Struggle in Russia

Raffle's appeal to Petrovna is very clear. From the beginning to the end, the purpose of his mistress is to fight for a more brilliant future. She wants to enter the top aristocratic circle and become a strong woman who can command the wind and rain in St. Petersburg. .

In fact, this request was a bit ignorant in Lavre's opinion. In his opinion, Petrovna's life in Kiev was already like a paradise. She is not short of money, status or even a man, she is free and easy, such a life is not enough, do you want to go to heaven?

Anyway, Raffle was quite critical of Petrovna's ambition, but who made Petrovna be kind to him? And he was a man who reciprocated his kindness, and on the other hand, if Petrovna hadn't been trying to cover him up, he wouldn't be able to get along in the gendarmerie, after all, his background was too bad.

So even if there were some complaints, Lavre could only try his best to help Petrovna get the best conditions, and he said in a deep voice: "First of all, we must help my mistress clear her suspicions, release her arrest warrant and restore her reputation."

Viscount Prozolov just looked at him silently, neither saying yes nor nodding, as if he was listening. This made Ralph a little depressed. He originally wanted to see the other party's reaction, and then use this to see what conditions would be more appropriate to open later. But the other party has no response, which makes people very uncomfortable!

But it was already hard to get off the tiger, so he could only bite the bullet and continued: "Secondly, my mistress is willing to serve His Highness the Grand Duke and help him deal with Shuvalov and Count Uvarov behind him. But the Grand Duke Your Highness must give my mistress enough respect!"

Having said that, Raffle stopped. He looked straight at Viscount Prozolov, as if to say, "If you don't respond at all, then I won't continue talking."

Viscount Prozolov squinted at him, deliberately stopped for a long time before asking slowly: "What kind of respect does your mistress want?"

Raffle heaved a sigh of relief, and replied without hesitation: "Naturally, I agree with the respect of her contribution. Isn't it worthy of praise that my mistress can help His Royal Highness turn the tables? If there is no my mistress, what do you think?" A comeback is a pipe dream!"

As he spoke, Ralph's tone became more intense, which showed that he attached great importance to this item. But Viscount Prozolov was still so old-fashioned, and asked indifferently:

"But you still didn't say what kind of reward your mistress wants! Can you stop going around in circles, our time is precious!"

Ralph was so pissed off, he looked at Viscount Prozolov, wondering if the person in front of him was pretending to be stupid or playing tricks, isn't his subtext obvious enough?

It's not that Raffle didn't want to explain Petrovna's conditions clearly,

It's just that these conditions are not suitable for making it too clear. If he makes it too clear, the other party will basically touch his bottom line, and then it will be difficult to talk about it later.

Viscount Prozolov seemed to notice Raffle's embarrassment, and smiled slightly: "You'd better make it clear, does your mistress want money or status or power? If you don't make it clear how can I tell His Royal Highness What about feedback?"

Raffle was stunned when he said this, not only because it was too straightforward, but also because Viscount Prozolov's arrogance leaked when he said this. He gave Ralph the feeling that whatever he wanted was easy.

The question is is it really easy?

Raffle knew it was not easy. His hostess Petrovna had struggled for ten years, but she fell into the hands of Shuvalov and was easily messed up to return to the pre-liberation. Money, status, and power are not all that easy to get!

This somewhat made Ralph have some expectations for Grand Duke Constantine. Maybe this Grand Duke is really awesome? Otherwise, can his subordinates speak like this?

It was this sentence that made Raph's favorability for Grand Duke Constantine soar, and made things much easier. And this is where Prozolov's level lies. He can see through what Petrovna behind Lavre wants at a glance, and he can naturally occupy a dominant position in the negotiation.

After a short silence, Raffle suddenly asked: "Can you fulfill what you said?"

Viscount Prozolov smiled, very happily, as if Raffle asked a well-known stupid question.

But his answer was very sharp: "Of course it can be fulfilled, but the premise is that your mistress is worth the price!"

This is still a very clever temptation. Viscount Prozolov is still probing Lavre or Petrovna's hole cards. He can only proceed to the next step if he finds out what secrets Petrovna has in hand. .

In this round, Raffle couldn't keep up with Viscount Prozolov's rhythm. Although he also realized that this might be the opponent's temptation, he was not as well-founded as before, and began to worry about gains and losses.

But this is also very normal. First of all, although Raffle is very smart, he is still not good enough compared to an old fox like Viscount Prozolov, and he is easy to be tricked and seen through. Secondly, Raffle didn't really expect much when he came to see Viscount Prozolov this time. He didn't think that the contact would go smoothly, and he didn't think that Grand Duke Constantine would definitely help Petrovna.

But just now, Viscount Prozolov acted as if he could hold everything. Grand Duke Constantine could satisfy all Petrovna's requirements. As long as Petrovna had the ability, he could do anything.

This is very fatal. To put it bluntly, it completely shattered Ralph's defense, and made his almost desperate heart inevitably beat vigorously again.

This person is in two completely different states when there is hope and when there is no hope. Ralph was in a state of despair before, and at that time his mentality was that it was a big deal to risk his life.

But now Prozolov suddenly gave him a booster, which made him see hope. Naturally, that desperate thought would subside, replaced by hesitation and hesitation.

Raffle's change of mentality was completely within Viscount Prozolov's expectation, because he did it on purpose, to mess with Raffle's mentality, and to completely grasp the rhythm of the negotiation. Only in this way can he win for Grand Duke Constantine. to the greatest benefit.

Now, even if Viscount Prozolov was pointed at by Raffle with a gun, he didn't feel nervous at all, as if he was the one holding the gun.