Augustus Under the Horseshoe

Julian calendar 422 years, Janus month, the first day. (January 1, 422 AD)

Province of Liguria Milan

Countless beautiful maids, like busy bees, danced in the palace at dawn, put on expensive purple robe for Placidia, and used special tools to fold out the number of folds at the end of the robe, combing her long hair, Choosing jewellery, it was a busy time.

Time has taken away the face of the regent dowager, but it can't take away her charm. She just stood there, and the terrifying coercion exuding it could make all the maids quiet. Even Valentinian III, the current Augustus, is like a child who has made mistakes, standing tremblingly on his mother. In front of him, he carefully breathed the air around him, looked at the maid, and put on the accessories chosen by the queen mother for himself.

"Let's go, go to the Senate, you are almost of adulthood, sooner or later I will put the burden on your shoulders on you. Look well, learn hard, as Augustus, how to deal with the government affairs of the empire. "

Placidia looked at herself in the mirror with satisfaction, her long hair curled like a sea wave, brushing slightly across her cheeks, covering up the wrinkles of many years. The gold ornaments inlaid with purple gemstones also matched her long black hair. The hair complements each other.

Valentinian III, like a puppet, followed his mother and came to the Senate, watching how the regent dowager handled government affairs. He was only a 15-year-old child, and the youngest senator in the Senate was all A thirty-three-year-old elder. No one looked at the young child directly, and everyone's eyes were focused on Placidia.

Augustus looked at his mother enviously, and watched her communicate with hundreds of elders about important events in the empire, issuing orders that could change Rome, and he was just one holding the seal of Augustus. The mascot is responsible for giving the mother the negotiated order and stamping the emperor’s mark.

I don’t know how long it took, the topic in the Senate turned to the tribe. Placidia was extremely tough and ordered the Central Field Army stationed in Italy and the two troops of the Forbidden Army to come out, and in the land controlled by Augustus. Mobilize all the strong men to organize a huge cannon fodder force to fully support the tribe’s Gaul expedition-Pain Hess promised that after defeating the coalition army, he only needs to be the governor of Gaul, and correspondingly , He will assist Placidia to regain control of Spain and the Western Islands from Giliman.

"Queen dowager! You are seeking skin with a tiger! In order to regain Augustus's control over the Spanish provinces, let a terrible enemy seek the entire Gaul? Now, we have two people who can check and balance with Peinhes, However, they are dead. If they are treachery, who can save the empire?"

"I understand that Painhus is your son-in-law, and his tribe has almost defended half of the empire's defenses, but he is a man and horse after all, and Aetius and Giliman are Romans! We should help My compatriot, not a monster from the eastern grassland!"

"I think that Augustus’s direct army can’t participate in this war, can’t help anyone, watch them fight! Whether it’s Giliman, Etius, or Painhes-OK, let’s put Your son-in-law is trying to be imperial courtiers, but they are all warlords who can't get rid of the frontier!

It is a good thing for these three people to fight. We just need to assemble the army, watch them in Milan, watch them fight both sides, and then enter Gaul with absolute strength, clean up all three warlords, take back their territories, soldiers, and reshape the central authority.

As for the three warlords, all sent to the Eternal City, giving them endless mansions and beauties, allowing them to spend their lives in arrogance and luxury, is the greatest kindness of the empire, and you must not divide the power. "

"It's too dangerous. Aetius and Gilliman are fortunate to say, how do you take back the land and military rights of those tribes? They only belong to the Western Empire in name! If we really bring their great chiefs back to Rome, Then the entire eastern border will be plunged into riots, even more terrifying than the Stirico Rebellion a few years ago!"

"Then you say a good way?"

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Seeing that the Senate was caught in a long wrangling time for this war, Valentinian III's thoughts were flying, and he couldn't help but think of his sister—it’s so good. It’s said that Honoria went to the Castle of Terror. Later, in the Monster Senate set up by the centaur, he also served as a very important official position, and he could decide many important things. No one would listen to his own suggestions, and he could only sit on the throne. , Listened to these old guys endless wrangling, and then stamped the document on the mother's decision.

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The long government affairs lasted a whole day. Valentinian dragged his tired body, followed his mother, and returned to the palace. Choosing vocabulary carefully during dinner time, reporting to the Queen Mother what she had seen and heard in the Senate made her mother barely smile with satisfaction.

"Huh-finally liberated."

Surrounded by the forbidden army, Valentinian III walked through the moonlit courtyard and finally returned to his magnificent room. The suffocating sense of depression accompanied Placidia's departure. disappear.

Inside this room, the young Augustus finally let out a long sigh of relief, and collapsed on the big bed rudely. A stunning woman with no strands shyly got out of the bedding. He covered the sheets warmed by his skin, and at the same time, gently kneaded Valentinian's shoulders to relieve Augustus from the pressure accumulated all day.

The young Roman emperor slowly closed his eyes, enjoying the service of the maid. Suddenly, an exclamation broke the charming atmosphere in the room. Valentinian subconsciously pulled out the saber on his waist and opened it sharply. With both eyes, he found a man dressed in Chinese clothes. I don't know what method he used to break the barriers of the imperial palace. The defense like the iron barrel of the Forbidden Army stood in front of his bed. !

The strange visitor is extremely tall and burly. Even the loose white robe can't hide his perfect body like an ancient Greek sculpture, and his horrible muscles like a rock. However, under the short golden hair, there is a warm and moisturizing piece. Ya, even some gentle and handsome faces.

The sudden visitor, after breaking through all the obstacles of the imperial palace and the Forbidden Army, respectfully knelt in front of Augustus and gave the courtesy of his courtiers. Even the most demanding royal etiquette instructor could not pick out the slightest flaw in his kneeling posture.

"The Governor of the Six Provinces of Spain and the Western Islands, Robert Gilliman, Lord of the Five Hundred Towns, salutes you! Honorable Augustus..."

Giliman spoke, and according to etiquette, some commendatory nicknames should be added at the end to praise the other party's achievements, however, the governors of the six provinces only said lightly--

"Placitia's plaything, sad puppet."

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