Crisp green light filters through the diamond-shaped stained glass windows that set the walls, and a gentle breeze gently blows the scent of roses in the courtyard into the room.

Samwell stood in the doorway with Margaery, smiling and nodding:

"Lady Olenna."

"Caesar." Lady Olena's tone was complicated.

She turned to look at her granddaughter and said, "Margaery, let me talk to him alone." ”

"Okay." Margaery obediently answered, gave the man another reassuring look, and then turned to leave.

When there were only two people left in the room, Lady Olenna sneered and said:

"Awesome, Caesar. I forced my son to admit that a deer was a horse. With this ability to reverse black and white, I have to admit that I still underestimated you before. ”

Samwell smiled, sat down on the chair opposite Mrs. Olenna, poured himself a cup of flower tea, and said:

"Madame, you should think about why the nobles of the riverbend would rather believe my lies than admit the facts of the Duke of Metz. This time it's not so much that I'm reversing black and white, but that Lord Mace is betraying his family. ”

"Don't scare me here!" Lady Olenna pouted, "Do you really think the Tyrells can do whatever you want?" If it weren't for Margaery's sake, I hadn't intervened this time, and you think you could win so easily? ”

"I've always been grateful for your mercy." Samwell smiled sincerely, "Lady Olenna, I know you have a grudge in your heart. But be assured that I have no disrespect for the Tyrells. This is also an act of self-protection as a last resort. I hope we can all forget this unpleasantness, so that we can face the future together-

The future of the Caesars and the Tyrells. ”

Lady Olenna's face finally softened a little, and she looked at Samwell with blazing eyes, and asked a rather explicit question:

"Sam, tell me, do you really want to sit on the Iron Throne?"

Samwell took a sip of the flower tea and said in a flat but firm tone:

"I promised your granddaughter that I would give her back a king."

"It's a lot of ambition." Lady Olenna smiled, "But also, with dragons, who wouldn't want to be the next 'conqueror'?" ”

Her tone changed sharply, and her tone became stern again:

"But your dragon needs time to grow, and in the meantime, do you know what you need to do most?"

"Avoid being the target of public criticism." Samwell blurted out, clearly having thought through the question.

"Good!" For the first time, Lady Olena smiled, "Looks like you're quite conscious. Then I'll give you a piece of advice. ”

"Tell me."

"The more you want to sit on the Iron Throne, the more you can't rush to climb up. Remember, the one who has the last laugh is the one who laughs the most. ”

Samwell nodded slowly, thinking to himself that isn't what "slow reign" means:

"Thank you for your advice, I will take it to heart."

Mrs. Olenna stared into Samwell's eyes, convinced that the other party had really listened, before she nodded in satisfaction and said:

So, what do you do next? Is it to help Stannis Baratheon against the Lannisters? ”

"Nope." Samwell shook his head decisively.

"Why?" Lady Olenna seemed to be inspecting the students.

"If I help Stannis sit on the Iron Throne, he will not only not be grateful, but will see me as a threat because I have dragons." Samwell said calmly, "It's not just him, but also the three fish, wolves and eagles, they fought a war of retakers in order to drive the dragon family out of the Westeros continent, and now that I have hatched another dragon, I'm afraid it's hard to have a friendly attitude anymore." ”

"That's right." Lady Olenna nodded in agreement, "Don't look at you and Stannis as in-laws, but this little blood connection won't help you." The Florents support you now, but they just want to use you to influence the position of the Riverlands, and they won't need you in the future, hehe, you see if that old guy in Allister will recognize you as a grandson. In my opinion, he will definitely declare that you are the remnant of the Black Fire and ask the lords of the whole realm to crusade against Eagle's Beak. ”

Samwell nodded silently. Lady Olenna was right. The Florentine family is not strong enough to rely on, and the foxes of Bright Water City must give priority to supporting Stannis.

Lady Olenna asked, "So, Sam, what position should you, or the Riverlands, choose in the coming war?" ”

"I've made a mortal enmity with the Lannisters, so I can only support Stannis, but that's only in name," Samwell smiled, "Actually, we're sitting back and watching the Fish, Wolf, Deer, and Eagle League fight the Lions. ”

"Is it just a matter of sitting on the sidelines?"

"Of course not. We also want to take this opportunity to strengthen our strength! ”

"How to grow?" Lady Olenna kept asking.

"Riverlands borders Dorne, Stormlands, and the West, and if we want to expand, we can only go in these three directions." Samwell said thoughtfully,

"First of all, the Western Frontier must not be attacked, because it will directly attract the lion's counterattack, which is equivalent to helping Stannis attract firepower.

Secondly, Stormlands may be difficult to start, after all, we support Stannis in name, so we can't attack the deer family's lair.

So, I think Dorne is the only option, it just so happens that Dorne is allied with the Lannisters, and we can be considered weaker against Dorne, and Stannis can't say that we can stand idly by. ”

"Attack Dorne?" Lady Olenna sneered, "You think you can conquer Dorne with a dragon? Have you forgotten that Aegon the Conqueror had three dragons, but adult dragons! None of that brought Dorne to his knees. ”

"Of course I know Dorne is hard to conquer." Samwell was also a little helpless, "But this is the best option for us at this stage." Moreover, we still have Natalie Dane in our hands, and when the time comes, the Dane family will be used to replace the Martell family, and I believe that the resistance of the Dorne people should not be so fierce. ”

Lady Olenna still shook her head, "You underestimated the Dorn, and you underestimated the Martell family. Unyielding, unyielding, unyielding. This family really talks about strength, in fact, it is the bottom of the nine major families in Westeros, but such a family that is not very powerful has never been conquered by force.

