Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 529 041 This is a huge variable

Soloviev also communicated with his friends in Petersburg. He probably knew that after Alexander went to Erfurt, Talleyrand's pimping behavior was finally rejected. However, Alexander did not disclose his sister's personal emotional problems, and just put them aside.

That's it. The uncle must not give up. Although he has not made any specific moves to divorce Josephine, whether from Talleyrand's approach or from the perspective of restoring history, Napoleon's obsession with having a son will always be a bit troublesome.

He wants to find a woman to make a "small eagle", or a woman with a suitable status and marriage value. More importantly, he has to see how many children the girl's parents have and how many brothers and sisters they have.

Of course, Napoleon's hobbies are relatively philanthropic. He likes all kinds of women as long as they are not old and ugly. Considering his age, this seems to be nothing. Even in the case of Josephine, their relationship is not bad.

Since Louis' sons were born one after another, Josephine has been facing this problem, and even her daughter complained that this stepfather might find a woman to give birth to a child.

There is also Mr. Talleyrand, who is not only keen on finding beautiful ladies, but also keen on pimping for his boss, such as Marie Louise of Austria. However, for France, it is more advantageous to marry with Russia.

However, Napoleon wants to find a wife. Among the Russian princesses of the right age, the first three have already married, that is, Catherine, who is Alexander's favorite.

Anna is too young, and as for the daughters of Alexander and Louisa, they are even younger. If Napoleon wants to find a wife for his nephew, it may be more appropriate to choose one of them.

But at this time, Catherine's matter has a big variable. With Mr. Talleyrand's approach, he may have to pimp a few more times.

Therefore, this matter should also be carried out in a small range, and others must not know that Catherine's favorite fiancé has an accident.

Moreover, this kind of thing may be known more in the Russian aristocratic circle. Speaking of local French aristocrats, if Mr. Caulaincourt can be counted as one, some others are expatriates or royalists, so naturally there will be no problem.

The real problem is probably the more active French expatriates in the court, and his lover Madame Recamier may have this problem, after all, there are many noble ladies in her salon.

Women are bound to have a few gossipers and gossipy people. Although Queen Louise is quite gossipy, her status and temperament have always been more cautious, and she will not spread some rumors.

The only thing to be on guard is that there are probably Catherine's sisters. Although the sisters have a good relationship, it is necessary to consider that although the younger sister Anna is young, she is somewhat childish and jealous of her sister, and Elena and Maria care too much about their sister, and something may happen.

Subjectively speaking, Solovyov also disagrees with the Franco-Russian marriage, although the matter has been negotiated, it has no impact on him.

There are even benefits. After all, if France and Russia form a de facto marriage alliance, with his relationship with these young ladies, the benefits he gets are actually greater than those his aunt gets from being the Queen of France.

However, from the perspective of his father and stepmother, this is not appropriate, and Solovyov's character is not willing to joke about such things.

What he is thinking now is that if there is any unexpected event, Alexander must not let himself get involved in such things.

The calculation is naturally simple. Either go to war with Sweden or go to war with Turkey. Petersburg may still have more right and wrong now, and from Alexander's decision to join the anti-French alliance, to the Treaty of Tilsit, and until the next few years, anyway, in this place, if you have a certain status and some real power, it is always more troublesome.

When he walked on the steps, he had quickly determined his position. In the future, he would apply for a transfer. After the Swedish matter was over, he would apply to the Danube Corps or Crimea.

However, he finished thinking at this time and saw Maria in the corridor.

"Misha, you came back at this time, what happened?"

"I have something to do, so I hurried back from Vyborg."

It is indeed troublesome to have Maria here, that is, she and Ekaterina are the closest sisters, and based on her behavior some time ago, she urged the sisters to "sponsor" the cavalry regiment and sent them to the Finnish Division.

Although it is a great help, considering Maria's attitude towards her, she is more or less "raising a gigolo", although it is only the kind of intimacy, without actual love and passion.

If she is here now and tells Ekaterina, the news will definitely spread.

Solovyov trusts Maria very much and regards her as a close friend, but the maids Maria brought from the court in Weimar are not necessarily reliable.

After all, these large and small states of the German princes, from the Austrian emperor to some border counts, the entire German region is a large intelligence exchange center and a large theater for various changes of camps.

If there was such a person around Maria, something would inevitably happen. After all, one could still hear more important rumors from the Grand Duchess of Russia and the Crown Princess of Saxony-Weimar - who gave birth to her natal family? How powerful is it?

"Martha, good Martha, you must not tell anyone else. The news I brought has a lot to do with my best friend during the siege of the fortress."

Solovyov saw Maria following the maid she brought from Weimar, and he deliberately spoke in Russian to create a language barrier.

Maria also understood immediately: "It can't be."

"Yes, but I can't talk about it here. I have to take a step forward to speak."

But Solovyov was also a little nervous. After all, he had thought about Maria's problems, but he didn't expect that she would be here, and he even grabbed her arm.

Such "proactivity" was something Maria had never encountered before.

Both maids asked Maria to send them away, and now they were alone.

"What should I tell Ekaterina about Misha?"

"Dolgorukov, he."

