Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 134: Solovyov once again falls into the trap

Louisa had to stroke the little girls' heads to comfort them, wipe their tears one by one, and give them close kisses to comfort them.

"Don't be afraid, I'm fine. All three of you should go back to sleep. You are not needed here anymore. Natasha, you should go back inside and don't wake up Masha."

The three girls either returned to the maid's room or were allowed to sleep in Louisa's bedroom like Natalia. After all, they received such orders every day at this time.

After they all left, Solovyov stood up and wanted to leave.

"Your Highness, you should also go to bed early. I still have to go on patrol."

As soon as he turned around, he found two slender arms wrapped around his waist.

"Misha, please don't leave."

"Your Highness." He could already feel Louisa's slender body pressed against his back, her cheek right at the back of his neck. There was that unforgettable scent of almond perfume, and her hair was a little wet.

Even though this prince is so sick, he still insists on taking a bath every day. He really loves cleanliness.

"I still have to go on duty. It would not be good if people found out that the officer on duty was not there."

"That's you, Misha, you are my Gabriel. No one else is as dedicated as you are, loyal to everyone, to His Majesty and Alexander." Having said that, she hugged him tighter, but that was all the strength she had, after all, she was a delicate beauty.

"Your Highness, this will be very troublesome. I will lose my life. You may also know how Henry VIII treated his wife and those terrible court stories."

Solovyov did not want to answer a question that would kill him, as his desire to survive was still very strong. He felt sympathy for the weak Crown Princess and liked her very much. However, if something really happened at this time, the Russian court would not care whether she was the princess of some feudal lord. Being imprisoned in Arkhangelsk might be Paul's pity for his eldest daughter-in-law, whom he had always favored.

If the little Poland next door did it, he was just sent to a foreign country as an ambassador, and there was no solid evidence, not to mention that Louisa asked a maid to return to the bedroom.

"It doesn't matter. Just accompany me to the study. There's usually no one there."

"What can I do with you?"

"What time are you leaving, Misha?"

"It is now ten o'clock at night. As the officer on duty, I have to return at one o'clock at night."

"Then you can stay here with me for two hours. No matter how Maria begs you, you can agree to her request."

"But Her Highness Maria is still a child. She just wants delicious fruit, nice music, and stories to be told to her."

“You have to tell me a story too.”

She turned Solovyov's body, and Solovyov was forced to turn around as well.

"Well, what I can be sure of is that no officer of the Guards would come here to patrol at this time."

"Except you, come with me."

Solovyov's movements were not so fast. After Louisa pushed open the door of her reading room, there were two large semicircular bookshelves in the middle and vertical bookshelves on all four sides. It was like a library, filled with all kinds of books, which were carefully classified.

"Come here and sit here."

That should normally be the seat for a reading maid, but it was very soft to sit on.

"It feels like sitting inside a cake, the cushions are so soft."

"My father was the commander of the Butyrsky Musketeer Regiment in the Field Marshal's expeditionary army. It must have been very hard during the expedition, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. The Butlers' Regiment was awarded by the Emperor for its military merits. However, the soldiers in our area call this regiment the 'in-laws' regiment. After all, the Crown Prince of Baden is your father."

After all, her grandfather is still alive. In Germany, there are always old princes who have not been able to ascend the throne for decades, but there are also those who have been on the throne from their lifetime until their death. Who knows when an accident will happen?

"It should be OK in Italy, but it's very hard in Switzerland, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. We were also marching in bad weather at that time. We suffered from cold and hunger along the way. Not to mention the soldiers, even we officers had no food twice. Even the Grand Marshal and His Highness Constantine went hungry."

Before she even started listening to Solovyov reading to her, Louisa began to wipe her tears. She was more sympathetic to the soldiers who were going on the expedition. As a princess of a German prince, she was more concerned about Russian affairs.

"Your Highness, please don't cry."

"I know it's not easy for you all. Men go out to fight for a reason. But if we continue to fight like this, it will only cause more men to bleed, and women and children to cry at home."

