My XX deal with Sister Nero

But what if it was an envoy from the Han Empire?

So can we say that this is a foreign envoy coming to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Roman Empire?

The same thing, but because of Rosa's different identity, there are two completely different explanations.

Then a lot of things that happened afterwards can be explained.

As an envoy, he traveled across the entire Parthian Empire and many small countries around it alone, so he must be a good fighter, otherwise, he would have been killed by all kinds of bandits and rebels along the way. The fact that he was able to come here alive shows that this person really has extraordinary skills. And our Royal Highness, as everyone knows, has a wide range of friends, even including Christian leaders, who have had a certain friendship with His Highness. So it is normal that a foreign envoy can have a good relationship with His Royal Highness... Isn't this normal?

Therefore, the so-called good relationship is actually a misunderstanding. Rosa does not have a good relationship with both Nero and Tony, he only has a good relationship with Tony. As for why he can move around in the Roman Empire, the reason is that His Majesty Nero granted him permission to conduct an on-site investigation to see whether the two countries can establish bilateral trade relations.

Chapter 489 Big sister, come as summoned!

You see, once Rosa is given a "reasonable" title, everything Rosa does afterwards can be reasonably explained.

At Nero's instruction, the news that Rosa was an envoy of the Han Empire quickly spread in Rome. At the same time, Seneca and others made up some stories about Rosa and Tony that made people cry unconsciously, such as how the two sides had forged a friendship on the first battlefield of Parthia, and how Rosa followed Tony when Tony conquered the Picts.

In short, the whole story highlights two core points. The first is Rosa's identity, and the second is the relationship between Rosa and Tony.

"Envoy? Are you kidding me?" After hearing the latest story spreading in the city, Vanore sneered. What a bullshit envoy! If the other party is really an envoy of the Han Empire, then the other party must represent a country. A visit between countries... Would the Senate not know?

After all, the Senate represents the government of the Roman Empire, and the emperor is only the leader of this government.

If it were the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is possible that when an envoy from a certain country came to visit the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ministers did not know about it but the emperor knew about it. After all, including the Eastern Han Dynasty, almost all the dynasties in the Central Plains adopted the family-state model, which is the so-called "I am the state". The ministers did not need to know these things, but the emperor must know them.

But the Roman Empire was different. At this moment, the Roman Empire implemented the principal system. The emperor at the head had another identity, that is, the principal, and the emperor... this identity seemed more like a symbol of glory. The one who actually exercised the ruling power of the empire was the principal.

The head of state, that is, the chief senator, the so-called first citizen, the chief of the Senate, this title says it all. The ruler of the Roman Empire was not Nero alone, but the Senate, which had not yet completely lost its power.

Therefore, it was impossible for Nero to bypass the Senate and meet with foreign envoys alone.

Besides, even if Nero had such power, he would not do this. Except for the most critical power which was still in his hands, Nero could throw away the rest of the power and obligations so that he could have more time to do what he wanted to do and pursue art.

So Nero's words could not fool the Senate or the nobles, but they could fool the common people and low-level officials who were mainly freed slaves.

The reason is simple: these people simply do not understand what powers the head of state actually possesses.

Yes, Roman citizens did chat and discuss national policies in their spare time, but the national policies they discussed were only the national policies they thought were right. They had never been high-ranking officials, and many of them would never have any contact with these officials in their entire lives, so they had no idea what specific jobs these officials did, and they didn't understand which powers belonged to the Senate and which powers belonged exclusively to Nero.

The people were easily fooled. After Nero secretly sent someone to explain Rosa's identity, many things could be explained. Correspondingly, everyone also roughly understood that it was impossible for Rosa and Nero to have any improper relationship.

"This Nero, he really had some abilities. Although later generations rumored that he was incompetent and cruel, it is undeniable that if he didn't have some abilities, he wouldn't have been able to be the emperor for more than ten years in history, don't you think? Elector Lily." In a tavern, a young woman with black hair casually took a sip of grape juice from the glass and said to another woman sitting in front of her.

