Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The Queen Mother alone almost had a veto power. After all, in Russia, many nobles from German princes were still deeply hostile to Napoleon.

Since he was claimed to be an enemy of Christ, there would always be considerable reaction.

Of course, Solovyov also opposed it, not because of his good relationship with Maria and Catherine, and even the former almost developed to bed several times.

No benefits are secondary. He spent so much time to help his stepmother fulfill her wish, and then there was such a result, which was not easy to say at home.

In the past, changes in marital relationships always caused various disputes, and generally people would not divorce after getting married.

For example, Bagration, even if his wife was fooling around with Metternich in Vienna, he tried his best to maintain this relationship, which was completely different from his master's attitude of separation to stop losses.

Even such a brave man, with a low attitude on the issue of marriage, always makes others feel curious.

You know, the "little fairy" in history only gave birth to one child, and from the name, it can be seen that it is Metternich's seed, which made Alexander furious. He claimed that he wanted to duel with Metternich, and there was a bit of personal grudge in it.

After all, this is a girl raised by the empress, and she is his cousin by blood

With a child, Bagration will not divorce his wife, and he always hopes that she will come back.

Napoleon's behavior obviously still hopes that his own son will inherit his crown. As a senior elite Roman, this is obviously not Roman.

Roman inheritance is relatively broad, and adopted sons, sons-in-law and biological sons will appear, and there will not necessarily be so many obsessions.

Soloviev heard someone discussing Mary, and naturally he would have associations, and soon someone directly brought it up.

He was still pretending to take care of his wife who was leaning on the sofa and was confused, but he could also hear some rumors.

"It would be great if France and Russia could get married. We have heard that Grand Duke Constantine's original wife returned to her parents' home in Saxony. If this marriage can be ended, perhaps France will choose a suitable woman to marry here."

"As far as I know, even the girls from the Beauharnais family who are suitable for marriage have become members of the Grand Duke of Baden's family."

He was talking about Eugene's cousin Stephanie. After she married in Baden, she had no signs of pregnancy. Even her young age was difficult to use as an excuse, because although Stephanie was young, she developed very quickly and was in normal physical condition.

Even before Solovyov left for Crimea, after the conversation between Caulaincourt and him, the Marquis mentioned whether he could persuade Stephanie and Karl to complete the necessary procedures as soon as possible after marriage in the name of relatives in Russia, so that the court of Baden, civil servants of civil affairs agencies, churches, priests and obstetricians and gynecologists would have something to do, that is, to give birth to a child.

After all, Caulaingu heard that after a series of chance encounters with the empress's cousin who was stranded in Russia, she took good care of her lame husband here. The two had a good relationship. Even though her husband was already an old man in his sixties, the two were still working hard to create the next generation.

This kind of thing is not so advised, everyone knows it.

Therefore, Solovyov would not pay attention to such things. Anyway, he had a lot of daily things to do. His father was already this age, and his only adult son was too promising in the army, which also led to him, as a veteran manager among the nobles, not being able to enjoy his retirement life for a long time.

As the status of his son rose, it brought more business to his old father. After all, his son's position was so good that he was Alexander's attendant general, which was worth currying favor with.

In addition, considering that he was also the most useful confidant of Grand Duke Constantine in the Guards, and one of the masters of Grand Dukes Nicholas and Mikhail, the Russian royal family followed this order of brother-to-brother succession, or the situation after Alexander and Nicholas had sons, most of the education of the Grand Duke who had not yet appeared was also Solovyov's work.

Therefore, Count Sergei was troubled by the work of managing the property all day long, and had to call several cousins ​​and older nephews to help.

He couldn't retire at the retirement age, but it was his son's success that caused the trouble.

Therefore, he didn't want to cause any other trouble.

But trouble always came to him, and this time he soon heard what he wanted to hear.

"I don't know if Her Highness Catherine has an engagement yet?"

"Not yet, but I heard that she doesn't want to marry far away, but wants to invite a foreign grand duke to Petersburg to marry. If not, she can only marry a nobleman in the country."

"Marquis Caulaincourt, Count Shuvalov said the truth."

"Then there should be experts in this area, right?"

"Armand, have you forgotten that there are relatives of Queen Josephine who can be experts in this area in Petersburg?"

Among these nobles who dig holes and never mind the trouble, there is also his old neighbor Count Shuvalov!

On the street at the entrance of Laundry Lane, the mansions on both sides belong to Count Shuvalov and Prince Yusupov respectively, and Solovyov's house is in the alley.

Since the old neighbor is so eager to watch the fun, he will always be involved in this matter.

But he was still stroking Katya's hair. Since she was almost asleep, he had to find a chance to take her away from such a strange place.

"Count, you should be more familiar with things in the palace. Since the Marquis of Caulaincourt has asked about the affairs of Her Royal Highness Catherine, we think you can also explain it."

"What is there to say about this? I can only say this. Although I often work in the palace to protect your highnesses, we must also consider that in this work, we have always been on the same side. As for As for Her Royal Highness Ekaterina, she is indeed very favored by Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and she should have high demands in her personal life, that’s it.”

"So is there anything else to say?"

"There should be no more."

"Misha, if that's what you're talking about, if there is a marriage between France and Russia, what do you think it would be like?"

It's no wonder that Count Shuvalov has always had a high status in the palace but was not very useful. He even lived a retired life in his thirties. Such countless speeches are already very problematic.

"But my distant cousin Eugene has married a Bavaria princess and has a child. We had a good chat in Tilsit. He also gave me a small folding mirror. I recently arrived . I think it should explain all this.”

