Countess Ewen Oakhet walked angrily through the Promenade of the Golden Rose.

"What about Lady Olena?"

"Madame went to the Bitter Bridge." The butler didn't know why this countess of Ancient Oak City was so atmospheric, so he had to carefully accompany the smiling face.

"Bitter Bridge? Why go to Bitter Bridge? "Lady Aiwen is still the same vicious look.

"Mademoiselle Margaery was on a tour of the river, and when she reached the Bitter Bridge, she sent a letter to the High Court, and upon receipt of the letter, Lady Olenna left in a hurry."

"Do you know what's in the letter?"

The butler shook his head.

Mrs. Ai Wen snorted lightly, "The inflatable fish is there, right?" Take me to him! ”

The butler didn't care about Madame Aiwen's contemptuous address of her lord, in fact, since that hunt, many riverbend nobles have even called Duke Metz to their faces.

"Please come with me."

Led by the butler, Mrs. Ai Wen came to the banquet hall, where a feast was being held, the harp was playing melodious music, and a dozen or so lightly dressed dancers were writhing.

The inflatable fish's face was flushed, and his head shook slightly to the rhythm of the music.

"Mace!" Lady Ewen exclaimed.

At least it wasn't called an inflatable fish, the butler thought to himself, and secretly stood aside, not wanting to set himself on fire.

"Lady Ewen." Duke Metz smiled and said, "Why don't you come to the High Court to say it in advance, I can arrange a reception......

"My son is dead!" Mrs. Ewen interrupted angrily.

"Your son is dead?" Duke Metz was a little dazed, in his opinion, didn't Mrs. Aiwen's youngest son die in Tianji City a long time ago, why did he make trouble at this time?

Mrs. Ai Wen looked at the confusion in Duke Mace's eyes, and suddenly became angry, and said:

"It's my eldest son, Omai! He died in Bronze Gate City! Inflatable fish, you haven't read the letter in a few days? ”

Duke Mace's face flushed, he remembered that the bachelor found him a few days ago, saying that there was a letter from the front line of Bronze Gate City, but he had forgotten to read it since he put it on the bedside.

"Sir Omar actually ......," the Duke of Metz hurriedly remedied, "Ah, what a pity, may Our Lady have mercy on his ......"

"Inflatable fish!" Mrs. Ai Wen interrupted again, "Do you think my son died in a normal battle?" ”

Duke Mace was stunned for a moment, he was not too stupid, and finally realized that something was wrong, so he waved his hand and motioned for the others to leave first.

The guest dancers hurriedly ran out of the hall as if they had been pardoned.

Duke Mace then said: "Do you think that Lan Dao and his son deliberately arranged for your son to die in battle?" ”

"Or else?" Mrs. Ai Wen gritted her teeth and said, "The battle of Bronze Gate City was obviously a big victory, and there were not many casualties at all, why did my son die?" Tully and Caesar are deliberately trying to make the Oakhut family extinct! ”

"Actually...... Not necessarily. Maybe it really was just an accident......"

"Accident?" Lady Ewen sneered sharply, "Garland Tyrell also went to the battlefield, right?" Do you have to wait until he has an accident like this before you wake up! ”

"No, not ......," the Duke of Metz waved his hands weakly.

Madame Ewen took a few steps forward to the Duke of Metz.

She is obviously petite, but the fat inflatable fish looks like an underage doll in front of her.

"Have you forgotten the insults at the hunt? You don't really ride that deer as a horse, do you? Is it true that Caesar will be the master of the High Court in the future? Inflatable fish, you really swallow this breath? ”

"I ......," said the Duke of Mace, snorting a few times and grimacing, "what can I do." My mother refused to help me and told me to be honest, what could I do? ”

The disdain in Mrs. Ai Wen's eyes became more and more intense, and she said:

"You are the Duke of High Court, the Governor of Riverbend, why don't you take the initiative to stand up to Caesar? He's just a little viscount, or your vassal, what are you afraid of? As long as you nod your head, there will surely be a large number of lords in the river bend who are willing to follow you. ”

Duke Mace pursed his lips and cursed secretly, when he was humiliated by the hunting party that day, he didn't see a few river lords stand up to help him speak.

"Hey, what else can I do now? My daughters are engaged to Caesar. Duke Mace sighed, "I'll take care of it." Let them toss, I'm too lazy to worry about it. ”

As he spoke, he picked up his glass again and brought it to his lips.

