Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 201 A Wonderful Night at Queen's Island
Both Stockholm and St. Petersburg have white nights, so in the summer dawn and dusk may often follow each other due to atmospheric scattering, especially since this group of people came to Sweden in June.

So after Louisa settled down in the China Pavilion, she drew the curtains and prepared to go to sleep.

The maids had now gone back to their own rooms. At this moment, she was thinking about being alone and when Mishka would come over.

At this time, she first changed into a loose nightgown and underwear, and then read a book on the recliner. The light from the candlestick was only brighter at the position where she was reading.

She likes reading, which has affected her eyesight a little. She is still very young, so she has to wear special glasses for a long time. Fortunately, her myopia is not as blurry as Princess Bagration's wife, but just a little bit.

But after watching for a while, she felt weak and was about to fall asleep on the recliner.

At this moment, she heard the sound of the door opening and saw Solovyov appear in front of her.

"Luisa, everyone is asleep, and I have arranged for the guards to be far away. It will be just the two of us on a bright night like this."

"Mishka, if you come any later, I'll fall asleep."

Solovyov noticed that she was wearing a pair of glasses, which looked good and suited her temperament, especially when her hair was loose, but it was not suitable for her to tie it into a ponytail, which was not her personality trait.

"If you are sleepy, just sleep a little longer. I will just hold you in my arms and watch you sleep."

"No, I feel better now. I want you to hold me and put me gently on the bed. Then, go to the bookshelf and get a book."

"Don't read tonight. You're already a little sleepy."

Solovyov picked up Louisa, put her on the bed, and began to stroke her back, but this time he tickled Louisa's armpits, which made her giggle.

"You know I'm ticklish, and yet you still do this"

"How about changing places?"

Louisa could feel the tickling sensation coming from her ribs. Although Mishka would tease her sometimes, it was mostly when she was about to fall asleep. Although she was a little sleepy today, she was still awake. However, she had no way to resist and could only succumb to her lover's teasing.

"Mishka, don't do this, haha, let go."

Solovyov knew that Louisa was ticklish, had thin skin and sensitive nerves, so he stopped at her request.

"I'm sorry, Sister Louisa, just think of it as a little willful of a younger brother. This time we are not in Petersburg, so it's inevitable."

"I know what you are thinking, you evil little wolf. But if you hold me like this now, the medal will hurt me."

"Okay, okay, I'm still your knight, the princess, and I'll obey your orders."

"Take off your uniform, please. And did you wash it before you came?"

Solovyov knew that Louisa always had to take a bath. Even when Alexander came, he would take a bath and change clothes before sleeping in the same bed with her most of the time. It is indeed a good thing to be clean.

At least Louisa had been secretly sent love letters by so many guards officers, but she rejected them all in the end. Only Mishka, who had protected her many times but never wrote any obscene words to her, was able to come to her quietly.

"Of course we have to take a bath. I have arranged for all the officers to stay in the workshop in the garden. There is a bathtub there, but we can only take turns to take a bath and share two iron tubs."

"I suppose you must have been like the Grand Duke of Kiev, who washed himself and drove them all in, right?"

"You can say it is, Louisa. I came to your place and sprayed a little, but the smell was pretty ordinary."

"But this has a light lemon flavor. I remember you like to add a little honey to your lemonade and black tea."

"I learned that at the Marshal's house. Before that, I was tasting the original flavor of tea, especially Ceylon black tea. We officers on duty at night rely on tea and coffee to survive."

However, Ceylon was controlled by the British after the Treaty of Amiens and had always belonged to the Netherlands. This was what he had in mind.

And Louisa was helping him to undress, and now it was his turn to obey.

"What else do you want to tell me?"

"You like to drink tea, which is more like a Chinese habit. No wonder you like Eastern knowledge."

"This is still the Chinese Pavilion, Sister Louisa, but in a lovely Rococo style."

Now both of them were lying on the bed, hugging each other again.

“What does the real Chinese style look like?”

"It may be that only the roof style of the building and the details of the exterior painting have a bit of Chinese charm. The real style needs to be drawn, but you are holding it so tightly, I can't describe it."

"You whispered in my ear and told me stories."

Solovyov also noticed that Louisa's nightgown was now missing the shoulders. After recovering some of her health, she was still a little thinner than the girls now because of some congenital deficiencies. However, because she was not exposed to too much sunlight, her skin was very white and smooth to the touch. She had European characteristics, and she often cleaned her body.

"What story should I tell you, my beautiful sister with skin as smooth as silk?"

The story of Monkey King, even after the magic change, is not very friendly to female fairies. He has always respected Louisa and would not tell these stories.

As for what to talk about now, he still looked for what he could still remember from a collection of ghost stories.

After all, not everything can be bought at the intersection of Maimaicheng. It depends on what the supplier has.

".It's just that this story always sounds bad."

It was unexpected that Louisa didn't like Bai Qiulian's story very much.

"why not?"

"The Dragon King is not a good person, just as the judge said. You told this in my ear. If you tell this story in the palace, I'm afraid someone will use your unintentional story to speak ill of you behind your back."

Although Solovyov was holding the queen, Louisa was not only thinking about her own affairs, but also considering that he would inevitably be criticized as a servant in the palace.

"Like Beaumarchais?" "Yes, if you had mentioned 'Figaro' to Count Kutaisov when he was in power, you would have been reported to the police."

