Chapter 484: Do You Like Him?
Of course, even if the city is changed now, the two sides will definitely still be in a state of hostility, and as long as there is a chance, they will definitely fight.
It's just that this time the Arryn family has learned their lesson and placed a large number of defenders in the Eagle's Nest. At the same time, more than a dozen waves of people were assigned to patrol every day, for fear of being drawn from the bottom of the kettle by Li Ling again.
And the matter of changing cities naturally couldn't be hidden, and it spread all over the mainland within a few days, shocking the major families.
Some people are happy and some are sad, and Robb, who is far away, is undoubtedly very angry.
"House Arryn!"
In the conference room, Robb slapped the table, his eyes were red, "I asked Twin Cities to let them go in the original crusade against Harrenhal, but I didn't expect that now I will use my trust to take my city! I also killed many soldiers of my family, it is really unforgivable!"
“……”
The generals didn't say a word, and they didn't know what to say, did they want to attack the Arryn family?
The current Stark family has not yet recovered, and has just returned from the south, and the vassals are definitely not willing to toss anymore. If you are full of soldiers, you can get together at most 10,000 soldiers, and 10,000 is undoubtedly far from enough, whether it is to fight the Ai Lin family or the flagless family.
So now Robb is just angry, and he himself knows that he can't do anything.
And in the middle of the city, Catherine was walking slowly, and she saw a slender figure swaying, it was her daughter Arya, who was holding a sword in one hand, gently stabbing at it.
"Aya. Catherine shouted softly, and Arya looked at her, her hand holding her sword hanging slightly.
"Upset?" Catherine walked over and looked at her daughter's face, her little face with her eyes downcast, clearly lost.
"It's because of your teacher. ”
“……”
Catherine sighed, her little daughter hadn't looked good since the relationship between the Stark family and the Flagless family became strained.
"Mom, why are we hostile to Teacher Ivey, aren't our enemies all Lannisters?"
Arya asked, puzzled, and Catherine held her daughter in her arms, not knowing how to explain.
It is true that the two families have a common enemy, but that doesn't make them allies. There are too many things involved between families, and a little carelessness will lead to confrontation.
As for the trigger for this incident, it was naturally because Li Lingyi captured Eagle's Nest City. In fact, Catherine was also very angry when she first learned about this, after all, her own sister was in the city and was under house arrest.
But then I calmed down and thought about it, Li Lingyi at that time really needed that city as a way out, otherwise once he lost to the Lannisters, there would be only a dead end.
In fact, Catherine admired the battle of Harrenhal very much, and in the face of the most powerful family on the mainland, it was difficult to muster the courage to fight. Not to mention that there is also the Arryn family attacking together.
Maybe if someone else were replaced, I am afraid that they would simply abandon the city and flee or surrender. But not only did he not escape, but he also won, which is indeed a miracle in a sense.
So now Catherine's attitude towards the Flagless Family has also changed. If she still vaguely felt a little child's play before, then now she really feels that maybe that young man named Ivy can really change the family pattern of the mainland.
Not to mention anything else, at least the hundred-year-old Frey family is finished now, and the Erin family has almost followed in the footsteps of the Frey family.
Maybe one day in the future, he will really beat the Lannisters completely...... It's not impossible.
And such a powerful potential stock, Catherine naturally will not ignore it, he looked at Arya, although the latter's face is slightly green, but it is indeed a beauty, and she will definitely be a beauty when she grows up in the future.
"Aya is also 14 years old this year...... Catherine's heart moved slightly, looked into Arya's eyes, and said softly: "Aya, you tell your mother, you ...... Like Ivy Crane?"
"Huh?" Arya, a little curious, "Of course I like Mr. Ivey." ”
"I mean......" said Catherine earnestly, "do you want to marry him?"
As soon as the words fell, Arya's white face instantly turned red, and she broke free from Catherine's embrace, shouted something nonsense, and ran away.
And Catherine sighed softly when she saw this, she was a person from the past, and naturally understood that Arya's reaction meant that she really liked that Ivey.
But also, Ivy Crane is slender, handsome, and has the title of tournament champion, and now he is the patriarch of the family, and he is still so young, I am afraid that most young ladies will like him.
Even herself, Catherine said in her heart that if she was a teenager, I am afraid she would not be able to help but like that excellent teenager.
But that's fine, since Aya likes him, then ...... I don't know what he thinks.
Catherine thought, no doubt, that she wanted to bring the two together now.
In ancient times, there was nothing like marriage that connected two families the fastest. Almost every powerful family will be 100% allied with other powerful families, and it will be stronger when the strong are combined.
As strong as the royal family of Barasian, King Robert also had to compromise and marry Cersei of the Lannister family, this is the limit of this continent, if you don't do it, then the other two families combined will defeat you.
Unless you can be like the original conqueror Aegon Targaryen, who will burn whoever disobeys with three fire dragons, then you don't need to marry other families.
In fact, the Targaryens have always been intermarriages, believing that other bloodlines are "unclean", but they come and go, and in the end they can't escape the end of a dynasty.
So Catherine now wants to rely on Arya to tie the Stark family to the flagless family, and Arya also happens to like Ivey, which is also the most beautiful political marriage.
Of course, this was only Catherine's own thoughts, and she knew that she needed to convince Robb first, and then Ivey would have to do it.
And there is actually only one reason for this, and that is revenge.
Now Catherine also knows that there is no way to defeat the Lannisters by relying only on the Stark family, and the most promising is the Flagless family.
As long as the two sides are aligned, they may be able to capture King's Landing one day in the future, avenge their husband, and save their eldest daughter, after all, Sansa is still a hostage in King's Landing.
For every extra day of delay, the daughter will suffer one more day, and may even be given death directly, which is completely unbearable for Catherine, who has already lost her beloved. So she immediately turned around and headed for Robb's room.