My XX deal with Sister Nero

With the help of the maids, after untying the red ribbon behind his head, a maid took a comb and divided Nero's hair into six strands, and then fixed it on the top of his head with a woolen ribbon, forming a cone shape.

"Really? This hairstyle looks so ugly." Nero pouted as he looked at his new hairstyle through the mirror.

"Your Majesty, this Vestal Virgin hairstyle is the hairstyle that newly married women must have. It is a tradition." The maid said with a smile.

"Of course I know this is a tradition, but this tradition is really ugly." Nero curled his lips and muttered in a low voice.

With the help of his maid, Nero put on his wedding dress, a specially made white short-sleeved tunic and a girdle. Then, under the guidance of the maid, Nero personally tied a "true love knot" around his waist with a wool belt. According to tradition, this true love knot can only be untied by her husband, and this true love knot is said to be a witchcraft to protect the bride from jealous people.

After putting on his clothes, the maids put an orange-red rectangular veil on Nero, which symbolized that the woman was no longer single from then on. After the veil was put on, the maids changed Nero into a pair of orange shoes.

After the clothes are changed, the wedding ceremony officially begins!

"Your Highness, don't get excited later. Relax. Everything will be taken care of by the priests and ministers. You just need to follow their instructions and do it step by step." Outside the villa, Seneca, who was responsible for playing the role of Nero's elder, patted Tony on the shoulder gently and whispered.

According to tradition, the wedding should have been held in the bride's father's house, but both Nero's biological father Gnaeus and his later stepfather Claudius had died, and even his mother Agrippina the Younger had died. If it were not for this reason, Nero would not have allowed his teacher Seneca to serve as the elder on his side.

The "house" left by Claudius is of course the current imperial palace. This palace will also be the home of Nero and Tony in the future. Naturally, the first step of the wedding ceremony cannot be held here, so Nero chose his own villa in the suburbs.

It is also for this reason that Seneca, who acts as Nero's elder, can only wait outside the villa, waiting for Nero to change his clothes and let him in.

Just as Seneca was trying to comfort Tony, the door to the villa was opened. A maid-like girl pushed the door open and came to the crowd and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Seneca, and all the important officials of the empire, His Majesty invites you in."

"Huh!" Tony took a long breath, and after forcibly suppressing his inner restlessness, he said to the ministers behind him: "Come on, everyone, follow me in."

Entering the front yard of the villa, the first thing that caught Tony and others' eyes was the temporary altar and Mars sitting on the altar.

Looking at the statue of Mars, and then looking at the priest standing in front of the statue praying and fortune-telling, Tony suddenly sighed. Perhaps, among all the people present, except him and Nero, no one should know that this mythical god has actually lived until now. Perhaps no one knows that Mars... died not long ago.

"Now is an auspicious time to get married!" After a long divination ceremony, Tony finally got the words he wanted to hear the most.

Soon, supported by two maids, Nero, dressed in a wedding dress, slowly walked out of the house and came in front of Tony.

"How about it, brother? Do you think I look good?" Looking at his brother in a purple toga, Nero blushed and asked shyly.

"Emmmm, actually I think sister is very beautiful no matter when!" Tony looked at Nero innocently and answered.

"You're worthy of being my younger brother. Your little mouth is so sweet~" Nero pinched Tony's little face happily, with a happy smile on his face.

While the two were playing, the priest standing in front of the altar picked up the marriage contract that had been prepared long ago from the altar behind him. This marriage contract was signed by Nero and Tony in the Pantheon under the witness of the ancestor of God Romulus when they were engaged. And now, they need to write their names at the end of the marriage contract.

"Next, Your Majesty and Your Highness, please sign your names in the presence of all the ministers!" Taking the quill pen from a maid, the priest respectfully held the marriage contract and quill pen in both hands, handed them to Tony and Nero, and said slowly.

PS1: I don't know how many chapters I have to write later, but I'm worried that there will be too many chapters to finish before May st... so I might as well just write more in these few days... Well, there will be at least one chapter later.

PS2: Everyone knows that Nero had a bride, but considering that the background of this book is in the Roman Empire after all, latex suits and the like are not very consistent with the background of the times, although... ahem, right [funny], but anyway, I decided to choose the wedding attire of the time that is consistent with the background of the times rather than the bride, so everyone... can you understand a little?

