Chapter 35 035 The Poles are sometimes the punching bags that deserve to be beaten

Chapter 35 035 The Poles are sometimes the punching bags that deserve to be beaten

Chapter 35 035 The Poles are sometimes the punching bags that deserve to be beaten (Part )
Elena's idea looks like playing Monopoly on a map of Europe.
As the referee, Solovyov was responsible for laying out the maps and chips. He had no idea how they were playing this thing from 1935. He also forgot to ask questions and was only focused on looking at the Crown Princess's face.

He was stunned for a moment and then he felt that he seemed to be in trouble. Falling in love with the Crown Princess, the future Empress of Russia was not a good thing. Anyway, many of the incidents that occurred in the European courts revolved around the lovers of the ladies and the mistresses of the masters. There was also a prince from the Golitsyn family who had never married in his life. He was not like a certain Prince Kurakin who had many lovers but could not make up his mind. He should have a common language with some British and ancient Greeks.

Anyway, in this circle, you always have to be careful not to take the wrong path.

Speaking of which, the princesses from Baden became the Empress of Russia and the Queen of Sweden respectively, but the unlucky degree of the sisters should be said to be comparable. Although they had noble status and were considered role models for young ladies, some other problems would be discounted.

For example, Gustav IV will know in the future that he is a human teddy bear. What’s worse is that after the queen became pregnant, he became more like a Crusader King. He couldn’t control himself at all and replaced the maids around the queen from unmarried girls to married ladies. I don’t know if he was asking for trouble for himself and his wife.

If Psyche knew about this, she might be even more distressed. After all, the one who went to Stockholm to join this unfortunate marriage was not her sister-in-law, but her own sister. In any case, the degree of hurt would be extremely high.

Of course, the Crown Princess now took off her shoes and sat on the mat brought by the servant. She also noticed Solovyov standing behind Elena. She had seen this captain before, the winner of Gatchina. The rifles and pistols he made were all toys that her husband loved. Even now it was winter, and he still took the servants out hunting - probably only for hunting birds.

This captain is quite interesting. He was looking at me just now, but now he pretended not to see it, as if he was on duty, or Elena's personal adjutant. This young noble officer who is not very proactive is different from the previous nobles.

If Solovyov met Count Platon Zubov and knew about his ridiculous pursuit of the 15-year-old Grand Duchess three years ago, he would say that guy was a hentai and a master of suicide, and now he was finally kicked out of the court by Paul, which was somewhat of a personal grudge.

The "little devil" is so charming that even the officers of the Imperial Guards can't control themselves after spending a long time with her. Solovyov can still see her every week, but he has never felt attracted to her. But when it comes to the Crown Princess, his defense is broken on the spot, and he has to pretend that nothing happened. Maybe he really likes this kind of well-educated, pitiful lady.
This is a dangerous signal. Of course, Elena is still waiting for the sisters to have time to come and play together. It can't be that only the sister-in-law is here.

Then, as expected, there were always three sisters who came. The second sister-in-law was unwilling to participate in the game on the map with those girls. Moreover, Grand Duke Constantine was a little strange at this age. He was more like a father than his eldest brother and liked military training more. If he were in Prussia, he would be even better.

It was unfortunate that he was not enthusiastic about the daughter-in-law he brought home from Saxony. The empress and her son were both embarrassed in one aspect. The marriages the empress arranged for her grandsons were all good, but then they always met with accidents; the marriages arranged for Paul and his queen for their children were okay. At least his daughter-in-law valued the interests of her family and still had to consider the feelings of her daughters.

Constantine locked his daughter-in-law, known as the "Star of the Night Sky", in the bedroom, the same palace that Solovyov had visited. It was strange that Elena could find her second sister-in-law in this room in the Winter Palace.

Of course, now the four unmarried grand duchesses were chattering, sitting around their sister-in-law, as if they were having a tea party.