"Well, your highness, don't be sad. Let's read a story. I think it will also help you fall asleep."

"I don't want to sleep, so you can read me a story and keep an eye on the watch so that no one can see you."

Even for a prince of such status, it is the same. Women always need stories to be told to them to make them happy.

"Well, if you want to listen, I'll pick out a book."

"Nothing more, just read me a passage from your own translation. Here are all the newspapers of the Petersburg News. You can read one of them."

"Well, Your Highness, let's read..."

What Solovyov pulled out were accidentally the "excellent" contents that he had put a lot of effort into translating. The story of the blind date in Ganlu Temple is probably something you can all know.

He also copied down Yuefu poems below. He was doing this in vain. He couldn't forget what he had read before his head was hit, so he copied down part of "Zi Ye Si Shi Ge". Why not remember something else? He just wrote down all four songs.

According to the rules of translating poetry, it is also necessary to fully understand the meaning.

"Your Highness, what do you think after listening to this?"

"You are very passionate, Misha. 'The passionate spring breeze blows my dress away' (La brise printanière passionnée, faire sauter ma robe). Chinese words are also very clever. Even when translated, you can feel it."

Solovyov never thought that he had already filled in the answer to the "fatal question" when he was still not familiar with Louisa.

"Do you like me?"

"If I tell a lie to such a beautiful woman, it will hurt your heart. But if I tell the truth, I will have to face the trick of fate."

"You still won't say it directly? Mon poète, you can say it directly. My three maids are sisters. All three of them can fall asleep immediately after lying on the bed. Especially the lovely Natasha, as long as she lies down on the couch, the lovely kitten will curl up and fall asleep."

"Your Highness, I don't want to use those fancy words, Ich liebe dich! This is enough, I am sure that Natalia should not understand German either." "You are too careful, mon ange Gabriel, je vous aime aussi!"

Louisa grabbed Solovyov's hand. Although she seemed very proactive now, in fact, Solovyov was the more proactive one when several accidents happened.

"Your Highness, can I touch you?"

"of course can."

However, Louisa did not expect that Solovyov would first touch her wrist, take her pulse, and then trace her neck to the location of her heart in her chest.

"Misha, are you still worried about my health?"

"Yes, Your Highness, your heart is a little weak. You really should have a device that can hear your heartbeat without being close to your body. I think this is it. I still need to clean my ears first, so as to ensure hygiene."

He also did not forget to quickly draw the structure of the hose stethoscope. His serious look made Louisa laugh.

"You can put your ear on my chest. Don't be so shy. You're blushing, my cute little brother."

Uh. This is a reasonably adapted phrase from Prince Skunk by Warner Bros. Louisa makes herself smell good, which is actually the exact opposite of her character.

"Then I still need to clean my ears first."

"The alcohol is on the bookshelf. I like cleanliness, so I left it here for the maids to use."

After he had cleaned both ears, he put his ear to Louisa's chest and began to listen to her heart.

"The heartbeat is a little weak, but it's still stable. You may be born with a deficiency, which is a root cause of the disease before you were born."

“When I was a child, I was very weak.”

Louisa grew up in a warm family environment in Karlsruhe, the capital of Baden. She was small and weak when she was born, and her parents were worried that she would not grow up.

At that time, doctors even believed that it was a miracle that she could grow up. However, soon after learning of Louisa's birth, the Empress and Paul, who was then the Crown Prince, sent congratulatory letters. Louisa's mother, Amalia of Hesse, had been one of Paul's candidate wives, and the Russian court had always had close contacts with the courts of the German princes.

