At night, it may be that he has recognized his fate or has to bow to the reality in front of him.

In the time since Luga had pushed him down and then taken Liquinia away, the soldiers around him stood there as if petrified, as if Valentinian was no longer their Augustus worthy of their allegiance.

Valentinian showed amazing quietness,

In Luga's barracks, the two of them will be quarantined as a last resort to prevent Likinia from being harmed again by the insane Valentinian.

Valentinian returned to his main tent in Augustus, the center of the army, where the Praetorian Guard was guarded all night. On the one hand, to keep Augustus safe, and on the other hand, to keep an eye on him, lest something crazy happen to him because he has received an unprecedented blow.

Although Aetius and Luga are cooperating on the surface, behind the scenes, the two sides are still in the midst of intrigue.

Their barracks were also clearly divided, with the camp of Aetius on the left and the camp of Luga on the right, and the two sides formed two semicircles around Valentinian, although the walls were connected but did not look after each other.

"Oh my God, look at this Augustus, we have lost face in front of the Greeks."

In the camp of Aetius, the generals and courtiers filled the tent, which was itself very large.

In it, Litollio was even more agitated, he even stood up and loudly humiliated Valentinian: "He's just a baby sitting on a throne, he's good for nothing, he only adds pointless trouble to us!" ”

"Look at Flavis, who he once relied on the most. Luga no longer chooses to support him, this poor creature, I'm afraid no one else stands with him except his two daughters! ”

"My lord, or send this damned coward to his poor father and mother at this time!"

The courtiers and the generals were talking, and all those present looked at Aetius, who was in the midst of the crowd, and he sat there silently, without saying a word, with a deep expression, as if he were thinking about something.

The people around him were filled with righteous indignation, and in any case, they all revolved around Valentinian as nothing more than a powerless fledgling. He is incapable and unqualified to be the Augustus of this great Roman Empire, and in any case, Augustus needs a new spokesperson!

They were both staunch supporters of Aetius, so it was only natural that they wanted to be the best candidate to become Augustus.

However, Aetius did not seem to be ready to follow the advice of his subordinates and become Augustus, but instead he did a relatively safe, but full of criticism, that is, to join the Flavis family by marriage of his own heirs as Stirricus did, so as to naturally inherit the imperial power.

This debate has been going on, and when it will end will depend on how patient Aetius is.

At this time, in Luga's military camp, it was also an inexorable quarrel for Valentinian, for this uncontrollable second ancestor.

"Luga, it's time for this stupid, milky little kid to understand that this is no longer the time for him to take things for granted." Andrew sat aside and said indignantly: "Obviously, these Greeks have been prepared for a long time, and they must have already planned their own plans to wait for us here. ”

Andrew's words caused the other officers who had already participated in the support of Luga to nod their heads, and now all of them turned their eyes to Luga, who was silent in the middle.

"Your Excellency Luga." Malenius called: "Now is a very critical moment, Your Excellency has promised to support the cause of Augustus, so now is it time to follow Valentinian's orders to attack Dilaqium, or have other plans." ”

"That's a question worth pondering, folks." Luga looked at everyone present with a serious face, "At the moment we have to admit that after Theodosius' death, he did not leave any will, even a token, to prove that Valentinian had the inheritance of his position, so we were resisted because the Greeks considered us illegitimate." ”

"So what should we do?" Everyone asked.

But Lu Jia shrugged his shoulders helplessly, shook his head, and said with deep understanding: "I'm afraid it's too late now, we've delayed it for too long, and it may be too late at this time." ”

In the imperial palace of Constantinople, the usual guards were doubled, and they patrolled back and forth as if they were facing a great enemy.

The citizens outside the palace did not know what was happening, but they were still indulging in the grief of Augustus' death as usual, and now the people closest to Theodosius in the palace had long since forgotten the loss of their relatives and the back pain of the leader, and they only had power in their eyes, so to speak, for the sake of power, they could forget all feelings.

Pulgolia sat lazily on Augustus' throne, an ordinary seat that she could only look up to from afar, and it was not too extraordinary to sit there.

