Looking at King's Landing, which had completely changed, Shireen Baratheon's eyes flashed with infinite emotion.

She remembered that when she left the city for Oldtown School, King's Landing was still shrouded in snow and darkness.

Thirty years later, Westeros' first city is bigger and more prosperous than ever.

And she is no longer the helpless girl who was tormented by gray scale.

The heavy chains around her neck are made of various colored metals, symbolizing Shireen's ...... in medicine, the occult, and history and so on.

"Is it Miss Shireen?" The door of the gods opened, and a knight galloped out.

"It's me." Shireen greeted her.

Then the knight turned over and dismounted, took off his helmet, and showed a vigorous face.

The armor on his chest is emblazoned with three golden ears of wheat - the coat of arms of the Selmi family in the Harvest Hall.

"Welcome to King's Landing, Miss Shireen. I am Leonor of the family of Selmy. ”

"Hello, Leonor." Shireen smiled back, "I've heard that Lord Barristan passed away not long ago, it's a pity, he's your great-grandfather, right?" ”

"Yes. However, the great-grandfather is over a hundred years old, and it's time to return to the arms of the gods. And when he was alive, he served His Majesty Caesar and participated in the Battle of the Long Night, and he has no regrets. Sir Leonor waved his whip with emotion and continued,

"If I can follow His Majesty Caesar and fight alongside him, it will be to die at the hands of strangers, and I will be willing. It's a pity that I wasn't born at the time of the Battle of the Long Night. ”

"Every young knight in the Seven Kingdoms has the same thoughts as you." Shireen smiled, "Let's go, let's go into the city, is the Bachelor of Coburn okay?" ”

"Oh good." Sir Leonor got back on his horse and led the way, and at the same time turned back, "Lord Cobain is still quite strong, but after all, he is also over eighty years old, and he often lacks energy, so he wrote to the school, hoping that they can send an assistant. ”

Shireen nodded, no more.

In fact, when Xuecheng decided to send her to the king, it caused widespread controversy and even questioning.

Although the Scholar said that he wanted an assistant, everyone knew that this old man was too old to continue to serve as a scholar, so the so-called "assistant" was actually a candidate for the next scholar.

And the Pivotal Opportunity of the School City sent a woman.

When Shireen became the first female bachelor in the school, many people had some opinions, and now, the first female bachelor is going to appear......

If it had been thirty years ago, Shireen would have been so scared that she couldn't sleep at night.

But now, she is able to accept any arrangement calmly.

And, deep down, Shireen actually wants to return to King's Landing and meet some old people......

The group entered the city and walked through the noisy and crowded streets to the Red Fort.

As soon as he entered the door, a servant hurried over and asked:

"Is it Miss Shireen from the school?"

"It's me."

"The queen is about to give birth, and His Majesty the king asks you to go to the delivery room immediately to help!"

"Okay, I'll go over here."

Shireen didn't complain when she received such an order as soon as she came, because it was her job.

Moreover, she also knows that the heirs of His Majesty Octavian are difficult today, and the birth of the queen naturally affects the hearts of many people.

After a brief preparation of tools, Shireen followed the guards to the Megar Tower.

Outside the delivery room, she met the current King of the Seven Kingdoms.

He had resolute brown eyes, his hair curled and slender over his shoulders, and his face resembled that of someone he had once been, and he wore not the famous ruby tile steel crown, but a gold crown inlaid with colorful gemstones.

It is said that when Octavian came of age, he did not intend to inherit the throne at first.

After all, Caesar had not died, but had been asleep, and he might wake up one day.

Therefore, the opinion of the important ministers at the beginning was to let Octavian serve as regent and guardian of the whole realm, and take charge of the seven kingdoms on his behalf.

However, it is said that that on the same night, the important ministers of the Imperial Council had the same dream, and dreamed of His Majesty Caesar, and the archbishop also received an oracle from Caesar—

So the next day, Octavian was crowned king.

