Chapter 331: The Banquet
The brief meeting soon ended, and according to Roman custom, the initiator of the banquet, the Purple Room, decided to distribute bread and other food for free to the citizens in the audience.
"Come with me, my faithful general!" Valentinian III changed his words a lot faster, he pulled Luga past the statues left by the emperors set up at the gate of the Senate, unlike Luga, these things that were completely meaningless to Valentinian He didn't want to stay here for a moment, he was so impatient, he just wanted the senators in the Senate to see, this emerging general "come" from the Eastern Empire!
As soon as I entered the gate of the Senate, the temperature dropped in an instant, and it was worthy of being a warm place in winter and cool in summer, and the care of these senators was really meticulous. A bright light cast from the huge hollow overhead, illuminating the chamber as bright as the day outside.
The seats inside were filled with people, all of whom were senators of the Senate, who combed their hair in an orderly manner and trimmed their beards to make them look comfortable and natural. Dressed in white toga robes and red shirts, they looked at Valentinian III and Luga in unison, and they didn't see a hint of surprise on their faces as if they were prepared for such a sudden invention, as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Luga looked around the stage and saw a few familiar people, of course, the only ones who were familiar, but Luga didn't have a good impression of them, especially the old guy Remitius. He sat in the second row, and he didn't seem very interested in the speech, his head bowed and playing with his fingers, looking absent-minded.
Probably accustomed to such a public gaze, Valentinian seemed to be down-to-earth and generous, and did not feel restrained in the slightest. He straightened the golden laurel crown on his head, walked to the oratorium of the Senate, pointed to Luga, who was standing aside, and shouted to the senators in the audience: "Now I have to solemnly introduce to you!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Lujia in the audience and said to the elders in front of him: "Our heroes! Flavis. Luga! ”
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The sparse applause from the audience can prove what kind of status Luga has for their senate now. However, he did not feel any surprise, the only surprise was that there were still people willing to applaud him, even if it was extremely reluctant.
"Of course, as Augustus, I need to say a few words." When the sparse applause stopped, Valentinian began his speech at the Senate Council. Of course, this is all the tirade that politicians are accustomed to, and Luga stood aside and didn't listen to a word, and the senators, who had long been accustomed to listening, naturally pretended to be loyal listeners, and Luga guessed that this was probably the location of Queen Regent Platitia, who was standing at the door of the council hall, so that these staunch supporters of Queen Regent's policy had to sit here.
As Valentinian III's speech was on the rise, Luga looked back and met his eager gaze at first glance.
"Oh my God, no!" Luga quickly avoided those eager gazes, trying not to look at her, the woman who was still thinking about herself, no, her sister. Lickinia was standing behind Luga, and now Lujia looked like a victor, how could she not make this young girl fall in love with her, although she could only be regarded as a woman now. The few seconds of staring at each other were enough for Lickinia, and she smiled, lowered her head, and stroked her slightly bulging belly. Looking up at Luga's back in front of him, and looking down at his belly covered by loose robes, there seemed to be some subtle connection in it, but Luga didn't know anything about it.
The long speech finally ended with Valentinian's mouth dry, and Luga stood with his legs numb, and he had nothing to do during this time, just staring at Remitius, who had no intention of listening, and the anger that burst out of each other's eyes was eager to burn each other.
It was finally over, and then it was time for the banquet, and Luga covered her rumbling belly and followed Valentinian all the way to the carriage without daring to look back. Because he is also a member of the Flavis family, since he is a hero of the empire, he can't share any adopted sons. So Luga was pulled by Valentinian into his splendid carriage, and the same was Gara. Platitia sat down with Lickinia. Andrew was not so lucky, he was allowed to walk with the carriage with the eagle banner in his hand, which was tiring, but it was a great honor for Andrew to be able to escort Augustus, and he was more than happy to do it.
On the contrary, Luga was a little embarrassed in the car, and the Augustus of the empire plus the regent and Liquinia were the people he wanted to avoid the most from beginning to end. Now four people are in a carriage, each with different thoughts in their hearts, there is no common topic at all, no one breaks the silence, and the scene is awkward for a while.
"Lord Luga!" Finally, the regent, Prasettia, who has a wealth of experience in dealing with people, broke the awkward silence and only listened to her ask, "I heard that you taught those invincible Vandals a hard lesson in Carthage, can you tell me the specific story?" I don't know if there was no historian to give them a detailed description or what, but the Queen Regent was surprised to listen to this.
"Oh, okay, okay!" In the face of the regent's request, Luga naturally did not dare to slack off, after all, this was a woman who could threaten Aetius. No one can say how capable she is, so Luga secretly told herself in her heart, "You must be careful!" Luga told the three people in the car about the war, of course, he was also an excerpt, mainly about the naval battle with the Vandals, plus he had the talent to brag, but also because of his own experience and was able to narrate the details, what he said made the three listeners fascinated, the most fascinating of them was Valentinian, because the last defeat had made him disqualified from commanding the army, but he was desperate to be able to hold the military power, he listened to Luga's description, It didn't even feel like the carriage had stopped.
"Here we are, Caesar!"
The coachman's call outside the car brought Valentinian back to his senses.
"Oh, oh, oh my God!"
Realizing his gaffe, Valentinian quickly apologized to Luga and turned his head to open the curtains. Already outside the palace of the Royal Palace, the destination arrived.
"Hey! Luga! Valentinian looked back at Luga triumphantly and said, "Come on, let you see what I have in store for you?" ”
"Oh my God, I'm so tired!" Although Luga's face was full of smiles, he still secretly complained in his heart.