Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 150 007 Solovyov is going to do analysis again

Alexander knew the doctor's diagnosis. Since Louisa was like this again, he would stay with his wife during the day except for official duties. He would kiss her goodbye before attending various activities at night.

This always made Louisa feel better, after all, her husband would come back to her, stroke her back and belly, listen to her read newspapers and books, sometimes Miss Shakhovskaya and Miss Zagryazhskaya, the two Natalyas, read the newspapers.

"Natasha, you just spelled the word wrong"

"Yes, Your Highness. But I want to tell you one thing. Major Solovyov, who was with Your Majesty, has been assigned to be with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

Louisa was indeed a little surprised, but she pretended to be calm and did not want to involve her two sisters. She thought that the matter between her and Solovyov should be just a secret in her own heart.

"Your Highness, why do you say this is good?"

"That major is very young. His Majesty often uses him as a personal guard. If he comes to us, he will still be responsible for His Majesty's safety."

"That's right, Your Highness. You should move around more and don't catch a cold."

Miss Shakhovskaya was older and more reliable after all. She first brought the blanket and then called little Natalia over.

"I'll go check on the tea, you stay here and take care of His Highness."

The reason they did this was that Louisa's court had always been rather monotonous, with few large-scale events and the ceremony in the palace was always simple.

This led to the situation where sometimes a few maids would call the servants to do things.

"Your Highness, I learned a method from someone that can improve sleep."

"Natasha, what should we do?"

"Your Highness, please stretch your feet over here. I want to massage several spots on the soles of your feet."

Louisa had always doted on her. After all, she was the youngest among the maids, and she was also very smart, so she obediently stretched out both her legs.

Little Natalia's hands are very slender and not very strong. If she were to give a massage to the sick Louisa, it would be just right. After all, her strength was light enough for Louisa to accept, but it would just feel a bit itchy.

"You look like you haven't eaten. Lisa did the same before."

Louisa's earliest maid, Princess Elizabeth Alexeevna Grintzen, was a frail person. Her husband was Ostermann-Tolstoy. It was true that Paul did not like the young people promoted by Potemkin, but he approved the maid of the Crown Princess to marry the young general because he came from a prominent family and actually inherited the title of Count Ostermann.

However, leaving the army was a very common thing in Russia, and Paul often did very strange things. He always transferred young people who were loyal to him away from the army. For example, Ostermann-Tolstoy, who was already a major general, was arranged by him to be a fourth-rank senior civilian of the State Council.

Louisa found it interesting. Among her five maids of the highest status, who were arranged by the Empress and Queen after she married from Baden, only Natalia was in good health. The remaining four were sickly like her, especially the Countess with the same name as her. Count Ostermann-Tolstoy had to put down his work and take leave to accompany his wife to seek medical treatment everywhere.

"Liza is like this. Maria is better, but she is also so thin. As for Sonya, who has a bad temper, I don't know if anyone has come to her father to propose marriage."

"Your Highness, you are lying like this and you are still worrying about us."

"You are still young. When the time comes, His Highness and I will find a way to arrange a rich groom for you, one with a high status. This is because I like you very much. You, this confused little cat, can always make us happy."

Then she sat up, apparently feeling better, and began to talk about the sisters.

"You know, there's a little boy from the Bludoff family, who's about your age, and he actually fell in love with Anya."

This is about Anna Shcherbatova, who was always called "the other me" by Louisa because they both had fair skin, slender figures, and many similar facial features. She came to the palace before little Natalia.

"Sister Anna is really admired, but that boy is not old enough to get married, he needs to wait for a long time, like this."

"And Anya's mother will definitely say that the other party's family background is not good enough. But so what? That boy is smart, can write poetry, and is loyal in love. It's really hard to find a husband like him."

Even Louisa herself knew about this matter after Count Dmitri Bludoff, a minor civil servant in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote a love letter to Anna.

"That young man wrote the text himself, which proves that he studied hard. He is also so dedicated and writes to me every weekend. Anya is so lucky."

This love affair lasted a long time. After all, the young count was too young and even had to stay at Marshal Kamensky's house in Petersburg. In the middle of it all, there was also an arrogant princess.

Louisa was optimistic about him because this child was cared for by Alexander Turgenev, Dashkov and Weigel at the age of 16. He had just started working and was introduced by a group of good brothers who appreciated his literary talent. Presumably, his level would not be low.

"Sister Anna has many suitors. Why would she care for a young earl who is about my age? He is just a small civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We still have many single young talents."

"You'll know when Anya comes back someday. She's the only one among us who has the best health. She never seems to get sick."

This is strange. Among Louisa's maids and sisters, only two Natalia and Princess Anna are in better health. The rest often take sick leave, which is in sharp contrast to the maids around Elena before she got married who liked to skip work.

To Louisa's greater annoyance, Shakhovskaya had recently acquired an ardent admirer, Prince Alexander Golitsyn, known as "Little Prince Golitsyn" because of his short stature, not because of any family name overlap.

This clever and capable young prince was Alexander's attendant. Solovyov came here because he was expelled from the court by Paul. It was said that he was the mouthpiece for Count Kutaisov and Madame Chevalier. "This Sasha, like my Sasha, is good at talking, but he is better at doing things."

