Chapter 20: The Emperor, Family Affection
The duel in the gladiatorial arena has ended, Lin Xiu and Jian Tong Sakura were taken back to the palace with Nero's gorgeous carriage, the stone pillars as white as jade, the red lacquered tile roof, magnificent and magnificent, this is the current Roman palace, with Nero and his party getting off the carriage, Lin Xiu and Jian Tong Sakura were taken to a dressing room by twists and turns, first after being bathed, they were changed into gorgeous court clothes, Jian Tong Sakura wore a light blue palace skirt, a delicate white face with purple hair, quite like a doll, And Lin Xiu put on the silver knight's armor, a duel made him from a slave to a king's knight in an instant, I don't know how many envious eyes there are behind him, I don't know what kind of idea Nero has in mind, and I don't know what he wants to do not cancel the gladiatorial arena because of what he wants, you must know that this is a major income for the nobles to make money, what is it that supports Nero to do all this so resolutely? Even, he has not fully grasped the rights that belong to him at this time.
The ancient Roman style is characterized by luxury and magnificence, and the coupon column shape is the creation of the ancient Romans, and between the two columns is a coupon hole, forming a kind of decorative column style that boldly combines the coupon and the column with great interest, and has become the most distinctive feature of Western interior decoration. Widely popular and practical are the Roman Dorac, Roman Taskan, Roman Ionic and Roman Corinthian and the Roman mixed column style created by their development. But the latter hybrid style has not yet appeared, and it is clear that the emperor Nero, who pioneered the introduction of Greek styles to ancient Rome, has not yet had time to build his own luxury.
"Emperor, you should know that this man is not only a slave but also a foreigner. It is even possible that it was a spy sent by Armenia. Thou hast done so. It is tantamount to disgrace the royal family. Agrippina was a little angry in the inner hall of the palace and said Nero who was sitting on the throne, and at this time Octavia had already retired, and such an occasion was not suitable for her as a queen.
"Could it be that my mother wants Yu to lose her words to a slave? There were tens of thousands of people watching Yu's order, and I didn't remember my mother speaking out against it at that time, did my mother forget your teachings? As a king, even if you give the wrong order, you must carry it out as the right order. Nero retorted loudly, ignoring Agrippina, whose face had turned a little blue. It was his first victory, his first rebellion under the control of this woman.
"Is it too late, I'll let that slave into Sextus? Bruce's Guard, this is already a break in the rules, as an emperor, you should maintain the royal prestige and distinguish the hierarchy of people, only in this way can you strengthen your rule. Agrippina hated the teachings of iron and steel, and sometimes she really didn't understand why she could give birth to such a daughter because she was so good.
"Yu refuses!" Nero saw that Agrippina had evaded his questioning. On the contrary, he took care of everything else, so he simply became tough. With Agrippina's unyielding gaze, at this moment, Sextus? Bruce could only bow his head and pretend to be a fool, he was the commander of the Guards and an ally of Agrippina, and he knew that the emperor sitting on it did not have much real power, and it was the glamorous Agrippina who actually controlled everything in the Roman Empire.
"Thou!" Agrippina stretched out her hand and pointed at Nero who was sitting on the throne, her angry fingers trembled, she could ignore Nero's order and arrange it directly, but now it is different, Nero has become the emperor, if he is really desperate to start crazy, then he will definitely not end up well, and when he is in a stalemate, a small figure appeared here, breaking the embarrassment of the scene.
"Brother Huang?" A somewhat timid call, a small villain appeared behind the throne, Agrippina's eyes diminished in vain, she didn't know when this child was hiding here, and heard all their words clearly, if this is in an ordinary family, it doesn't matter, but this is the palace, and this child is none other than Brittanycus, who has the right to inherit the throne.
"Your Majesty, there is a public case coming, asking if you want to look at it." At this moment, an officer walked in from outside, the person who came was not very old, he looked no more than twenty years old, his body was straight, his height of 180 made the knight's armor majestic and mighty, his bearing was extraordinary, he was even more handsome, his yellow bangs were eyebrows, and his blue eyes were like the bottom of a clear lake, this person was Grinus, one of Nero's closest confidants.