Mrs. Ai Wen knocked the wine glass off: "Inflatable fish, you are going to be a waste in the future, right?" ”

Duke Metz was also furious, and his fat palm slammed on the table, making a loud bang:

"Enough! Ewen Oakhet! For the sake of your recently dead son, I don't care about your rudeness, but don't go too far! ”

"My sons are all dead, inflatable fish, all dead. I'm still afraid that you'll be scheming with me? The cold light flashing in Lady Aiwen's eyes made people dare not look directly, "So I ask you one last time, do you really plan to continue fighting Caesar?" ”

"the ass!" Duke Metz said angrily, "Margaery is pregnant with that kid's child!" ”

Lady Ai Wen's eyes froze, and she immediately came to her senses: "It turns out that Lady Olenna rushed to the Bitter Bridge for this. ”

The Duke of Metz did not deny it.

Mrs. Ai Wen continued: "But they are not married yet, this child is an illegitimate child! What is Lady Olenna going to do? Moon tea? ”

Duke Mace tugged at the corners of his mouth: "How can my mother be reluctant." Eighty percent will let them get married early. So don't make a fuss about it, go back and adopt a child as an heir. ”

Madame Aiwen stared coldly at the Duke of Metz for a long time before she said:

"I've also heard that you're ready to renegotiate tariffs with the Martell family?"

"This was actually Caesar's idea......"

"Caesar, Caesar, Caesar!" Mrs. Ai Wen's voice became louder and louder, "Inflatable fish, who is the master of the high court?" Tyrell or Caesar! ”

Duke Mace waved his hand and said, "Mother said that that kid has a hope of sitting on the Iron Throne in the future, and of course the Riverbend will still belong to the Tyrell family in the future, so you can bear with it now." ”

"There are some things you can bear, but I can't! Especially Dorne! Have you forgotten all about our blood feud with them? ”

"It's just a little bit of a tariff reduction, there's no need to make such a fuss."

"Just tariffs? How come I still hear that the High Court is going to buy grain and sell it to Dorne? ”

Duke Mace scratched his head: "Is there one?" My mother didn't seem to have told me. ”

Mrs. Aiwen was so angry that she didn't speak for a long time.

When she spoke again, her tone became extremely tough:

"Lord Mace, the Tyrells can forget their hatred of Dorne, but the Oakhut family will never forget."

Duke Metz couldn't refute this, he knew very well that the Oakhut family could be said to be the most hated of the riverlord of Dorne.

During the Dorne War launched by Aegon the Conqueror, Riverbend also contributed a lot, and in response, the Dornites launched bloody revenge, the most brutal of which was the infamous Oak Wedding Massacre.

On the day of the wedding, the Dornites stormed the banquet, killed many of the guests, castrated the groom, and forced the bride - the daughter of the Earl of Oakhut at the time, and sold her to Mill as a craftsman.

Since then, the Oakhut family has been at odds with Dorne.

The Duke of Metz had been to the Old Oak City and had seen the paintings on the walls of the castle's hall all about the Oakhets who fought to the death against Dorne.

There was the 'generous' Count of Agilon, standing majestically on the sand dunes, with hundreds of Dorn's heads piled at his feet;

There are 'leaves at the Prince's Pass' and Master Allister has several Dorne spears in his body, but blows the horn with his last breath;

and Sir 'Green Oak' Olifa, dressed in white armor, who died at the side of King Daron I......

"I understand the mood of the Oakhut family." Duke Metz sighed helplessly, "But this is a decision that my mother agrees to, and I can't help it." ”

"The Oakhut family will not forget hatred, whether it is the hatred of the Dorn, or the hatred of Caesar." Madame Ewen looked at the Duke of Metz with a blank look.

The Duke of Metz was apprehensive by this gaze, and spoke again to persuade:

"Aiwen, so be it. I was exempt from paying taxes in Ancient Oak City for a year...... Or two years? In addition, we should be able to occupy a lot of the castle land in Stormlands this time, and I'll give them some to the Oakhut family when the time comes......"

"Will they listen to you?" Lady Aiwen interrupted with a sneer.

Duke Mace suddenly felt a little weak, but he still coughed lightly twice and said:

"I asked my mother to coordinate it...... Alas? Mrs. Aiwen? ”

But Lady Aven had stopped paying attention to him, and turned and strode away.

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Bitter Bridge, formerly known as Stone Bridge, is a key passage across the Mandeb River on Rose Avenue.

During the reign of Maegor I Targaryen, the royal family was determined to ban the Church of the Seven, the Sons of the Warrior and the Assembly of the Poor.

The Order's armed forces certainly did not sit idly by, and more than 9,000 soldiers of the "Poor People's Assembly", led by "Lumberjack" Walter, marched along the Rose Avenue towards King's Landing, intent on overthrowing the tyrannical and untrustworthy king.

