The door of the Imperial Council was pushed open, and the hounds appeared in white robes: "Master Coben, Master Alik begs to see." ”

The Imperial Council Hall is not allowed to enter without special permission.

The Kingsguard guarding the gates are Hound Dog and Sir Baron Swain.

Soon after Queen Cersei took Cobain as a confidant, Cobain solved what she thought was a big problem: Lady Faris. In order to give Cobain a pleasant feeling of being a dog, Cersei was gracious: "Let Maester Alik in." ”

Alik Bill is Cobain's assistant bachelor and specializes in managing the ravens of the Red Keep. Cobain has three assistant bachelors and two apprentices, each with their own division of duties. As for Sam Clifford, the Great Scholar sent by the Old City to replace Pai Shel, Cersei didn't know why she hadn't been in King's Landing for so long. But she doesn't care about it, as long as Corben is obedient and capable, Cersei won't care about any other strange bachelor's affairs.

"See Her Majesty the Queen Mother. "The first time Master Alec walked into the chamber of the Ministers, he was flattered and humble, and first bowed slightly to the Queen Mother Cersei, which made King Joffrey quite uncomfortable, but because of Lan Li's death, Joffrey was in a good mood, so he didn't care about the rudeness of this damn fellow.

Alik greeted His Majesty the King again, and the corners of Joffrey's mouth turned up with a smile: "Bachelor, what's the matter?"

"An urgent letter has been received, Your Majesty. ”

"Give it to me!"

Alik hesitated slightly, and the rule he got was: the urgent letter was handed over to the bachelor as soon as possible, and the bachelor would then deliver the letter to the corresponding person.

The palace raven letters were not only addressed to the king and queen mother, but also to other ministers, and Cobain was responsible for delivering each letter to the right person.

Alik glanced at Cobain, who gave him a look in the eyes, and Alik respectfully handed the letter into the king's hands.

Joffrey got the letter, but was not interested in the letter itself, and he stared at Alik, "Bachelor, I am your king." Why didn't you get the letter to me as soon as you received it?"

Alik is embarrassed!

He didn't know how to answer this question, all the important ministers here were the most powerful people in the court, and Alik was just an assistant to the raven, in fact, a small servant.

"Your Majesty. Cersei said, "There are a lot of letters, letters from the ministers. ”

Joffrey turned his chair and made the legs of the chair rub against the ground with an unpleasant grinding sound: "Mother, I know that you want to meddle in every matter of government affairs, but shouldn't the letter to the palace be delivered to the king at the first time? ”

Joffrey was very unhappy with his mother's meddling in the affairs of government affairs, and he was not the first to know about Lan Li's murder and was unhappy.

Reading the letter itself is not attractive to Joffrey, it is better to dissect a pregnant female cat and guess how many cubs there are in the female cat's belly, and the point is, Cersei does this so that he does not feel the importance of the king, he is the king!

Cersei frowned, and the sound of the feet of the chair rubbing against the ground was very harsh and uncomfortable: "Your Majesty, let's take a look at this letter first." ”

And the angry Joffrey is unable to communicate and can only divert his attention.

Cersei didn't know the power of her father Tywin, and she once ordered the Duke of Tywin, who was stationed at the Cross Inn, to bring troops to King's Landing to protect King's Landing from the Baratheon army. Tywin also complained about Cersei's 'orders from Her Majesty' in front of the little demon Tyrion and her eldest brother Kayvon Lannister, who was also present at the Mountain.

But as long as she faced Joffrey, she couldn't be strong. A mother's feelings for her child are a very complex thing.

The little devil has long seen through all this, and the reason why Joffrey dares to do whatever he wants and doesn't take his mother in his eyes is because he knows that his mother won't really hurt him, but if it's the magic mountain or the little devil, Joffrey will be afraid, because these two guys may really hurt him.

Joffrey threw the letter in front of his mother Cersei: "Since you like to meddle in everything, I'll show you well." ”

The little devil endured and endured, and did not scold his nephew, he had just won another big battle, thwarted Cersei's 'brilliant plan', and took down Cersei's 'confidant' aristocratic Lady Tanda, Cersei was still licking her wounds of failure, so let's save a little face for her two mothers and sons.

Cersei glanced at Joffrey and said to Maester Alex, "Go down." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. "Bachelor Alik agreed to the Queen Mother, the King, the Prime Minister and others, and then walked out quickly. His back was already covered in cold sweat.

If the king was displeased, and ordered him to be cut down, he would be dead. He believed that Her Majesty the Queen Mother and Master Coben would not frown at his death.

