As soon as the chamberlain left, Pobedonostsev asked impatiently: "Alexander, what's going on? Does Your Highness have anything to do with you?"
Baryatinsky looked around calmly and replied in a low voice: "Don't yell, it's a good thing. Now is not the place to talk. Just do whatever you have to do. We will talk later, and don't show your timidity!"
Showing timidity?
Pobedonostsev didn't know what to reveal, but he was also a smart man, and he immediately understood what Baryatinsky meant.
Immediately, he returned to his previous depressed look, as if he was extremely dissatisfied and helpless with the current situation.
It must be said that Baryatinsky's caution was very necessary, because before leaving, Count Uvarov specifically told the Adlerbergs to keep an eye on Baryatinsky to see what he would do.
Naturally, the Adlerbergs and his sons obeyed everything Count Uvarov told him. They watched Baryatinsky's every move closely, for fear that he would pull some tricks!
"Is something wrong?" asked old Adlerberg.
"No," little Adlerberg shook his head and replied: "The Duke was not in a good mood. Apart from whispering a few words to Pobedonostsev, he seemed listless."
Old Adlerberg asked again: "Did you hear what he said to Pobedonostsev? These two people are extremely crucial, and it is very important to understand what they are discussing!"
Little Adlerberg smiled bitterly and said: "They are extremely vigilant, and they will definitely not discuss it openly here. Even if they have something to say, they will say it in a safe place."
Old Adlerberg glared at his son and said dissatisfied: "It's all your fault for being incompetent. If you could have broken into Baryatinsky's inner circle earlier, we wouldn't have bothered so much!"
Although little Adlerberg was obviously dissatisfied with my criticism, he did not dare to talk back. He could only curse in his heart: "You can't say it so easily. You think he is a fool. You don't know that you are trying to curry favor with Uvalo." Earl Husband? How can you accept me?"
As the saying goes, it is better to know a son than a father. What did little Adlerberg think? Old Adlerberg was of course a good man. The old fox snorted and criticized: "Don't think you are an old fool. You think I don't know you." What are you complaining about? Let me tell you, this is just because of your incompetence. Back then, you and I were able to move around among several forces like a fish in water. Otherwise, our family would be in the position it is now? If you had learned my five skills, you would also It wouldn’t be like what it is now!”
When I think of little Adlerberg's incompetence, the old fox is full of resentment. Such a good opportunity back then was ruined by this boy, and even dragged him down. If there were no sons better than this boy, He really wanted to sever the father-son relationship with this boy!
Even so, he scolded little Adlerberg a few times, and then ordered viciously: "I don't care what methods and means you use, you must try to enter the inner circle of Duke Baryatinsky... I tell you You will definitely belong to that Duke in the future. If you can’t have a good relationship with him, you won’t be able to attend in the future!”
It’s not that little Adlerberg doesn’t know this truth, and it’s not that he doesn’t understand his father’s painstaking efforts, it’s just that he’s just not up to it!
"...Of course I know this truth. The problem is that people like Baryatinsky and Count Uvarov are completely different. Those old guys pay attention to origin and family status. As long as you are willing to flatter them and go with them, they are willing to take you with you." With you! But..."
Little Adlerberg sighed quietly and said: "But Baryatinsky's group is completely different. They also value your family background, but they pay more attention to whether you are of use to them. They want to gain their approval.
You have to go to great lengths...but!"
Little Adlerberg sighed heavily and said helplessly: "But you also warned me not to really offend Count Uvarov and the others. This makes me very embarrassed! If you don't work hard, you can't get Baryatin."
Duke Ski’s approval, but if you go to great lengths, you may offend Count Uvarov, this is very contradictory!”
Old Adlerberg was also speechless for a while. The current officialdom is still very different from that of his time. It is not so difficult to try to tread two boats. Back then, he could use his tricks to fool several forces, but now Bariagins
Ji and others don't let go of the rabbit before they see it. If you can't create value for them, then they won't pay attention to you at all.
This is simply driving the wallflower to death, okay? Anyway, he has no good solution for a while, so he can only take one step at a time and wait and see.
He could only warn: "You do your best. I have observed that Count Uvarov, Baryatinsky and others are still in a stalemate in recent years. I will observe the direction of our county and then make a decision!"
While the Adlerbergs were having headaches and worrying about the future, Baryatinsky and Pobedonostsev were actually talking about their father and son, and they did not have a good impression of them.
It's normal to think about it. No one will have a good impression of a wallflower who doesn't work hard and just wants to make a profit. If it weren't for the fact that the father and son are both long-sleeved and good dancers, sometimes they would be needed, otherwise Baryatinsky
Neither he nor Pobedonostsev wanted to pay attention to them.
"Then what are the father and son doing?"
Pobedonostsev shook his head and said: "I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing to see them sneaking around!"
Baryatinsky snorted coldly and said: "Constantine, thank you for reminding me that they had a problem before. Now it seems that you were not wrong about these father and son at all. They are both wretched and shameless, and they just want to take advantage."
, obviously they are Count Uvarov’s eyes and ears!”
Pobedonostsev hummed and said, "I just don't know what instructions they received from Count Uvarov this time."
Baryatinsky said disdainfully: "What else can it do? It's just monitoring our every move!"
Pobedonostsev shook his head and said: "Not really. Although the father and son are not very good at other things, they are still a bit weak just for spying on the news... and we have always not given them good looks during this period of time.
, both their father and son and Count Uvarov know that this scheme will not work, and there is no way they will do this again!"
Baryatinsky was stunned. He still valued Pobedonotsev's opinion. After all, Pobedonotsev's wisdom was still very useful. Now he began to pay attention to it.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Why don't you try to test it out and see what tricks they are up to?"