King's Landing.

The corpse was cold, but Adesha's heart was even colder.

For three days, the child held out for three days or left.

She didn't cry, but when she opened her eyes, the tears couldn't stop flowing.

The child was born ten days earlier than expected, the day after he left King's Landing for the south.

On the morning when the sun breaks, the child falls out of the mother's body.

This time it was a girl, born prematurely, and was younger than children of the same age.

It's not cute at all, it's wrinkled and very weak,

But if she could exchange her life for it, Adesha would not hesitate.

All the monks of King's Landing prayed for Oran's second child as soon as possible, but to no avail.

After the body was settled, Adesha did not leave the door for two days.

Outside the house at this moment, everyone pleaded with Malm.

"Lady Adesha's body has often had dizziness and other problems since the last accident, and this time we can survive until the birth, we have taken care of it very carefully, Your Highness!"

The servants and monks who took care of Adesha were afraid of being implicated in the incident.

"Take care of her."

Malm didn't know what to say, and then asked him to hand over all the chores to his study for his own review.

As a liege, Malmu has zero abilities.

The first request she reviewed was a letter from one of Tuman's manor stewards requesting the construction of a wooden fort.

If you want to build such a fortification, you have to agree to it by the lord, even if it is your own fiefdom.

But Malm approved it directly.

She thought that Tuman was very loyal, and that he had followed Orlan to the south to struggle, and that it should be a reasonable petition.

The second request is "Rad? Walker "wants to allocate a larger share of the "paper" trade.

Ever since he had gone to Galloway with Orlan and married the king's eldest daughter, he had begun to intervene in the northern trade.

"Will Your Excellency agree?" Malm asked about the clerk and Henry's uncle "Cobain".

The old knight had reached the end of his life and did not need to leave King's Landing to fight the Vikings.

Eliminating the Iron Arm Baldwin and reviving the family can only rely on Henry.

Cobain heard the inquiry, and Hanhu answered, "Lord Ladd is the nobleman who has followed Your Excellency the longest. ”

The clerk who was in charge of sorting out the documents next to him saw that the old knight did not speak, and he did not dare to say whether he agreed or not, and he was only responsible for classifying the letters.

"Ladd said that he wants to expand his share, because Your Excellency has asked him to deal with a lot of secrets in the north, and it will cost too much money." Malm asked again.

"Twenty percent of the kingdom's paper trade is given to him (and if it is given again, it will affect the share of others, Your Highness)." Cobain expressed his thoughts implicitly.

"The letter says that Kunsang also agreed, and that they were going to send paper to the monks in Scotland to promote Protestantism."

After Malmu finished speaking, the two didn't answer again, otherwise if it was spread out, wouldn't it offend the two northern nobles?

"Kunsang is Your Excellency's most trusted knight, so give him more."

Of Oran's many lovers, Kunsang recognized only Malm's status as his staunchest supporter.

Unbeknownst to Malm, she was instinctively lenient with her supporters.

The third letter is for the naturalized Vikings in the territory, and "Ponytail Gomon" clashed with "Young Glock".

Seeing the dead and wounded in the letter, Malmu looked anxious and asked, "Why are they fighting?"

"It seems that there is a shortage of food, but recently in order to support Your Excellency, troops have been sent out to pay serious taxes, this has happened in many places, they hope to get more space for activities, when Your Excellency first allocated them territory, they were centrally managed,

Although they have intermarried with the local Ansa people, they have only been around for a short time, so their range of activities is mostly in the area of Durham and Jerey County. ”

"Can't get enough to eat? I have a number of estates in Northumbria, which are given to them first, and some people may be relocated there, and they may be allowed to go into some of the mountains and forests for hunting. ”

Malm gave her the land that Orlan had given her, and with a wave of his hand, gave it to the Vikings.

Orlan had wanted Malmu to learn government affairs, after all, his wife was the most reliable ally.

But Ella only educates her daughters: ladylike education

When I was a child, I listened to my father, and I learned all kinds of women's work,

When I grew up, I listened to my husband and dealt with all kinds of housework,

The mind listens to the monks, and believes in God sincerely.

