Chapter 674 Criticism

"What? What happened? You hurt me!" The grip was so strong that Li Jiniya could not help it. She quickly pulled her hand away, then rubbed the back of her hand with a large red mark while looking at Luga with an angry face.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Tenaia looked at Luga. She did not react as dramatically as Likinia. This was not surprising. After all, she was born a commoner and was not as pampered as Likinia.

She endured the pain silently, looking at Luga with concern in her eyes, watching the beads of sweat on his forehead.

At this time, Liginia pulled a handkerchief from the side and threw it on Luca's legs. She said to Luca angrily: "Here, wipe the sweat off your forehead. My God, as Augustus, you are so embarrassed that even a drama can scare you out of your wits!"

Although he kept blaming Luca, he was still very honest and threw the handkerchief on Luca's legs.

"Ah, thank you. I must have thought about the scene at that time and I am still a little scared in my heart." Luga defended himself with a smile, reaching out to take the handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"You are the winner!" Li Jinia snorted coldly, and then said: "I didn't expect that as a winner, you would behave like a loser. It's so ridiculous."

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Yes, God, I don't know why I became so cowardly. I just hope that a war like this will never happen again!" Luca defended himself, then hurriedly stood up and said to Tenaia and Likinia: "I suddenly realized that I still have a lot of important things to do, so I have to leave. Sorry, please forgive me for leaving."

After saying that, Luga kissed Likinia and Tenaia on the forehead respectively as an apology.

His departure was very hasty, and it could even be said that leaving two women behind was an unwise decision. At least, it was impossible for Likinia and Tenia to get along well in any way.

Luca stood up to leave, and their actions of both wanting to save the situation fully exposed their inner thoughts.

Of course, compared to Tenaia, Likinia obviously had a very strong desire to attack. She did not hide her dissatisfaction with Tenaia at all. She just sat in her seat, turned her head and stared at Tenaia and her child Adnus.

Tenaia had no choice but to hold Adnus in her arms, protecting him like a hen protecting her chicks, preventing him from seeing Likinia's horrified expression.

Compared with Liginia, a descendant of the Purple Chamber, although Tenaia is an Augusta, she has no actual political capital except the empty title of Augusta. Moreover, she is just a commoner. In terms of status, she may not even be able to compare with the maid who serves Liginia in her daily life.

The inferiority complex she had since birth made Tenaia naturally afraid to confront Likinia. Her idea was very simple, that is, she must not let Likinia hurt her child Adenus.

And it was precisely because of Tenaia's concession that Likinia gained an absolute advantage in momentum. She put on an arrogant look in front of Tenaia, but Tenaia had no choice but to avoid her.

"This is really meaningless." Seeing that Tenaia had no intention of confronting her, Li Jinia suddenly felt that there was no point in continuing to make things difficult for her, at least not today.

She stood up and rolled her eyes at Tenaia who was lowering her head and hugging Adenus. Somehow, she was always unhappy. Why could she be with her own child? It was not like she didn't have a child! When Likinia thought of this, she couldn't help but think of Eudolia, the poor girl who was now almost as big as the little bastard in Tenaia's arms.

How could this pampered princess tolerate others having things that she didn't have?

Likinia glared at Tenaia indignantly, then turned to the waiters behind her and said, "I don't like this weather. The sun makes me feel uncomfortable all over. I have to go back and take a bath, then."

Liginia turned around and looked at Tenaia, and said slowly: "I will go to find Caesar, he is deeply fascinated by my unique fragrance!"

Seeing that Tenaia still didn't move, Li Jinia snorted coldly and cursed in her heart: pretending to be calm. Then she left with the waiters, leaving only the actors still performing on the stage and the mother and son cuddling each other under the stage.

In the meeting hall of the Grand Palace, Luca reconvened all the senior court officials. Even such an important matter as marriage could not distract him for a moment.

"Valentinian was so bold as to depose me from my command over all the Roman-owned lands in the west." Luca weighed the parchment in his hand and couldn't help but sneered.

"Now, Aetius has become the most powerful man in the entire western Rome." The palace steward Jovian said to Luca in a deep voice while standing not far away: "Valentinian has no power of his own, especially after Licinia divorced him. Everyone saw that he had lost his backer. He was like a bear with no fighting power and only a huge skin."

"At least he still has something that can protect his life, that is his surname, Flavius' surname and bloodline." Luca sat on the throne with his hands folded, thought for a moment and then said: "The Roman elders do not think that he is useless now. At least the small estrangement now may turn around in the future. Everyone is for this. After all, being able to stay in a high position for a long time is always better than being insignificant and ignored."

"We can't just let Aetius control the situation in the western court. After all, this should return to the rule of Flavius ​​and no one else should be allowed to be the ruler hiding in the shadows."

"This is a problem that is out of our control, Jovian." Luca sighed. "We always target the nobles and warlords who try to control the situation, but forget whether the person who actually sits in that position is suitable or not."

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"Caesar, are you trying to find someone to replace Valentinian?"

"No, no, no, this is not our concern, Lord Jovian." Luca shook his hand at Jovian and said slowly, "There are many people who want to kill Valentinian. Their motive is just to get our recognition. After all, the complicated situation in the west is not something we can intervene in directly. For example, we should let things take their own course and spend more energy paying attention to our opponents in the east."

Jovian nodded repeatedly after hearing Luca's words. Now all the high-level officials in Constantinople understood that since the death of Theodosius II, who was related to Sassanid, the so-called bond of peace no longer existed.

Tenaia took Adenus back to her side palace. Well, she had to admit that this wedding was just a formality. It was the same as it was before.

After getting off the carriage, Tenaia saw a figure pacing back and forth in front of the door. She was a little confused and walked over to take a look. "Huh? Andrew, why are you here?"

"Oh, oh! Yes, yes, ma'am!" Andrew smiled at Tenaia, but was very nervous. "Ma'am, I want to tell you something."

(End of this chapter)