Chapter 17 Finalize the Marriage Contract
"Huh....." was dark.
Bran, who opened his eyes, gasped for breath, Bran had just arrived on the ship at Will's side, and explained a few words to Ado, asking the two to take the dragon egg back to Winterfell as soon as possible, and then withdrew from Will's body, not that he didn't want to continue to stay until escorting the dragon egg to Winterfell, but there was a rapid prompt sound from the system in his ears, reporting that he was in poor physical condition, and Bran thought that something was wrong with his secret base, causing his body to be damaged, so he hurriedly went offline to deal with it.
If something goes wrong with your own body, what's the use of having a dragon rider? Bran used to watch a Hong Kong drama called Journey to the East, which tells stories like the Eight Immortals Becoming Immortals. Tie Guan Li is a dignified and beautiful man, just because after going out to fugue, his body was burned, and as a result, he had no choice but to possess a lame man named Hanako who had just died, and became Tie Guan Li. The experience of the old ancestor told Bran that he should not be cautious about the matter of shapeshifting (iQue). It is more important to protect the body.
After waking up, Bran felt sweating profusely, the whole person was not very well, the small muscles that had not yet developed were sore and sore, the spirit was also very sluggish, the mouth was very dry, the sour feeling, like running a 5000-meter run, still running without eating.
"Siri, check my physical condition"
"Ding, the host now has low blood sugar levels and is heavily dehydrated, so it is recommended to supplement sports energy drinks."
Bran exchanged a large bottle of Gatorade from the system mall, poured it into his mouth, felt that he had finally eased up a little, and exchanged two catties of sauce beef, why? The little I ate in the morning had already been digested. No matter how much you drink water, there is no meat.
"Siri, why is my body like this?"
"Ding, the analysis believes that long-distance shape-shifting communication will consume more energy."
"Are you saying that this shape-shifting ability is similar to the communication system in the previous life, the farther the distance, the more power required to transmit the signal?"
"Ding, the host can understand it that way."
"Do you have any solutions?"
"Ding, no, the communication system can build signal towers, launch satellites, and even the civilian version we can also set up routers, but the magic system's shape-changing ability system is currently unsolved. Leave it up to the host to figure it out for themselves. ”
Router? Bran lay on the bed at the base, eating sauce beef while thinking, the shapeshifter ability is a bloodline ability, it is an ability that belongs to the bloodline of the ancestors, to put it bluntly, it is similar to the X gene of mutants in the X-Men, so when there were many shapeshifters in the past, there must have been such a thing as long-distance changeling, so how did those shapeshifters solve the problem of long-distance consumption in the past?
Bran felt that he already had the answer in his heart, yes, it was Yuliangmu, that is, the Heart Tree. It was the kind of tree with the face of the weeping blood carved on the tree, and the Green Prophet could enter the Heart Tree to monitor the distance. Since Heart Trees can live for thousands of years, the Green Prophet is able to perceive the past and present of all areas within the Heart Tree. Bran felt that the Green Prophet was the ultimate evolution of the Shapeshifter, and that he himself was the Shapeshifter. Yes, too.
It's a pity that in addition to the North Mirror, the fish beams in other parts of the Westeros continent have been cut down, perhaps when the Andals invaded, they knew that the fish beams had a monitoring effect, so they cut them down by the way, so it can be seen that between the Andals and the ancestors, it was not just because of faith that the fish beams were cut. They came from across the Narrow Sea, and with the faith of the Seven Gods, they conquered the continent, and the Children of the Forest created the Strange Spirits to stop them.....
Although Bran has some guesses, but he is not sure, he should find a time to experiment tomorrow, now that he has almost rested, and he has been out for so long, he should go back, and there is still an important thing to do today. Bran took a quick hot shower in the base, changed out of his sweaty clothes, dried his hair, and walked back refreshingly.
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"Father."
Bran unleashed Shapeshifter to find Ned with a raven, and as Bran expected, he was wiping his Ice Greatsword beside the Heart Tree of the Divine Tree.
"What's the matter? Brand. Duke Stark smiled when he saw Bran coming.
"I have something I want to discuss with you."
"What's the matter?"
"Does the king want the eldest sister to marry Prince Joffrey and make you the king's prime minister?"
"Oh? Who do you listen to? The smile on Ned's face retracted, and everyone knew about it.
"Well, it's all about that, I don't know who started to say it first."
"Well, the king does mean that, but I haven't promised him yet."