Grinus already knew that this scene was a confrontation between mother and son, but he appeared at this time, obviously to save the scene, but all this was told to him by Seneca, I don't know what the old thing in Lu Dao has been thinking recently, he has not completely belonged to the camp of the new emperor, and has been waiting and seeing.
However, Glinus did not have time to think about it so much, he was one of the few people who knew that Nero and his mother Agrippina were not in harmony, and he had a deeper secret in his heart, he knew that Nero's true identity was not a man on the surface, but a proud woman of heaven who was much more beautiful than Agrippina, and from the moment he saw the true face of the other party, Glinus already knew that he was hopelessly in love with this emperor.
The appearance of Grinus undoubtedly resolved the embarrassing scene between Nero and Agrippina, Agrippina only said two words after asking the emperor to consider carefully and then retreated, after all, when there were outsiders present, she also had to give this son face and maintain his imperial prestige, however, when leaving, her teeth were almost crushed, she didn't know why Nero had such a transformation, but now she understood that it must be the ghost of Brittanycus, he hates fighting, And he has a very good relationship with Nero, so he once confessed his heart to Nero, it was originally just a joke, but I didn't expect this stupid son of mine to be so persistent in doing it, it seems that this person must be eliminated.
"Have you ever found out the details of the case?" Nero stretched out his hand to take the report presented by Greinus, and Greinus replied sonorously and forcefully, saying yes, that the report was very clear, and it was a matter of testamentary entrustment. Nero once invented an anti-forgery method for the judgment of testamentary mandates. And promote it. I have to say that in this respect, she is also a rare genius, and in the report, Glinus used her method to adjudicate this case, and finally asked him to look at it.
"Sometimes, Yu Zhen wishes he couldn't write." Nero smiled wryly and lifted his pen to sign his name. Glinus is one of the few people who can probe Nero's heart, he knows that this emperor's feminine side has flared up again, and he did not deliberately hide it, if he can't write, he can not sentence the other party to death, but for such words, Glinus can only be regarded as not hearing, because such words will inevitably damage the prestige of an emperor and will have a bad impact on him. If there is no punishment for mistakes, then this emperor will inevitably not be a good emperor.
"There's also a report here. It was a slave who made a mistake, and the Senate would advise him to execute his entire family. Grinus respectfully took out another report from his bosom, which he presented first, apparently to ease the Emperor's mood first, and it was evident from Nero's brow that she was clearly not in favor of such a suggestion.
"A bunch of confused old things, it's ridiculous." Sure enough, the emperor scolded angrily without caring about his image as an emperor, which also showed that she was fully dissatisfied with the senate, because the senate was in the hands of his mother, and in a fit of rage, he threw the report directly to the ground.
"If so, did Yu make a mistake and pull Agrippina out of the gang and put him to death?" Nero was furious, and a sentence didn't seem to be able to fully vent the anger in his heart, and added a more powerful rebellious remark, but neither of the two people present would betray him, and it also allowed him to bloom some true temperament at this moment.
"Please be cautious about my king, how can the body of a slave be compared with the dignity of the emperor." Grinus was obviously frightened by this great rebellious remark, no one knew how many Agrippina in this palace secretly observed Nero's eyeliner, and such words had obviously pushed the two to the point of irreconcilability, Glinus fell to one knee, his head bowed, and his words of exhortation were trembling.
"Humph! Let's go down if there's nothing to do. Nero was angry, naturally he wouldn't have a good face, snorted coldly and waved his hand to let Grinus stand back, and he wouldn't take a second look at it from beginning to end, his current identity was an emperor, and he didn't need to consider anyone's feelings, for these people who were frightened by Agrippina, Nero didn't look down on them from the bottom of his heart, even though Agrippina was his mother.
