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Aetius independently supported the crisis of the Western Roman Empire for 20 years, and during this period of more than 20 years, the people of the Western Empire lived a relatively stable life. Freedom from the scourge of war. But the country he worked for was in shambles, and Aetius was powerless to save the declining empire. As the commander of the Western Roman Empire, Aetius was a well-deserved excellent military strategist, but he could not be said to be the best political strategist. After the retreat of the foreign enemy, Aetius gained the reputation of "the pillar of the empire". This protector of the country set military and political power in one, like the "imperial father" and "father of the country", the envoys from other provinces have reported the political situation to Aetius and no longer meet the emperor, many military and political dignitaries are his subordinates, close friends, this person is a Western "Cao Cao", Emperor Valentinian III is like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the only difference is that Aetius is not as bold as Cao Cao, and does not have the right to say nothing in the Western Roman Empire like Cao Cao, At least the Roman Empire still had the Senate as an institution that could compete with Aetius, and the chief senator of the Senate, Petronius Maximus, and the emperor's chamberlain, the great eunuch Heraclius, were very dissatisfied with Aetius's monopoly on power, and the two often spoke ill of Aetius in front of Emperor Valentine III.

Immediately after arranging for Olistes, Aetius went to the palace to meet Emperor Valentine III, and received news that a court meeting was to be held, and many ministers were notified to attend.

At this time in the palace, Maximus, the chief senator of the Senate, was reporting to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister has just received the news that Attila, the king of the Huns, is dead!" I think Aetius must have come to the palace this time to report the news! ”

"What?" Valentini froze, he was obviously shocked by the news, but soon burst out laughing: "Hahaha... Dead, this damn demon is finally dead, die well, die well, and the widow will be able to sleep peacefully in the future! ”

Valentine III was indeed too happy, since Ati ** ascended the throne of the Huns, not only the Eastern Roman Empire, but even the Western Roman Empire are facing the danger of being attacked at any time, he made the emperors of the whole of Europe, especially the European countries, sleep, and eat, and the Huns captured the city, and the measures of robbing, killing, and burning them made them a nightmare for the whole of Europe, although the destruction of the Western Roman Empire by the Huns was far less severe than that of the Visigoths, but in the case of the clouds, The image of the Huns in Europe is like a demon, more terrifying than the Visigoths, and now that Attila is dead, can he not be happy?

Maximus looked at Heraclius and glanced at him, Heraclius understood, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, now that Attila is the biggest threat, you can indeed breathe a sigh of relief, but the danger to you and the empire has not been lifted, this time Aetius will definitely report to you the news of Attila's death when he enters the palace, and I think he will definitely ask your Royal Highness the princess to marry his son Gaudentius again this time, this person's ambition has been undoubtedly revealed, He just wants the throne of the empire to fall into his home! And over the years, he has cultivated a large number of henchmen to serve as consuls in various provinces, and many generals in the army have been raised by him, and the people only know that there is Aetius, but they don't know that there is Your Majesty, Your Majesty, for the sake of the rule of the empire, please order the death of this thief, Attila is dead, and Aetius has no need to save it! ”

Valentinian III had only one daughter and no sons, and if the princess married Aetius's son Gordontius, then the future throne would most likely fall into the hands of Gordontius.

Maximus was taken aback, he didn't expect Heraclius to trick the emperor into killing Aetius, he just asked Hercules to give the emperor some eye medicine, not to make such an extreme trick now. Aetius does want to kill, but definitely not now, although Attila is dead, but now the situation is still unclear, if the Huns have another Attila, and this side will kill Aetius, the only capable person who can resist the Huns, then the Western Roman Empire is bound to end, this is definitely not the situation he wants to see, although he is red-eyed and hates Aetius for monopolizing power, but he is not stupid, if the Roman Empire is finished, he, the senator, will definitely be finished, he immediately retorted: "No, Your Majesty, We must not do this at this time, the situation is not yet clear, we cannot cut off our hands and feet, what we need to do now is to wait and see what happens."

