speaking up for her now?"

"I know what you think. The new year is coming. Many people think that the status of the three rulers or the lifelong ruler is not enough. I know something about what Joseph did."

"Yes, but the fortune teller said that you will be more noble than the queen, and I still believe it. But, Josephine, you still have to give me a child, whether it is a son or a daughter, we."

However, Josephine's physical condition does have some problems. It may be that their physical conditions are more incompatible, or there are other factors. Now Josephine is about to turn 40 years old. Although she can maintain her temperament through makeup, she is still a middle-aged woman with charm.

Of course, Napoleon still cared for her. Although his wife's personal life was very outrageous, with a dissolute past and a luxurious present, she helped him a lot and would not betray him. He believed it.

Paulina was the same, and Napoleon's mind was full of the image of the little girl who followed her mother from Ajaccio in Corsica to Marseille for refuge.

It's just that this little girl was very simple at the time and learned too fast in France.

But compared with the greedy and power-hungry elder sister Elisa and the ambitious younger sister Carolina, Paulina was indeed the most caring sister of her brother, and he always had to give her some compensation.

"After Paulina comes back, I will arrange a good marriage for her after the mourning period. Poor Charles, if he could come back alive, he would be my reliable assistant, but the terrible plague took his life."

"What kind of young man do you plan to arrange for Paulina?"

"My poor Pauletta," Napoleon even muttered his second sister's real name in Corsica, "I must make her live comfortably and heal her spiritual trauma, and let my nephew Demid, the frail little guy, have a reliable stepfather to take care of him."

"Do you have an idea now?"

"No, Josephine, the current candidates are too old. Paulina looked down on those "old men" who were much older than her, but she still I like heroes very much. "

"It's a pity that General Moreau is married. He rejected Carolina and Hortans at the beginning. If you win him over, you will not have a strong opposition in the army."

"It's a pity that this 'little lawyer' chose one of your friends, Josephine, to avoid misunderstandings, but things are also very troublesome."

"But what can we do? Among us Creoles, there are always people who are very superstitious. My cousin Amy has been missing for more than ten years, and we don't know her whereabouts. Some people say that we sisters will be noble?"

But Josephine's two sisters died early, and they didn't have this blessing. As for the little cousin whose life and death is unknown, Josephine couldn't find out any news.

"Besides, fate will change. Prophets always say something ambiguous. I don't believe this. Fate should be in our own hands."

Soloviev, who slept with Sylvia in his arms in Rome, had similar views to his cheap uncle.

Napoleon still felt sorry for his second sister. Although she had many problems and caused a lot of trouble, this poor little girl was really kind-hearted. Her mother and brothers loved her very much.

"Josephine, I think it might be more appropriate to stay in Italy. We need to arrange our people there to stabilize the situation."

"It seems that you have an idea. Let Paulina marry the president or the prince?"

"We will make arrangements after she comes back."

At this time, Paulina was taking a bath in her temporary residence in Toulon. Her body was really beautiful. Except for a little flaw in her legs, she had a perfect body and her curves were just right. Everyone who saw her would be fascinated, especially her pitiful look when she asked for help from others, which made it impossible to refuse.

Of course, compared with the poor queen in Petersburg, what she wanted to do was a bit unorthodox. She even wanted to follow the way of the Ptolemaic dynasty and love her second brother very much, but she would never succeed.

As soon as she arrived in Toulon, she sent a letter to Napoleon.

However, she was still very sensitive to some physical problems, especially after she had a serious illness in Haiti. She often felt abdominal pain. Once she felt uncomfortable, she would roll around in pain.

Her only son, Demid, was already 4 years old and was not in good health. Seeing his mother rolling on the carpet wrapped in a bath towel, he also cried.

Although Paulina indulged herself and liked to fool around, she still loved her son very much. She opened the bath towel and wrapped the child in it.

"Mom, you have a stomachache."

"Good boy, mom will be fine soon. You are mom's little guard and little doctor."

The child's health is not very good. Haiti is indeed a very torturous place. Not all islands in the Caribbean are honey countries. There will always be terrible epidemics.

Although Demid is a 4-year-old child, he is physically weak, but mentally strong.

There is just one thing that cannot be avoided. Although he has stopped breastfeeding, his mother's arms have always been what he longs for the most.

Paulina recalled the "milk addiction" of her son when he was just weaned.

"Mom is the best."

"Demid, let's sleep together at night."

Seeing her son, she thought of her husband. No matter what, Paulina still had some feelings for her husband, but she really couldn't refuse. She always loved one when she saw one, but she was heartbroken when she saw her husband's body by the bed.

Her son can remind her of many good memories, and her own flesh and blood are always the cutest in the eyes of a mother, especially Demid, who is very beautiful. The family likes Paulina and her child.

When she fell asleep, Paulina always had nightmares, and her dead husband was always there, and her father who had died many years ago, which made her unable to sleep peacefully.

However, seeing her son sleeping so peacefully and sweetly in her arms, Paulina couldn't fall asleep and wanted her son to sleep peacefully.

