Chapter 120: Bad Luck, Gao Tinghua
The High Court has long set its sights on the queen's throne.
As the most powerful prince on paper in the Seven Kingdoms, the only powerful prince who could compete with Duke Tywin, the Tyrells had been dormant for more than a decade after the end of the Retainer's War, waiting for Robert's son to grow up. The Queen of Thorns spent countless efforts to train Margaery to be not only beautiful and moving, but also qualified in politics ~ and scheming, with a very clear purpose - to make her the mother of a country.
With the wealth and strength of the High Court, as long as he expresses his intention to Robert and hands over his name, he will put more effort into the dowry...... After paying enough sincerity and price, in fact, it is completely possible to achieve the goal.
With the support of the strongest family and friends support group in the seven countries, Margaery is confident in her victory. Carrying the expectations of the family, she began to quietly make friends with important ministers in the court, paving the way for herself to build momentum, just waiting for Robert to release the signal that "I want to find a queen for Joffrey", she will go all out and win the queen's "bid" in one fell swoop by overwhelming advantage!
The class solidification of feudal society was so severe that the king wanted his powerful vassals to be obedient and not cause trouble, so he had to give them some hope - marriage was one of the options. According to the rules, even if the king has a candidate in mind, at least the cutscene still has to be walked, and as long as the game for the queen's throne begins, the outcome may be variable.
Unfortunately, as Prince Joffrey is finally approaching adulthood, the Tyrells are looking for a way to find a way to find out what Robert is talking about...... Jon Arryn, who had already overnodded and agreed to connect Margaery and Joffrey - was dead.
After the Prime Minister died violently, Robert made an emergency tour north to consolidate his rule, and soon negotiated with Eddard Stark about Joffrey and Sansa's marriage upon arriving in Winterfell...... Westeros' first irascible brother's "just do it" action was so amazing that it all happened so suddenly and without warning that it gave the Tyrells a chance to react. Margaery, who was carefully prepared to run for the queen, found that the competition ended inexplicably before it started - before she could sign up, she lost to the Stark family, who had not made any arrangements for the queen's bidding, and lost to Sansa Stark, a stupid white sweet who really didn't understand anything?
She really wants to cry out for injustice!
After carefully laying the foundation for a competition and practicing hard for more than ten years, I was finally able to participate, but I was told that the sports meeting had canceled the event, the world was changing too fast, and the routines couldn't keep up with the rhythm, what should I do?
Either change careers, or hurry up and practice something else!
Margaery, who had no choice, retreated and took advantage of the Arryn Valley rebellion to take the initiative to send herself to Robert's mouth. Although the difference between the "mistress" and the "queen" seems to be a bit big, as long as the pillow person is the king, he can always recover some of the losses of the early investment.
Who wants Robert to be lustful all his life, but this time out of caution, he won't eat the fat in his mouth!
Even if it's not like that Lyanna, but his own appearance is not bad, is my little rose not sassy enough, or is your king high-minded?
Despite all the tricks her grandmother had taught her, Margaery refused to die so inexplicably, and under her repeated harassment and pestering, Robert finally relented and gave a hint: he should go to Robb Stark.
The king refused to touch him, the eldest son was officially engaged to Sansa, the "young couple" lived together in the Red Keep, and the future king's father-in-law sat on the Iron Throne to govern the Seven Kingdoms for Robert...... The Tyrells family is indeed a vast fiefdom, and it is a bit difficult to pry the corners of the Prime Minister's house.
Realizing that nothing could be done, Margaery began to seriously consider Robert's suggestion - and after careful consideration, she reluctantly made a choice: officially abandon the line of king and take the path of "prime minister" instead. In order to prevent the accident from happening again, she was even determined to take the initiative - as soon as the celebration was over tonight, she reached out to Robb Stark on the grounds of congratulating and admiring his bravery.
By becoming the Prime Minister's daughter-in-law and the future Mrs. Stark, the curve enters the center of power, although it is a little complicated, but all roads lead to king's landing.
Moments earlier, Robb Stark had asked Robert for Roselyn Frey's marriage in front of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms and Margaery.
What went wrong? Did my grandmother teach me something outdated, or did something wrong with the world? Why didn't everyone play their cards according to common sense? Why didn't I do anything wrong, why didn't everything go well!?
Margaery almost vomited blood—how much restraint and cultivation did it take to be able to smile and talk to the Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer sitting next to her in a casual relaxed tone?
But the damned Night's Watch refused to talk to him with a wary face, and if she had a sword in her hand, Margaery felt that she could really stab this hateful creature in black with a single sword.
A smart person should not be angry, it is enough for a rose to have thorns, what is the use of carrying a sword on his body? Even if he had, how could he have this kind of master who was said to be able to fight the "Red Viper" for dozens of rounds without losing the wind? Margaery looked at Robb, who was holding Miss Frey with a happy face, and felt that she needed to calm down, so she also left the tent.
Then, he heard two guys, one black and one white, one old and one young, talking and pointing out the country while drinking, and even mentioned himself in the words.
Would you like to marry Robb Stark? The daughter of the family and the Frey family are getting married at the moment, and they are going to enter the cave room tonight, is there any point in answering this kind of question now?
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In the moonlight, the air seemed to freeze, and the silence in the tent of the trio reappeared in the room of the trio a moment ago.
Asking someone about someone else's crush is the same as asking a woman's age, which is honestly inappropriate...... Barristan spoke boldly, purely by relying on the old and selling the old.
But to Egger's surprise, Margaery quickly replied: "My favorite man will be a hero of the world, and one day he will come to me wearing a crown and riding a white horse, and call me the queen of love and beauty." Pity...... Now it seems that this can only be the wishful dream of me, a poor girl who no one wants. ”
"I see. Barristan put away his smile and nodded, not saying more.
......
It was really a drop of water, and Iger secretly admired in his heart, in terms of the speed of improvisation, he still had to learn from this little girl - in the face of the captain of the Kingsguard without the slightest tendency to gossip or malicious inquiry, if he didn't say anything, it would be too outward and defensive, but too much was easy to make mistakes. Margaery's reply was not a lie, nor was it a matter of any means—what was wrong with a girl who was not more than fifteen or sixteen years old, who was "naïve" thinking of becoming queen?
(Compared to the expedient measure of escaping from the celebration banquet just now, this scheming girl replied smartly, I don't know where she was higher than herself.) )
The night watchman secretly admired Margaery, but he didn't know how bitter the girl's heart was at this moment.
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