Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 162 019 Petersburg Unlimited Fighting Tournament (III)

It was still night, and according to von Palen's original plan, he only wanted Paul to sign the abdication edict. Given the Tsar's temper, he would definitely stop his resistance by physical means. The final result would basically end in regicide.

Paul had left a succession law during his lifetime. In the absence of a clear edict, Alexander would be the heir and become the new emperor of all Russia.

However, sometimes some unexpected situations would happen, such as Queen Maria was still in the palace. After Mrs. Liven had just sent all the children away, she still found an opportunity to enter the Queen's bedroom.

The chaotic environment outside surprised the Queen herself. She left the bedroom and saw the chaos on the review ground in the palace from the window. Some guards were lining up there, and it was unknown what they were doing.

"What's going on?"

"Your Highness, this is a conspiracy against His Majesty. There are two officers guarding the door of the bedroom. It seems that no one is allowed to enter."

"What should we do?"

"I have asked the children to leave. They should have arrived at the Winter Palace by now."

"You are right, but what should we do here now?"

"Your Highness, it depends on your own decision. I am just your tutor."

Queen Maria also has her ambitions. Since Peter the Great, there have been 4 empresses and 1 female regent. It is not surprising to come to Russia without any purpose, or to be infected with some ideas that you should not have locally without this idea.

In contrast, Louisa's presence is very weak, which is a very strange thing in the Russian court.

But today, on this extremely excited night of the coup, she was the calmest with a baby in her belly. Alexander, an emotional political animal, was planning, but it was difficult to hide his inner uneasiness; Constantine lined up in the north of the Ares Square, waiting for his brother's order to attack. At this time, he was extremely angry and only wanted to avenge his father; Queen Maria, following the example of her mother-in-law, wanted to be Empress Wei - but she didn't know what Empress Wei was, but the problems she showed now were surprisingly similar.

What's more strange is that these soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Putin Regiment are currently lined up neatly in the Ares Square. They did not enter the palace, nor did they come to the team of Grand Duke Constantine in the north of the Ares Square.

"What happened?"

They lined up here to wait for Paul's morning review the next morning. Some soldiers yawned because of their night duty.

The coup has little to do with them in essence, but in terms of form, such a serious incident did happen, and the attitude of the Guards at this time is also crucial.

However, Count von Palen could not think of any way to win them over. After all, in addition to the training before Soloviev, this battalion also brought the ideological education of "loving the Tsar, loving the country, and loving the people". It was somewhat redundant to let them join the rebels.

Count von Palen had very few soldiers at his disposal, but he still decided to fight to the end. After all, he could still find some cronies in the city to disrupt the situation in the city.

But there were some things he didn't dare to do, such as killing the queen with another knife.

Queen Maria already knew the situation, and she came to the middle of the guards.

"What did you do?"

However, the scope of the queen's speech was slightly smaller. There was only a small group of soldiers at the main gate of the Ares Square, not even enough for a company.

"On such a night, you murdered the monarch, and then you just acted as if nothing happened here?"

Count von Palen realized that this situation was really not good. If the out-of-control Queen Maria continued to speak, the fortress would be breached from the inside.

After all, most of the guards didn't know what happened. They just thought they were here to change shifts.

"Your Highness, we are just on duty here. We don't know about the murder you mentioned. Besides, we didn't see the emperor."

A soldier stepped forward to answer, and Queen Maria knew that soldiers would not lie to her. What he said was not wrong. They were on duty here and did not appear at the murder scene.

Count von Palen knew that something was going to happen. He now had to arrange for doctors to go to Paul's bedroom to tidy up the appearance of the late Tsar, who was dying with a hideous face and still struggling to resist before death. At least it should look like that.

However, with the cruelty of the officers who murdered Paul, Paul's skull is still intact now, which is already a miracle.

The count who murdered the Tsar now thinks of calming the situation quickly and asking the queen to stop.

And the method he thought of is indeed a more suitable one.

"His Majesty has indeed passed away. The cause of death was a stroke. Because it was a sudden death, Her Majesty the Queen is very sad. She has some mental problems. Why don't you send Her Majesty back to the palace to rest?"

The implication is that the Queen was greatly stimulated and went crazy.

The Governor of Petersburg and the regicide, still walking in an official step, with an official belly, and showing off his official authority, gathered all the soldiers and asked them to gather in a room.

"Don't spread any false news unless you are crazy!"

At the same time, the two sides in the confrontation were getting closer and closer to dawn.

Solovyov came to the Marble Palace at this time. Members of the royal family were also here now, and there was no Ismailov regiment involved to protect them here, so it was safer.

Alexander was still a little nervous. He put his fingers between his belt and pretended to be calm, but his eyes would betray him.

"Your Highness, you still have to stay calm."

Luisa grabbed his right hand and let him rub her belly.

"Think about Tonya and little Masha, and then think about the whole family. They are all here. You are the center of this family, Apollo and Helios. You can't be like this."

Compared with her mother-in-law, Louisa was more calm when encountering such a major political turmoil. This was in contrast to her usual image of a transparent, fragile princess who hid in her palace and cried "sorrowing herself for her fate." great.

"What should we do? Lisa, at this moment, the queen mother is still in the Mikhailovsky Palace."

"If you want me to go, you send me a guard. I will go to the Champ de Mars and gather the soldiers there. There will be other ways later."

"You are still pregnant with the child. I can't let you go. I can't let you go. At this time, I let you take risks. If something happens, I will live in pain from now on."

"But Russia still needs you, Alexander. If you go, it is inevitable that some of them will take risks, stick out their guns from the night, and shoot deadly and vicious bullets. As for the others, Constantine will also help you command the army, Julie Anna’s identity is not important enough. At this time, the only way to save the mother is by me, and we can’t let Maria go, right?”

