Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 244 011 What kind of strange Shura field is this?

After the dance, Louisa looked really unhappy.

Her blonde hair is a little darker. If it was lighter, she would have become a "blonde loser", but fortunately that was not the case.

As for Peterhof Palace, she was unwilling to stay there any longer and even wanted to take a carriage directly back to Tauride Palace, where her four little cuties were.

But at this moment, it was the married Natalia who held Luisa back.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"I have to go back to the Tafred Palace. I can't stay here for even a quarter of an hour longer!"

“Lisa, if you do this, you might fall into someone’s trap!”

Although Louisa was smart, she seldom thought about this aspect. She focused on studying and raising children, and didn't care too much about the troublesome struggles in the palace.

Among the sisters, the second, fourth and fifth sisters married well, but their status was not as good as hers. However, their husbands revolved around them, and the second sister, as a stepmother, had a good relationship with her stepchildren. Even the lustful and stupid king of Sweden cut off relations with most of his mistresses for Frederica.

She was the only one like this. Alexander was quite philanthropic. In addition to Maria Naryshkina, he actually had other lovers. But when his wife and his favorite mistress were both pregnant and he had no time to deal with her, his schedule was a bit full.

Another thing is that Louisa was often sick, and Alexander preferred strong people.

If Solovyov in Paris knew about this, he would say that he was a little bit mother-loving. After all, the Queen Mother was a tall, strong, plump beauty, and she was also good at giving birth. But this was absolutely not something he could say, and not even leave any written records. Otherwise, he would be hanged.

Now, Natalia had noticed something to some extent. She and her husband were not very far away from the Queen Mother, and they saw that the Queen Mother Maria was always paying attention to the movements of Louisa and Maria Naryshkina at the edge of the dance floor.

"What trap will it be?"

"Lisa, I didn't learn this from anyone else, except Little Misha who went to Paris to be a military attaché."

"What did Misha tell you?"

"This cunning little fox always talks about the fights between women when he is with my husband. It's really strange. But I am sure that he must have done some research on it. He calls it 'female psychology'."

"That Misha really likes to talk nonsense, and always uses new and strange words."

When Louisa mentioned Solovyov, she had to cover up a little, after all, he was her lover and her spiritual support.

"Lisa, don't rush back to the Tafred Palace. You should go back to bed tonight, and I will sleep with you at night."

"Are you not afraid of neglecting your husband?"

"As for him, I'll talk to him first. Tomorrow morning, he will tell you what happened in the garden. I want to give him one night to prepare."

“Little” Prince Golitsyn was indeed short, but he was very smart and had his own opinions on many issues - as long as it was not related to the military, he could take it over.

Faced with his wife's request, he had no choice but to do as she asked. After all, it was not easy to find such a lovely wife.

And Louisa was pulled back to her bedroom by her maid.

Alexander and Louisa usually slept separately. This was common in the upper class, and couples often lived their own lives.

Tonight, as usual, Alexander would go to his lover's house, but because of this sudden incident, he still discovered that there was a fire in his backyard.

His wife and lover are both very good to him, and they are quite tolerant of each other. It wouldn't be like what happened tonight.

Therefore, he returned to the bedroom that night by himself, without inviting other mistresses, and took advantage of the conflict between Lisa and Maria to sneak in.

He himself would feel strange, but at this time, he would not show anything.

And Alexander Golitsyn, the "little" Prince Golitsyn, not the Prince Alexander Golitsyn who needed a companion, locked himself in his villa and began to think about this problem.

Maria Naryshkina has always been very well behaved. Although she is sometimes a little spoiled, she is not to the point of being unscrupulous, and she will never directly provoke the queen.

After all, Queen Elizabeth has always been known as a "virtuous queen" in St. Petersburg. She is very sensible and does not interfere with Alexander's political actions. She just takes care of the children and goes to the girls' school to greet the aristocratic girls there every day.

At this time, according to the couple's judgment, it should be the Queen Mother's method.

Everyone knows that Queen Maria has always been targeting Luisa, starting when she was 16 or 17 years old. At that time, the Queen was concerned about when her grandson would have a great-grandson. Because Luisa had not gotten pregnant, the Crown Princess was very dissatisfied.
Well, not everyone is like Elena, who got married before the age of sixteen, got pregnant soon, and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Moreover, this was very harmful to Elena's body. If she hadn't been taking care of herself afterwards, she might have been infected with tuberculosis during this pregnancy and faced the risk of death (historical fact).

When Queen Mother Maria was still the queen, she often criticized Louisa, especially for not being able to give birth to a son and not seducing her own son. The first one was a normal request for the imperial family, but the latter was a bit strange.

After all, the legitimate heir still has to be born from his wife's womb, and the Queen Mother has been targeting him like this, which is somewhat unreasonable.

In Europe, only the kings of ancient Greece had the possibility to marry multiple wives, but that was only for a very short period of time and did not last long. The matching mechanism in most European regions was that one could only have one wife, and this eventually became a rule.

Of course, like Maria Theresa and her philandering husband, and Leopold II and his Spanish Bourbon wife, they turned having children into an assembly line operation, and most of them were raised to adulthood, which was indeed the envy of all European royal families.

But the problem is that Louisa is only 25 years old this year, and her health has been well taken care of. If she is like her mother-in-law, she may even have more than ten years to make use of. It is really unreasonable of Queen Mother Maria.

At this time, "little" Prince Golitsyn actually understood that this was just a trick of the Queen Mother, but it was not difficult to crack.

