[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Nero had never faced such a difficult time.

Under the dim light of the fire, his fingers, which were as soft as a woman's, showed a powerless paleness, which made Gaicius Florus at the side feel very disdainful.

How unfair it is that such a delicate and uninitiated man can reach the spotlight of thousands of people by virtue of his blood.

Whenever Gacius Florus thought of the ugly faces of these people, he wished to drive them into Pluto's palace.

However, now he does not have enough strength to compete with these people, so he can only hold back his rebellious thoughts, and carefully urged Nero: "Your Majesty, please sign this arrest warrant quickly, otherwise After a long time, someone will inform Octavia."

Nero didn't like others to treat Octavia with such a contemptuous attitude, but when he remembered what Gesius Florus had said, he couldn't blame the Jewish province he used as a weapon. The governor could only hesitate and ask again and again: "Do you have to do this?"

Nero would not be willing to get into such a stalemate with Octavia if he could take down the ruling power of Rome quietly, but he also understands that as long as Octavia is in power for a day, he will not be able to touch power handle.

Even if Nero is the emperor, Octavia has a way to override Nero's power.

Among other things, half of the members of the Imperial Guard were promoted by Claudius.Because after Caligula was assassinated, Claudius began to guard against this organization that could touch the emperor's life, so it was necessary to ensure that the people here would not do the assassination of the emperor again.

Not to mention that in other important positions, Tiberius and Claudius' confidantes were placed.

How could it be possible to wipe out the Claudius family's decades-long layout just by Caligula and little Agrippina's few years of effort.

Therefore, Nero had to rely on the power of outsiders to take the imperial power back into his own hands.

only……

"Are you sure that Octavia will not be sentenced to death?" Thinking of Octavia's care for him all these years, Nero couldn't do it.

Once the arrest warrant comes into effect, the relationship between Nero and Octavia will be over, and they can only go to the point of life and death.

Gacius Florus had already lost all patience with this cowardly emperor, and it was only because of the consolation of an eunuch slave that he did not explode on the spot.

"You just signed the arrest warrant, but you didn't sentence Octavia to death." Gacius Florus took a deep breath and tried to appease him: "You can imprison Octavia before the trial| Imprisoned in the palace on Palatine Hill. Because you did not deprive Octavia of her noble status, nor did you divorce her, so after being arrested, Octavia can still enjoy the treatment of a queen."

"That's good." Nero finally breathed a sigh of relief, naively thinking that the search warrant he signed was simply to let Octavia delegate power, and then let her be a wife and a queen with peace of mind.

Little did they know that Gacius Florus and his supporters had already ordered Octavia's death sentence.

…………… I am the dividing line……………

When Gacius Florus led his soldiers into the palace on Palatine Hill, Octavia was drinking the freshly brewed tea slowly, with no trace of panic visible on her face.

"It's been a long time, Octavia from the Claudius family." Gacius Florus admired Octavia's psychological quality, because he had seen many nobles who would be at the moment when the search warrant was issued. , as flustered as a caught hen, or trying not to look shivering.

However, in Octavia's body, Gacius Florus could not see the slightest bit of support.

This made Gassius Florus, who was originally confident, couldn't help but wonder if someone beside him had tipped off Octavia.

"Where's the emperor's arrest warrant?" Octavia put down her teacup, and extended her hand to Gacius Florus in the gesture of a master, which made the latter feel extremely upset.

"Your Majesty, I think you don't have a clear understanding of your current situation." Gacius Florus said without a smile: "I think you should know your identity as a prisoner the moment the guards enter the door." .”

"But as a queen, I enjoy all kinds of preferential treatment before the trial." Octavia is not afraid of Gacius Florus' deliberate finding fault, because no matter whether it is a person who likes her or a person who hates her, they must admit ——Arresting Octavia is not a wise decision, even if you are a little careless, you will get angry.

"Besides, Nero only issued a decision to judge me, and did not throw me in jail or deprive me of my Matrona status." Octavia's understanding of Nero is comparable to that of Gacius Floru Si wanted to be deep, so he deliberately laughed at his overreaching: "A qualified careerist should not shoot his prey unprepared."

Octavia looked at Gacius Florus' gloomy eyes, and made a "comfortable" gesture: "If I were you, I should spend my mind on searching instead of wasting time here .”

After all, Octavia also pointed out: "After all, your behavior today will always remain in my mind, and it is not easy to judge a current queen."

"Especially a queen like me who is important in every way."

At this moment, Gacius Florus really wanted to slap Octavia to the ground.

He licked his slightly dry lips, and said a word to the guards behind him: "Search."

Those tall and heavily armed men moved into action one after another, and amidst the screams of the maids, they turned the Paladin Mountain upside down.

"Taking advantage of this rare free time, do you want to guess who told me that you have something ulterior?" Gacius Florus sat down on Octavian On the opposite side of Ya, trying to drive the other party to a corner: "Or, you yourself know what that ulterior thing is?"

Octavia guessed that the items entrusted by her grandfather before his death were the targets of Gacius Florus, so she was very grateful in her heart that she had entrusted the items to the Virgin of Vesta in advance, but on the surface, She still pretended not to understand.

"It's just Lucius Salvius, or Vipasian of the Flavius ​​family who tipped you off. Apart from them, I can't find another person who wants to bring me down so quickly. " Octavia knew that the former helped her take the blame because of Otto's death, and the latter was respectful on the surface because she was a bachelor consul, but she didn't admire her very much secretly.

As for the existences other than these two, they are not enough to make Octavia look up to them.

And the second question from Gacius Florus...

"If you want to get the whistleblowing letters collected by Tiberius during his tenure, then you are asking the wrong person." Octavia opened her eyes and said nonsense: "Caligula is the only People who have been exposed to these things, do you think that after his death, do you think that with his character, he will leave things to my father? Or the sister who collected his body?"

Gacius Florus raised his brows, motioning for Octavia to continue talking.

"Little Agrippina gained extraordinary power shortly after her return to Rome. How do you think she managed it?"

Octavia knew that Gacius Florus was using Nero as a weapon, so she deliberately provoked the relationship between the two: "Perhaps you can ask your collaborators where are those informant letters. "

"After all he is little Agrippina's son, isn't he?"