Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 504 016 Is it considered a home visit for the three little ones of the royal family to visit the teacher?

Nicholas was rather scratching his head. The pressure from his mother was quite great recently.

He actually had a lot of fun during this winter vacation. The Queen of Prussia brought her daughters to Petersburg for a visit, and Charlotte joined their small group.

Although it was Anna who led the "expedition team", she usually led her two younger brothers to "explore" in the palace, and sometimes she would add members to her nieces.

However, Louisa raised her children, even the twins who were very cunning, to be obedient and sensible girls. They always lived in the Tauride Palace, not in the Imperial Village or the Winter Palace.

With the arrival of the docile Charlotte, everyone had a lot of fun.

But the vacation was only about 30 days, and the next semester would start again.

It was just that Queen Louise, for some unknown purpose, gave Charlotte to Queen Mother Maria.

The reason was simple. The queen brought too few people with her. On February 1, she gave birth to a baby girl in the Pavlovsk Palace, which was opened by the Russian royal family for the Prussian royal family to rest. The name was exactly the same as her own, that is, the third princess of Prussia, Louise.

The older Charlotte was easy to deal with, but the two younger children also needed someone to take care of them.

So, good friends Elena and Maria took the second princess Alexandrina to them and raised her with their two children, and Louise breastfed her newborn daughter herself.

As for Charlotte, Queen Mother Maria liked this child very much. Compared with her daughters, she was well-behaved and sensible.

It's just a pity that she is not even 10 years old yet, and she is not old enough to plan a marriage. Otherwise, it would be very suitable to propose marriage to Nicholas. They are similar in age and status. Although the King of Prussia FW is a little worse, he is still a good person, and Queen Louise is a virtuous wife who takes care of her husband and children - except that she always likes to interfere in politics as a queen.

However, Charlotte is so well-behaved that she may not learn to be good even if she grows up. Queen Mother Maria likes her more and more, so she took her to her palace to raise her.

Moreover, this pomp is no different from that of her own daughter Anna.

However, Anna's attitude towards the extra "sister" is very good. She is not like her sister Catherine who is always jealous of her sister. She takes Charlotte with her wherever she goes to play.

As for Nicholas' most respected teacher Solovyov, he is now a count. He actually has terrible French relatives. Now he has returned with the terrible "Tsarskoye Selo Scroll" and "Ryazan Scroll".

Although Solovyov was forced to do business, considering Katya's opinion, it would be an honor for the royal family to come to his home.

And it was not Alexander himself who came to visit his confidant's home, but only the young royal family members came to make up lessons, which was a very normal activity.

Even when Alexander was a child, he often went to No. 1 and No. 3 Million Street. No. 1 was the official residence of the son-in-law of the private secretary of his grandmother, the Queen, and No. 3 was the official residence of the tutor Saltykov.

As for the fact that two carriages brought four little ancestors, Solovyov had never expected it.

"It's OK for Nicholas and Mikhail to come to my place, but Her Highness Anna... and..."

"Hello, Count, my mother asked Charlotte and I to come here together. Charlotte's mother had just given birth to a child, Louise is very cute, but she is still breastfeeding, so Charlotte and I live together. Well, my mother also said that I should come here to attend classes, and also to accumulate some experience for my good nieces, who are also going to school."

"Okay, my house is very spacious, you can do whatever you want, but... don't go to Katya's bedroom. She hasn't been feeling well these days. It's okay for her to come out to meet guests, but she also needs to get enough rest."

And Solovyov was still complaining in his heart, is he in the Princess Collection?

In fact, he had little contact with Anna. Although he held her when she was very young, he was on missions or leading troops in battles during the years she grew up, which was not as dangerous as the few times he met Maria.

This little princess, who was not valued at home, played well with her two younger brothers and was also learning multiple foreign languages ​​and mathematics.

However, the difficulty of the mathematics she was learning was different from that of Nicholas.

Soloviev's requirements were too strict. According to his experience from Gauss, the intensity of the exams given to Nicholas was already the intensity of the Olympic Games in his memory.

And Gauss was indeed tempted recently because the salary of the professorship in Göttingen was only two-thirds of that in Russia, and the treatment was much different.

What's more, Soloviev was a close friend of the old Duke of Brunswick, and he was a talented person who supported science. It was much better than having to pay a sum of money to continue to be a university professor in Westphalia.

Nicholas was able to endure it because of his admiration for the "boss". Although he was not smart enough, he gritted his teeth and completed these subjects.

After all, his master was able to compete with that man and get away with it. This is a skill.

Anna was easy to talk to. When she was in the palace, although Katya got engaged and then married shortly after her arrival, the two of them got along very well.

In the era of Paul and his two sons, the Russian royal family had a lot of rules, but they were not far from the people, and were even a little close to their subjects. The nobles of higher status were as convenient as visiting each other.

But it was better during Paul's time. If you mention this, when Solovyov was on duty in the Guards, he once accompanied Paul to sit in the serf's clean but shabby hut.

Paul was probably the most unpretentious "Czar's Little Father" in Russia, but his rule was also very short, and the citizens, serfs, and soldiers all missed him.

In the era of Alexander, this structure was a little floating, but it was also very close to the people.

As for Katya, it was heard that the three princes of the palace and Princess Charlotte of Prussia were coming, and they were also prepared in advance.

Otherwise, her daily state was indeed a bit embarrassing. It was just that her constipation had improved recently, and when guests came to her house, she could also greet them as the hostess.

