Make a decision?

Princess Arrene pretended to be thinking about it, but in fact, her mind was blank, and her heart was panicked.

I wanted to intervene and share a sip of soup to drink, but who knew that the other party served the whole pot of stew to himself at once.

Instead, she was dizzy.

The city of Halberd and the High Court have been rivals since ancient times, how many centuries of bloody conflict have drawn a deep chasm between the two places, the riverlands are a "hateful neighbor" to Dorne, a tiger on the side of the couch, as long as Dorn is not pulled away from Westeros by the movement of land plates, the two families are still bordering, and there are territorial disputes and disputes, then it will never be possible to have a harmonious relationship until the end of the world. The Martell family could not sit idly by and watch the already powerful Riverbend rise to a new level of cohesion after the ruling family entered the center of power—and that meant that from the moment Aegon Jr. rejected Arlene's overtures and chose Margaret as queen, and the Tyrells were made royal relatives, half of Dorne's ass was already sitting on Daenerys' side.

She was sent north by her father, and her main purpose was to meet Prince Aegon to see if the two could get together. Negotiating with the Queen's forces should have been her uncle's task, and it was her coquettish and desperate pleas that made her uncle agree to give her a chance to prove her political ability, so that she could appear for the first time in front of the representatives of the Queen's camp without the guidance of her elders.

Dorne knew how many troops and how much he could send, and what kind of benefits and benefits he should ask for, his father and uncle had already made it clear what they should be told. She came to meet with Iger this time to say that she was "negotiating on behalf of Dorne", but in fact, she only had to carry out activities within the rules and regulations drawn by Prince Dorman and Prince Oberon, and if the alliance was sure to succeed, the outcome of the negotiation would not be too big, if there was a discrepancy.

After the conversation on behalf of the respective factions, socialize with Iger on a personal level, and find a way to make an impression in the eyes of the queen's top figure, and if possible, even establish a relationship...... Ensuring that her status as the first heir to Dorne is secure is her private thoughts and thoughts outside of her official duties.

Complete the tasks assigned by the family first, and then get close to Egger in private, if you can tease and lure ...... It is naturally best to develop him as a lover. The reason why she brought Trenee Shad with her was not only to let her cooperate in the negotiations, but also to have another thought: if Iger didn't like her style type, then change her little sister to the battle.

With their very different bodies and appearances, none of them will be able to enter Egg's eyes, and if he doesn't refuse, a threesome is acceptable.

She loved her illegitimate cousins, so much that she was willing to share men with them.

Having an affair with a world-famous hero like the "Phantom Slayer" is not only a shame, but a great honor in Dorne's culture.

......

But who would think, Iger doesn't play his cards according to common sense at all.

Whether it was the conditions and benefits he offered, or the requirements and expectations for Dorne, they were far beyond what the two princes, Dorran and Oberon, had explained to her. Alene was a little dazed at the moment, and in vulgar words, she summed up her feelings at the moment - I just came to seduce you, why do you want to pull me into the gang to do a big deal?

She and Trenee looked at each other, confused in each other's eyes.

The sand snake couldn't help but lean closer to the princess and whispered, "Arlene, I think this condition is too good, but it looks like a deceit! I'm afraid we won't be able to be the master, why don't we go back and discuss it with you and my father?"

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It's no wonder that she feels abnormal, anyone will hesitate if she changes.

Egger's willingness to promise some of the Bend to Dorne included a number of considerations.

But although there is a scheming in it, there is no conspiracy.

The first is to buy hearts and minds - although Egger has so far told the Dornes that "the queen wants to weaken the power of the riverbend", sooner or later the Great Lord's plan will be carried out in an orderly manner, and the plan will be carried out in an orderly manner, in which the Lordship will swallow up all of the Stormlands and most of the bay and part of the riverlands at once. For Dorne, the king will suddenly rush to him from far away, and his former evil neighbor will be replaced by an even more terrible behemoth, which will arouse their instinctive vigilance and disgust.

And there is no more direct and better way to alleviate this hostility and opposition than to "get a slice of the pie."