The two sides met at the stone bridge, and the "meeting of the poor" was massacred, the corpses blocked the Mandeb River, and the blood stained the river more than 20 miles upstream and downstream.

After this bloody World War I, Stone Bridge was also renamed Kuqiao.

It is said that walking on the bridge, you can still hear the ghosts of the slaughtered people in the ear.

"Sister, it's windy by the river, let's go back." Loras Tyrell persuaded.

Margaery Tyrell wrinkled her delicate nose: "What's wrong with the wind?" I'm so vulnerable. ”

Loras had to follow her sister a few steps, and said:

"Grandmother should be almost here, have you figured out how to explain it to her?"

"How else can you explain?" Margaery laughed and said, "Can she really give me a cup of moon tea?" ”

"But you are not married after all, and the identity of this child ......"

"Then hurry up." Margaery grinned and said, "Brother, don't you want to see me in my wedding dress?" ”

Loras sighed, "Yes, of course." Put on a wedding dress, and your beauty will surely make the stars lose color. ”

Margaery grabbed her brother's arm and said, "Loras, what about you?" Have you ever thought about which lady you want to marry? ”

Loras fell silent.

Margaery also felt her brother's grief, realized something, and said no more.

The brother and sister walked across the bitter bridge, and the field was full of sunflowers that were as tall as a person, and a piece of yellow was bright.

Loras suddenly blocked his sister behind him, and asked in a condensed voice:

"Who's up there?"

"It's the one who deserves to die, but he didn't die." An old voice came from a sea of sunflowers.

A gust of wind blew through the sea of flowers, and the brother and sister saw an old woman curled up, her face wrinkled, and leaning on a lumpy black cane.

Her white hair was so long that it almost dragged to the ground, and the breeze blew and her long hair fluttered like a white cloud. Her skin was whiter, almost transparent, but her eyes were blood-red.

"Granny." Margaery said softly, "Why are you here alone?" What about your family? ”

"Dead, all dead." The old woman muttered, "A fire has consumed everything, and they are all dead." ”

Margaery felt pity: "Then do you have someone to take care of now?" ”

"The old gods of the old ages watched over me." The old woman said, "They are ready to move, and they will not let me sleep." ”

The brother and sister looked at each other and began to think that the old woman's mind seemed to be a little bad.

"Is there any wine? I don't think I drank in hundreds of years. The old woman said.

Loras shrugged and handed the wine bag around her waist.

The old woman couldn't wait to take a few big sips, and then smiled contentedly:

"It's really good wine. In return, I will tell you my dreams. ”

Loras didn't want to know the strange old woman's alleged dream at all, but didn't say much out of politeness.

"Do you dream of your family?" Margaery laughed.

"Nope. I dreamed of blood, intrigue and death. The old woman's red eyes seemed to be dripping blood.

The brother and sister frowned. Before they could speak, they heard the old woman speak again, and in a low tone it seemed to hide the winter wind and snow:

"I dreamed of lions rushing out of the castle of shadows, biting at the prey that had fallen into the trap;

I dreamed of wolves wandering in the cold wind and couldn't find their way home;

I dreamed of a faceless maiden with a deadly viper hidden in her long golden hair;

I dreamed of an eagle being swallowed up by fire and ice, only to break free and turn into a roaring dragon;

I still dream of you, beautiful rose......"

"Dreaming of me?" Margaery asked with interest.

"Yes. The golden roses, the delicate roses, will fall from the branches to dust, drowned in sorrow and tears. ”

Loras was a little dissatisfied: "We give you good wine, and you give us such a nightmare?" ”

The old woman suddenly began to cry: "It's my fault, it's my fault, I always bring misfortune, it's my fault......"

Now Loras was a little embarrassed.

"Grandma, it's not your fault. It's just some nightmares, nothing. Margaery reassured.

"What a kind-hearted young lady." The old woman approached tremblingly, took a wreath from her bosom, and handed it to Margaery.

"Is this a winter snow rose? It's beautiful! Margaery took the wreath, only to feel a cold smell coming from it.

"Don't be afraid, Miss Rose, don't be afraid." The old woman said, "Life goes on and on." ”

Margaery smiled and put a wreath of winter snow roses on her head, and then spoke the Tyrell language:

"Forever."

Yesterday I had a whole day meeting, and it was dinner in the evening, so I really didn't have time, so I only coded one chapter. I'm sorry. Fortunately, I will return today, and the update will return to normal from tomorrow.

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