When she grew up, she came to Petersburg with her sister and became Alexander's wife.
In St. Petersburg, her greatest feeling was loneliness. After the death of the empress, Paul, her father-in-law, still took care of her, but due to the busy government affairs, he did not pay much attention to her. Queen Maria came from Württemberg, the neighboring country of Baden, and her mother-in-law had always been somewhat hostile to her. Although the attitude had eased recently, when Alexander was outside with the Polish woman, she actually said that it was Louisa who "lacked means" and "had been cared for too long". And so on. It might also be because the little girl who married to St. Petersburg had always been liked by the empress, and her "beauty and elegance"; as for Alexander, his problem was that Solovyov, as an eyewitness, found it hard to believe that he had such a wife with so many virtues at home, and that he could find Polish women outside, and his home was almost attacked by the neighboring Małopolska.

As for the other girls in the family, they were destined to get married in the future. Although Constantine defended his sister-in-law, he was only defending her reputation and could not help much.

This made her feel lonely all the time, and she became more and more lonely. The "little fairy" beside Elena was her good sister. She came to her and made her happy for a few days. Then she got married and could not stay in the palace all the time. She always wanted to lock herself up. It would be best if she could go to seclusion or become a nun to get a moment of peace.

When she recalled her 21 years of life experiences, she found that although she was born noble, she had never experienced true happiness since leaving her hometown of Karlsruhe.

"Your Highness, are you listening to me?"

After listening to Louisa's heart, Solovyov sat in a chair and spoke seriously.

"Your body is too weak. You need to supplement some nutrition and use herbs for treatment. I can think of using ginseng to supplement... uh, it's to replenish vitality. Another option is to use salvia miltiorrhiza to invigorate blood circulation and regulate menstruation."

Seeing Solovyov's serious look, Louisa laughed.

"Haha, you really are a serious little doctor. I know you are doing this for my own good. But sometimes, it's not just about prescribing herbal medicine. I know what you're thinking."

Solovyov also blushed when Louisa grabbed his hands.

"Yes, Your Highness, I have just said it, in response to you, je vous aime aussi, ma muse. (I love you too, my muse)"

Louisa could tell that there was a certain amount of compliment in Alexander's words to her.

And Solovyov knew the consequences of some things, so he was very cautious when he said this, which required courage.

It was a bit difficult for him to be a guardian and an adventurer at the same time.

"Then we should"

Solovyov looked at Louisa lying on the recliner, lifted her up, and kissed her cheek first. When he felt her arms around his back, he picked her up like a princess and then kissed her.

He was no longer on alert and had relaxed his vigilance to some extent, but there was no need to worry too much. This was the safest place. Natalia, the only one in the bedroom, was sleeping soundly. In addition, the study had been checked for soundproofing in advance to keep it quiet and not be disturbed. In addition, the place where the two of them kissed was between two large semicircular bookshelves, so it was difficult for outsiders to notice.

That same evening, Alexander was pouring out his heart in the arms of Maria Naryshkina, who was quite far away and had no plans to return.

However, Solovyov was still very careful. After kissing passionately for a while, he considered the issues that would arise next.

"Can I call you Louisa or Lisa in private?"

"Louisa is my real name, you can call me whatever you want."

"I think, Louisa, that you will go back to your bedroom, and I must return to my post."

"I'm going to sleep here, and I'll be asleep soon. I'm afraid I'll wake Martha if I go to the bedroom."

"But you will catch a cold. Please wait a moment."

Solovyov was very good at taking care of people. When he was resting at home, he often took care of his family. When he went out on expeditions, even Marshal Suvorov's servants were surprised at how skilled a young master was in serving people.

He found some soft cushions and a blanket from the drawing-room and covered Louisa with them.

"Thank you, Mishka."

"Good night, Lisa."

Solovyov kissed Louisa on the forehead and left in a hurry. He himself had to complain about his stealth skills, which he had learned during the Italian expedition. After he sneaked back to the officers' duty room, an adjutant complained that he had been slacking off.

What he thought was: I dare not slack off, otherwise I might fill in the answer to a "fatal question" at any time.

Louisa, on the other hand, slept soundly, and fell asleep on the recliner, because no one could see her in the study.

After being away from home for so long, she rarely felt happiness other than that of her own children. Before, she only felt this kind of happiness when she was the queen and newlyweds.

(End of this chapter)