Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 504 016 Is it considered a home visit for the three little ones from the royal family to visit their teacher?

Nicholas was quite confused as the pressure from his mother had been very great recently.

He actually had a lot of fun during this winter vacation. The Queen of Prussia brought her daughters to visit St. Petersburg, and Charlotte joined their small group.

Although it was Anna who led the "expedition team", she usually led her two younger brothers to "explore" in the palace, and sometimes she would add her nieces to the team.

However, Louisa raised her children, even the twins who were very naughty, into obedient and sensible girls. They always lived in the Tauride Palace, not in the Tsarskoye Selo or the Winter Palace.

A docile Charlotte came and everyone had a great time.

But the vacation is only about thirty days, and then it’s time to enter a new semester.

It's just that Queen Louise, for some unknown reason, gave Charlotte to Queen Mother Maria.

The reason was simple. The queen brought too few people with her. On February 2, she gave birth to a baby girl in the Pavlovsk Palace, which was set up by the Russian royal family for the Prussian royal family to rest. The name she gave was exactly the same as her own, that is, the third princess Louise of Prussia.

The older Charlotte is easier to deal with, but the two younger children also need someone to take care of them.

So, good friends Elena and Maria took the second princess Alexandrina to live with them and raised her together with their two children, while Louise herself breastfed her newborn daughter.

As for Charlotte, Queen Mother Maria liked this child very much. Compared with her own daughters, she was well-behaved and sensible.

It's just a pity that she is not even 10 years old yet, and is not old enough to plan marriage. Otherwise, it would be very suitable to propose marriage to Nicholas, as they are of similar age and status. Moreover, although King FW of Prussia is a little bit inferior, he is a good person, and Queen Louise is a virtuous wife who takes care of her husband and children - except that she always likes to interfere in government affairs as queen.

However, Charlotte was so well-behaved that she probably wouldn't be able to learn to be a good kid even when she grew up. Queen Mother Maria liked her more and more, so she took her to her palace to raise her.

Moreover, this scene is no different from that of his own daughter Anna.

However, Anna had a very good attitude towards her new "sister". She was not like her sister Ekaterina who was always jealous of her. She took Charlotte with her wherever she went.

As for Nicholas' most respected master Solovyov, he is now a count and he even has terrible French relatives. Now he has returned with the terrible "Tsarskoye Selo Scrolls" and "Ryazan Scrolls".

Although Solovyov was forced to do business, considering Katya's opinion, it would be an honor for the royal family to come to his home.

And it wasn't Alexander himself who visited the homes of his confidants, it was just the young royal family members who came to get extra lessons, which was considered a normal activity.

Even when Alexander was a child, he often went to No. 1 and No. 3 Million Street. No. 1 was the official residence of the son-in-law of his grandmother, the Empress's private secretary, and No. 3 was the official residence of Grand Tutor Saltykov.

As for the fact that two carriages brought four little ancestors, Solovyov had never expected it.

"It's fine that Nikolai and Mikhail come to me, Your Highness Anna. And..."

"Hello, Mr. Count, my mother asked me to come here with Charlotte. Charlotte's mother had just given birth to a baby, Louise, who is very cute, but is still breastfeeding, so Charlotte and I lived together. Well, my mother also said that I should come here to attend classes so that I can accumulate some experience for my good nieces, who are also going to school."

"Well, my house is spacious, you can do whatever you want, but don't go to Katya's bedroom. She hasn't been feeling well these days. It's okay for her to come out to meet guests, but she needs to get enough rest."

And Solovyov was still complaining in his heart, is he in the Princess Collection?
He actually had relatively little contact with Anna. Although he held her in his arms when she was very young, he was always out on missions or leading troops in battles during the years when she was growing up. It was not as dangerous as the several times he met Maria.

This little princess, who is not valued at home, plays very well with her two younger brothers, and is also learning multiple foreign languages ​​and mathematics.

It’s just that the mathematics she studies is quite different in difficulty from that of Nikola.

Solovyov's requirements were really too strict. According to the experience he gained from Gauss, the intensity he gave Nikolay was already the same as the Olympic intensity he remembered.

Moreover, Gauss was indeed tempted recently because the salary offered by the professorship in Göttingen was only two-thirds of that in Russia, which was a big difference in treatment.

What's more, Solovyov was a close friend of the old Duke of Brunswick. After all, he was a talented person who supported science. It was much better than paying money to continue to be a university professor in Westphalia.

Nicholas was able to endure it because of his admiration for his "boss". Although he was not smart enough, he gritted his teeth and completed these subjects.

After all, my master was able to compete with that man and still escape unscathed. This is a skill.

Anna was easy to talk to. When she was in the palace, although Katya got engaged and then married shortly after her arrival, the two of them got along very well.

Although the Russian royal family in the era of Paul and his two sons had strict rules, they were not far away from the people and were even somewhat close to their subjects. Nobles of higher status could visit them as easily as if they were visiting neighbors.

But it was better when Paul was there. Speaking of which, when Solovyov was on duty in the Guards, he once accompanied Paul to sit in the serfs' clean but shabby hut.

Paul was probably the most humble "Little Tsar Father" in all of Russia, but his reign was short-lived, and he was missed by the middle class, serfs, and soldiers.

By the time of Alexander, the structure had become somewhat upward, but it was still quite accessible.

As for Katya, she heard that three princes from the palace and Princess Charlotte of Prussia were coming, and she had also made preparations in advance.

Otherwise, her daily condition is indeed a bit embarrassing to watch. It is only recently that her constipation has improved, and when guests come to her house, she can go out to greet them as the hostess.

