Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 502 014 Talleyrand really wants to pimp between the two countries
The Queen Mother almost had a veto power. After all, in Russia, many nobles who came from German princes were still deeply hostile to Napoleon.

Since he is claimed to be an enemy of Christ, there will always be a considerable response.

Of course, Solovyov also objected, not because of his good relationship with Maria and Ekaterina, but even because he almost went to bed with the former several times.

All the benefits are secondary. He spent so much time helping his stepmother fulfill her wish, and then this is the result. It's hard to explain it at home.

In the past, changes in marital relationships would always lead to various disputes, and divorces generally did not occur after marriage.

For example, Bagration, after having a child, tried his best to maintain the relationship even when his wife was having an affair with Metternich in Vienna, which was completely different from his master's attitude of separation to stop losses.

Even such a brave and strong man has a very humble attitude when it comes to marriage issues, which always makes others feel curious.

You know, this "little goblin" in history only gave birth to one child, and from the name we can tell that he was Metternich's son. This made Alexander furious, and he claimed that he wanted to duel with Metternich. There was some personal grudge involved.

After all, this is a girl raised by the Queen, and she is her cousin by blood.
With a child, Bagration would never divorce his wife, and he always hoped that she would come back.

Napoleon's behavior obviously showed that he still hoped to have his own son to inherit his crown. As a senior Roman, this was obviously not Roman.

Inheritance in Rome was relatively broad, with adopted sons, sons-in-law, and biological sons all appearing, and there were not necessarily so many obsessions.

When Solovyov heard people discussing Mary, he naturally had some associations, and soon someone brought it up directly.

He was still pretending to be calm and taking care of his wife who was lying on the sofa in a daze, but he could also hear some noises.

"It would be great if France and Russia could marry. We have heard that Grand Duke Constantine's original wife returned to her parents' home in Saxony. If this marriage can be ended, perhaps France will choose a suitable woman to marry here."

"As far as I know, even the girls from the Beauharnais family who are suitable for marriage have already become members of the family of the Grand Duke of Baden."

It was about Eugene's cousin Stephanie. After she married and moved to Baden, she had not shown any signs of pregnancy. Even her young age was difficult to use as an excuse, because although Stephanie was young, she was growing very fast and her physical condition was normal.

Even before Solovyov set out for Crimea, after the conversation between him and Caulaincourt, the Marquis mentioned whether he could, in the name of relatives in Russia, persuade Stephanie and Karl to complete the necessary procedures as soon as possible after their marriage, so that the civil servants of the Baden court, civil government agencies, churches, priests and obstetricians would have something to do, that is, to have a child.

After all, Caulaincourt heard that after a series of chance encounters, the queen's cousin, who was stranded in Russia, took good care of her lame husband here. The two had a good relationship. Even though the husband was already an old man in his sixties, the two were still working hard to create the next generation.

This kind of thing is not the way to advise, everyone knows that.

Therefore, Solovyov would not bother with such matters. He had a lot of daily affairs to attend to. His father was already of this age, and his only adult son was very successful in the army. This also resulted in him, as a veteran manager among the nobles, being unable to enjoy his retirement life for a long time.

As the son's status rose, it brought more business to his old father. After all, the son's position was so good that the fact that he was Alexander's personal attendant general was worth currying favor with.

In addition, we have to consider that he was also Grand Duke Constantine's most useful confidant in the Guards, and one of the teachers of Grand Dukes Nicholas and Mikhail. The Russian royal family follows this order of succession from brother to younger brother, or judging from the situation after Alexander and Nicholas had sons, it is very likely that the education of the Grand Duke who has not yet appeared was also the work of Solovyov.

Therefore, Count Sergei was troubled by the work of managing the property all day long, and had to call several cousins ​​and older nephews to help.

I am unable to retire even though I have reached retirement age. It’s all because my son is too successful.

Therefore, he didn't want to cause any more trouble.

But trouble always comes knocking, and this time he quickly heard what he wanted to hear.

"I don't know, does Her Highness Catherine have an engagement yet?"

"Not yet, but I heard that she doesn't want to marry far away. Instead, she wants to invite a foreign grand duke to Petersburg for marriage. If not, then she can only marry a nobleman in the country."

"Marquis Caulaincourt, Count Shuvalov is telling the truth."

“Then there should be experts in this area, right?”

"Armand, have you forgotten that there are relatives of the Empress Josephine in Petersburg who can serve as experts in this field?"

Among these nobles who were willing to dig holes for no reason, there was one of his old neighbor, Count Shuvalov!
On the street in front of Laundry Lane, the mansions on both sides belong to Count Shuvalov and Prince Yusupov respectively, and the Solovyov family is in the alley.

Since the old neighbor is so keen on watching the fun, he has to be involved in this matter.

But he was still stroking Katya's hair. Since she was almost asleep, he had to find a chance to take her away from such a strange place.

"Count, you should be more familiar with the affairs of the court. Since Marquis Caulaincourt asked about Her Highness Catherine's affairs, we think you can explain it to her."

"What else can I say? I can only say that although I am often on duty in the palace and provide protection for the princes, we must also consider that we have always been on the sidelines in this work. As for Her Highness Catherine, she is indeed very favored by Her Highness the Queen Mother and the Emperor. In terms of her personal life, they should have very high requirements. That's it."

"So is there anything else you can say?"

"There should be no more."

"Misha, if that's all you're saying, what would it be like if France and Russia could form an alliance through marriage?"

It is no wonder that Count Shuvalov has always had a high position in the court but has not enjoyed it very much, and even lived a retired life in his thirties. Such irresponsible remarks are already a problem.

