Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

Orville's mood has been a bit strange recently, because he feels like he has no idea where to start.

Astolfo and his brothers should be said to be very capable, and they are uncovering more and more "black material". If these black materials are revealed, it should be enough to push Antonis off the stage.

But politics is not entirely based on rules. If Orville chooses to return to Rome and reveal this information, let alone Cleopatra's situation, Antony himself will directly become an unstable bomb. , because doing so is equivalent to breaking up with him.

Orville discussed repeatedly with his staff and came up with several possibilities, none of which Antonis would obediently give up the power of the governor.

The first possibility is that Antonis's associates in the Senate saved him, and the matter ended in an anticlimax, or it caused a big political earthquake in the center. This is something that should not happen in the current empire, which is now recovering. In the vitality stage, this kind of farce cannot happen again.

The second possibility is that Antonis saw that he could not survive in Rome, so he decided to lead the Kingdom of Egypt to rebel. This would cause Vespa a lot of trouble, and the Parthians in the east were still watching. Well, Egypt is not Parphy, and troops from the Syrian province must be mobilized to quell the rebellion. At this time, the Parthians may take advantage of the situation.

The third possibility is that the Kingdom of Egypt felt that it could not resist the Romans, and instead of following Antonis in the rebellion, it controlled him. At this time, Orville would not be able to advance his transformation plan. At this time, the Egyptians may not kill him directly like they did to the defeated Pompey in history. Orville will have no reason to interfere in Egypt's affairs. Even if he comes up with a far-fetched excuse, I am afraid it will still be difficult to convince the public. , and there are too many unstable factors.

All in all, Orville felt that it was definitely not a good idea to bring the matter to the central government. The best option might be to resolve the matter first and then report the results to the central government.

It has become an established fact. Antonis's crimes were indeed enough to kill him several times. With Vespa mediating in the middle, the Senate could not do anything to Orville even if they complained. Orville would not waste time arguing with them. And aristocracy, they can't help it.

The problem now is how to suppress Antonis and the Ptolemaic royal family with the thousands of people at hand. It is really difficult. Orville thought about it for a while and couldn't find a solution.

On the contrary, King Ptolemy has been asking him about Emperor Vespa's attitude towards Cleopatra. Orville didn't know about it when he just pretended to be stupid and said it. He also had no decision-making power. The specific decision had to wait. The Senate discussed with the emperor and made a decision after reaching a consensus.

Ptolemy returned without success several times, and there was little progress on Orville's side. He couldn't keep delaying it like this. Sooner or later, the Senate would come up with a countermeasure, and even if the emperor wanted to delay, after all, Egypt was a big deal. , it will not take too long, otherwise it may cause panic in the local area. Orville had to find a way to resolve the matter before the news spread.

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While he was thinking hard, a servant informed him that a visitor was coming, saying that he was sent by Cleopatra to give him a gift.

Surprised in his heart how the other party got through Ptolemaic's blockade, Orville asked the other party to come in with a gift.

When they met, there were three or five people carrying a blanket. Trajan, who was responsible for the reception and review next to him, looked a little embarrassed. Orville probably understood what was going on.

He also thought it was interesting and wanted to tease young Trajan, otherwise he would never have a chance in the future, so he asked him: "Is it okay?"

"No, no problem." He stuttered for a moment, then quickly lowered his head.

"Okay, it's a blanket. Just step back and I can check it myself."

Trajan was eager to leave quickly and immediately wanted to move. At this time, the servant holding the blanket next to him became anxious: "How can such a noble person as you do such a heavy work yourself? Otherwise, let us open it for you."

"I told you to just retreat. Don't make me say it a second time. You will be treated well. You have worked hard on the carriages and horses. Take the people down."

Hearing Orville's unusually serious tone, Trajan, who was anxious to retreat, quickly tried to pull these servants away. As a gifted person, he certainly had considerable strength. These men did not dare to fight back and were dragged away directly.

After clearing away the people around him, Orville walked down from his seat, took a marching stick (similar to a hiking stick) from the side, then squatted down in front of the carpet, exerted a little strength, and poked the carpet. middle section.

"You can come out on your own, I won't bother you. There are differences between men and women, so it's not appropriate for me to do it."

After hearing Orville's words, the carpet immediately began to squirm, but because both ends were tied with ropes, the people inside could not break free at all.

Orville looked at the squirming carpet and couldn't hold back his smile. He laughed a few times without restraint. After he calmed down his breath, he reluctantly cut the rope for the other party. Cleopatra, who was wearing light clothes, poked out. Come on.

It stands to reason that a stunning beauty dressed like this should be quite tempting, but Orville's appearance made it very comical. He couldn't hold back his laughter and covered his mouth and laughed several times.

After waiting for almost half a minute, seeing that the other party's expression was too aggrieved, Orville spoke to the other party: "So who asked you to do this?"

Cleopatra couldn't help but feel wronged, and said in a clear and melodious voice: "I just want to give you a surprise."

This is the legendary treatment of Caesar. It is said that Caesar was quite surprised when he received the gift, and talked with Cleopatra all night. Then, with Caesar's temper, it is very likely that he talked about several hundred million business.

However, Orville was not interested in doing so. Instead, he thought it was more interesting to expose the other party, so he did it directly.

Speaking of which, the two sides have been friends for several years, because they knew each other a long time ago when he was still the captain of the Luo Xie Army. Orville usually didn't have any airs when communicating with the other party. He did whatever he wanted, and there were not so many rules and regulations. The premise is that his men didn't see it, otherwise he would have to put on airs. Now that people have left, it doesn't matter.

"Forget it, you didn't consider that the attendant who checked the gift couldn't hide things in his heart. Even if you prepared well and didn't reveal the secret, he was almost shy on his face. How could I not know?"