Augustus Road

Adiana became more and more sad as she spoke. Lepidus put his hand on her shoulder and comforted her, saying, "I've already said that this matter has nothing to do with you. Spences is trapping our son and leading him to a filthy path."

"Trap? I understand. After all, you are still dissatisfied with Spences for presenting poems to Yoaget to please you that day. You never thought of giving Yoaget equal treatment. In the future, all your inheritance will be distributed to Leo, right? Even if his mother is of such a humble origin."

These words made Lepidus even more troubled. He gave Adiana's hand to Open it, and then walk to the bed, "You will immediately arrange a meeting with the envoy of Seres. As for the gift of Euaget, I will naturally consider it, but Italy, Gaul, Greece, and Macedonia are not allowed. This is the area I need to govern directly in the future."

"If you govern directly, it will still belong to Leo in the future. I don't hate him, I don't hate him, because Leo and I have no intersection, but I hate you. I hate that you have a son with such a glorious bloodline, but you turn a blind eye to him, and insult and scare him with your rudeness today." After Adiana finished speaking, she took a step ahead of Lepidus and fell on the bed and sobbed.

Seeing this scene, Lepidus felt pity in his heart, but he didn't want to tell the truth. He didn't want to expose it because it would damage the reputation of Euaget-Caesar, him, and Antony, this group of people, can be said to have crawled out of the streets and alleys of Rome, eating rolling meat, and they no longer care about reputation and integrity, but Leo's generation, including his and Adiana's children, is different.

"Have a good rest, Calabia. You should trust me. I'll go to another palace to spend the night." After saying this, Lepidus put on his robe, because the bed was occupied by Adiana arbitrarily. As a man facing such a situation, it is best to withdraw first and wait until the queen is willing to reason.

Finally, two days later. Although Adiana did not go to see the high priest herself, she still asked someone to pass on her message, saying that the banquet for meeting the Seres envoys was ready, in a palace at the foot of the mountain.

In order to show respect. Lepidus and Adiana sat on the armchairs directly under the steps of the palace, and then asked the guards, attendants and servants to solemnly welcome the envoys.

Originally. The envoys were settled by Adiana in the public apartment of Nicomedia, and food and women were all provided. Although the queen and Lepidus quarreled so fiercely, who told the two-eared pottery pot to eat her for the rest of her life? At this moment, Adiana still dressed herself up carefully, put on a graceful robe, and sat next to the high priest. In fact, this is a taboo in the Republic - the consul can sit on the golden throne, but his wife can only stand on one side, but Adiana has always regarded Lepidus as her son-in-law. Everything is done according to the pomp of the Persian monarch.

However, the high priest sitting next to her was obviously a little excited, which can be seen from his slightly uneasy breathing.

He has been in this world for too long, and he has known many people, Caesar, Antony, Sabo, Luculus, Marcus. Adiana, Potti, Julia, Cleopatra. And so on, but during this period, he has only friends and enemies, but no one of the same kind. This is also a kind of loneliness, a loneliness that is difficult to explain.

Slowly. Otacilius appeared in the field of vision in front of the door. At this time, the high priest almost sat up and held the handle.

"You really need to be more decent, worthy of being a two-handled pottery jar." This was the first unpleasant word Adiana said to him two days later, while Yoaijit stood beside his parents' throne with a heavy heart.

Soon, the envoy of Seres finally appeared, exactly as Lepidus had imagined: of medium build, wearing noble and simple clothes, holding a copper scepter with a pennant feather in his hand, with rings and pendants jingling, solemn steps, and full etiquette. Wearing Chinese clothes, he passed through the long welcoming team and came to him with the letter of the emperor of Seres in his hand.

The envoy looked like he was in his prime, a few years younger than Lepidus, but he had an extraordinary demeanor. When he bowed again to Lepidus and Adiana, the "king and queen" (which the envoy should think), on the steps, Lepidus hurriedly stood up to return the greeting.

Then, the envoy took the gift and business card from his attendant and handed them to Lepidus, who placed them in the palm of the high priest's hand. The gift from Seres was a pair of jade bi disks, one large and one small, and one was obviously given to Adiana.

Touching the jade bi disk in his hand, a warm and boundless feeling suddenly filled Lepidus' body, warm and cozy, this is the gentleman's thing that the people of Seres love most!

Then, the envoy unfolded the letter of credence and read it aloud in a rhythmic manner. Lepidus didn't understand one of the ten pronunciations, but his tears actually flowed down. Even Adiana felt relieved, so she reached out and wiped the man's cheek, because she could easily see that the two-eared pottery jar was really like the envoy, and they were really Seres. This also meant that more than 20 years ago, in the military camp of Luculas, the two-eared pottery jar did not lie. He was really free and was born into a Seres noble family. He had his own name!

Seeing Lepidus looking at her, Adiana smiled slightly, and then the two of them naturally held hands again, "Seres' words, Seres' words, are so beautiful..." As he said this, the high priest closed his eyes, still crying, as if he had entered a state of enjoying everything completely.

After a long time, when the envoy finished reading the letter, Lepidus stood up personally, took it respectfully, and handed it to the enamel box held by Matthias. In fact, all of this was courtesy - as early as before, Otacilius told him that Seres's mission was very successful, and the emperor there was very interested in the world here, and hoped to join hands with Lepidus to ensure each other's health and long-term.

In short, trade and envoys, and opening up sea routes, bypassing Parthia's control, and uniting coastal countries, these issues are completely settled.

Finally, Li Bi Da simply continued to use Latin. He requested a grand reception for the envoys. At this time, he remembered that he didn't know the name of the envoy yet, so he apologized repeatedly and asked You Aijit to bring the business card.

As a result, in the sun, Li Bi Da saw that the bamboo business card was engraved with "The General of the Central Army of the Emperor of Han, Wang Qinian".

Although Li Bi Da could not speak the Seres language at that time, he was proficient in writing. He read it over and over again, and it was this line of words, without any mistake! (~^~)