Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 206 018 Elena, the Scroll King of Mecklenburg

In fact, it is very pleasant to spend the whole summer in Sweden, which may not be the same feeling in Petersburg.

After all, once you get there, as long as you have a certain status, you will unconsciously be involved in something. In Stockholm, although people here also like to socialize, they are not as social as Petersburg.

Always being in the midst of conspiracies can make people feel depressed.

Solovyov took a Swedish clipper ship to Pomerania, which is still Swedish territory, and then to Mecklenburg.

When Alexander handed over the task to him, he mentioned that he wanted to see how his sisters were doing and how Alexandra and Elena were doing at their husband's house. They were both very upset after learning the news of their father's death. Small blow.

However, it had been a long time since he had seen the two of them. Solovyov remembered that he was often teased by Elena. For example, when he wore women's clothes, except for the coronation ceremony when he supported Louisa, it was Alexander who Unexpected

Of course, this is all in the past. After arriving in Pomerania, he will go to Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg.

Northern Germany has been relatively peaceful since the Thirty Years' War, and was only besieged by Prussia during the Seven Years' War.

It’s no wonder that these branches in Mecklenburg are particularly concerned about this malicious neighbor at the door, especially since King Frederick is also a very famous robber.

Solovyov admires his thick-skinnedness, followed by his martial arts and other skills. However, this person's approach is always to take advantage of others' danger or strike preemptively. Netizens and pickles will like it very much in the future.

When he arrived in Schwerin, he just stayed in the hotel here.

Mecklenburg is not only the Mecklenburg-Schwerin family where Elena married, but also the Mecklenburg-Strelitz family where Queen Louise of Prussia was born. The two families have coexisted for a long time. Lin occupies a larger territory, while Strelitz only owns two small pieces in the southeast corner and the west of the large land of Mecklenburg.

Therefore, we can also see the status gap between the two grand duchies. The smaller one can only rely on marrying off daughters to join the big country of Prussia, while the older one is better. It has its own independent status and faces pressure from Prussia. Russian relatives.

Moreover, the Mecklenburg family has a good relationship with Russia and Prussia.

While in Schwerin, Solovyov also rode horseback to the vicinity of the Schwerin Palace, which looked very dilapidated.

"Chief, what's going on?"

"Major, the capital of our Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is now located in Ludwigslust, and His Highness's daily offices and palace activities are also located there."

"I see. It seems that there are some problems in the writing of our country's official documents. This is a kind of bureaucratic mistake that often occurs. Bureaucratic mistakes should be defined this way."

After hearing this, the police chief smiled and said: "What you said makes sense. In the German region, our northern port area is fine. If we go deeper into the interior."

"We don't have to go inland, maybe we can go to Berlin."

Reminiscent of the image of the Prussian, the police chief nodded.

"You are also carrying an important mission when you come to greet the Crown Prince's wife with a letter written by the Russian Caesar."

"After all, the Crown Prince's wife is also a grand duchess from the Russian royal family, and she can also be regarded as my benefactor."

Speaking of which, Elena asked Solovyov to be a model, and since he was on duty in the palace for a long time, he had more opportunities to get familiar with the royal family members. However, when she was preparing to get married, she participated in it herself. Suvorov's Italian and Swiss expeditions were not in Petersburg, so after her marriage, there were few opportunities to see her.

Now he came to Mecklenburg with a mission to go to the palace of Friedrich Franz.

Although this palace is located in the north of Germany, it is still very grand. Moreover, even though they were welcoming a Russian messenger with a low status, they still created a small welcoming ceremony.

"Look who this is! Michael, why did you come to me?"

"Friedrich Ludwig, Your Highness, I came from Stockholm. I just accompanied Her Royal Highness the Queen of our country to meet her relatives in Baden. As for me coming here, I have a gift for Her Royal Highness Elena. A letter from His Majesty the Emperor of our country.”

"I know that it must be a private conversation between brothers and sisters. My brother-in-law, the emperor, is like this. He loves his sisters deeply."

"Don't say that our emperor is like the Greek rulers of the Ptolemaic dynasty who are 'loving sisters'. Your Highness, this letter is requested from me to be delivered in person. In addition, it is business."

Solovyov relayed to Frederick Ludwig the orders he had received concerning contact with Mecklenburg.

"If it's really peace, that's a good thing. We're going to travel soon. Did you know that when Elena visited Berlin, the citizens there praised her for being as beautiful as the Queen of Prussia?"

"Elena? Your Highness is indeed beautiful, but Queen Louise has the demeanor of a mature woman, and I have seen her portrait. It is the latest portrait. She is a very sweet beauty. Our Highness is still a young girl. How can we compare them with each other? , maybe in a few years."

After all, they were very good friends on the court in Petersburg, so they could walk in the corridor and talk like this.

"But Elena has one biggest advantage, which is that she loves to study."

"Yes, among the several princes in our country, Elena's homework is the best."

Indeed, even if she felt that she was pregnant again, the 18-year-old girl who was already married was still holding her son and listening to the tutor's lessons. Today was a music class, and it was still a relatively relaxing time.

But another point is what Solovyov wanted to say. In his opinion, Elena was still a child. The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin's family was very fond of her, but her physical burden was not small, especially her own physique was still very healthy. As long as Frederick Ludwig had time to love her a few more times, she would have a great chance of getting pregnant later.

The problem that followed was mainly that the court here in Mecklenburg didn't seem to like opening windows and keeping air circulating during the day, especially in summer.

