Simple had a dream.

It's about an innocent girl who is involved in a royal power struggle in Rome, from a temple priest who has no quarrel with the world, to a Roman emperor who has been brilliant for a while, and then to a short life that ends tragically......

At the end of the world, in forgotten Syria, in front of the temple of the sun god of Nuoda, I easily saw the holiness and beauty of the maiden.

The girl who was praying sincerely was shrouded in her own holy light, as if she had all the beauty of the world, beauty, holiness, gentleness, kindness, simplicity, ignorance of the world, inviolable......

Looking back and smiling after the prayer, not only the soldiers and people gathered outside the temple gate, but also Jian Jian felt in a trance.

In the dream, from the perspective of a bystander, he silently watched the girl who was loved by the people around her, and loved everyone at the same time.

I have seen the girls dance for the hard-working soldiers, I have seen the girls pray for the blessings of the soldiers and the people, and I have also seen the girls shed tears and send parting kisses because of the children who died young.

Life as a priest is plain and simple, and the girl is naturally immersed in it, enjoying the busyness and tranquility.

The girl did not know that the intensifying power struggle in the turbulent Rome would soon spread to her, ushering in her glory and her darkest moment.

Perhaps, these were destined from the moment the woman came.

Her maternal grandmother, Maisha.

The initial clue was just a rumor.

A young girl was actually the illegitimate daughter (son) of Caracalla, the former head of Rome, and rumors spread more and more in the neighborhood.

No one listened to her explanations and justifications.

People only believe what they want to believe.

Those who lived through the emperors Caracalla and Macrinus firmly believed that the holy and beautiful maiden was the salvation of Rome.

The woman (Mayisha) said the same thing.

In the eager and expectant gaze of almost everyone, the maiden who was only fifteen years old and loved them obeyed their wishes, and for the sake of those who believed in them, put on their military uniforms and went to battle.

With no combat experience, she always stands at the forefront of the army.

She has no experience in politics, and she always reads and studies Wang Zheng at night.

However, the girl who worked hard for others did not know that the reasons for those people to support her were far from being as simple as she thought.

Speaking of which, it's still for profit.

Since the current Emperor Macrinus wants to revoke the privileges of the army, in order to prevent this from happening, the upper echelons of the legion urgently need a justifiable reason to overthrow the emperor.

They didn't really care if she was the illegitimate son of the previous emperor, Caracalla, just to be able to use this rumor to justifiably overthrow the "tyrant" who did not represent their own interests, and even the original rumor was a collaboration between the upper echelons of the Legion and her maternal grandmother.

Her maternal grandmother, Maisha, was just trying to use her to regain her lost power and glory.

And these are also destined for the girl's next tragedy.

(Note: Caracalla was Maisa's brother-in-law, and because of this status, Maisha was prominent during Caracalla's reign.) ）

The war, which lasted for half a year, ended in her victory.

However, just when she was ready to inject new vitality into Rome as the emperor of Rome and lead Rome to new glory, she suddenly found that things were far from being as simple as she thought.

After the victory, the maiden, who had become the titular Roman emperor, did not have a smooth road to Rome.

It is even more dangerous than in wartime.

The real top of the Legion and her grandmother had a disagreement over the matter of making her Emperor of Rome, after all, the Legion's goal of overthrowing Macrinus had been achieved, so instead of supporting such a simple girl who did not know anything about the world to become emperor, it was better to support a patriarch of the Legion.

In this way, at least the privileges and interests of the army during the reign of the next emperor would be guaranteed.

Originally, it was only a journey of more than a month, but because of the two hearts of the upper echelons of the legion, it took a full year and three months.

It was also the experience of being assassinated countless times and being placed under house arrest in the past three months of the year that made the simple girl finally grow up.

At the beginning of the autumn of that year, the girl who finally came to the city of Rome was no longer the girl who was ignorant of the world and simply overdone.

However, the girl's transformation has frightened some people.

Because for these people, all they want is a puppet emperor who is ignorant of the world and can be easily manipulated.

The new officials took office three fires, and the girls who came to Rome immediately began a series of initiatives, including but not limited to the appointment of low-status slaves and talented criminals to official positions, the establishment of a women-only senate, and so on.

The girl's hasty series of actions convinced the so-called upper elite of Rome that the new emperor was not prepared to defend the privileges of the upper elite.

Cultural and religious differences, the gradual loss of the support of the Roman elite, the spread of various rumors among the nobles, and the power of the new emperor became more and more unstable due to various factors.

By the time the girl found out, it was already too late.

To make matters worse, one of the girl's most trusted people betrayed the girl at this time, and that was her grandmother, Maisha, who supported her in power.

Seeing that the girl was gradually losing the support of the upper elite, and worried that her regained glory and wealth might not be guaranteed, Maisha turned her head and supported the girl's cousin Alexander.

In order to let the girl who lost the heart of the "people" move down faster, she was secretly drugged, and supplemented by magic that only had in the lizifan.

