When Eddard Stark, Duke of the North, walked into the hall, he saw that it was already packed.

King Robert sat at the end of the Great Hall with a solemn face, and Queen Cersei stood beside him.

She wore a crimson dress with drag sleeves, blonde hair covered by a lapstone hairnet, a haughty and indifferent mask on her face, and her green eyes stared at the Stark father and daughter as they walked through the doorway.

Prince Joffrey stood beside the queen, one arm covered in a white bandage, and the expression on his face was equally fierce and resentful.

Duke Ed looked around, looking for friendly faces, but unfortunately there were few except for a few of his own retainers, Earl Raymond Darey was expressionless, Duke Lanli seemed to be smiling, and Sir Barristan had a stern expression...... As for the Lannisters, they are naturally hostile.

It was then that Duke Ed regretted that he had not followed the advice of the Baron Caesar.

It should have been solved with Robert in private, which was not a big deal in the first place.

But Duke Ed still has some luck in his heart, after all, he is like a brother to the king.

He was confident that Robert would not be too harsh on his daughter.

So he spoke:

"Your Majesty, are you going to judge my daughter?"

Queen Cersei was the first to speak: "Eddard Stark, how dare you speak to the king in such a tone!" ”

……

Samwell didn't follow Duke Ed into the hall, he had already guessed the plot that followed, but he didn't want to see how honest people were bullied again.

Walking freely in the inner court, Samwell spotted Sansa Stark.

The eldest daughter of the Duke of the North, dressed in a velvet dress, with long maroon hair falling over her shoulders and a wreath of flowers on her right wrist, was crouching on the ground feeding a wolf cub.

Unlike the quirky and mischievous Arya, Sansa is a standard lady, and thanks to the exquisite cheekbones and clear blue eyes of the Tully family, Sansa is also more beautiful.

At only thirteen years old, she is slender and feminine, and she is already very feminine.

Samwell walked over: "Your sister is on trial, won't you go in and have a look?" ”

Sansa was distracted, not noticing anyone approaching, and was startled when she heard the sound.

She hurriedly got up, and when she saw the person coming, she remembered that this was one of the Hewan nobles who came to greet Duke Lanli, by the way, it was called Caesar. She was impressed by the baron who dared to tease the king to his face.

The girl tucked her hair away from her ears, then pulled up her skirt and performed a standard courtesy, saying:

"Master Caesar, I ......"

She suddenly didn't know how to answer the question.

In fact, she was also worried about Arya, but she didn't dare to go in and face her sister.

The fact that she had accused her sister of speaking ill of the queen made Sansa feel very sorry for her sister.

At that time, she actually thought about whether to help her sister hide it - her sister has liked to cause trouble since she was a child, and it is not the first time she has helped her sister hide it.

But in the face of the gaze of her fiancé, Prince Joffrey, Sansa did not dare to lie.

It's all Arya's fault!

She's always going to mess things up!

Sansa felt aggrieved and annoyed, and at this moment guilt welled up in her heart, almost crying.

Samwell realized the girl's embarrassment, so he pointed to the little wolf and asked:

"Is it called a lady?"

"Yes." Sansa breathed a sigh of relief.

Samwell also squatted down: "Can I touch it?" ”

"Yes, the lady is very well-behaved, it never bites."

Samwell wanted to say that he wasn't Joffrey's stupid guy and would be bitten by such a small wolf, but considering that the other party was Joffrey's fiancée after all, he didn't say it.

He reached out and gently stroked the top of the wolf's head.

Soft wolf fur slid across the palm of his hand like silk.

The lady is indeed very well-behaved, allowing Samwell to stroke casually, and from time to time sticking out her tongue and licking his palm.

"Master Caesar......" Sansa asked, "do you think my sister will be all right?" ”

"What could be the matter. Two children are just fighting, not to mention that the king and his father have such a good relationship. Samwell reassured.

But there was one more sentence that he didn't say.

Arya is fine, but your little wolf lady may not be.

Sansa finally relented, and her face became much better, and she began to tell Samwell all sorts of interesting things about her little wolf.

And at this moment, a group of people suddenly poured out of the hall.

At the head was none other than Duke Eddard.

I saw him walk towards Sansa with a gloomy face.

"Father......" Sansa saw her father's face so ugly for the first time, and for a moment her heart rose to her throat.

Then, she saw her crying sister Arya again:

"Don't! No! Don't kill the lady! It's not there at all! It's not there at all! ”

Sansa suddenly felt the world spin around, as if the world was collapsing.

"Father, are they going to kill the lady?"

Duke Ed glanced at his eldest daughter, not knowing how to answer.

Sansa was even more frightened, and she hurriedly hugged her father's arm, and pleaded bitterly:

"Don't, don't, father, ladies never bite! Please, Father, don't ......"

Duke Ed looked back at the king who had walked out of the door, and pleaded again:

"Robert, you can't let this wolf go?"

With a triumphant smile, Queen Cersei exclaimed, "Lord Eddard, Joffrey's wounds must be accounted for, and since the wolf has escaped, let's replace it with this one." ”

Duke Ed ignored the queen, he stared into the king's eyes, and made a final effort:

"Robert ......"

