Chapter 199 I swear by the orthodox Targaryen blood
Chapter 199 I swear by my orthodox Targaryen blood
After marrying Lady Lysa Arryn, Baelish gained the title of Guardian of the Vale. By virtue of his dual identity as the adoptive father of young Lord Robin Arryn and the husband of Lady Lysa, Littlefinger could barely reconcile
to move the army of House Arryn.
Fortunately, Arthur ordered all the families in the valley to send troops northward, either to recapture Winterfell or to assist the Night's Watch in resisting the wildling army, so the military strength of each family in the valley dropped by several levels.
Regarding the valley with the strongest defense in the Seven Kingdoms and Littlefinger hiding in the Eagle's Nest City, Arthur really doesn't have many powerful means to deal with it now.
Therefore, we can only use the unattractive method of "assassinating the guest".
The reason for using Aegon the Blood, a reckless man, is that if something goes wrong in the future, the Freys will be able to take the blame.
The meeting with the eldest son of Innis was arranged in the North Drum Tower Arms Room of the Red Keep.
The North Drum Tower is one of the seven iron-roofed drum towers in the Red Keep. From the lookout of the Drum Tower, you can also see the Rhaenys Hills and Dragon Cave ruins on the northwest side.
After the communication between Marquis Frey and his son was completed, all irrelevant personnel exited the small room, leaving the king and the bloody Aegon who secretly entered King's Landing.
"I know that you don't think highly of your father, and you don't want to inherit his title and territory."
Arthur first made some common sense, and then changed the subject, "But if you want to get what you deserve as the eldest son, I can order your father to do something that is in line with the laws of the kingdom..."
"Just maintain the status quo, Your Majesty." Aegon Bloody snorted and rejected the king's kindness.
He also knew that he would never be able to obtain the Hedu territory and Twin River City from his father after being charged with parricide.
And his father also preferred his younger brother, Rhaegar Frey, known as "Bug".
Arthur smiled slightly and said, "Inis also told you where you are going this time, right?"
It's late at night, so it's better to keep the story short and go back to chat with the women.
Bloody Aegon nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Heartstown, the territory of the Corbray family. As far as I know, the old widower Leonor Corbray fell in love, and Lord Petyr Baelish arranged it and introduced the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Seagull Town.
To old Earl Corbray."
Arthur briefly introduced the background, and then explained the mission in detail: "On the day when old Corbray marries the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Baelish and several major nobles who support him will appear in Heart City.
Nephew Black Walder will also be there. All you have to do is kill Black Walder and Petyr Baelish."
Ansu City is located near the bay south of the Five Fingers Peninsula, not far from the Eagle's Nest City.
Bloody Aegon nodded, "I understand, this time, either I die or Black Walder dies."
Black Walder's death was in the best interest of his family, so Aegon the Bloody responded this way.
But Arthur didn't think so. Killing Littlefinger was the biggest purpose of this trip, and Black Walder was just adding to the problem, so the king emphasized again:
"Petyr Baelish is the most important target. Even if he escapes to the Eagle's Nest, you have to kill him and chop off his head."
It's not enough to just let people work without giving them any benefits. Arthur used a "carrot" hanging on his head to tempt Aegon the Blood to work hard:
"As long as you complete your mission, I will issue an order to absolve you of all culpability and let you walk in the world without guilt."
People like Aegon Bloody did not like worldly things, so the king made such a promise.
"I will complete the mission, not only for you, but also for my father."
Aegon, who was born to do dark work, responded like this.
The king was very satisfied with this, patted him on the shoulder and left.
Arthur I, who brought Angie Bracken, Podrick, Will and a large number of escorts, did not want to return to Maegor's Tower in such a swagger. In order to cover up others' eyes, he led his people in a large circle around the walls of the Red Keep.
We walked around to the South Drum Tower, where you can see Blackwater Bay, and then took the opportunity to go to the Prime Minister's Tower to see Queen Margaery.
As a royal dormitory, the number of floors of Maegor's Tower does not follow the characteristics of the Red Keep associated with the Seven. The reason is very simple. After King Maegor who built this building came to power, he fought six armed forces with the Seven Gods such as the "Poor Gathering".
Year, how can you abide by the rules of the Seven Gods?
In fact, Maegor's Tower has nine floors. Except for the "Queen's Ballroom" that connects the first and second floors, the remaining seven floors have master bedrooms that can be used by the royal family.
After all, Arthur decided to persuade Margaery to move into the master bedroom on the fifth floor of Maegor's House.
After climbing the steps of the Prime Minister's Tower, the guards on duty had already informed the nobles inside of the king's arrival.