Louisa was very strong, and she bluntly proposed to go on her own.

Alexander was somewhat afraid of losing his wife. Although he had been unfaithful before, the Queen had given Louisa a title when she was there. He also knew that such a good wife would stand up to help him at such a time. Very rare.

"If you do go to the square, Louisa, I still won't be worried."

"Don't worry, my status is not important. Even if you become the emperor, I am just a queen. It is not a valuable price to those gamblers. If they dare to kidnap me to give birth to a child, you will You can tell the metropolitan to dissolve this marriage and choose an unmarried woman you like to be your heir in the next life, but in that case, we need to treat our children well."

She said it into Alexander's ear, because the two people hugged each other tightly and the others kept some distance, so no third person could hear this threatening whisper.

Alexander felt that his daughter-in-law was still a little naturally dark. Although her weak appearance had always made people lovable under the light or moonlight, he never expected that she could say such decisive and cruel words.

Of course, this can be regarded as an exchange. Louisa's title was originally confirmed by the Queen and Paul repeatedly, and in the social circle of Petersburg, public opinion was very sympathetic to this virtuous and weak girl. Unless Alexander was so obsessed with sex that he lost his mind. Reason, or other intentions, otherwise Louisa's title will not be abolished.

"Okay, you can go. I will send you some of the most loyal officers and a team of Guards Cavalry to protect you."

If Alexander goes to the square in person, there is indeed a risk of being sniped. Count von Palen now also has a desperate idea. He wants to create as much chaos as possible. He doesn't care who will eventually ascend the throne. Anyway, it is "Whitward" "Lord Sir, Your Majesty, my job is accomplished" is a comical effect.

"Tiekenhausen, Solovyov, you two ran several troops to deliver orders tonight, it was a bit hard. But now I have a task for you two, which is to each lead a team of Guards Cavalry to protect My wife, the Russian Crown Princess Elisabeth Alexeyevna's personal safety, if there is anything wrong with her, you two will go to Siberia and cut down the trees!"

Count Tickenhausen was a family man, but he married Kutuzov's third daughter, the most famous of the five daughters of the old fat general. He would definitely have no idea.

But Solovyov, he is the youngest among the middle-level officers of the Guards. If it had not been revealed by several aunts before that he seemed not interested in women, he might not always be assigned such a A mouse falls into a rice vat.

Then Louisa, supported by Solovyov and Big Natalia, boarded the carriage. A group of Guards Hussars was behind Count Tickenhausen, and a group of Guards Cavalry was behind Solovyov. behind.

Another reason why he wants to go is that the soldiers sitting stupidly on the Champ de Mars are all members of the general regiment.

"Your Highness Elizabeth, these soldiers on the Champ de Mars are all from the 1st Battalion. Don't move lightly. Just let me go over and explain to them."

"No, Solovyov, I want to get out of the car. You help me get there. At this time, although you can convince them with your emotions, your status is not enough."

This little daughter-in-law seems to be a different person today, although she still looks soft and frail. In order to keep warm at night, she is also wearing an otter skin coat, and on her head is a gift from the Queen when she got married. sea ​​otter skin hat, dress is white.

There is a saying that a gust of cold air blew from the corner of Siberia that night, and it was indeed cold enough. Solovyov and Count Tickenhausen were each wearing coats and the iconic bearskin hats of the adjutants. This The two stood beside them. Although one of them was not majestic enough in terms of height, his aura was enough.

Big Natalia opened the car door. She was dressed in white fur and looked very good-looking. If the veterans of the first battalion had not seen this noble maid, they might have mistaken her for the crown princess.

She helped Louisa down, and the two temporary guard captains got off their horses to support her.

However, Count Tickenhausen knew that the 1st Battalion had been led by Solovyov for a long time and had only recently been transferred. They had a deep relationship.

"Lisa, I'm asking you not to take this chance."

"It doesn't matter, Misha, just help me walk to them. These are the soldiers you have led. Wouldn't it be safer for them to surround them?"

"Well, I'm worried that there's a gunman over there at the window, aiming right here."

"You are so careful."

Louisa at least knows that the people she relies on and the people she currently loves are worried about her. At times like this, it actually gives her more confidence.

"Soldiers, I am Elizabeth Alexeevna. You all know me. I am the wife of His Highness the Crown Prince Alexander. His Highness is not in the square. He is the one who wants to coordinate the troops coming to Petersburg so as not to cause any trouble. More chaos. Just a few hours ago, a tragedy occurred in the palace, and one of you, a loyal soldier, Agapeev, came to the Winter Palace to report such a sad event to my husband. information"

This sound is as sweet as a silver bell, but what I talked about today are some extremely sinister things.

"Our beloved Emperor, His Majesty Pavel, the Emperor of All Russia, was murdered by a coward in his palace! On behalf of His Royal Highness, I am giving you an order to remain silent, line up in an orderly manner, and arrive at Konstantin Go with His Highness Ding’s team. Your little battalion commander is also here. You all saw that he came here on the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince.”

However, Louisa's body was always in poor condition, and despite the cold wind, she spoke a few more words before falling into Solovyov's arms. At this time, she could only let the major continue to speak.

"Brothers, you also heard that Her Royal Highness Elizabeth gave you an order. Now I order all soldiers except the 1st company to line up and assemble! Look to the right! Look forward! Turn to the right! Walk in unison!"

As for the 1st Company, they lined up on both sides of the two cavalry squads at this time. After Solovyov and Big Natalia helped Louisa into the carriage, they were going to continue to the Mikhailovsky Palace. go ahead.