Cersei opened the letter, read it, her face was expressionless, and she took a deep breath: "Your Majesty." Cersei deliberately mentioned Joffrey first, so that Joffrey felt that he was being valued, and Joffrey became more and more sensitive to this, "Ladies and gentlemen, Winterfell of House Stark in the North has been taken over by Theon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, and the entire castle has become prisoners of war. “

The council chamber fell silent all at once.

Joffrey also stopped torturing the chair under the thighs.

Joffrey, Little Devil, Magic Mountain, Littlefinger, Cobain, Jeslin, and the other courtiers all fell silent.

Everyone looked at Cersei with surprised expressions.

Theon Greyjoy is the adopted son of Eddard Stark, who has lived in Winterfell since he was ten years old, growing up with Robb, Jon, Sansa, Arya and others, and living together for nine full years.

Cersei was expressionless and continued: "The city of Torum of the Tauha family was also taken and slaughtered by the Iron People of the Iron Islands. The coastal towns of the northern people were all looted by the iron people, and a large number of villages were set on fire. The Grove family's deep forest fort in the wolf forest was also taken by the Iron People led by Asha, the daughter of King Baron. “

There was one more thing she didn't say - Lord Baron Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, had become king.

She was afraid of provoking Joffrey's rhetoric of 'leading troops to attack the Iron Islands again'. Before the Magic Mountain came to King's Landing, the heroic and invincible Joffrey was ready to lead a garrison of 2,000 to the Bitter Bridge to capture Lan Li. The child's courage is commendable, but his prediction of the situation is slightly insufficient.

A big smile bloomed on Joffrey's handsome face, and he jerked to his feet, and said with a smile, "Good, good, good, good! I knew that the Stark family would be punished, and now that the retribution has come, I will go and tell Sansa the good news that her father's escape will not save the Stark family's fate." Give the order to the Duke of Baron to send all the prisoners of war from the North to King's Landing, and I will hang all the people of the North. ”

Cersei replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Joffrey couldn't sit down in the Imperial Council anymore, and he was so happy that he couldn't wait to see Sansa: "I'm going to go and tell Sansa the good news so that she can be happy." Oh, and her younger brothers Rickon and Bran, haha, I just hope Theon doesn't kill Bran and Rickon with a single sword, if I do, I'll slowly torture that cripple. ”

Joffrey left a long laugh in the council chamber and walked away.

The little devil said, "Your Majesty, my men have gone to rescue Jaime Lannister, and Sansa can't move until they come back, so that we can be sure that we have the chips in our hands." ”

"If His Majesty is happy to hurt Sansa too much, and if the Prime Minister's rescue fails, Sir James will suffer. Moshan said coldly.

Cersei's face hesitated: "Joffrey is still a child...... He wouldn't ...... Sansa He won't hurt her."

The little devil said: "Queen Mother, we all know what kind of child Joffrey is, he knows how to be polite, willing to be motivated, and cultivated, I am afraid that it will ...... in case" He stared at Cersei until her old sister's face turned blue, "Lord Magic Mountain, you are the supreme military commander of King's Landing, I think it is your duty to send someone to see Sansa, and it is necessary to deter the king's two dogs." ”

Magic Mountain looked at Jacelyn, the commander-in-chief of the garrison who had forcibly taken away the Queen Mother's seven henchmen and could still sit in the council chamber: "Lord Jeslin, please take care of Sansa, lest our king get too excited for a while. If Mandon Moore and Marin Tieran hurt Sansa with their hands, tell them that I will go to them. ”

"Yes, Lord Moshan. Jeslin got up, bowed respectfully to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, and left.

The Magic Mountain does not use its own guards, Erin is Eddard Stark's original captain of the guard, after surrendering to the Magic Mountain, he was branded as a traitor, Sansa hated Erin, Malwyn and other old guards, and when she saw them, she turned around and left.

Cersei's blue face slowly returned to calm: "Demon Mountain, do you need to read this letter?"

Cersei deliberately didn't hand the letter to the Prime Minister, she gave it to the Magic Mountain.

"Good!" Magic Mountain took the letter and unfolded it. This action made the courtiers all change color slightly: Magic Mountain can know words?

The Demon Mountain's gaze passed through the letter and saw the Branded City in the West.

*

Westside. Brand City.

The people of the city shouted and neighed, the people of the north were gathering, and the military order had been issued to withdraw from the west and return to the north to retake Winterfell.

The three places of Toruńfang, Winterfell, and Deepwoodburg in the north fell at the same time, and the coastal area of the north was burned and plundered by the iron people sent by Baron Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, and ravaged wantonly.

When the news reached the Riverlands, the westerners, the victorious northerners were in turmoil, and the soldiers feared for the safety of their parents, sisters, wives and children, and the nobles feared that their castles would be looted, their wealth would be plundered, their food and supplies would be plundered, the men of the family would be tortured and killed, and the women would be taken away as salt concubines.