"Miss Shireen, Jenny will ask you." The king took Shireen's hand and instructed earnestly.

The Jane he refers to is the Queen, Jane from the Hightower family.

This queen Jane has a gentle personality, a graceful temperament, and is very loved by the people, but her health is not very good, she has been pregnant three times before, but she has two miscarriages and one stillbirth.

So far, he has not been able to give birth to an heir to the king.

That's why the king attaches so much importance to this birth.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll do what I can."

Shireen walked into the delivery room.

Octavian waited restlessly outside.

Time passed, and the queen had been struggling in the delivery room for two days and two nights, but she still failed to give birth to the child.

The king's temper became more and more irritable, and he even rushed into the maternity ward to reprimand everyone as incompetent waste.

In the end, he was scolded by Queen Margaery.

Octavian left the maternity ward and went straight to the church.

In the sanctuary, statues of the seven gods stood majestically, and in the center of their gaze was a high platform made of white glazed stone.

A coffin was placed on the platform.

Octavian climbed the steps up the platform to the coffin.

Through the lid of the crystal coffin, he could clearly see his father lying quietly inside.

Thirty years have passed, and he himself has changed from a toddler to a vigorous king, while his father does not seem to have changed at all.

It's still the same as it was back then.

Time seemed unable to leave a mark on his countenance.

There has always been a saying in the Seven Kingdoms -

His Majesty Samwell Caesar became the new god by slaying the Night King, ending the long night and saving humanity.

What is left in front of him is just a shell.

"Father, have you really become a god?" Octavian whispered, "If you do become a god, please bless Jane." ”

So saying, he knelt down in front of his father's coffin, and prayed earnestly not to the seven gods, but to his own father.

At the end of the prayer, Octavian got up and left.

At the door, I happened to run into Melisandre, the red-robed witch.

"Your Majesty."

"Lady Melisandre." Octavian's heart moved, and he asked. "I heard that before I was born, you told my father that my mother would give birth to a son. So, now can you tell me, will Jenny give birth to a son, or a daughter? ”

Melisandre glanced at the king quietly, but shook her head and said:

"Your Majesty, you may have heard that I told His Majesty Caesar that he would have thirteen children. Now it seems that I was clearly wrong. ”

"You are really wrong about that. The father had only five children. ”

Before the long night, Caesar and Queen Margaery gave birth to Octavian, and Queen Daenerys gave birth to Rheenys.

However, during the Battle of the Neck, he impregnated Queen Daenerys again, and ten months later, Queen Daenerys gave birth to twins-

Aegon and Prince Aemon.

In addition, Duke Natalie Dane of Dorne also gave birth to a daughter named Arilia for Caesar.

However, since Duke Natalie and the king are not officially married after all, this child can only be regarded as an illegitimate daughter.

Of course, King Caesar's relationship with Duke Natalie is almost an open secret, and even many people know that the king actually plans to marry Duke Natalie after the Battle of Neck.

Unfortunately, this did not become a reality after all.

Alysia can only bear Shad's last name.

"But you did predict my birth and gender." Octavian added, "You might as well make another prediction." ”

Melisandre said softly:

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you won't like my answer."

Octavian's face was visibly gloomy to the naked eye:

"What do you mean by that?"

"I was not entirely wrong when I told His Majesty Caesar that he would have thirteen children." "It's just that we've been mistaking all thirteen for his children, and we've forgotten about his grandchildren.

Prince Aegon married Miss Diana Tully and gave birth to two children, Daron and Elena;

Prince Emonn married Miss Cyrime of House Lannister, and had a son, Lucian;

And Princess Rhaenys, who married into Riverrun, is even more prolific and now has four children. ”

Octavian Road:

"Even with the grandchildren, my father now has only twelve children. Well, if Jenny had one more, there would have been thirteen. ”

Melisandre shook her head slightly:

"Your Majesty, illegitimate children are also counted."

