Constantine, the two co-emperors of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire. Macedonia and Leo. Macedonia discussed a number of things with people in their own residences.

Constantine. The Macedonian faction sent his younger brother Stephen, who was a monk in the Church of Constantinople. Residence invited by Macedonia.

And Leo. Macedonia invited Lin An, the general of the Chinese Empire, to his palace to discuss important matters.

Constantine. Macedonia put Stephen. After Macedonia invited the palace, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Leo. Macedon's hand, whispered: "Father... We've both been spotted...... and I was warned by my father, Stephen reversed...... O my dear brother...... You said I was going to ...... What to do...... Do you want to continue to woo various ...... The general of the family?"

Stephen. Dressed in a monk's robe and bearded, Macedonian grasped the pendant of the cross and said reverently: "Praise be to God, Constantine, although I told you earlier, don't do stupid things, don't do stupid things, anyway, Basil's favorite child is you."

But how do you tell me? You said that you had been apocalyptic, and that you would be the one who would lead our Roman Empire back to its glory.

You even promised the Church that after you won the crown of our Roman Emperor, you would give the Church more land and citizens in its hands.

From the perspective of the church, it is indeed very tempting for the church to do this, but from the perspective of our Macedonian family, this is to let the church get more resources in vain.

When you are crowned Roman Emperor in the future, you will probably not be able to control the church! I really can't figure it out, I can't figure out why you're in such a hurry, sooner or later the crown of the Roman emperor will come to your head, you don't have to do it at all. ”

Hearing his brother Stephen. Macedonia said so, Constantine. Macedonia smiled bitterly, how could he not know that this was digging a hole for the family, but he had to do it.

Stephen. Macedonia looked at Constantine. Macedonia's pale face, he didn't know what to say.

Although Stephen. Macedonia and Constantine. Macedonia was cooperating with each other, Constantine. Macedonia promised that as long as he became emperor of the Roman Empire, the future patriarch of Constantinople would be Stephen. Macedonian.

But now Stephen. Macedonia saw no chance of becoming the Patriarch, and even thought that if he did so, he would be killed by his nervous father, Emperor Basil of the Byzantine Empire.

That's right, it's not just Constantine who discovered that Basil has been abnormal lately, Stephen. Macedonia has also found that Basil has not been normal recently.

Even Stephen. Macedonia believed that Basil had been possessed by demons, which is why Basil became nervous and brutal.

During this period of time, Basil did many unbearable things, not to mention torturing the mercenaries of the Huaxia Empire.

Basil also tortured his own people, and Basil actually arrested some of the generals or governors who guarded the town, and then tortured those generals and governors.

Basil even castrated several generals, gouged out the eyes of some governors, and brought them to the court as chamberlains.

In the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, many people were already dissatisfied with Basil, and of course Basil was not as thorough as his nerves.

After castrating the generals and gouging out the eyes of the governors, Basil appointed the sons of the generals and governors to succeed the generals and governors.

As a result, some of the old generals and governors of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire were very afraid and dissatisfied with Basil.

Young generals or governors who had just succeeded their father or uncle did not want Basil to put their father or uncle back and threaten their dominance.

So they were very supportive of Basil, and even the sons of the old generals and governors, most of them, wanted Basil to kill their father or uncle so that they could quickly inherit the position.

And some of the veteran generals, they actually killed some of the seemingly ambitious heirs mercilessly, and they didn't want these people to threaten them.

This also makes the country of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire now suspicious, the father suspects the son, the son suspects the father, and the whole country is gloomy.

Of course, this is also normal, as the Eastern Roman Byzantine Emperor Basil. Macedonia was very suspicious of his son, let alone an ordinary general or something.

Stephen. Macedonia saw Constantine, who had been silent for a long time, and he spoke again: "Constantine, or we will stop it!" I go back and praise my God, you are in peace waiting for your father to pass away and inherit the throne.

Anyway, my father is already seventy years old, and in a few years he will fall into the arms of God, so you really don't need to be in such a hurry. ”

Hear Stephen. Macedonia was about to give up, and Constantine, with a look of reluctance in his eyes, looked at Stephen. Macedon, gritting his teeth, roared in pain: "Stephen, haven't you always wondered why I'm in such a hurry? Then I'll tell you, I can't wait anymore, I really can't wait.

Don't look at my father's dead old man, who is already so old...... And skinny ...... But let me tell you, he doesn't look very well, but I know, I know he's fine.

Last time I was in the middle of the court...... Looking for him, I saw him mentioning...... Aegean General...... The collar is crazy...... Whip and whip!

And I'm ...... Look at what I'm like now...... Look at the way I'm now, my body, my body is probably still ...... But Father!

In this way, the person who will get the throne in the future will be my younger brother...... Your second brother Leo...... Can you tolerate such an outcome? ”

I can tolerate it! It's just that you can't tolerate it. Stephen. Macedonia was very eager to say this, after all, he had no competition with his brothers and sisters. Macedonia had already joined the Church and had no inheritance rights for a long time.

But Stephen. Macedonia looked at Constantine's deranged look, and he still didn't say it.

Stephen. Macedonia was a little sympathetic to Constantine, thinking that when Constantine was not sick, he was a collection of thousands of favors!

No one could shake Constantine's position, but since Constantine's illness, in order to recover, he abandoned his previous name "Simbatios" and changed his name to "Constantine".

But it didn't work, Constantine was still sick, and no one even knew what his illness was.