Struggle in Russia

Shuvalov is not stupid. What Grand Duke Constantine said just now is obvious, that is, he has caught his handle, and this is to force the palace to let him step down.

If he stays, it is still possible to lose his freedom and power temporarily, not to mention being ruined. But he knew that time was running out, and he had to follow Count Uvarov's instructions to deal with the mess, otherwise things would be complicated when Count Rostovtsev came.

So even if Grand Duke Constantine jumps and scolds the street, he will not stay. As long as he is thick-skinned, he will not listen to the other party. With their control over Kiev, Grand Duke Constantine really has nothing to do with him for the time being.

So if you don’t leave at this time, when will you wait? Anyway, Shuvalov walked faster, and even regretted it a bit. Come on, the only thing Grand Duke Constantine can do is to wrestle with Peter Barek, and he believes that the latter will not agree to any request from Grand Duke Constantine, so there is no need to run away in such a hurry.

Shuvalov ran away while regretting. He was about to open the door of the living room and ran away immediately, so that Grand Duke Constantine couldn't catch up.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that as soon as he opened the door on his side, a person came from outside and bumped into him.

Not to mention hitting his head full of gold stars, at least it slowed down the pace of Shuvalov's escape, and Grand Duke Constantine also came to his senses, and he chased after Shuvalov regardless of his dignity. So the three of them collided into a ball, not to mention how embarrassing they were!

"What's the matter with you, don't you have eyes when you walk!"

Shuvalov, who was caught by Grand Duke Konstantin, was very upset. His pretense of gentleness and self-restraint disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he yelled at the man who broke in.

This is a young second lieutenant. On the one hand, he hastily apologized to Shuvalov and Grand Duke Constantine, and on the other hand, he argued with some grievances: "Sorry, count, sorry, Your Highness. The imperial envoy has arrived in Kiev, please Get ready now!"

This news extinguished Shuvalov's anger in an instant, or he couldn't care less about being angry anymore, because Count Rostovtsev came so fast, a full week earlier than he estimated.

You must know that Uvarov's messenger was three days faster than Count Rostovtsev. When did the Russian imperial envoys have this speed?

Shuvalov realized that something was wrong, because many of his hands were not cleaned up. If the count of Rostovtsev really came with bad intentions, it would be an out-and-out disaster!

Immediately he also became anxious,

Immediately said: "Your Highness, Your Excellency the Governor, the imperial envoys have arrived, hurry up and get ready for the reception! I will go ahead and make preparations here!"

Shuvalov wanted to leave, but how could Grand Duke Konstantin let go, he was desperately holding on, as if he would not let him go even if the king of heaven came.

This made Shuvalov so angry that he finally couldn't hold back his anger, and roared: "Your Highness, stop messing around. If the imperial envoy sees you so ignorant, I'm afraid His Majesty will not spare you!"

But Grand Duke Constantine was completely unmoved, he just held Shuvalov tightly, and said nothing.

Shuvalov has nothing to do with this kind of shameless method. He can't beat Grand Duke Constantine violently to force him to let go. In desperation, he could only wink at Peter Barek frequently. The meaning was very clear, that is, to ask Peter Barek to find a way to persuade Grand Duke Constantine to let him let him go quickly.

It's just that as I said before, Peter Barek's position is rather ambiguous, and just now he planned to trick Grand Duke Constantine into telling him about Shuvalov! So seeing Shuvalov being embarrassed, he was actually secretly happy, not to mention the news that Count Rostovtsev had arrived in Kiev also shocked him a little.

Because the letter from Count Uvarov was very clear, telling them that Count Rostovtsev’s trip was likely to be a bad person, and anyway, they would not let them repair Grand Duke Constantine for the last time.

In other words, his trip is very likely to make Shuvalov feel bad, and make this conspirator feel deflated. This may even lead to the failure of Shuvalov's previous overall plan, and Shuvalov may be held jointly and severally liable.

For conservatives like Peter Barek, who see the wind and the wind, Shuvalov's nonsense made him feel a little uncomfortable. Now if he continues to defend Shuvalov, he may be spanked by the imperial envoy. What do you think he will do?

A smart person like him naturally chooses to be wise and safe without hesitation, so he turned a blind eye to Shuvalov's look for help, and just looked at Shuvalov and Grand Duke Konstantin with a silly smile. tear.

This made Shuvalov very angry. The reason why he wanted to be so strong and take care of everything was because he felt that Peter Barek was not reliable enough. As long as this guy is reliable, why is he so busy!

Especially now, he saw through Peter Barek's careful thinking at a glance. This guy probably felt that Grand Duke Constantine had caught him, and the imperial envoy came much sooner than expected, which made his heart pound. I am no longer ready to "share thick and thin" with him.

It’s just that Shuvalov is not a good person, and his ideas are not wrong, but there are still some biases: Peter Barek has a big opinion of him because he has done so many things in order to win credit. For the latter, since they can't get much credit, why bother to take the responsibility to make a show together?

What is sharing weal and woe, what is there to share weal and woe without sharing weal and woe?

Shuvalov snorted coldly, and suddenly said: "Your Excellency, why don't you help persuade His Highness, if this is a joke in front of the imperial envoy, we will not be able to hold our heads up in St. Petersburg in the future!"

Peter Barek was still indifferent, just chuckled and said: "Your Highness is a little impatient, so you can stay and listen to what His Highness has to say, so don't be defensive! Let's talk slowly, I'll take a step first Go and meet the imperial envoy!"

Peter Barek's statement undoubtedly dispelled Shuvalov's last intention. He glared at the former, turned his face and said, "All right, if Count Uvarov asks more questions in the future, I will definitely explain it to the old man. Yes, you go to meet the imperial envoy!"