What exactly did Count Rostovtsev say that made Peter Balak instantly wilted?
Very simply, he said: "These are the exact words that His Majesty asked me to convey to you. Your Majesty also asked me to scold you. It is best to teach you a lesson with a whip so that you will understand how to be a governor!"
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Peter Barak didn't dare to have an opinion against anyone he had a problem with, even Nicholas I. Even if Nicholas I called him a stupid pig, he could only admit it. He even had to imitate a pig's cry twice to see if he could do it.
Make your Majesty happy.
Count Rostovtsev knows very well the thoughts of Peter Balak and his like. He is not very capable and has a bad temper, but he is as despicable as a pug in the face of imperial power. It is very easy to deal with such people. He can directly use Shangfang's sword.
Just slap in the face.
Count Shuvalov was dealt with in three strokes, five divided by two, which allowed everyone present to see Count Rostovtsev's methods and decisiveness in killing. Everyone present, including Grand Duke Constantine, gasped.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness the Grand Duke!"
When Grand Duke Konstantin was still thinking about how to take advantage of the victory and beat Shuvalov, the lost dog, Count Rostovtsev suddenly called him.
"Count!" He quickly stood up at attention, for fear of upsetting the imperial envoy. "What are your orders?"
"Your Highness," Count Rostovtsev replied calmly, "You know, the most important reason why Your Majesty sent me to investigate this case thoroughly is that you are involved in this case. This is a huge scandal.
Your Majesty is very sad that he could not sleep at night..."
Grand Duke Constantine quickly lowered his head and repented: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake. I didn't understand people well and my father suffered from it."
Count Rostovtsev smiled slightly and said: "It's good that you have this understanding. Your Majesty will feel a little more comfortable if he knows. But before that, we must first find out what is going on in this case, don't you think so?
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Grand Duke Constantine looked at Count Rostovtsev in confusion. He didn't know what the latter meant, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Count Rostovtsev immediately said: "As you can see, I am ready to thoroughly investigate the case. Everything before has to be started again, the suspects have to be re-screened, and the case has to be reorganized. For the sake of fairness and justice, Shuvalov
The Earl has been suspended from review, and as another person of interest in the case..."
Grand Duke Konstantin probably guessed what Count Rostovtsev wanted to do. He was furious and about to explode, but Count Rostovtsev still told him to be honest with just one sentence.
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He pointed to Grand Duke Nikolai and Grand Duke Mikhail, who had been watching the show for a while, and said: "You have also seen that because you were involved in the case, His Majesty had to send two Grand Dukes to supervise the case.
, you should know what the nature of this is, right?"
Grand Duke Constantine stopped talking. He still didn't know why?
Count Rostovtsev added: "But you are a prince after all, and you also shoulder important responsibilities. It is a bit inappropriate to suspend your work. In this way, Grand Duke Mikhail will supervise you and help you handle your daily official duties.
.How about this not only clears your suspicions, but also shuts up the mouths of those who gossip?"
Grand Duke Konstantin looked at Grand Duke Mikhail and then at Count Rostovtsev. He knew that he had to agree even if he didn't agree. There was no need to think that his younger brother was actually the person sent to monitor him nearby.
Grand Duke Konstantin has not yet agreed. On the other hand, Grand Duke Mikhail is a little confused and a little eager to try. What makes him confused is that he has just arrived in Kiev and before he can figure out what happened, he was assigned by Count Rostovtsev.
Got an errand.
This job is to monitor and assist his ambitious second brother nearby, which is very satisfying.
What? What is there to be happy about, you ask?
Isn't this simple? Monitoring Grand Duke Constantine nearby means that his second brother is under his supervision. As long as he behaves selflessly, he will not be happy if the news reaches the ears of the eldest brother of the crown prince?
At that time, as long as he is more diligent, goes to his eldest brother's place twice more, and talks about how he strictly supervised Grand Duke Constantine at that time, then how can his eldest brother not have a good impression of him?
More importantly, there are two hidden benefits for taking this job. The first is that Count Rostovtsev asked him to assist Grand Duke Constantine in handling official affairs. After all, Grand Duke Constantine is under restraint.
Some official matters are not suitable for him to handle alone, and while he claims to be assisting, he actually has a certain right to interfere.
Grand Duke Mikhail always dreamed of having power, but he had never had a suitable opportunity before. Now Count Rostovtsev has given the opportunity to him. Why doesn't he make a good use of it and be worthy of this opportunity?
The second is that Grand Duke Mikhail can use the pretext of "assisting" work to secretly monitor the movements of Grand Duke Constantine. Once he finds out that this second brother really has a problem and has something to do, he will not get the advantage in vain.
If you want to leave a better impression on the eldest brother, report him directly; if you want to extort some benefits from the second brother, you can secretly collude with him. This is simply a bad job!
Anyway, Grand Duke Mikhail was very happy. His opinion of Count Rostovtsev was much better, and he completely forgot about the discomfort of rushing along slowly.
It's just that Grand Duke Mikhail didn't know that Count Rostovtsev's arrangement was actually intentional. The reason why Grand Duke Mikhail was sent to "supervise" Grand Duke Constantine was mainly for two purposes.
The first is that he knew that compared with Grand Duke Nicholas, this man had a much more flexible mind and had many more ideas. If he was allowed to stay with him, he might cause trouble, and even bring harm to him.
If Grand Duke Nicholas is killed, things will be very troublesome.
After kicking him away, Grand Duke Nicholas, with his cowardly and good-natured character, did not let him have any control. He said he would never dare to go south. Even if Grand Duke Mikhail wanted to pull some tricks,
He could not connect with Grand Duke Nicholas to form a joint force.
The second reason is that Count Rostovtsev is actually not at ease with Grand Duke Constantine. Li Xiao had warned him before that Grand Duke Constantine was the best at making trouble and he must be on guard against causing trouble.
And this time when he came to Kiev to investigate the case, this man made a trick at the beginning, which aggravated Count Rostovtsev's vigilance. In order to prevent him from continuing to cause trouble in the future, someone must be sent to watch over him.
And Grand Duke Mikhail is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate...