Chapter 424 Big and Small Foxes (Part 2)

Crown Prince Alexander knew very well that on the surface Count Uvarov asked about the result of the Kiev case, but in fact he must have known the result a long time ago. The reason why he asked him was just to throw bricks and remind him that the case was actually closely related to them. .

To be honest, Crown Prince Alexander didn't really want to meet Count Uvarov at this time, not only because of the involvement in the case, but more importantly, Nicholas I had warned him before to keep a proper distance from the minister. Especially pay attention to the relationship with brothers.

To put it bluntly, Nicholas I felt that he was too close to some people. As for paying attention to the relationship with his brothers, it goes without saying that he should remind him that Grand Duke Constantine is his own brother after all, even if you are not particularly satisfied with him, You can't mess with your younger brother with foreign ministers!

At least you can't make it so obvious that the whole world can see that you want to mess with Grand Duke Constantine. The royal family still needs face, you, a king, can't leave your brother Ni Qiang's notoriety behind!

Nicholas I's beating was still very obvious. Anyway, Crown Prince Alexander understood it all at once. He can mess with Grand Duke Constantine, but he must do it skillfully. Even if he does, he must let him Outsiders think that you brothers love each other and are harmonious.

As for keeping a distance from foreign ministers, this is to remind him that you are the crown prince and your father is not dead yet! You are fighting with powerful officials like Uvarov right now, what are you trying to do?

Naturally, Crown Prince Alexander became honest immediately, not only writing to Grand Duke Mikhail and Grand Duke Nicholas to tell them to take it easy, but also deliberately alienating the distance from several key officials.

That's really trying to be a good son who agrees with Jun's father's expectations!

So even if Count Uvarov came to the door in person, he could only grumble and deal with it, for fear that after the news reached Nicholas I's ears, his father would have opinions.

"Ask me for the result?" Crown Prince Alexander replied with a laugh, "Count, you are joking. I have never paid much attention to this case. With Count Rostovtsev, Mikhail and Nicholas here, the truth will definitely come out." You know, I'm not worried at all anyway!"

After a short pause, he continued: "And it's not a secret. With your status, Earl, the imperial meeting and the cabinet meeting will naturally be notified. Why ask for second-hand information from me?"

Count Uvarov looked at Crown Prince Alexander who was eager to get rid of it, and his bad feeling became stronger and stronger. It is conceivable how much pressure there is to make the crown prince become like this. Could it be that Nicholas I has already spoken?

For a while, he became more and more anxious, and continued to test: "Your Highness, you are joking,

Didn't I leave St. Petersburg for a while to recuperate? I haven't been to the State Council and the Cabinet for a long time, but I was shocked when I heard about this case, and I can't ask His Majesty, so I can only ask you about the relevant situation. "

Crown Prince Alexander was a little helpless. The meaning of his refusal was obvious just now, but Count Uvarov pretended not to understand and insisted on asking to understand. This is really annoying!

He could only make a haha ​​and continue to deal with it: "Where is it, I believe that if you are really eager to know the facts of the case, both the State Council and the Cabinet will explain it to you. How about I tell Father?"

Uvarov was speechless for a moment. Crown Prince Alexander was really experienced in kicking the ball. Thinking about the appearance of this child a few years ago, he was a completely different person!

Although the growth of Crown Prince Alexander pleased Uvarov, this was when his sophistication and maturity were applied to himself, but it felt more disgusting than eating flies!

Count Uvarov could only suppress his nausea and continued to circle around: "Don't bother Your Majesty with such a trivial matter. He is extremely tired with a lot of affairs. How can he waste energy because of my little curiosity?"

After a little pause, Count Uvarov magnified his move, and he asked directly: "Your Highness, you don't want to tell me. Is it because you have something to hide? Or does this case need to be kept secret? If that's the case, then just pretend I didn't ask about it." Already!"

Crown Prince Alexander immediately gave up, because Count Uvarov had already made it clear. If he still refused at this time, it would be tantamount to drawing a line with Count Uvarov and severing communication.

Although this old guy is a bit out of date these days, Crown Prince Alexander knows that his status is still very high. Without his support, it is really true that the Crown Prince wants to wrestle with the increasingly aggressive Grand Duke Constantine It's a little hard.

So he could only reply with a wry smile: "You misunderstood, I'm just a little surprised why you pay so much attention to this. There is no need to keep the case secret, there is nothing you can't say!"

As he said that, he could only patiently explain the case in detail, and Count Uvarov also pretended to listen. In fact, these two people were pretending, and they both knew that the focus of what they were going to talk about next was definitely not the case.

Sure enough, after Crown Prince Alexander finished speaking, Earl Uvarov thanked him a lot, and then suddenly asked: "The case is so complicated and the impact is so bad, is your Majesty not affected?"

Crown Prince Alexander snorted in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he replied unhurriedly: "Father is naturally furious. Peter Barek has disregarded national security because of his own self-interest, and openly allowed the rampant chaos in Poland. activities, and Bestuzhev Ryumin was corrupt and dereliction of duty, causing the most important prisoner to escape from prison...Of course he is very angry!"

Crown Prince Alexander observed Count Uvarov's expression while speaking, he was a little curious about what Count Uvarov would say next.

"These two guys are indeed hateful. They have failed His Majesty's trust in them in vain. It is hard to atone for their sins!"

Count Uvarov angrily reprimanded a few words at first, and then changed the subject and said: "Speaking of which, I recommended Peter Barek to His Majesty. It seems that I misjudged the person, and I mistrusted this bastard. , caused irreparable damage to the country, which made me toss and turn all night, not knowing what to do to recover the damage, so that His Majesty can forgive me!"

Crown Prince Alexander's eyes widened, and he admired Count Uvarov's acting skills very much. You are really good at bringing the topic to the table like this!

This time Crown Prince Alexander knows what Count Uvarov really cares about and what he really wants to ask - no wonder you old guy asked old Adlerberg to invite me over!