The army was panicked, and the people in the north had no will to fight from top to bottom.

Robb immediately made a decision, ordered all the cavalry to return to the Branded City, took the road from the Branded City to the Golden Tooth City, quickly withdrew from the west, returned to the north, annihilated the Iron People, and stabilized the rear.

Eddard Stark also woke up from a dream, and when he left King's Landing, he was warned that his rescuer had told him not to go south, but to go north, and if Robb had already gone south, he must send a capable general to garrison Winterfell, and not to leave.

Although Winterfell was garrisoned by the head of the sect, Roderick, but Theon Greyjoy used a small strategy to surround the city of Torun and not attack, so that the city of Torun asked for help from Winterfell, and Roderick immediately took the only dozens of guards in Winterfell to rescue the city of Torun, so Theon's soldiers divided into two ways, and he personally led the iron people all the way to attack Winterfell successfully.

And Sir Roderick was still on his way to Toruń Square with his guards. When he hurried back after learning of the fall of Winterfell, another group of ironmen took the opportunity to chase and kill, and Roderick was defeated, only a few guards and himself escaped.

After the victory, the Iron Folk turned to attack the Lord, and the Lords captured the Lord.

Theon Greyjoy used a trick to win two cities in a row. At the same time, the Glover family's deep forest fort in the wolf forest was also taken by Asha. When the news spread, the entire northern border was shaken, and the common people and nobles were all in danger.

Robb Stark stood on the roof of the main fort of the Malbran family in the Imprint City, watching the cavalry teams gathered all over the city, the banners of the nobles of the North flying, and the sound of military orders one after another.

His heart was very frustrated and full of hatred. Theon Greyjoy, who he regarded as his own brother, returned to the Iron Islands to persuade Duke Baron to be his ally in the North, but the brother took the opportunity to lead the Iron Folk to attack the North and capture his two brothers, Bran and Rickon.

Robb's only thought at this time is to return to the north as soon as possible, take Theon, question him to his face why he betrayed his oath of allegiance, and then hang Theon with his own hands!

Robb was filled with anxiety and remorse. His mother had warned him not to trust Greyjoy, and he had asked his father about it, and his father was in favor of him alliing with the Greyjoy family.

As it turned out, both father and son were wrong, and Mother Caitlin Tully was right in her fears!

The Greyjoy family, not to be trusted!

The military bachelor hurriedly came: "Lord Robb, there is an urgent letter. Robb opened the raven letter, and there were only a few words on it: Duke Eddard Stark, Mint.

The letter was not signed.

In the military, only Robb and Wendell Mandalay knew that Eddard Stark was in the army. The person who wrote the letter also knew that Eddard Stark was in the army, so who was this person who wrote the letter?

The letter contained only the word mint.

"Daisy Mormont, go find Wendell Mandalay, I'll be waiting for him in the study. “

"Yes, sir. ”

Wendell Mandalay hurried into the gate of the main fort, accompanied by a group of family guards, all of them mopping the floor, helmets and masks, long swords and combat boots, walking like the wind, extremely fierce.

The reason why these hand-picked knights and freeriders are so clean and fierce is that they want to protect one very important person: Duke Eddard Stark.

Eddard Stark also has a cape, a helmet, and a visor. Dressed in the same attire as the guards, no one knew that the burly man who lived among the guards was Eddard Stark, Duke of the North.

Robb saw Wendell coming in from the top of the building, and immediately went downstairs and into the study.

Soon, Wendell knocked on the door and came in.

"Please come in, sir. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Eddard Stark came in as Wendell's bodyguard, and as soon as the door closed, Robb stood up, and the father and son hugged each other tightly. Wendell stood aside, guarding the two Starks, and he stood inside the study door. Outside the door, the most loyal knights and freeriders of the Wendell family.

"There's a letter addressed to you, father, and I think you need to look at it. Robb pulled out the letter.

Ed took off his helmet and took the letter, which contained only one word: Mint.

The Starks have a fine tradition of not killing captives. When Grand Jon Amber evacuated Casterme, all the mint workers were taken to Imprint City as prisoners of war.

"Casterme's mint isn't Tywin Lannister's, where are the mints locked up?" Ed read the letter and lit it. The letter curled and then turned into black ashes.

"It's in the dungeon beneath our feet. “

"They are just ordinary civilians, let them go. Ed said, "Who among the nobles of the Westlands knows about the Mint?"

"Count Damon Malbran. ”

"Who are the people he is holding with?"

"Sam Clifford, a bachelor. ”