It's been a long time since Li Xiao had such a carefree chat with someone. He didn't have to worry about the other person's status, ideas, and influence. He could just say whatever came to his mind and rant about whatever he wanted to say. The most important thing was that on certain issues
It won't look out of place with this era.
I have to say that after this chat, Li Xiao's affection for Victoria has greatly increased. In the past, he only regarded her as a run-down noble lady, who was not much different from the women of this era. At most, she was stronger.
But after this exchange, he found that this girl was very unusual and had some qualities that suited his taste.
She is neither completely a male accessory like most women of this era, nor is she as difficult to take care of as the new women of later generations.
Of course, this does not mean that Li Xiao has other thoughts about Victoria. He is not like Alexandre Dumas who falls in love with each other when he sees her. He is really not that scumbag. He just thinks that this girl is very compatible with him, can talk to her, and can have sex.
friend.
Li Xiao feels that Victoria probably views him the same way, and this is what he admires most about Victoria. She will not deliberately curry favor with you, nor will she have any other thoughts just because she has a good relationship with you.
"That's right. If we talk more, we'll naturally get closer as we get to know each other better. Then we can set the wedding date as soon as possible, and I'll feel relieved!"
But old Igor obviously misunderstood. He thought that Li Xiao and Victoria were so close that they were just waiting to take care of their little master.
There was nothing Li Xiao could do about it. The old man recognized this matter immediately, and no matter how he explained it, it was useless.
But Alexey understood him very well. After all, he was urged to get married in this way. He really hated the trend of getting married for the sake of getting married.
Li Xiao suddenly remembered something and asked, "Speaking of which, you seem to be married, right?"
Alexei immediately rolled his eyes: "Of course I'm married, how could I be like you!"
Li Xiao looked at him strangely and asked, "Then why have I never seen your wife?"
Alexey rolled his eyes again: "What's there to see? She's just the most common noble lady in St. Petersburg. In your words, she's extremely pretentious!"
Just from these words, Li Xiao knew that the relationship between the two couples was not good. In fact, this was also the case. Most of the normal aristocratic families had a combination of interests, and the emphasis was on matching each other to get what they needed. As for feelings?
Is it important?
The same is naturally true for Alexei's marriage. His wife comes from the Potemkin family, and her status and even appearance are considered first-class. The only problem is that she is not on the same page with Alexei. She only focuses on the dance.
Musicals and various salons are completely ladylike.
Unfortunately, Alexey is not very interested in these things. The most important thing is that the couple will fall out if they can't say more than three sentences. Alexey thinks that the one he mentioned is too arrogant, and the other person also thinks that Alexei is too much.
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In short, except for some necessary occasions, the two of them will never appear together. Especially after Alexey and Fontana get together, they are naturally even less willing to deal with the original partner.
"Aren't you afraid of her cheating?" Li Xiao asked again.
But Alexey shook his head nonchalantly: "What's there to care about? She can go to the pretty boy instead of bothering me, and it makes me worry less!"
Li Xiao really doesn't understand this Western way of thinking. In China, no matter what the relationship between the couple is, cheating on his wife and giving him a hat will definitely make a man furious, and he may even get into a fight and get killed.
But this kind of thing is very common for Westerners, especially Western aristocrats, and has even become an indispensable part of their lives. Without two mistresses or mistresses, one cannot hold his head high in the aristocratic circle.
Aristocratic couples like Alexey and his wife are very common in St. Petersburg or in the upper class of Europe as a whole. On the contrary, it is almost impossible to see the special phenomenon of a harmonious couple.
No matter what, for Li Xiao, he is not sensitive to this kind of Western lifestyle. He doesn't want to have a little green on his head or simply turn into a green prairie.
"No wonder you are so resistant to marriage and insist on so much," Alexey shrugged and replied nonchalantly, "but I think you are just trying in vain. There are so many beautiful aristocratic ladies who are compatible with you.
Ah! To put it bluntly, they are all carved out of the same mold. They have nothing but squandering, jealousy, coquettishness, and looking for trouble!"
After a pause, as if his contempt for the noble lady was not clear enough, Alexey added: "Compared with those girls from civilian backgrounds, these people are the dregs of society and useless!"
It seems that the relationship between Alexei and his first wife is not generally bad, otherwise he would not have such great resentment towards the noble ladies. You can smell the strong resentment through the screen.
"Unfortunately, the law stipulates that divorce is illegal, and even if you can get a divorce, you cannot marry a commoner."
Alexey's opinion on this is not general. He even believes that the first step in Russia's reform is to change the marriage law, legalize divorce, and abolish the rule that nobles and common people cannot intermarry.
"As long as these bad habits are changed, I'm sure the number of dandies in St. Petersburg will be reduced by half!" He vowed, "Maybe the atmosphere in the aristocratic circle will also be greatly improved, and the country will not have to pay for those mediocre people.
The young loser is worried!"
This is actually a bit absolute. Objectively speaking, the aristocracy is indeed not a good group. It occupies a large amount of resources and creates very little social value. But from some aspects, aristocratic education is not completely useless. Although these young men and ladies
Each one of them seems to know nothing, they only know how to play or have fun, but in fact, their quality is not bad, and they are more or less talented and practical.
After all, good private family education is no joke, but while poor children are still playing in the mud, these people are receiving elite education, and the difference between the two sides is not ordinary.
Maybe the problem is that these people live too comfortably. They don’t have to worry about food or drink. They have almost everything they need. Such a life is too sapped of people’s self-motivation. Since everything is at your fingertips, why bother working hard and struggling?
Wouldn’t it be nice to live a carefree life by adhering to the rules of our ancestors?
In short, these people have too little pressure. They need to break out of their comfort zone and force them to stop being this decadent.
And this is also the necessity of reform. I believe that as long as the comfort zone is broken and these people have to get up and fight, they will never be like the jealous people they are now...