Red Fort Meggor House.

Cersei Lannister convened the Imperial Council.

It stands to reason that Cersei, as the queen mother, has been stripped of her regent, and is not qualified to convene the royal council.

But she brought King Tomman over, and the cabinet ministers pinched their noses and ignored the trespass.

In fact, there are only two cabinet ministers left now-

Warris, the chief of intelligence, and Gormon, a university scholar.

The Hand of the King, Duke Tywin, was still on the front lines, the appointed Acting Prime Minister Kaivon Lannister had just left for the High Court, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Tyrion Lannister, had also gone to Pyrian City.

That's why there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings.

Cersei seems to think of herself as the Lord of King's Landing.

"It's so ugly that the Imperial Council is so cold!" Cersei commented.

"Octopus" Varys smiled flatteringly:

"This is also because all of you adults are not in King's Landing for important matters, but fortunately, there is Her Majesty the Queen Mother who is in charge of the overall situation."

Cersei was pleased with Varys's attitude, and her fat, round face suddenly became cute. She coughed lightly and said:

"It's also because there are still many vacancies in the position of the Imperial Council, which is not good, my father, as the hand of the king, has been commanding the army outside the country, and has no time to make arrangements, but the cabinet position is very important, so I can't keep it like this. So let's discuss the candidates for these vacancies today. ”

The scholar Ge Meng peeked at Varys, but saw that the other party still had that sweet and greasy smile on his face, and he didn't care about the Queen Mother's self-assertion.

"Let's wait for the Hand of the King to come back." Ge Meng had no choice but to speak out against it.

"Can national events go on like this?" Cersei glared at Gemon viciously, then at Varys, "What do you think, Lord Varys?" ”

"The hand of the king is not there, so you can ask His Majesty the king's opinion." Varys laughed.

Ge Meng scolded in his heart, the king is only seven years old, he has a fart opinion, and he doesn't listen to all the fuck.

"Your Majesty is still a minor, and should not express his opinion on state affairs."

"After all, Lord Regent isn't in King's Landing." Varys retorted with a smile, "Then it doesn't hurt to let Your Majesty take the idea once." ”

Cersei was very satisfied with Varys's attitude, and pretended to look at her bored son sitting in the chair, "What do you think, Tommen?" ”

"What do you think?" Tomman stared blankly.

Apparently he wasn't listening at all.

"It's time to fill the vacancy in the Imperial Council."

"Oh, oh, yes." Tomman nodded repeatedly.

Cersei glanced at Gemon smugly and said:

"Okay, so let's take a look at what the vacancies are."

Varys said: "Sir Barristan Selmy has resigned as Captain of the Kingsguard, so this is a vacancy, and the treason of the former Minister of the Sea, Stannis Baratheon, has also become a vacancy. ”

Cersei nodded, adding:

"Isn't there another Minister of Justice?"

Hearing this, Ge Meng immediately spoke:

"Your Majesty, Lord Tywin has promised to hand over the Minister of Law to Duke Mace Tyrell all the way."

I knew you would say that. Cersei snorted.

She knew that this Fellow of Gurmont University was actually from the Tyrell family, and although he would give up his secular surname after becoming a bachelor, anyone who really believed that these scholars had completely severed ties with their own family would be the biggest fool in the world.

The scholars were appointed and dismissed by the cardinal of the school, and no one else had the right to interfere, otherwise Cersei would definitely let Tommen remove this annoying fellow.

"Father did make such a promise to the High Court, but on the condition that the Tyrells send Caesar's head to King's Landing. Obviously, they didn't do it, so the Minister of Justice still had to choose another meritorious. ”

Cersei looked at the speechless Gemon, secretly smug in her heart.

She would never let the roses grow wild in King's Landing.

"Your Majesty, who do you think is suitable for the post of Minister of Justice?" Varys asked with a smirk.

"Sir Kevon Lannister." Cersei hesitated, but gave the position to her uncle.

After all, her father saw him as her right-hand man, and Cersei felt that she couldn't go too far.

Ge Meng frowned suddenly, because he realized that in this way, wouldn't there be three Lannisters in the Imperial Council?

"I agree with Sir Kayvon, too." Varys had already nodded in agreement.

"Good, that's him." Cersei happily made her decision, and then added, "As for the Captain of the Kingsguard, I propose Jaime Lannister. ”

"Sir Jaime has become a night watchman." Gemon reminded.

"Hmph. That's just Caesar's coercion, and it doesn't count at all. Father would bring Jaime back, and it made sense for him to succeed him as Captain of the Kingsguard. ”

Ge Meng couldn't help it, and mocked: "The Imperial Council is about to become a Lannister family banquet, the last Minister of the Sea, are you going to appoint a lion again?" ”

Cersei cursed secretly, but she also restrained a little:

"The Admiral, I think Sir Orien Wick is more suitable."