Especially when the task was assigned by his own wife, if he could not help the queen solve the problem, he would not be allowed to go to bed.

He loved Natasha deeply, but his wife had such a close relationship with the queen that he had to do as his wife wished. After all, with his position, he could not offend the queen mother.

As for Natasha, she wouldn't have to care about the Queen Mother's thoughts. After all, she had no court position now. That was to say, while the Queen Mother was alive, she could forget about high-ranking positions like Lady of State - but she didn't care about them either. Being with her husband and her best friend was enough for her.

Since the couple were not afraid of the Queen Mother, they dared to give advice to Louisa at this time.

Big Natalia was also surprised. She returned to the Queen's side to take care of her closest friend and the person she used to serve. "You are feeling much better now."

"Maybe those tonics are effective. Before Misha left, she translated a few pharmacies for me. I didn't expect that they were all very useful."

"That kid, when he comes back, why don't you reward him with something? For example, since he's still single, do you want to arrange a wife for him?"

"Ah, after you got married, you also learned to talk nonsense, just like a magpie."

"But what about you, you stupid cat, you are now being pinned down here by the 'Magpie'."

Luisa also found that she looked a little embarrassing, especially when her clothes were taken off and she was held down by Natalia.

"Let me check to see how you are recovering. Otherwise, how can I get your Sasha back from that Polish woman?"

"Oh, Natasha, please forgive me."

Tickling and scratching were inevitable, and Louisa was a little afraid of this, so she kept begging for mercy, which made the princess want to bully her even more.

"Well, it's you. If it were someone else, I wouldn't be like this."

Of course, after all this, they were both tired from playing and just slept together.

It was not until the next day, when "little" Prince Golitsyn came outside the bedroom waiting for his wife to come out, that he saw both of them, both neatly dressed.

"Your Highness, let's go to the garden. It's a good time to enjoy the flowers."

Not to mention the gardens in England, some of the carefully manicured gardens are now more suitable for hiding and "plotting out loud".

"Sasha, I've asked you to think about it all night. Do you have any clues?"

"I think it's better, Natasha, you should see that no one passes by here."

"It doesn't matter. This is Lisa's garden. Few people come here."

After all, except when she lived in the Winter Palace, Louisa's bedroom was the most mysterious place in all the palaces. Apart from the Tsar himself, his best friend, and a cunning little fox, few people would come here.

"I think this was the Queen Mother's idea. Natasha and I saw it from the edge of the dance floor. The key is how to break this situation."

"Sasha, do you have any idea?"

"I thought... Oh, I still have to find her. I know Maria Naryshkina's temperament. She is not bad at heart. Although she is smart, she is not that scheming. But there is one thing that she and Your Highness are highly consistent with."

"Which point?"

"She also lives a simple life and does not do things in a high-profile manner. I want her to come to Your Highness and have a good chat. Perhaps we can resolve this crisis."

"What should we do?"

This was something that the "young" Prince Golitsyn was not easy to say: "It's all good for me to think of a man's way of dealing with a woman, or a woman's way of dealing with a man, but I don't understand how to promote feelings between women, don't you think, Natasha?"

He was still showing his affection and winking at his wife, but his Natasha always responded to him enthusiastically.

"Sasha, you still have thoughts at this time."

"I thought that since you and His Highness have been together for so long, there should be some way!"

Indeed, even a clever and eloquent Prince Golitsyn did not understand how women should get along with each other.

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But Louisa knew that at this time, it would be best to invite Maria Naryshkina to come to her place.

After all, the two young women have six daughters between them, all of whom are taken care of by nannies, so there is nothing wrong with them meeting in private.

Louisa was worried, after all, the two younger girls had not yet been completely weaned, and the withdrawal symptoms of "milk addiction" were still there. Without their mother, the wet nurse would take care of them too carefully.
The same is probably true for the Polish woman across the street.

But thinking about this, Louisa actually made her own decision.

"I have to do this kind of thing myself. There are rumors everywhere in Petersburg about her disrespect for me. I think it is necessary for us to have a good talk between the ladies."

For Alexander, he probably couldn't have imagined that although such a thing happened between his wife and lover at the dance, their relationship seemed to be developing in a strange direction.

Maria Naryshkina received a strange invitation from the young queen to meet her at the Tauride Palace.

That is to say, after the ball in Peterhof Palace, it was actually a normal arrangement for Louisa to summon anyone to her palace.

However, as a queen, she did not have any daily interactions with the Tsar's mistresses. They kept to themselves and knew of each other's existence, but would never talk to each other directly, let alone create conflicts.

To be honest, when Louisa's niece married Alexander II, she had to face the fact that her husband had many mistresses outside. However, she had the support of her son, and Alexander II also almost completely separated the queen and the mistresses. Even though Catherine Dolgorukova came to the throne after her death, she could not actually turn the tide. Just look at her last name, Yurievsky.

But Louisa was still young, and it was inappropriate for her to go directly to Alexander's mistress in terms of status and etiquette.

However, what she thought of was that she should treat this Polish woman with an inclusive attitude.

Maria Naryshkina did not tell her husband either. The letter made it clear that this was just a ladies' tea party at the Tauride Palace, but with fewer guests. Louisa only invited her, and even the most favored Princess Natalia was not present.

Given the Queen’s delicate body and gentle personality, it was indeed just a ladies’ tea party.

However, no one could guess what the two young women were going to do in Alexander's backyard.

(End of this chapter)