Chapter 457: Bringing Game of Thrones to the Stage (16)

The King of York did not have a peaceful birthday in the first few years, and he frequently went north to quell the turmoil, and he had a headache.

Surrounded by male aristocrats and knights for a long time, the queen lacked close friends, and when she went to France to seek soldiers, she once poured out her bitterness to the Duchess of Bourbon, saying that the events of her life were not recorded in a book.

What the queen said is true, she is probably the only queen in British history who has been robbed twice by bandits.

On one occasion, in order to avoid the pursuit of York, she abandoned her horse and fled for her life, and in a panic, she separated from her son and the guards, rushed out of a gang of robbers to rob her of her belongings, punched and kicked her, and humiliated her in every way.

The leader of the bandits, "Black Jack", holds a sword against her throat and claims to cut her body.

After all, she had seen a big battle, the queen was not paralyzed by fright, and when her life was hanging by a thread, she suddenly roared:

"I am the wife of the king, your queen, and you shall kill me but do not destroy my body, and leave a whole body ......"

Blackjack was stunned when he heard this, and the mountain village never dared to imagine that he could rob the queen in this life, let alone kill the other party.

Unable to overcome his psychological and moral fears, Blackjack kneels before the queen and pleads for forgiveness, escorting the mother and son to hide deep in the forest.

In June 1465, the poor king Henry VI, who had wandered among the northern people for more than a year, was arrested and the queen went into exile in France.

Unexpectedly, the king of York and the "kingmaker" Earl Warwick had a rift and went to infighting, and Warwick also went into exile in France, providing the queen with an opportunity.

With the efforts of the King of France, the Queen formed an alliance with Warwick, a sworn enemy, whom the French King called a "strong union", but the opponents said that it was a "demonic alliance" with the goal of jointly overthrowing the York dynasty and restoring Lancaster.

The King of York was also a legendary figure, within a year, he was first overthrown by the queen and Warwick, and fled to the Netherlands with only a few hundred guards, and then landed in England with his troops half a year later to regain the throne, which is also unique in British history.

In view of the various rebellions that held high the banner of Henry VI of Lancaster, the King of York was ruthless this time and secretly executed the captive Henry VI.

The original plan was for Warwick to plan the restoration, and when the political situation stabilized, the queen would return to England from France.

Unbeknownst to the Queen of York, the Queen had set out to restore the throne, and on the night of her arrival, the bloody Battle of Barnett took place, in which the King of York had defeated the Warwicks and Lancaster's superior forces.

The queen was persuaded to return to France with her son, but she did not want to back down and decided to rally her supporters for a last-ditch effort.

The king of York had just finished a bloody battle, had disbanded his army, and had not yet drunk a few sips of fine wine, and heard that the Red Queen had landed, so he immediately issued another recruitment order, and personally led his troops to surround and intercept him. It was the season of the Cool Department, and the march on both sides was quite arduous.

In order to evade the Yorkist army, the Lancastrian army specialized in remote areas and marched, so it was more difficult than the Yorkist army.

It is fair to say that the queen was a man of greater fortitude and tenacity than the average man, and as a very noble woman, she grew in force as the Lancastrian army stumbled through the woods, across the meadows, and over the ravines, sending messages to the party along the way.

The Queen's army was eventually overtaken by the Yorkists on the outskirts of the small town of Tukesbury, and the final Battle of the Red and White Roses took place.

It was also the first battle of the little prince of Lancaster, but he was tragically killed here.

When the queen heard the news of the defeat at the manor near the battlefield, she had the opportunity to flee as usual, but she did not know whether her son was alive or dead, and driven by the strong maternal love, she did not listen to the persuasion of her followers and insisted on staying and looking for him.

Soon after, the Yorkist officer led a team to find the queen and told her that the little prince of Lancaster had been killed, and she collapsed to the ground.

When she was escorted to the King of York, the queen, who had lost her husband, her son, and everything, had no scruples, and she wept and cursed hysterically, and used words so viciously that the servants around her turned their ears away.

Several courtiers suggested that the King of York should execute the Red Queen, and the King of York did seriously consider the issue, but the medieval concept of chivalry finally made him put up with it, saying that he would not deal with a "madwoman" and only put her under house arrest.