"This place is so beautiful. It's hard to imagine that it's a general's manor. It looks more like the furnishings of the Sanssouci Palace."

"Your Highness Charlotte, could it be that King Frederick the Great also has this sentiment? As for the Rococo style, the king didn't like a skirt that Madame Pompadour also liked. This pink color was referenced from there."

But Charlotte is still a child, and it's not okay to talk about things that are too profound.

Anna is already 13 years old, and she can understand it. After all, her favorite things are painting and crafts, and she can also talk happily with her two sisters who came back to visit their parents in the palace.

"No wonder my sister always asks you to be a model."

It's just that Anna's mouth is different from her sisters, and she is a little poisonous.

Compared with the gentle Alexandra, the smart Elena, the black-bellied Maria and the lively and willful Catherine, it is another state.

And there is also some meaning of indiscriminate attack.

However, Solovyov is not too shy about his "black history". After all, Nikolai is so beautiful that he even looks like a girl.

Especially recently, he has grown his hair, takes a bath frequently, and even puts on light makeup when going out.

The bigger problem is that he is growing really fast. If he continues like this, he will probably grow to two meters tall.

But now, he is almost as tall as him.

"Your Highness Nikolai, what should I say? You have grown so much in one winter. The tailor must have had a hard time."

"Boss, it doesn't matter. My brother left me a wardrobe with some old clothes. Although my mother doesn't let me wear the clothes left by my brother, it can save some money."

His awareness should be shown to those Russian nobles who live a luxurious life. Solovyov was also very satisfied with Nikolai's answer.

"But here, you don't have to think about saving money. You are coming here to study, and you are also coming to visit me. The room has been cleaned. Well, Miss Scherer, do you want to take a look?"

"Count Mikhail, although you and your father are both known for being good housekeepers, I also want to take a look to avoid any mistakes."

Miss Scherer is the head of the Empress Dowager's female officer and confidant. When Nicholas was sent here for the first time, she was the one who did it for her. It can be seen how much the Empress Dowager attaches importance to her son's schoolwork.

Unlike the two older sons, Empress Maria can't use resources like the empress to invite famous teachers for her two younger sons, so she has to take advantage of Count Solovyov, who is the most knowledgeable among the attendant generals and is good at taking care of children.

Soloviev himself feels that he has become a parenting general and should prepare a four-dimensional scarf for himself.

But after Miss Scherer's inspection, Anna made a request.

"Count, today is the first day. Can I take my brothers and our distinguished guest Charlotte to tour your house?"

"Miss Scherer, what do you think?"

"This is also the first day. Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother also said when she came here that this is the first visit to get familiar with the environment. And it's really nice here. Not only are the guest rooms well arranged, but each suite has a study and bathroom, as well as a dance studio and a studio."

Hearing this, Anna was a little excited.

After all, when she was in the Imperial Village in the past, the buildings were built decades ago by her grandmother, or even earlier during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and some of the facilities were a bit outdated.

This place is brand new, and the facilities are complete, so it should be fun.

If it were in Europe, even the Prince of Wales and his daughter Charlotte, who don't have much airs, would have some airs inside.

Queen Louise's daughters are too well-behaved, unlike the Russian girls. The five girls raised have different personalities. The youngest one, although her personality is okay, is sharp-tongued, but she is willing to be the king of children, and takes her two younger brothers and a group of nieces out to play.

As expected, the daughters of the old Luo family are not easy to deal with. Since Peter the Great's elder sister Sophia, these princesses have lived out their own characteristics.

I don't know what kind of free-range education policy the queen mother adopted, but it turned out like this.

Charlotte was easily pulled away by Nicholas, and Solovyov was not surprised, because this was his purpose.

The two children are just playing well now, and even Nicholas is regarded as a "good sister" to some extent because he is so beautiful.

Here in the Winter Palace, there is always a boy dressed as a woman, which is also a strange world.

And Katya can't run now because she is not like she was when she was a maid.

"Count, when your wife is in the palace, it would be better if she just stood, otherwise it feels like she will fly."

Speaking of which, my daughter-in-law is very well-behaved at home, but when she is performing official duties in the palace, she gets off to a good start.

"But Katya has become much more stable since she got married. Miss Scherer, if you don't mind, you can come and take a look at the menu for entertaining their highnesses."

"Of course I want to go take a look, but the three Your Highnesses, as well as our distinguished guest Princess Charlotte, will be left to your care for the next two days."

"Of course there is no problem. I was also responsible for taking care of the children when I was in the palace. It's just you."

"Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother still has things for me to do. I will go back after checking the kitchen. I hope you have a good weekend."

These young ancestors came here with only a few attendants. As a master, Solovyov had the authority to restrain them, but he also had to consider the feelings of the children.

He was worried that the children would have too much fun in a new environment, so he went in to have a look.

Fortunately, these four children were in a group for group activities. Anna took the three younger ones in the studio and saw the paintings hanging on the wall.

"Your Highness, isn't there such a painting in the palace? And it's hanging near His Majesty's palace. You should go there often."

"That's right. The collections in the palace are all like this, but"

It's okay for the younger three. At Anna's current age, she will soon reach puberty, and the next step is to talk about marriage, so it is inevitable that she will have some thoughts.

It would be easy to say a kiss or a hug, but it was replaced by a picture of "Venus dressing up". As we all know, paintings with Venus themes often have nothing to do with clothes.

"Well, Olga, go and cover that painting."

Solovyov asked the maid to cover the painting in the studio. He was surprised. Although Anna has a sharp tongue, her personality is relatively conservative, and she is different from her sisters.