Valentine III had long been dissatisfied with Aetius, but because the Huns had been eyeing the north, the Western Roman Empire still needed Aetius to support the overall situation, so he could only bury this dissatisfaction in his heart, and after listening to Maximus's words, he asked: "What if Aetius proposes to let the widow marry the little princess Pracitia to his son Gordontius?" ”

Maximus sighed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now we can only temporarily agree to his request, if he asks to get married immediately, you can use the young age of Her Royal Highness the little princess as an excuse to temporarily delay it for a few years, maybe the situation will change in the future, and we will find a way when the time comes!" ”

Valentine III did not until he promised: "Well, that's all there is to it!" ”

It wasn't long before the ministers gathered around the court, and after the guards were singing, Emperor Valentine III entered the main hall and sat on the throne, followed by several court ladies dressed in white.

Valentinian III patted his hand on his mouth and yawned and looked at Aetius below and said, "Lord Protector, today is not the time of the court meeting, what do you have to say?" ”

Valentinian III is a typical puppet, he has been on the throne since he was six years old, because he is too young, his mother is regent, and then there are heroes like Aetius, so he has not really made a decision until now.

Emperor Valentinian III has always been fond of dogs and horses, and he is quite adept, his uncle Emperor Honorius likes to raise birds, he is even more, not only raising birds, fighting dogs, likes to go to the gladiatorial arena to watch bloody fights, but also likes to play with women, to play several a day, not to ask about state affairs at all, more absurd than his uncle Honorius, even so, because of Aetius to support the overall situation, he still has been a leisurely emperor for thirty years.

Aetius bent down slightly, did not salute, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the minister got the latest news, the Hun king Attila died suddenly, and the throne was inherited by his eldest son Erak, the new Dadan Yu Elak has sent messengers to the countries respectively, asking the countries to send envoys north to the Xiongnu royal court to congratulate him on ascending the throne of Shan Yu and paying tribute to Attila, Elak said that if the countries do not send envoys over, he will let the countries know that he is the new Da Dan Yu!" ”

When Valentinian III heard this, he immediately panicked, the Huns have always been arrogant, if they don't send envoys over, Erak is really likely to lead troops south to find trouble with various countries, he panicked and said: "Prime Minister, you are in charge of political affairs, what do you say to do now?" ”

Aetius was very satisfied with Valentinian III's reaction and attitude, if this emperor didn't care or had a tough attitude, then it would be difficult for him to be the prime minister, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Erak just wants to show his sense of existence and let the countries know that he is the new Xiongnu Shan Yu, then we might as well give him this face, and it won't cost much!" ”

"Okay, okay, just do what you want, you must do it, and we must not let the Huns find an excuse to attack us!" Valentinian III immediately became the shopkeeper.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Aetius agreed, and then said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that the minister mentioned to you last time, the little Gordontius wants to marry the little princess as his wife, and His Majesty has been thinking about it for so long, I don't know if His Majesty has thought about it?" ”

After these words were spoken, the whole hall was silent, this is obviously a forced marriage, coercing the emperor to marry his daughter to his son above the court, this kind of thing has never happened, but it is not more outrageous than this, for example, the Eastern Roman Empire has done even more ugly, after the death of the previous Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, he had no heirs, his sister Princess Pulkaria united with the minister Aspar, they did not want the rights of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall into the hands of the Western Roman Empire, Thus the two joined forces and succeeded Marcian, the lieutenant of the retainer Aspar, to the throne, and Marcian became Pulkaria's nominal husband, as a formal continuation of Theodosius' dynasty. Pulkaria is the cousin of Valentini III, and her daughter is the queen of Valentinian III, and the two are equivalent to cousins marrying nieces, but consanguineous marriages are not uncommon in ancient times, mainly political marriages, in order not to let the rights fall by.

Everyone thought that the emperor would postpone it for other reasons, but this time the emperor actually agreed: "Okay, I see that your son Gordontius is also a talent, and he is also a leader among the young talents of the empire, so he made the decision and agreed, but the little princess is still young, according to the widow, wait until the little princess is sixteen years old and then marry, what does the prime minister think?" ”

Aetius thought about it for a while, and thought that there was no need to push it too hard now, after all, the emperor was also in his thirties, so he had to save some face, and as long as the emperor personally agreed to this matter, then it would be equivalent to a decision, so he bent down and said: "Thank you for the marriage, and thank your majesty for the child!" ”