Hobb Redwin was the first to welcome him into the "small hall" of the Prime Minister's Tower.
"Your Majesty, it's so late, why are you here in person?"
Although his father, Earl Paxter Redwyne, has taken office as the new King's Hand, I don't know whose rumor he followed, and Paxter did not live in the Hand's Tower.
"I suddenly want to see my wife and the child in her belly. Where is your father?"
Lord Redwyne should be living in a small courtyard near the godswood of the Red Keep, but Arthur knew better.
Hopper scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "He listened to a gossiping servant and said that there was a Prime Minister's curse in the Prime Minister's Tower, so he still lives in the Sea Lord's yard."
Counting from Jon Arryn, to Lord Eddard Stark, to Lord Tywin Lannister, to Cersei's short-lived Prime Minister Harris Swyver, and then to Mace Tyrell
, in just over two years, five kings died abnormally at their hands.
This made Earl Paxter suspicious, and after hearing something from a certain servant, he refused to move into the Tower.
"He can live wherever he wants, but the Prime Minister's Tower cannot be wasted. After Queen Margaery moves into Maegor's House, all the nobles and ladies of the Reach who are not relatives of members of the Royal Council will move in here for me.
Come."
Arthur ordered.
There are too many people living in the Red Fort in the River Bend, so the purpose of centralizing their residences is to facilitate management.
Hopper agreed. Where the people of the Reach lived was not his concern. The other meaning of the king's words was the important point.
"Is Queen Margaery moving into Maegor's House?"
The two of them talked as they walked and arrived at the door of Margaery's room.
A member of the queen's female companions had already opened the door for the king.
After seeing his wife in loose robes, Arthur I answered Hopper's question.
"That's right, my wife, Margaret, has to move into the master bedroom on the fifth floor of Maegor's House. It is the dormitory of the Targaryen family. It is better than the Hand's Tower in terms of safety and room splendor.
"
Nowadays, Margery has not yet reached the stage of showing her pregnancy. Apart from her loose clothes, it is basically impossible to tell that she is pregnant.
"Your Majesty, your late night visit made me feel unusual..." The queen of the Tyrell family looked a little happy, but I don't know if she was pretending or sincere.
Arthur held her arm and walked her to the bedside to sit down. "You are in good condition now. Don't be like Sansa who eats lemon cake all day long. Move around appropriately and eat more meat and vegetables."
Queen Margaery nodded heavily, seeming to be very concerned about her husband.
Just as these words were being said, five members of the female escort group had already poured into the room. These women piled up near the king and his wife. Although they did not interrupt, standing there gave Arthur a headache.
"Can't you Hebend ladies go and rest?"
"Your Majesty, being able to stay with the queen will give us enough energy."
The person who said this was a middle-aged woman, and Arthur guessed that this person was Jaina Tyrell, one of Margaery's two aunts.
"When you are energetic, you have to do something." The king looked around at these noble ladies and suddenly came up with an excellent idea.
These aristocratic ladies received education from nuns and bachelors since childhood. In addition to their own knowledge, they often have certain management abilities.
"Dear Margery, do you remember that I once mentioned things related to vocational education to you?"
Arthur asked.
Margaery nodded lightly. Of course she remembered what Arthur, a young nobleman, said to her outside High Court.
It's just that she doesn't understand why Arthur, who has become her husband, wants to talk about this matter at this time tonight.
"Now is a good time to carry out vocational education. In the next year or two, the Targaryen family will break the shackles of all the slaves in the free trade city-states, and these slaves often don't know what to do after they are freed.
It doesn’t matter what the meaning of life is.”
Arthur looked at the bewildered ladies from Hewan and explained in depth:
"The task I give you is to open schools in the monasteries and chapels in King's Landing to train a group of teachers who are eloquent and have some livelihood skills. In the future, we will help millions of slaves find a new direction in life.
.”
The three cities of Slaver's Bay, including Meereen, Astapor, and Yunkai, have revealed the problems of the new freedmen, and Arthur, who has been warned, will never make the same mistake.
Daenerys, who was also keen on breaking slave shackles, thought she was also very concerned about this issue. Arthur decided to have an in-depth discussion with the Dragon Queen on this issue after going back tonight.
Jaina Tyrell, Lady Alexa Bulwer and others stared at each other, not knowing what this meant.
Fortunately, Queen Margaery responded quickly. She said in a beautiful voice like a warbler: "There is no problem. You all must obey the king's order. From tomorrow on, you will go to conspicuous places in the city.
Proclaim the king’s laws and regulations, and begin to train teachers who meet His Majesty’s requirements.”