"The illegitimate brother of Monford Valerian, Earl of Tidehead?"

"Yes." Cersei said, "He served in the royal fleet and was an excellent naval commander. ”

The thought of Orain's long, silver-blonde hair made Cersei's heart surge.

The appearance of this illegitimate child of Tidehead reminds Cersei of her former dream girl, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.

She couldn't help but think that if the Mad King had agreed to marry Prince Rhaegar in the first place, then Prince Rhaegar would not have even looked at the werewolf girl of the North, and the War of the Revenants would not have broken out.

Unfortunately, the gods are always so cruel that Robert kills Prince Rhaegar like a god.

also made her fate so bumpy.

"Oreon Vishui served the traitor Stannis, right?" Gemon really couldn't understand Cersei's thoughts.

"So what? After the Battle of Blackwater, he had surrendered and pledged his allegiance to King Tommen. We should set him up as a model and let our enemies know that the Lannisters can forgive their sins if they are willing to change their ways. ”

Ge Meng looked at Varys beside him, and saw that the dead eunuch actually smiled and nodded:

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother is so right! I agree with this appointment. ”

Sycophants! Ge Meng cursed to himself.

"Okay, then Orien Vishui." Cersei made another decision.

Crazy, all crazy. Gemon suddenly felt that no matter how wise Duke Tywin was, the Lannisters would sooner or later be destroyed at the hands of this madwoman.

So, he simply kept his mouth shut.

Cersei had already drafted three letters of appointment and handed them to the king to sign.

When she had done all this, she happily declared the Imperial Council over.

He was about to go back for a hot bath, but was stopped by the head of the Red Fort.

"Emissary of the Iron Vault?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, do you want to see him?"

"Alright, take him to the throne room." Cersei had to put on hold of the hot shower plan.

It's hard work to govern the country. She thought sullenly, no wonder Robert didn't want to care about anything back then.

But I can't. Cersei told herself that I had to prove my worth to my father so that I could avoid being sent to marry as a mare.

The Iron Vault was the largest bank in Braavos across the Narrow Sea, and the richest and most powerful bank in the entire free trade city-state.

During the reign of Robert Baratheon, the Iron Throne borrowed a huge loan of one million gold dragons from the Iron Vault.

And now, the loan is coming due.

"Dear Your Majesty Cersei, I am Naho Demethys, the emissary of the Iron Vault, and allow me to send my sincerest greetings to you, to the great King Tommen."

Cersei stood in front of the Iron Throne and asked impatiently:

"Lord Naho, what's the matter with you?"

"The Iron Throne's debt is coming due, so I'm wondering how you're going to repay the million-dollar gold dragon loan."

"A million golden dragons?" Cersei frowned.

"Yes, a million golden dragons."

Of course, she knew that the treasury had been empty for a long time, so where did the golden dragon come from to pay back.

Unless the Lannisters are willing to use their own money to pay off the Iron Throne's debts.

That's not going to work.

Cersei immediately vetoed the idea.

My father wouldn't agree, and now the Lannister family is not financially rich because of years of war, and it is impossible for them to come up with such a large sum of money to pay off the debt of the Iron Throne.

"Now the Iron Throne is still fighting, and when the war is over, it will naturally pay back." Cersei said.

"Wait for the war to end?" Naho shook his head resolutely, "I'm afraid it's going to be past the repayment deadline." ”

"Then you'll have to wait a few more days." Cersei said lightly.

"You're kidding, aren't you?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Naho's tone turned cold: "Your Majesty Cersei, you should have heard the phrase - 'The Iron Treasury does not allow arrears'. ”

"Then you should have heard the saying - Lannister, debts must be paid." Cersei is fed up with this arrogant messenger, "This will be the end." ”

Naho snorted, "You pay for it, just like countless kings who owe money to the Iron Vaults. ”

Cersei said disdainfully, "I know your methods, and if the king doesn't pay back, you'll turn to the naysayers." Well, go and support the opponents of the Iron Throne, I can guarantee that not only will you not get back what you owe, but you will lose even more money. ”

"Of course we know what to do, and we just hope you don't regret it." Naho dropped a cold sentence and left angrily.

I can finally go back to the bath. Cersei thought happily.

As for the Iron Vault turning to support the rebels, Cersei didn't feel the need to worry.

The wolf in the north can't hold on for long, and as for the Caesar in the south, although it's a little troublesome, there is only one stormland after all.

This time, Uncle and Tyrion went to woo Riverlands and Dorne, and he alone could make waves in the Stormlands.

What's more, Cersei really didn't want to see the arrogant face of the Iron Vault Emissary again.

It's bath time.

(End of chapter)