Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Many people were waiting in Red Square, and the people of Moscow knew that Alexander had no sons, and according to Paul Petrovich's decree on inheritance, males had priority in succession.

The queen was past her prime childbearing years, and all her children were girls.

At this time, Grand Duke Constantine was planning to marry his mistress. Even if they had children after the marriage, they would not have any right to inherit the throne.

The future monarch of the Russian Empire will depend on the lineage of Grand Prince Nicholas, who is already married, and Grand Prince Mikhail, who is not yet married.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna, who had recently married into the Russian government, announced that she was pregnant.

The Grand Duke and Duchess had known each other since childhood. Their friendship blossomed into love when the King of Prussia sought refuge in St. Petersburg, leading to their marriage. This union was a match made in heaven and had a positive impact on relations between the two countries.

Seeing the cannons set up outside, people knew that this was going to be a big event.

Whether it's a boy or a girl, it's a major event to welcome a new member to the family, and gifts will be distributed in Red Square.

If someone else were to handle this, it might be a bit more complicated; they would just arrange some guards and set up some salutes.

Especially recently, General Tormasov, the Governor-General of Moscow, has been seriously ill, and he is unable to personally supervise many things.

Solovyov, who had returned from out of town, took on this task.

He made meticulous arrangements, even stationing soldiers and police to maintain order on the main parade and celebration streets.

Before the birth of a new royal member, a large number of gifts must be prepared to avoid stampedes, and everything must be carried out in an orderly manner.

Furthermore, on April 28, Tormasov even signed off on the distribution of a proclamation drafted by Solovyov to the streets of Moscow in order to ensure order and the safety of citizens in the city.

The citizens of Moscow had no objection to this arrangement, and the distribution of supplies was not limited to Red Square.

Solovyov arranged for horse-drawn carriages to wait at several gathering places of citizens and also sent troops to maintain order.

This prompted some onlookers to mock him, saying that the count had always touted himself as a liberal who advocated progressive ideas, but at this time he had sent out a large number of military and police personnel. Who knew what he was up to?

Solovyov had heard plenty of sarcastic remarks. He was sitting in the Kremlin at that moment, and called out to Pierre to come forward and listen carefully. "I'm calling you... This is a bit of a mismatch."

“Pierre, with this arrangement, everything should be fine tomorrow.”

Are you that confident?

"The midwife examined His Highness's body and, based on the degree of closure of the dilation, determined that tomorrow is the most suitable due date. If the amniotic sac breaks, we need to go see a doctor as soon as possible."

He is the most experienced in this area, after all, he has a double-digit number of children, and he is very close to each of them when he is around, including the eldest daughter of the black-hearted cotton.

If the mothers encountered problems and the doctor wasn't around, the fathers would grab forceps and deliver the younger siblings from their wombs; there was even a time when it was the uncle who did it.
In short, that's how it is.

He preferred spending time with children to fighting.

The children were brought along this time as well, and Pasha hadn't seen Princess Nastya for a long time.

Anastasia's nickname is "Nastya," and the two children sat there chatting.

"What are you doing here?"

“Count, Pasha said it will be a girl.”

"Aren't girls good enough?"

"It would be very interesting if my aunt had given birth to a boy."

The future daughter-in-law of the family, like Pasha, is unaware of the engagement. She just came to play with Pasha. Although Pasha thinks playing with dolls is not interesting, he still patiently plays along.

“Father, I think Alexandra Feodorovna will have a girl. After all, the princes in the palace have all been girls. The next one might be a boy.”

"Pasha, what is your basis?"

Solovyov couldn't help but ask his son how he came to that conclusion.

"Because of Her Majesty the Empress."

His reason was that all the princes who had been born before, starting with Yevdokia who had just gotten married, were girls.

"Pasha, what will happen if you lose?"

After all, this matter is still uncertain. Solovyov cannot guarantee that Charlotte will definitely have a son after she arrives.

After all, the factors that determine sex are injected by the male. Human genetics are not like those of butterflies, where the factors that determine sex are in the female butterfly.

"Dad, can I give this to Nastya?"

Pasha took off a pendant from his neck; it was a jade pendant given to him by Emperor Jiaqing when he was sent as an envoy to China.

"of course can."

"If you're right, I'll do it like this."

Nastya is a bit of a ditz; the youngest daughter is always pampered and has some privileges around her mother.

She had already kissed Pasha on the cheek, and Solovyov looked at the two children, not knowing what to say.

"But now you've kissed me, Nastya."

"Let's do it again sometime. I like you."

Are all young women these days so proactive and enthusiastic?

Moreover, Pasha is very popular among little girls; girls like her, and so do older girls.

"If that's the case, then it's a deal."

Pasha definitely came out on top. Solovyov couldn't suppress the smirk on his face. This little girl was really natural and beautiful. Her blue eyes were just like Louisa's. But Seven wasn't his daughter; Svetlana and Elizabeth were.

However, all the girls had those clear, doe-like eyes, which inevitably had a certain allure.

As they were talking, the lady-in-waiting beside Louisa came over.

“Count, His Highness wants everyone to come, including Princess Anastasia. You must also come.”

The Empress Dowager sat there, somewhat anxious. Her daughter-in-law had come with a mission, so naturally she had to ensure everything went smoothly. But even she knew that there were risks involved in having ten children, let alone her daughter-in-law, who was having her first.

This was much more nerve-wracking than Louisa's first childbirth, when Paul was still there and remained calm and composed.

According to members of the conspiracy group at the time, he was even able to berate them when his life was threatened.

It's no wonder that Solovyov mentioned the late emperor so frequently, second only to mentioning the emperor.

At least that's what the courtiers thought. Nicholas was even more anxious, as his wife was inside. He had also called several of his classmates from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, and they were from several different factions.

