Chapter 547 The War of Successors

"Ha, if they were not my loyal supporters..." Valentinian waited until Luca and Aetius were seated. He leaned back in his seat and said to the nobles, "Aetius and Luca are worthy of being the captains of the soldiers chosen by my mother. The loyalty they showed shocked me, who has always been wise and serious. Yes, they always think about sharing Augustus' worries. Yes, except that they can't cure my constipation."

Such a ridiculous joke made the nobles in the audience look embarrassed. Even Luca couldn't help but look at Aetius. They smiled awkwardly at each other. Indeed, the joke told by Valentinian was really too vulgar, but he didn't take it seriously.

During the banquet, Valentinian toasted frequently and promised all the nobles who asked him for something. However, Valentinian probably didn't hear what the nobles said.

He was already intoxicated in the beautiful dream of having so-called power! Glass after glass of delicious wine did nothing but make him more drunk and dream more deeply.

Valentinian had already been lost in the wine and the flattering words of the nobles, and naturally had no time to care about the two captains of soldiers.

The nobles wanted to get close to him, but the cold eyes of the soldiers guarding closely behind them discouraged them.

I'm afraid he couldn't keep calm and seemed out of tune with the lively environment. Aetius raised his glass and smiled at Luca, saying, "Sitting in the middle of such a bustling place, but being so cold and indifferent as if you were not involved, it's really a shame to waste the good times. I propose that we raise our glasses together to celebrate our gathering here at this auspicious moment."

"Of course, why not." Luca responded with a smile, raising his glass to Aetius.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Aetius let out a long sigh and said to Luca, "I'm afraid I can't stay here anymore, Master Luca. I have to leave now."

Luca just nodded, and Aetius then looked at Valentinian who was drunk surrounded by nobles. This guy didn't care about him at all. Aetius shrugged helplessly, turned around and whispered a few words to the guards behind him before leaving.

Seeing that no one else was looking for Luca, and that the damned Valentinian was almost unconscious, the nobles around him were still holding their wine glasses and telling him about their troubles over and over again, as if Valentinian could solve them.

Likinia took this opportunity to stand up and walk to Luca’s side and whispered in his ear: “I think we have to talk…”

Then, Likinia stood up and left. Luca did not dare to neglect her. He felt that Likinia looked very bad, and she must be worried about something. He quickly called the guards beside him and followed Likinia out of the hall.

Arriving at the garden behind the palace, which was relatively spacious, Luca followed Liginia closely to the end of the garden, which was like a maze.

Perhaps Liginia often came here. Luca was afraid that he would get lost if he turned around twice on such a winding road. However, Liginia was familiar with the road and arrived at the center of the garden in just a few turns.

It was late at night and it was pitch dark here, but Likinia stopped here.

Through the firelight, Luca saw Licinia stopping in front of a statue, which was a bronze statue of Augustus Octavian. Licinia was sitting on the base and turned her head to look at Luca. Through the firelight, Luca clearly saw resentment in her eyes.

"Likinia..." Luca said in a low voice. He didn't know why Likinia looked at him with such resentment.

Luca turned around and asked his guards to stand guard nearby to prevent any undesirable people from appearing here. Then, for lighting, he stood with Likinia with a torch. With only the two of them in such an open space, it was convenient for them to talk.

"You should give me an explanation, Luca." Likinia said, and couldn't help sobbing.

"What's wrong? Likinia, my sister." Luca was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that? Did I do something wrong?"

"Tell me." Liginia raised her head and stared at Luca, "Why do you support Valentinian, this damn, rude bastard!"

No one knew what kind of humiliation had brought Licinia to this point. Her anger towards Valentinian had reached a critical point, and was really on the verge of a volcanic eruption.

"He humiliated you..." Luca naturally knew the right and wrong of this matter.

"All the time!"

"I'm sorry for making you suffer."

At this time, Luca didn't know what to say, nor did he know how to comfort this poor woman.

"This is not about making me suffer." Liginia gritted her teeth. She was almost losing her mind due to anger. She tore her hair into pieces and shouted at Luca: "This is all your fault, Flavius ​​Luca!"

"I..." Luca was speechless and didn't know how to explain to Likinia.

"You betrayed my father. You knew clearly that this was something my father didn't want to see, but you really did it!" Likinia looked at Luga hatefully, as if all the anger was caused by him.

"Likinia, my sister, I am really not what you think I am. I just want you to understand the difficulties we are facing now!" Luca was still defending himself.

"What difficulty?" Licinia interrupted him and asked loudly, "What difficulty? Is it that helping Valentinian to ascend to my father's position and then making him Augustus of Rome and pushing the people of Rome into an abyss of no return that is the result you want to see?"

"I don't!"

“Bang!”

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

As soon as Luca opened his mouth, Likinia slapped him in the face and shut his mouth.

"You just don't want me to be your wife, do you?"

Li Jinia's words seemed particularly calm, and her calmness revealed immense despair.

"You are nothing but a politician, the same as those old guys in the Senate. You have no ambition to make progress, and you just want to keep all the honors you have now. My father misjudged you, and I misjudged you too!"

A cold teardrop ran down Likinia's face, her vision became blurred, and her originally clear face became hazy.

This woman, who was only in her twenties and the mother of two girls, was crying like a child in front of Luga. Every sob she made was like a loud slap in Luga's heart. He gritted his teeth, looked at Likinia crying in front of him, and reached out his hand to help her wipe away the tears from her eyes.

"Don't touch me!" Likinia pushed Luca's hand away and took a few steps back.

"We can't go back, we can't go back now!" Luca shouted in his heart again and again. It's not that he didn't want to fulfill the will of Theodosius II, but the Eastern Empire was now caught in internal struggle. Going back now would be tantamount to declaring war on the Eastern Empire.

"I promise you, Liginia." This time Luca calmed down and grabbed Liginia's right hand and pressed it on his chest, which was closest to his heart. He said to her, "If we can go back, I will make you Augusta of Rome. Of course, Augustus will be me."

"Oh, do you think I will believe it?" Li Jiniya was probably already desperate. She sneered and tried to pull out her right hand, but found that no matter how hard she tried, Luga held it tightly and refused to let go.

"Trust me." Luca's tone was extremely firm.

(End of this chapter)