Octavian's color changed suddenly.

Because he knew that Melisandre was not talking about his father's illegitimate daughter with Duke Natalie Dayne, but his own illegitimate daughter!

"You know a lot." Octavian said, "According to your calculations, is Jenny destined to not be able to give birth to an heir this time?" ”

"I don't know, Your Majesty." Melisandre did not give an affirmative answer, "The future is surrounded by fog, and prophecy is full of pitfalls. Sometimes, it's better not to know than to know. ”

Octavian pursed his lips and said firmly:

"But you've told me the answer."

With that, he turned and left.

But the witch's words always haunted him, making him uneasy and making him anxious.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" A maid ran over with a panicked look.

"What's wrong?" Octavian chuckled in his heart, and a strong sense of foreboding emerged.

"Queen her, she...... She ......"

"Get out of here!" Octavian jerked the maid away and rushed towards the delivery room.

When I entered the room, I smelled the pungent smell of blood and the suffocating oppressive atmosphere.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty," Shireen sighed exhausted, "we've tried our best, but we haven't been able to save the Queen's life......"

Octavian looked at the blood-soaked birthing bed, and his whole body was in a trance.

After a long time, he came to his senses:

"What about the kids? What about children? ”

Shireen shook her head again and gestured to the cradle next to her.

Octavian stumbled over, and saw a bloodied baby lying in the cradle—

It was covered in scales and had a thick tail.

However, it was no longer breathing.

……

In the sanctuary, smoke and fire were abounding.

Queen Jane and the body of the newborn lie quietly in front of the statue of the stranger.

Thousands of candles flickered brightly, illuminating their way to heaven.

King Octavian stood in front of the bodies of his wife and children with his head bowed, his face stubble, and he was extremely haggard.

With a creak, the temple door opened, and a crisp footstep sounded.

"Get out, I want to be alone for a while." Octavian said without looking back.

"How long do you want to be alone?"

Hearing this voice, Octavian quickly turned around:

"Mother, why are you here?"

Queen Margaery Tyrell walked in, thirty years have passed, the former high court rose is no longer young, but the years have also added a graceful and luxurious temperament to her, at this time she is wearing a green gold-rimmed palace dress, exuding the majesty and solemnity of the mother's world.

"I'm not coming, are you going to shut yourself up in the sanctuary forever?"

"Of course not. I was just...... In mourning. ”

Margaery took a few steps forward, took out a candle, lit it, and placed it in front of the coffins of Queen Jane and the dead child.

After a few silent prayers, he looked back at his son and admonished:

"There should be a limit to mourning."

"I don't understand!" Octavian vented, "Why won't the gods give me a son?" And Father, don't you all say that he is now a new god? So why did he let such bad luck befall his son? ”

"You think the gods are omnipotent?" Margaery made no secret of the disappointment in her eyes, "Your father has proved one thing in his life, and that is that humans do not have to submit to the gods!" He used his life to support the backbone of the Caesar family, and you, you actually want to kneel again? ”

"I ...... That was not what I meant. Octavian panicked.

Margaery obviously did not intend to let her son go so easily, and continued to reprimand:

"Moreover, your father is facing another war, one that we mortals cannot understand, let alone imagine. You, as his eldest son and his heir, even if you can't help him, you shouldn't bother him with mortal trivialities, let alone resentment because of it! ”

"I don't, Mother." Octavian hurriedly said, "I'll pick myself up again, Janie's affairs won't break me, I'm still young, and I can marry again." ”

"That's right." Margaery slowed down her tone and reached out to help her son cut his hair, "Among the Great Lords of the Seven Kingdoms, there are still many girls who are suitable for you, and I will help choose one to be the queen." ”

Octavian hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Mother, I already have a candidate."

"Oh? Who is it? ”

"It's Miss Alilia."

