[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"Octavia, are you kidding me?" Messalina, who received the invitation letter, raised her eyebrows, "You also know what kind of upstarts the Flavius ​​family is, do you really want me to talk to you?" A former freed slave smiles at each other? You're going to piss me off."

"Mother, Mrs. Flavia is the daughter of a legal citizen, what you said is too much." Octavia persuaded: "Besides, you can talk to Scylla, don't you care about this?" ?”

"You...you heartless little bastard, you even made fun of me." Messalina, who couldn't hold back her face, pinched Octavia's cheek fiercely, and said angrily, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you." Weipaxiang is saving face, but you have considered what the Matronas will think? They only went to the banquet at Flavius' house because of my face. Could it be that they are really wronged with me? .”

Octavia really wanted to complain that Messalina's face was not as great as she thought, and with the financial resources of the Flavius ​​family, as well as Vespasian's influence in the army and the parliament, there was a lot. Matronas want to match up with their male relatives.

"Master Vespasian is one of the best lawyers in Rome, who can guarantee that those Matronas will not go to court for the rest of their lives?" Octavia said tactfully: "Besides, there is the mother of Mrs. Vespasian at the banquet, What you're worried about shouldn't happen."

"Really?" Messalina still had doubts: "Then go and have a look!"

I have to say that the queen's appeal is still very useful in some cases.

The banquet at Flavius's house was more appropriate than Messalina thought, after all, it was something that could be done well with money.

The Matronas who arrived at the scene first looked at Flavia Domitilla with a rather critical look. The latter is a beauty from Africa. Her ancestors should have Egyptian blood, so she was born with rich facial features and a charming figure. If Cleopatra is alive again, she has an aggressive beauty.

"I heard that she was the mistress of a barbarian knight before she married Lord Vespasian." A certain lady who was jealous of Flavia Domitilla whispered in Messalina's ear. Said: "I don't know what kind of soup she poured into Master Wei Pasian, but she was able to marry into a knight family smoothly."

It is said that when Vespasian came of age, his ambitious mother Spacia Pola found a valuable descendant of Sulla, intending to persuade Vesasian to marry him, but Vesasian resolutely refused. Refused, and even ran to the army in rebellion against his mother.

Perhaps it was because his wife could not give him much help in his official career, so Weipasian had always wanted to find a noble wife for his son, but it was a pity that the famous families did not think much of Titus, which also caused Weipasian Xiang had to turn to his mother who had already fallen out with him for help.

Flavia Domitilla also knew her husband's plan well, so she tried her best to flatter Messalina at the banquet, and pushed her son Titus in front of Octavia.

"Look at his face that can be used as a model for Adonis, maybe he can learn from Balbus of the Attius family and fascinate Caesar's sister." The noble lady who was talking to her thought she was amused and made a joke, but Meselina gave her a cold look.

"Thank you for comparing my brother to the great Caesar. It's a pity that Juno hasn't given me a husband yet, so I don't know if my descendants can produce an Augustus." Octavia skillfully resolved the embarrassing atmosphere, Received the grateful look from the lady.

"I don't know if you'd like to do me a favor by visiting the garden of Flavius's house with me." Titus gestured to Octavia, which caused Meselina to show an ambiguous smile and was in a hurry He promised on behalf of his daughter: "Of course she is willing. Octavia, don't refuse the kindness of little Flavius."

"Then I will ask Your Excellency Titus to lead the way." Octavia knew that Titus might have something to ask her, so she wondered what questions the other party would ask.

There was nothing special about the back garden of the Flavius ​​home.

Titus asked the servants who followed them to stand at the gate of the garden, and slapped Octavia's face sideways: "I heard that Caesar's line is the descendant of Aeneas, it seems that you have not inherited the blond hair of Goddess of Beauty. .”

"To be honest, I don't like Venus very much, even though she is the patron saint of my family." Octavia said without changing her face: "Among the three most powerful goddesses, Venus is the most useless one .Beauty and love are things that depreciate, only power and glory, like fine wine, exist with age."

"I guess you have no respect for Aeneas." Titus deliberately misinterpreted: "He is the ancestor of the Romans, and you must know that when Caesar was alive, he made a lot of fuss about his blood. "

"So Caesar, like Aeneas, is a loser." Octavia directly blocked Titus' words: "I think my name says it all."

"Shouldn't those who are really ambitious respect the victor?" Octavia stopped and looked at Titus, "I don't think Flavius, who is ambitious, will be here with him." Let me talk about family history!"

"If you are interested in that kind of thing, you can go to the temple of Augustus to find out."

"Speaking of the temple, I also have a special matter, and I want to ask little Claudia." Titus' eyes showed a special topaz color under the light.He inherited Flavia Domitilla's alluring appearance, with a sense of pure and lustful temptation: "A good girl will not go to the back of the temple casually. And after you go to the temple, the priest A major event that cannot be concealed happened in the regiment."

"What do you want to say?" Octavia said frankly: "If I have the ability to turn the priesthood upside down, then little Agrippina will not be able to get out of Rome alive."

"When I talked to my father about it, he answered in the same way." Although Titus was a few months younger than Octavia, thanks to the boy's draw, he was slightly taller than Octavia, so He lowered his head to observe every change on Octavia's face, trying to find the other's flaws: "But my intuition tells me that this matter has nothing to do with you."

Octavia didn't answer Titus' question directly, but kept a reserved and standard smile on her face as always, and finally made Titus take the lead in saying: "Forget it, I'd better stop playing riddles with you."

"I just want to join little Claudia's business." Titus raised his surrender gesture and said confidently, "I wonder if little Claudia would like to make another friend."

"Augustus distributed money to the citizens and soldiers of Rome because they could support him to be elected consul and defeat Antony for him. But Titus, what can you bring me?" Octavia said The young man looked him up and down, shook his head and said, "You don't have the ability of Lord Weissian yet. At least for me now, if I want to do business with you, it's better to go directly to Lord Weissian."

"But one day I will inherit everything from my father?" Titus, who couldn't hold back his face, refused to accept it: "Aren't your promotional activities on the streets of Rome also aimed at winning the support of citizens more than ten years later?"

"You're right." Octavia agreed very much: "It's just that my investment in them can bring me votes of support. But Titus, the business you want to participate in is so huge Lord Vespasian can't afford the admission ticket."

Octavia is obviously a head shorter than Titus, but in terms of momentum, she is the one who is condescending.

"And Claudius was never the one to share the power."

"We prefer exclusives."

Octavia grabbed Titus by the collar of Tunica and forced him to bow his head: "After you become an inspector, come and negotiate terms with me."

"Also, don't do stupid things like rushing to a political poker game when you don't have any chips in your hand."

"This is the second time you've been stupid."

"If there is a next time, Diklado doesn't care about your head."

The author has something to say:

Vespasian was considered a lover. After the death of Flavia Domitilla, he did not remarry. Instead, he lived with a release slave, Cannes (who used to be little Antonia's clerk), and had several mistresses .He should have illegitimate children, but he did not admit any illegitimate children during his lifetime, and those mistresses and illegitimate children only had after the death of Flavia Domitilla.

Weipasian was the youngest son, but because his mother liked the youngest son very much, he let him inherit part of his grandfather's surname and property.

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