The poisoning case and the murder of the palace maid in the palace were under intense investigation, Qin Dong had no other way than to pay attention, and he had a lot of other government affairs to deal with, so he just asked about the investigation of these two cases after resting.

During this period, Qin Dong received a message from Ankara of the Eastern Roman Empire from the town of Jinyi Weixi, it is said that in 455 AD, when King Gaiseric of the Vandal had captured the Empress of Emperor Valentinian III of the Western Roman Empire, Litchinia? Eudocia, Princess Eudocia, and Princess Platisia. For seven years, from 455 to 462 A.D., the three women, who had been queens and princesses, spent seven years in prison in Carthage, the capital of the Vandal Kingdom, until more than a month ago, when the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I sent someone to Carthage to ransom the mother and daughter with a large amount of money and bring them back to Ankara.

However, King Gaiseric of the Vandal was not allowed to allow the Eastern Roman Empire to redeem Litschnia? At the same time, the three mothers and daughters of Odosia also made their own demands, and Gaiseric reaffirmed that the marriage contract of 442 A.D. must be fulfilled, and what was this marriage contract? It was in 442 A.D. that the then Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III married his daughter Princess Eudosia to Hennerik, the son of King Gieselic of Vandal, but Valentinian III married Princess Eudosia to the Visigothic prince at that time, which was equivalent to giving a princess to two princes at the same time. Therefore, a poisonous plan was devised to unite the Huns against the Western Roman Empire. It was against this background that the Battle of Chalons unfolded and took place.

Now, after twenty years, Princess Odosia is in her thirties and close to forty, and she is no longer the beautiful and lovely little princess who was in her teens. However, she is still charming, and I don't know what Gaserik thinks about it, and when the three of Eudosia mother and daughter were redeemed by Leo I, he reaffirmed that the marriage contract of twenty years ago must be fulfilled, otherwise, he will not give up.

The Eastern Roman Empire did not take a very strong stance on this matter, and the envoy promised to remarry the princess of Odosia in three months, on behalf of Emperor Leo I, and would bring a large number of dowries.

Qin Dong didn't know what kind of madness the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I was smoking. If you want to redeem the mother and daughter, then why did you go in the past seven years? Why didn't you think of redeeming them until now? And this mother and daughter seem to be the queen and princess of the Western Roman Empire, right? Have a fart relationship with your Eastern Roman Empire, and use you Leo I to be a bad person? Aren't you overstepping? The royal family of the Western Roman Empire was not in a hurry. Why are you an outsider anxious about them?

After Qin Dong got the news, he brought Peteus, Cao Charlie, Agul, Zhong Hui and other bigwigs from the DPRK and China to discuss this matter, and after everyone arrived, Qin Dong briefly explained the situation. After the introduction, he said, "Tell me all about it. What kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I? He ransomed the empress and princess of Emperor Valentinian III from the hands of Gaiseric, who were the empress and princess of the people, not his empress and princess, why was he so zealous? Will the royal family of the Western Roman Empire take his affection? This is what I can't figure out, Leo I doesn't like to be a bad guy! ”

After Qin Dong's words were finished, several confidant ministers present were thinking about the mystery, and Zhong Hui stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers." This was done by Leo I out of a matter of face! ”

"Face?" At this time, Qin Dong was puzzled, the three mother and daughter of Odosia were the queens and princesses of the Western Roman Empire. It has nothing to do with the current Eastern Roman Empire, even if the mother and daughter are insulted every day, Leo I will not lose face, this reason doesn't seem to make sense.

Zhong Hui continued: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Eastern and Western Empires have always believed that they are the only lineage of the Roman Empire, and the relationship between the two empires is indeed a brother, the Western Roman Empire has lost face, and the Eastern Roman Empire will of course think that its face is not good-looking, and now the Western Roman Empire is in turmoil, and no one in the country remembers that there is still a mother and daughter in Carthage who are locked in a prison cell, and even if someone remembers, no one has the energy to redeem them, And now that the Eastern Roman Empire has finally stabilized after several years of recuperation, and Leo I has some spare money in his hands, in order to fight for this orthodox statement, it is reasonable for him to send someone to redeem the three mothers and daughters of Eudosia, and more importantly, Litchenica? Empress Eudosia was originally a princess of the Eastern Roman Empire, although she was not related to Leo I at all, but Leo I's throne was still inherited from the Theodosius family after all, and there was a deep relationship between the two, so it is not surprising that Leo I did that! ”

