Chapter 0165 The Truth About the Court
Sansa Stark was very worried, her father led fifty guards in the north to find her sister Arya, it was already dark, and her father and the guards had not returned.
The woman with a white gauze face who accompanies Sansa Stark is her governess: Sister Modan!
In addition, Sansa Stark's boudoir close friend Jenny Poole, stablemaster Hulun, and housekeeper Vianpool all accompany Sansa-sama.
Rumors spread outside that the Hound had captured Michael, the butcher's apprentice who had attacked the prince, and that the queen threatened to kill him.
Mikay, a family servant who follows Eddard, Lord of the North, as he travels south, likes to lie on a meat truck, which makes him smell like a pig waiting to be slaughtered. Sansa has never had a crush on Mikay, and she vomits when she sees her, but Mikay is a native of the North and the son of a butcher of House Stark.
"Are they going to kill Mikay?" Sansa asked Sister Modan, her voice uneasy.
She hated Mikay who stinked like a pig, but she knew that Mikay was innocent, that he was forced to fight by Arya, and then by Joffrey that he was forced to cross his face, that he was not a threat to anyone, and that he had never tried to attack anyone.
Sister Modan was unable to answer the question, and Duke Ed and the Northern Guards rushed out to find Arya, who was even more worried about Arya's safety.
Although Arya has always been disrespectful to her as a tutor, Arya hates to learn aristocratic etiquette and embroidery from her, and she has also said that Arya's hands are like blacksmith's hands, not material for sewing needles at all, but she is still very worried about Arya's safety.
Hu Lun, the steward, and Vianpur, the steward, were both very nervous, there were no guards around them to protect them, and there seemed to be more and more gold robes and red robes coming and going in the town, and the atmosphere was depressing and tense. Hearing that the queen was angry, she summoned all the courtiers and asked the king to severely punish those who hurt the prince. They also heard rumors in the streets that the prince was badly wounded, and that his right hand was almost crippled!
The only thing that made the stablemaster Hulun, the butler Vianpur, and Sister Modan feel safe was the Icewolf Lady at Sansa Stark's feet.
The lady sat gracefully between them, looking out, with her gray fur and yellow eyes. She is the youngest of the six ice wolves, and she is very tame and trusts everyone around her.
But when a lady gets angry, it surprises everyone. Her agility and attack power were such that the captain of the guard, Joriceso, did not dare to come near her.
It was already completely dark, but the streets of the town were lit by torches. An air of unease permeated the streets, as well as among the noble squires stationed outside the town.
When the lady stood up suddenly, and her mouth whined in warning, the sound of the hooves of several horses was heard in the street. Sister Modan, the steward Hulun, and the housekeeper Vianpul all stood up together, and Sister Modan went to close the door, and the steward Hulun and the housekeeper Viyan were two old men, they had no weapons, but they stood in front of Sansa. Janipoel was more scared than Sansa, and she let out a slight tremble, which forced Sansa to comfort her softly.
The lady gave a warning, so how many horses came were sent by the queen?
Is it a hound or a golden robe?
If it is a hound, it is a man sent by the queen, and if it is a golden robe, it is sent by the king.
The King and Queen won't be embarrassed by Sansa Stark in Duke Eddard's absence.
The sound of horses' hooves came to the door, and someone jumped off the horse and began to knock hard.
The lady stood up, her neck hair stood on end, her golden eyes glowed fiercely, and the threatening sound of a whining made the people outside the door stop knocking, and then, there was a sound of a long sword unsheathed, it sounded, is the other party going to split the door?
Sister Modan shouted, "Who's outside, this is Duke Eddard's residence!"
Then a voice rang out outside the door: "Open the door, Her Majesty the Queen has sent the Royal Magistrate, Sir Elion Pine, to be ordered to come and ask Sansa Stark to come and ask Sansa Stark to go." ”
"Your Majesty?" asked Sister Modan.
"Yes!"