"Yes, this is really unfortunate. I just pity Katishi. She is still looking forward to it. How can I say it? Prince Bagration doesn't know what to say, so he called me here."

"In this case, this kind of painful thing cannot be talked about by just one person. Although this kind of pain cannot be shared by too many people, the two of us have lived together since childhood and are very close sisters. I should be allowed to Let’s share it together.”

"Okay, but the people around you don't want to know about this. What I'm worried about is that Kadish will be proposed to the French. You know that I will not stand with my current uncle."

Maria felt that Solovyov was very considerate and treated everyone like this, but today he was a little rash and kept grabbing her arm.

However, she still liked this feeling, even though the other person only regarded her as a close friend.

Solovyov knows that Maria has had a good relationship with him since he was a child, but he doesn't want to cause any trouble to him further, but being rude today will inevitably have some bad effects.

For example, there used to be a "little goblin" in the palace who taught girls to "faint". She was Bagration's daughter-in-law, the prince's wife who was the owner of a salon in Vienna.

Fortunately, Maria is relatively reliable in these matters, and they are related to her sister.

As for Ekaterina, she has indeed been restless these past two days.

After all, she is only 20 years old, and it must be considered that because of the doting of the Queen Mother and the Tsar himself, she still has the mentality of a little girl.

In this case, her character is probably no different from Natasha in the love brain stage. That is to say, because she was raised in the palace, Ekaterina still knows how to behave.

"You are here at this time, Solovyov. Do you have any news related to the front line?"

No matter how much, she still needs to be given some time to mentally prepare.

We must consider that Prince Mikhail was probably shot in two by a cannon, and we can't say too badly to her. Even the funeral must be a military funeral, and no one other than soldiers can be allowed close to avoid causing any harm to her. Too severe psychological trauma.

After all, no girl wants to see her sweetheart looking mutilated in the end.

"That's true. Peter Ivanovich wrote to me. It was General Tuchkov who wrote to him and mentioned the matter of Misha."

"Is Mishka okay? Is he injured? Or is he sick? I heard that many soldiers in Finland are sick because they are not accustomed to the climate."

Ekaterina is not willing to believe some things, and she is still thinking about the good side.

"Not injured or sick, Catherine."

The way Solovyov spoke actually hinted to Ekaterina that she should notice this situation herself and be mentally prepared. The rest is probably for him and Maria to find a way to Circle is back.

"It can't be the worst."

"It can be said that Misha is a good person. He has always been an excellent cavalry general, but this time his luck was obviously not with him. Tuchkov was injured in the battle, and he was hit by the enemy, but... "

"Stop talking! I know this kind of thing, and I always need someone to tell me."

Ekaterina has always had a bad premonition, and now these unfortunate things have finally happened. She doesn't want to believe it, but Solovyov is here, and he has always been honest with his sisters. Even though she didn't want to believe it, this was what happened.

"We are willing to share the pain with you, Katish."

"Yes, no matter who it is, Mikhail. My dear sister, don't make yourself too uncomfortable. Just cry if you want."

"Yes, if you know this kind of thing, you can't bear the pain alone."

"Oh well"

Ekaterina's eyes looked a lot duller. She was not the usual willful and lively girl. She tried to stand up and seemed to be in the same condition as usual.

However, both Maria and Solovyov were worried about her, so they got very close, and Maria winked at Catherine's maid.

The meaning is also very clear. Once there is any abnormal situation on Yekaterina's side, we must act immediately.

Then, as expected, Ekaterina took two steps and her whole body went limp. If Maria hadn't grabbed her arm, she would have fallen to the ground immediately.

At this time, sisters are more reliable, especially sisters who grew up together. Before Maria got married, except for the time when she had smallpox, she rarely separated from Ekaterina, so naturally they had a deep relationship.

Seeing her sister being hit like this, she felt distressed.

At this time, Soloviev picked up Ekaterina and laid her flat on the sofa.

"Mishka, my Mishka!"

When she calmed down a little, she started crying again.

Seeing her like this, Maria also helped her wipe her tears, and the two sisters were very close.

"But this is inevitable. Everything that happens on the battlefield is very dangerous. Our brother Kostya has also been in danger."

"Yes, men like us will inevitably encounter such things when fighting on the front line. Your Highness, for your own health, you can release your sorrow now, but don't immerse yourself in pain all the time."

But Ekaterina still lay on the sofa and kept crying.

There was no time to tell Alexander and Queen Mother Maria about this. The Queen Mother herself was in Gatchina and naturally not with her daughters, and Alexander was holding a state meeting at this time.

Of course, Alexander also received a letter from Bagration, which tacitly approved this practice. Let Solovyov deliver the message, which would give some buffer space.

However, Alexander felt helpless about his sister's pain. After all, it was difficult for people to accept that their beloved died on the battlefield. After all, they did not die of illness. Even if they had an acute illness, they still had some time to prepare mentally.

A person who was healthy on weekdays and seemed to be fine was gone just like that.

That night, Catherine changed into mourning clothes, but considering the impact of this incident, Alexander arranged for his sister to stay at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery for a while.

Catherine lost her fiancé, so she couldn't continue to make excuses to the French side, although she could always use the pigeon tactic.

But Sweden had to find a way to end the battle as soon as possible.