Old Adlerberg took a breath of cold air. If his guess was true, then the fun would be great.
He really wanted to go find some old friends right away to discuss countermeasures, but old Igor wouldn't let him go casually.
"Your Excellency, Earl, thank you for your concern for my young master. To be honest, in my opinion, this kind of concern is a bit too late. Logically speaking, my young master should have confirmed his marriage when he just came of age. Now it has been delayed enough.
Two or three years is really too much!"...
Old Adlerberg said to himself: Is it too late for you? It is rare for His Majesty to think that your Grand Duke is not married yet. With your Grand Duke in such a borderline lame state, what else do you want? Count on Your Majesty or the Queen Mother.
Personally act as a matchmaker for you? What a wishful thinking!
The old fox smiled and said: "Why is it too late? It seems to me just right. Besides, the Grand Duke was not in St. Petersburg a few years ago. You can't find a partner for the Grand Duke in a place like Bucharest, right? That would be too hasty.
It’s so against the rules!”
Old Igor curled his lips and said to himself: What happened to Bucharest? At least the girls there are cleaner physically and mentally than the young ladies in St. Petersburg. Look at these so-called socialites in St. Petersburg. They are either green tea or white lotus. They are all used to it.
What the hell is going on!
"That's true," he seemed to agree, but immediately changed the subject: "But we can definitely make preparations in advance. We can at least identify some people in advance and release some news, right? Look at it now, many people are confused
How unbecoming of us to forget that there is a Grand Duke Andrei in our country!"
Old Adlerberg thought to himself: His Majesty may just hope that the whole country will forget that there is such a great prince like your master. The more he forgets, the happier he will be.
"How is that possible? Do you think His Majesty has sent me here? It fully demonstrates His Majesty's great love for His Excellency the Grand Duke. If you really forget, can I come?"
Old Igor laughed dryly, obviously not believing this kind of nonsense. He knew Nicholas I and his son too well, and he was really unkind and unjust to the extreme. If he hadn't been taking care of Li Xiao in the early years, he, the
Not to mention being forgotten, he might even starve to death.
Anyway, he was full of anger and resentment towards that family. The reason why he talked about this with old Adlerberg was actually to express his anger in disguise. After they had been so angry over the years, weren't they ready to complain?
What's more, they now have the conditions and qualifications to complain, that is, to tell Alexander II, just to make him uncomfortable, preferably so disgusting that he can't eat or sleep!
So he said sarcastically and rudely: "You are here, but you are a little too late... and you are the only one here. I can't see how much His Majesty attaches great importance to it... If you ask me, you might as well just do it."
If you don’t come, when my little master gets married, it will be a good time for the royal families from all over the world to see the unique style of our royal family!”
Old Adlerberg's face was a little bright, which could be said to be a complaint or a threat. The royal family has the dignity of a royal family, and they were reminding Alexander II that if he liked to pretend to be deaf and dumb, then they would
Let's publicize their father and son's shameless behavior in European royal circles.
If things really come to this point, although Li Xiao's marriage will not be too lively, Alexander II's face will definitely be humiliated. By then, all the royal families in Europe will know how shameless and unemotional their father and son are.
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As a result, it stinked the streets and became a laughing stock among the European royal families.
This would be an extremely fatal blow to Alexander II's reputation. From now on, he would never even think of raising his head in front of relatives in the European royal family. He would probably be poked in the spine and ridiculed and condemned wherever he went.
Old Adlerberg was immediately disgusted. Although it was Alexander II who was slapped in the face, he was the one who came to do the job after all. This fully shows that he did not do the job well. Alexander II just did it.
After beating him, it still depends on his performance.
If he uses this "excellent" performance to compete, it will definitely ruin his job.
For now, he can only find ways to satisfy Li Xiao and old Igor, try to save the situation, and prevent the other party from breaking the bank.
What makes him feel sore is that he doesn't have the relevant authority. After all, according to Alexander II's wishes, he will definitely not make a fuss about Li Xiao's marriage. It is best to just fool him and marry him the ugliest and ugliest person.
A bad wife is a good one.
As a result, the demands of both parties would definitely not be negotiated, which meant that he, the Minister of Palace Affairs, would be caught in the middle and be the receiving bag.
This was not what old Adlerberg wanted. He felt that he must not have looked at the almanac when he went out today, otherwise he would have been so unlucky?
After thinking for a long time, he didn't have any good ideas. He could only try his best to appease old Igor, promising that he would take this matter seriously and organize a perfect wedding for Li Xiao, and then ran away quickly.
Of course, he didn't really run away, but went to bring in reinforcements. He knew that the gap in needs between Alexander II and Li Xiao was too big, and he couldn't solve the problem just by opening his mouth. The only way
I just need to quickly find someone to work with.
Whether you are doing Alexander II's work or Li Xiao's work, you must start quickly, because you really don't have much time to delay.
When encountering this kind of trouble in the past, old Adlerberg would definitely be the first to go to Count Uvarov to find a solution. With Count Uvarov's vast magical power, he could easily solve such a trivial matter.
It's a pity that he just gave Count Uvarov a bad drug. He hates him so much now. How can he help him generously and selflessly?
After thinking about it, he decided to go to the Empress Dowager first. It would be more appropriate for the Empress Dowager to do Alexander II's work. As long as he could be persuaded to be a little more generous and tolerant to Li Xiao, most of the matter would be solved.
As for Li Xiao, to be honest, old Adlerberg is a little bit helpless, because the other party belongs to the reformist camp, and he is from the conservative camp. Not to mention that the two camps have absolutely no intersection, at least for the time being, no one can look at the other.
It's pleasing to the eye, but there's no way to build relationships.
After thinking hard for a long time, he finally remembered one person, and that was Duke Alexander. It's not that he had a very good relationship with Duke Alexander. To be honest, his relationship with Duke Alexander was very average. Back then, Neserrode and Count Uvarov were ostracizing each other.
When he was there, although he didn't join in the mischief, he didn't help the other party either.
Strictly speaking, everyone is an acquaintance, which is to maintain a superficial appearance. However, for old Adlerberg, this is the only reformist with whom he has a "fair" relationship, and he will find other reformers to support him.
Relationship, that’s more like humiliating oneself!