"Yes, miss." Elector Lily nodded.

The so-called organization in a narrow sense refers to the organization of a few people led by Rosa, Xiao Changtian and the young woman in front of him, while the organization in a broad sense includes all the forces under Rosa and all the forces under the command of this young woman.

In fact, the power under this young woman's command is much stronger than Rosa's.

As a woman herself, Elector Lily had no other thoughts except admiration when faced with this young woman who had built such a huge empire with her own abilities.

"So, the person that guy discovered this time, His Royal Highness the Prince of the Roman Empire? Is he a time traveler?" The woman took off a button-like device attached to her throat and asked in English.

"Yes, that's right." Elector Lily was stunned at the woman's behavior, but then he reacted and answered in English.

"I see. I was wondering why your emperor was determined to let this prince join the organization. If he is a time traveler, then it makes sense." The young woman nodded. "Okay, prepare some information about this guy named Tony for me to see. Since your emperor asked me to protect this kid, I have to know a little bit about his personality and quirks."

As she spoke, the young woman took the button from the table and stuck it back to her throat, then stood up and said, "I will take a good rest these few days. When your emperor comes back, ask him to come find me."

"Yes, ma'am."

Rosa and Tony came back quickly.

Unlike the previous time when he set out with a large army, this time Tony only brought dozens of personal guards back to Rome. Fortunately, halfway through the journey, he heard that Nero had roughly controlled public opinion in the city, and even... there was no need to sacrifice Rosa.

"So now, the initiative is in the hands of you and Nero. If necessary, you can use this opportunity to suppress the Senate." In a villa on the outskirts of Rome, Rosa looked at the crescent moon in the sky and suddenly spoke.

"Hmm? Suppressing the Senate at this moment?" Tony was stunned for a moment, touched his chin and thought for a while, "It's not a good idea, right? If the domestic political situation is turbulent at this moment, it will inevitably cause a series of problems on the front line..."

"What are you thinking?" Rosa sneered, looking at Tony as if he were a fool and said, "To cause political unrest, this is not just a falling out between you and the Senate, this is a fight to the death, right? Brother, for now, unless you want to rob their house or become a Roman mother hunter, these nobles will never fight you to the death."

Having said this, Rosa paused for a moment before continuing, "The most you can do is use this incident to disgust the Senate and weaken its reputation. Do you think the Senate will choose to fight you to the death just because you disgust them?"

"...I don't want to." Tony shook his head. If the Roman Senate was going to fight Tony to the death just for this, then... they would have already started fighting to the death.

PS: I feel so stupid these past two days, I even got the chapter number wrong

Chapter 490 Are you also a Jing Luo?

There is a phrase called "fish in troubled waters" and another phrase called "retreat in order to advance."

Of course, these two words have nothing to do with Rosa's plan.

Rosa's strategy can actually be summed up in four words: use the opponent's force against you.

There are three parties in the whole war of public opinion: Tony, Nero, and the Senate. Tony and Nero can be counted as one faction, but because the two sides are not in sync, Rosa counts Nero and Tony as two factions when calculating the factions.

Now, Nero has identified Rosa as an envoy of the Han Empire. If Nero and Tony stop here, then it will be a draw between them and the Senate. Rosa will not die, and the Senate will be fine. No one will benefit. It is not unacceptable to end the fight in a draw.

But neither Tony nor Rosa wanted it to end like this.

Tony was bent on weakening the Senate and turning the Roman Empire into an absolute monarchy, while Rosa... was simply unhappy about being schemed against by the Parthian Empire and wanted to find someone to vent his anger on.

So Rosa's plan was simple.

Still killing himself.

But this time, killing Rosa is not as easy as before.

Before, Rosa was a slave, but now, Rosa is an envoy of the Han Empire.

