[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

On the night of the emperor's wedding, Dory Fluorus had a dream.

In his dream, he saw Octavia crucifying him and letting the vultures on the side of the road peck at his internal organs until he became a bone.

In a trance, Doriophus seemed to see Nero, who was hugging Octavia, move his lips and show him a pungent smile, as if mocking his overpowering and wishful thinking, so that Doriphorus Luce opened his eyes suddenly, only to find that the one-eyed centurion was staring at him coldly, about to throw cold water on him.

"What? Do you want to launch a surprise attack if you can't fight head-on?" Although Dory Fluorus is young, but because of his reckless performance in actual combat and the intentional promotion of the upper echelons of the army, it didn't take long after he formally joined the army. He won the title of Ten Leaders.It is estimated that in a few years, it is not impossible to become a centurion, a squadron leader, or even a captain.

"The higher-ups have transferred you to the regiment stationed in Britain. You can leave this afternoon." The one-eyed centurion has never been used to Dory Flux, who leaned against a big tree to enjoy the shade, so he entered the regiment. Afterwards, he did not hesitate to trouble him: "Maybe Madam Messalina is tired of you, but this may not be a bad thing for you."

The one-eyed centurion said with a strange yin and yang: "At least you don't have to explain to others in the future, you rely on your strength and not on women's favor."

"Whether I have the strength and how much strength I have, I think you should have a good understanding." Dory Flux pointed to his eyes, which made the one-eyed centurion almost fight him in the tent.

Fortunately, a few soldiers in the same camp as Dorifulus stepped forward to stop the centurion's impulsive move, and the two didn't make a fuss with the squadron leader.

"I said when will you calm down? You must make trouble with the higher-ranking officials." Although the centurion always deliberately targets Doryphrus, his interpersonal relationship in the barracks is still quite good, so After the accident, not only some people stepped forward to help, but even a few veterans persuaded him tactfully: "Anyway, he will be retiring in a few years. You must make enemies with him when he is not afraid of causing trouble."

"Because he is not afraid of causing trouble, so if there is one, there will be two." Dorifulus said indifferently: "I will leave before he retires, he will never let go of Rome's good life. However, running to Britannia is going to block me!"

The veteran knew that Dory Fluorus was not one to listen to advice, so kind words could only go so far.

And at this moment, there was a commotion outside the barracks.

Dory Fluorus also went out to investigate, only to find a familiar figure on the podium, so he pulled the soldier aside and asked, "Who is coming outside?"

The soldier who was suddenly pulled over wanted to scold the blind man, but found that Doryphrus's official position was higher than his own, so he softened his tone and said: "His Majesty's first public speech after taking the throne, accompanying you There is also the little queen and the consul."

Before the soldier finished speaking, Dory Fluorus pushed him away and wanted to get to the front, but unfortunately, there were legion commanders, battalion captains, and squadron commanders in front of him, so Dory Fluorus could only sit across from him. Seeing the top of Octavia's hair, the head cursed the other party for being too petite, so he couldn't see the whole picture of Octavia.

As for what Nero said, and why the soldiers cheered, Doryphrus had no idea.

It was not the first time that Octavia on the stage had appeared in public, but it was the first time to experience a military speech with the emperor like today.In the past, Augusta National played a role behind the scenes, at most participating in the opening ceremony of a large celebration or the completion of a sculpture.

Octavia is well aware that her public appearance will attract a lot of criticism, but for her, this is a necessary risk, because she needs to tell some people what she has paid for them, and what they are enjoying now Whose money was it all spent on.

Of course, some conservatives would classify Octavia as the emperor's private property, and even classify her personal property as Nero's private property.

Octavia didn't care about this, because one day she would use the fact of "broken confession" to force those arrogant old antiques to reshape their worldview.

And this is the main reason why Octavia wants to master the right to recast currency.

"Octavia, it's your turn to speak." Nero, who had a strong desire to express himself, waved at Octavia, pulling the latter out of his thoughts.

"No need, marching and fighting is a man's business, so I can't get involved." Octavia knew very well that the soldiers present regarded her as Nero's decoration for the time being, so she used it in a playful way from beginning to end. The eyes looked at the little queen.

If she insists on expressing her opinions during this period of time, it will not only give others an excuse to attack her, but also make many people in the legion dissatisfied—it’s okay to be preached by Nero, after all, he is the emperor, and Grandson of a great military leader.But what is Octavia?Which old general can bear being blindly directed by a female doll in the professional field?Even though Octavia just wanted to encourage them purely, this encouragement carried a sense of almsgiving in the current occasion.

It will definitely make many people in the legion very unhappy.

"Oh! That little queen is quite sensible." A ten-man leader next to Dory Flux commented casually: "I thought she was another little Agrippina-like character, it seems that the little emperor also Just bring her to join in the fun."

Doryphorus glanced at the ten-man leader with graying temples, and guessed that he must be a veteran who has served in the army for more than ten years, so he has experienced Caligula's ruling era.

"Sensible? Then she is really very sensible." Recalling the true appearance of Octavia, Dory Flux almost exhausted all his strength to resist the desire to laugh at Nero.

The poor emperor still doesn't know what kind of monster his beloved woman is.

Doryphrus had seen the horrors of Octavia.

Titus saw it too.

It's a pity that Nero, who was closest to Octavia, was the one who was kept in the dark.

This also made Dory Flux more and more looking forward to the moment when Nero and Octavia completely fell out.

It must have been the happiest day of his life.

Nero and Octavia, who had finished the military speech, returned to the palace on the Palatine Hill. Nero was very disgusted with the place where Claudius had lived, and he did not even want to exercise the power of the emperor in it. .

Both Seneca and Marcus Barbatus persuaded Nero on the grounds that this was the emperor's practice, that the geographical location here could better protect the emperor's safety, or that it was convenient for the emperor to summon the elders.

But Nero didn't listen to their explanations at all, and even when he was sleeping with Octavia at night, he couldn't help complaining to her: "Everyone uses the status of emperor to suppress me, and only you will replace me." Nero, not the Emperor."

Octavia can understand Nero's resistance to the palace. After all, anyone who experiences those things will have PTSD about the place where the nightmare happened.It's just that she didn't intend to persuade Nero like Seneca or Marcus Barbatus.

For people like Nero, Octavia, who had already mastered the knack of smoothing hair, felt that his temper was somewhat similar to that of Brittanicus.It's the kind of person that you have to find something interesting to him in the things he resists, so that you can slowly convince him.

"If you don't like it, tear down the place you don't like and rebuild it." Octavia suggested: "When the emperor ascends the throne, he will commemorate the beginning of his rule by building something."

"You can completely regard a new palace as a signal of the coming of Nero's era."