Chapter 5 After apologizing, learn Russian and want to end get out of class early
After Peter left, Elizabeth began to feel a little confused.
These changes in my nephew are better said to be frightening than a surprise.
She always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that something happened to Peter and he became enlightened?
Has my sister appeared?
In any case, whether Peter is willing to marry a German princess, or whether he expresses his intention to draw a clear line with Frederick and takes the initiative to learn Russian, this is a good thing, and Elizabeth feels a little happy.
At this time, the personal female officer stepped forward and said softly:
"Your Majesty, the carriage to the fortress is ready. Do you still invite His Highness to go?"
Elizabeth waved her hand directly and said:
"I won't go now, let's take a look and then talk."
Now that she had seen Peter's change, whether it was to please herself or not, Elizabeth decided to take another look.
Even if it was intentional or pretense, it still shows that Peter has made progress.
After all, Peter didn't even bother to pretend in the past.
At this time, Peter, who was walking out of the temple, heard an unexpected prompt:
"Ding, congratulations to the host for getting 3 St. Andre Medal points!"
"Please let the host know that the St. Andre points are related to the Queen's attitude towards the host and can be increased or decreased. When increased to 100, it means that the host can obtain the St. Andre Medal."
Peter was overjoyed, "Okay, now the data is clearer."
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that the points added this time were a bit too little.
He apologized, said that he would not bring dogs into the house, and expressed to Elizabeth that he had drawn a clear line with Frederick II. He was also willing to marry a German princess according to his aunt's wish. After all this hard work, he just got such a small amount of money?
Peter quickly figured out the reason. It was that Peter was too domineering, and his aunt still didn't believe him.
Otherwise, it must be more than that.
But it doesn't matter. When she speaks fluent Russian, Elizabeth will understand that she has really changed.
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As the crown prince, Peter has not yet been married, has not been given a fief, and lives in the palace of Queen Elizabeth.
The person who taught him Russian was the best teacher Elizabeth had ever hired, named Andnov.
After teaching Peter for three years, Andenov was about to collapse.
As a language teacher, he has taught many aristocratic children, but only Peter stands out.
During the teaching time, he was always on time and even arrived early, but he didn't know whether Peter was on time or not.
Countless times, Andnov had the habit of waiting for Peter to finish walking his dog on the snow outside the palace before barking.
Who made Peter the crown prince?
But this time, Andnov was surprised, because when he arrived at the palace, His Highness Peter was already there.
His Highness was sitting quietly at his desk, not knowing what he was thinking.
Andnov rubbed his eyes and took another look. Yes, it was not a phantom, but His Highness Peter.
Then he looked out the window. It was quiet on the snow. He had often seen guards training dogs in the past, but now he didn't see them at all.
With his sharp eyesight, he didn't even see the dog's paw prints on the snow.
What happened today?
Andnov was not used to it anymore. He cleared his throat and said cautiously:
"Your Highness, let's start the lecture then?"
Peter looked up at Andnov, smiled and nodded.
This smile made Andnov's heart tremble. Peter used to look at him with his nose in his nose and was very impatient with him.
If it weren't for the Queen's sake, he might have been kicked out of the palace by Peter.
Andnov spoke very seriously, but Peter listened very boredly.
The somewhat strenuous learning in the past seemed completely unnecessary now. Peter felt that the rewards directly instilled by the system were really awesome.
But Peter did not show that he was already proficient in Russian, so as not to frighten Andnov.
Even for his aunt, he gave him a few days of buffering period.
Later, in order to test his Russian proficiency, Peter asked Andnov:
"Teacher Andnov, what are the most difficult Russian words to pronounce?"
Andnov sighed inwardly. He was originally quite happy with His Highness's attitude of listening to the lecture, but when His Highness asked this question, the joy of teaching disappeared.
You want to run away even if you don't know how to walk, even His Highness can't do it.
But Peter asked, and he could not help but answer, and said:
"Your Highness, these are the most difficult sounds to pronounce. Please read them to me:"
“Places of Interest - достопримечательность;
Review-переосвидетельствование;
Your Excellency - высокопревосходительство;
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These words are the most difficult to pronounce, with the shortest containing 23 letters and the longer ones being longer and more complex.
Within the scope of teaching, Andenov deliberately laughed at His Highness's jokes and wanted to let His Highness know that it is far from a good thing to be too ambitious and that one must learn in a down-to-earth manner.
Because Peter was born in the Principality of Holstein, his native language was German, so Andnov taught Peter Russian in German.
But what surprised him the next moment was that Peter actually said all the difficult-to-pronounce words he just said fluently.
Andnov was simply stunned.
Then he said a few more difficult and awkward words unbelievingly. When he looked at Peter with wide eyes, Peter said:
"Teacher Andenov, after saying these things, can get out of class be over?"