Killing a slave would not cause any trouble, but if an envoy was killed, the consequence... might be a war between the two countries.

So Rosa's plan was to let Tony kill him, the "envoy of the Han Empire", and then tell everyone that Rosa was executed and the Han Empire was offended. From now on, your silk and other valuable items from the far East would be gone, because the Han Empire could no longer sell anything to the Roman Empire after its own envoy was executed.

Even further, the Han Empire is likely to join forces with the Parthian Empire to attack the Roman Empire in order to avenge this envoy!

Perhaps the Han Empire would eventually choose to give up attacking the Roman Empire because of the long journey, but it is possible to impose economic sanctions, such as banning the export of certain items.

By then, without the new and exotic things from the East, would the Roman nobles be happy?

No, they can't be happy about it.

In this situation, who would they hate? Tony, who executed Rosa? Or the Senate, who used public opinion to force Tony to execute Rosa?

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. What Rosa wants is to let everyone know that your Royal Highness the Prince has reached an agreement with the Han Empire to import more novelties for the Romans to enjoy, while the Senate has been secretly making trouble, forcing Tony to execute Rosa and cutting off everyone's financial resources.

Do you think the nobles are angry?

This is Rosa's plan to use the opponent's force to his advantage.

"After we enter the city tomorrow, you will put me in jail as planned, and then go to the hotel to find an Asian. Well, there should be only one Asian in that hotel. Find her and ask her to come see me. By the way, arrange to bring in my shadow warrior." Rosa suddenly spoke after looking at the moon outside the window for a while.

"Huh? Her? The new guard you arranged for me has arrived?" Tony asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Guard? No, no, no, she is not a guard. Don't be too harsh on her. Theoretically, she and I are at the same level in the organization I belong to. I can't let her be your guard." Rosa waved her hand, turned around and said to Tony.

The same level? Tony touched his chin thoughtfully.

So, Rosa shouldn't be the leader of this organization? Maybe he's just a high-ranking official?

Looking at Tony's thoughtful expression, Rosa could probably guess what he was thinking, but Rosa didn't care, because he knew that as long as Tony joined the organization, Tony would get all the answers he wanted.

Silent all night.

At noon the next day, almost the entire city of Rome was in an uproar because of a piece of news.

Tony is back, and he's back with Rosa!

And Tony has Rosa locked up!

This move caught the entire Senate off guard.

What is this operation?

After Nero announced that Rosa was an envoy of the Han Empire, the Senate did not come out to refute the rumor that Rosa had no relationship with the Han Empire. On the one hand, it was because they themselves were not sure, and on the other hand, they seemed to be giving in.

I admit what you said, but please don't cause trouble for us by pestering us.

This is the attitude the Senate wants to express.

But now, Tony is back, bringing Rosa back with him, and locking Rosa up!

Ok? !

No, big brother! Isn't Rosa your man?! I understand that you want to excuse a guy who is so good at fighting, but what do you mean by locking him up just because of a disagreement?!

Brother, I don't understand what you are doing!

At this time, not to mention the Senate, even Nero didn't understand Tony's actions.

Did his brother really believe the rumors in the city? If that was the case, then... wouldn't he have to execute Rosa?

No, I can't do this! If I execute Rosa, I will regret it after I learn of his true identity!

Although I don’t understand why Rosa hasn’t told Tony her true identity to save her life until now, but... Rosa can’t die!

Thinking of this, Nero hurriedly left her study and came to Tony's bedroom. She planned to tell Tony his true identity on behalf of Rosa.

However...Tony was not in the palace at the moment.

"Are you Tony? Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus?" After taking a closer look at the blond handsome boy in front of her, a young woman with a typical Asian face touched her chin thoughtfully and asked.

"You are... the person Rosa mentioned?" Looking at the young woman, Tony scratched his head in confusion. Why did this girl, like Rosa, give him a familiar feeling even though it was the first time they met?

How is this going?