Bran frowned, "Father, can you tell me the whole thing?" I think there's some conspiracy in this that we don't know about. ”
"Oh? Why do you say that. "Could it be that Bran could see the Lannisters' conspiracy," Ned thought to himself. In his mind, Bran's thinking and logic that day persuaded him not to kill Will were worthy of the first wise man of the Stark family. So he told Bran exactly what he and Robert had said in the grave, and told the note he had received last night about Catherine's sister saying that the Lannisters had killed the Prime Minister and were going to murder the King.
"Father, this matter is a little strange, first of all, the king and his family came north to ask you to be the king's prime minister, everyone has guessed this matter, it can be said that there is nothing, but why did the marriage between our family and the king's family spread so quickly?"
"You're saying it's a conspiracy of the Lannisters?"
Bran looked at his father speechlessly, do you really not suspect that this is the king deliberately passed on? The Lannisters wish this marriage would not work, didn't they see how much Cersei disliked her eldest sister? Asking a girl in public if she came to Tianhua, isn't this kind of thing humiliating, is it still a gesture of goodwill?
"Well, it must be a conspiracy of the Lannisters." Bran could only follow his father and say, if he said that this was the king's conspiracy, Ned would definitely not believe it, to be honest, this king is not stupid, after Prime Minister Erin died, the most qualified person to take over as prime minister was not the father who nested in Winterfell, but the king's father-in-law, Queen Cersei's father, Tywin Lannister in Castle Rock. Duke Tywin was Prime Minister for many years during the Mad King's time. Able to serve a neurotic well, Duke Tywin is still very capable.
and Robert's younger brother, Ranley Baratheon, despite his youth, is also a good fighter who has the ability and means to fight in the arena of power. This was evident later when he had the support of most of the families in the South, and if it weren't for the fact that his second brother Stannis killed him with the magic of the Witch of Light, he would definitely have the ability to claim the Iron Throne.
But Robert didn't choose either, but instead found a Winterfell Stark who he hadn't seen for many years and was not greedy for power, and the Stark family was notoriously hard-tempered. But upright, but in the deceitful Game of Thrones. It's a loser, as evidenced by Duke Stark's arrival in King's Landing.
Didn't Robert know this? As a king, he must have known in his heart, he didn't trust his father-in-law, he didn't trust his brother, but he trusted Stark, what did he trust? Because Duke Stark would not take his place, if he wanted to, many years ago, before the dust had settled, he would have taken the throne.
He needed a mindless vanguard to charge for him, to knock down on the people who coveted his position, to offend them, to make sure he could eat, drink, and be merry as king without fear of being ousted from the throne.
"Father, since this is a conspiracy of the Lannister family, then we can't let him realize it." Bran didn't come here to find his father to expose Robert, and it wasn't time yet.
"Then you mean, let me refuse to be prime minister." Ned frowned when he heard this, if he didn't go to King's Landing to be the prime minister, then who would guarantee the king's safety.
"No, the king has come all the way to the north to ask for your help, and as a good friend, you can't refuse, but since the marriage of Prince Joffrey and the eldest sister is a conspiracy of the Lannisters, then we can marry someone else."
"You mean ......"
"Yes, it would be nice to marry Miss Sansa and Prince Tommen. The king didn't specify who to marry, but just said, I have a son, you also have a daughter, we will become a family, since the marriage of Prince Joffrey and Sister Sansa is a conspiracy of the Lannisters, we don't let them come true. ”
Haha, Shan, thank me, I kept you away from the idiot tyrannical Joe, and found you a kind little husband.
"But Prince Tomman has no right to inherit, but in this way, Sansa will not be a queen in the future, and can only be a princess at most." Bran covered his face, father, your IQ is really hopeless, I said this, can't you experience it yourself.
"Father, have you ever thought that if the king dies and Sister Sansa becomes queen, and you are the king's prime minister, and your grandson is the next king, how jealous is this? How many enemies will it be attracted? ”
Ned was shocked. "Are you saying that's a conspiracy of the Lannisters?"
Bran nodded, "Well, that's how it should be. ”
Duke Stark still shook his head, "But if it is only a marriage with Prince Tommen, this marriage is not enough, the king wants to use the marriage as a link between the two of us, and the king will not agree to this marriage." ”
Emma, my daddy, you finally said what I wanted to hear, so much saliva was not in vain. Bran chuckled. "Father, if the portion is not enough, I think we can make up for it with quantity. ”
"Well, what do you mean by that?"
