289 Afterlife
The size of the envoy was huge, the servants plus the knights and guards were in the hundreds, and no one deliberately concealed the news, in this case, the news had already spread throughout the King's Landing on the afternoon of Lan Li's departure.
Some people breathe a sigh of relief, some people are full of reluctance, some people applaud, and some people "cry out for injustice".
At first, these were nothing, and the ordinary people only regarded Lan Li's departure as normal work, and at most some people wondered if this was the wise minister of justice who was called up by the "Assigned Frontier".
But it didn't take long for a peculiar argument to spread in the city.
"King Robert must have been jealous of Lord Lanli's talents, so he transferred him."
"I'll just say that Lord Lan Li has offended too many people, and it is impossible for those maggots to let him go. But with the blessing of the gods, they don't dare to do anything out of the ordinary. ”
"If you want me to say, Lord Lanli deserves to be a king, he is a royal family and is qualified to be a king."
"The inheritance of the adults is a little lower......"
The atmosphere of the war made King's Landing tense both inside and outside, but Lan Li's super prestige made the news of his departure override the chaos of the war in Riverlands and became the "front page headline" in the city.
All kinds of arguments seem to be natural, but in fact they have bad intentions, but they are only hindered by public opinion, but they are very popular.
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The news continues to ferment, and in the Red Fort Throne Hall on the other side, there are also many people talking about Lan Li, but it is not the same topic as the civilians.
"The gods bless Lord Lanli, and the power of the gods is not something that those heretics can resist, I think it is most appropriate for Lord Lanli to go directly to the battlefield after sending an envoy to the Iron Islands."
"That's right, the Targaryens don't follow the rules, they use evil magic methods one after another, so many people on our side have died in an unknown way, in case the Duke of Stannis or Duke Tywin who leads the army have an accident, this battle will not be easy to fight."
"We also have to pay attention to whether the lords of the north are safe ......"
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In the magnificent hall, the nobles proposed to the fat king on the iron throne one after another, and they all seemed to be righteous and strict, but in fact, they were all people who had lost their interests because of Lan Li, and at this time, seeing that Lan Li had finally left, why didn't they take the opportunity to do something?
Of course, in the face of an unknown and mysterious figure like Lan Li, they didn't dare to do something out of the ordinary casually, but it didn't prevent them from taking advantage of the situation - the enemy not only had a large number of troops, but also many wizards with strange methods, these people could not affect the overall battle situation, but pretending to be ghosts, and even assassinating the leading figures happened one after another.
This method is not like a normal battle, and the Iron Throne has little experience in resisting it, so it can only be passively "beaten", but this is obviously very aggrieved.
Therefore, King Robert on the Iron Throne was moved when he heard this, and his expression was silent and he did not speak for a while.
This made the courtiers who provided advice more active, and one by one they said that Lan Li's going to the front line was an important thing that could affect the entire battle situation.
They didn't have many bad intentions, or they didn't dare to implement them if they had bad intentions, and now they are doing this, not asking for anything else, just hoping to let that Lan Li run around outside for a year and a half, and don't go back to King's Landing too soon to find trouble with them.
These were all ordinary officials, but there were no important ministers in the Imperial Council, but the important ministers did not object, even the Imperial Prime Minister Jon, who received the great favor of Lan Li. It's the same with Aylin.
Because the proposal was necessary, and he didn't think it was a bad thing.
What good is the law and order in King's Landing, no matter how good it is? There is no way to decide the course of the war, so instead of wasting talents, it is better to put Lan Li in a more useful position.
And the parties didn't resist leaving King's Landing, so they had no reason to let him come back.
Of course, they were aware of some of the rumors circulating in the market, but no one took them seriously, and even Robert was unimpressed when he heard them, and he didn't have any fears.
Let's not talk about what kind of obstacles Lan Li's various offending behaviors to the nobles will hinder the road to becoming a king, let's just say that this one is a king, unless the entire Baratheon family is killed, it will not be Lan Li's turn.
But if he is really so cruel, then no matter how powerful Lan Li is, no matter how blessed he is by the gods, no one will be able to support him.
In Westeros, homicide is unforgivable.
Besides, Lan Li is not married, let alone has a son, and wants to be the king, how to solve the matter of the heir?
This is not the same as Robert, who had an heir, Stannis, even if he was not married.
All in all, some gossip did not cause any waves, but many people were secretly searching for the source of the news-
Fear of Lan Li is one thing, on the other hand, no one doesn't want to slap him, after all, who can guarantee that he is free of illness and disaster?
As a result, Rhaenys, who was in a hotel in King's Landing, learned how influential Lan Li really was in the city.
She was torn by this.
The news circulating in King's Landing was naturally not released by her, she was not so brainless or boring, but she saw more from this matter.
Jealous, but curious, and then very entangled.
On the one hand, she thought that while that person was not there, it seemed that she could do something here, after all, this situation was rare, and the lessons of the past were also deeply remembered by the girl - she didn't dare to make any changes when Lan Li was in the king's time.
But now that he is gone, it seems like an opportunity for them.
But on the other hand, she had the idea of not caring about chasing the past, which stemmed from the abnormality of the girl's brain, and from the original purpose of her coming to King's Landing.
How to choose?
Looking at the people coming and going outside the wooden window of the hotel, Rhaenys didn't take long to make up her mind.
Sneak along!
King's Landing was in a stable situation at this time, she didn't think that she could easily find any loopholes and take advantage of them, and even if she had the opportunity, how could she compare to her physical condition?
Supporting Targaryen to the top is just one of her goals, she can do it, but it is not the kind of thing that can make her desperate to do it.
Even when the situation has developed so far, she feels a little uninterested, most of her attention is focused on her own "illness", and she has less and less time to think about the battle situation.
As soon as the large force left the city for two days, a small group of procrastinating and seemingly disorganized groups also left the city, and pursued in the direction of the Iron Islands covertly.
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Obviously, Lan Li would not have thought of the special emotions that others had towards him, or that after leaving King's Landing, he had temporarily forgotten everything in King's Landing
After hitting the road, he began to be busy with one thing, which was to "interrogate" the former intelligence chief, the eight-clawed spider Varys.