In 1475, the Red Queen's cousin, King Louis XI of France, ransomed her for £10,000.

By the time she was released and left the UK, she had no hope of giving up her "career and rights" forever.

Relying on the small annuity given by His Holiness, it was rare to live a peaceful and poor life for a few years.

In August 1482, the Red Queen died of illness and was buried in the Cathedral of Angers, France.

The Red Queen struggled for her family and power all her life, and finally left with nothing, how similar to the fate of Cersei Lannister.

If you read it, you will find that Cersei was swayed by several prophecies given to her in this life.

In fact, she has been trying to avoid her fate, but she has misinterpreted her prophecy again and again and led to her own tragic end.

Cersei has truly achieved her fate, she has been trying to change her life, but it seems that it will be wrong.

Prophecy 1: "You will never marry a prince, but a king"

Cersei did not dream of marrying the then Prince Rhaegar as she dreamed of, but married Robert for political reasons and became queen, which was not a marriage, and they both resented each other in the end.

Prophecy 2: "You will be queen for a while, and then there will be another queen, younger than you, who will overthrow you and take away all that you hold dear".

Cersei had been mistaken about this prophecy at first, believing that the one who would take her "cherish" would be Little Rose, and had always been wary of her.

In the end, she also caused an explosion in the church, killing all the people in their family, but it was not until the end that she realized that the person mentioned in the prophecy was actually the Mother of Dragons.

Prophecy 3: "You will not have children with the king, the king will have twenty children, and you will have three children, and they will have a crown of gold and a shroud of gold".

It is also seen in the play that Cersei and Robert's marriage is a political marriage, and Cersei's three children have Lannister's unique blonde hair.

Eventually, Cersei saw the three children leave her.

The king did have 20 children, but they were all illegitimate children, and they were almost wiped out by Cersei and Joffrey.

Prophecy 4: "When you are grief-stricken, your brother will stretch out his hands and strangle you by the pale neck and strangle you alive."

As a result, Cersei has always been wary of his second brother "Little Devil" Tyrion Lannister, she hates the Little Devil for taking her mother, and suspects that he killed Joffrey, so she wants to kill him.

However, before the finale, many viewers at the time speculated that Cersei had guessed wrong, because it was Jaime who might have killed Cersei in the end, although Jaime did have a broken arm.

Here's what the witch said about the first prophecy:

Your husband is not a prince, but a king, and you will be a queen.

But this glory is fleeting, you sing it, and she appears.

A woman younger and more beautiful than you will take your throne as queen and rob you of your treasures.

The king has 20 children, and you have only 3, who are crowned with gold during their lifetime and covered in gold after their deaths.

In just a few words, it almost finished Cersei's life.

Almost all viewers and fans of Game of Thrones have a predominantly negative evaluation of Cersei.

But it should not be ignored that she is the only ruler who can compete with the conqueror of Westeros, Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons.

At this time, in Westeros, the Targaryen dynasty was overthrown by Stark and Baratheon, who were defeated by the Lannisters.

The heroes of the older generation, not to mention the mad king Elise Targaryen, such as Eddard Stark, Rob Baratheon, and Tywin Lannister, are also gone.

Now Westeros, it is like the Three Kingdoms without Cao Cao, and in a few years, there will be more Sima Zhao and his group, and the situation can be imagined.

Standing at the pinnacle of power, one is Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons, and the other is Cersei Lannister.

Cersei is currently sitting on the Iron Throne, of course, compared to the Dragon Mother, who fought all the way back from the East, Cersei's position is more of a matter of fate, and she can't sit on the Iron Throne.

But don't veto the woman across the board, either.

Cersei has the same traits as the Mother of Dragons - absolute trust in power, and absolute confidence in controlling it.

And in Westeros, where the story begins, only these two people can do it.

The difference is that the Mother of Dragons has always known what she wants and is still fighting for it, hoping to make her strong.

And everything Cersei longed for was gone, and despair made her.

Cersei is not stupid, she knows very well that she is not the opponent of the Dragon Mother, the Dragon Mother is in the city, and with the blessing of the little devil as a military advisor, she is more of a backwater, because she has no choice.

Cersei walked step by step to the center of power, all passively.