What Louisa was thinking was that "little" Prince Golitsyn himself had combined the best qualities of His Highness and Mishka into one, and that he was also very dedicated in pursuing his favorite, Natalia. There were very few such people among young male nobles, and her maid had already met two of them.

She hoped that His Highness would not always look for Polish women, but Louisa had always been weak and there was nothing she could do about it.

As for Mishka being transferred to His Highness, she was a little worried, after all, anything could happen.

Solovyov was in the Winter Palace. He was very responsible and checked all the vacant palaces and halls, and did things in an orderly manner.

"His Majesty has moved to the new palace, and many of the attendant rooms here have been vacated, but they still need to be cleaned and patrolled on time. I used to do this, and I still do this now. I don't have any soldiers under me, which is worse than working for nothing."

In fact, what Solovyov had always been worried about was that someone would take advantage of the mobilization of the Guards to launch a mutiny.

The two queens who achieved great results did so, but they both received unanimous support from the officers and soldiers of the Guards, which is different from the situation today.

As for Paul, the soldiers have always supported him, and most of the officers are neutral or supportive of him. However, a small group of pro-British and those whose interests have been harmed are more destructive.

Normally, nothing would have happened, but Count von Paalen's method was to use the little military force they had at their disposal and go all in. This was something that was not easily expected.

Alexander had also heard the rumors, but he was just watching the matter from the sidelines. He was the crown prince and did not want to get involved. Otherwise, he would be in trouble after only being the crown prince for a few years. It would be unfair and would not meet the expectations of the queen.

After all, according to the empress's will, there were rumors that Alexander would directly succeed to the throne. However, he was easily controlled by the great nobles in the court at that time, so Paul came to the throne, which made it relatively stable. In addition, he also did a lot of measures that actually had to be done to cure Russia's chronic diseases, which were Paul's many new policies.

Alexander himself felt that he did not have the courage to follow his father's example and go against a large group of nobles.

When Alexander was chatting with his close confidants, Solovyov also heard the Crown Prince's attitude towards the new policy. He wanted to do it, but the actor's nature that he had cultivated since childhood made him unwilling to pay too high a price, and he was even a little hesitant.

Count Stroganov once said: "When His Highness does something, he is always full of enthusiasm at first, thinking that it is his sacred mission. Then, after encountering setbacks and his enthusiasm dissipating, he is no longer so interested."

In fact, even with this attitude towards women, Solovyov felt that it was a miracle that Alexander could maintain his interest in Mrs. Naryshkina for a long time.

This Polish woman must be irreplaceable in some way.

The only thing that remains unchanged about this prince is that he is an actor. Not only is he the "Sphinx of the North", he is also a 19th century Octavian, which is somewhat elusive.

Solovyov even felt that it would be better if he was transferred to the side of the straightforward Konstantin. After all, he had saved this prince and had survived the swords and guns, so the relationship between them would be deeper.

However, Paul's personnel arrangements were very destructive, and he had to obey orders.

Now, he was sitting in an empty attendant's lounge in the Winter Palace, analyzing possible situations, and felt that he would report to the Crown Prince himself when the time was right. However, the relationship between him and Alexander was not like that between him and Paul, Constantine, and those young ladies. There was really a layer of separation.

Moreover, Solovyov had no idea what this person was thinking, and it would be better to talk to Louisa than to talk to him.

Solovyov even deduced a possible fact, that is, in every Russian coup, the next monarch participated in or knew the content of the coup.

It is possible that Alexander had tacitly agreed to overthrow Paul's regime, or that he was ambiguous and did not make any decision.

If the former were the case, he, as Paul's most trusted personal bodyguard, might lose his own life, and would have to consider escaping to France with his entire family if danger occurred.

However, Solovyov was more inclined to the latter. Alexander's qualities as an actor made him always cautious when making decisions, especially when he was young, unless he thought he had a great advantage.

However, when he thinks that "the advantage is in my hands", he always behaves arrogantly during this period and often makes hasty decisions.

Therefore, Solovyov could infer that Count von Palen had some hidden secrets in Paul's arrangement of the new palace. And Alexander himself had not yet been won over by them.

But he also had no evidence to identify Count von Paaren as a member of the conspiracy group, and this person has always been a non-stick person.

Although Alexander said he welcomed him, he was not as good as him in saying what he wanted to say.
Among Alexander's friends, there was Count Stroganov! The count and his wife were Solovyov's sponsors and partners in cultural undertakings, and they were also the most influential among Alexander's many confidants.

If we go find him, maybe he can help. This family has always hated all kinds of political conspiracies, and they don't like pro-British factions, so finding him to talk about this matter is actually a solution.

Among Alexander's confidants, although Czartoryski was the head of the three civil servants, he was a Pole and always wanted to promote the restoration of Poland in Russian diplomacy.

In fact, the two people who really worked hard and diligently were Kochubey and Stroganov, the latter of whom later joined the army.

In this situation, Solovyov also thought that he still needed to find Count Stroganov no matter what.

He was the Lord Chamberlain and often saw Paul and Alexander himself. Although his wife had been pursued by Alexander, he remained a loyal supporter of his friend.

It must be the right thing to go to him. Solovyov quickly returned to his post as adjutant on duty and passed by the crown prince's bedroom on his way back.

With such a serious matter happening, his attention is now focused on preventing conspiracies.

(End of this chapter)