[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Octavia is not a person who likes to regret. Of course, she does not have the self-abuse interest of taking all the responsibility on herself.So when Brittanicus broke up with her, apart from thinking about how to teach her younger brother a lesson, Octavia thought that there must be someone beside Brittanicus who shouldn't be there.

"You want to exchange all the slaves around Britannicus?" Claudius had also heard of the disputes between his children, and he stood on Octavia's side from a rational point of view.

"It's impossible for Brittanicus to suddenly fall out with me." On her father's side, Octavia showed a full elder sister demeanor, and rarely said anything bad about her younger brother: "There must be someone with ulterior motives in the house." Brittany was talking too much in his ear, which caused a lot of friction between Brittany and me."

Claudius couldn't help but think of the recent turmoil, and what Narcissus said, the relationship between him and Messalina, after the appearance of little Agrippina and Kelponia , became suddenly anxious.Can't help but wonder if someone in the palace is provoking his family relationship so that they can kill each other: "You are right, Brittany Kus has always been a well-behaved child, how could he use that attitude to treat you."

After all, he added on purpose: "Go and deal with the slaves around Britannicus, and I'll check out his playmates."

Since being betrayed by Pallas, Claudius deliberately tightened the rights of the emperor's courtiers so that they could understand who was the ruler of the Roman Empire: "When you deal with slaves, let all the servants in the palace stand aside Look, besides..."

Octavia quietly looked at Claudius with a tangled face, as if waiting for him to make an extremely difficult decision.

It's just that Claudius finally disappointed Octavia.

"You go down first! That kind of thing shouldn't be done by you." Claudius's mind appeared in the wonderful figure of Calpurnia, after all, he couldn't help his young and beautiful lover.

Octavia could not describe how she felt after leaving the palace.

However, after she left, Marcus Barbatus brought a document from the warlord, suggesting that Claudius send a nobleman to escort military assets to the British front.

"Why did you let little Appius do this?" It took Claudius a long time to remember who Marcus Barbatus mentioned, and couldn't help but scornfully said: "A person who relies on donating officials to maintain A low status? Marcus, don’t let the frontline soldiers think that I have no one left, so I chose such an unreliable person.”

"Please believe me, little Appius is the best choice." Marcus Barbatus hoped to kill little Appius without anyone noticing, so he and Claudius Before the discussion, I made a lot of preparations: "The warlord always chooses people related to the royal family. Britannicus, Nero, and Marcus Hiranus are still young. If you are not satisfied with little Appio If you don't, then you can only let me go."

The royal family's male heirs are rare, but there are not many adults.

Claudius still couldn't do without Marcus Barbatus' help in government affairs, so even though he had deep doubts about the ability of young Albinus, he still approved Marcus Barbatus Bartus' request.

"Is Emilia Lepidus okay?" If Marcus Barbatus hadn't suddenly mentioned the name of little Appius, Claudius would have almost forgotten that he and Emilia Regarding Leibida's engagement, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her ex-fiancee: "It's really hard for her to marry such a useless man."

After hearing what Claudius said, Marcus Barbatus looked very embarrassed, but he still insisted: "Emilia Lepidus is busy with her daughter's marriage recently, if you intend to do something for the little one The Appius family is honored to attend Julia Calvina's wedding."

Claudius' face sank as a result, and the original warmth disappeared.

One of the bad habits of most people is that they can't see their ex living better than themselves.

Claudius is no exception.

Especially after thinking that Emilia Lepidus and little Appius had many children, and after the couple was consummated, Claudius, who had already had three failed marriages, seemed extremely displeased, and said in a cold tone: " Little Appius is not my vassal, and I have no need to attend his daughter's wedding."

Marcus Barbatus, who has achieved his goal, will not stay, and will continue to touch Claudius' bad luck.But when he was about to step down, a secretary came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty the Emperor, something big happened at the temple."

Marcus Barbatus' heart suddenly shrank, he knew that this matter must have something to do with Octavia.

"What's going on at the temple?" Claudius thought it was Vitas who had a fight with the chief priest, so he said impatiently: "Can't they settle down for a while? The virgin The duty of priests and priests is to pray for the country devoutly, not to cause trouble everywhere."

The person who came to report was taken aback by Claudius' attitude, and cringed for a while.

When Marcus Barbatus saw this, he had to deal with Claudius: "If it's just a conflict within the temple, then His Majesty the Emperor is not easy to interfere, and the Senate or the Citizens' Assembly must to deal with."

"But this is no longer something the Senate can handle." The person who came to report showed a crying expression, which made Claudius finally realize the seriousness of the matter.

"This morning, some citizens reported to the senate with their real names that the priests secretly embezzled the offerings in the temple. In a responsible manner, the elders asked the chief priest to open the treasury of the temple, only to find that...the coins inside were all It was wiped out." The people who came to report can fully imagine that this is the biggest scandal since the founding of Rome, and its influence is no less than that of the Spartacus rebellion in the late Republic: "My lord, please ask the treasurer to calculate Take the loss of the temple."

The person who came to report swallowed his saliva. Facing the tranquility before the storm of Claudius, he involuntarily lowered his voice and said, "One, the total is 12 billion sesterces. This also includes the period of the Republic. Dinar gold coins, so taking into account the gold content of the ancient currency, its loss may be as high as 700 billion sesterces."

Marcus Barbatus was almost fainted by the reporter's answer, and the conversation between him and Octavia outside the gate of the court flashed in his mind.

【What I want is to clean up the priesthood from top to bottom. 】

The author has something to say:

The clip has fluttered, and I have fallen several times from the very beginning to the present, and my mentality is a bit broken. I may not think much about updating this article these days.