Struggle in Russia

Time flies, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye. On the surface, Kiev this week is the same as before, as if nothing happened. But only those who are really in the game can feel the suffocation of the coming rain.

"You can finally communicate directly with Count Shuvalov?"

Grand Duke Mikhail was not particularly excited when he heard the news, because he was not particularly interested in Count Shuvalov, so he just said lightly: "Yes, you haven't been discovered by the military police, have you?"

Although Grand Duke Nicholas was not particularly smart and sharp, Grand Duke Mikhail's changes were too obvious, so he also noticed that the other party was absent-minded, and it was obvious that the other party had no interest in what he said.

This confused Grand Duke Nicholas, because he had been following the orders of his younger brother. Before that, he had attached great importance to Count Shuvalov, and he wished he could go out and communicate with the count directly. But how long has it been, why doesn't he seem to be interested in Count Shuvalov?

Although Grand Duke Nicholas didn't have too much ambition, he was quite sensitive to this when he was born in an emperor's family. He immediately realized that there was a problem, and he couldn't help but care about it.

"No, according to your order, I dismissed the military police, and I will never be discovered!"

While talking about Grand Duke Nicholas while carefully observing Grand Duke Mikhail's expression, the other party still didn't pay much attention, and even secretly yawned!

"That's good! That's good!" Grand Duke Mikhail responded perfunctorily, "You keep in touch with the count, and remember to let me know if there is any situation!"

These words made Grand Duke Nicholas finally realize that Grand Duke Mikhail was indeed not interested in Count Shuvalov, otherwise he would never have said that. Because normal people would first ask Count Shuvalov what orders and explanations he had, instead of just ignoring them.

This confused Grand Duke Nicholas very much, because he didn't understand what was going on with Grand Duke Mikhail. Why did he suddenly become so indifferent to Count Shuvalov? Could it be that something can't be done?

In fact, Grand Duke Nicholas was not particularly interested in currying favor with Crown Prince Alexander, because he didn't have that much ambition, and he could only be a Grand Duke of Anle, eating, drinking, and being unrestrained for a lifetime would be fine. So it doesn't matter whoever is the eldest brother or the second brother who is the tsar, as long as he is given enough treatment.

He even wished that more things would be better than less things. He didn't have to accompany Count Rostovtsev to investigate the case every day, and he didn't have to worry about paying for the secret connection of the military police guarding Count Shuvalov. He was still happy.

A heartless person like him is more suitable for this relaxed lifestyle,

It's too uncomfortable to let him do this and that!

So why Grand Duke Mikhail is not interested in Shuvalov, he doesn't want to know the reason at all, because it doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with him anyway!

If Grand Duke Mikhail knew that his third brother had this idea, he would probably be very happy, because he really didn't want to let Grand Duke Nicholas accompany him in what he wanted to do now.

So what is Grand Duke Mikhail doing now? It's actually very simple, this guy is planning to set up his own family and get himself a position of real power.

This also starts with his contact with Peter Barek's opponents. This group of people still complimented him very much, and their attitude towards him was very warm and filial, which made Grand Duke Mikhail very happy. Even in the next period of time, this group of people actually did nothing and just spent their time doing foreign work. . But this attitude still made Grand Duke Mikhail very useful.

You must know that he did not have this kind of treatment in St. Petersburg. Yes, even though he is the son of the tsar, he did not enjoy this kind of filial piety. Because the nobles in St. Petersburg knew that he was basically not destined for the throne, and he was destined to be just a good emperor's younger brother. So it doesn't make much sense to curry favor with him, it would be great to curry favor with Crown Prince Alexander directly.

Even those reformist aristocrats who couldn't curry favor with Crown Prince Alexander or who didn't agree with the Crown Prince's political philosophy would not give him a second glance, because there was Grand Duke Constantine on top of him.

Let's put it this way, in St. Petersburg Crown Prince Alexander and Grand Duke Constantine are the sun and the moon, and their light makes no one pay attention to stars like Grand Duke Mikhail. So Grand Duke Mikhail actually lived quite aggrieved in St. Petersburg. Whenever he saw his eldest brother and second brother surrounded by many fans, and he was alone like a bean sprout, he would get angry when no one paid attention to him.

It's just that he also knows that it is unrealistic to forcibly steal the show. Needless to say, Crown Prince Alexander, he will not be treated by anyone from Nicholas I to the conservative nobles. He is not that strong yet. As for robbing Grand Duke Constantine, he also tried, but it was very unsuccessful. The only gain was being laughed at.

Anyway, for a while he felt that this was what he was going to do all his life, he could only live in the shadow of his elder brother and second brother, and be an honest and good younger brother.

But after contacting Peter Barek's opponents, Grand Duke Mikhail finally felt that he was living like a human being, and he finally felt that he was a prince and not a dispensable spare tire number four.

The attitude of this group of people towards him was so cute, which made him really feel what it means to have status and reputation. Of course, he is not a fool, he knows why these people are so well-behaved.

Yes, Grand Duke Mikhail actually came into contact with these guys, and he didn't find out a little bit. From the mouths of these people, he gradually figured out the real situation in Ukraine, the grievances between Peter Barek and Shuvalov, and the ins and outs of this case.

This discovery made him stunned and had to lament Shuvalov's audacity. Although he also disliked his second brother, Grand Duke Constantine, Shuvalov's actions made him aware of the danger of this man.

Count Shuvalov even dared to frame Grand Duke Constantine, what else would he not dare to do? And with his strength, even Peter Barek didn't pay attention to him, and directly made the governor invisible. Such a strong desire for power and ambition!

Grand Duke Mikhail felt that he was incomparable with Grand Duke Constantine, and even his power was not as great as the governor Peter Barek. Since Shuvalov didn't even take these two seriously, how could he take him seriously?

And although he had the idea of ​​secretly helping Crown Prince Alexander, there was a prerequisite for that, that is, he would never charge forward and take no risks. As far as Earl Shuvalov's madness and situation are concerned, it's hard to say whether he will continue to engage in some crazy actions...