After marrying Oran, she has never dealt with government affairs, she lives very frugally,

Oram saved all the rewards she had given her, and she was not harsh on her subordinates, so that they could always be fed.

When you encounter a request, you will find a way to help as soon as possible.

Such a person is usually very good, but he cannot handle government affairs well in the chaos.

So in the end, it became Adesha who was in charge of it all.

But now because she lost her son in premature birth, Malmu has resumed her duties as a hostess.

On the fourth day of dealing with government affairs, the Vikings landed from the county of Yeree!

Malm, who was breastfeeding at the time, immediately asked the maid to take the child down, change into the lord's robes, and go to the hall.

The expressions of the knights in attendance were solemn, and Malmu forcibly calmed down, and she wondered what her husband would do at this time.

As she sat down, she let out a long deep breath.

"Your Highness, the snake-eyed Sigurd and a large group of men have come ashore, and they have taken advantage of the first wave of attacks at dawn, and have already sacked several of our villages, and sent people to say that if they do not hand over the tribute, they will wash the entire county of Yewei in blood."

"How much?" Malm asked.

"Five thousand pounds of silver."

"That's all?"

Hearing this, the knights present were stunned, do they really want to give money?

"They also said that the master of King's Landing would pay the tribute, as a sign of goodwill, and when they received the money, they would automatically withdraw."

"We seem to be out of the way?"

"Yes, Your Highness, but five thousand pounds ......"

"Wait, what's the condition of the looted village?"

"I can't count it yet, but it's about a hundred more refugees, and there are ......"

"If they rob like this, there will be a lot of casualties, I heard that the Vikings in the south are stopping, and some county magistrates are also paying?"

Malm hopes to get more support and bring out the Southern example.

"But that happened in Wessex, Cornwall, Wales, and other places, all of which were Lords' counties that changed hands repeatedly, and the local lords and knights had no choice but to collect tribute, and ask them not to wreak havoc when they left or conquered again."

"How much would it cost us to fight these Vikings?"

"Equipment, manpower, materials, all converted into thousands of pounds...... At least. ”

"Send someone to ask, and if they agree to half of the tribute, we will give it."

This!

The knights didn't want to fight, and they were afraid that Orlan would come back to ask for the guilt, but Orlan would not be able to return home in a few months.

Caught in a dilemma.

Not everyone was opposed to this idea, at least the gentry and the lord of the manor in the place where the Vikings had landed supported Malm with both hands.

And Orlan and the Vikings are not incapable of talking,

Yinvar's men had launched many invasions in the north before, and then Olan had not acquiesced to the local towns to hand over the tribute, and finally ended up?

More than 2,000 pounds for multiple towns, tens of thousands of people for a period of time peaceful, cost-effective business.

The news of the arrival of "Snake Eyes" made everyone in King's Landing nervous again.

Even the backyard of Oran, those lovers and maids.

With Oran's efforts day and night, Reyna and Mi'er were both diagnosed as pregnant at this moment.

Karin wasn't there, and Malmu didn't care about these trivial matters, and Mi'er was actually the head of the female officials.

She also discussed with Reyna to prepare her belongings, and if something went wrong, she would run to the estate produced by Malm last time.

Oran also housed ships on that Carlisle County estate by the sea,

Before the Battle of King's Landing, Oran arranged for Southamp to find someone to go to a place in South Francia and buy some land for the local nobles.

At that time, it was estimated that the worst-case scenario was that if King's Landing was defeated, all the female scrolls would be sent out.

This escape line is naturally known to lovers.

It is rumored that "Snake Eyes" came ashore with 5,000 people!

If you put together the adult men of King's Landing, there are a lot more than these warriors, but it doesn't do much.

This is also the reason why Malmu does not want to fight, and the lovers want to escape.

After another five or six days of back and forth, it was finally decided that Marm would take people to pay the tribute.

For her safety, it was agreed that she would follow the rear of the brigade and that the Vikings would collect it at the designated location.

But when her team just came out of King's Landing one day,

Another reserve from Haizhen immediately pursued them.

It turned out that after Adesha left the door, she knew all this and sent someone to chase her

But she was still very weak, so she could only lie down in the carriage, and lay the loose bunk in it, and slowly catch up.