Although she also felt that her husband's proposal was outrageous. After all, the Targaryen family had only conquered the Stepstone Islands in history and had not managed it well. It was almost impossible to conquer the Free Trade City. But supporting the king is what the queen should do, not to mention
This thing sounds like it will be very beneficial to the reputation of House Tyrell, and it will not be in vain if it is done.
Under the reminder of Queen Margaery, all the ladies and ladies of the River Bend began to agree to the king's request.
This matter is of the same nature as when they sent clothes and food rations to homeless children in the monastery. The Tyrell family is very happy to use this method to enhance their influence in King's Landing.
After finding some work for the people of the Reach, Arthur felt much better. He finally told Queen Margaery to take a good rest and choose a day to move into Maegor's Tower.
The night after this, the king returned to the bedroom and had an in-depth and detailed discussion with Daenerys for half the night on the issue of career training after the slaves were liberated.
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The preparations for the war in the south went much smoother than Arthur thought.
Under the call of Loras, the Knight of Flowers, another army of nearly 10,000 people, mainly levies, was gathered in the eastern reaches of the Reach, such as Bumpton, Bitterbridge, and Longtable Hall. This was the second Dornish army.
Also gather near the Bone Road, and you'll be able to head north to the Stormlands in no time.
There are nearly ten thousand troops near King's Landing, but apart from sending Randyll and Tully's troops away, there are not many that can be used. They also have to prevent other forces from stealing the house, so Arthur decided to bring only a small number of troops and customized
The crossbows went south.
According to Prince Oberyn, the Golden Company has two dozen war elephants, that is, twenty-four adult elephants.
Therefore, the difficulty of this battle is to deal with these behemoths with a shoulder height of ten to fifteen feet, which is three to four and a half meters.
If it were an adult dragon, it would be able to scare away any war horses and elephants with dragon flames. However, whether it is Alduin or Drogon, they are only in the juvenile stage and cannot withstand the attacks of large crossbows or hunting dragons.
Crossbow arrows.
During the Dance of Blood Dragons, many non-adult dragons were killed by mobs.
In the last month of the 130th year of the Conquest calendar, under the leadership of a crazy prophet of the Seven Gods called "Shepherd", tens of thousands of King's Landing mobs rushed into the dragon's lair and killed Terexiu, Thrikos, Mo
Gur, these three immature dragons.
An adult dragon, Menghuo, died after hitting the dome of the dragon's lair, and Guoguang's dragon Syracuse was also killed by the mob.
Therefore, the dragon can only be used as a deterrent and cannot be used in front-line combat. To deal with the war elephant, ground combat is required.
Arthur's plan is to use flaming bows and arrows to limit the charge of the war elephants, and then find ways to besiege the war elephants, but the Golden Company are not all reckless, and they will also have corresponding methods.
So we had to discuss how to fight at Storm's End Castle.
On the day when the king was preparing for the southern expedition, a large merchant fleet arrived at Dragonstone Island. For safety reasons, the Redwin fleet stationed at Dragonstone Island did not allow all merchant ships to enter Blackwater Bay, and only allowed representatives of them to enter the Blackwater Bay.
Go to King's Landing to see the king.
"Your Majesty Arthur I Targaryen, as an old friend of the dragon family, we Myrs have sent us a belated wedding gift."
In the throne room, the envoy from Myr, Urras Adrian, presented a gift to the Targaryen royal family in an exaggerated tone:
One hundred thousand old gold dragon coins.
Arthur, who was wearing the golden plate armor given by Margaery, waved his hand to accept the gold coins filled with five large boxes, and then asked:
"Tell me, what do you want us to do?"
There have long been rumors that after the Golden Company broke the employment agreement with Myr, the city-state would ask for help from the Western Continent. Arthur thought that this would happen around the time of his wedding to Margaery, but he did not expect the Myr people to come.
So late.
When Uras Adrian saw the owner of the Iron Throne accepting the gift calmly, he knew that the matter was settled, so he recalled the friendly relationship between the two parties:
"Your Majesty, you know that during the Bloody Century, Volantis occupied our Myr for two entire generations. Thanks to the assistance of your ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror, riding a dragon, we were able to regain control of our homeland.
Now... Volantis is restless again, and the Dothraki appear to the east of Myr, so we ask for help from House Targaryen."
This Myr envoy ignored the enmity between the two parties during the Third Daughter Kingdom and only told the story of the friendly relationship between the two parties.
Of course Arthur would not mention it. He had been thinking about this big fat man named Myr for a long time.
"I swear in the name of the orthodox Targaryen blood that I will send someone to protect Myr."
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