Count Uvarov has been in poor health recently, so he is not very willing to live in St. Petersburg. The fresh air in the countryside is more beneficial to him. Although he does not particularly like rural life, he has to admit that the tranquility
The countryside relaxes him more.
But his relaxation was soon interrupted. Old Adlerberg made a special trip from St. Petersburg to his manor because the recent gossip in St. Petersburg really worried him. There were many rumors about Uvarov.
The earl was very unfavorable.
"You mean someone is talking about the case in Kiev?"
Count Uvarov is not very nervous. If you live to his age and are used to ups and downs, there won't be many things that can make him nervous.
"Who are these people gossiping about?" he asked nonchalantly.
Old Adlerberg was not as relaxed as Count Uvarov, because some things in the rumors gave him a smell of conspiracy.
He said seriously to Count Uvarov: "Count, those who gossip are of extraordinary status. According to the information I have learned, these rumors first spread from the Winter Palace!"
Count Uvarov raised his eyebrows. The news coming out of the Winter Palace has a completely different weight than the general rumors. To put it bluntly, even if there is a rumor in the Winter Palace, it will be louder than the rumors outside.
It stinks outside!
The Winter Palace is the barometer of Russian officialdom. If the Winter Palace sneezes, officials of all sizes in the country will catch a cold. So Count Uvarov became a little more serious and asked: "Seeing that you are very nervous, I'm afraid it will add fuel to the fire."
Aren’t you ordinary people?”
Old Adlerberg smiled bitterly: "Yes, Duke Ordorf, Duke Mikhail and even Paskovich all got involved..."
Count Uvarov was stunned for a moment and asked slightly surprised: "Are they all involved?"
"Yes."
This made Count Uvarov wary. For him, it wouldn't be a big problem if only Duke Ordov and Duke Mikhail were involved, but even the old man Paskovich
If everything is involved, the situation becomes a bit serious.
After all, he had old grudges with the first two, but he had no grudges with Paskovich. That old Qiu Ba shouldn't be so actively involved.
"What's Paskovich's attitude?" Count Uvarov asked with a frown.
"What he said was not pleasant. He severely condemned Count Shuvalov, saying that he was just an ignorant playboy and that he was full of bad ideas!"
Count Uvarov clicked his tongue again, because although Paskovich was attacking only Count Shuvalov, none of the people in St. Petersburg knew that Count Shuvalov was one of his people. He criticized Shuvalov so openly.
Count Valov is actually not much different from criticizing him.
Count Uvarov glanced at old Adlerberg and suddenly asked: "You can't just come to tell me this, right? With your character, you should have done some investigation in private. Have you found out about Paskovi?"
Why would Qi do this?”
Old Adlerberg laughed bitterly again and said sadly: "That old guy doesn't have enough food and salt, and he didn't see me at all on the pretext that he wanted to rest in peace and recuperate. However, I think he may have heard some rumors from the palace. After all, he and his followers
Your Majesty’s relationship is unusual…”
Old Adlerberg almost said directly that Paskovich's criticism of Shuvalov was inspired by Nicholas I. Otherwise, with that old Qiu Ba's personality, there would be no need to wade into this muddy water. He is not that reckless.
people.
Count Uvarov was naturally aware of this, so his frown was obviously a sign of great concern. After a while, he asked: "Where is the crown prince? If Paskovich doesn't see you, it's impossible not to see the crown prince, right?"
"
Hearing this, old Adlerberg smiled even harder, and he carefully replied: "The crown prince asked me not to listen to wind and rain, and told me to do my own thing and not to worry about Kiev's affairs!"
To be honest, this is the key reason why old Adlerberg hurriedly came to see Count Uvarov. For big guys like them, Paskovich's attitude is a weather vane, but it is just a
Paskovich could not scare them.
But the attitude of Crown Prince Alexander is different. He can be said to be the future hope of the conservatives, and he has a very close relationship with Count Uvarov. It can be said that the two have formed some kind of alliance.
Now that his ally Count Uvarov is being criticized by rumors, as his ally Crown Prince Alexander must provide support. But in the words of old Adlerberg just now, he did not mean to support him at all. He almost just told old Adlerberg
Don't be too troublesome. It's better to be more troublesome than to be less troublesome and just pretend you didn't see it.
Such an attitude is naturally very chilling and can make people imagine. After all, if there is no danger, Crown Prince Alexander will definitely not have this attitude. And are there many things and people in Russia that can make him feel dangerous?
It must not be much. Anyway, with the wisdom of Count Uvarov, he quickly realized that the only person who made Crown Prince Alexander have this attitude was Nicholas I. Maybe it was Nicholas I who warned him that he was not allowed to
If you speak for yourself, maybe even Crown Prince Alexander himself will be beaten by Nicholas I, otherwise the crown prince would not be so "cowardly".
Count Uvarov felt more and more that the matter was serious. He frowned and thought hard about countermeasures and weighed the pros and cons. To be honest, it was not easy because this crisis happened so suddenly!
Suddenly, Count Uvarov's eyes lit up and he seemed to realize something. He immediately asked: "Why are these rumors about Kiev suddenly spreading in the public? There can't be some rumors, right?"
Old Adlerberg asked in astonishment: "You don't know?"
Count Uvarov was stunned when he asked him directly, and asked: "What should I know? What happened?"
Old Adlerberg was stunned for a moment before replying: "Count Rostovtsev wrote a detailed case report, and concluded that Bestuzhev was mainly responsible for himself and Peter Balak.
It was determined that Grand Duke Constantine was not a suspect..."
He repeated Count Rostovtsev's report in detail, and then said: "This report was accepted by His Majesty, and the case of Bestuzhev. Ryumin was officially closed, except for Bestuzhev. Ryumin."
In addition to being dismissed from office and imprisoned and held accountable for dereliction of duty and other responsibilities, Peter Balak was also dismissed from office and imprisoned... The rest of the Grand Duke Constantine was warned, Count Shuvalov was dismissed from office and given warnings..."