Eventually, the two men met at the junction of County Durham and County Jeree.

Malmu voluntarily left the carriage and was on Adesha's carriage when he heard a cough.

Adesha is very good-looking, she is a woman who will be moved when she sees it,

But she was overly sad, tired, and dystocia, which made her hair dry and thin, and her hands, feet, and face were much thinner.

The carriage was littered with papers.

These are all the government affairs that Malmu has dealt with, and Adesha has re-examined them.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

"Madame!"

"Your Highness, listen to me...... Go back, gather all the surrounding reserves, they don't want to give anything, and if they don't accept it, they will fight ......"

Adesha was determined and finally fainted from Malmu's body.

This time, I don't know where the blood from Adesha's body was stained with Malm.

Stunned by this picture, the final gold payment team returned to King's Landing.

When Adesha woke up, Malmu was at the bedside, taking care of her.

The two women are competitors, companions, and mothers.

Watching the bedside maid hugging "Edward", Adesha made a request to see the healthy child.

The maid was a little scared of Adesha at this time, but Malmu took the child and handed it to Adesha.

"It's so good-looking, the face is round, it's so good-looking, ...... in the future Like his father, he showed mercy everywhere...... Ahem!"

Adesha's tears flowed down Edward's body, perhaps because she felt sorry for her dead brother and sister.

Edward suddenly stretched out his chubby little hand and gestured to hug Adesha.

The latter's motherly love is big, and she holds the child carefully for a while, and only when the body is contaminated with the smell of the child's milk does she let the maid take the child out.

Adesha then told Malm, "Your Highness, you are wrong. ”

"What?"

"Tuman wants to build a wooden fort, but that piece of land is beyond his fiefdom, and once he builds it, the surrounding forest farms will become his hunting grounds, and there will be conflicts with other nobles in the future.

Also, Ladd and Kunsang are in the same group, and they are loyal to Your Excellency and you, but they do not mean that they are loyal to Northumbria. ”

"Isn't that different?"

"They can nod and bend down to the lord, and be very cautious, but turn their heads to murder others, kill the lords, and use the power of the first night to collect taxes, and this is the difference, and their requests are all loyal to the self-interest.

They are guarding the northern border, and they don't really want 'Tyrell' to come back.

Not to mention having a good relationship with the Scots,

Your Excellency uses them because of obedience, but it is impossible to have a dog just because it is obedient and agrees to any request. ”

Malm had never thought of such a thing, and he didn't know how to judge it.

"Also, Viking infighting?"

"Well, there's this."

"Gomon is better, but Glock is ambitious, what good can they do when they get together?

As soon as Orlan leaves, they clash?

Fart, how can it not be acting?

After almost three years of fighting, tens of thousands of people have died in our country!

Even if the population is concentrated in order to shrink the front now, there is still a large amount of land that has not been cultivated.

Orlan refused to seal more because he had already sealed it to the point where he couldn't seal it.

Do you know how much land there is in our country at the moment, and how much Orlan Shiling is?"

"More than three percent?"

"No, less than twenty percent, he keeps recruiting and fighting, he gives these warriors in addition to verbal rewards, only the land is left, and with thirty percent of the strength, the lord has a way to maintain the balance of all parties,

If there is none, careerists will emerge in an endless stream. ”

"What about me?"

"Both sides reprimand, let them settle down."

"I see."

"Besides, this time it's definitely not the snake's eyes, Your Highness, you remember."

"You've seen those Vikings?"

"No, but the truth of one thing doesn't matter, what matters is what we want others to see?

Snake Eyes is Havedan's brother, and it makes sense that he wants to go ashore, but Havedan has already been taken to East Anglia,

If the Vikings want to snatch it back, it should be from Mercia, or from the sea off East Anglia,

Nothing to do around to hit us?

Besides, the invasion of 5,000 troops, how many dragon ships does this cost?

There are only a few Vikings in total, and 10,000 people died,

also scattered in the outer islands and the central and southern parts of England,

Rumors can be faster than the wind, stronger than fire,

Five man-made rumors will become a hundred man-made rumors the next day.