The servants around Elena did prepare tea sets, all of which were custom-made high-end products. From the style point of view, it was still the style passed down from the era of Louis XV. The main focus was on appearance, and practicality was secondary. This was what these noble ladies liked.

If it were their father, His Majesty Tsar Paul, it would be fine even if he was given an enamel teacup to drink boiled water.

Solovyov had such a little drama in his mind, imagining Paul holding an enamel teacup with the word "prize" on it and drinking boiled water. Fortunately, he had been trained and would not laugh like that.

This scene is so exciting. And as for enamel tea mugs, Europe now has the technology to make cast iron enamel. How about giving it a try?
But this idea was interrupted by Elena. She had never heard that the Grand Duchess liked playing cards. Anyway, she just took a bunch of chips. What on earth was she going to do?
She asked the servants to serve tea to Solovyov and the other two officers of the regiment who were not on duty, and also added sugar and jam. Her preparations were very thoughtful.

She couldn't confirm whether the officers all spoke French, but at least they were all Russian, which was more convenient. The sisters-in-law of the Grand Duchesses didn't have a German accent when they spoke Russian, and their voices were very pleasant.

No wonder both Czartoryski and Soloviev fell. It's just that the Polish prince was more convenient. He was Alexander's close friend, and like Alexander, he always liked to hook up with his friends' wives.

As for Solovyov's words, he just felt that the Crown Princess was really pitiful and lovely, but the only person who dared to speak up for her publicly in Russia, from the time she married into Russia until her death on the way back, was probably Pushkin, who wrote a poem and published it in the newspaper to express his sympathy.

Besides, even if he were given the chance, he wouldn't have the courage now, so he should be thankful that he wasn't thrown into the swamp near St. Petersburg.

She and the Saxon princess were really a pair of unlucky sisters-in-law. One was attacked and suppressed by her evil mother-in-law without any fault, and the other was even worse, and it was almost turned into "don't talk to strangers".

At least Alexander is a handsome guy, and he is very sweet-talking when he wants to please any lady, including his wife.

Now Elena is going to announce the rules. It's probably that the girls will play the role of "king". Each of them will choose a starting position, and then decide the order by rolling the dice. Each of them will put their own logo on the watercolor pieces.

Um, Elena, if there was a Swedish jackass "coloring game", you might like it, but that would be more than 200 years later.

As for the referees and "advisors", these three officers also helped them to place their respective soldier models on the diagram. Maybe it was just a sudden idea, or maybe they were inspired by watching a real-life chess performance.

What Solovyov feared came true. Alexandra held Ekaterina in her arms. The two of them were in a group. Maria and Elena each chose a Guards officer as their assistant.

Your Highness, this is not the way to play it. Are you playing a prank on me or are you trying to kill me? - Solovyov thought.

However, the Crown Princess can be said to have great luck when playing games.

"Ah, I drew Russia, and it has 20 troops and an inventor."

"I am happy to serve you, Your Highness, but you cannot use my things here."

This also included a bunch of plans that were put on hold because he was called to the palace and could not sit at home to think about things properly, such as the twenty boxes of grenades he had always needed.

But the Crown Princess, she started with three dice, 556, and then aimed at a piece of land between Maria, who played the role of "Sultana", and her. Alexandra and Catherine were Britain, and Elena was Austria.

"Monsieur, please place a cavalryman in Bucharest." Soloviev found Bucharest from a pile of cards spread on the map. But when he saw this, he thought of the oil in Romania. Because it was very shallow from the surface, the drivers there already used natural oil as lubricant.

Maybe it's a good material for Molotov cocktails. Besides, in the Caucasus, the oil fields in Baku are starting to ooze out asphalt, which is also a shallow location. Get a Molotov cocktail in advance, but don't let any stupid soldiers set themselves on fire.

In the future, people from the Nobel family will come to that place to mine.