Especially now that she was holding the child, it was really heaven for the little Demid Leclerc, especially when her mother was still so soft and fragrant.

The arrangement afterwards was to deal with the property left by Leclerc. The Montgobel Castle would be inherited by the child, but Paulina was only going to bury her husband there. After that, the right to use the castle would be handed over to her husband's family because it would remind her of her sad things.

The castle is still under reconstruction. Paulina is going to give the property to Leclerc's brother-in-law Louis Nicolas Davout, the man who has become bald but has not become stronger yet. He has a tough life. Even in the eyes of the somewhat superstitious Paulina, nothing will happen to him.

The castle itself has hosted many people. In addition to Leclerc's relatives, Cambaceres and Dumas the Elder have also been guests here.

Speaking of which, Dumas the Elder, who has mild hemiplegia, is still as majestic as ever. Even in this state, he still let his wife give birth to Dumas the Great.

He may be more adapted to the climate of the Caribbean. Although the French army's "expedition" in Saint-Domingue defeated the enemy, it could not resist the plague. Many outstanding generals died in the army because of yellow fever.

The next morning, Paulina was still holding her son. This child was like her lifeblood, this child was her angel. Of course, she suffered a lot when she gave birth, so she didn't want to get pregnant again.

Speaking of it, many generals during the French Revolution were from small families of three or four. Those civil servants who did not go to battle, if they were not like Cambaceres who had strange sexual orientations, all had many children and grandchildren.

Paulina thought of her third brother Lucien, who was like this, but she was worried that her second brother had no offspring.

Although Hortense was good to her, she especially hated Josephine and they were jealous of each other.

Josephine was jealous of Paulina being favored by Napoleon, even "giving more jewelry than to his wife". On the other hand, Paulina was also jealous of the status of the second sister-in-law like Moreau's wife. She was jealous of women who were obstacles between her brother and her, no matter who was Napoleon's wife or lover.

When she came out of Toulon, she also met Prince Dolgorukov's family by chance.

Prince Vasily's two sons, though young, are both very handsome. Paulina would surely be fascinated by them. Fortunately, they are all studying at the University of Strasbourg and did not travel to the Mediterranean coast with their parents and sisters.

"We sympathize with you, Mrs. Leclerc, but we are going to travel to Italy. You know, when we get here, we have already seen the beautiful scenery of France. It is really very nice."

"If there is a chance, Your Excellency, your family can come to my house as a guest, whether in Paris or somewhere else."

Napoleon was very fond of this second sister, so much so that the actual right to live in Petit Trianon was in her hands.

Coincidentally, when the Dolgorukov family was in Saxony, they had been taking care of the daughter of the original owner. When the Palace of Versailles and the surrounding palaces were mentioned, the little cake princess seemed to have lost her soul, which showed that she had a great psychological shadow.

"Thank you, madam. If I have the chance, I will definitely visit you."

"Thank you for agreeing. I also hope that foreign friends can visit my home."

"It's just that you need to take care of your body, Mrs. Leclerc. I recommend you a specialty of our Petersburg, donkey skin glue, which is said to increase the blood in the blood vessels."

It was difficult for Prince Vasily. He didn't understand the wonderful oriental medicine. He said that the content was translated by Solovyov, and Polina was also very useful.

After all, there are such stores in Paris and Marseille.

She first lived in her sister-in-law Julie's house. Although her relationship with her second sister-in-law was bad to a certain extent, her eldest brother and sister-in-law always took good care of her.

Especially when Lucien made shocking remarks at the Jacobin Club in Corsica, which forced me to flee to Marseille.

The eldest and third brothers are also here, and they all come to comfort Paulina. After all, she is the most unfortunate in the family and lost her husband, while Lucien has lost a wife, and he is eloquent and has been giving psychological counseling to his sister.

"It's just that, brother, you have to send someone to buy me what I want. I met a Russian prince on the road, and he recommended some supplements to me. My poor husband is gone, brother, you are right, my child and I have to continue living, you buy it for me first, especially the kind of gum mixed with nuts. My poor son also needs to supplement nutrition, he is so weak and so pitiful."

Demid is indeed very cute, and his uncles like him, even the younger uncle Jerome, who also greets his second sister and nephew when he writes to him. He got into trouble and bombarded the British, but he is very lucky. He recently got acquainted with an American girl and plans to get married there.

That is to say, the second sister is different from the other brothers and sisters. She wrote him a letter from Saint-Domingue to express her support. No matter whether it is the eldest brother as the head of the family or the second brother as the first consul, they will not agree with his hasty arrangement, especially Napoleon himself.

But if Napoleon knew about this, he would be angry.

And Paulina has now started to nourish herself and her son, and after the nutrition has caught up, her complexion is also good. At least the damage caused by yellow fever to her and her mother has recovered a little.

In a few days, she will take her son back to Paris and continue her life as a social star.

But the Civil Code, a project created by Napoleon, has strict regulations on the mourning period, which is not good for her.