After Grinus retreated, Brittanycus was obviously frightened by Nero just now, and held on to the handrail timidly, and couldn't help coughing twice, and these two sounds obviously reminded Nero that there was a younger brother present at the scene, covered his forehead, Nero chuckled at his loss of control, walked to Brittanycus's side and reached out and patted his head.
"What did the imperial brother hide behind Yu's throne just now?" Nero had no father since he was a child, and his mother was a woman who longed for power, so he almost didn't feel any family affection, and the woman who was supposed to be a brother and sister, Octavia, became his wife, and that's it, in the end, she actually stood on the same front with Agrippina, which made Nero completely out of the scope of his feelings, and the only thing he could keep was this younger brother in front of him.
"I heard that the imperial brother went to the gladiatorial arena today and rescued a slave, the imperial brother was very happy to hear it, and wanted to see the imperial brother quickly and let the imperial brother talk about the process, after all, didn't the imperial brother save another life, and the imperial brother is proud of the imperial brother." Brittanycus's face flushed with excitement, and he clenched his fists and said to Nero, anyone could hear the excitement in his words, and Nero knew that this brother had congenital epilepsy, and the slightest carelessness in eating and drinking would make him uncomfortable for several days, and his life could be in danger at any time, so Nero usually dined with him to avoid Agrippina's poisonous hand reaching out to him.
"Heh, the royal brother just needs to pay attention to his body, and the gladiatorial arena will soon be canceled by Yu, when the time comes, Yu will take the imperial brother to watch the Greek-style competitive performance together, and Yu will also personally compete for the imperial brother, how about all the awards won by the imperial brother?" Nero touched Brittanycus's head dotingly, and the tenderness was on display, and it was her feminine radiance that was on her side. In front of this only family affection. She didn't need to hide anything.
"Then the royal brother has to count when he speaks. By the way, can I meet the slave? It is said that the imperial brother gave him the status of knight of the king. Ahem. Brittany said excitedly, because of the excessive excitement, which involved a cough, Nero hurriedly patted him on the back, nodded in agreement, and followed a command. Lin Xiu appeared in the palace cabinet with the cherry blossoms of the palace.
"Meet my king, this is the king's sword, and your servants will return it." Now that Lin Xiu is already the king's knight, he can call himself a minister, kneeling on one knee, holding the sword in his hand with both hands, meticulous etiquette, and looks presentable.
"Well, the sword of Yu will be given to you, after all, you are the king's knight. In the future, it will be accompanied by Yu's side. Nero glanced at Lin Xiu, who was kneeling on one knee, and simply gave him the sword. He was very satisfied with the slave who supported him.
Lin Xiu thanked him, got up and stood sideways, and did not look up to look directly at Nero, this is a matter of etiquette, but he can still see that Brittany Sakus is looking at himself and Ma Kiriku Sakura curiously, and Ma Kiriku Sakura is only six years old, and she looks as cute as a doll, which obviously aroused Brittanycus's affection, but Jian Kirikus's indifferent eyes made him tremble with fright, and he held Nero's royal chair armrest in a panic.
"Yu hasn't asked you yet, where is your hometown? Why would you wander to Yu's country, and you seem to have a good sword skill, if Yu didn't go away, your daughter also has good skills. Nero glanced at Kirizakura slightly, after all, she herself is a swordsmanship master, and she can estimate what kind of strength a person has, but he is only curious about it.
"Back to the king, I am from the east, on the other side of the ocean, and the wife of the minister originally belonged to Rome, so I will bring my little daughter to the kingdom of the king, and I am fortunate to see the majesty of the king." Lin Xiu had already prepared for these fraudulent words, and it was not very abrupt to say, but these words caused the two Nero brothers to marvel again and again.
"The other side of the ocean? Isn't that the end of the world? There is still a kingdom? What kind of existence is that, sure enough, exploration is the root of human curiosity, what you say, has your wife been to your country? Can you tell us a little bit about it? Nero suddenly became interested, he is an explorer in his own right, and he likes to explore the unknown very much, at this moment, hearing such fresh remarks, he naturally will not miss it, even Brittany Ricus next to her looked at Lin Xiu with a look of expectation.