If you had taken a closer look at the war between the Iron Throne and Dorne, especially the first Dorne War, you might not have made such a rash decision. ”

Samwell tried to justify: "Of course I understand the first Dorne War, it's just ......"

"Do you really understand?" Lady Olenna interrupted, "Do you know how many people died in Dorne in that war?" ”

"This ...... I don't think there's an accurate count. ”

"Not really. But that war lasted nine years, a full nine years. This is nine years with the Targaryens having three dragons!

All of Dorne's towns were burned to the ground by dragon flames, and more than once, even the sand around the towns was melted into glass. There is no way to count how many people died.

But by that time Dorne had become a smoking desert, ravaged by famine, plague, and drought, and passing merchants called it a cursed land.

However, the Martell family did not give in, and Princess Dorne 'Yellow Toad' declared that she would rather see her people die than become slaves of the dragon.

The Dornites can't defeat the Iron Throne on frontal combat, but they make their enemies miserable by harassment, assassination, poisoning, and more.

It can no longer be called a war, but an ugly, bloody and terrifying assassination and revenge, countless nobles of the Six Kingdoms have died as a result of all kinds of despicable means, even the 'Conqueror' himself has been assassinated three times, Queen Visenya has also been ambushed, and Queen Rhaenys, riding a dragon and being shot by the crossbow arrows of the Prison Gate Fort, has been brutally tortured and destroyed in the dungeon of the Uller family before dying.

The 'Conqueror', who had conquered the remaining six countries, finally realized that he could not conquer Dorne and announced the withdrawal of his troops.

And since then, for the rest of his life, he has not waged a single war.

Think about it, Sam, are you really going to gnaw on this hardest bone? ”

Samwell listened silently, of course he knew this history, but he had never felt the blood and cruelty contained in it so clearly.

"The Dornites hate dragons." Lady Olenna concluded, "If you set foot on the land of Dorne with that white dragon, you will immediately awaken in them the hatred and anger that has been hidden in them for more than a dozen generations. Trust me, you can't conquer Dorne. The little girl of the Dane family can't help you. ”

Samwell said helplessly, "But I don't have a better choice than Dorne." ”

"No, you have."

"Where?"

"Stormlands."

Samwell frowned when he heard this: "But wouldn't this offend Stannis?" I've been fighting with the Lannisters for a long time, and if I offend the Wolf, Deer, and Osprey Alliance, won't I become a public enemy of the whole territory? Of course, I also know that even if I don't fight the stormland, the fish, wolf, deer and eagle will be hostile to me, but I will at least give an explanation to the nobles of the river. If they knew that I was arrogant enough to challenge the nobles of the whole realm, I am afraid that many people would have retreated. ”

"Normally, that's true, but the lion made a stun, so you have a chance." Lady Olenna smiled mysteriously and handed Samwell a piece of letterhead, "This is the letter of appointment I just received from King's Landing. ”

Samwell took it and looked at it: "The king legalized Robert's illegitimate son?" Also appointed him Duke of Storm's End? ”

He immediately realized what Lady Olenna meant by opportunity.

"Stannis will definitely veto the legitimacy of this bastard!" Samwell's eyes lit up, "And we can put our hands in the stormlands under the pretext of helping House Baratheon eradicate the tyrants!" ”

"Not bad." Lady Olenna smiled, "Stormlands are much richer and softer than Dorne. Moreover, there was only a forest and a river between it and King's Landing. In the future, if the two kings of the north are about to split the winners, it will be convenient for you to intervene. ”

Samwell pondered Lady Olenna's advice, and felt more and more that Stormlands was indeed a more suitable target than Dorne.

Although this may cause Stannis to be wary and hostile, as long as he openly expresses his support and has a plausible excuse, Stannis will only eat this secret loss and pretend not to know when he is worried that the river bend will completely fall to the lion.

"Good!" He decided, "Then it's going to be stormy." ”

Lady Olenna reminded, "You can't let your guard down when it comes to Dorne, though. Although they suffered heavy losses this time, Doran Martell is not an easy person to deal with, so you have to be careful. ”

"I understand." Samwell nodded and then asked expectantly, "Lady Olenna, since you have approved of me, ...... my marriage to Margaery?"

"Get engaged first." Lady Olenna said, "Wait until three years after the official marriage. ”

Samwell had long guessed that Lady Olena would not agree to consummate the marriage immediately, but was three years too long......

Or just make Margaery's belly bigger, and see if Lady Olenna is still married to her granddaughter.

Well, that's a good idea.

Samwell smiled innocently, "Yes." ”

Perhaps fearing that this would chill Samwell's heart, Lady Olenna added:

"Don't worry. Once engaged, the Tyrells are your back, and we will fully support you in your ascension to the Iron Throne. ”

"Okay."

"Now, on behalf of the Tyrells, I'll give you your first gift." Lady Olenna smiled and handed over a parchment roll.

Samwell took it and unfolded it, and saw that it was a viscount appointment.

At the same time, the title column on his attribute panel immediately became the Viscount of Eagle's Beak.

There are also five free attributes attached to it.

(End of chapter)