[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

The little Agrippina, who was imprisoned, tried to maintain a dignified appearance, even sitting on a straw pile, as if she had been invited to the palace.This is not the first time she has been imprisoned because of her mother Agrippina the Great's opposition to Emperor Tiberius when she was young. With two sisters and the youngest brother Caligula, spent the darkest trial time in prison.

And when her elder brother Caligula was in power, little Agrippina was imprisoned together with her younger sister Yulia Livia because of the "Three Daggers" incident, until little Antonia came to intercede for them , the sisters were exempted from the death penalty and exiled to the outer islands by Caligula.

Looking at the previous two experiences of being sent to the inner prison, the reason why little Agrippina was able to escape smoothly was because neither Tiberius nor Caligula had any killing intent on her, and the second was because of her influence. Antonia Jr. (also Octavia's grandmother) worked hard to maintain it.

But now, the grandmother who could protect little Agrippina died long before Caligula, and Claudius, who was in power, didn't have much affection for this niece. Agrippina hated it to the bone, and wished that little Agrippina would be sentenced to death sooner.

"You stand guard outside. By order of His Majesty the Emperor, I want to ask the prisoner some questions." A familiar male voice came from the end of the prison corridor.

After a harsh sound of opening the door, little Agrippina saw a familiar face, which was Claudius' financial envoy Pallas.

"What did you do? You have the guts to kidnap little Claudia." Because of the light and the cloak, Pallas' complexion was as dark as a Nubian, if he didn't remember little Agri Pina has not been convicted of a crime, and now she can't wait to slap the woman: "Thanks to you, His Majesty the Emperor is already dissatisfied with me. Narcissus and Marcus Barbatus have already approached Wei Pasian Flavius, they are determined to sentence you to death, and I will also be held accountable by His Majesty the Emperor."

Little Agrippina was not surprised by this situation, her only focus was on her son: "Where's Nero?"

"He was brought back to the bedroom by His Majesty the Emperor. The Senate and the branches of the Domitius family plan to deprive you of the custody of little Domitius." Pallas shrank his neck and said with some bad luck: "You'd better Pray that Nero will testify in your favor in court, or His Majesty the Emperor will take over Nero's custody, which means Nero will have to move into Messalina's house."

Even if Claudius had separated from Messalina long ago, as long as they did not dissolve their marriage for a day, all the children under the supervision of Claudius would have to move to Messalina's side.

Even though many laws and regulations in the "Law of the Twelve Tables" became waste paper in this era, the idea that men dominate outside and women dominate inside is still the mainstream of Roman society.

Even Octavia, who has been given the privilege of living alone, still has to live in Messalina's house for a few days a month.

"Let Nero move to Messalina's house? You might as well throw my son into the snake den." The little Agrippina paced around the small cell very anxiously, biting her manicured nails Uglier than sawtooth: "No, I will never let this happen."

"Pallas, do you have a way to contact Nero? If you can't, send Akdai or Epaphroditus to Nero. In short, I don't allow that bitch Messalina to contact me Son." Little Agrippina clutched the amulet on her chest, and her mind kept flashing back to the future predicted by her astrologer when Nero was born.

Her son was destined to become emperor of the Roman Empire.

Even if she dies, she must die at the hands of Nero, who has become the emperor, instead of being casually taken away by this group of people who do not have the blood of Augustus.

However, what little Agrippina didn't know was that at the corner of her prison wall, there was a hollow steel pipe blocked by straw, passing through the continuous high wall and driving all the way to the residential area not far away.

When Claudius funded the rebuilding of Rome, Messalina, who was eager to show her rights, used her dowry to reorganize the prison environment at the suggestion of Octavia.

This pipeline is what Octavia buried at that time.

Those who can be imprisoned here are either rich or noble, and some of their whispers will become good handles.

And it is impossible for Octavia to monitor and listen here all the time, so she arranges for two released dumb slaves to live here, and pays them a handsome salary every month according to the news they give.

Of course, in order to prevent these two dumb slaves from being bought, Octavia will also hang a sword of Damocles on them to let them know that they can execute them at any time.

"I knew Pallas was having an affair with little Agrippina, but Narcissus is more useless than I thought, and he hasn't hit Pallas yet." Obtained from the dumb slave Octavia, who had the news, asked Titus to reward them with a hundred aas coins, and asked Scylla, who was smoking, "How much business does Pallas have with you?"

"Not many, that is, two brothels and one men's brothel." Scylla happily exhaled a breath of white mist, and took a glass of wine from Tita: "It's unheard of for a financial envoy to open a brothel. Do you think Pallas can be dragged down by the little Agrippina thing."

"Impossible." Octavia resolutely said: "What do you think Pallas opened the brothel for? That place is obviously expensive to death, but there are still nobles who go there one after another to spend. It is clear that Pallas is giving it to me. Father laundered money."

Claudius is the kind of emperor who wants to establish a chastity workshop after becoming a female cousin.

Obviously everyone knew that he was a Tiberius and his ilk, but he insisted on being compared to Augustus. He might as well open a brothel openly, and use half of the net profit to build public facilities.

Maybe those nobles who are forced to consume and the people who eat melons will be happier.

"For my father, the existence of Pallas is still necessary, but his role doesn't have to be that big, just be a secretary for money laundering and money laundering. As for the financial envoy, let someone else do it!" Mr. Wu Via nodded at Titus, who handed Scylla a coarse cloth package.

"You think of a way to put this in Pallas' property. After that, other people will do it." Octavia asked Tita to open the window to prevent the smell of Scylla's smoke from wafting here .

After Scylla left, Octavia looked at Titus, who was busy, and Ellius, who was doing the accounting, and asked, "Titus, are you a member of the Barbatus family?" How many years have you served?"

"17 years." The Greek, who had passed his forty years, respectfully said: "Thanks to your great love, our family got rid of slavery and became a free citizen with a small fortune."

"You have a small fortune? I'm afraid you underestimate yourself too much." Octavia's words made Titus feel stiff: "You have served Barbatus and the Claudius family for so many years, forty thousand Sesteti still has some assets, just enough for the minimum standard."

Not to mention Titus, even Ellius beside him couldn't help having an abnormal heartbeat and shortness of breath.

Octavia stared into Titus' excited eyes and asked, "Titus, do you want to be a financial envoy? As a reward for your loyalty to the Valerius family and the Claudius family, I will I recommend you to replace Pallas as a member of the Roman treasury."

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The Three Daggers Incident: Little Agrippina, Yulia Livia, and the husband of Caligula's older sister Lucilla plot to kill Caligula.

Fiscal envoy: 'procurator' comes from the Latin verb 'procurare', 'to look after'.Rich people in Rome often hired caretakers to manage large amounts of money or farms; generally speaking, the status of procurator was a freed slave, and it was originally Augustus who appointed a freed slave to hold this official position in order to find someone to take care of his property .Often confused with Quaestor, the treasurer, but the latter has far greater power than the former, and must be a citizen elected by the referendum or a private treasurer appointed by the emperor himself. (Partially taken from the literature)

Although Nero is two years older than Octavia, according to her status, she and Agrippina are cousins, so she is Nero's cousin! (meaningful)

Something went wrong, the family of Marcus Barbatus was mistaken.Barbatus was his name and not a family name.The family name is Valerius.The mistakes in the previous chapters have been corrected as much as possible. If there are any fish that slipped through the net, please mention them in the comments, thank you.