This creates an obvious problem. If these people's confessions cannot prove that his witnesses were with him on the day of the incident, then these people's confessions will become worthless.
Shuvalov was very worried on the spot, because he knew that he might not be able to pass this level. As long as Count Rostovtsev could prove that his witness was unreliable, his suspicion would naturally be very high. If combined with Peter
From the confession of Rovna's man, anyone who is not an idiot would know that there is something wrong with him.
Shuvalov knew that he had to find a way, otherwise his future would be ruined.
So does he have a way? Well, he does, but he doesn't plan to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
So when faced with Count Rostovtsev's cross-examination, Shuvalov could do nothing but continue to cry out and talk meaningless nonsense.
This annoyed Grand Duke Nicholas, who was on the jury on one side. He felt that Count Shuvalov was a tough talker, or a waste of his time.
Yes, although Grand Duke Nicholas has no other skills, he is very squeamish in life. When it comes to things like work, his attitude has always been to do as little as possible. It is best not to hinder his personal leisure time, otherwise he will
very unhappy.
But now, he felt that Count Shuvalov was wasting his precious time, and naturally he had no good feelings towards this count.
I saw him reprimanding angrily: "Count, what else can you say to make excuses? Now that all the witnesses and material evidence are available, the facts prove that your relationship with that woman is unclear... If you still have a little bit of aristocratic integrity, just
You should stand up like a man and admit all this!"
But this is of no use to Shuvalov. He will not lose his mind just because of a few words from Grand Duke Nicholas. For him, preserving his status is more important than his life. How could he lose his mind just because of a few words?
Just give up everything?
"Your Highness, of course I cannot admit what I have not done. It is precisely because I have a noble sense of honor that I cannot allow my family's reputation to be slandered and framed by treacherous villains!"
Well, no matter what Grand Duke Nicholas said or taught him, this man was as unmoved as a stubborn stone. In the end, even Grand Duke Nicholas was annoyed. He lectured to Count Rostovtsev impatiently.
:
"Earl, this guy is completely incompetent. I think he just wants to deny it!"
"Is there any way you can pry open his mouth and make him repent as soon as possible? Our time is precious and cannot be wasted on such meaningless things!"
Count Rostovtsev knew very well what Grand Duke Nicholas was thinking. The Grand Duke was impatient with the interrogation and wanted to finish the matter early so that he could go out for fun. However, he could not satisfy the Grand Duke's wish for the time being. This interrogation
It cannot be settled hastily, and Grand Duke Nicholas must remain at the scene.
Only Grand Duke Nicholas stayed at the scene and signed his name on the interrogation record. This record will not be effective until it is sent to Nicholas I. It is best if Shuvalov's shameless attitude can anger Grand Duke Nicholas.
Well, after returning to St. Petersburg like this, he will definitely give Shuvalov a good scolding in front of Nicholas I.
Count Rostovtsev replied slowly: "Your Highness, with all due respect, this case is very important and every detail must stand scrutiny, otherwise we will not be able to make a good deal with His Majesty. You don't want to go back either.
Will you be taught a lesson by His Majesty later? So we can only slowly accompany Count Shuvalov to grind it down little by little!"
Grand Duke Nikolai's face suddenly changed, because he had made an appointment with the best ballerina in Kiev in the afternoon. According to Count Rostovtsev, it would take a little while, but that didn't mean a day.
Is the chance to kiss Fangze gone?
Grand Duke Nicholas opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but after meeting Count Rostovtsev's eyes, he felt guilty for no reason and immediately became discouraged: "Okay, let's continue then? Next
What are you asking?"
Count Rostovtsev knew that his strategy had succeeded. Grand Duke Nicholas must have already had a very bad impression of Shuvalov, and now all he needed to do was to make the bad impression deeper.
"Let's first ask about the clues provided by His Highness Grand Duke Constantine, Bestuzhev. I'm afraid he won't keep denying the case. If we ask again, we won't be able to find out anything."
Hearing that new questions were asked, Grand Duke Nicholas's face became a little brighter. If he were allowed to continue repeating the previous questions over and over again, his brain would explode.
"Count, since you have been avoiding Petrovna's related issues and refused to tell the truth, we can only feedback your uncooperative and confrontational attitude to His Majesty. We believe that Your Majesty will make a fair decision for you!"
"Now, we have some other questions to ask you. I hope you will think carefully about how to answer them. If you evade and deny as always, then we can only think that you despise the imperial envoy and will resist to the end!"
Shuvalov didn't know what Count Rostovtsev and Grand Duke Nicholas were talking about just now. He was relieved that the two people no longer asked about Petrovna. He felt that he had been fooled for the time being.
Okay, I've escaped.
As for other questions, Shuvalov knew very well that what Count Rostovtsev would ask next was the clues provided by Grand Duke Constantine.
Although he didn't know how these things were discovered by Grand Duke Constantine, he was really not nervous. It was just some trivial matters such as malfeasance or corruption. He had a thousand reasons and excuses to shirk them. These things were the most
At most it can only scratch his surface, but not his roots.
So he started a new round of kicking and cheating in an understatement. No matter what the accusation was, he either said he didn't know, or couldn't explain it clearly, or he just didn't understand it, so he just asked questions and didn't know.
Even for those accusations with sufficient evidence, he passed the blame to others, saying that it was other people's responsibility and had nothing to do with him.
His attitude succeeded in irritating Grand Duke Nicholas. Anyway, just after getting along with him today, Grand Duke Nicholas's impression of him could not be worse. In the words of the Grand Duke himself: "That guy is just a human being."
He is a scumbag and a disgrace to the nobility! Talking to him makes me extremely sick!"
Count Rostovtsev did not agree with this. He just smiled and said: "Your Highness, this is our job. By the way, we will continue at eight o'clock tomorrow..."