The feet are covered with fine wooden floors, the walls are covered with golden lion flags representing the family, and the house is full of gold or gilded utensils...... In the center of this lavishly decorated and palatial hall, a group of well-dressed people sit around a table, discussing a solution to the greatest crisis in the family's history.

Tywin Lannister, Duke of Castle Rock and Warden of the West, sat in the first seat, a long, muscular man in his fifties. He had always been resolute in his work, and since he began to lose his hair on the top of his head, he ordered the barber to shave his head bald, and even the beard with his lips and chin was shaved clean, leaving only the sideburns of his cheeks, and two large thickets of golden beards covering his ears from his ears to his chin.

He had always had a serious expression, but now he had added a hint of almost imperceptible worry.

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"King's Landing ultimatum. The second-in-command of the Lannisters, Kevon Lannister, pulled out a note from his sleeve and put it on the table: "Robert orders you to immediately send Jaime and Cersei back to receive trial and punishment, and personally go to explain their crimes...... Given that it's at least three days to travel from Castle Rock to King's Landing, you'll have five days to think about it. ”

"Robert can't write anything like that. Tywin didn't even look at the letter on the table, "He'll just get someone to bring a hammer, put on armor, and fight to Castle Rock himself." ”

"The Prime Minister is qualified to speak on behalf of the King. "Balding and blessed, Kevon looked nowhere near as intimidating as his brother, but no one ever dared to question his vision and judgment. He glanced at his niece and nephew, who sat silently as if he were looking at a dead man—once upon a time, Jaime and Cersei were called the golden siblings...... Who would have thought that the once proud of the family would now bring disaster to the Lannisters?" "It doesn't matter if this letter was written by Ed or Robert, it now represents the requirements of the Iron Throne, you just need to consider now, do you want to do what the letter asks?"

"What do you think?" Tywin asked with a blank expression as he looked at Kevon.

Kai Feng also did not answer directly, not as a seller, but as an uncle, it was really difficult for him to say the answer: "Most of the families of the Six Kingdoms have begun to prepare to reassemble their armies, and the previous battle has just been fought, and this step will be completed soon." Margaery Tyrell is about to become queen, and with the Iron Throne at war, the Bends at the expense of the Bends, and the other five nations at the expense of the other five nations, we have no chance of winning. ”

"There are no outsiders here, you can just say what you think. Tywin's expression remained unchanged: "I should have broken my arms to survive, personally sent Jaime and Cersei back to King's Landing to have them beheaded, and then offered to forgive the Iron Throne from its debt to the Lannisters in exchange for forgiveness and the right to return to Castle Rock safely, right?" ”

Kevon held his head high and was noncommittal—he didn't want to say it himself, but he was happy to have someone do it for him. This is indeed his opinion, and he is not afraid of the eyes of his two nieces and nephews.

"What about our allies, we scattered so much gold to make friends with our families in times of peace, and now that we are in trouble, none of us have stepped forward to help?" Listening to her father and uncle discussing sending her beheaded, Cersei couldn't hide her panic and blurted out, "Is this Westeros all the ungrateful guys?"

"Allies, at such a critical moment, dare to secretly send us some news, telling me that their feudal lord is rearming for war, and he has done his duty, and you want to ask for more?" Tywin rebuked unceremoniously, "Are you all as stupid as you are when you are up and down the Seven Kingdoms!"

Queen...... To be precise, the former queen has no temper in front of her father, and the strong image of Tywin Lannister's parents that he has built up since he was a child cannot be erased for many years, Cersei lowered her head and snorted, "What about our gold, isn't it possible to buy some families at any cost?"

"Who will die for the gold that is about to be their own? Which one would you choose to sit on the winning side and wait for a share of the spoils, or take some money and wait for us to be buried?" Tywin glared at his daughter in annoyance, "You don't speak, no one will be dumb for you! I'd like to ask you what you have in mind before you admit the rumors to Robert's face that day?" and shouting for Jaime to kill the king?"

Jaime, who had been silent, spoke up: "Father, there is no hope of winning the war, please hand me over and Cersei to protect the family, this matter started because of me and Cersei, please let the two of us bear the consequences." ”

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"I think it's great, so selfless, and even touched by myself, don't you?" Tywin stared at Jaime coldly, not showing the slightest mercy from the fact that his son was still wrapped in gauze, "You still naively think that this is just a matter of your sister and your sister's two lives?"

"If your father does hand over his sons and daughters, the majesty of the Lannisters, which he has spent decades rebuilding, will be gone, and people will say contemptuously: "Hmph, Tywin Lannister, is just an old man who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and he is not merciless in killing his vassals, and does he not hesitate to kneel down when he encounters the Iron Throne?" said the Kevon brothers. In the past ten years, the Lannister family has successively lent three million gold dragons to Robert, hoping to break the fortune to stabilize your sister's position as queen and ensure that the future king has our family's blood in his bones...... By the way, I will get you back to Kaiyan City to inherit the position of the head of the family, and once you soften this time, ......"

Tywin picked up his brother's words, "I will lose my son, my daughter, my debt of three million golden dragons, my position as guardian of the West, and the image and prestige I have built up for so long. At that time, the Lannisters, who have lost both their wealth and power, will irreversibly decline, and will eventually be replaced by the Westlands who have risen up because of a large pile of gold hidden in a warehouse. At that point, do you guess that we will be able to relegate ourselves to the rank of Earl of Castle Rock while keeping Lanniport and Castle Rock, pledge allegiance to the new Guardian of the West, and continue to dig for gold to survive?"

"No, from the moment you ordered the Reyes family to be erased from the world and wrote the 'Rainy Season of Casterme', the Lannisters have no way out, and can only remain strong forever - no one has ever treated disrespectful vassals like that, and as soon as the bloody example of the extermination of the clan is opened, the entire Western Territory is in awe of you, but when you peel back this layer of awe, there is fear underneath...... And what people fear, they always want to destroy as soon as possible. "Once it is half a point of weakness, there are countless families who will be gearing up, looking forward to playing this piece in the halls of Castle Rock, and then as it did to the Targaryen family...... Kill the Lannisters cleanly...... so that the world can understand that there is no line of fate when doing things. ”

"In other words, whether or not you accept the Iron Throne's orders, the Lannisters are doomed?" Jaime held on to the aching wound in his abdomen, realizing for the first time how serious the disaster he had struck, "Is there no other way out?"

"Yes, if we win this battle and bring the other six nations to justice, the crisis will be solved, but can we do it?" Tywin stared at his son expressionlessly, "Do you know what you did wrong?"

"I ...... and Cersei......"

"Nothing happened to you and Cersei, that's a rumor! I won't say it a third time!" Tywin slapped the table and interrupted Jaime with a roar, "Your biggest mistake is that you didn't kill Robert even if you did it!You didn't even bring back the prince who could make a fuss about it!As soon as the king dies, Ed will help Stannis succeed him, and with this Baratheon's rigid nature, his throne will inevitably be unstable, and his brother Lanley will definitely marry Riverlands and then raise an army to fight for the throne...... The North, the Riverlands, and the Vales will join forces to help Stannis retain his throne, and this battle will be fought no matter which side Dorne is on. In this case, we will make Joffrey Baratheon king again and announce that the Bucks Dynasty will move their capital to the West, and no matter what the final outcome is, our position in the Westside will be unshakable!"

Tywin gritted his teeth and said, "But it's good that you stabbed him but didn't kill him, and being merciful to your enemies is cruel to yourself, and Robert won't be grateful to your men for showing mercy!"

The door slammed open, and a gnome walked in under the watchful eyes of the four core members of the Lannister family.

"Uncle," Tyrion bowed, "Father, and my dear brothers and sisters, it's good to see you alive again." ”

Duke Tywin didn't get up, he only looked at the dwarf son meaningfully, "It seems that the news that you have escaped King's Landing is true. ”

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Father. Tyrion said, walking straight to the conference table, "Don't jump up and hug me, I don't want you to twist your waist." He climbed into a chair and took his father's bottle and poured it to himself: "I'm just curious, why did you send troops to pick up my brothers and sisters, but you refused to let them search more along the way, and bring me back along the way? ”

"I didn't know when I sent your troops that you had escaped King's Landing. Duke Tywin ignored his quips, and replied coldly, "Now that you're back safely, stop talking nonsense cynically, the family is facing an existential crisis, you have always prided yourself on being smart, come up with ideas, where did we just go?"

"This is the Iron Throne's ultimatum to us. Tyrion was on good terms with his uncle, and Kaivon handed him the note, "We're debating whether or not we should do what we asked." ”

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