Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

When she woke up in the morning, Maria could also see the dark circles under Solovyov's eyes.

She was very strange. She slept very late and was still pregnant with her child, but she was full of energy. She was really young and in good health.

"Misha, what's wrong with you?"

"It's just that I didn't get enough rest. When we were fighting the French, staying up late like this was common. I am the chief of staff after all."

"When you were an adjutant, you often had no time to spare. The emperor always arranged things for you to do. He even went abroad for a few years."

Thinking of Maria's words, Solovyov thought about how close she had always been to him, which made his head sweat.

In fact, the decision for Maria to marry in Saxony-Weimar was something that Paul had been planning when he was in power.

But there is a small problem. Although Weimar is a place with a strong cultural atmosphere, and there are cultural figures like Goethe resident there, the biggest problem is poverty. As a small principality, finances have always been very tight.

Now the war is going on again, and even Maria and her husband came to Russia, all to save money. With the pitiful income in Weimar, for the large landowner families who live relatively luxuriously, sometimes they cannot make ends meet, or The wealthy family can relieve their wallets that cannot make ends meet.

As for Maria, like her sister Ekaterina, sometimes she just likes to be delusional.

"If you hadn't gone to Paris, maybe I wouldn't have gone to Weimar, although my life is pretty good now."

"You should cherish your husband. At least he and you have something in common and he is not a boring person."

"Ah, well then. In that case, let's see what happens there when we return to Petersburg."

This journey is not fast at all. There are many uncle Alexei's estates in this area of ​​the Baltic Sea. Maria has settled in these places along the way.

Moreover, her love for cleanliness has been a little crazy lately, and she takes a shower almost every night. However, the conditions in the places where she stays are much better, at least she doesn't have to worry about sound insulation.

When he arrived in Petersburg, Solovyov had to send Maria to Tsarskoye Selo first. This year, Alexander did not choose to go to the summer palace to escape the summer, but brought the royal family back to Tsarskoe Selo to live.

There were very few dance parties this summer, which made Imperial Village look a little cleaner.

Maria returned to her mother's palace in Pavlovsk and stayed with her sisters here. Elena was also pregnant recently. The two of them got married close to each other, but their relationship was deep because of the communication through letters. A lot.

It's just that the two of them caressed each other's bellies and were not shy about being seen by others. It was indeed a bit. In other words, everyone here was acquaintances. In addition to the Queen Mother doting on Ekaterina, these daughters also Anna, the youngest, was not very fond of her.

On weekdays, if Nikolai and Mikhail were not attending classes with tutors, Anna would be with her two younger brothers and several nieces, and she could still act as the head child.

The structure of this family seems very strange.

"What are you looking at us for?"

Ekaterina also wanted to hug her sisters, but she was always unmarried, so she felt a little embarrassed.

"I have nothing."

"I wonder if my mother has arranged a marriage for you. Do you want to stay here, or do you want to be a queen?"

Elena knew the fourth sister's problem, always wanting and wanting at the same time, and this problem could not be changed for a while.

She wanted to have an ambiguous relationship with Mikhail Dolgorukov, and even agreed to marry him; she also corresponded with her cousin-in-law Bagration all day long, especially after her cousin ran away to Vienna; for Military preferences actually come from serious The second brother, but he has a close relationship with Alexander, the eldest brother of the party emperor. As for wanting to be a queen, the Queen Mother has recently been helping her connect. Emperor Franz is now a widower, Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg and Archduke John. It's also a choice.

"Solovyov, you are a general now, so you should have a judge."

Over there, Elena was talking about Yekaterina's marriage, and the Queen Mother grabbed Solovyov to ask.

The Queen Mother's impression of him had changed several times. Now it was because he was Nikolai and Mikhail's teacher, and he also took care of teaching her youngest daughter Anna and her granddaughters, so her impression changed again.

"Your Highness the Queen Mother, what do you need me to comment on?"

"You seem to have a good relationship with Archduke Karl, and you have been to the Austrian court on both expeditions, so you should have some knowledge there. What I want to know is the situation of these archdukees in the Vienna court."

"If you need me to evaluate their talents, that's fine. If it's other aspects"

He didn't want to be chased by the Queen Mother asking some strange questions, and the Queen of Austria died of puerperal fever, which was two months ago.

"I think at this time, both Your Highnesses are pregnant and it is not suitable to discuss issues related to Vienna."

Queen Mother Maria saw his attitude and probably knew about the situation of quack doctors in Austria. She didn't want her daughter to die early due to childbirth, but the position of the queen left by Franz II when he wanted to continue his marriage was indeed not good. Some temptation.

However, not answering the question and also mentioning the key point is indeed very bad.

"What about Archduke Ferdinand and Archduke John?"

"I have never had any contact with Archduke Ferdinand, but Archduke John is of average ability and quite stubborn."

It can be said that he has grasped the key points accurately. This archduke has always been like this.

The queen mother can actually get the news herself, but she just wants to ask other people's opinions, so that she can have a reference.

As for some other negative reviews of the Habsburgs, it is probably that during the period of alliance with Austria, the performance of this teammate was really poor, and it was not a good choice for female relatives to go there.

With Catherine's character who was spoiled at home, it is obviously not suitable to go there.

If necessary, relatives from Oldenburg and other places can recruit a son-in-law to come here as a son-in-law, so that Catherine can also consolidate relations with some small countries through marriage, and at the same time she can live at home without going out.

Archduke Ferdinand did not agree to be a son-in-law. Even if he was given a high position, he had never heard of any Austrian archduke going abroad to serve as a vase position other than the monarch.

Russia and Austria knew about Archduke Joseph's blind date in St. Petersburg. In the end, he was not interested, so the engagement was cancelled. Alexandra finally married her cousin William of Württemberg.

"Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

"Don't worry, Alexander is here these days. If you have something to do, just go to the Catherine Palace. There are enough guest rooms in my palace in Gatchina. I have something to say about Nicholas's studies in the past few days since you came back."

Nicholas has made some progress during this period, but he went out to play before the final exam and was a little careless in his studies, so he almost passed all the exams, and even some courses that he had learned well before had regressed.

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Solovyov didn't know what to say.

"Then your highness's summer vacation can be shortened accordingly, but it's just for tutoring. I can't always be with him in the palace. Your Majesty has not yet decided whether the front line will be a war or a peace. Moreover, due to personal affairs, I will rarely be in St. Petersburg in the second half of the year."

"I knew it was like this, and Nicholas is almost old enough to participate in public affairs, so he always needs strict requirements. His interest in military affairs has not changed much. It is because you are his teacher that he has a great interest in other aspects of knowledge."

"That's good. But Your Highness, it will naturally be a long process to arrange education. Your highness is only 11 years old, and for a child, it is still a playful age. You can find more companions for him."

"Good idea, those children in the preparatory school of the Imperial Village can arrange Nicholas and Mikhail to go there when they officially enter the Imperial Village Middle School in the future."

It's just that the Queen Mother does not manage this school personally. It, the Smolny Palace Girls' School, and the Women's Federation are all Louisa's business areas.

The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is also very delicate. The Queen Mother has been complaining that Louisa gave birth to six children, all of whom are girls. The miscarriage after returning from Sweden was a boy, which made the old lady complain for a long time. Louisa, on the other hand, was not bothered by it. Because the Queen Mother was the second in the palace, she had no desire for power, so she was content with the status quo and lived like a hermit in the palace.

However, in terms of education, although the Queen Mother was the biggest sponsor, she did not manage it personally much. Instead, the Women's Federation established recently was Louisa's idea.

After all, the ladies and young ladies whose husbands and fiancés were on the front line should also be organized to help each other and take care of the officers' families.

This is an institution for the nobility, and there are corresponding civilian institutions.

The war is protracted, and there is no benefit to Russia. It will not inspire widespread patriotic enthusiasm because of the French invasion, so there are many more people in St. Petersburg calling for peace than before.

Alexander suddenly stopped expressing his position in recent days, which also made people curious.

He did not appear in the public eye, probably because Louisa and the Polish girl had to accompany him. On the one hand, he was still obsessed with having an heir, so he recently visited Louisa, and the Polish girl was also a girl. There were even some rumors that the queen and the emperor's mistress were too intimate, uh.

Soloviev didn't care about these things. He lived in the Imperial Village and finally met Alexander after two days of rest.

The rumors may be more reliable. At least today, not only the Tsar himself appeared in the reception room, but also the queen and several mistresses of Alexander.

It was difficult for Louisa. Soloviev went to the front line. Speaking of it, the two were closer when they were crown princesses, and when Louisa just became queen and they were alone in Sweden.

If they are together like this now, I'm afraid they will feel a bit like an old couple, and it can even be mentioned by her complaining about Catherine's letter writing style.

In addition, she did not have a long-term and stable lover, and her suitors were always rejected by her.

The main problem is to get along well with Alexander's mistresses. Petersburg and Paris have always been in line with each other in this regard.

In today's scene, it seems that the network of relationships is still a bit chaotic.

But Alexander wants to talk about business in this environment, so I can't understand his train of thought.

At least now he doesn't know that the kitten who came to his house to steal fish is the teacher of his younger brother, sister and daughter.

It doesn't matter if he knows it, he will choose to forgive, after all, Russian military uniforms are all green.

"Your Majesty, there is currently an armistice agreement. We and the French are facing each other across the Niemen River. According to the current situation, the French do not seem to have any intention to further fight with us, and the morale of the Prussian troops on the front is not high, and our Soldiers are also very tired after continuous fighting."

"Are you just stating the facts and not expressing your own opinions?"

"Facts are opinions, Your Majesty. I think we can take advantage of this moment to prepare for negotiations with the French, and perhaps send a diplomatic envoy."

"Who is more appropriate to send?"

Alexander turned back to ask Foreign Secretary Badberg, who whispered a few words to Alexander.

Then the young tsar looked at Solovyov like a lion looking at its prey, and the sphinx leaves passers-by guessing.

Solovyov knew in his heart that the Tsar wanted him to go.

Not to mention whether he knew about his kinship or not, such an envoy mission meant that he was valued to some extent.

After all, the victory in 1807 was either directed by him or planned by him. At this time, negotiations were required, and it was reasonable to send him as an envoy to extend an olive branch.

Then, it was probably a kind of cheeky ridicule. After all, the French were not able to completely defeat the Russian army in this anti-French alliance. On the contrary, they often suffered defeat.

"Your Majesty, if you need to express goodwill to the French Emperor, I think Major General Solovyov is also a suitable candidate, at least as a deputy. When he was in Stockholm before, he had certain diplomatic talents."

Seeing that Alexander remained silent, Solovyov didn't know whether he was pretending to be confused or didn't understand, so Badberg repeated this.

"I think it's okay, Mishka, are you confident in completing this task?"

"Of course, Your Majesty."

After hearing this, Alexander's lips turned up and he felt a little proud. He said: "Mikhail Solovyov came to serve as the envoy for the armistice negotiations and extended an olive branch of peace on behalf of Russia. As for the content of the peace talks, wait until I personally went to the banks of the Niemen River to negotiate with the French Emperor, so that Europe should usher in peace at this time instead of continuing the war."

The appointment came, and it seemed that he could meet with his cheap uncle and his son's second uncle in advance.