12 Secret
Dear Miss Margaery,
I'm sorry to bother you again, but I have to confess to you that I don't have any money again......
It's not that I'm spending money indiscriminately this time, but that there is a reason for it.
As you know, I wasn't my father's favorite son, so he left me with nothing but a sword and a horse.
Now that the Crimson Mountains were in front of me, I felt the need to perfect my gear for the upcoming battle. What's more, as a knight, how can he not even have a deputy armor, if it is passed out, others will think that the Tyrell family treats vassals harshly.
Luckily, we met a caravan from the Hightowers near Highland City, and they had exactly what I needed. That's why I'm generous. Of course, I always kept in mind your previous advice, and deliberately abandoned the expensive plate armor in favor of the cheap chain mail.
In addition, I bought a pair of leather armor for each of the recruits.
I know that this move might make you angry. However, this group of brave and fearless Hewan people followed me thousands of miles to open up the Crimson Mountains, and I really couldn't bear to let them go to the battlefield unclothed.
I'm sure you, beautiful and kind Miss Margaery, must have thought the same thing.
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"Humph!" The beautiful and kind Miss Margaery crumpled the letter and gritted her teeth in anger.
But the next moment, she suddenly laughed again, as if she remembered something funny.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Olena on the side looked at her angry and smiling granddaughter and asked curiously.
"It's not that Samwell, he's written to me again to ask for money!"
"Give it to him."
Faced with such a flirtatious answer from Lady Olenna, Margaery's eyes widened: "But grandmother, this guy has written for the second time asking for money!" I think he deliberately squandered it, and if he gives it to him again this time, I'm afraid it won't be long before he runs out again......"
"Are we short of money?" Lady Olenna interrupted with a smile.
Margaery shook her head, but she was still angry: "Although we are not short of money, we can't let him ask for it like this, no, he is blackmailing!" β
"Then don't give it, and let Todd bring back all our soldiers."
"Huh?" Margaery, who was still angry just now, hesitated when she heard this, "Can ...... But grandmother, in this case, will Samwell be able to open up...... And, aren't you still planning to use him against Dorne? Did you just give up? β
Lady Olenna smiled and said:
"Understood, that's why he dares to blackmail you with impunity."
Margaery sighed, stepped forward and grabbed Lady Olenna's arm, and said coquettishly:
"Grandmother, teach me what to do in such a situation?"
Mrs. Olenna patted her granddaughter's little hand affectionately, and instead of answering her question, she asked rhetorically:
"What do you think Samwell Caesar is?"
"I don't think he's like what's rumored to be, wellβexcept he's really fat. They say he's cowardly and cowardly, but I think he's bold enough to blackmail the Tyrells. β
"Not only did he have the audacity to blackmail, but he also killed Todd Buddha's attendant, Carter."
"What?" Margaery was taken aback.
"You heard it right." Mrs. Olenna explained, "I also just received a letter from Todd Flora saying that Samwell had killed Carter on the grounds that he was 'threatening the nobles with a sword'. β
He ...... How dare he kill Carter? Todd didn't stand in the way? Also, isn't he worried that the soldiers will hold a grudge because of it? β
Lady Olenna took a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Margaery:
"It's Todd's letter, read it for yourself."
Margaery took the letter, glanced at it, and said in amazement:
"This fat man is quite scheming, and he is so decisive and decisive...... It seems that the rumors are really not credible. β
Lady Olenna added with a deep look:
"Actually, what surprised me the most was Samwell's training ability."
"That's right. In just over a month, he was able to train a group of dock laborers into well-trained soldiers, which is simply incredible. β
"Randolph Tully has a good way to teach his son." Lady Olena sighed with emotion, and then looked suspicious, "Courageous, decisive, scheming, and excellent military ability, Samwell has fully possessed the qualities of a lord's heir. But with such an outstanding son, how could Lan Dao be so dissatisfied? To deprive him of his inheritance? β
"Maybe Sam is too fat."
"Isn't your father also a pot-bellied 'inflatable fish', but does that affect him to become the Duke of the High Court?"
"This one is different." Although she had long been accustomed to her grandmother's poisonous tongue, Margaery was still a little embarrassed to hear her sarcastic father, "The Tully family language is 'I am the vanguard', so Count Landau is bent on an heir who can charge into battle." β
"Hehe, do you think Randolph Tully is a brainless reckless man?"
"Of course not. Earl Landau was one of the best generals in Riverlands, how could he have no brains. I just think that Count Landau prefers to charge on the battlefield rather than engage in some intrigue behind his back. β
"You still think Lan Dao is a brainless reckless man." Lady Olenna mercilessly punctured Margaery's whitewashing, and then, without waiting for her to plead, continued, "Lan Dao doesn't engage in intrigues? Hehe. During the War of the Retainers, Robert Baratheon rebelled against the Targaryens, and won three victories in the Summer Hall in one day, but he was defeated and fled north when he met Randolph Tully at Cen Tree Beach. After that, the army of Riverbend advanced into the Stormlands and surrounded Storm's End, do you remember how long the siege lasted? β
"I remember for more than a year."
"yes. More than a year! In the end, it still failed to take it. Lady Olenna looked at her granddaughter's brown eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly, "Then do you remember why this siege fell short in the end?" β
Margaery nodded: "It was Davos Seaworth who successfully drove his smuggling ship full of onions into the harbor of Storm's End, which solved the city's food crisis and kept Storm's End until the moment when Duke Eddard came to help. Because of this, Davos was also canonized as a knight by Stannis. β
A mocking smile spread across Lady Olena's face, and she asked, "Have you ever thought carefully about how the 'Onion Knight' drove his smuggling ship into the harbor of Fengxi Fort with more than 200 warships of the Qingting Island fleet at that time?" Will he fly? β
Margaery frowned, as if aware of something.
Lady Olenna's eyes were dark, and she said, "Let me tell you a secret. During the siege, Randolph Tully wrote me a letter saying that the food in Storm's End had run out. β
Margaery was stunned when she heard this, and then she became puzzledβ
His grandmother hadn't been to the battlefield at the time, so why did Earl Landau write to his grandmother, who was far away in the High Court, to report the incident?
But when she thought of "Onion Knight", she suddenly realized something.
Seeing her granddaughter's reaction, Mrs. Olenna smiled with satisfaction and said:
"That's right, when I received the letter from Landau, I wrote a letter to Pexter."