In the dream, in the bed late at night, looking at the girl who was in pain because of the drug attack, a touch of unbearability flashed in her simple eyes.

Just when the girl was in pain because of the dual effects of medicine and magic, the grandmother walked in with a group of slaves.

The girl's eyes pleaded bitterly, but Maisha, who was full of her own glory and wealth, seemed to have not seen it.

Hard! The simple fist is the spot!

In short, from this day on, all sorts of absurd rumors about the new emperor began to sweep through Rome.

Just like at the beginning, no one listened to her explanation.

People still only believe what they want to believe......

The flow of drug magic may be able to destroy her body, but rumors are the last straw that crushes the girl's spiritual will.

Looking at the embarrassed girl who was surrounded by the Praetorian Guards who had already been bought by Maisha, a little unbearable appeared in the eyes of Jane.

At this moment, Jian Jian couldn't help but recall the beautiful, holy, gentle, kind, simple, unworldly, and inviolable girl in the temple at the beginning......

The dream came to an abrupt end.

Jian Jian, who woke up from his dream, turned his head and looked out the slightly lit window, giving a soft sigh to the girl's "innocence".

……

The rumors against Nero were widely spread and fermented during the two days that the other party was not in Rome, and they played a much greater role than simply imagined, and because of this, the coup d'état and the seizure of the throne were almost natural and unhindered.

Incidentally, the rumors against Nero were not the work of Simplicity, but of the aristocratic senators who had made an agreement with Simplicity, and it can only be said that they were gifted in this respect.

The concept of nationalism was far from being developed in Europe at this time, and for them, it was only about profit.

In other words, whoever can promise them more benefits, they will support whomever they want, and they don't have so many concepts of home and country.

The center of Rome, the Palatine Hill.

In front of the magnificent Roman palace, looking at the court personnel kneeling on both sides to greet him, Egal always felt a little unreal.

The planned two weeks, as a result, in just ten days, sent himself to the throne without blood, thinking back then, just to reach Rome, he walked for a year and three months!

During this period, he experienced countless hardships and obstacles, and even the teacher who taught him since he was a child was rebelled by the top of the legion!

If I hadn't been alert at the time, I was afraid that I would have died on the way to Rome because of an "accident".

But this man was able to lay a path for himself to become a Roman emperor almost effortlessly in just ten days......

Looking at the simplicity of standing aside with his hands holding his hands and his calm face without the slightest surprise, Egaru couldn't help but have an impossible delusion:

If only I had him by my side......

Because of that divine covenant, indescribable impulses and desires poured out from somewhere in the body once again.

Want to get! I want to possess it!

As if sensing something, he looked up briefly.

The thumb pointed to the gate of the palace, meaning that it was time to enter.

……

Above the opulent and luxurious hall, Agalu gently stroked the throne at the front.

I don't know if it's a simple illusion.,Just like the previous time.,I always feel that there seems to be something invisible on the throne.。

If you want to describe it, it's like a flower in a mirror and a moon in the water, and I always feel that there is a similar, invisible shadow on it.

"Did you feel anything unusual on that throne?"

He asked Matthew, Bayi, and Octavian on the side.

But unfortunately, none of them found anything.

Just as Jane began to wonder if there was something wrong with her sixth sense, Egal withdrew the hand that was stroking the throne, and, instead of sitting on the throne that was in fact hers, she walked down without the slightest nostalgia.

"Not ready to succeed?" Simple doubts.

"Isn't there something more important that hasn't been done?"

Knowing that Agalu was talking about Nero's simple reply: "It's not bad for a while, first go to the form of succession and then go to the outer city tower to wait for Nero, and tell the other party about it." ”

"No, it's better to deal with that first."

Why aren't you in a hurry now?

Jian complained in his heart, but in the end, he didn't object, and he fulfilled the other party's wish.

Above the castle tower, Egarlu, who was located in the C position, suddenly spoke.

"You seem to be a little different today."

"Is there one?" Jian Jian, who was standing behind Egaru with Matthew and Bayi, replied casually, "Besides, I should say that, right?" After all, isn't it your most urgent desire to become the emperor who can control everything in Rome? ”

Egal Lu didn't answer, staring straight ahead without saying a word, the dust and smoke rising from the horizon at the other end of his gaze......

It was Nero's entourage, which did not go well on this recruitment trip.

Because the city gate was closed for some reason, Nero, who came to the city gate, was also forced to be the emperor of the gate.

"O Yu subjects, your emperor is back! Open the door! ”

On the top of the city tower, before a simple reminder, a certain senator of the Senate, who was old and was pushed out as a representative, took the initiative to come out.

The voice was loud and clear, and Nero's trumped-up crimes were read out one after another, and the results of the deliberations of the Senate were given for his removal from the post of head and expulsion from Rome.

Before Nero could react, the patriarch turned around and began to praise the merits and virtues that had been fabricated for Egarhu.