Prince Gorchakov and Pushkin, among other classmates, were summoned, which now seems somewhat to embolden Nicholas.

"Your Highness, everything will be alright. The Earl has made all the necessary arrangements."

“Diplomat Sasha, I think you’re trying to comfort me.”

Of course, both Gorchakov and Pushkin were called "Sasha," and when they were both present, Nikolai would distinguish them by their special skills and professions.

The boss has used this method before, since there are too many people from large families in the circle, and often people with the same name can come from several different branches.

Pushkin was naturally a poet, even though he was also a clerk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Besides being Nikolai's friend, he also serves another purpose: given his height, standing here makes Nikolai appear even taller.

Nikolai invited all his friends over, partly for a party, and partly to celebrate the birth of his child; there always has to be a poet.

It would be relatively easy to get Pushkin to write poems about loving life, without deliberately praising the royal family.

Pushkin, however, often wrote poems praising the Empress, a fact that puzzles many people.

Even Solovyov, who knew he had been peeping at the Empress and Anna bathing, couldn't understand what he was thinking.

The Queen was pursued by the previous generation of guards, and is now seen as a symbol of their ideals by the current generation of guards and young attendants. That's just how interesting it is sometimes.

Madame Le Brun called her Psyche, and she was absolutely right; she always suffered undeserved misfortunes, yet still had a large number of supporters and suitors.
"Great poet, do you have any leads now?"

In fact, given Pushkin's characteristics, Solovyov wanted to give him the nickname "Li Bai" (a famous Chinese poet), but his martial prowess wasn't up to par.

If it were Cao Zhi, it might be somewhat fitting, since although the Marquis of Linzi could write "Sacrificing himself for the country in times of crisis, regarding death as returning home," his martial prowess was probably not that great.

“I think it would be more appropriate to use spring as the theme, which represents the nurturing of life.”

Solovyov felt that the topic was too much like the animal kingdom.

However, he himself felt that he was good at translating poetry, but his poetry writing was not even as good as Pushkin's heel, so it was naturally up to him.

However, his censor was right there, and there are many more stories about Nikolai and Pushkin to come.

Pushkin and Solovyov were members of the same poetry society, although Solovyov and Prince Saltykov rarely attended due to their busy official duties.

While they were discussing the theme of the poem, there were no cries of pain from the Grand Duchess during childbirth, only the cries of a newborn baby.

"Your Highness, it's a boy, and both mother and child are safe."

Even the doctor didn't get involved; a midwife took care of everything.

“This is a good omen, just like in the book I read a few days ago, where Cicero’s mother did not suffer when he was born.”

"It's a book by Plutarch, Nikolai. What does it say?"

Alexander himself did not enjoy reading in depth; in fact, he knew the contents, but he deliberately asked Nicholas about them.

This was his way of testing Nikolai's knowledge; the coursework Solovyov had assigned him previously consisted largely of classical Eastern and Western philosophy.

Although Alexander always wanted to complain, Solovyov was good enough as a military philosopher, why did he have to train another one?
However, Solovyov argued that Marcus Aurelius was a "philosopher-king" and ruled Rome well, which left Alexander with no room for argument.

After all, that philosopher-king was truly capable, almost pulling Rome out of the mire.

Of course, Alexander the Great, although his teacher was the more prestigious Aristotle, did not have the opportunity to build a nation; he simply ended his reign after conquering the land.

Solovyov was also curious about what it would be like if he were to build a country.

It's not time for baptism yet. The doctor just cleaned the child and said that the child is very healthy and quite large.

Alexander had already decided to name the child after himself, and if it was a girl, she would be named after his older sister Alexandra.

On the name day, the Patriarch can even preside over it.

At this point, Nicola mentioned the contents of Cicero's biography.

“From the time of Cicero’s birth, he was prophesied to bring good to the country.”

"That's one way to put it, because he later thwarted Catiline's plot, and as a lawyer he stood up for the people and punished many corrupt Roman officials, but in the end he sided with the Senate and had two seats."

Solovyov's statement is actually a reflection of Alexander himself.

The Tsar did not show any change in facial expression after hearing this.

What he was actually referring to was his own shortcomings.

"Having two seats" is already a very euphemistic way of putting it; Cicero was essentially going to either side and jump ship at the right time.

He was also an orator, jurist, and politician, but not so much in military matters.

However, when they mentioned Cicero at this time, Solovyov inevitably thought of the fact that Cicero was eventually killed by Mark Antony, and his head and hands were nailed to the gate of the Senate.

Alexander II died by having his legs blown off by a bomb after getting out of his carriage.

If there were an award for the best jokes in hell, Solovyov's would probably be a contender.

Fortunately, he didn't say anything, but as the highest-ranking general present in terms of both rank and actual position, he congratulated Alexander and Nicholas.

"Your Majesty, and His Highness Nicholas, we soldiers are sincerely happy today to congratulate the Royal Family on the arrival of a new member."

Moreover, Solovyov was very careful with his words, leaving the rest for Alexander to say.

"It should be said that he is also the heir of us brothers; children always represent the future."

When they found out it was a boy, preparations were already underway outside. With the sounding of cannons, the audience was chanting "Hurrah!" There were many people in Red Square.

By the time the 101st shot had been fired, the people of Moscow knew that this time it was very likely to be a boy.

Unlike the time in St. Petersburg when Louisa gave birth to twin girls, when the onlookers in St. Petersburg were so excited that they didn't notice that the gunfire stopped after 200 shots.

Of course, the Moscow folks hadn't seen anything like this in a hundred years; they were unaware of the strange happenings in St. Petersburg.

The cheers continued until the 301st blast.

The whole of Moscow was in an uproar, and spontaneous celebrations began. (End of Chapter)