Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 687 Louisa's Girls (Part 049)
Louisa was taking a walk with her children here and happened to meet Solovyov.

Now she is also focusing on raising her daughters, and when Alexander comes to see her again, both of them feel a little strange.
There are seven maids. So far, all eight children of the next generation of the Luo family are girls. However, two of Constantine's illegitimate children are sons.

There is no place to say this, the flowers are everywhere, but the fruits are outside the wall.

Therefore, it was inevitable that the Queen Mother would be prepared to push her baby up, and Nicholas was pushed to the limit.

Now that she has met Solovyov, Louisa seems to have lost her former passion.
The two of them look more like soul mates, and intimate actions are secondary. This is probably the only word that can be used to describe them.

Speaking of their relationship, it was very sweet at that time, and they even had two children.

Meeting here today, our fate has not been broken. Although I chose a very good wife for him, Solovyov's married life is still very happy. It's just that because he is a soldier, he often has to travel.

The rest is pretty good.

It’s just that when the two held hands, there was some tacit understanding from the past.

Speaking of which, the girls could guess that their mother had a good relationship with this uncle, but they didn't dare to think too much about it, and there was no need to do so.

After all, Louisa was very kind to the young officers and court attendants in the palace, and in fact she had a support group behind the scenes.

However, the demands of these young officers are somewhat different from those of Solovyov.

Solovyov was not like them, making a big fuss, and in the end it was actually for political demands.

He also didn't want to cause trouble for Louisa, after all, what happened before.
But to be honest, the young ladies of the next generation are more clever, but not as clingy and troublesome as Maria. I believe that if Anton and Vasya become eunuchs in the palace in the future, they will not get into too much trouble.

Moreover, my two younger brothers are not like me. They usually like to do some literary and artistic things.

The two of them are like their father and prefer silver rubles. Making money and operating are probably what they will do in the future.

For these young ladies, handsome uncles with talents are probably more attractive.

Maybe the girls in the Luo family all have this hobby to some extent, but Ekaterina is having an affair with her cousin's husband, while Maria came to me.

The name Maria is even more common in Austria, but it is better here. Little Maria is not very similar to her aunt. Her daily hobby is reading. She is not as lively as the twins, but she is very much like her mother.

Perhaps she read the most when Louisa was pregnant with her. She was also nearsighted and usually had to wear glasses specially made by the jewelry factory in Peterhof.

There is no other way. She is so nearsighted and her vision is very blurry, so she has to wear glasses.

Although she is still a little girl, the fact that she wears glasses gives her a somewhat mature temperament.

Even now, she hadn't spoken a word, but her elder sister and two younger sisters had been talking non-stop.

The twins' forte is probably cooperating with each other to act cute. Not to mention in the palace, even in ordinary families, although such children are a little more active, they are always more likable.

And Tonya has a lot of questions and she also talks a lot.

Little Maria has always been with her mother. She is actually very smart, but she always speaks later.

"Mom, my sisters seem to like Uncle Misha very much."

"She held you all in her arms when you were little, especially you."

"why me?"

In fact, she was probably the one who represented the closest period of Solovyov and Louisa's relationship, from the time when the Guards officer broke into the Summer Palace until Solovyov went to Paris.

This was the time when Louisa was taking her, but the person involved was also a little curious.

"You can certainly ask the Count himself; he is a very patient man."

Although if it were a battlefield, he might be a little impatient.

As for little Maria, she came over after her sisters had talked to her.

"Good morning, Count."

"Hi, Your Highness. But you don't have to be like this. It seems too polite and courteous."

"When I was a child, you must have often held me in your arms. Even the older maids know about this."

Well, she is too polite and seems a bit introverted.

"That's true. I was a guard officer at that time. But Your Highness, you were a very good child then. You cried a few times, and someone came to comfort you. It's still the same now, but."

She looked like a smaller version of Louisa wearing glasses.

"You really do look like Her Majesty the Queen. When I came to the palace, it was already 1797. If Her Majesty the Queen had just come here to have a blind date with the Emperor, she would probably look like you, right?"

"That's what Aunt Mary said, too. Poor Aunt Mary."

Speaking of it, when the princesses of Baden got married, although Mary's husband treated her the best, she was also the most unfortunate one.

The "Black Duke" is now in Spain. Brunswick was eventually abolished by Napoleon, which was somewhat to give his wife freedom but also seemed a bit cruel. Although the "Black Duke" himself did not find a lover, his feelings were probably all with his ex-wife.

So Mary stayed in St. Petersburg for a long time, occasionally taking her daughter to visit her fourth sister in Sweden, but she never set foot on the land of Central Europe again to see her brother and mother.

This was because the "Black Duke" was worried that his wife was being targeted by Napoleon, so he sent her to Louisa.

But in the end, Napoleon found a princess of Württemberg for Jerome, and the matter about Marie was probably a misunderstanding.

However, Brunswick has become like this, and she is only a former duchess, but in fact she is still a princess of Baden.

If the middle-aged widowed nobleman wanted to remarry, he could actually consider Mary.

But she had little interest in remarrying and instead hoped that her husband would return safely.

Speaking of which, Solovyov was not quite sure that his improvement of the sanitary environment and disinfection of the forceps allowed both Mary and her daughter to survive, which was a huge variable.

Is it just "Black Duke"?
"Your Highness, how is Princess Mary doing lately?"

"Mary has been helping me take care of the children recently. Her health has recovered a little and she is no longer the sickly girl you saw at the beginning."