In this regard, Lin Xiu has nothing to hide, just find a time that coincides with ancient China, you can easily talk about it, plus his postmodern knowledge, anecdotes in textbooks, and colorful explanations, listening to Nero and Brittanycus sigh one after another, completely attracted by his words, the existence of the highest peak in the world, the magic of Bermuda, the majesty of the Great Wall, and even the aurora under the severe cold of the North and South Poles, and the snow lotus growing on the majestic peaks and mountains, all of which made Nero almost want to try.
And when Lin Xiu told this, he didn't put all his mind on this, but secretly observed the pair of brothers in front of him, judging from the emotions shown by Nero, Lin Xiu could almost conclude that he was not pretentious, because he himself was a person who did not like to hide, especially the dependence of Brittany on him, it was a moment when his true feelings were revealed, and Lin Xiu could be sure that he would not be mistaken.
However, this year is 55 AD, and it was in this year that Nero poisoned his younger brother while eating, and insisted on sitting at the table and finishing it with a cold expression and no care, and it was here that the rumors of the bloodthirsty tyrant began, so what was the reason for their relationship to break down? Nothing is known.
On this day, Lin Xiu told from the afternoon to the night, Nero took the reluctant Brittany Nicus away, that magical story, one by one, is stimulating the nerves of this pair of brothers, however, because of Brittanycus's physical reasons, Nero can't let him be too tired, and what surprised Lin Xiu even more is that after appeasing his royal brother, Nero actually took him to the study and started working, judging from all the current signs, no matter how brutal he is in the future, how bloodthirsty, Now he is indeed a good emperor and a good brother, and that kind of strong poison, a poison that can be instantly deadly, has it really been developed in this era? Lin Xiu couldn't be sure.
"Pallas, how long has the medicine from Brittanycus been taken?" Agrippina inquired about Pallas in her chamber.
"It has been a month since the return of the queen, and tomorrow will be his end." Pallas replied to Agrippina's words with a hint of a smile, although his eyes were downward, but they sparkled and swept Agrippina's body, this beautiful woman like a fairy, he longed to press her under him every day, but he also knew that in business, there must be no pleasure, Agrippina not only has a fairy-like appearance, but also a female devil who eats people and does not spit out bones.
"Didn't it notice my stupid son." Agrippina said a little tiredly, and lay on her back on the queen's bed, letting the ornate hem of her dress slip off her legs, revealing her delicate white skin.
"When he returned to the queen, the emperor could not perceive that Brittany did not completely obey the emperor's words, he often drank red wine secretly, and the ministers poisoned the wine." Pallas replied triumphantly, believing that Agrippina would be satisfied.
"How did things go after Brittanycus died? Will it make her suspicious of you? There are not many people available around Yu, so don't let Yu feel troubled. This is a sticky remark, a means of wooing.
"Queen, please be relieved, the courtiers have made proper arrangements, Seneca has been vacillating now, and because of the etiquette of the royal family, he has always reprimanded the prince of Brittanycus, and Seneca is the emperor's mentor, so it can be directly announced that Seneca instigated the emperor to attack." Pallas replied respectfully, he didn't take Agrippina's words too seriously, what a joke, this woman was beautiful on the outside, but on the inside she was like a poisonous scorpion, if you trusted her completely, it would be equivalent to hanging a sword on your head, but this did not affect the physiological adjustment.
"Well, I'm tired, so I'm going to bed." With Agrippina's words, Pallas blew out the candle, and in the shadows, his figure slowly climbed onto the queen's bed, and the murmuring sounded, and the water and milk blended, all this was only the moon above the palace secretly watching, no one noticed, however, the two did not know the way, as a daughter, Nero, with the sensitivity of female instinct, had already known the way, perhaps Agrippina just ignored herself, the real Nero hidden under the mask of the curse was actually a daughter. (To be continued......)
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