The southern end of the Stormlands and two small plots of land in Riverbend were given to Dorne in exchange for their support for the Great King's Lordship Project...... Or at least not against.

In addition to this, the deeper purpose is to control Dorne.

In the blueprint of the plan, there are four major dukedoms in the east, west, south and north in addition to the Great Monarchy, among them: the northern realm of Iger is to be managed by supporting the Bolton family to create an internal balance, and the western realm is controlled by escrow of gold...... So how should the east and south ensure that they can be ruled by the royal family?

Dorne was cut off from the rest of the Seven Kingdoms by mountains, and in the event of confrontation, it was difficult for outsiders to enter by retreating back to the Prince's Pass and the Bone Road, and even if they managed to break through, they would immediately break into the desert and fight guerrilla warfare with the royal army—and for this reason, even Aegon the Conqueror was unable to subdue the land at that time.

Egger carefully analyzed and felt that this problem could still be summed up in one word: geographical factors.

To solve this problem, he referred to the pattern of dividing provincial-level administrative regions through the former Celestial Empire: try to avoid using natural hazards such as mountains and rivers as the boundaries of provinces.

After giving Dorne two or three plots of land belonging to the Stormlands and the Bends, Dorne had actually increased by only about a tenth of its size, but it had suddenly gone from being confined to the south side of the Crimson Mountains—to riding across its two sides, and being divided into north and south by the mountains that straddled east and west: the barren and barren part was on the south, and the rich, but small part was on the north— With such a small but fertile piece of land exposed to the protection of the Crimson Mountains, the Dornites have some scruples, and they can no longer be barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes like before, ignoring or defying the orders of the central government at every turn!

This is out of the realm of stratagem, and even if Varys, Petyr, and Prince Doran themselves came here, it would be difficult for them to guess the true purpose of Egger's move, and even if they did, they would not be able to resist the temptation.

If submission and obedience could be exchanged for self-sufficiency in land and food, Martell's family would have been replaced with a three-headed dragon banner three hundred years ago!

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Tryne's whisper was originally for the sake of Arlene, who would have thought that when the latter heard it, he would be greatly upset: Why? My princess, the future legitimate heir of Dorne, can't even make decisions on the spot in negotiations with outsiders, but has to go home and ask the elders, which makes others see it, how will they think and laugh at themselves?

In addition to the rebellious mentality, after the initial shock and confusion passed, there were also some strange emotions in the heart of Alianen, who gradually came back to her senses, began to ferment.

Everyone has their own little peculiar fetishes, and Alian's fatal "weakness" is that she can't resist the special charm of a man with a dangerous aura, let alone the fatal attraction of a crazy plan like "destroy and disintegrate the bend".

She had also read the popular book "The Fantastic Adventures of the Night Watch", but at that time, like most people with a high level of knowledge, she would judge the "main character" in this book, and most of the stories experienced were fictional or artistically processed.

Who would have thought that now that he finally saw the deity, he found that the guy in front of him was exactly the same as the wild and bold adventurer in the book, and even surpassed. And these qualities that fascinated her, combined with the characteristics of power, ability, prestige, and even military power, made an incredible ...... Monster!

If when she first entered this house, she still had the usual casual, debauched typical Dorne woman mentality, and regarded Egg as her prey.

Now, something happened that even she thought was incredible: she seemed to be really a little obsessed with the ...... in front of her I've only known the guy for less than an hour!

She longed for this guy's approval and favor, for his earth-shattering plan to sweep the bend, and even for tonight, no, to be able to work with him right now......

Bah!

Suppressing the inexplicable Gu Yaonian, she thought of a deeper benefit: if she could participate in this great feat of disintegrating the river bay as a daughter, and be able to leave her name and establish military merits in this period of history, then even if her father still wanted to deprive him of his inheritance, I am afraid that he would face huge resistance!

After swallowing his saliva, he didn't pay attention to the whispers in the ears of the Sand Snake Sisters, but raised his head and met Egg's gaze directly.

"Dorne joins, Lord Commander-in-Chief. When will I be able to discuss the details of this plan?"

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