"The fact that you can mention Rosa means that you are the person I am looking for." The young woman shrugged and said nonchalantly, "I don't have as many fancy things as Rosa. Let me introduce myself. My name is Shen Xiaofan. As for how you want to call me... it's up to you. You can call me Miss like Lily Elector and the others, or you can call me something else."

Lily Elector?

Tony's heart moved. Elector...isn't that a title of nobility in the Holy Roman Empire?

As we all know, the Elector is a unique title of the Holy Roman Empire, and it is a prince who has the right to elect the "Emperor of the Romans". However, among the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire, there is no one called the Lily Elector, so... he can understand the Elector, but what is the identity of the Lily Elector? Is it also used to elect the "Emperor of the Romans"?

Rosa...is she also a smart one?

Chapter 491: Rosa and the Shadow Warrior

It's no surprise that Rosa is a smart one.

Based on the conversation between Tony and Rosa, it is not difficult to judge that Rosa is a moon man and also a wise Paradox player. The biggest feature of Paradox players is... they always use various means to revive the Roman Empire. So you say Rosa is a Roman enthusiast, come on, this is too normal.

At least compared to those Venetian governors who played the role of Venice taking over Constantinople, turning it into Byzantium and then hanged themselves... Rosa, who played the role of Byzantium breaking the deadlock, can really make people see at a glance that this guy is a pro-Roman conservative.

But then again, in the eyes of some elite Romans, the Roman Empire should specifically refer to the "Senate and the Roman People", as well as its two successors, the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Although some elite Romans also acknowledge that both the Holy Roman Empire and the Green Roman Empire are Rome, but..., this should not include Rosa, right?

Well, that’s getting off topic.

Taking a closer look at the young woman in front of him, Tony could vaguely sense that this person had a kind of...the temperament of a superior.

Judging from her appearance, the woman in front of him seemed to be in her early twenties, with a cute face and a good figure. But for some reason, this girl always had the aura of a superior and a faint smell of blood.

Of course, this smell of blood is not a real smell, but it means that the person in front of me... she has been on the battlefield.

"You are very alert." The woman named Shen Xiaofan looked at Tony with some appreciation and nodded, "You are right. I, Shen Xiaofan, have another title, and that is the Queen of War."

"Queen of War?" Tony was stunned at first when he heard the nickname, and then he seemed to understand something.

"That's right, my last job was just a maid in a maid cafe. Later, for some reason, I joined an army and followed this army to fight against tyranny. In the end... I became the leader of this army." Shen Xiaofan shrugged, looking nonchalant.

Listening to Shen Xiaofan's calm voice, Tony subconsciously leaned back.

This... I don’t know what to say.

"Okay, that's enough chit-chat. Tony, you make the arrangements. Elector Lily and I need a legitimate identity in the Roman Empire, and we also need a place to live in the palace. Then, after you bring Rosa's shadow warrior to exchange him out, I will discuss something with him... He knows what I want to say to him, so you can just tell him to come and see me." After looking at Tony, Shen Xiaofan suddenly spoke calmly.

Tsk! Where is the gentle big sister you promised me? Why does this big sister give people a feeling of... being very strong?

Maybe it has something to do with her experience?

Well, never mind. Anyway...it seems better to avoid provoking her.

After chatting casually with Shen Xiaofan, Tony took Rosa's shadow warrior towards the prison.

But to be honest, when Tony saw Rosa's Shadow Warrior for the first time, he almost thought that this guy was Rosa himself. The appearance was similar, but this guy's voice, posture, movements, and even some of his subconscious actions... were exactly the same as Rosa!

Is this the so-called Shadow Warrior? Isn't this too strong?

And... I heard that this guy is very powerful. Although he can't compare to a top psychic like Rosa, according to the Lily Elector, this guy's strength is such that he can easily be ranked in the top 200 in Rosa's world.

So it’s no wonder that Rosa would feel so sad to sacrifice such a guy.