Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

While Orville was busy raising money for the military expenditure, lunch was going on in Flaviy's mansion.

Originally, he should also be present, but there are too many things to do recently. He is in a hurry and needs to finish everything quickly, so sometimes he can't go home, so he can only satisfy his satiety with bread or soup, water and water paste. .

Domitia followed Zenis (stepmother) to the theater, so now only Vespa and Tia were eating. Vespa finished the meal slowly and leisurely, seemingly not noticing Tia's worried expression. , and directly started discussing serious matters with Tiya.

"You should have taken enough leave. Let's talk about your future. I'm going to let you stay in the country for a while, appoint you as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and then elect you as the consul during the consul election next year. Archon, this is something that I and several other heavyweight elders have probably discussed, and there won’t be any obstacles. I think you can now prepare to learn the necessary skills for the archon.”

Both the commander of the Praetorian Guard and the consul are almost the most important positions in the core of the empire. It can even be said that apart from the emperor, they are the most important, especially the commander of the Praetorian Guard. Although the nominal position is not as important as that of the consul. , but actually controls the most powerful and only regular military force in the Roman Empire. If this army can be completely controlled, it is not impossible for the Praetorian Guard chief to hold the Praetorian Guard succession law.

Therefore, the early emperors of the empire only appointed the people they trusted most as the commanders of the Praetorian Guards. Vespa appointed Tia as the commander of the Praetorian Guards to express his trust in her. The two people can be regarded as true fathers in history. Typical examples of loving children and filial piety are quite rare among the royal family.

But the more this happened, the more awkward she felt - Vesper didn't mention Orville at all, and Orville himself didn't ask for any promotion. It seemed that this was the result of a tacit understanding between the two.

From her perspective, Orville has done a lot for her over the past few years. It can even be said that without Orville's hard work behind the scenes, Tiya would not have been able to achieve her current achievements and high evaluations. A considerable part of these are due to Orville. Orville or others may not care, but she cannot forget it.

At this point, she should find a way to compensate Orville for his efforts.

With these thoughts flashing through her mind, she strengthened her determination, clenched her fists and said to Vespa: "I understand all these things, and I have one more request."

Vespa looked at her peacefully: "No problem, just say it."

"It's about time that Orville and I get engaged. If time permits, we can consider getting married."

"Cough cough!! Cough cough cough!!" As soon as he said this, Vesper couldn't take a breath and started coughing violently.

Tia immediately put down the things in her mind, stepped forward and patted her father's back to help him straighten his breath.

After Vesper calmed down his breath, he carefully considered his words and asked reluctantly: "Is this happening?!"

Now Tiya was very surprised: "Isn't there such a thing?!"

Tiya has always thought so. After all, adopting a child is either to choose a future heir or to prepare for the daughter's marriage (this way, the surname can not be changed and the family inheritance can continue). Obviously, in Tiya's view, the situation is undoubtedly the latter. No one told her clearly about these things.

Considering from various angles, Orville is indeed the most realistic and reasonable choice. There is no doubt about his ability and loyalty. He is also in the same interest as the Flavi family. More importantly, Tiya does not hate the other party.

She is a very introverted and restrained person emotionally. If she would never take the initiative to talk about these things in normal times, Orville would have to wait until the situation stabilizes in three to five years before talking about it. Now she is affected by the external environment, and some of her minds are confused. Hot, directly made such a decision with Vespa.

On the one hand, she feels that she owes Orville something, not to the extent that she would commit herself to him, but guilt does affect people's judgment, especially for people with a strong sense of morality and responsibility. .

On the other hand, Domitia's talk about Jeanne and Cleopatra did irritate her a bit, which greatly deepened her sense of crisis and urgency.

Jeanne was okay, because Tiya knew that she was the same type of person as him, and Orville generally had little interest in women. He was very good to Jeanne, more out of appreciation for her personality. Same goes for Tia.

Mainly about the little Egyptian princess. Tiya also asked her a few times. Orville was not shy and even showed her the letters between the two. It seemed quite normal, but the fact that there was a relationship between the two was in itself. It's very abnormal. One is far away in Gallia and Britain, the other is far away in Egypt. These two people communicate at a high frequency, even if there is a need for official communication, it is not normal.

Now Orville is about to leave for Egypt, with the purpose of helping the other party restore the throne, which arouses Tia's vigilance even more.

So before Orville left, she was going to create some established facts.

Vesper didn't know so many details, but he could probably guess the cause and effect. He looked at his daughter with a complicated mood.

To be fair, he could have anticipated this result at the beginning, because Orvel was the only one of his age who could stay with Tiya for a long time. He could actually accept this result. After all, it was his daughter's choice. Orvel's ability and character were at least not problematic, much better than most people, but he didn't expect the timing to be so subtle.

He originally planned to implement the delay strategy and not talk about the succession to the throne until Tiya's prestige reached its peak. By then, even if the people in the Senate were unwilling, they had to bite the bullet and accept the established facts, because no one had a higher prestige than Tiya, and no one had a higher legitimacy than her.

If they agree to Orvel and Tiya's marriage now, they will have to talk about the succession to the throne first. It is conceivable that this wedding or engagement ceremony will bring great controversy, and the result may not be in their favor.

There is another key point - Vesper knew that Tia had never been in a serious relationship before. Although Orville was not a smooth talker, he was afraid that Tia, who was in love, would act irrationally and rashly like this time, such as giving up the right to inherit the throne in a fit of passion.

He knew that Tia was actually a simple and stubborn person in many ways. She might really do such a thing, even if Orville was not fanning the flames, not to mention that Orville had a little possibility anyway. No one could be completely calm in the face of power.

This was not a trivial matter such as the ownership of a small island or a farm. This matter was related to the succession of the empire. It was no wonder that Vesper was too cautious or even too suspicious.