"That's right, father." Bran said awe-inspiringly, "Since one marriage is not enough, we can plan two, I am close to the age of Princess Messiah, so I will complete this mission for the family." ”
Ned glanced at Bran, although he had a straight temperament, he was not a fool, the Messianic princess was cute and pretty, with soft blonde hair, and he did have a fatal attraction to the little boy, and he also had a good temperament. Where did he not know about Bran's careful thoughts now?
But what Bran said was true, and he had no better solution, "Well, I'll talk to the king about it." Ned nodded in agreement. In this way, our family, except for your eldest brother, will all move to King's Landing. It's important to prepare as early as possible. ”
"Huh?" Bran looked confused, do you want to go except for the eldest brother? That's right, in the original book, she fell off the tower, and Mrs. Catherine temporarily decided to take care of Bran and not go. also left the youngest Rickon behind, and let Ned be the cute daddy of the girls. Of course they're all gone now, and I haven't heard that being the prime minister will have to separate the husband and wife. Bring back an illegitimate child, Aunt Cat's little temper can tear her father apart.
"Father, since you said that King's Landing is so dangerous, and we all go as a family, we must bring enough guards, Arya and Sansa, two little girls, Rickon is so small."
"Well, that's for sure, I've picked a team of good lads. Just pick another team. Ned nodded approvingly. The man of the North Mirror has always believed in the triumph of force.
"It's not enough, the guards are all from the Lannister family, and if you want to protect the king, you must still have a team of people in secret." Bran remembers that Ned sent most of his men out to maintain law and order in order to deal with the Prime Minister, and that when he finally fought Jaime, the few of his men were quickly killed, and he himself was stabbed in the thigh with a spear of the Imperial Guard. Didn't fight Jaime fairly, but by the way, Jaime was a chivalrous man. Instead of hurting the killer, he taught the queen a lesson, and then rode away. Probably in his heart, killing the opponent in a fair duel is okay, if he relies on more to win, he feels that he can't win.
As for the cause of that incident, there is no doubt that Aunt Catherine has always been a good hand at pitting her teammates because she believed in Littlefinger Barich, and captured the little demon Tyrion to go to his sister for a private trial. Let her be by her father's side and watch her a little bit.
"So Bran, what do you think should be done with this team of people in the dark?" Ned interrupted Bran's reverie.
"Father, I think this team of people in the shadows doesn't have to be too many, but it must be elite, 10 people are enough, and I hope that you will let me lead these ten people."
"You?" Duke Stark glanced at his 10-year-old son, a little distrustful, even though he was so wise that he was almost demonic.
"Yes, father, I, I will not always be a child, and besides, Ling Dong is coming." Bran used the family language to convince his father, and he knew that his father would eat it. After a pause, Bran added, "Besides, I have the help of Will, a veteran black-clad ranger, and I think I can." ”
"Haha, well, since you've thought it all through, then this small team will be given to you." Ned remembered that the Night's Watch Ranger was still under Bran. Well, the Ranger has excellent stealth abilities. If Will leads the team, Ned really has nothing to worry about.
Later in the evening, Duke Stark met with the King, accepted the title of Prime Minister, and proposed Bran's version of the marriage. Robert was overjoyed and agreed, Robert also felt that if he really let his son marry Sansa, he would be so fat now, and he would definitely die earlier than Ned, Naud's daughter is the queen, and his grandson is the next king. He had also seen Bran, and he was indeed a handsome young man with clear eyebrows, and he was okay with his daughter. Anyway, the two are still young, and if Bran is not productive in the future, it will not be too late to regret the marriage.
"Haha, since you agreed, let's go hunting and celebrate, and we'll eat roast wild boar in the evening." The king suggested to.
Ned said that he was so tired, you have only been here for three days, you are either hunting or drinking, and you are going to the brothel of Winterfell for sightseeing, and the special business workers of the entire Winterfell are about to be contracted by you and the little devil, okay, you are the king, you have the final say.
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Winterfell, an abandoned tower somewhere, Bran gently climbed to the middle of the tower, picked up the vines, and revealed the fuse, Bran had been observing with ravens for several days, every day the queen and her brother came here for a private meeting, he deliberately made a king-size smoke bomb, with a mixture of two kicks and paprika white phosphorus, wrapped in brown paper, and placed it on the top of the heads of the two of them applauding, leaving a long lead, hehe, try Bran's version of the chili powder smoke bomb, I hope you don't take off your clothes too much, if some fragile skin comes into contact with this, but it will really be spicy and swollen. Bran smiled wickedly and lit the fuse.