The Imperial Study Room on the second floor of the Winter Palace.
The so-called imperial study room has no royal high-end atmosphere at all. Nicholas I actually didn't particularly care about personal enjoyment. Apart from his luxurious clothes, his lavish spending on his mistress, and his love of building palaces, his private space was considered simple.
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Ordinary oak furniture, old old carpets, various used swords and muskets, a plaster bust of Benkendorf, and finally a narrow single camp bed covered with straw.
This is all the layout of Nicholas I's personal space. If you just look at his study room, anyone might say that this is a simple and good emperor.
But walking out of the study of Nicholas I, it is a completely different world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is splendid, beautiful and luxurious. This building was burned down by fire and then destroyed by Nicholas.
The palace renovated by King Ra I is the best reflection of the emperor's inner world.
In essence, Nicholas I was a simple and honest soldier, but the emperor's majesty forced him to show his grandeur at all times. Therefore, he constantly put gold and powder on his face, always wanting to show the supremacy of imperial power.
To put it bluntly, this is a hypocritical wretch. In fact, the things he shows are not what he really likes. He is an empty-headed person who is forced to wear a crown and bear its burden.
Every day, Nicholas I's schedule was clearly arranged. The emperor would get up very early, enjoy a simple and hearty breakfast, and then go to the study to start the day's work - reviewing countless memorials.
This work became extremely arduous because of the bureaucrats he promoted, and it always occupied most of his time. Of course, Nicholas I was not an ascetic. There were dances arranged every day. If the dance was held in the Winter Palace, it would be more tiring.
, because it is public.
Nicholas I would look at every participant with the most critical eye, and any slight flaw in appearance would make him very unhappy. In his words, “It’s good to be happy appropriately and appropriately, otherwise it’s just being overbearing and unreasonable.”
rude!"
But Nicholas I preferred intimate balls held at the Anichkov Palace, his old residence when he was the Grand Duke. The scene there would not be as grand as the Winter Palace, and only his closest relatives could attend.
Of course, the so-called "closest" must be in quotation marks. In other words, only Nicholas I's pimps and mistresses can participate. The pimp may be the minister of palace affairs, or he may be a confidant of Nicholas I. The more famous one is
Prince Peter Volkonsky and Count Adlerberg.
These two people knew Nicholas I's preferences well and would arrange the affair in an extremely appropriate and thoughtful manner, so that Nicholas I would be happy and the queen would not feel offended or neglected. The most important thing is that they would not
There are gossips spreading everywhere.
Nicholas I liked this kind of attentive service, so that he could enjoy the services of many beauties without having to worry about the grape trellis at home collapsing, and he could also maintain his prestige as the emperor and the spokesperson of the Heavenly Father on earth.
According to Nicholas I's schedule, he would see his mistress at least two or three times a day, and dote on various beauties once or twice. Anyway, this guy was in extremely good health. In future generations, he would at least be a strong man on the level of Nine Times a Night.
Even if you don't become an emperor, you can still get along like a fish in water by becoming a low-budget movie actor in Japan.
It was precisely because Nicholas I was greedy for pleasure that there were actually no secrets in his palace. The mistresses who lived in the Winter Palace and the various beauties with ulterior motives hovering around him constantly tried to
The pimps and courtiers who curry favor with the emperor formed an airtight web around him.
Nicholas I seems to be a big spider in the net, but in fact he is a poor prey entangled in the net and unable to move. If someone wants to know the country's political affairs and find out Nicholas I's mind, the simplest and most direct way is
Looking for his woman, these money-minded white lotuses will never disappoint.
But for Menshikov, the last thing he wanted to do was deal with Nicholas I's woman. Although he could go to Nicholas I's woman openly and without any pressure, no one, including the emperor himself, would worry about it.
He would send the emperor hats or dye his hair, but Menshikov himself felt embarrassed.
The old eunuch felt that this was too detrimental to his male dignity. As a man, a once fearless warrior, Menshikov even had to say goodbye to his little brother and could no longer grow a beard, but he would always stick to it
The last dignity!
What's more, Menshikov is actually a pervert. He has a rich private collection of various "toys", various colored "novels" and "pictures", and even hired famous painters to create body art for him at high prices.
Although he is physically disabled, Menshikov is still strong-minded. Although he cannot truly yearn for him, his hairy hands and feet and one-finger and two-finger meditation are quite powerful. Not to mention that the women of Nicholas I were all gorgeous, but they are definitely first-rate.
Stunning.
Faced with such a beauty, Menshikov could not help but be moved, but what he was afraid of was not the bad consequences of putting a hat on Nicholas I, but being laughed at by the emperor's women. In order to avoid being humiliated, he would never do anything unless he had to.
I will take the lady route.
But now, Menshikov has no choice. In the third part, Ordov was so indifferent that he did not show any respect for his business, which made it impossible for him to contact Messadov. He could not
Collusive confessions can't shut up this damn fat guy.
What's worse is that there are constant rumors about corruption, bribery, hoarding, smuggling and reselling, which makes Menshikov have to prepare for the worst.
On the one hand, the old eunuch quickly started the process of wiping his butt and hurriedly cleared away those disgraceful hands. On the other hand, the old eunuch also had to find out the true intentions of Nicholas I and see what the emperor wanted.
.Finally, through these beauties with great hands and eyes, we can open up some channels and try our best to send messages to Messadov, so that this damn fat man can calm down and stop talking loudly.
And there were not many beauties around Nicholas I who could do all this at the same time, or to put it simply, there was only one - that was Varvara Nelidova!
This woman is quite extraordinary and powerful. She can be regarded as the aunt of Nicholas I. In 1832, when she first met Nicholas I, she was just a poor orphan girl. And that night
After that, she, who was nicknamed Varenka by Nicholas I and his family, moved into the Winter Palace in a grand manner and became Nicholas I's chief mistress!