Struggle in Russia

Grand Duke Constantine never expected that when he went to see Petrovna according to Viscount Prozolov's suggestion, the latter was also racking his brains to figure out how to serve him.

In a sense, this can be regarded as the bastard's eyes on mung beans, but the starting points of the two parties are still very different. Grand Duke Konstantin simply wanted to use Petrovna, he just wanted to use her to deal with Shuvalov, and he didn't mean to give her a chance at all.

Petrovna, on the other hand, hopes to find ways to increase her own value and sell herself to Grand Duke Constantine at the highest price, preferably in one step so that she can rely on her for the rest of her life.

Naturally, the differences between the two parties are huge, and it is normal that they cannot meet for the time being. And this gave Shuvalov a chance, the conspirator was not idle, not only trying to find Petrovna and Fionin, but in fact he was also doing some other actions secretly, but these actions It was very concealed, and he especially emphasized secrecy. Let alone an enemy like Grand Duke Constantine, even Peter Barek couldn't figure out what he was up to.

"What the hell is that bastard doing? After so many days, there is no news at all, not even a report. Does he still have me as the governor in his eyes?"

Peter Barek was furious, and really wanted to slap Shuvalov to death, but unfortunately he couldn't do that. Instead, he had to protect that bastard and give that bastard a certain degree of convenience.

Anyway, he felt that he was too aggrieved to be the governor. If he had known that Ukraine was like this, he would not be this scruffy governor.

But this is still an angry word. After all, the governor is a big official in the frontier, especially the governor of Ukraine.

After Peter Barek lost his temper, he knew that it was pointless to continue to tangle with Shuvalov, so he asked instead, "What about St. Petersburg? Is there no news yet? Why hasn't Count Uvarov issued any instructions yet!"

Now Peter Barek can only hope that the St. Petersburg side will help him out of his misery. It doesn't matter whether Nicholas I personally ordered it or sent an imperial envoy to deal with it with full authority, as long as Shuvalov is not allowed to torture him.

Of course, he knew that it was impossible for Earl Uvarov to have no instructions on such a big matter, but he didn't expect much from that earl. He knew that earl trusted Shuvalov more, and even if he had instructions, he would probably let him give in. of.

So he wished that Nicholas I would send an imperial envoy to investigate the case, so that even if Count Uvarov had an explanation, he could use the imperial envoy's order to prevaricate it. He was dismissed to investigate.

"There is no news yet..."

This answer made Peter Barek extremely disappointed,

Because he was so fed up with Shuvalov that he wanted to drive him away.

But he didn't know, it wasn't that there was no news from St. Petersburg, and it wasn't that Count Uvarov didn't pay attention to this matter. On the contrary, both Nicholas I and Count Uvarov attached great importance to this case, and the person in charge of the dignified Ukrainian Department 3 turned into a rebellious party, which is not bad!

Anyway, Nicholas I was a smoker. It is said that when he saw the case report, he overturned the desk. If he didn't have such a sliver of reason, he might have ordered Bestuzhev Liuming to be executed directly.

But even so, he was so angry that he immediately called Crown Prince Alexander, Count Uvarov, Count Rostovtsev, Duke Ordov, and Nikolai Nikolaevich regardless of the middle of the night. The Grand Duke and Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich came to the royal study.

The first few are all acquaintances and there is nothing to say. The latter two grand dukes are the third and fourth sons of Nicholas I, the younger brothers of Crown Prince Alexander and Grand Duke Constantine.

The two grand dukes are one year apart, and they are both in their early twenties. As adults, they have also been given more power and positions by Nicholas I. Obviously, Nicholas I hopes that these two young sons will become The right-hand man of the future emperor.

It's just that these two grand dukes are very average to tell the truth, far from Crown Prince Alexander and Grand Duke Constantine, and don't have much political talent. Among them, the third child is the worst, and the fourth child Mikhail is a little better. In the end, he mixed with a field marshal and the governor of the Caucasus.

But Nicholas I didn't know that these two sons were relatively mediocre. After all, for every father, the son is still his own good.

As for calling these two young grand dukes over this time, it wasn't entirely for the purpose of cultivating them and familiarizing them with government affairs, but this time the case involved Grand Duke Constantine and involved the internal affairs of the royal family. Nicholas I felt a little biased and unreliable if he only listened to Crown Prince Alexander, so he simply called all his sons over.

"Look, all of you, it's shocking and shameless that such absurd incident happened!"

Nicholas I angrily threw the case briefing to several sons and ministers, and then sat down in his seat and sulked.

The state of these few people when they were called was actually worth pondering, how should I put it? Crown Prince Alexander had heard about the case because of his close relationship with Count Uvarov, so he knew it well.

And Count Rostovtsev already knew about Shuvalov and Bestuzhev Ryumin's mess because of Li Xiao's relationship, and he had already made a foreshadowing in front of Nicholas I before, so naturally he didn't will be surprised.

As for the Duke of Aldorf, this is the third part of the case. According to the procedure, he actually knew about it earlier than Nicholas I, and he reported the relevant situation to Nicholas I, so he was naturally prepared.

The only ones who were confused were the two grand dukes, they were sleeping soundly! The servant suddenly ran over to wake them up from the bed, and rushed to the Winter Palace in a daze, not knowing what happened at all.

Only after reading the brief of the case did I know that such a scandal happened in Kiev. To be honest, are they still in a state of confusion at this moment?

Why are you dumbfounded? Because the two of them couldn't figure out why Nicholas I called them here. The two of them were only in the army, and they were just messing around in the army department on weekdays. They had nothing to do with Ukraine or the third department. What does it mean to call them over?