Sansa said, "Teacher Modan, please open the door. Her Majesty will not come to embarrass me! She invited me to her palace in the morning to eat rose cake and drink pine nut dew. ”
There is another sentence that Sansa did not say, Her Majesty liked her very much, praised her beauty and upbringing, Sansa was already Joffrey's fiancée, as long as she had her first moon in the palace, she would marry Joffrey and become a noble queen like Her Majesty the Queen.
Queen Cersei is an example for Sansa to learn to be a queen! Sansa clearly confided in Queen Cersei this morning her endless admiration for the queen.
Sansa softly summons the lady, but this time, the lady is not obedient, grinning and ready to attack outsiders. This surprised Sansa, who had to stand up and yell at the lady.
The lady is a very obedient Icewolf, empathetic, elegant and noble, what's wrong with her today?
When Sister Modan saw that the lady was so vicious and did not listen to her master, she decided not to open the door.
Neither the stablekeeper Hulun nor the housekeeper Vianpur had ever seen a lady so aggressive. It wasn't until Sansa came over and grabbed the Icewolf by the neck and gently soothed her that the lady gradually calmed down.
The roar of the Icewolf behind the gate also caused several people in front of the door to hesitate, and none of them came to force the door, and the sound of a giant sword entering the sheath was also heard inside the door.
Then, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the street, and the voices of Sister Modan and the others were overjoyed, with a deep and majestic momentum: "Who are you, what are you doing in front of my dwelling?"
Eddard Stark, Lord of the North and Duke of Winterfell, is back with fifty Northern guards!
"Lord Lord Eddard, this is the King's Magistrate Ilin Pine, and the Queen has sent him to invite Miss Sansa Stark to the Earl's Hall, and Her Majesty the Queen and Her Majesty the King want to ask Miss Sansa about the attack on Prince Joffrey. ”
"Hmph!" Eddard Stark snorted heavily, "Please go back first, go and tell His Majesty that we will be there soon!"
Duke Ed did not mention Her Majesty the Queen, let alone Prince Joffrey.
"Yes, Lord Duke!"
Earl's Hall.
The king sat in his chair, and Eddard led the family guards, surrounded by a dirty and lean Arya Stark, and Sansa Stark, a noble velvet gown.
Without waiting for the king and queen to speak, Eddard Stark said coldly: "Your Majesty, my little girl has an accident and she doesn't dare to go home, why didn't you inform me in advance, but sent the hounds with the guards to arrest me?"
The king glared at Eddard, he knew the character of this brother of his, that is, he was as tough as the frozen stone of the north, and he didn't know about beating around the bush: "I didn't know about this beforehand, my Lord Eddard. ”
"I sent the hounds!" Queen Cersei's contemptuous tone and eyes, "Lord Eddard, Prince Joffrey was attacked by Arya and the butcher's stinky seed, and his wrist was almost bitten off by the Icewolf. Minister of Justice, Duke Lan Li, what is the crime of murdering the prince?"
"No one murdered the Prince, let alone attacked the Prince, Arya has told me everything, Mikay and Arya practiced swordsmanship at Ruby Beach, it was Prince Joffrey who used his sword to force Mikay to use a wooden stick to compete with him in swordsmanship, Mikay did not dare, Prince Joffrey carved words on Mikay's face with his sword. ”
"No, it was the little wolf girl and the butcher who suddenly attacked me when I got off the horse, I had to pull out the lion teeth to fight back, the little wolf girl and the butcher's couldn't beat me, so the little wolf girl gave a verbal order, beckoning the ice wolf to join the attack, I was attacked by two wolves, only to be hit in the back of the head, the ice wolf bit my right wrist. Joffrey raised his right wrist high to the nobles as if it were a banner of victory, "I fell to the ground, and the lion's tooth was thrown into the Trident River by the little wolf girl. If it hadn't been for my struggle, and Miss Sansa's desperate resistance, I would have died. ”
"Duke Eddard, Joffrey is the eldest prince, the heir to the Iron Throne, and your youngest daughter Arya and the butcher openly attacked the prince with the intention of murder, what should be the crime?"
King Robert shouted, "Shut up, what murder is not murder? ”
Cersei sneered: "Jokes, but the Icewolf is involved in the bite, and if the Icewolf's bite is not the prince's wrist, but the throat, your heir to the throne can still stand here?"
