Chapter 15 An Uneasy Beginning
"Do you have any objection to my decision, Sir Baptist?" Antonia Doria asked back with a sarcastic look at the other party.
Sir Baptist waved his hand, "I can't say there is any objection, I just have some questions. Have you really discussed with Lord Justinian what consequences will you do?"
"What to discuss?"
"Of course it is you who use the Princess Odosia as bait. I think you should know this point, what it means to expose her existence at this time!" Baptist's silent eyes shone towards the princess who were leaving with a hint of compassion. "The brighter the light is, the easier it is to be swallowed by the darkness. Neither Agrignon nor Rusnina, they will tolerate her threat of Thessalonica. If they cannot control it with their own hands, they will use any means to make it disappear. You are so generous with the name of Queen Odosia to repair the church and provide relief to the victims. I think you are not doing charity!"
Seeing that the other party revealed his true purpose in front of him, a smile of admiration appeared on the face of the Genoese girl, and nodded and replied: "It seems that it is true that the guy Justinian is willing to entrust this place to you. You are right, but it is not completely correct. I just hope to use this method to focus all the annoying guys here. Although it is a bit risky, it is effective enough."
“Get their attention?”
"Yes, all I hope is to make the guys hiding in the darkness uneasy. A princess with the inheritance of the former emperor will not be indifferent to anyone who is interested in the purple-clothed Constantinople. Only when they are attracted by what they see, Justinian has the opportunity to return to Macedonia smoothly."
Antonia said without any concealment, and this was her real purpose. The journey to Molia was long, and the distance between them was far away, and in the middle, in addition to the territory where the old Macedonian nobles were intertwined, there was also the sphere of influence of Epirus. With Justinian's current power, long-distance marching with the army would definitely happen unexpectedly. What Antonia had to do was to concentrate everyone's attention back to Thessalonika.
This is undoubtedly a very crazy move. If there is any mistake, Thessalonika may face a catastrophe. Baptiste was shocked by the crazy chance of the girl in front of him.
"But this is probably not what Lord Justinian wants to see. If there is any mistake..."
"All chess games that are related to power have never been 100% sure. There is no regret for making a move. Chess players should never be worried about the gains and losses of chess pieces, but should be changes in chess games. I don't think that the little fox I know of Molia would have such weakness." Antonia tilted her head, and a long golden hair hung on her shoulders. At this time, the noon sunlight shone into the carriage, and her creamy skin showed a transparent texture.
But under such a beautiful face, Sir Baptist felt a hint of majestic and bitter breath as cold as the cold winter. Perhaps the monsters would chase each other! The man couldn't help but think. After a while of silence, he said:
"So what are you going to do next? There should be more important things to call me back."
"Of course that's the case." Antonia, who was sitting on the side, was obviously much more relaxed, and used her boots to hit the carriage carriage. Looking at the crowd that suddenly gathered and suddenly scattered and the princess who were gradually moving away, there was a smile on her face.
"I really want to ask you something."
"It seems not easy." Baptiste shrugged. "Tell me, I can serve you if I have anything, Miss."
When the man looked at the expression on the face of the girl who could be his daughter, he knew that what he wanted to do was not simple. Whether it was Justinian or the Genoese girl in front of him, whenever they smiled like this on their faces, it meant that someone was in trouble.
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Agrenion, a city that already existed in the Hellenistic era, is now an important western town in the Roman Empire. It plays an important role in resisting the Saracens or Roman pirates. It is precisely because of this reason that Theodor Ducas, as an earl, can easily compete with his illegitimate son brother.
It was half a year since the civil war broke out in Epirus, and the two sides had never decided the winner on the battlefield in Macedonia. From beginning to end, Prince Theodor felt the strangeness of this civil war. As the initiator of the civil war, Mikhail Ducas never made any big moves. This made Theodor feel a little impatient. He really couldn't understand what his brother was planning. He wanted to rely on
Agrignon's sturdy castle was waiting for it, but now this plan seems to have been completely lost. Faced with Rusnina's repeated troops to harass his territory in Macedonia, under the territory of Theodor, many nobles advocated taking the initiative to attack directly and attacking the opponent's nest, but in the end they were rejected by Theodor. He always felt something was wrong and hesitated, but the situation never improved, which made him more and more unable to hold back.
"Your Highness, come to report on the front line." The door was pushed open suddenly, and the waiter hurriedly submitted official documents and information. This kind of thick-handed and thick-legged approach undoubtedly angered Theodor Ducas.
"Will you knock on the door before you come in? Hendriel has never taught..." The prince Ben, who was about to be angry, was already halfway through his words, but he subconsciously called out the name, but he stopped and scolded him.
Hendriel, who was his secretary, was not by his side. It was obviously several months since the past, but Theodor was not used to it. Because he had seen through the exchanges between Hendriel and the Doria family, Theodor was furious and removed Hendriel from his position as Secretary Hendriel. A month ago, he heard that Justinian pacified Athens and unified the Southern Military Region, so he sent Hendriel as an envoy to persuade Justinian to surrender. But this time, Hendriel was
There was no news from Delier, which made Prince Tisador angry. In his opinion, this was simply a defection. All this was probably related to Justinian. When he thought of this, the man became even more annoyed. His biggest mistake at the beginning was to let the little fox of Molia go, but his brother also made the same mistake. Who would have thought that the blind emperor who was locked in the monastery would have such a trick.
Thinking of this, Theodor was called back by the servant beside him again, he realized that there was a thick stack of information in front of him. This was all the useful news that his subordinates had gathered. Since Hendriel disappeared, even dealing with these matters, Theodor felt it was very inconvenient.
Just as the man angrily repelled the young servant who didn't understand the rules, Theodor glanced at the corner of his eyes and swept the words in an emergency newspaper, suddenly stopped speaking, and the pupils of those eyes suddenly dilated.
Chapter completed!