367 Lady Ians
In the Hall of the Storm, Lady Aenz Ellenwood sat in her chair, waiting with a little anxiety.
She is the sister of the modern-day Earl of Ellenwood and the wife of Roger Elion, the heir to the City of Divine Grace.
Although he is over 30 years old and has two children, he is still graceful and charming.
At this moment, he was wearing an elegant black gauze skirt and a round-brimmed hat, and covered his face above the nose with a black spider silk veil, revealing only a fair chin and bloodless lips.
Hearing footsteps, Mrs. Ines immediately stood up.
A tall man in a blue velvet gown walked in, and the ruby tile steel crown on his head indicated his identity.
"Your Majesty the Storm King." Mrs. Ines bowed.
"Sit down." Samwell waved his hand casually.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Mrs. Ines sits upright in a chair with her hands folded on her abdomen and her slender waist trying to straighten up, a posture that not only gracefully sits but also shows off the beautiful curves of her body.
"Tell me about Dorne."
The man's voice came, flat without a trace of ups and downs.
Mrs. Ians's eyes suddenly turned red, and her shoulders shrugged slightly, as if she was sobbing silently.
She looked up weakly, only to see the young Storm King standing on the high platform, without a smile on his sculptural face, and without a trace of pity in his brown-black eyes, all of which were almost indifferent scrutiny.
Mrs. Ines knew that her little tricks were ineffective against this person, and sighed to herself, so she had to restrain her description and begin to tell in a proper manner.
It turned out that since Princess Arrene Martell killed Earl Anders Ellenwood, her son Cletus Ellenwood, the younger brother of Lady Aenes, inherited the title of earl and officially announced his break with Halberd City.
Princess Arlene was not ambiguous, and immediately declared the Ellenwood family a rebel, and marched to the city of Ellenwood, and at the same time called on the major families of Dorne to send troops to support.
Although after the death of Prince Dolang, Princess Arrene was legally the rightful ruler of Dorne, but due to the repeated defeats of Dorne by the Martell family, her prestige plummeted.
If Prince Doran or Prince Oberon were still alive, they might be able to convince the nobles of Dorne with their personal prestige, but the young Princess Aleen obviously did not have the ability.
In addition, her act of killing Count Anders and detaining a large number of grace lords has already caused public outrage, so as soon as the conscription order of Yang Halberd City was issued, it did not set off any waves.
Most of the lords had a wait-and-see mentality, even if they didn't want to disobey Yang Halberd City openly, they only sent dozens or hundreds of old and weak soldiers to deal with the matter.
There are even some families in the western region of Dorne who have not sent a single soldier.
With that, Mrs. Ines glanced cautiously at Samwell.
Because these Dorne nobles in the western region were obviously bewitched by the Dain family of Starfall City, they dared to be indifferent to the recruitment of Yang Halberd City.
Since the food supply in the Riverbend has been cut off, a widespread famine has broken out in the Dorne Territory, but Starfall City suddenly took out a large amount of food, and attracted the families of many Grace Western regions such as Sandstone City, Tianji City, and Bremont City, and encouraged them to ignore the recruitment of Yang Halberd City.
Lady Ines was well aware that Starfall had always been the Storm King's sphere of influence, and it was with his support that the young Countess Natalie became the patriarch of House Dayne.
This time, Starfall City was able to come up with so much food to win over the nobles of Dorne, and it was obviously backed by the river bend.
The Ellenwood family has always wanted to get in touch with Starfall City, and has sent messengers many times to ask the Dane family to send troops, but no matter what benefits Count Cletus promises, the Count Natalie refuses to send troops to support.
So, Mrs. Ines put on a pitiful look and stared straight at Samwell, hoping to get support from the Storm King.
Samwell naturally understood Mrs. Ians's intentions, but instead of taking a quick stand, he asked:
"What is the attitude of the Elion family in Grace City now?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Ines burst into tears again and said:
"Your Majesty, Grace City is no longer in charge of the Elion family......"
"Oh? What happened? ”
"After Princess Alenne issued a conscription order, my husband, Sir Rage, did not want to fall out with the Martell family completely, and considering that my mother, the Countess of Dellon, was still being held in Halberd City, he sent a team to respond.
However, on their way to conquer House Ellenwood, the Martell army passed through the city of Divine Grace, and Princess Aleen camped outside the city and asked Roger to go out of the city to meet her.
My husband feared that if he refused, Princess Aleen would use this as an excuse to send troops to attack the city of Divine Grace, so he reluctantly agreed.
But after he went out of the city to meet Princess Alian, he actually agreed to send an army of 3,000 to assist the Martell family, and made Daemon Shad the acting lord of Divine Grace City.
My husband would never let a lowly bastard become the acting lord of the city!
He will not devote all his strength to the Elion family to help the Martell family crusade against the Ellenwood family.
I suspect that Roger is now under house arrest by the Martell family...... Woohoo......"
Samwell interrupted the other man's crying and asked:
"Now that Grace City has fallen into the hands of the Martell family, how did you escape?"
"I happened to be back to my parents' house to visit my family, so I escaped this catastrophe."
Samwell nodded noncommittally and asked:
"I remember that you and Sir Rage had two sons, where are they now?"
"They are still in the City of Divine Grace. I don't know if it's been ...... Woo-woo......" said Mrs. Aenz, and wept again.
The slender and white neck bends downward, like a swan with folded wings, which is pitiful.
Samwell looked at her indifferently, and waited for her to calm down a little before asking:
"How's the situation in Ellenwood City now?"
"It's bad." Lady Ines wiped her tears, "When the Duke of Tywin led an army to invade Dorne, the city of Ellenwood was captured once as the front line, the food in the city was looted, and now it has been attacked by the army of the Martells......
Your Majesty, there are still many warriors in the Ellenwood family who refuse to give in, and are willing to fight the Martell family to the end, but if the food and grass are cut off, no matter how brave they are, they can only starve to death in the city.
Even if you don't want to send troops, please support at least a batch of food......"
"The Martels didn't completely besiege the city of Ellenwood?"
"No, the city of Ellenwood holds the southern end of the bone road, and the Martell family can only attack from the south, and the bone road to the north has always been open." Lady Ines seemed to understand something, "You've decided to support us?" ”
"I'll support a batch of food first." Samwell laughed, "In two weeks' time, the convoy carrying the grain will arrive at the mouth of the Ian River via the Dorne Sea, and you remember to tell the Earl of Cletus to send someone to receive it." ”
"Thank you so much!" Mrs. Aenes stood up in surprise and bowed, "The Ellenwood family, and the Elion family, will not forget your kindness!" ”
Samwell glanced at the woman with a meaningful gaze, and then said:
"I believe that with this assistance, the Ellenwood family will definitely be victorious."
(End of chapter)