Life, can I still sit here and drink wine?"

"But the emperor didn't reward you." Aaron smiled so hard that his eyes were crooked: "And if you weren't afraid, why did you leave the imperial capital and come to the south?"

Ma Wei's face, which was originally flushed due to drinking, seemed to be even redder. He argued: "Of course your Majesty cannot reward me, after all, your Majesty still has to rule those mediocre people. But in your heart, your Majesty must still appreciate me!"

Aaron's smile grew wider: "Then why did you escape from the Imperial Capital? Aren't you already very famous in the Imperial Capital?"

Ma Wei's breath stagnated. He held his forehead slumped and sighed: "The reason why I ran away is similar to the reason why Your Majesty executed Archduke Karl. Although Your Majesty doesn't want me to die, but... there are too many idiots in the emperor who want to

I want to use my blood to please Your Majesty...sigh..."

Aaron was so happy that he almost fell off his chair.

Ma Wei picked up another glass of wine and drank it silently with tears. The wine seemed not so beautiful anymore.

Aaron hesitated for a moment, then smiled and reached out to pat Ma Wei on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you will be able to return to the Eternal City sooner or later. If it doesn't work... If it doesn't work, I can help you say something nice."

Ma Wei looked Aaron up and down, and said rather insulted: "Looking at you, you look like you have never seen the world. You want to eat every dish, just like me!"

Aaron became angry: "I eat every dish once, that's because... that's just because I'm too hungry!"

"Okay, okay, don't explain." Ma Wei laughed nonchalantly, already getting rid of his upset mood. He reached out and brought the food plate placed on the inside of the table to Aaron, picked up two bottles of wine, and put them in

A bottle was quietly put into the inner pocket of his clothes: "It's free fine wine. If you don't drink it, it's free."

The two retaliated and wasted some of the empire's public funds.

Aaron suddenly remembered something was wrong and pushed Ma Wei hard, who almost choked to death.

"You lied to me!" Aaron's voice rose.

Ma Wei slapped his chest hard and coughed repeatedly: "What?"

"Not only did you change the scene in Act 2, Scene 5, you also changed the last scene! The original ending of "Romulus and Remus" had Romulus building the Eternal City and defeating the Epilians.

Witnessed by his subjects, he was taken away by the strong wind and ascended to heaven. But the last scene you changed made Romulo murdered by the nobles!" Aaron was furious: "You deliberately changed the good ending into a tragic ending, and you said it wasn't.

Are you humiliating the emperor?"

…

Romulus and Remus, Act 5, Scene 9.

The dying Romulo lay on his side, his robe stained red with "blood", and the dagger stuck in his chest was the same one he had used to kill his twin brother.

"Eternal City! Eternal City!" the dying Romulo cried out sadly: "You incompetent people! You can kill me! But who of you can inherit my career? You are not killing a king.

, you are killing the glory and greatness that belongs to the eternal city! This city will definitely experience disaster, and by then, you will think of me again.

The gods are not qualified to judge me, so they dismember my body and bury it on the seven hills. Do not cover my eyes. I will watch all this until the next true king comes. At that time, he will definitely give me

The most just trial.”

The trumpet sounded and the curtain slowly closed.

There was still dead silence in the audience, and no one dared to look back at the central box on the second floor. Theater owner Richard Bo's face was as pale as paper, and he was praying desperately.

After an unknown amount of time, someone's crisp applause came from the second floor of the theater. The sound was not loud, but it was undoubtedly a signal.

The whole theater burst into thunderous applause and cheers.

By the time the curtain was raised again and Ma Wei and the actors came on stage to pay their respects, the boxes on the second floor of the theater were already empty.

…

"Change a good ending into a tragedy!" Aaron asked aggressively: "And you said you weren't deliberately humiliating the emperor?"

Ma Wei was stunned after hearing this, but instead of rushing to explain, he poured himself a glass of wine silently: "I really had no choice but to change it to that ending."

"Is it forced?" Aaron was shocked and angry.

Ma Wei picked up the wine glass and sniffed it gently, with a proud and unrestrained smile on his face: "Because the artistic achievement of tragedy is high!"

At the same time, everyone in the St. Andrew's Hall clearly heard the high-pitched announcement from the master of ceremonies: "Prince Richard has arrived!"

Everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to the main entrance.

The heavy door slowly opened, and the elegant Prince Richard led a group of attendants and walked calmly into the banquet hall.

Perhaps because he was out of the shadow of the emperor, the young prince glowed with confidence and energy that was rare in the palace.
Chapter completed!