Chapter 118: The Biggest Winner
Egger finished squirting and rubbing his mouth as he coughed and took a special look at Roselyn Frey's ...... Judging from her age, she is enough to be her grandfather's eldest brother. Judging from the change in the expression of the eldest son of the old Marquis Frey, I am afraid that even the woman's family did not know about it in advance, and it was completely Robb Stark's personal decision.
The parents of the northern princes, such as Karstark and Amber, tried their best to retract their request, but Robb Stark didn't look at them, only stared at the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms above, waiting for a reply.
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Robert sank his face, as a close friend of Robb's father and the head of the Baratheon family, he was obviously not very satisfied with the wife that his brother and son had chosen for him - the Frey family was not worthy of the Stark family at all, this was a "fact" recognized by the whole of the Seven Kingdoms, not to mention that Robb was the eldest son and heir?
Only by marrying the cunning little ladies of the Tyrell family and tying the north and the riverbend together can he maximize his own interests and consolidate the peace of the Seven Kingdoms.
Having said that, the promise of the king of a country cannot be joked, although this marriage is not satisfactory, but at least it does not threaten the rule of the Iron Throne, Robert quickly sorted out his emotions, and looked at the representative of the woman's family this time: "Steffron, can you be the master of this for your father?"
Of course not, everything in the Frey family has always been decided by the old Marquis of Wald Frey, but Stevren Frey knows that if he dares to say a word this time, he will be beaten to death by his father when he goes home: "Yes, Your Majesty! On behalf of the Frey family, I agree to this marriage!"
"Very well, in that case, then hurry up and call your little sister over. Forget the slight unhappiness that happened when he rewarded Egger just now, Robert is a little interested, he really hasn't done this marriage a few times, and the matter has come to this, so let's get high: "Since the whole of the seven kingdoms are here today, let's not choose another day—let the peaks of Arryn, and the nobles of the whole Westeros, come and witness this marriage, come on, go and find me a priest! Robb, behave better, and go into the cave tonight!"
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The Freys were instructed, and with a quick grunt, they went out of the tent to call for the bride, and the rest of the tent was as noisy as boiling water. Several nobles from the north quickly surrounded Robb, frowning and saying something, as if they did not approve of the marriage, but more people had already begun to congratulate the two families on the marriage—both congratulating the young wolf lord on his beautiful marriage, and congratulating the Frey family on a good husband...... The extreme silence is so rapid that even Egger is dumbfounded: The man's parents still don't know anything, and you, who are uncles, have held a wedding for other people's descendants?
This kind of absurdity, from the hand of Robert, is simply ...... It makes so much sense.
The king has the right to grant marriage, of course, but only if the subject and his family are aware and willing to accept it - the Mad King chose Jaime Lannister as the King's Guard, which Jaime initially thought was an honor, but Tywin has since regarded the king as an enemy. Robert seems absurd, but he knows very well what he can and can't do - he will never arbitrarily assign marriage to the heirs of important vassals and uncrowned kings like Robb and Margaery, and it is better to say that the parties do not give face, if the parents do not agree, it will be a bad trouble, but there will be chaos.
But this time it was different, this marriage was requested by Robb on his own initiative, and Robert just pushed the boat along the way, as for how Ed and Caitlyn reacted when they heard the news...... Let them quarrel with their sons on their own.
As for the Frey family, it's good to laugh secretly, who has the kung fu to care what you think?
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Iger rubbed his temples: those who can't control the hanging still can't control the hanging after all, but no matter what, Robb marries Roselyn...... At least it was much better than marrying a little nurse or some little nobleman who didn't even remember his last name, Egger, not to mention - at least this bloody wedding would never happen again.
Egger feels sorry for Robb and his father - don't be misled by Eddard's peculiar freak, in this era when the consciousness of equality between men and women has not yet awakened, and nobles and commoners are almost two creatures, traits such as "clean and self-friendly", "not close to women", and "from the beginning" have never been the virtues that the Starks or the Northlanders have prioritized, as can be seen from Eddard's brother Brandon Stark's love of "spears and blood" and his love of breaking HX.
As a modern person, Iger would condemn this irresponsible behavior of others. But in fact, as a lord and a parent, it is easy to go wrong to restrain and educate children with a "second son template" like Ed: the more forbidden something, the easier it is for children to indulge in something or do bad things about something, and it is better to be sparse - if Duke Stark had found some prostitutes early on to let Robb taste the sweetness of women, so that his heirs could understand the aristocratic game rules of "women are like clothes, vassals are like siblings", then Robb would not have been controlled by the lower body when he saw a beautiful girl, and even disregarded the interests of the family.