It's a pity that the king doesn't have the patience to argue anymore: "Alright, Eddard, this matter is over, the ice wolf is already wild and difficult to change, and maybe one day it will hurt your daughter." Give them a dog. ”

"Robert." Duke Ed said in a loud voice, "For the sake of our many years of friendship, for my sister's sake, don't do this. ”

Hearing Duke Ed talk about his sister, Queen Cersei, like a cat with her tail stepped on, screamed:

"Robert! Don't you even dare to kill a brute? What kind of king are you! ”

"Shut up! Shut up! Robert lost his patience and roared, "Kill the wolf, that's all!" ”

Sansa burst into tears, and she kept shaking her father's arm, begging for his help.

Duke Ed suddenly felt an unprecedented tiredness, he hugged his two daughters tightly, and then looked at the king in front of him:

"Robert, then you do it yourself. Those who are sentenced to death must be executed with a sword with their own hands! ”

Robert looked at Ed in a daze, and finally turned away without saying a word.

Cersei smiled brightly and couldn't wait, "Sandor, you go and peel off it, I'm going to make the bed!" ”

"Nope." Duke Ed said coldly, "If it has to die, I'll do it myself." ”

Cersei narrowed her eyes, "Eddard Stark, what trick do you want to play?" ”

Duke Eddard's tone was cold and sad: "Icewolves are the coat of arms of the Stark family, and I will never allow them to die at the hands of the butcher. ”

His eyes burned with rage, and he strode over to the ice wolf amid the mournful cries of his daughters.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please give me a little space." Duke Ed turned around.

"Lord Eddard, don't play tricks." Cersei warned.

"I will not tarnish my reputation with lies." Duke Ed said coldly.

Cersei snorted, and then departed triumphantly.

Everyone else left, including the duke's two crying daughters, who were also taken away by the guards.

"Lady." Duke Ed crouched in front of the wolf cub and tried to call it by name.

It stuck out its tongue and licked his palm in response.

Duke Ed realized that Sansa had named it appropriately.

It was the most well-behaved and beautiful of the wolves, and until he slit its throat with [Ice], it didn't struggle, but let out a long wail.

"Jory, find someone to send its bones back to the north and bury them in Winterfell. The Lannister woman didn't want to get this wolf skin! ”

"Yes, sir."

Duke Ed dragged his tired body towards the castle, figures coming and going in the darkness, as if they were all casting strange glances at him.

The first meeting between the Hand of the King and the Queen, he was badly defeated.

At this time, Duke Ed couldn't help but think of the reminder of the Eagle's Beak Baron again.

At this moment, he wished that he could turn back time......

"Sam, what are you looking at?"

Samwell heard Natalie's voice before he withdrew his gaze from Duke Ed: "I'm watching that wolf get executed." ”

"Oh." Natalie's neck shrunk and she seemed to feel a little cold, "It's so pathetic. ”

After a while, she whispered in Samwell's ear, "The queen is too good." ”

Samwell glanced sideways at the little girl, "It's not just the queen who killed it. ”

"And who else?"

And Eddard Stark's uprightness and stupidity.

Samwell said silently in his heart.

He had also thought of a backup plan to reveal to Eddard Stark that Petyr "Littlefinger" Bertil Berish had teamed up with his secret lover, Lady Lyza, to murder Duke Jon Arryn.

But now, he has decided to abandon this plan completely.

According to Duke Eddard's temperament, if Samwell really did this, he would definitely get a question from the Duke of the North-

What about the evidence?

Samwell really doesn't have any tangible evidence.

Next, the upright and old-fashioned Duke of the North will surely wonder if he is deliberately discrediting Jon Arryn's widow.

You know, Lysa Tully is not only the widow of the Duke of the North's adoptive father, but also the sister of his wife.

With these two layers of relationship, Eddard Stark would prefer to trust a strange Baron of Hawkspew?

Even "Littlefinger" Petyr was a childhood playmate of Duke Eddard's wife, and was the most valued vassal of his adoptive father.

That's not much better than Samwell as an outsider.

Inseparable.

Ten thousand steps back, even if Samwell really tried his best to make Eddard Stark believe in himself, I am afraid that he may not be able to rely on this Duke of the North to turn the tables.

You must know that in the original book, after Duke Ed learned of the ironclad evidence of Queen Cersei's cheating, he actually ran to confront Cersei, and persuaded the other party to run away with the child quickly on the grounds that he didn't want to kill the woman and the child......

This kind of smart extinguishing operation deserves to be played to death.

It's not that you shouldn't hold on to your glory, but you have to be more yin than them when facing conspirators in order to win and protect your glory.

Therefore, Samwell understands that Eddard Stark can continue to be friends, but he must not put real bargaining chips in his hands.

Fortunately, Samwell has made other preparations, coming to King's Landing for so many days, in addition to designing the two fools of Hober Redwin and Geralt Dayne, he is also preparing a big gift for "Littlefinger".

As for Eddard Stark, Samwell can help him within his means, but he will never see it as dependent.

This wolf from the North is inherently ill-suited to Game of Thrones.

I don't know if I can escape the fate of being in a different place in the original book......

Outside the city gates, a northern cavalryman was heading north with the remains of the ice wolf.

Samwell silently watched his figure disappear into the darkness, an ancient prophecy from the North popping up in his mind—

The wolves that went south returned to the north with only dry bones left.

The original plot has inertia, and the protagonist has just intervened, so it can't become unrecognizable all at once, let's go back to King's Landing, because there are new contradictions, and the plot will change more and more, please be a little more patient.

(End of chapter)