"But my distant cousin Eugene has married the princess of Bavaria and has a child. We had a good chat in Tilsit and he gave me a small foldable mirror that arrived recently. I think this explains everything." "Then who else is more suitable?"

"Peter, I know the situation of the Bonaparte family better than you do. After all, he is my uncle, and the order of the emperor's heirs has long been determined according to the inheritance law. Moreover, we are the emperor's ministers, especially we are all soldiers. This kind of thing should not be discussed too much."

This was also a very boring remark, and Count Peter Shuvalov also felt that it was boring, so he withdrew.

By the way, Count Shuvalov's son will inherit the property at No. 90 Embankment in the future and will be engaged to Alexander's illegitimate daughter Sophia. Solovyov, who knows Alexander a little bit, can't remember this clearly. After all, Russian aristocrats are always like poking a monkey's nest, with a lot of people with the same name in the same family.

But Caulaincourt still stood here because of their friendly relationship, and Solovyov couldn't drive away the host of the reception, as that might cause a diplomatic incident.

"Michel, as friends, let's talk for a moment. I can only tell you this. You can reveal it to His Majesty the Tsar in the future."

"But as a mouthpiece, my identity is not suitable, right?"

Solovyov instinctively triggered his defense mechanism. What Kolancourt said was indeed not a good thing, and as a friend, he had revealed it in advance.

"Yes, it is not suitable. This involves more or less the issue of the future relationship between the two countries. But the emperor himself has not yet made a comment, but Talleyrand strongly asked me to find out some information in Petersburg. Even what Count Shuvalov said, you heard, is about this issue between the two countries."

"Well, that's all I can hear, but there should be someone else who delivered the message. You'd better find a diplomat to discuss this issue. For example, Prince Alexander Saltykov, but he also has a small problem. Although he has outstanding personal abilities and is very open-minded, the emperor trusts the tutor, but does not trust the tutor's son, the deputy foreign minister and the second-class senior civil servant."

"So you're going to look for someone else?"

"Yes, Armand, you are a friend of ours. You came to congratulate us on our wedding and gave us your blessings. But there are some things I can't help you with, after all, I'm stuck in the middle. And as far as the current situation is concerned, there are no suitable candidates for marriage between the two countries. The French royal family does not have young people of Ekaterina Pavlovna's age. At the same time, as for the next age group, I remember the son of the Duchess of Guastalla. He is just the emperor's nephew, and with his father's title, he should not be worthy of Tonya."

"Donia?"

"It's the Emperor's eldest princess, Grand Duchess Yevdokia! They are about the same age, but there is a difference in status."

Having said that, Kolangu also understood that Solovyov was a smart guy who could fight with the emperor. He must have guessed that this involved the emperor getting a divorce and marrying another woman.

Obviously Solovyov chose to stand on the side of his aunt, and took advantage of his sensitive identity to actively reject this matter.

"Also, my wife is pregnant and she's not feeling well. It's so cold, and although this occasion makes people feel happy, we always have to go back and rest. With a young wife like this, you always have to take good care of her, don't you?"

"Yeah, but if anything happens, maybe in the future..."

"Mr. Talleyrand, he always mentions something unexpected. How can he be so keen on pimping? Foreign ministers in these European countries are always so energetic and like to have close contact with ladies from other countries. Mr. Caulaincourt, if they were all like you, it might be better."

This was a map cannon against Talleyrand and Metternich. Caulaincourt had also heard about the rumors that there was a relationship between Vienna, Princess Bagration and Metternich, and that the two were getting closer and closer.

As for the fact that Talleyrand got the sister of Metternich's mistress, it does prove that even if one of the two Ls is not very useful, it will not affect his social life or his flirting with noble ladies.

The word "pimp" was even more of a mockery of Talleyrand, who had previously suggested finding an Austrian woman.

Yes, if you marry an Austrian woman, as long as she starts working, the number of family members will grow at an exponential level, which is indeed a bit scary.

That is, the Queen of Saxony and the adoptive mother and aunt of Archduke Karl, one of whom never gave birth, and the other suffered from puerperal fever after giving birth to a child who died in infancy.
At this point, Solovyov really had to take care of his wife, so he asked the servants to lift Katya up on a stretcher-like chair, and then dressed her and sent her into the carriage.

As for Caulaincourt, he also came out to see the guests off.

"By the way, does my uncle the Emperor have any opinion on the Swedish issue?"

"We all understand the situation, and it's up to you what to do."

Anyway, if the two of them talked about personal issues, they might get along very well, but for some sensitive topics, they just fully exchanged opinions.

Although Caulaincourt is an honest man, it does not mean that he is not smart and has a clear mind.

At this time, France’s actual attitude was that if Russia wanted to attack Sweden, they would definitely not care.

With this endorsement, it would be natural for the Russian army to take action on the border.

But with Booker Holden's level, who knows how it will be executed.

During this period, he did not need to go to the front line, and even after the plan was completed, many specific matters were still handled by the Ministry of War.

Arakcheev's willingness to take charge is also due to the delicate relationship between the two departments, and he himself now has more trust from Alexander.

In Solovyov's opinion, the things in Sweden may not be as important as taking care of Katya's health.

Moreover, after he returned to St. Petersburg, he felt that Arakcheev was in charge of too many things and that the General Staff had lost its presence. It was just a place where they could come up with a plan and wait for the Tsar's approval.

As for the form of the war, Solovyov was also very clear that in winter, in February, the two countries had a border dispute and deployed troops behind the border.

Arakcheev, are you going to be a ash collector in your next life?

(End of this chapter)