Chapter 203: Political Marriage
"This girl refuses to come to see you, saying that you sold her, and she has a fiancé for some reason. Egg lowered Arya from her shoulders and pushed her to Robb's side, preemptively accusing the girl before she could speak, "and clamoring for me to take her back to Winterfell or tell someone I'll touch her ass." ”
"Huh-" Although his hair was cut short, Robb still recognized his sister at a glance. As the elder brother who watched Arya grow up, he naturally had a clear temper with the girl, and chose to believe Egger as an outsider without hesitation: "Okay Arya, I apologize, it's really my fault to settle this matter without consulting you." But in these extraordinary times, this marriage is very crucial...... But I promise, no one is going to rush you to get married. ”
"Hmph-" Arya dodged Robb's embrace and ran to the chair to sit down, her ass just touching the chair and jumping up again, tearfully turning away, no longer looking at the two of them.
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In the original plot, Catelyn went to Frey's house to negotiate an alliance at a critical moment when the northern army was in dire need of moving south, and had to make many concessions in order to cross the river - including "Arya marries the Frey's family" and "Robb marries the daughter of a Marquis Frey". Now the plot has changed dramatically, and in the case of being already in-laws, the Frey family has unwaveringly stood on the northern side in the war, and has always been at the forefront of the war against the west......
And in the case that the eldest son is already the son-in-law of the Frey family, it is impossible for the Stark family to have one of the two daughters to repeatedly win over a family with a status lower than their own - the marriage between the Frey family and the Stark family is already high, and once it is to take advantage, and it is not enough to be qualified twice.
So who will Arya's marriage partner be this time?
After all, Egger was the girl's nominal master, and he subconsciously felt that he had a little responsibility to her, coupled with gossip and curiosity, so he couldn't help but ask this question.
"Harold Hatton, heir to Robert Arryn, we all call him 'Harry the heir'. "Robb has nothing to hide from the well-known things:" Grandpa Horst's idea, he wrote to me that this would make the alliance of the three families stronger. ”
"It turned out to be him. Iger was stunned.
After Lysa Tully is driven back to Riverrun with a note of her own, her sick, manic, epileptic son, Robert Arryn, Eddard Stark's nephew, becomes the last "bloodline" between Vale and the Wolf Osprey. If he were to die, the de facto basis of the Vale-Stark alliance would be lost, and an alliance based solely on friendship would be unstable. Not to mention—patriarchs like Jon Royce, who were close to the North, were taken to the Wall by Robert during the recent mutiny.
Arya Stark's marriage to Harold Hatton will ensure that even if the current Duke of the Vale dies, the future Duchess of the Vale will be given the surname Stark...... The Wolf-Osprey Grand Alliance will still exist.
Maintaining the stability of the alliance through marriage is what Duke Horst is good at...... And looking at Robert Arryn's sick appearance, it is really possible that he will die before leaving an heir. In this case, Egger is now facing a very serious political marriage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Arya is burdened with a burden, and she cannot be allowed to play or be willful.
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"Reasonable arrangement. After Egger understood the inside story, he quickly put on the mask of a loving elder and considered it from the perspective of his apprentice Arya: "But I think the little girl has the right to see her fiancé first." ”
"That's nature. Well, tomorrow I'll make an excuse to summon Sir Harold downstairs to the conference room, and then Arya can pretend to be a squire and take a good look at your fiancé. Robb looked at Arya's short-haired tomboy appearance, and knew that he couldn't let her meet her future husband officially for the first time in this way: "In my personal opinion, Sir Harold has a well-proportioned and slender figure, and his appearance can be regarded as handsome, and Uncle Brynden even said that he is like the young Duke Jon Arryn, just talking about appearance, but he doesn't wronged you at all." ”
Arya shook her head vigorously: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, no matter how handsome you are, I just heard from people outside that he has a few illegitimate children!"
"Bastard ......" Robb was speechless for a while, and after being nurtured and taught by his father Ed, he naturally felt that this was a stain on honor, but he really couldn't think about it too much: "Bastard children will not affect ...... Your inheritance of the valley and that of his future heirs. ”
"I'm going to go with his inheritance, who's going to have a baby with him!" Arya stomped her foot, tugging at the place where she had been beaten on her ass, grinning in pain.
"Dirty again!" Egger scolded Tyrion who had taken the girl badly, and glared at Arya: "You eat well, you wear well, you want to learn riding with a horse, you want to learn swordsmanship, you have someone to teach you by hand, and you have caused a catastrophe and I, a supposedly neutral night watchman officer, took the risk to send you home, why?
This is naturally reasonable and convincing in the ears of adults, but the bear child does not listen to your big truth: "I don't care...... Anyway...... Anyway, if you force me to marry him, I'll ...... I'll die for you!"
"You girl, what kind of bastard are you talking about!" Robb frowned, but he had always loved his sister, and the impression in Arya's eyes had long been solidified, and there was no majesty in any expression, and he might not be as good as Egger in speaking.
"What do you mean I'm forcing you to ......" Egg also reacted at this time, and suddenly realized that he should not get involved in the internal affairs of the Stark family, Arya refused to accept the family's marriage arrangement, which turn was persuaded by herself, a swordsmanship teacher?
Thinking about the key point, he didn't hesitate much, and said goodbye to Robb: "Arya has been delivered safely, I'll go down and prepare, and leave for Golden Tooth City tomorrow to take the monarch killer to the Great Wall." Please also greet the princes along the King's Road in advance, I don't want the Lannisters' enemies to lead an army to maliciously block or even attack my team going north. ”
"No problem, I'll write tonight. Robb nodded: "In addition, I will also allocate you a hundred soldiers to ensure that you and the monarch killer can reach the Great Wall smoothly." ”
"That couldn't be better. If nothing else, then I'll just retire first, you two brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, let's have a good chat. ”
"Hmm. ”
Iger walked to the door to leave, when Arya's complaint came from behind, "Why me, Sansa! She's older than me, and she likes to marry this and that the most! Can't she be the Duchess of the Vale!"
"She is still Joffrey's fiancée, and it is disrespectful to him to give Harry the marriage contract without going through the procedure, and we can only make another arrangement when Joffrey wears black and the marriage contract between the two is recognized as invalid......"
"What!" Egger turned around immediately, "Joffrey is going to put on black too...... You let him and the kingkiller...... Father and son are reunited on the Great Wall, aren't they afraid of accidents?"
"The three bastards are all on Dragonstone now, and Stannis says it's my father's meaning...... Hey, it's up to him to decide these things when I rescue my father from King's Landing. Robb also looked helpless, don't look at him at the meeting, he looks like a prince commander with a bamboo in his chest and as steady as an old dog, but he is a teenager after all. The first time I took the lead in taking charge independently, I was actually panicked. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly stopped Egger again: "Wait, I remember, I'm about to lead the army to King's Landing, Arya is not safe with me, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others...... Since you're going back to the Wall, why don't you take Arya back to Winterfell, and save me from sending another group of soldiers to escort her. ”
"No, he just spanked me!"
"Don't mess around with Arya!" After being pestered by his sister for a long time, Robb didn't believe her words at all, and his expression became serious: "Either go back to Winterfell with Egger, or I will hand you over to your fiancé and let him protect you during the march, you choose one yourself!"
Arya pouted and stared at Robb for a while, seeing that he had no intention of giving in, she glanced at Egger aggrievedly again, and gave in helplessly: "Okay, then I'll choose to go home." ”
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