Chapter 444: Phantom Identity
After Peteaus's analysis, Qin Dong and several other ministers in the hall understood why the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I spent so much money to redeem the three mothers and daughters of Odosia from the hands of King Gaiselic of Vandal, this old guy's ambition is really not small, and he even delusionally wanted to control the three mothers and daughters of Eudosia and thus control the government of the Western Roman Empire, but I have to say that Leo I's move is very good, as long as it is successful, then the pattern of the world will change fundamentally.
Deputy Prime Minister Felton stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in this way, for the sake of our empire, we must not allow Leo I's conspiracy to succeed, and we must forcibly intervene in this matter!" ”
Qin Dongdao: "How to intervene?" ”
"With our current conditions, this matter can only be carried out in secret, on the one hand, to prevent the Eastern Roman Empire from intermarrying with the Vandal Kingdom, that is, to find a way to disturb the marriage of Eudosia to Henniric, and prevent the two countries from marrying, and on the other hand, to cut off Leo I's delusional hope of controlling the government of the Western Roman Empire!"
After hearing this, Qin Dong looked at the other ministers: "What do you think of the construction of the deputy prime minister?" ”
Charlie Cao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, we can only do it according to the deputy prime minister's proposal, after all, our country has no reason to prevent the Eastern Roman Empire from intermarrying with the Vandal Kingdom in the open diplomatic way, and it cannot be said that Leo I used money to redeem the Odosian mother and daughter is nosy, after all, nominally speaking, Leo I is Litchenica?" The uncle of Empress Eudosia, it is not surprising that he redeemed his niece with money. And on the bright side, we don't have any reason to stop Leo I from controlling the Western Roman Empire, so we can only secretly prevent his plot from succeeding! ”
Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "This matter." I still need to think about it, so let's go back first! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers bowed and exited the main hall.
Qin Dong thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to stop Leo I, and he couldn't let Leo I's conspiracy succeed, so he sent someone to find Liu San.
"Your Majesty, what do you command?" Liu San asked with a salute after arriving.
Qin Dong said: "Presumably, your intelligence system has also learned the news. A month earlier, the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I had redeemed the Western Roman Empress Eudosia and her daughter, who had been in captivity for seven years, and Gaiseric reaffirmed the need to fulfill the marriage contract of twenty years ago. I and the ministers analyzed it, and agreed that Gaiseric also brought up the old story out of the idea that he did not want to make enemies on both sides, and at this time the hostile relationship between the Vandal Kingdom and the Western Roman Empire was flourishing, and it was reasonable that he did not want to be an enemy of the Eastern Roman Empire. And this mention of Geseric was exactly what Leo I could not ask for. So the two hit it off, and agreed to marry Princess Eudocia to Getserik's son Hennieric in three months, and the marriage between the two countries is not in the interests of our country, so we can't let this happen, I want you to find a way to prevent their marriage from succeeding, but I can't let them both see that we sent someone to do it! ”
Liu San saluted and said, "Obey!" ”
Qin Dong continued: "This is only one of the purposes of Leo I's redemption of the three mothers and daughters of Odosia, and the other purpose is speculated and analyzed by me and the ministers. He wanted to use the mother and daughter trio to control the Western Roman Empire, and the best way was to marry another princess, Plasidio, to his confidant minister. Then send this henchman to Rome to take over as Emperor of the Western Roman Empire! ”
Liu San wondered: "Your Majesty, I don't understand this, doesn't the Western Roman Empire have an emperor now, what is it called Severus, that is, Convenience I sent Princess Platicia's husband to Rome, will the Romans definitely buy to oust Severus from power, and then let Princess Platisia's husband be the emperor?" ”
Qin Dong sneered: "Hmph, what do you think those nobles in Rome still have the ability to do so far?" Compared with the local warlords, they can only control the city of Rome, and the soldiers are outnumbered, if Leo I finds a way to let Severus die, and then send people to Rome, what do you say the Roman nobles will choose? Warlords everywhere don't want to see them, and when the time comes, their only option is to join Leo I! ”
After hearing this, Liu San nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands, and the minister will arrange this matter in person immediately!" ”
…….
It has been half a month since the poisoning of the prince and the murder of the queen's personal maid, and the investigation team headed by Muge has conducted a large number of investigations in this half month, and has also obtained some clues, and has also arrested a key person, that is, the biggest suspect in killing the palace maid Mogia - the eunuch Babra.
It's been a few days, and Babra, who was tortured to extract a confession, still hasn't said a word after being caught, let alone confessed to the mastermind behind the scenes.