As a person who likes to manage the palace hygiene on a daily basis, disinfects the garrison barracks when on duty, and even secretly drafted a health declaration for the Tsar, he felt that this would not be good for health.

In such a palace, if you are unlucky enough to be infected with lung disease, it would be very terrible.

He walked in the corridor of Ludwiglust Palace and heard the sound of the piano, but Elena was different from Maria. Her playing skills were not high. She just played in a lowered key, but you can still hear it if you listen carefully.

"Your Highness, as a messenger, is it appropriate for me to go in at this time?"

"You can wait a while. Elena insists on taking classes every day. Today is music and Latin."

"Latin?"

"I heard that your Latin is a bit poor, Michael, far from your German level. But I am also curious. Your accent is very good, like an Austrian."

"Her Highness, the Queen of our country, she is from Baden, and she has no accent when speaking Russian. Isn't this normal?"

"Yes, there are always some people who are talented."

Frederick Ludwig only saw a sense of pride when Solovyov mentioned Louisa, but he certainly couldn't analyze how much Solovyov cherished his lover, and how much was the pride of the Queen's ability as a guard and aristocrat.

After the music teacher played for a while, the door opened.

Elena saw her husband and put her son down, and then she also saw the messenger.

"Misha, it turned out that you came here."

They are really a couple with a sympathetic heart, and their reactions are also very similar.

"Your Highness, I brought a letter from the Emperor. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager miss you very much."

"But my father is gone."

Although the two married girls were not the most beloved by their father, they were also concerned about what happened in St. Petersburg.

"The murderers were punished, those who deserved it were hanged, and the property of the regicides was confiscated and turned over to the treasury. As an aide-de-camp, I also participated in supervising this matter."

"I know, Misha, you have always been very good. My father trusted the flatterers around him too much. He shouldn't have sent you to my brother at that time."

Elena began to wipe her tears with a handkerchief, and then opened her brother's letter and a small jewelry box brought by Solovyov.

"I want to write back. You know, my brother and sister-in-law have always been very good to me. I should write back to thank them, but I probably can't go back to St. Petersburg recently. You can see from my body."

Elena stroked her belly, but it didn't show any shape at all.

However, considering that she is very smart and has taught herself a lot of medical knowledge, she is still very clear about the physical condition of her family.

"I plan to live in a place with fresher air. What my brother said in the letter makes sense, but this is the court of Mecklenburg. Everyone here loves me, and even loves me a little too much."

"You can imagine, Your Highness, if you like, you can go to Schwerin."

"The palace there is a little damaged, but the environment of the garden is very good. I have thought about going there. The ventilation here is not very good."

"According to what I know, the more it is like this, the more likely it is to cause tuberculosis, which is very troublesome. Although some people like that kind of look, it is also a desecration of their own body."

"Thank you, I know what to do. At least I haven't coughed."

When leaving Elena, Solovyov kissed the back of her hand. The little hand holding the paintbrush was still so slender.

"Misha, as my guest, you can stay here for a while. Do you have any other missions after that? For example, go to your sister?"

"His Majesty did order me to go to Her Highness Alexandra. At this time, only the aide-de-camp can be used as a messenger. And I never bring servants with me. I always act on my own, which is very convenient."

As for staying in the palace, Soloviev could not have thought that this was the idea of ​​the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

After all, the Duke's family had signed a contract with Count Bobulinsky. There was a chain store of the Count in Schwerin. In addition to restaurants and hotels, there were also various novelties imported from Russia, and the Duke himself could also share some of the profits.

While walking through the corridor, Soloviev also saw a very new portrait, also by an Austrian painter. Maria was a little girl but was painted like a middle-aged woman, while Elena looked very young and beautiful in the portrait.

These painters, but Elena was also very picky about portraits. She was able to take a fancy to this painting because the depiction was more in line with her own heart, although she preferred the portrait painted by Mrs. Lebrun when she was with her sister when she was a child.

Young girls are indeed what painters prefer to express in works of art.

As for going to Dresden in the future, he also had to put some time aside. During this journey, he had to pass through Saxony-Weimar, which was Maria's potential husband's home, but there were two heavyweights who had always lived there, namely Goethe and Schiller.

The schedule for this trip was also relatively loose, and even the Duke of Mecklenburg wanted to keep him for two days, and he obeyed the host's kindness.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin itself is also very close to Russia. Elena's brother-in-law is now an officer in the Grenadiers, but he is now a colonel and will command the Grenadiers in the future.

Soloviev sometimes finds it very strange that the Moscow Grenadiers are a place where many big figures come and go. They have served there or have some relationship with them. Although they have left the regiment long ago, they still have many benefits from their origins.

He was able to be entertained by Frederick Franz because he was a friend of the prince and another duke, Karl August, on the court, and Frederick Ludwig also brought "basketball" to Mecklenburg.

It's just that here, this project is called "Grenadier Movement" because the people who come to play are always tall grenadiers. There are still many tall people in places like the German princes.

But he didn't come here to play basketball, but to write memos as always.

This is not a diary, because Solovyov wants to record in detail what he sees and hears along the way, as well as the attitudes of the people he visits.

Now he knows the general attitudes of the two families in Mecklenburg, and in his conversation with Frederick Ludwig, he also knows some of the latest arrangements.

For example, a wedding is going to be held in Berlin, and Louisa's sister Mary is going to get married. The other party is the fourth son of the Duke of Brunswick, that looks very powerful and rough.