"This place is so beautiful. I can't believe it's a general's manor. It looks more like the furnishings of the Souci Palace."

"Your Highness Charlotte, could it be that King Frederick the Great also has this sentiment? As for the Rococo style, there was a dress that the king didn't like very much, but Madame Pompadour also liked it. This pink color was inspired by that."

But Charlotte is still a child, and it’s not okay to talk about anything too profound.

Anna was already 13 years old, and she could understand it. After all, her favorite things were painting and handicrafts. She could also happily chat with her two sisters who came back to visit their parents in the palace.

"No wonder my sister always asks you to be a model."

But Anna's mouth is different from her sisters, she is a bit sharp-tongued. Compared with the docile Alexandra, the smart Elena, the scheming Maria and the lively and willful Ekaterina, she is in a different state.

Moreover, it also seems like an indiscriminate attack.

However, Solovyov is not too shy about his "dark history". After all, Nikolai is so handsome and even looks like a girl.

Especially recently, I have grown my hair, taken a bath regularly, and even put on light makeup when I go out.

The bigger problem is that he is growing very fast. If he continues like this, he will probably be two meters tall.

But as of now, I'm almost as tall as him.

"Your Highness Nicholas, what can I say? You have grown so much in just one winter. I'm afraid the tailor must have had a hard time."

"Boss, it doesn't matter. My brother left me a wardrobe with some old clothes in it. Although my mother doesn't allow me to wear the clothes left by my brother, it can still save some money."

His awareness should be shown to those Russian nobles who live a luxurious life. Solovyov was also very satisfied with Nicholas' answer.

"But here you don't have to worry about saving money. You are coming here to study, but you are also coming to visit me. The room has been cleaned. Well, Miss Scherer, do you want to go and take a look?"

"Count Mikhail, although you and your father are both known for being good housekeepers, I still want to take a look to make sure there are no omissions."

Miss Scherer was the Empress Dowager's head lady-in-chief and confidant. It was she who came to send Nicholas here for the first time, which shows how much the Empress Dowager valued her son's studies.

Unlike her two older sons, Queen Mother Maria could not use the resources like the Empress to hire famous teachers for her two younger sons, so she had to take advantage of Count Solovyov, who was the most knowledgeable and good at raising children among the attendants-general.

Solovyov himself felt that he had become a parenting general and should prepare himself a four-dimensional scarf or something.

However, after Miss Scherer's examination, Anna made a request.

"Count, today is the first day. Can I take my brothers and our distinguished guest Charlotte to tour your house?"

"What do you think, Miss Scherer?"

"This is also the first day. Her Majesty the Queen Mother also said when she came here that this is the first visit so we should familiarize ourselves with the environment. And this place is really nice. Not only are the guest rooms well arranged, but each suite has a study and bathroom, as well as a dance studio and a painting studio."

After hearing this, Anna became a little excited.

After all, in the past when we were in the Imperial Village, the buildings were all built decades ago during the time of my grandmother, or even earlier during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and some of the facilities were somewhat outdated.

This place is brand new and has all the facilities, so it should be fun.

If it were in Europe, even the Prince of Wales and his daughter Charlotte, who are not very arrogant, would have some airs in them.

Queen Louise's daughters were too well-behaved, unlike the Russian girls. The five girls raised had different personalities. The youngest one, although her personality was okay, had a sharp tongue, but on the other hand, she was willing to be the leader of the children and took her two younger brothers and a group of nieces out to play.
As expected, the daughters of the Luo family are not easy to deal with. Since Peter the Great's sister Sophia, these princesses have developed their own characteristics.

I don’t know what kind of free-range education policy the Queen Mother adopted, but it turned out like this.

Charlotte was easily pulled away by Nikolay, and Solovyov was not surprised, as this was his original purpose.

The two children are just playing together very well now, and Nicola is even considered a "good sister" more or less because she is so beautiful.

Here in the Winter Palace, there is always a boy dressed in women's clothes. It's really strange.

And Katya couldn't run now, she was not the same as when she was a maid.

"Count, when your wife is in the palace, it would be fine if she just stood, otherwise it feels like she will fly."

Speaking of which, my wife behaves very well at home, but she is very capable when performing official duties in the palace.

"But Katya has become much more stable since her marriage. Miss Scherer, if you don't mind, you can take a look at the menu for entertaining the princes."

"Of course I will go and take a look, but your highnesses and our distinguished guest Princess Charlotte will be left in your care for the next two days."

"That's no problem. I was also responsible for taking care of the child when I was in the palace. It's just that you..."

"Your Highness has something else for me to do. I will be back after checking the kitchen. I hope you have a good weekend."

These little ancestors only brought a few servants with them when they came here. As a master, Solovyov has the authority to restrain them, but he also has to consider the feelings of the children.

He was worried that the children were having too much fun in a new environment, so he went in to take a look himself.

Fortunately, the four children were grouped together for collective activities. Anna took the three younger ones to the studio and saw the paintings hanging on the wall.
"Your Highness, isn't there a painting like this in the palace? And it's hanging near His Majesty's bedroom. You should go there often."

"That's right. All the collections in the palace are like this, but..."

The three younger ones are easier to deal with, but Anna is now at an age where she will soon be entering puberty and will be talking about marriage, so it’s inevitable that she will have some thoughts.

If it was a kiss or a hug, that would be fine, but it was replaced by a painting of "Venus Dressing Up." As we all know, paintings with Venus as the theme often have nothing to do with clothes.

"Well, Olga, go and cover that painting."

Solovyov asked the maid to cover the painting in the studio. He was surprised. Although Anna had a sharp tongue, her personality was relatively conservative, which was different from her sisters.

(End of this chapter)