Chapter 729: Wedding with My Sister (Part 2)

"Yes." Nero nodded slightly, picked up the quill pen with a serious face, and wrote his name at the end of the engagement.

Taking the quill from his sister, Tony took a deep breath, and then signed his name at the end of the engagement.

After seeing His Highness and His Majesty sign their names, the priest carefully put away the marriage contract and said to everyone: "Next, please have a simple meal here, and then we will proceed to the next step."

According to tradition, the next thing to do is the highlight of the wedding ceremony, which is to escort the bride to her husband's house. However, this ceremony will not begin until the sun sets in the evening. However, it is different for Nero, because this time they say it is an escort, but in essence it is similar to a parade. The journey is long and it takes a relatively long time. Therefore, after discussion, the senators, ministers, priests and others in the Senate who are responsible for the wedding ceremony decided to modify this step slightly. The parade will start almost after lunch.

……

After a simple lunch in Nero's villa, the highlight of the wedding began.

"Sorry, sister!" Looking at Nero standing next to Seneca, Tony coughed lightly, suddenly took a step forward, grabbed Nero's wrist, and pulled her behind him.

"Taraciso!"

Seeing Tony's action, all the ministers present shouted almost at the same time.

The word "Taraciso" originated from the Roman Monarchy. After the founding of Rome, due to the unbalanced ratio of men to women, Rome had to request a marriage alliance with the neighboring Sabines, but the Sabines rejected the Romans' request.

The Romans were no pushovers. While they invited the Sabines to a banquet they organized, they secretly mobilized troops and quietly attacked the Sabine city, kidnapping many young and beautiful Sabine beauties. The word "Tacasiso" is said to have originated from this military operation.

To a certain extent, this military action prevented the Romans from being destroyed right at the start. Perhaps in order to commemorate this military action, almost all Roman men, from the monarch to the slaves, would choose to imitate this primitive predatory marriage when they got married, and their relatives and friends around them would also shout "Taraciso".

Holding his sister's hand tightly, Nero and Tony walked out of the villa, surrounded by more than a thousand guards holding torches, and headed towards the direction of Rome.

According to tradition, at this time everyone should sing some traditional songs as the wedding march, but these songs are really vulgar. Singing this kind of songs at the Emperor's wedding... What do you think you are?

Ahem, it’s a joke.

In short, these songs are impossible to be sung at a wedding of this scale.

Well, fortunately, our Majesty Nero considered this problem. As a rare talented person in the empire, our Majesty Nero of course composed several songs overnight for everyone to sing.

It’s really... so touching!

Tony glanced secretly at his sister, and then at Vespasianus and others who were singing passionately. He was so moved that he almost cried.

Fortunately, it wasn’t my elder sister who sang it herself!

……

Soon, surrounded by the crowd, Nero and Tony came to a crossroads.

"Your Majesty." Seeing Nero stop, a maid came up to Nero very sensibly and handed a silver coin into his hand.

"Whoa~" Nero took the silver coin from the maid and threw it high up, making it fall at the intersection.

This is a worship of the god of the crossroads.

Then Nero took another silver coin from the maid and handed it to Tony.

"Brother, although I haven't prepared any dowry this time, this silver coin... is not only a traditional dowry, but also my promise to you. In the future, just tell me what you want. Even if it's the moon in the sky, I will pick it down for you!"

Wow!

I have to say, Tony was really happy from the bottom of his heart when he heard his sister's promise.

Nero didn't have any dowry? Of course... impossible!

The entire British province and the vassal tribes of the Roman Empire on the British Isles were all given to Tony. If such a huge sum of money is not considered a dowry... then what else is a dowry?

Is Tony great? He seems to know a lot, but he is essentially just a stupid netizen. Most of his knowledge comes from the Internet. In other words, any time traveler from modern society or any old netizen who has been surfing the Internet for ten years can know some knowledge that is not in his field.

He only knows the basics of this knowledge.

For example, he can make a simple matchlock gun or a musket, and even further, he can make a matchlock gun, but you ask him to make a submachine gun or an assault rifle? You ask him to make the three great guerrilla weapons?

