Struggle in Russia

The imperial study on the second floor of the Winter Palace.

The so-called imperial study room does not have any high-end atmosphere of the royal family at all. Nicholas I didn't really care about personal enjoyment, except for luxurious clothes, extravagant spending on his mistresses, and his liking to build palaces, his private space can be regarded as simple up.

Plain oak furniture, worn old carpets, various used swords and muskets, and a plaster bust of Behnkendorf, and finally a narrow straw single camp bed.

This is all the settings in Nicholas I's personal space. If you just look at his study, anyone may say that this is a simple and good emperor.

But walking out of the study of Nicholas I, it is a completely different world. Resplendent, beautiful and extravagant are not too much to use. This palace, which was burned down by the fire and then rebuilt by Nicholas I, is the best embodiment of the emperor's inner world.

In essence, Nicholas I was a simple and simple soldier, but the emperor's majesty forced him to show his magnificence all the time. So he kept putting gold on his face and smearing himself, always wanting to show the supremacy of imperial power.

To put it bluntly, this is a hypocritical wretch. What he manifests is not really what he likes, an empty-headed man 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 rich breakfast, and then go to the study to start the day's work - to review those countless memorials.

This work has become extremely onerous due to the bureaucracy he single-handedly promoted, and it always takes up most of his time. Of course, Nicholas I was not an ascetic, and there would be a ball every day. If the ball was held in the Winter Palace, it would be tiring because it was public.

Nicholas I will examine every participant with the most critical eyes, and a little flaw in appearance will make him very unhappy. In his words, "It is good to be happy properly and appropriately, otherwise it is arrogance and arrogance." rude!"

But Nicholas I preferred intimate balls held at the Anichkov Palace, his old Grand Duke residence. There the scene would not be as grand as the Winter Palace, and only his closest relatives could attend.

Of course, the so-called closest relationship is in quotation marks. In other words, only the pimps and mistresses of Nicholas I can participate. The pimp may be the minister of court affairs, or he may be a confidant of Nicholas I. The more famous ones are Duke Peter Volkonski and Count Adlerberg.

These two knew Nicholas I's preferences very well, and they would arrange the affairs of the affair in an extremely appropriate and thoughtful manner, which not only made Nicholas I happy, but also kept the queen from feeling offended and neglected. The most important thing was that they would not There is gossip going around.

Nicholas I liked this kind of thoughtful service, so that he could enjoy the services of many beauties without worrying about the collapse of the grape shelf at home, 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 mistresses at least two or three times a day, and spoil all kinds of beauties once or twice. Anyway, this guy's health is extremely good, and in future generations he will be at least a strong man at the level of Jiujiro Yiye, even if he doesn't become an emperor and goes to Japan to be a low-cost movie actor, he can get along like a duck to water.

It is precisely because Nicholas I was greedy for fish and water, which led to the fact that there are actually no secrets in his court. The mistresses living in the Winter Palace, all kinds of beauties with ulterior motives hovering around him, and the pimp courtiers who kept trying to curry favor with the emperor, woven an impenetrable net around the emperor.

And Nicholas I seems to be a big spider caught in the net, but in fact he is a poor prey entangled in the net and unable to move. For those who want to know the state affairs and want to know Nicholas I's mind, the simplest and most direct way is to find his woman,

These white lotus flowers with eyes open for money will never disappoint.

It's just that for Menshikov, the last thing he wants to do is deal with Nicholas I's woman. Although he could go to Nicholas I's woman openly and without pressure, no one, including the emperor himself, would worry that he would give the emperor a hat or dye his hair, but Menshikov himself felt embarrassed.

The old eunuch felt that this was too detrimental to his masculine dignity. As a man, a once fearless warrior, even if he had to bid farewell to his little brother, Menshikov would not be able to grow a beard anymore, but he would always stick to his last dignity!

What's more, Menshikov is actually a color embryo. He has a rich private collection of various "toys", various colorful "novels" and "pictures", and even hired famous painters at high prices to create body art for him.

Although physically disabled, Menshikov is still determined, and his hands and feet and one-finger and two-finger Zen are quite powerful because he can't really yearn for it. The women of Nicholas I may not be said to be all magnificent, but they must be first-rate and stunning.

Faced with such a beauty, Menshikov could not remain calm, but what he was afraid of was not the bad consequences of putting a hat on Nicholas I, but being ridiculed by the emperor's woman. In order to avoid being humiliated, he would never follow his wife's route unless he had to.

But now, Menshikov has nothing to do. In the third part, Aldorf is not interested in oil and salt at all, and he doesn't show off his official business, which makes it impossible for him to contact Messadov, and he can neither collude a confession nor shut up this fat man.

To make matters worse, gossip continued to spread about corruption, bribery, hoarding, smuggling and reselling. Menshikov had to prepare for the worst.

On the one hand, the old eunuch hurriedly activated the ass-wiping procedure, hurriedly removing those disgraceful hands. On the other hand, the old eunuch must also inquire about Nicholas I's true intentions to see what the emperor really wants. In the end, through these beauties with good hands and eyes, they can also open up some channels, and try to give Messadov a message, so that this fat man can take it easy and stop beeping.

And there were not many beauties around Nicholas I who could do all these things at the same time, or to put it simply, there was only one——Varvara Neridova!

This woman is quite unusual, but also quite powerful, she can be regarded as the great aunt of Nicholas I. In 1832, when she met Nicholas I for the first time, she was just a poor orphan girl. And after that night, she, who was nicknamed Varenka by Nicholas I and his family, moved into the Winter Palace in a stately manner and became the chief mistress of Nicholas I!