Chapter 235: Oil and Salt Don't Enter
As soon as Cersei returned to her bedroom after visiting her son Tommen, she received the news that the nun had returned to the archbishop who was willing to accept the conditions.
Cersei walked into the room with the maid in her mouth, a victor's smile on her lips.
She instructed Madame Mariviss to come and dress her.
Got what she wanted.
It was time for her to prepare for the much-anticipated hearing at Baylor Cathedral.
"Don't be too fancy," she commanded, "the archbishop is very picky, and the more drab and solemn clothes are to his liking." I think he will probably let him pray with him before the ceremony. ”
The Queen Mother eventually wore a soft wool dress that stretched from her throat to her ankles, which had stiff lines, only a few small vine decorations on the chest, and gold threads on the sleeves.
Fortunately, brown can hide the dirt when kneeling.
While Cersei was still in the Red Keep, unhurried, and ready to send it out.
The Queen of Thorns has been the first to reach the Templar.
For the sake of the family's heir, the Knight of the Hundred Flowers, the old woman had to fight against the water and personally rushed to Baylor Cathedral to meet with the Sparrow.
The Queen of Thorns finds the Sparrow in the choir cloister of Baylor's Sanctuary, and it is Lady Olenna's style of conversation that she still does.
"Archbishop, what shall I call you by name?"
The Sparrow was holding a gray linen cloth in his own hand and carefully scrubbing the stained murals of the corridor, "The enemies call me the Sparrow, but now many believers call me that, I'm just a believer of the Seven Gods, so it doesn't matter what I call it." ”
The title doesn't matter? Okay!
The Queen of Thorns pressed her hands in front of her abdomen, and asked very politely, "Boy, are you relying on the servants of the people to help Cersei do those dirty things?"
The Sparrow finally reacted, turning its head to meet the Queen of Thorns.
He knew why this old lady of the High Court came, he did not panic at all, and said with a great and righteous face: "Don't talk in vain, your grandson is guilty, and the Heavenly Father will judge everyone fairly, whether it is the son of the lord or the son of the fisherman, the hearing is about to be held, you can defend your grandson at that time, this is the most correct choice." ”
The Queen of Thorns, who had never seen any storms and waves in her life, scoffed at the hypocrisy of the Sparrow, and asked directly, "What do you want? Is it gold?"
The sparrow laughed.
"Maybe everyone you've ever met harbored evil intentions, but I serve the gods, and it's as simple as that. I use the Holy Book to convey justice, and as it is written, the Knight of the Hundred Flowers will be punished. ”
"Half of the people in this filthy city have been guilty, why don't you catch them all?Do you want to be so just, have you ever wondered how many starvations will go when the Tyrells stop supplying the city with food?
The Sparrow didn't care, and he walked straight to the Queen of Thorns.
"Don't you know that your family's food has never been supplied only to the Red Fort or the nobles in the city, and the common people are still living in hardship?
A lifetime of wealth and power almost blinds you, you are a widow, or you are a widow, and we are the many, and you know what happens when the widow parted ways with the many, and the man was not afraid of the many......"
From the beginning to the end of the conversation, in a short period of time, the topic was talked about to death.
The Queen of Thorns couldn't talk any longer in the face of this guy who didn't eat oil and salt, she really couldn't guess where the confidence of the hemp sparrow that kept saying that she didn't care about the nobles of King's Landing came from, the Order's armament was indeed very powerful, but the number didn't seem to reach the level of confrontation with the Golden Robe Guard, unless enough wealth was needed to expand the force.
But he had just rejected it with burning words, the Tyrells' gold, why was that?
With a puzzled head, the Queen of Thorns, who had just left Baylor Cathedral, received a small note from Littlefinger at the door of the church.
Cersei stepped out of the gate of the Red Keep and looked at the gray sky, and she really felt like the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.
She brought ten Lannister warriors and Belos Braun with her as escorts.
A smile crossed Cersei's lips as she walked through the market, "If you're accused of being the heir to House Tyrrell, do you think that little rose hiding in the shadows will come out and testify on her brother's behalf?"
Sister Moller sat in the same palanquin with Cersei, and she guessed according to the Queen Mother's wishes, "I think so, if there is a queen in the Tyrells, they will not allow the heir of the family to be dishonored."
The Queen Mother shrugged, "There is another possibility, the Knight of the Hundred Flowers heard that he is a confident knight, he may apply for a duel trial, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find someone who can defeat him smoothly at that time." Sir Baron accompanied the little devil to the far north, and Jaime was also trapped in the north, and the hound, the dogleg, had already betrayed King's Landing. There seem to be only a few knights left who were once powerful...... Oh my God......"
"Don't you have a choice between Belos Braun and Marin Tran?" Sister Mole chuckled.
"Unfortunately Sir Marlin has suddenly contracted a terrible disease. ”
"No problem, dear Queen Mother," reassured Sister Moller, "Loras Tyrell has recently been deeply taught by the Seven Gods, and I am sure that the Archbishop will influence him to confess his guilt himself. ”
"That couldn't be better. Cersei said with a smile, and then said with some confusion, "The noble heirs of other families will not admit their crimes so stupidly, I hope they will not, otherwise King's Landing will be overturned by the protests of those nobles." ”
Sister Mole smiled and didn't say anything.
Cersei's concern had just risen to her brow, and the palanquin had stopped in front of the god-blessed statue of King Baelor, and she had to get out of the palanquin, so she stopped thinking.
The Queen Mother was surprised to find that the mess of bones and rubbish outside the temple had been removed, and there were tents set up by people everywhere, some people were burning incense and praying, some were kneeling and chanting, and from Cersei's sight, the crowd crowded the door of the cathedral and saw the end of the day.
The last time there was a gathering of people on this scale was during a ceremony to try former Prime Minister Ned Stark.
Moreover, the judgment was in the evening of an idle day, and it was early in the morning, when did the industrious inhabitants of King's Landing have so many spectators who had nothing to do?
Although Cersei had prepared in advance, there must be a lot of believers in the Sparrow Church, but this scale was still greatly unexpected by her, and things were always worrying outside of calculations.
"How many people are watching this hearing?" Cersei struggled forward with her escort.
Sister Mole lowered her head, as if the noise of the neighborhood was covering the Queen Mother's questioning, and she just led the way by herself.