He can't.

When it comes to inventions and creations, he only has some technology he bought online. As for governing the place or commanding troops to defend against the enemies... forget it. Although it seems that he has governed the British province in an orderly manner, and although it seems that he has commanded many battles, big and small, and won them all, but don't you think about how many capable ministers and brave generals he has under his command?

These dowries... Nero basically gave Tony two-thirds of the pillars of the Roman Empire government. Is this not considered a dowry?

However, Nero still felt that he owed his brother something, so he made such a promise to his brother.

"Huh...my sister's dowry, I actually received it a long time ago~" Tony smiled and said to Nero, taking the silver coins.

I had secretly made up my mind to protect my sister and to help her avoid that tragedy as much as possible. Now... maybe it's time for me to get down to work.

My sister has given herself to Tony, so Tony...should help her solve her problems, right?

That's what a fair trade should be, right?

After seeing Tony take the silver coin, Nero took out the third silver coin and handed it to the priest who was following him.

"I hope Mars can bless my younger brother to grow up safely." Nero said silently in his heart as he watched the priest take the silver coin from her hand.

According to tradition, the third silver coin should have been delivered to the household god of the husband's family, but Nero and Tony... their household god is Mars, so in a sense... Mars received double the gifts?

PS1: Is this a note? Many people may not know yyut mentioned in the main text. Let me briefly introduce yyut, that is, Suzuki Yuta, a Japanese YouTuber... Singer? Anyway, he is a person who hates his own talent. He can play any instrument and sing, and has a strong ability to improvise and compose. It can be said that with a little training, he can become a Japanese Jay Chou. But he hates his own talent. The songs he composes are either about racing or taking shit. His two representative songs will always be nailed to the taboo list of Bilibili. Whoever sings them will die. Of course, a small number of lucky people can still be alive and kicking after singing them.

PS2: I have three chapters planned for tonight, and the rest will be posted tomorrow... You guys can read them? I have been very upset these past few days, especially today and tomorrow. I need to relax and change my mind. I may continue writing later, but the update will probably be in the middle of the night. I suggest you read it tomorrow when you get up.

That’s all! Thank you in advance for your company. There are only two days left, and I will try my best to make sure this book doesn’t end badly.

Chapter 730: Wedding with My Sister (Part 2)

After Nero handed the silver coins to the priest, Tony took a handful of hazelnuts from a maid, glanced at the people standing around, and scattered the hazelnuts to the crowd.

In the Roman Empire, hazelnuts symbolized fertility, and the meaning of this was... naturally... to have a son soon!

After a short stay at this intersection, Nero and Tony began to walk towards the next intersection surrounded by the crowd.

In fact, according to tradition, newlyweds only need to pay these three silver coins in total. But Nero is different. Nero is the emperor and the chief elder of the empire. Can she... be like ordinary people?

What she wanted was luxury, what she wanted... was for the entire city of Rome to celebrate her and her brother's wedding!

She wanted to hear the cheers of the whole city of Rome, and she wanted to see all the Roman citizens cheering for her wedding!

Therefore, every time they passed a crossroads, Nero held this small ceremony again. This small ceremony would have taken some time, and this parade was deliberately arranged to take a long detour so that everyone in the country could celebrate together. By the time Nero and his party arrived at the gate of the palace, the sun was almost setting.

"Huh... Next, it's time for the last few performances of the day." Tony took a look at the crowd on the square in front of the palace and breathed a sigh of relief. He said to the two little boys from the Claudius family's branch who were leading the crowd, "Be careful when you throw torches later, don't hurt anyone."

"Yes, Your Highness." One of the little boys answered timidly without even turning his head.

According to custom, the wedding procession is led by two little boys, who hold torches lit from Nero's Villa and walk at the front of the procession. One of the two torches must be made of hawthorn branches, because people believe that hawthorn trees can drive away evil spirits. When everyone arrives at the new home, the two little boys will throw away the torches in their hands, just like the bride will throw away the bouquet of flowers two thousand years later. The guests will compete for them, because the torch represents longevity, and everyone hopes to get this torch with good meaning.

After looking at each other, the two children walked around Nero and Tony, found a deserted place, and threw the torches in their hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Highness!" The two torches were snatched by two young generals almost the moment they landed on the ground. The two generals bowed and saluted Nero and Tony happily while holding the torches.