Although he didn't stand at the forefront, he could roughly guess Nero's expression below.

Don't think about it, you must have been dumbfounded.

I rub, what's going on?

I was fired after a gap in the conscription?

The emperor of Rome was actually mercenary?

Nero, who was buzzing in his head, was about to say something, but suddenly heard someone shouting from above: "Tyrant Nero get out of Rome!" ”

The owner of the fruit stall suddenly exploded like a sting, not only Nero below, but also the people on the city tower were stunned for a moment.

Because no one followed at the first time, there was an eerie silence in the scene.

But simplicity is not in a hurry, because the silence at this time is in a sense just lead time, or the calm before the storm.

The first to react were the elders, because, from the moment they made their choice, they knew that there was no way back.

"Tyrant Nero get out of Rome, long live Agalu!"

With the demonstration of the senators, more and more people participated, and the shouts became louder and louder, as if contagious, and soon, the entire city of Rome participated.

In the midst of this tsunami-like cry, Nero's eyes widened, his pupils trembled, and his face was full of disbelief.

"No... It's not true... This is not true! ”

At the same time that Nero's magic reaction below increased exponentially, he suddenly smelled a very strange aroma.

But he didn't have the heart to care about such a thing, after all, if he really made Nero lose his mind, things would be bad.

Fortunately, Nero had a Boudicca by his side.

Feeling that Nero's magical reaction surged, and even quickly broke through the threshold, and at the same time, Boudicca, who also sensed that Nero's sanity was about to collapse, hurriedly stopped Nero.

"Calm down! The city is full of ordinary people! And those people were your people before! Are you going to go after them? ”

"But they...!" Nero, who came to his senses because of Boudicca's voice, bit his lip, and Boudicca, who looked pitiful and helpless, was distressed, and strange CP feelings flooded.

"Calm down, this matter is weird, let's talk about it after the truth is investigated!"

Under Boudicca's persuasion and the "farewell" of the entire city of Rome, Nero had to retreat with less than 1,000 men and horses, preparing to settle down in the nearby city-states before slowly investigating.

Before leaving, Nero stared at Egarus, who was standing at the front of the tower, and engraved the appearance of the other party in his eyes.

"Yu will be back soon!"

At this time, Nero did not know that the next journey and encounters were even more difficult......

The next day, the Administrative Chamber of the Roman Senate.

At the official meeting, Egal was conferred the status of head of Rome by the Senate, and was given the crown and scepter of an olive branch, a symbol of power.

The moment the crown of the olive branch was placed on the head of the Egal by the head of the Senate, Jian immediately turned around, eager to check whether his good brother had recovered.

"Do me a favor, please!"

It was the first time for Bayi, who had seen Jian with such a serious expression, and nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, yes, but what's the busy?"

As soon as the words fell, I saw Jian Jian take a deep breath, and after saying sorry, he hugged him directly!

He even buried his head in his chest!

Then, I felt something rising!

"Whoa——!!

Just when Bayi, who had never eaten pork or seen a pig run, but had heard the name of a pig, was panicked and didn't know what to do, he suddenly noticed that his simple expression seemed to be a little wrong.

It's like crying with joy when you're overexcited!

"Thanks... Thanks..."

Faced with the simplicity of letting go of himself, wiping away tears that he couldn't stop, and his voice choked up, Bayi's mood became more and more delicate.

Is it so exciting just to hug it?

Not only did he give all his possessions to himself almost unconditionally, but he was also so obsessed with himself......

Could it be that this teenager is really hard to extricate himself?

How much should your bride price be?

Just as Bayi began to think about it, Egarus, who had already held the coronation ceremony, issued three successive decrees in front of the Senate after succeeding to the throne.

One or two are fortunately, it is nothing more than a simple unstoppable seizure of power that has been prepared for Egal from the very beginning in order to give Egal the absolute dominance of Rome.

The first is to revise the law by picking out the words to make the imperial power above all laws and axioms.

The second was to limit the power of the Senate, which in fact made the Senate an instrument of the emperor to govern the country.

Of course, the Senate could not have agreed to either of these proposals.

But in the face of the ironclad evidence of violating the law that had been investigated before Egarus came up with a simple investigation, enough for these noble senators to die a hundred times, he could only admit it in the end.

And then there's the third decree......

It was because of the simplicity of the excitement in the heart of the resurrection of the good brother that he suddenly felt that something was not quite right in the atmosphere present.

The main thing is that almost everyone looks at themselves!

Wiping away the tears of excitement, he simply whispered to Matthew, who was closest to him with a rather subtle expression.

"Matthew, what's wrong? Why is everyone looking at me? ”

"Master, Miss Egalus has just issued a third decree that she will marry you as her queen in a week......"

Jian Jian was confused: "What are you talking about?" ”

At this moment, the surging and incomparable magic suddenly erupted with Egarlu as the center, raging wildly in the Executive Hall!

The simple pupils behind him are protected by the quick little eggplant.

It's ......

(End of chapter)