5,000 people coming, only more than 2,000 pounds of tribute?

There are only two possibilities for this,

Snake Eyes may be here, but there are not so many of them,

Snake Eyes didn't come, this is a shipwrecked Viking fleet, or a pioneer tentative fleet, and when you go ashore, see how we react, and if you do pay for it, they may desperately catch you. ”

"The knights who can be rewarded say ......"

"They don't exaggerate, how can they offset their own incompetence, the area around King's Landing has been remodeled by Oran, and the population of the territory that originally belonged to King Ella has been relocated, and the main roads around it have been dredged,

Now King's Landing is backed by several towns, radiating a population of nearly 30,000.

This is our most elite area, so Orlan only took a thousand men with him, fearing that they would invade and sneak attack.

We have enough strength to defend for a long time, and if we want to fight, we can come, and if we can't fight, let's talk about it. ”

"If you don't pay, some coastal lords will be taken as slaves."

"To be merciful to all is to be cruel to all."

Hearing this, Malmu was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Adesha added, "I am a wife, and a lord, the great nobleman of this country, and I will not allow the Vikings to encroach on my interests, you listen to me...... Cough. ”

Adesha's cough became worse and worse, and the talks had to end.

However, under her forcible leadership, the tribute was not handed over, and the knights regrouped their strength to resist the invaders, and finally forced them out of the county of Jeree.

A week later, it was proved that Adesha's words were right, that it was an unsuccessful attack on East Anglia,

Turning from the open sea, in the name of the snake's eyes, the warriors who came to Northumbria to sack were less than five hundred.

During this time, Malm often brought Edward to Adesha to help with the affairs of the territory.

Every time this child sees Adesha, he smiles on his face.

Over time, he was held by Adesha for more and more time.

After the repulsion, Adesha also began to settle accounts.

She has a lot of eyeliner, and even Oran has her people around her.

In the King's Landing City Girl Scroll, there are naturally also.

After another Sunday, Adesha and Malm, sitting on opposite sides of the hall, with empty seats in the middle, called Reyna and Mi'er.

"Why don't I leave?"

"Your Highness, you should be there."

"But Mi'er and Rena are very respectful to me."

"That was before they had children, they relied on their lives in their wombs, and when rumors appeared in King's Landing, they did not stop it, let it develop, and thought about leaving with their treasures, which is treason."

"This crime is too serious!"

Adesha didn't respond, and sat coldly, ready for trial.

When Reyna and Mi'er appeared, all the servants withdrew, so that outsiders would not know what was happening.

Two sluts have illegitimate children in their bellies, and Adesha will not be tortured openly,

But it didn't prevent her from exerting a little mental pressure.

For the sake of the kingdom, she lost her two children, even Malmu knew that for the safety of the territory, she had to pay tribute, although this was wrong, but she did not let go of the territory.

And the two sluts in front of him who are comfortable and afraid of death are just a little bit of the capital to seduce men.

Whore!

"Your Highness, Madam."

After greeting each other, they sat down.

The scene was surprisingly quiet, and Malmu coughed twice to relieve the embarrassment, but Adesha directly solved the problem.

"This is a letter from His Highness."

Malmu got up, walked over to the two men, and put the letter down.

Reyna is a little more literate, and she reads out the content slowly.

With the exception of Adesha, it was the first time everyone had heard of Karin being named a "Stark" nobleman.

"Your Excellency is not here, and you are pregnant now, I think I can reward you on his behalf."

After Adesha finished speaking, the two girls had strange expressions and wanted to refuse.

But Adesha told them all about their belongings and luggage.

"Your Highness!"

The two girls looked at Malm, but the usually benevolent Highness suddenly flashed in his mind the words that Adesha had said recently.

"I've had misfortunes, and so have you,

The life of looking up to people is too uncomfortable,

Fate depends on the mood of others,

If these concubines and lovers, the future children grow up smoothly,

They might take everything from Edward,

Only mercy cannot make them afraid,

When necessary, fear should be imprinted in their blood and passed on.

In the future, these children will serve Edward faithfully!"