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"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to hold a wedding without notifying the Prime Minister. ”
"O Kingsguard......," Robert roared, "Everybody calls you 'Fearless Barristan,' and if I want me to call you 'Bad Barristan,' now, roll out of the tent with this pot of wine, and don't come back until you've finished drinking it!"
The old man in a white robe stood for a few seconds, looked around at the celebration banquet that had become a mess, sighed, and obediently took the wine handed to him by Robert and left the tent.
Within a few minutes, Robb's bride, Roselyn Frey, whom Iger had wanted to see before, was surrounded by her mother's family and came to the tent.
When this delicate and timid girl is surrounded by the Frey's family into the tent, the atmosphere reaches a climax again. Many aristocrats had already seen Roselyn Frey, but she looked more beautiful than usual tonight in the light of the fire and a pile of crooked melons and cracked dates—her slender figure was dressed in a light-colored close-fitting skirt, which made her skin fairer, her long dark chestnut hair was loosely curled up to her waist, and her delicate and delicate face had a pair of large brown eyes, which flickered and flickered as if starlight were buried in the light of candles......
Her appearance made the northern princes who had been dull finally join the carnival, although her background status was a little worse, but her appearance made up for a little regret. Such a beauty becomes the mother of the future North, and everyone seems to be able to accept it.
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"It's really a beauty, and I'm a little moved when I see it. ”
This was used to comment on the bride's presumptuousness, but fortunately it came from the mouth of Margaery Tyrrell, and Iger did not dare to pretend not to hear it, so he could only hold his glass and nod his head in agreement while admiring the beauty.
A shy and sweet Roselyn was pushed into Robb's arms, Robert loudly announced the start of the wedding, and the princes began to pound the table...... Although the priest has not yet been found, no one cares about these details.
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Robb's bride is indeed quite tempting, but he once had a girlfriend and crossed over from the modern world of "cheating" and plastic surgery, Egger's resistance to beautiful women is far higher than that of ordinary people in this world, and after admiring it for a while, he finally looked away.
Margaery squinted at Iger with interest, "The night watchman is not allowed to take a wife, how do you feel when you see a woman?"
(You can't marry a wife, and it's not that you can't touch a woman.) Of course, it is impossible to answer so frankly to the scheming girl in front of him, and Egger imitates his old boss, Bunyan Stark, with a straight face: "We take duty as our wife and honor as our concubine." ”
"Cut-" Margaery rarely did not act, but really turned her eyes slightly and pouted to reveal a dissatisfied little daughter. She glared at the Night's Watch in annoyance, but she carefully recalled every detail of her meeting and conversation with Egger, and didn't notice any gaffes or exposures, how could this guy in black be alert? ”
Egger also felt that he was a little too cautious, and quickly smiled: "There are no women on the Great Wall, and in the face of a lady like Miss Margaery, I am very nervous, and if I am offended, I ask Miss for forgiveness." ”
"Hmph-" Watching people hold weddings, but the goal of his trip to the north was not achieved, and at this moment, facing such a guy who didn't eat oil and salt, Margaery was not in the mood to act for a while, snorted, turned her head and stopped talking.
From the moment Robb opened his mouth to ask Robert for marriage, Iger changed from the protagonist to an inconsequential little person, but the person next to him who was talking to him was a noble lady after all, "It's too noisy here, I'm a little dizzy below, so I'll retire first." He apologized to Little Rose and turned to leave the tent.
It's a pleasure to chat with beautiful women, but Egg has always been a very realistic person, Margaery Tyrell can't be herself**, and when talking to her, you have to always be careful not to fall into the trap, so tired, it's better to stay away.
The noisy "wedding" scene was left behind, and although it was not very quiet outside, it was much better than inside. By the moonlight and the light of the fires that were everywhere in the camp, Iger saw Barristan who had just been kicked out of the tent by Robert.
The old iron guard, dressed in white robes and white armor, was sitting on a low bench a few meters away from the tent entrance at the moment, drinking the wine "given" by Robert one after another.
This guy is too obedient, is he going to really drink the wine and then go back to the tent, or is he just borrowing wine to drown his sorrows?
Although Barristan just tried to "spoil his own good deeds", Iger still admires his integrity and extraordinary skills, this kind of powerful character, it is not a bad thing to get acquainted.
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