It's the Swedes again. Solovyov's mind is now full of stupid asses. How many sets of donkeys can be made?
As for Maria, she was the next to start, and she immediately announced that she had occupied the other side of the Danube, apparently wanting to confront her sister-in-law.

In fact, it has become a game of dice, and the one with the higher score wins.

However, they were just playing house after all. After playing for a while, no one went to occupy Poland. Instead, they each chose some places to plant their flags. After a long time, no one was willing to start a war.

After all, they are sisters, and they just want to kill time by playing around, so they each occupy a large area.

Solovyov was more curious about whether Elena was also hit by the flowerpot. Otherwise, he would not have thought of such a way of playing.

But judging from her performance, it should be not. After all, you are playing as Austria, and you can actually allow Poland to exist for so many rounds, just grabbing territory in Italy and southern HRE.

Finally, it was the Crown Princess' turn. She could no longer hold back and asked Solovyov to place an infantry unit in Vilnius.

The climax was about to begin. Solovyov was beside the Crown Princess and smelled her almond perfume. His brain went blank and he suddenly asked a question, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional.

"Your Highness, this is Poland. I saw the Polish prince in the corridor."

This statement was a perfect hit, but Louisa, who was always gentle and timid, said this.

"It would be better if that gentleman did not show up here again. I found a history book about Poland and Sweden today."

Then she swallowed back half of her words, considering the situation. Her attitude was clear: Prince Czartoryski was becoming a little annoying to her. It would be best if he didn't show up in her room in the future, or he might get into trouble.

As for Poland and Sweden, among the three unlucky ones that Russia traditionally uses to gain points and replenish blood, they are the two that have been weakened the most in the past, and even a large area of ​​their territory has been lost.

The Polish prince left in a hurry, probably because he stepped on a landmine.

As for Vilnius, one step ahead is Königsberg.

"Your Highness, this is a very suitable route of advance, which can go all the way to Berlin."

After crossing the Elbe River, it is not far from Baden and Württemberg. Seeing this, Solovyov thought of another question. The Queen is not really a bad person. Is this the reason why she is overly targeting the Crown Princess?
After all, they are neighboring countries, and the wives who marry to Russia are enemies with their peers.

The queen doesn't need to consider this, because her status and identity are there.

On the map, this was not enough to vent Louisa's anger. She saw a card for Magdeburg near the Elbe River, and her hometown Karlsruhe was nearby. Then she was reminded of her past.

Since arriving in St. Petersburg, the girl has been missing home. She doesn't care about the situation on the map and just sits there in a daze.

Seeing that her sister-in-law had already started to march into Poland, Elena finally remembered that she was playing Austria! In the next round, she entered Krakow. After all, Poland could not be left on the map. This should be the basic quality of a German or Russian politician. After all, there was such an annoying little country at the doorstep, crossed by the Vistula River, and it had to be eliminated.

"Your Highness, there is no Poland left. Is the next step to occupy Finland as well?"

Solovyov made one last attempt. Since there was "no Poland" now, it should be confirmed that he was the only "traitor" who traveled through time.

Although the Crown Princess was bullied and was not asked to participate in political activities, she still understood the current international situation better than the children when she sat next to the map.

Anyway, if everything goes well, she will be the future Queen of Russia. Although this position is rather awkward and she will be attacked from several directions, she can only hide in the garden and library to avoid these troubles. When she has to attend occasions, she also has to consider the feelings of others and build good relationships with them.

Alexander, who had gone out hunting, heard about Czartoryski's incident when he came back. In order to save face for both his wife and his close friend, he proposed to the Tsar that his friend go out to engage in diplomatic work, such as becoming an ambassador somewhere to "gild" himself and gain experience.

Then, Czartoryski was ordered to go to Portugal. Paul had long been annoyed by this kid being too close to his son, so he stayed far away to prevent these Poles from getting too close and causing trouble.

If the mission had lasted long enough, Alexander might not have had to worry about scandals like "Little Poland next door".

(End of this chapter)