At this time, a series of footsteps came from outside the open door, only to see Hedoria pulling a teenage child outside the door, looking at the lazy and rude Pulgolia, Hedolia pursed her lips, as if she had mustered great courage to pull her near-adult child forward a few steps.

The mother and son almost trembled before Pulgoria, who was docile and friendly to Theodosius like a wolf in sheep's clothing, but after Theodosius' death, she finally revealed her true colors.

She was a political careerist who considered herself not inferior to Plasettia, but fortunately she had a husband Marcian who controlled the army, and by the time of Theodosius' death, she was able to quickly eliminate all prying eyes on the throne and successfully seize power of Constantinople.

She is cunning, and she does not want to be the first bird to attract the attention of others, so that she can become the target of men's criticism, so she intends to nominate her husband Marcian to be Augustus, and it is also a good errand to be the woman behind Augustus, at least so that she can maintain her rule for a long, long time!

"You're coming—" Feeling the footsteps getting closer and closer, Pulgolia barely looked at the mother and son in the palace of Constantinople, she stretched out like a cat that had just woken up from a deep sleep, and opened her seemingly tired and extremely keen eyes to look up and down at the mother and son who were unattractive and empty of Flavis' blood. You have the audacity to take this undesirable fellow to the place where Flavis belongs. ”

Her words could not have been clearer, and the son of Hodoria bowed his head in shame at this time, it stands to reason that he was a young man, and it was at the time of his strength that such humiliation would make him angry, and no matter how bad it was, he would throw it away.

But he still stood there like a stake, except that he could see Holdoria holding his hand tightly and trembling.

"Say, when you come here, you must have asked me, let me hear it, poor woman, what do you and your child want, this is your right after all, no matter how you say it, you are a member of the Flavies family." Pulgolia dozed off and looked at Holdoria with a languid and bored expression.

"I... I—" Holdolia seemed to be speechless, but after a long time of mental preparation, Holdoria finally mustered up the courage to say to Pulgolia: "My mother has been dead for a long time, and now Theodosius, who promised her to guard me, is also dead, so I want to go back to Ravenna, even Milan, and let my son see his homeland that he has never seen before!" ”

"Home? Haha, what a strange woman! Pulgolia laughed dryly, stroked her forehead and sighed softly, and then complained: "Oh my God, Hodoria, look at it, it's all to blame for this throne, so that I sat on it and lost my mind for a while, thinking of nothing, like a newborn baby." ”

Then, Pulgolia's eyes rolled rapidly, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she raised her head and said to Hodolia, "Go back, why not, but I agreed, and some people did not, and he always regarded you as a disgrace, Hodoria." ”

"Who?"

"Your brother, Valentinian!" Pulgolia played with her fingers and smiled at the audience looking at her with wide eyes, "I'm afraid that your lovely brother has become less lovely and friendly than the last time you saw him, and at your mother's instigation, he has become like your mother." ”

"No, it can't be!" Hodoria shook her head firmly.

"yes, I don't think it's possible." Pulgolia laughed: "But after he learned of Theodosius' death, he led the two captains of the Western Empire to lead the army, on the one hand, to seize the throne of Augustus, and on the other hand, to clear the door for the Flavis family." ”

Then Pulgolia stood up and walked slowly to Holdoria's side, and Holdoria seemed to be frightened, and the whole person was stunned like a statue.

Pulgolia leaned into her ear and whispered to her, "He wants to reckoned with him, and wipe out all those who have disgraced him and hindered his progress, including you and me!" ”

Holdoria couldn't help but shudder, she was really frightened by Pulgolia's words, looking at her eyes, there was nothing more vulnerable than her at this time.

"I want you to think about it, Hodoria." Pulgolia continued: "Your existence, my existence, is enough to challenge his bottom line, even if we are just two ordinary women, but we have the blood of Flavis in our bodies, we can't escape the controversy, think about it, go back at this time, Ravenna, Milan, Rome, any place will be your grave!" ”

With that, Pulgolia walked out of the council hall with the guards, leaving Hodolia standing there in tears, with her son, and the mother and son hugged each other and wept, and the hall resounded with bursts of crying.