After the two men left, Tony glanced at Nero, and then... it was Nero's turn.

"Your Majesty." Nero came to the pillar in front of the palace gate with two maids holding wooden bowls in their hands. He stretched out his hand, dipped a little oil in a bowl on his hand, and then wiped the pillar.

Then she took some pig fat from another bowl and smeared it on the pillar as well.

This symbolizes that prosperous days will come... Well, although for the Claudius family, they seem to be the richest family in the empire.

"Huh." After wiping the oil and fat off his hands, Nero took a wool thread from the maid and wrapped it around the doorpost.

Looking at the wool thread entangled on the doorpost, Tony subconsciously turned his head.

It’s...it’s too unbearable to look at!

Perhaps the ancestors who invented this process did not think about the fact that a queen would appear in the Roman Empire by chance in the future. It is precisely for this reason that this process... The meaning is strange no matter how you look at it.

After all, tying wool yarn symbolizes that the bride will take this as her "career".

To put it simply, it means staying at home to take care of your husband and children.

But you let the monarch of a country stay at home to take care of his husband and children...oh, what a joke!

Well, that’s the implication anyway, but no one forces you to do this, right?

Just as Nero tied the rope and prepared to step into the palace gate, the old and frail priest following behind Nero suddenly widened his eyes, then quickly stepped forward to stop Nero: "Your Majesty, you cannot cross this threshold!"

"What do you mean?" Nero asked with his eyes narrowed, looking at the priest standing in front of him.

"Ahem, sister, have you forgotten that if you are newly married, the first time you enter the house... you cannot go in by yourself. You need to be carried over the threshold." After coughing, Tony gently pulled Nero's hand and said.

"Ah..." Nero scratched his head awkwardly and began to change the subject: "Well, brother, you are still young, you can't hold your sister, right?"

Of course I can’t hold it anymore!

Looking at my sister's... ahem, that, right, it's this big, right? It must be a bit heavy, right? !

"My sister isn't heavy at all, but... to lift her, of course we'll have someone get a chair out and carry my sister in~" As he spoke, Tony snapped his fingers lightly, and then two young men in togas slowly walked out from the door.

"The rest is up to you, Rosa." Turning his head to look at one of the men, Tony said with a grin.

"Okay, leave it to me." As he spoke, Rosa turned his head and glanced at the other man standing next to him and said, "Old Ten, what are you still doing standing there? Go and move the chair over here."

"Fuck!" He raised his middle finger to Rosa without any hesitation. The man called Lao Shi brought out a chair from the side and said to Rosa: "I am the CEO of a company after all. Can you be polite to me?"

"I am still the king of a country! Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!" Rosa muttered as she grabbed a chair and placed it behind Nero, nodding and bowing to her: "Your Majesty Nero, please sit down."

"Okay~" Holding Tony's little hand, Nero sat on the chair with a happy face.

"Lift up the sedan chair!" Speaking in fluent Chinese, at Rosa's shout, he and Old Eleven lifted up the chair, and then... stepped over the threshold.

"Thank you~" After they put him down, Nero stood up and said to Rosa with a smile.

Standing up from the chair, Nero looked at the basin of water and the bonfire at the door. Then she quickly reached out and waved her hand over the flame, and then quickly put her hand into the basin of water.

"Fire and water have already touched, so finally, Your Majesty, please... go to the final destination~" Smiling at Nero, Rosa turned sideways like a gentleman, stretched out his hand towards the white wedding bed in the center of the front yard, and made a "please" gesture.

Chapter 731: You can’t let your sister stay unable to get out of bed, right?

In the Roman Empire, weddings usually lasted two days. The first day was spent holding these tedious wedding ceremonies. After the bride arrived at the wedding bed in the evening, the whole ceremony came to an end. After Tony threw some nuts, candies and cakes to the crowd, the wedding finally entered the last step, which was the wedding banquet.

"Boy, since you are still young, I won't let you drink." Rosa came to Tony with two wine glasses in his hands. He handed the glass of orange juice in his left hand to Tony and said, "Here, I give you this. Just clink glasses with me. Tonight...it's up to you tonight."