The king was stunned and speechless!
Arya shouted, "Joffrey, you're lying!"
"I'm lying? Okay, I'm lying, so is my injury a lie? The back of my head, did you hurt it? Did you hurt my wrist, was it your ice wolf?"
"You've hurt my good friend!" Arya screamed.
"Your good friend?" Joffrey laughed, and the nobles laughed, and the hall was suddenly filled with a joyous atmosphere, "Let's take a look, this, with the smell of pork, is a good friend of Duke Stark's second lady!" The corners of Joffrey's mouth turned up, full of mockery, "Sansa, my fiancée, you were there at the time, you tell me justice, am I lying, or is Arya lying?"
Arya turned to Sansa, "Sansa, tell everyone that Joffrey is lying!"
Queen Cersei looked at Sansa, smiled, and said softly, "Miss Sansa, I believe in your purity and integrity, please tell everyone the truth!"
Sansa was in turmoil, she didn't want to betray her beloved prince, and she didn't want to say anything to hurt Queen Cersei, but on this side, it was her own sister, Arya was right, but, in the face of so many noble courtiers, this was about the honor of the royal family and the dignity of the queen and prince, what should I do? Sansa felt helpless.
King Robert said, "Don't be afraid, Sansa, tell the truth, I'm here!"
"I don't know!" said Sansa, her voice like a mosquito, "I don't know, it was chaotic, I was so frightened that I don't remember what it was. ”
"You're lying!" Arya lunged in front of Sansa and raised her hand to slam Sansa in the face, but was grabbed by her father's hand, and Arya threw herself into her father's arms and cried loudly: "Daddy, Sansa lied, I hate her!"
"The facts are already clear. Queen Cersei sneered, "You see, the little wolf girl even dared to attack her sister in public, but Sansa didn't want to ruin her relationship with her sister, she was very kind and chose to avoid the truth, but her attitude has already shown that Arya and the butcher attacked Prince Joffrey is a fact, the hound, killed the butcher." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" said the hound, reaching out and picking up Mikay, strode out.
Mikay was so scared that she fainted!
"No, Daddy, save Mikay, he's innocent, he's my good friend, Daddy, please, save him!" Arya pleaded with her father with tears streaming down her face. Her voice only cried a few times, and then she became dumb, and she saw that it was useless to beg her father, so she had to face everyone, "Please, let him go, he is my good friend!"
Arya's voice was quickly hoarse! Her screams of helplessness were moving.
The fifty guards in the north had tears in their eyes. They are all good friends with Arya, and they know Arya's bold and bright personality!
Eddard Stark's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word!
Bernie looked down, choking in his throat. The lion's tooth with the golden lion's head decorated was on Bernie's waist, and he already knew the truth from the Magic Mountain.
Bernie is an absolute bastard, but deep down this bastard's heart is not a piece of ice!
"Your Majesty, how Arya and her wolves should be punished according to the law, please give your Majesty's command!" Queen Cersei smiled triumphantly, raised her head, and looked at Eddard Stark with a smile in her eyes.
The king said, "Is this really him, Sansa, and you really can't remember the truth?"
Sansa, with her head down, didn't answer, and Bernie's hand touched the Magic Mountain's leg!
The Magic Mountain looked down and saw Bernie's sparkling eyes!
This little ghost, he thought that the ghost king he worshipped was an invincible god!
Unbeatable!
Magic Mountain was a little inexplicably reminded of the family motto he had robbed.
Yes, since you are here, Magic Mountain is not here to be another dog.
Dog breeders and pig killers, commoners and aristocrats, everyone stripped naked, in fact, they were all the same, no one was more noble than the other! Decades later, you and I were all in a pile, everyone was turned to ashes in the crematorium, and who could still recognize who was who?
And, according to the Magic Mountain's own design, Joffrey is just a pawn in the Great Prophecy that Witch taught Tywin.
Sansa made a voice like a mosquito, "Your Majesty, I really don't remember!"
"No!" Arya let out a hoarse curse-like threat in her father's arms, "Sansa, I'm going to kill you!"