……

Adesha thought very clearly, she had asked the doctor, and it was almost impossible for her to get pregnant again.

As a woman, she is incomplete,

But she is still a great nobleman of the kingdom and has her own forces to take care of.

If the future owner of a country sees himself as a mother, it is a worthwhile investment.

So she decided to take the initiative to get more intimate with Malmu and brainwash her.

As a result, Malmu hesitated to intercede, which made the two girls extremely afraid.

All the armies of King's Landing are in the hands of His Highness and his wife, and if the two want to cause an accident......

"Please look at the child in our womb......"

Mi'er and Reyna burst into tears.

can be the same woman, this behavior adds to Adesha's disgust.

She is ruthless enough, but she is not rational enough in the relationship between men and women.

In fact, she can befriend all the women of Orlan and manipulate them.

But she looked down on these lovers in her heart, which was caused by the aristocratic blood on her body.

This is her desperate defense of the kingdom, dissatisfied with her lover who has no merit and status.

"What are you afraid of, you have your blood, will I hurt the child?"

"You won't, you're so merciful."

"You have just heard that Karin has been given the title, and I am now rewarding the two of you as the Hand of the King (acting), so that when the child is born, you will enjoy the honor immediately."

The two girls were forced to agree.

Looking at the stomachs of the two, Adesha's hatred heated up again,

Karin was pregnant when Oran was there, so she held a more solemn concubine ceremony.

But Mi'er didn't, so she's actually still a maid.

The maid has no status, and Adesha asks the king's illegitimate daughter Reyna first.

"You're also from the North, it's winter, and it's cold in your hometown."

"Yes, ma'am."

"What's the most in the North right now?"

"Snow."

"Very well, your children, male or female, I will reward 'Snow' on behalf of Your Excellency."

It was humiliating, and Reyna felt a great grievance.

As for Mi'er, Adesha said, "None of your parents are nobles, so you should wait for your excellency to come back and improve your status." ”

Mi'er was mercilessly ridiculed, and she didn't even deserve to get a name, so she will talk about it when your "concubine ceremony" is done.

It was too late for Malmu to speak.

When the two women bowed their heads and retreated, she felt that she and they could never go back to the beginning.

Cough......

This time it wasn't Adesha, but Malm, who also gave birth to Edward in a "difficult birth".

When she finished coughing, she quickly pulled the bloodied handkerchief back into the cuff.

Her condition is also very serious, she has eaten less and vomited more.

Adesha has no children next to her.

If you can't take care of Edward growing up,

Oran will marry the main family again, and will have more children, and Adesha will be Edward's best "backyard support".

】

As a mother, Malmu finally agreed to an alliance with Adesha......

……

The news of Adesha and Malmu's humiliation of their two lovers reached Oran's ears many days later.

At the same time, there is also the matter of repelling the Vikings and Adesha's daughter.

It was the child who died first, and then there was an invasion.

But Orlan didn't care, and he blamed the untimely death on the invasion.

After joining forces with Alfred, he began to attack the Vikings.

The king's master passed and ushered in the welcome of God and the people.

In February 868 A.D.

The White Eagle King Division and the Flying Snake King Army set up a formation on a high hill.

The hill has a name, but Oran has changed it temporarily.

Call it the Slope of Victory.

The weather is not too good, the rain falls, adding weight to the body,

Facing each other in the quagmire valley, the two sides make final preparations,

On the opposite side are the Viking rising stars Theodore and Guthrum.

Alfred's monks began to cheer up the soldiers, reciting clichéd lines,

For example, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good......

Alfred's eyes also flashed with thunder and lightning and flames, and he rode back and forth,

"My brothers, my warriors, my family, God is with me, down with the infidels!"

The voices of the Vikings on the other side also came.

It's all lines like "Val".

God's camp is tired of hearing it.

Orlan relayed the crown prince to cheer, only to see him with blonde hair and heroic spirit,

Riding the horse and whipping back and forth a few times, after waiting for the fixed position, he stretched out his index finger and pointed forward and said,

"Make England Great Again!"

How to be great again?

The soldiers did not understand.

But whatever, the atmosphere has arrived, the fighting spirit is full, just do it!