[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

In the end, Nero cried and passed out holding Octavia.

Before this, Octavia had never thought that a person, especially a man, could shed tears so well that when she let go of Nero, the fabric on her shoulders was completely stuck to her body, making her feel very uncomfortable .

Just at this time, Narcissus sent a message saying that Claudius had signed Pallas' arrest warrant and asked Octavia if she wanted to go and see.

"Is it appropriate for me to go?" Octavia, who clearly wanted to go, hesitated for a second, until Narcissus dispelled her worries: "His Majesty the Emperor hopes that you can go and see instead of him."

Narcissus looked at Nero who was lying on Octavia's lap with complicated eyes, and tried to maintain a calm tone: "His Majesty the Emperor is judging Julia Livia, and Rukius. Silanus, he needs someone he can trust with the Pallas matter."

One of the few advantages of Claudius is his unconditional trust in his family. Unless the other party is so dead that God can't stand it anymore, Claudius can endure like Caligula and Metherine Like Na, allow the other party to be so rampant that he can't die without a fight.

Octavia, who followed Narcissus to investigate the private property of Pallas, did not find much useful things.

Except for the crates of coins removed by the Praetorians on the spot, all the houses and manors of Pallas were reserved by Messalina, while the furniture and slaves were auctioned off by Octavia to the Roman citizens who came to join in the fun , and then distributed the bulk of the discounted money to the low-level officials who helped ransack the house, and the small heads to the cheering Roman citizens.

If you want a horse to run hard, you need grass besides the whip.

Octavia is well aware of the charm of Sestetti, so the people below are extraordinarily diligent in doing things, and they are full of gratitude to Octavia.

This feeling of spending other people's money to buy people's hearts is really incomparable.

Octavia, who was thinking so, asked Narcissus to move all the things in Pallas's study to her private residence, and planned to wait for little Agrippina to be sentenced to death before checking what was in it. Nothing tricky.

However, just when Octavia was sure that little Agrippina would be sentenced to death, Konessia suddenly came to her, closed the door nervously, and said in a lightning strike: "Octavia, are you still going to die?" Little Agrippina cannot be put to death."

Octavia's first reaction was who wanted to protect Agrippina, but after thinking about it, she couldn't find the suspect.

"The holy fire in the Vesta Temple suddenly went out today, and the chief priest has already taken Cecilia away, saying that she broke her oath and had an affair with a foreigner." Conesia, a veteran of Vesta who has served for 40 years, Female, there is no excuse to slander her.Besides, the high priest will not brainstorm against the huge Conesia of her mother's family, so she can only pinch the persimmons, trying to force Conesia to use the privilege of the Virgin of Vesta and pardon little Agri Pina.

"How did the chief priest get in touch with little Agrippina?" Out of emotion and reason, both Octavia and Cornesia had to work hard to keep Cecilia.

This is not because of how helpful Octavia is, but because if Cecilia is fooled by the high priest, then Conessia's credibility among the virgins of Vitas will decline, and even those who support The Matronas of Octavia and Messalina will also re-examine Octavia's energy.

Maybe they will fall for little Agrippina because of it.

In short, this is a crisis of credibility against Octavia.

Is that how little Agrippina was released?

Octavia paced back and forth in the room irritably, struggled for a while, and finally choked out a sentence: "Even if little Agrippina can't be sentenced to death, she can't be released easily."

"Otherwise those Matronas will stop supporting us."

"Besides, if you give in once, there will be a second time."

Octavia clenched the corner of the desk, and said through gritted teeth, "How many cards does little Agrippina have? How did the chief priest get involved with her?"

Conesia looked at Octavia's anxious look, and said with distress: "My spies in the temple broke the news to me, saying that little Agrippina held the evidence that the chief priest was collaborating with the enemy and treason. .”

Having said that, Konessia looked around and said with some hesitation, "Do you still remember the informant materials passed down from Tiberius when Caligula was in power?"

"Little Agrippina not only has a copy of part of it, but also got a lot of secrets from her father, Germanicus."

"There is a secret about Arminius taking bribes from the Roman priesthood and the Senate."

"Bribery?" Octavia called Titus in a blink of an eye, asking him to ask Narcissus for Pallas' account book.

"Conesia, go tell the chief priest that Her Royal Highness has obtained evidence from Pallas that the priests took bribes. If he doesn't want Brittanicus to reveal this in his public speech next month, then Shut up honestly." Octavia suppressed her anger, knocked down her front teeth and swallowed her blood: "Of course, I won't force him to choose between a dilemma."

"Little Agrippina just hopes that the chief priest can find a way to keep her. She will probably use this card for a long time, and won't turn against the Roman priests over this."

"I will instruct Lord Vespasian of the Flavius ​​family to change the sentence in the court and reduce the punishment of little Agrippina to lifelong rape or exile."

"If the chief priest still doesn't agree with both parties taking a step back, then let's fight to the death!" Octavia sneered, "I'd like to see if I will be ruined first, or they will be killed first."

"I will try my best to negotiate with the chief priest." Conesia hesitated, "It's just that Cecilia will suffer a bit."

There was no hiding the fact that the flame had gone out.

Even if the chief priest wanted to defend it, the virgins of Vesta would inevitably be whipped.

"Please tell Cecilia, Octavia of the Claudius family will definitely avenge her." Octavia, who is decisive, will never let go of anyone who dares to trip her up, let alone Let your own people be bullied: "Even if Justitia is Jupiter's cousin, I will let Tartarus meet her in person."

"With your words, Cecilia will have nothing to fear." Conesia said firmly: "I will ask little Dominia to persuade Messalina to let little Agrippina go. In addition, You can send my spies in the temple at will."

Speaking of this, Konesia also added: "The virgin you recommended, Beliana, wants to see you. She wants to be loyal to you, and she hopes that you can help her keep everything in the Cripps family, and not let Her father got it."

The author has something to say:

Octavia: Follow the path of a scumbag, leaving the scumbag with nowhere to go.

One of the privileges of the Virgins of Vesta is that they can pardon criminals, even if they are convicted of treason, when it is not for their own benefit (who knows).

Justitia: Themis, the goddess of law and justice in the Greek gods, she is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and became Jupiter (wife of Zeus) after the defeat of the second-generation god king Cronus , gave birth to the goddess of fate and the goddess of timing with Jupiter.Octavia’s mention of Justitia here is satirizing the daughter-in-law whose destiny and justice are both rights.