"She should seek her own happiness. Waiting for Fritz to come back is not a good idea."

"What makes Mary different from all of us sisters is the misfortunes she encountered."

When Louisa mentioned her sister, she still lamented her bad luck.

“It will get better”

"By the way, do you want to go see Nastya?"

"Your Highness, I have heard some of the news. Even Tonya just told me about it, didn't she?"

"Count, I think you should go and have a look." Tonya, this eldest princess is very interesting. She always pushes others to do something.

In this way, the few lines that little Maria had were taken away.

There's no way around it. When there are a lot of girls in a place, it's easier to steal the spotlight. Today, the twins' cute offensive hasn't even started yet.

There were no classes scheduled for Nikolai that afternoon, so Solovyov went to the Alexander Palace, and he had plenty of time.

After all, in addition to teaching boys, there would be no problem for him to provide psychological counseling to girls. Moreover, if they also like learning, he would probably have to work part-time as a tutor.

If this continues, he may have to give him a raise.

In addition to taking care of her own daughter, Mary comes to help her sister take care of several younger children.

Her two sons lived in the British court. The Brunswick family, that is, the old Duke and the British and Portuguese families, were all relatives, and there were many people who took care of and supported them.

She didn't have any burden here, but being with her nieces made her feel a lot better. As for the army of people who wrote letters to her brother to encourage him to have children, she was also one of them.

Louisa might be more direct, and Solovyov's task was to persuade her as a relative of both parties.

This statement is actually not wrong. Solovyov is a distant relative of the Boyarny family, and Katya's family is also royal family, and has always had a close relationship with the Luo family.

The real content is probably that he has children on both sides.
Mary was curious when she saw her sister coming back with Solovyov.

"Sister, why did you bring Michael here? Isn't he teaching Nicholas right now?"

"Today's classes are all in the morning, and we can't let His Highness stay here with me all the time while catching up on his homework and attending classes. This afternoon and Sunday are considered a day off, and I will give him more training later."

"Oh, so that's how it is. But when you come here, maybe... let's put it this way, my sister, we are all girls here, so maybe your ability will be discounted."

"That's not necessarily true. If girls are willing to work hard, they may get better grades in the same courses. Well, in conservative places like Spain, there have been female professors in universities."

This was something that Solovyov and Louisa had mentioned in the library when they accompanied each other to visit relatives in Sweden.

Louisa had some impression of this. At that time, she pretended to be a teacher and gave him "lessons". Obviously, in terms of knowledge reserves, Solovyov was more suitable to be a teacher.

"I think if the Earl is willing, he can help at the girls' school as well."

"If instead of dancing and socializing, we introduce some poetry and history, that would be better."

"Speaking of which, Maria loves reading. This girl is a little special."

It's really special, wearing glasses.

"It's a good thing to like reading. It would be great if His Highness Nicholas is willing to study hard. He just needs someone to keep an eye on him, otherwise he won't like studying. Speaking of which, if it were girls, they might be more self-conscious."

At this point, the two young elders still agreed.

While we were chatting here, there was a child crying in the bedroom.

When Mary heard this, she turned around to look.

"It's Nastya. When this girl wakes up, she will cry if she can't see us."

As for Sophia and little Lisa, they both had female companions, that is, girls born to Louisa's former maids, and Louisa also kept them by her side.

The maternal aura around her is sometimes quite dazzling, and she also likes other people's children.

No wonder Katya became like that after just being with her for a short time.

Mary was very skilled in holding the child. After she picked up Nastya, the child saw her mother, aunt and sisters were there, and she cried even harder.

This is quite different from usual.
Some children just don't like being watched.

It was only when Louisa herself held the baby that she finally stopped crying.

"It looks like the child still has some needs."

"Misha, I know what you said. Children do have needs sometimes, but Nastya has been weaned a long time ago. What could her needs be?"

"Is she talkative?"

"You learn words very quickly, but sometimes I don't understand what they mean."

“It’s always good to be willing to express yourself”

But here I am, according to Louisa's arrangement, I am probably the foreign father-in-law of this little girl.
Nastya was in her mother's arms, with her head on her shoulders. When she saw Solovyov, she stretched out her hand and said "hug me".

Well. The girl of Lao Luo’s generation is just a kid less than three years old, and she might also be a member of the appearance association.

Ekaterina is a type of woman who likes soldiers, and her nieces all have the same problem.

But the kids also know that some guys are not good.

They didn't like the officers of the Guards, after all, they were so bold and didn't follow the rules.

The attendants and adjutants were quite popular, but they were all older brothers or uncles to them.

But the most important point is probably that it looks good.

"It looks like this kid wants you to hold him."

"You want uncle to hug you. That's no problem."

This child had the least contact with Solovyov. He had seen the previous maids when he was in the palace, and even often held them in his arms to comfort them.

This youngest one was born in Finland and was about to go to Sweden.
She actually looked more like a ruthless person who didn't talk much, and when she got into Solovyov's arms, she hugged him very tightly.

"She seems to like you very much. It was better when Prince Peter, your old benefactor's nephew, came before."

"It seems that Nastya likes handsome, smart and calm uncles."

However, Nastya shook her head here and even gave a critical hit.

"Do not."

"Then what am I?"

Solovyov never expected that the girl would grab her hair, which she had grown since peacetime, and then said with a smile.

"Pretty sister."

Well, what on earth was this girl thinking? Solovyov almost broke down.

(End of this chapter)