[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

The protagonist, his wife and an incumbent senator suddenly died at the banquet of the nobles, especially the emperor and his wife were one of the witnesses, so the guards on patrol came very quickly, including Otto's brother, the Salvius family. The person in power - Lucius Salvius also rushed to the scene.

Facing the bones of his younger brother, Lucius Salvius just glanced at them briefly, and then expressed his apology to Nero and Octavia: "I'm sorry for letting you see Salvius Please accept our compensation for the Us family's gaffe."

"It's nothing, anyway, this banquet is meaningless until now, you can clean up the mess yourself!" Nero glanced at Octavia with a calm expression, there was no sadness on his face, but he was relieved a feeling of.

Once Otto is dead, perhaps Nero can get rid of Otto's influence on him.

It’s just that Otto, Pompeia Sabina, and Kaius Silius all died too strangely, all of which were related to Octavia, so not only Nero, but even Lucius Silius. Salvius, as well as the leader of the Praetorian Guards, suspected that Octavia had done it.

However, in the face of this doubt, Octavia can fully prove her innocence-she stayed with Nero for the whole banquet, there was no chance of poisoning at all, and all the food was from the Salvius family The servant prepared it himself, and it was handled by Otto's confidants, so...

Nero's gaze turned to Lucius Salvius, and even the chief of the Praetorian Guards went straight to Lucius Salvius after checking the participants of the banquet. He said mercilessly, "Your Excellency, please come with us."

Apart from Octavia, the most suspected person present was Julia Sirana.

However, Julia Sirana didn't need to poison her husband at other people's banquets, and she did it so loudly.

The pharmacist in charge of the autopsy confirmed that all three of them were poisoned with a short-term poison, and under Julia Sirana's conditions, Caius Silius' death could be completely killed by a slow poison. , Pretending to be sick and dying.

So overall, the one most likely to be poisoned is Lucius Salvius.

First, he is Otto's older brother, and he has a natural competitive relationship with Otto. In addition, Otto's recent lawsuits have caused the other businesses of the Salvius family to fall into a counterfeit incident, so Rukiu It is impossible for S. Salvius not to harbor hatred for Otto.

In addition, he has more ways to bribe Otto's confidantes than the other two, so the chief of the Imperial Guard wants to restrict Lucius Salvius - after all, it is impossible for him to imprison the Queen of Rome, Or a recently widowed woman.

As for Caius Silius...

The chief of the Janissaries felt that he was "killed by mistake" by Lucius Salvius.

After all, Caius Silius hooked up with people everywhere at the banquet, and even chatted with the hostess Pompeia Sabina, so it is reasonable for him to be killed.

Nero didn't say a few words from the beginning to the end, until he and Octavia returned to the palace on the Palatine Hill, he asked, "You killed them, right?"

Octavia was taking off her jewelry in front of the dressing table. Nero observed that her hands were unbelievably stable, and she didn't feel a single bit of sluggishness when he was speaking.

"Why do you think so?" Octavia didn't look back at Nero's expression, because she knew that Nero would ask, "Why should I kill them?"

Nero couldn't believe that Octavia was talking nonsense with her eyes open, so she continued to ask: "Do you dare to say that there is no conflict between you and Otto? The resentment between the two of you is well known, and you think I don't know ?"

"But the question is, is the resentment between the two of us really worth killing him?" Octavia looked directly into Nero's eyes through the mirror, and said every word: "Because everyone knows that I The conflict with Otto, so the least likely to kill him is me."

After all, Octavia turned around and whispered to Nero: "Besides, what good will killing Otto do to me? Is it because I have a reputation as a murderer? Or did I offend Salvius?" Family grudges?"

Nero couldn't refute Octavia's words, but his intuition told him that this matter had nothing to do with Octavia.

When they shared the bed that night, Nero stared at the curtain above the bed, thinking that it was no different from an Egyptian shroud.

"Octavia, will you kill me one day?"

Nero, who couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, suddenly hugged Octavia from behind, and then touched Octavia's neck with his right hand: "Otto said that I married a humanoid monster, I think he is right." That's right."

"Then are you afraid of me?" Octavia didn't think that Nero would strangle herself for Otto, because once she died, Marcus Barbatus and Narcissus would not support Nero: "You know, I would never hurt you."

As long as the status of Queen of Rome can bring enough convenience to Octavia, she will not let Nero die easily.

"You really won't hurt me." Nero remembered everything after he met Octavia, the hand that was stroking Octavia's neck, gradually moved to Octavia's ear, and then played with her temples Hair: "Did you know? Pompeo Sabina is pregnant."

Nero moved closer to Octavia's ear, and exhaled softly: "Pompeia Sabina said that it was my child, do you believe it?"

"If you believed Pompeia Sabina, you wouldn't sleep in the same bed as me." Octavia didn't show the jealousy that Nero expected, she was still unbelievably calm: "Nero, marriage is not love , can’t maintain a moving luster forever. Just like the difference between Venus and Juno, you can’t make love and marriage coexist, but you can make love and vitality, marriage and power achieve a perfect fusion.”

"So Nero, what's your choice?"

Octavia's words made Nero let go of her arms, feeling that the woman he shared the bed with was no longer the object of his love at first sight.

"You were my Psyche, and I was your Cupid." Nero's voice revealed deep exhaustion and regret: "But you're right, love does not last, that's why Wes The Tower of Virgins and the Presence of Marriage."

"But Nero, Jupiter will not envy Mars' strength, but Mars will definitely envy Jupiter's power." Octavia turned around and said something that made Nero feel deeply confused: " So do you decide to move on, or do you just go around in circles and refuse to grow up?"

Nero, who was confused by the question, didn't know how he fell asleep that night, but Octavia was sure that she had to be prepared to break up with Nero.