"Auria?" Margaery was slightly startled, "Arylia Shad? ”

"Arilia Caesar!" Octavian corrected, "She is also in her father's blood!" ”

"But your father didn't officially marry Duke Natalie Dane after all, so ......"

"But Arylia does have the blood of the Caesar family in her body! And I am the king, and I have the right to legalize the illegitimate daughter and restore her to the Caesar family name! ”

Margaery suddenly remembered something, and asked in a deep voice:

"Aren't you already getting better? Helena is not ......"

"That's right." Octavian confessed, "Helena is my daughter and Ariria's, and I will give her an identity." ”

"It's too messy!" Margaery said angrily, "It's true that you're the king, but that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!" ”

"I know Helena's identity is awkward, but I'm not trying to make her my heir." Octavian explained, "If Arylia can bear me a daughter, she can also bear me another son!" A legitimate legitimate! A pure-blooded dragon with Caesar's parents!

Who would dare to question his legitimacy! ”

Margaery still shook her head:

"But you and Arylia are brother and sister after all, half-siblings, but still brother and sister."

"The true dragon bloodline should have intermarried!" Octavian rightly said, "Jenny has not been able to give birth to an heir for me, perhaps because she is too weak to bear the true dragon blood. ”

"Aegon, Emon, and Rhaenys are all combined with the non-true dragon bloodline, and they are still prosperous."

"Mother, I can't afford to have more doubts." Octavian took Margaery's arm and said in a deep voice, "Do you know how much pressure I've been under over the years? Did you know that some people even said behind my back that the dragon blood in my body was not pure enough!

So, if there's another 'Jenny', I'm going to break down!

Only Arilia can, she's also a Caesar, and she's proven to be able to bear birth to me.

My new queen has to be her! ”

Margaery looked at her stubborn son, and finally sighed, and said:

"Okay, I'll write to Duke Natalie."

"Thank you, Mother!"

……

After all, the king successfully married the man he wanted.

Although it has caused some controversy, it is undeniable that Arylia is indeed the daughter of Caesar, who has been bearing the surname of Shad before but enjoys the treatment of a princess.

Moreover, Arylia inherited her mother's beauty and character, and was very popular among the nobility of the Seven Kingdoms.

Although there was something inappropriate about the marriage between the illegitimate daughter and the brother and sister, the marriage was still able to go smoothly under the strong promotion of the Queen Margaery.

Queen Daenerys, who has been living on Dragonstone since Her Majesty Caesar's slumber, also rode a black dragon to King's Landing for the first time to attend the wedding.

Her daughter, Princess Rhaenys, and her two sons, Aegon and Prince Emon, also brought their families to attend.

I have to say that compared with the single seedling of the Queen Mother Margaery, the Queen Mother Daenerys is really prosperous.

Princess Rhaenys had four children, Prince Aegon had a son and a daughter, and Prince Aemon also had a son.

In this wedding, the second and third generations of the Caesar family gathered together, but people can clearly see this gap.

Queen Margaery's side is deserted, and Queen Daenerys's side is lively.

Witnessing all this, many of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms were thoughtful.

If Queen Arylia can't give birth to a son for the king, I'm afraid the question of the heir to the Iron Throne will resurface.

It's not just the heir, it's even Queen Aliria's embarrassing identity, and the king's forced marriage to his sister...... Although these problems are temporarily suppressed, they will eventually be detonated by some people at a certain time.

At the wedding banquet, Queen Margaery wore a dark green palace dress embroidered with the golden roses of the Tyrell family, while Daenerys wore a black dress with a red three-headed dragon tattooed on her chest.

The two sat intimately on the high platform, talking happily, like sisters.

Offstage, the king led the new queen to receive the blessings of the nobles, and then walked out of the throne hall to the head of the Red Keep to greet the cheers of the people of King's Landing.

"Give me a son." He whispered in his wife's ear.

After saying that, I repeated it again.

"Okay." Queen Alilia replied with a smile.

(End of chapter)