Bogianido hurriedly rushed outside and walked in: "My lord, after the investigation of the past few days, my subordinates have found that this Babra usually has frequent contacts with the West Palace!" ”
"Nishinomiya? Princess Sula? Qi Muge shook his head and said: "This clue can only be used as a reference for the direction of our investigation, but it cannot be used as evidence to make us suspect Princess Sula, this matter is not trivial, one is not good, we will be very passive!" ”
Hearing this, Bogianidos scratched his messy hair and said, "My lord, what should we do?" Is it going to keep fighting? The subordinates are afraid to beat him to death, and if this Babra dies, our clues will be broken again! ”
Qi Muge listened to Bogianido's words, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly said: "Immediately release the news, and make all kinds of signs that Babura is going to speak, I think the real mastermind behind the scenes will definitely not be able to sit still when he learns the news."
Bogianido's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "My lord is wise, the poisonous snake will definitely not be able to help but come out of the cave when it smells the smell of things outside the cave, and then we can catch one of them!" ”
Qi Muge nodded and said: "Very good, go and arrange it immediately, find someone to replace Babra, do it like a little, don't let Babra have any accidents!" ”
Bogianido excitedly said: "Understood! ”
Nishinomiya.
A eunuch hurriedly ran in and reported to Sula, who was dressing up, "Imperial Princess, something is wrong. There was news from the edict that Qi Muge had changed a very comfortable room for Babula, prepared good food and wine, and arranged special personnel to be in charge of his diet and daily life! ”
Sulla's face changed when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he said, "It seems that Babra can't stand it anymore, he is about to speak!" ”
The eunuch's face also changed greatly, and he said anxiously: "Imperial Princess, if Babra confesses, then we will be finished, but he knows all our details!" ”
Sura took a deep breath and raised her hand to stop the eunuch: "Don't panic, the matter has not yet reached the point of no return." Babra's family is under the control of this imperial concubine, and he will not speak lightly, but we can't rule out that he really can't stand it. So you have to do everything you can to get rid of him, only the dead can't speak, okay, you go down first. Keep an eye on those who are in their mugs. Report back as soon as there is any movement! ”
The eunuch promised: "Yes, Imperial Princess!" ”
After the eunuch left, not long after, a little boy of seven or eight years old ran in from outside and shouted, "Mother, what do you see I have caught?" ”
Sula turned around and saw her son holding a sparrow in his hand, and the sparrow's feet were caught by the little boy and could not break free, and he kept flapping his wings but could not fly.
Sulla's mind is heavy now, where is she in the mood to amuse her son. After a few words with his son, he shouted: "Come, bring Ildik!" ”
"Yes. Imperial Princess! A palace maid said yes and walked out quickly.
It didn't take long for a woman in a white palace dress with blue eyes, a high nose bridge, a golden hair, a tall figure, and a delicate appearance walked in, this woman is Ildik, but the identity of this woman is not simple, she is Attila's widow, Attila is married to her, died in the new house, I don't know why, the Hun royal court, including Elak, did not kill her, and she has survived like this, and later was accepted by Enek. Palace, after Enek abdicated and left Saidika, he did not take him away, but left her in the palace, and Qin Dong did not drive her away, leaving her in the palace.
"See the Imperial Princess!" Ildik saluted.
Sula asked the maid to take her son down, and then made a gesture of invitation to Ildik, and after the two sat down, Sula said: "No need to be polite, there is news from the edict just now, Babura may not be able to stand it, I want you to make him shut up forever!" ”
Ildik frowned and said, "Kill people in the Imperial Prison?" This difficulty is not ordinary! ”
Sura said: "Otherwise, this princess would not have asked you to make a move!" ”
The two bargained for a while, and Ildik finally agreed to kill Babula, but Ildik also began to be vigilant in her heart, she was worried that after the matter was completed, Sula would kill her in order to completely cut off the clues, and when she got up and walked out, it happened that Sulla's son Qin Yong ran in from outside, so she squatted down and hugged Qin Yong and teased for a while before leaving.
Ildik is a Gepid among the Germanic peoples, she is the half-sister of the leader of Gepid, Aldarik, before marrying Attila, she was one of the princesses of Gepid, when Attila attacked the Pannonian steppe, Attila's soldiers rushed into the camp and killed Ildik's mother, Ildik held a grudge because of this, and always wanted to seek revenge on Attila, and later her brother Aldaric married her to Attila, she thought that the opportunity to assassinate Attila had come, So he stirred the feathers of the rainbow bird stuck in his hair in the wine, intending to poison Attila to death, but before her plan could be fully implemented, Attila was killed on the night of the wedding, probably because she was the princess of Gerbid, and Erak, who inherited the throne of Dadanyu, did not kill her in order to unite the Gerpid people, so she also saved her life and has survived until now.
Recently, her brother Aldaric secretly sent someone to contact her and asked her to use the opportunity to kill Qin Dong, she also looked for an opportunity to try to get close to Qin Dong to assassinate, but none of them succeeded, so she had to cooperate with Sula and put Sula in front, once something happened, Sula would take the thunder, but after such a long time of cooperation, she felt that Sula was not light and could be controlled, this woman was too crazy, and if she didn't get herself, she would be burned, so she had to think of a complete strategy to protect herself, That is Qin Yong, the son of Sula. (To be continued......)