When her husband Lauber died, the eldest son Joffrey (the oldest of the living sons) ascended to the throne, and Cersei couldn't control him at all, but fortunately, her father Tywin was still alive, and the little devil was by his side to stop Joffrey from messing around.

Cersei wasn't under that much pressure at this time, and she couldn't stop Joffrey from killing Ned Stark, causing a rebellion in the North, and Tywin to pacify Stark.

Later, Joffrey is poisoned at the Purple Wedding, the imp is framed and flees, and Tywin dies.

The burden of the Iron Throne of the Lannisters, as well as the fragmented Seven Kingdoms, weighs on Cersei, who embarks on her path of domination.

So, is Cersei a good politician?

Of course not, even if she has some political talent.

During Joffrey's tenure, Tyrion served as the Hand of the King, and when the news of King's Landing was rising, several old fritters in King's Landing were played by the little devils, even if the mother and son bullied him, the little devils did what they should do.

Cersei's mother and son can't play Tyrion at all, and Tyrion's army is overwhelmed, and Tyrion survives, and Cersei can only prepare poison to avoid the city being humiliated.

The arrogant Joffrey is dead, and King's Landing was still supported by the little devil and Varys, and now that they are gone, King's Landing is in shambles.

Tywin's death caused some forces from outside the city to infiltrate, and those "allies" lost their original respect.

Jaime realizes this, but Cersei disagrees.

Cersei, who claims to be the Queen Regent, her uncle back to Castle Rock.

And the Tyrell family is currently a woman in power, even if she wants to reuse Duke Tyrrell, she still can't escape the interference of her daughter-in-law Little Rose, at that time their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are smelling of gunpowder.

The magnates of King's Landing can't help her, Littlefinger is far away in the north, and Littlefinger may not really help her.

So she supported the religion of the Seven Gods, and when the sparrows were fledgling, they also cleaned up the people who provoked her for her, and when the power was stable, they didn't take her seriously.

The religion represented by the sparrow, the so-called equality, is actually on the side of the poor class, who may not have the ability to govern the city. Took control of the nobles of King's Landing, and punished Xiu in the name of the gods.

Cersei was locked up for a long time by the Sparrow, and then paraded naked in the streets, dumped with feces all over her body.

On the eve of the judgment of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, she laid everything out and blew up the Great Chapel at the time of the trial, burning everyone and all the troubles.

But at this time, King's Landing City was already in ruins, and the people were struggling to make a living.

Of course, Cersei didn't care.

I thought Cersei had managed to become a proper ruler, or at least a qualified politician, after all of this, but she didn't.

She already knew that the Wraiths of the North were heading south, and teaming up with the Mother of Dragons was the only chance to save Westeros, but she didn't care.

She still wanted to fight, if the Mother of Dragons went north to resist the strangers, no matter which side won, she only had to deal with the other. Even if the strange ghost is out of control in the end, it will be a big deal.

Repeat: it's a big deal!

This crazy woman doesn't care about the survival of all the humans on the entire continent, Cersei hates the world, she hates those filthy ordinary people, she doesn't care about anyone's life or death.

Anyway, the children she cared about the most were all dead, and she didn't care.

So, is she a good mother?

She hoped it was, but unfortunately she wasn't.

Joffrey was too arrogant, she couldn't take care of it, and Tomman was too weak, so she decided everything for him, and didn't care about this son's fragile heart.

Tomman is easily charmed by Little Rose, and as a mother, Cersei can't stand other women using her son to expel her, so she supports the Sparrow and then does it first to Little Rose's family.

Tomman's political philosophy was to rule with religion. And Cersei couldn't stand the pride of the people who had bullied her, and blew up the religious elements and the Baelor Great Sanctuary.

Also blown up were Tommen's wife and a group of nobles.

Tomman jumped off the building.

If Joffrey and Messira's deaths were indirectly caused by her, then Tommen's death is too directly related to her.

From beginning to end, she never cared about the child's feelings, she cared more about her obsession and hatred.

Later, Cersei blames the imp for Messira's death.

It does have something to do with the little devil, but it can't be counted as his fault!

It's like a mother who gave birth to a little devil and died in childbirth, how can you blame the little devil? At that time, they had just been born.

But Cersei Lannister's logic is like that.