After listening to Zhong Hui's analysis, Qin Dong frowned and said, "Although Zhong Qingjia's analysis is very reasonable, how can I feel that it is always a bit far-fetched?" Could it be that Leo I was going to have to face himself to come to this kind of journey? He had nothing to do with the queen of Odasia, and could he afford to spend so much effort to do this? ”

Prime Minister Peteus stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister has another opinion!" ”

"Oh? Prime Minister, talk to me! Qin Dong said with interest.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pethius got up in agreement and said, "I think that the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I did this with a clear political purpose!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, including Qin Dong, and immediately said, "What is his purpose?" Say it quickly! ”

Pethius said: "What His Majesty said just now is right, although he Leo I inherited the throne from the hands of the Theodosius family, he actually has nothing to do with the current Odosia mother and daughter, he doesn't need to bother about the Theodosius family anymore, and people don't necessarily appreciate it, he has another ulterior motive for doing this."

First, it improved relations with the Vandal Kingdom, the situation of the Eastern Roman Empire was very bad before, he was at odds with the Sassanid Empire in the east, and he had bad relations with us in the west and north, and the relationship with the Vandal Kingdom was also very bad, but the main attention of the Vandal Kingdom was attracted by the Western Roman Empire, and there was no time to deal with the Eastern Roman Empire.

Tong Guò used a huge amount of money to ransom the three Eudosia mother and daughter from the hands of Geseric, which improved the relationship between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Vandal Kingdom, and Leo I agreed to marry the princess of Eudosia to Prince Henilek, the relationship between the two families was even more relaxed, and maybe they would become allies, after all, once Odosia really married Henilek, the two of them would really become relatives.

Now only the Eastern Roman Empire can compete with the Vandal Kingdom on the periphery of the Mediterranean, but the Eastern Roman Empire cannot afford to fight, and it is held back on three sides by us and the Sassanid Empire, so Leo I can only choose to improve relations with Geseric in order to win a respite.

His other purpose is even more ulterior, that is, to control and master the Western Roman Empire, you must know that the Eastern and Western Empires are passed down from the Theodosius family after all, and the three Eudosia mother and daughter seem to be the only heirs of the Theodosius family, and now the emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Severus's throne has not been recognized by the Eastern Roman Empire, and the warlords in Western Rome have not recognized Severus's identity as the emperor as legal and valid, he is just the product of those Roman nobles compromising with each other, Therefore, Severus as emperor is equivalent to illegitimacy, Your Majesty and your colleagues imagine what would happen if Leo I married another princess, Platicia, to his important ministers, and then appointed this important minister to Rome to ascend the throne as emperor? Princess Platicia is not qualified to inherit the throne of the Western Roman Empire as a woman, after all, there is no precedent for a woman to be an emperor in the Roman Empire, but if it is her husband, she is fully qualified to inherit the throne!

The nobles of Rome had no soldiers and no generals, and how dare they disadvantage those sent by Leo I to succeed to the throne? As long as Leo I can come to an agreement with the warlords throughout the Western Roman Empire, then he can control that puppet in control of the overall situation of the Western Roman Empire! ”

After Pethius finished speaking, the hall fell into a dead silence, and after sorting out Peteus's words, everyone, including Qin Dong, couldn't help but gasp, this Leo I's scheming is really deep, such a powerful move can be thought of, and it can be seen from this matter that Leo I, the royal family of the Eastern Roman Empire, does have extraordinary talents in politics.

Others didn't hear it, but Qin Dong heard it, Peteaus's words were not finished, once Leo I controlled the situation of the Western Roman Empire, then it is very likely that the two great empires of the East and the West will be unified again in his hands, and the Roman Empire of the East and West will no longer be as weak as two separate countries, but a powerful and unified empire.

Qin Dong is a little afraid to imagine what kind of result will appear in the end if things really develop like this, a unified Roman Empire is definitely not something that a Vandal Kingdom can compete with, it is a matter of time before Gaceric is finished, after solving the Vandal Kingdom, the Roman Empire has the capital to confront the Great Qin Empire for a long time, or even a long time. (To be continued......)