"Then who else is more suitable?"

"Peter, I know the situation of the Bonaparte family better than you. After all, he is also my uncle. And hasn't the order of the emperor's heirs been determined long ago according to the inheritance law? What's more, we are the emperor's ministers, especially We are all still soldiers, and we shouldn’t discuss this kind of thing too much.”

What he said was very boring, and Count Peter Shuvalov felt it was boring, so he withdrew.

Speaking of which, Count Shuvalov's son will inherit the property at No. 90 on the embankment in the future and is engaged to Alexander's illegitimate daughter Sofia. Solovyov, who knows a little about Alexander, can't remember this clearly. After all, Russian aristocrats are always like poking holes in a monkey's nest, with a lot of families having the same name.

But Caulaincourt is still standing here. Because of the friendly relationship between the two, Solovyov would not be able to drive him away as the host of the reception. That might cause a diplomatic incident.

"Michelle, as friends, let's take a step to talk. I can only tell you this matter. You can reveal it to His Majesty the Tsar in the future."

"But as a mouthpiece, my status is not suitable, right?"

Solovyov instinctively triggered his defense mechanism. What Caulaincourt said was indeed not a good thing. As a friend, he had spoken out in advance.

"Yes, it is not suitable. How much it involves is still a matter of the future relationship between the two countries. But the emperor himself has not commented yet, but Talleyrand strongly asked me to test some information in Petersburg. Even Count Shuvalov said Those words, you have also heard, are about this issue between the two countries. "

"Well, I can only hear this kind of thing, but there should be someone else who sent the message. You'd better find a diplomat to talk about this issue. For example, Prince Alexander Saltykov, But he also has a small problem. Although he has outstanding personal abilities and is very open-minded, while the emperor trusts the Taifu, he does not trust the Taifu's son, the deputy foreign minister and the second-class senior civil servant. "

"Are you looking for someone else?"

"Yes, Armand, you are a friend of our couple. When we got married, you came to congratulate us and send you blessings. But there are some things that I can't help you with. After all, my identity is caught in the middle. And that's it. According to the current situation, there are no suitable candidates for marriage between the two countries. , the French royal family had no young people of Catherine Pavlovna's age, and at the same time, the next age, I remember the son of the Duchess of Guastala, who was nothing but the emperor's nephew. And with his father’s title, he shouldn’t be worthy of Tonya.”

"Donia?"

"That's the Emperor's eldest princess, Grand Duchess Evdokia! They are similar in age, but there is some gap in status."

Having said that, Caulaincourt also understood that this boy Solovyov could fight with the emperor a few times. Such a smart boy must have guessed that this involved the emperor's divorce and marrying another woman. .

Obviously Solovyov chose to side with his aunt, and actively refused this matter because of his sensitive identity.

"In addition, my wife is pregnant and she is not feeling well. On such a cold day, although this occasion makes people feel happy, we always have to go back to rest. With such a young wife, it is always necessary to Take good care of her, right?"

"Yeah, but if something happens, maybe in the future."

"Mr. Talleyrand always mentions unexpected things. Why is he so keen on pimping? Foreign ministers in these European countries are always so energetic and like to have close contact with ladies from other countries. . Mr. Caulaincourt, it might be better if they were like you."

This could be regarded as a map cannon against Talleyrand and Metternich. Caulaincourt had also heard of rumors about Vienna, Princess Bagration and Metternich, and they were getting closer and closer.

As for Talleyrand's success in getting the sister of Metternich's mistress, it does prove that one of the two L's is not very easy to use, and it does not affect his social life and his ability to seduce high-status ladies.

The word "pimp" was even more of a mockery of Talleyrand, who had previously suggested finding an Austrian woman.

Yes, if an Austrian woman is married into the family, as long as she starts working, the family members will grow at an exponential level, which is indeed a bit scary.

That is, the Queen of Saxony and the adoptive mother and aunt of Archduke Karl, one of whom had never given birth, and the other suffered from puerperal fever after giving birth to a child who died in infancy.

Speaking of this, Solovyov did have to take care of his wife, so he asked the servants to lift Katya up with a chair similar to a stretcher, so that she could be dressed and sent into the carriage.

As for Caulaincourt, he also came out to see him off.

"By the way, does my uncle the emperor have any opinion on the Swedish issue?"

"We all understand the situation. What should be done is your own business."

Anyway, if the two of them talked about personal issues, they might be very compatible, but for some sensitive topics, they only fully exchanged opinions.

Although Caulaincourt is an honest man, it does not mean that he is not smart, and he is also clear-headed.

At this time, the French attitude is that if Russia wants to attack Sweden, they will definitely not care.

Under this endorsement, it is natural for the Russian army to take action on the border.

However, with Bukholden's level, who knows how it will be implemented.

During this period, he does not need to go to the front line, and even after the plan is completed, many specific matters are still under the jurisdiction of the War Department.

Arakcheev is willing to take care of it, which is also the delicate relationship between the two departments, and he himself is now more trusted by Alexander.

In Solovyov's view, the Swedish affairs may not be as important as recuperating Katya.

And after he returned to St. Petersburg, he also felt that Arakcheev was in charge of too many things, and the General Staff Headquarters had no sense of existence. It was just a plan here, waiting for the approval of the Tsar himself.

As for the form of the war, Solovyov was also very clear. In winter, in February, the two countries had border disputes and deployed troops behind the border.

Arakcheev, are you going to be a ash collector in your next life?