Louisa was very smart and she thought of these things. When the Figaro trilogy was published by Beaumarchais, Louis XVI himself did not have much trouble with his work. However, Louis XVIII, who was still the Count of Provence at the time, and some other people always disliked the playwright and launched public opinion offensives against him many times, especially reporting him to Louis XVI.

Solovyov was also aware of this, so he was very careful when speaking.

As for him, he caressed Louisa while telling the story and finally took off her skirt. The two of them were now close to each other and very intimate.

"If I could tell you another story."

"Louisa, I think your feet hurt if you walk too much on land, but you feel very comfortable in the water. If you are not a fairy born from a dolphin or a white whale, then you are a fairy born from the water. Otherwise, how can your skin be so delicate?"

"What about Bai Qiulian?"

"It is a species of white dolphin that is unique to China. We don't have it here, and it's very rare."

As the story went on, the two of them became closer, but when Louisa kissed, she was still as green as a girl, and the same was true when she was intimate.

After a few years, she still looks like a young girl, and she is so pitiful that she really needs more love.

And Solovyov knew that most of her physical problems were due to congenital deficiencies.

However, he also didn't know that among the six sisters, only the second sister lived a long life in this era. Except for Mary, the other four sisters all had some heart problems.

Whenever Louisa's breathing became short, it was probably because her heart was working too hard, which was what happened sometimes when she ran a long distance.

However, after a few years of recuperation, my complexion looks much better.

"Well, Louisa?"

"I want to sleep, you hold me, I snuggle in your arms."

"Tell a story?"

"Don't tell a story, just pat a kitten's back."

Louisa also put her arms around Solovyov and leaned her head on his chest, obviously a little tired.

"Looks like you still need to go to bed, kitten."

There was no need to worry too much this time. Solovyov knew that his biological clock was unchangeable. Every morning when he showed up at his duty post, he was always earlier than other officers, not to mention those young ladies who loved to sleep in.

In places like Stockholm and St. Petersburg where there are white nights, when he wakes up in the morning and the sunlight shines in, he will wake up very early as long as the curtains on one side can let in a little light.

After all, his daily job is to be an aide-de-camp and a guard officer, and most of the time he acts as a gun-carrying guard. This is because his fencing level is only above average.

When the sunlight came in, he quickly changed his clothes and was already in a state of high alert again.

As for Louisa, her skin was now wrapped in the soft mattress and quilt. After being uncovered, she looked very beautiful, like the Sleeping Beauty in the oil painting.

She slept soundly, especially with a smile on her face while sleeping. Although between the two of them, the sleeping angel was the elder sister, she needed more care and love to avoid getting hurt.

However, there was nothing planned for this day, so Louisa could take a lazy day's rest in the China Pavilion. The fatigue of the journey was difficult to cope with even for healthy people in this era, let alone a delicate fairy like her.
But when Solovyov kissed her cheek, he still woke up the "big white rabbit".

"What time is it now?"

"It's still early. I want to go out to the garden."

Of course, Louisa didn't care about her current appearance at all, but put her arms around Solovyov's neck with her arms as soft as lotus roots.

"I know you're going on a long journey. During your time in Sweden, can you stay with me for a few more days? Don't always act like a guardian knight. I like the times when you care about me, not your duties as an attendant officer."

"Don't worry, Louisa, my dear sister, just go to sleep. You should have a good rest today. There will be some banquets and receptions at Drottningholm Palace, and then we will go to Lake Mälaren and have a good time there. I know that the crayfish in the lake are very good, especially those that have just been fished out. High-end fresh ingredients only need simple cooking to have a very delicious taste."

However, it is not so easy to coax Louisa into bed and let her continue to be a lazy sleeping beauty. You need to pick her up in a princess hug, circle her around a few times to make her dizzy, and then help her return to the state she was in when the maids left the room. That's about it.

"You mentioned the crayfish, but that's a few days away. Now you have to give me a kiss and leave quietly. After all, our affairs cannot be known by outsiders."

"Okay, Louisa, get some sleep in the morning too."

At this moment, he left the bedroom of the Chinese Pavilion. This palace was in the garden and there was nothing to see. The only people on the scene were angels who still needed to catch up on their sleep.

As for Queen's Island where the Drottningholm Palace is located, the scenery is indeed very beautiful, but the garden of the Chinese Pavilion always made Soloviev feel uncomfortable.

After all, the style of European gardens is quite different from that of Chinese gardens.

If he had used this as a reference, he would probably have created a neatly manicured garden with Chinese architecture. Of course, the effect would have been much better, but the effect of "Grand View Garden" could not be achieved.

This still requires more consideration, and his trip will start from Sweden, with the first stop being Mecklenburg. He has plenty of time, and when he arrives in Dresden, there is still a lot to think about.

However, if the result does not look very good, it can only be attributed to the limited conditions in Europe, where there are financial resources but no clever ideas to complete it.

What's more, if there is peace and prosperity in the days ahead, it would be fine. But if those blind guys in the UK can't control their hands, it will be difficult to deal with.

As for Louisa, she could still enjoy a sweet nap, and when the maids came in and opened the windows to let in the fresh air, she slept even more soundly.

Seeing Louisa like this, Miss Shakhovskaya could feel more at ease before getting married. She had been with the young Queen since she was still the Grand Duchess, and was always reluctant to leave her good sister.

"Should we wake His Highness?"

"Ania, let Her Highness continue to sleep. She hasn't slept so soundly in a long time. Also, don't ask such stupid questions in the future."

Natalia looked at the new maid and felt a little helpless.

(End of this chapter)