Ravenna, Royal Palace.

A young man stood alone on the balcony of the palace, dressed in a purple robe, with his thin white hand full of gold jewelry and holding an empty wine glass, and he looked at the city at his feet, from here to the east, the vast sea, the ships busy on the docks, everything was full of life, and this was the only comforting sight in such an eventful autumn. At least let the young man know that he won't be the last emperor, especially now.

The palaces here are not ornate, and far less fitting than the Roman ones to reflect the identity of an imperial Augustus.

The young man's face was solemn, and he was indifferent to everything here, and he was silent, as if he was thinking about something.

"Child, all the clothes I prepared for you are here."

I don't know when, the door in the room behind him was slowly pushed open, and a middle-aged woman in a purple robe inlaid with gold wire graphics came in, although the years have carved irreversible marks on her face, but even so, it is difficult for people not to admit that she is still charming, worthy of the beauty who once charmed many heroes, Augusta Plasettia of the Western Empire.

"I've got your wedding dress ready, what, don't you come and see? My baby! Prasitia took two steps forward, followed cautiously by the maid behind her carrying a dress, which was clearly tailor-made. Because the chest is a cuirassa, in order to show that the wearer is in accordance with Roman tradition, he is a good soldier. But this also made the body heavy, at least for the two women, their hands trembled a little, but they gritted their teeth and insisted, they were very careful, lest the gorgeous clothes stain the ground with a little dust, and make Augustus's body and clothes dusty, which is a sin to kill the head.

The young man, nay, it was Valentinian III, he didn't even look back at the garment, as if he hadn't touched it in the slightest.

"What's wrong? My baby. Augusta Placitia asked, and she walked slowly behind Valentinian, holding out her hands and placing them gently on her son's shoulders. Putting his mouth close to Valentinian's ear, he asked, "Why don't you look happy?" What is it that bothers you so much? My baby! ”

"It's nothing, Mom!" Valentinian said, placing the cup in his hand on the table, and he let out a long sigh, it seemed that Plasettia's concern made him even more sad.

"Because of marriage." Plasettia let go of the arm that was resting on Valentinian's shoulder, and her originally gentle tone became a little serious.

"But, Mother." Valentinian looked back at Platicia and said, "I haven't seen her, marrying so hastily, really, okay?" ”

"It's not something you're worried about, my child!" The last smile on Platitia's face vanished without a trace, replaced by seriousness, coldness, and even a faint hint of anger. She turned around and said in an unquestionable tone: "You are Augustus, you have to make a choice for this country, don't care what you haven't seen, let you marry, you must obey, this is also for your good!" ”

"But ......"

"Nothing!" Just as Valentinian was about to say something, Augusta Platicia interrupted him directly, and she turned to glare at Valentinian, and the cruelty in her eyes made Valentinian take two steps back, and reciprocated with horror.

"You remember for me, this is your fate!" Prasitia left the sentence and walked out of the room without looking back.

"Fate! Destiny! ”

After Augusta Platitia was gone, her footsteps could no longer be heard in the hallway outside the door, Valentinian gritted his teeth and held the silver cup in his hand and his palms turned white. He kept repeating the word that Placiatia had taught him.

"his fate!"

Valentinian turned his head and threw the silver cup out of the window, a roar that frightened the two maids from the fine clothes they were carrying, as if they had never seen Augustus behave like this.

Valentinian realized his gaffe, but he didn't calm his anger because of it, he snorted coldly, and turned to look back at the distant port.

"Luga Luga!"

Feeling that it was time for the Eastern Empire to be invisible to the gang anymore, Andrew stepped forward and stopped Luga, Luga turned to look at Andrew, Andrew's face was flushed, and his expression was even more gossip to the extreme.

"What's wrong, Andrew?" Luga had already guessed what Andrew wanted to say, but he still asked for face, otherwise it would be bad to make Andrew too untopical.

"Hey, hey, what does Her Royal Highness the princess mean by that?" Andrew stared at Luga with wide eyes, he must be thinking about Lujia at this time, this kid, who is usually inseparable from him, when did he fix this moth, he usually didn't see him have any intersection with the princess, and at this time he was openly showing off his ambiguity, which really made Andrew's curiosity burst. "Luga, I have to talk about you, people are going to marry Augustus, and they are also the future Augusta, you can't hold your crotch like this, we don't know it, but let Augustus know, whether it's your adoptive father or Valentinian, who doesn't want to get rid of this unstable factor for you, it's not a joke!"

"I know, Andrew!" Luga really got tired of it, and he interrupted Andrew angrily and then explained, "I don't know what this is, you know? Andrew! Riekinia must not have thought of it herself, she must have been testing me and testing my loyalty, hmph, it must be like this! She herself knew that Augustus was too young to dominate the empire, so she had to test the loyalty of up-and-comers like me! If my infidelity is tested, I will definitely be eliminated! Yes, that's right! ”

Luga's words made Andrew speechless, he didn't know what to say, but he knew that Luga's words were reasonable, and he had no reason to refute them at all.

"Now I don't know what the situation is, anyway, let's take it one step at a time." Luga's hands were sweating, and on the way back to the city, he thought about Liekinia's words over and over again in his heart, and analyzed them word by word, for fear of revealing a little bit, which made him a little flustered, what did Liekinia's words mean by it? He's still speculating.