Chapter 21 No white heads are allowed to be seen in the world
Three years later, the conflict between Antony and Octavian intensified again, and Antony returned to the East to prepare an expedition to Parthia. He sent Octavia back to Rome on www.biquge.info the grounds that the journey was too difficult for him to live in a barracks. When Antony arrived in Antioch, he immediately invited the queen to meet and married her, contrary to Roman tradition.
With the support of the queen, Antony's expedition to Parthia was unsuccessful, but then he went to Armenia and won. After the triumph, Antony did not return to Rome, but held a triumphal ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt, according to Egyptian etiquette.
Antony and the queen ascended to the golden throne together, Cleopatra was called "Queen of Kings", and her son Ptolemy XV was called "King of Kings".
At the same time, Antony's actions in the East, especially his relationship with the queen, were criticized by the Romans. They rebuked Antony for giving the conquest of Rome to the queen and her children. In Rome, the queen was hated and considered to be the greatest threat to Rome besides Hannibal. This deprived Anthony of strong domestic support.
In 32 BC, Antony and Octavian broke off completely. At the Queen's request, Anthony officially abandoned his wife, Octavia. Octavian also vowed to avenge his sister's insults, and despite offending Roman tradition, he obtained Antony's will from the Vestal Virgin and made it public.
Antony's will described his territorial distribution to the queen and her children, and ordered the queen to bury his body in Alexandria. As soon as the will was announced, public opinion was in an uproar and the crowd was indignant. Accordingly, the Senate and the Council of Tribs, the assembly of citizens, declared war on the queen for the misappropriation of the property of the Roman people, and stripped Antony of his consulship and all other powers.
In 31 BCE, the armies of Antony and Octavian met at Cape Actium. In the midst of the fierce battle, when Antony's fleet was frustrated, the queen's ship abruptly withdrew from the battlefield and sailed back to Egypt. Anthony then gave chase, leaving his fighting forces to be annihilated.
In 30 BC, Octavian attacked Egypt and besieged Alexandria. Anthony saw that the tide was turning, and he killed himself. The queen was captured, and when Octavian went to visit her captives, the queen also used her tricks to coax and confuse Octavian, but to no avail.
This is the highlight of Su Le's portrayal of Octavian, because Su Le is an extremely rare person who is not easily fascinated by Vera who plays the queen, and is also played by friendship (free).
Vera, who played the queen, looked at Su Le, who played Octavian, with affectionate eyes, "Please forgive me, a sinful woman, I am willing to sacrifice my country...... And myself. From now on I will no longer be the queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, but only your daughter-in-law. ”
For the continuation of the dynasty or her own power and status, the queen never hesitated to sacrifice her body, but this definitely requires great courage for a noble and proud woman.
And Vera, who is a peerless beauty like the queen and has very superb acting skills, is kneeling in front of Su Le at this time, saying this temptation line of abandoning dignity. This kind of huge gap between a high-flying woman who suddenly loses everything, no matter how many times she acts, it is difficult for Su Le not to be moved in the slightest.
Su Le knew that he could no longer make eye contact with the queen's pleading eyes, and immediately turned his face to the queen's maid, played by Yan Ying. In fact, Yan Ying often appears next to Vera in the movie, but it is very inconspicuous so far.
Yan Ying couldn't help but blush when Su Le looked at her so suddenly. Because the two have not had a complete time tryst recently, but they need each other physically, they get together when they get the opportunity in the dressing room, dressing room, and even elevators and corridors......
Originally, Su Le took revenge on Yan Ying and started a special relationship between the two, but later Yan Ying's body was developed by Su Le, and after Vera's guidance, Su Le couldn't be in an advantageous position when the two fought hand-to-hand, and for some reason he didn't feel so much.
But the two are still physically attracted to each other, even if they cool down, Su Le can't completely sever the relationship with Yan Ying, during which Yan Ying took the initiative to unlock all his postures in order to increase Su Le's interest.
Su Le was also unceremonious, except for the one that Robin told him that it was better not to use the exit, he tried it all over again, but he was still interested. This time, due to the short time and difficulty of each meeting, and because of the risk of being discovered, Su Le regained some feelings for Yan Ying.
Su Le also hated himself very much for this, but he couldn't extricate himself from Yu Wang, so he could only hope that Yan Ying would leave him again, so that this relationship would be suspended.
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"She is my most loyal maid, and if you like her, I can serve you with her." Vera, who plays the queen, said in a hurry.
It's already an improvisation, and everyone's movements, eyes, and Vera's last lines are different from the script.
"......" Su Le couldn't keep up with Vera's thoughts, so he could only be expressionless and silent. It looks like both being seduced by the queen and rejecting it.
The director didn't think that this scene could be passed in one go, but the reaction of the three and Vera's final impromptu line... Let the director think that maybe this is okay...... The next day the director decided to use this improvised version, which he thought would be fine.
Octavian's purpose in capturing the queen was to bring her back to Rome for a triumphal ceremony. When the queen learned of this, she was so disillusioned that the faithful maid brought her a poisonous snake in a basket of figs, and she grabbed the baby snake and put it on her plump dairy, ending her legendary life.
Octavian then fulfilled the queen's dying request and buried her with Antony. Caesar the Younger, the son of the queen and Caesar, and Alexander, the eldest son of her and Antony, were executed by Octavian's orders.
In Chinese history, this kind of royal teenager who was forced to death by "wicked people" generally had this kind of bridge: the boy prayed to the gods and Buddhas, hoping that he would not be born in the emperor's family in the next life. I don't know if the same was true of Caesar and Alexander the Younger.
Speaking of China, there are also many peerless beauties with great influence in history, in addition to the well-known four beauties Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Guifei, Su Le also knows Mrs. Xi and Xia Ji.
Mrs. Xi was a native of Chen Guo in the Spring and Autumn Period, and when she married Xi Guo, she passed by Cai Guo, and Cai Hou was rude and teased Mrs. Xi. When the Marquis of Xi learned about it, he was furious and designed to unite with the State of Chu to defeat the State of Cai and capture the Marquis of Cai. Cai Hou was also bad enough, and after being captured, he praised Mrs. Xi's beauty to King Chu Wen.
As a result, King Wen of Chu destroyed the state of Xi and made the Marquis of Xi a small official guarding the city gate. Mrs. Xi had no choice but to marry King Chu Wen, and later gave birth to two sons, but she never took the initiative to speak. King Chu Wen asked her why?
"I'm a woman, but I've been married to two husbands, and since I can't die, what is there to say?"
After the death of King Wen of Chu, the eldest son of Mrs. Xi succeeded to the throne, and later the younger brother and the younger brother competed, and the younger brother united with the country to kill the brother to succeed to the throne, that is, the later King Cheng of Chu.
The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, and she must have been very painful to watch her two children fight for life and death over the years.
King Chu Cheng was young when he succeeded to the throne, and the power fell into the hands of Ling Yin Ziyuan. Ziyuan seduced his sister-in-law, Mrs. Xi, but Mrs. Xi said that she was embarrassed. However, a few years later, Ziyuan's death did not change, and he actually lived directly in Mrs. Xi's palace.
The so-called rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, and the douban launched a coup d'état and killed Ling Yin Ziyuan. Douban's father, Dougu Yusu, is also Ziwen's successor to Ling Yin, and since then, there has been no record of Mrs. Xi in history.
Mrs. Xi is also known as Xi Fei, Xi is the name of her first husband, and Fei is the surname of the country of her birth. It seems that getting a woman for the first time is the most important thing, and if it weren't for Mrs. Youxi, how could anyone remember him if it weren't for Mrs. Youxi......