Count Kleinmicher was stunned. He looked blankly at Nelidova who was full of madness and ferocity. For the first time, he knew how much pain his lover had suffered. Before, he thought Nelidova was just a little depressed.
, I am just upset about the plots from the Empress and other women of Nicholas I!
He choked up: "You never told me!"
Neridova also restrained her wild emotions and replied slowly: "You have done enough for me..."
For a while, the two of them looked at each other in silence. After a long time, Count Kleinmicher said: "Even so, even if you want to take a chance, you don't have to put all your bets on Count Rostovtsev! I understand.
Nicholas, he will definitely pass the throne to Crown Prince Alexander in the end... We can please that Crown Prince in advance, that way we have a greater chance of winning!"
Neridova snorted: "Crown Prince Alexander? Yes, he is very likely to be the next Tsar, but tell me, is there any essential difference between him and Nicholas? Is there?"
Kleinmicher fell silent. As Nicholas I's aide-de-camp, he had watched Crown Prince Alexander grow up and knew his temperament very well. The Crown Prince was younger, more handsome, and a little weaker.
It’s just Nicholas I. There is no essential difference between him and his father. If this country is handed over to him, don’t expect earth-shaking changes. Everything will remain the same.
But Count Kleinmicher doesn't care about whether Russia has changed, let alone whether Russia will get better. He only cares about Nelidova's living environment.
"You are right, there is no essential difference between the Crown Prince and Nicholas, everything is business as usual. But for you, you only need to find a way out from the Crown Prince, as long as the Crown Prince allows you to leave the palace safely and enjoy the rest of your life.
OK! Say yes!"
After saying that, Count Kleinmicher looked at Nelidova with wide eyes and full of affection. He hoped that his reasons could convince Nelidova and make her change her mind, but he was soon disappointed.
"It seems reasonable," Neridova smiled miserably and murmured: "It is indeed okay to continue to please the crown prince against his will, win his favor, kneel and lick him shamelessly, and surrender all dignity, because we are not used to it.
?"
After a pause, she asked coldly: "The question is, how long will this take? How long do you think Nicholas can be emperor? Three years? Five years? Or ten years? Do you think I am in this terrible place?
Can you still hold on for so long?”
Count Kleinmicher was stunned, because he really hadn't thought about this problem. With Nicholas I's current physical condition, it can only be said that he is still a dragon and a tiger. With his physique, can't he live for ten years? At least?
It is not difficult at all to survive for five years, and it is not impossible to even live to be seventy or eighty years old.
In that case? What is Enelidova's living condition? It's hard to say whether she can persist until Nicholas I kicks her legs. Even if she starts to kneel down and lick Crown Prince Alexander now, I'm afraid she won't be able to persist until the day of seeing the light of day.
Suddenly Count Kleinmicher stopped talking? Because he knew that liking the new and hating the old was part of Nicholas I's character. Although he still favors Nelidova very much, who can guarantee that one day he will not get tired of it?
?
Once that day comes suddenly? Neridova's ending will definitely not be good. Her enemies in the palace and the empress who is good at forbearing but quite scheming will not let her go.
In other words, Nelidova cannot fight for time, and her only hope is for Russia's existing political order to be overturned and undergo earth-shaking changes.
After thinking about this, Count Kleinmicher's face turned pale? He thought he still had a choice? He thought he could tolerate and live an ignoble existence, but the reality was so cruel that he didn't even give him a second way.
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After a long time, he sighed leisurely: "It seems that we have no other choice, right?"
Neridova also sighed: "Yes, I have implicated you..."
Count Kleinmicher covered her lips and did not allow her to continue speaking. He replied calmly: "This is my own choice, and I have no regrets!"
Are they looking forward to each other without words again? But it is completely different from last time. This time the two people's hearts are so close, firm and calm.
After a while? Count Kleinmicher smiled gracefully and said: "It seems that I want to visit that count and have a good talk with him!"
But Neridova stopped him: "Not yet!"
"Why?"
Neridova smiled and said: "You men don't cherish the things that come to your door very much. As you said, that count is scheming and cunning? Cooperating with a ruthless character like him? Don't look too cheap."
.You have to make him feel that you are precious? Only in this way can you get more benefits and not be abandoned halfway!"
Count Kleinmicher listened to Nelidova's teachings honestly, and he had no objection at all, because he knew very well that he and Nelidova were far apart in this regard, and it was right to listen to the other party's opinions.
Neridova continued to teach: "Don't get close to him immediately, otherwise you won't be able to win his trust, and you will also lower yourself. We have to get closer to him slowly, and slowly show him our sincerity and strength, just like
It’s the same this time, play a key role at the critical moment, only then can you attract his attention!”
Count Kleinmicher kept nodding, keeping these points in mind one by one. Neridova suddenly asked: "By the way, did Nicholas say anything today about how to make little Adlerberg retreat in spite of the difficulties?
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Count Kleinmicher thought for a while and replied: "I'm afraid he means to give the Governor of Wallachia a series of difficult tasks, such as how much tax to pay every year, or it may be political, such as manipulating Wallachia."
According to the public opinion of Lakia, let it be independent first and then ask for integration into our country."
Count Kleinmicher was right about this. Nicholas I meant this, but it was not that he wanted to add more weight to a certain item, but that he wanted both politics and economics.
Neridova thought for a while, frowned and said: "Something is wrong. The count should know that behind little Adlerberg is Crown Prince Alexander, and there is an old fox like old Adlerberg. He can't just give up on Vara."
Wallachia, this piece of fat, will be the best place for gilding for little Adlerberg!”
Neridova shook her head and said doubtfully: "I always feel that the earl must have some back-ups, because these can't scare little Adlerberg!"