Chapter 431: It's hard to save the fire from far away
The first night of the thrilling battle is over. But for most of Westeros, where no fire, trumpets or explosions could be heard outside the land grant south of the Wall, it was just another ordinary winter morning. The dense clouds blocked the sunlight tightly, and the sunrise view was completely invisible, only the eastern sky could be seen little by little, and most people would not even be able to figure out the time if it were not for the rooster crowing.
After a dormant for more than a dozen hours, Winterfell gradually recovered, and Maester Lewyn got dressed and washed, and checked the crow's nest before eating as usual—he found several more letter crows, one from White Harbor, two from Icefjord Harbor, and two from Castle Black and Crown Town.
They weren't there when they checked late last night before bedtime, and it is estimated that most of them arrived in the middle of the night or early in the morning. As the only city in the north, it is not surprising that White Harbor has been reported...... On the contrary, there were four birds in the land gift today, which is a bit rare. Realizing that something was happening, Lu Wen suddenly sobered up a little, and with doubts and nervousness, he quickly removed the letter tied to the feet of the letter crows, and the bird was put into the cage and fed some minced meat, and first opened the letter from the land gift.
After a brief glance, the old bachelor's expression immediately changed greatly, and he hurriedly ran to the main fort with the letter paper.
Moments later, Robb Stark, who had just finished breakfast, rushed out of the main castle and rang the bell on the school grounds to gather all the retainers in the castle - Winterfell suddenly woke up like a needle in his sleep...... Get busy.
The four doors were opened, and countless retainers and guards swarmed out on war horses, and the crow's nest continued to release letter crows one after another as if they were crazy, flying to all parts of the northern border.
The legendary enemy has finally attacked, and in the northernmost frontier of the Seven Kingdoms, there is not only the first military port in the north that the northern border intends to use to fight against the Iron Islands, but more importantly, the mother and little sister of the Lord of Winterfall are still on the Great Wall at the moment to comfort the soldiers and civilians on the front line......
Whether it is public or private, it is reasonable to be on the sidelines at this moment, and Robb's order is simple and direct: gather all the armies and go north to support the Night's Watch.
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On the afternoon of the day when the army began to assemble at the behest of House Stark, the Queen's two advisors were waiting restlessly and confronting each other in the cold and gloomy hall of Rosby City, where the three-headed dragon banner was already hoisted to the north of King's Landing.
Daenerys left the land yesterday afternoon and flew back to the south, and after more than a night's flight, arrived at Rosby City, the rear command post of the siege of King's Landing, in the early morning. Upon learning of this, Varys immediately informed Jon Clinton with a letter crow, asking him to bring his "nephew" to his aunt as soon as possible...... With King's Landing already closed, it didn't take much effort to cross the Blackwater, and Prince Aegon entered the castle half a day later under the escort of the cavalry, but the queen was still sleeping in her bedroom until this time. So, the two important ministers, who had their own thoughts and didn't want to miss the first time the queen got up, had to stay in the hall outside the door and wait.
(Shouldering the heavy responsibility, how can the queen sleep?)
(Young people can really sleep!)
Little Finger and the Great Eunuch each sneered, seeing the sky turn from dark to light, and from light to dark again, the queen had been in the bedroom for almost ten hours, and why had she not come out?
Just as the two ministers were waiting impatiently, Daenerys's lazy shouts finally came from the bedroom.
"Missandei?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The little maid got up from her chair by the fire and slipped into the queen's bedroom.
It took about half an hour for the queen to get dressed with the help of Missandei, and she came out again in good shape.
"Your Majesty!" the two ministers shouted in unison, and immediately gathered around her, but in the end Varys became a little louder and spoke first, "Your nephew, Prince Aegon Targaryen, has arrived in Roseby City accompanied by Earl Jon Clinton, and they have been waiting for you in the reception room for half an afternoon!"
As the prime minister, Petyr was very dissatisfied with being preempted, but then immediately picked up: "The military briefing of the Free Militia and the Unsullied is also ready and ready to be carried out...... The Riverbend Army and the Golden Regiment have reached the south bank of the Blackwater River, and the Dornians are on their way north, you ......"
"I'm hungry, Missandei, go to the kitchen and get me something to eat. Daenerys covered her mouth and yawned slightly, and softly interrupted the rambling reports of the two important ministers, "Just find some, I'll still have dinner later...... That Prince Aegon is here today, and why will he know when I get back?"
Varys was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "Earl Clinton has expressed to me through various channels that he wants to see you, so as soon as you return in the morning, I will immediately write to inform him. At the moment, the Golden Regiment and the River Bend Army are both along the banks of the Heishui River, and it is impossible for you to leave them alone to attack the city, since you will have to meet them sooner or later...... I beg your Majesty's forgiveness for my presumptuousness. You see...... See you now, or let them wait?"
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Daenerys frowned - she was a queen, and she couldn't say her true thoughts like a wayward child, but deep down, she really didn't really want to see this Prince Aegon.
Not intentionally neglecting visitors or failing to be diligent in government affairs...... But for this "nephew" who suddenly appeared, her inner emotions are very complicated.
Right now, there are just as many people who say Prince Aegon is true as they are about fake, but even putting aside the fact that she can't judge for the time being, she still feels weird: Dani should be happy to learn that there are still blood relatives alive, as the original "last Targaryen". But in fact, she has a considerable amount of resentment - no matter how glorified the past, the truth is that this Aegon Targaryen grew up in the shadow of Robert Baratheon's hunt and grew up in the shadow of Robert Baratheon's hunting, "drawing firepower for him".
She and her brother came to be the first bird, the dragon was hatched by her self-immolation, and she took her followers to taste the ups and downs and hardships along the way. When she had made all the preparations to counterattack Westeros, suddenly came a nephew who had grown up comfortably under the care of her since childhood, and who had never experienced anything—but who was higher in line of succession than her, with a mercenary army to share the fruits of victory?
Of course, this nephew who suddenly appeared did not come empty-handed, and the combat effectiveness of the Golden Regiment was beyond doubt. Theoretically, marrying this nephew as his queen is the safest and safest plan, and with this step, King's Landing will be a stone strike, and the Iron Throne will be in the bag...... At one point, she couldn't really find any reason to refute the best solution. But now, after being educated by the commander-in-chief who watched the Great Wall from the north, Daenerys finally understood what the problem was.
This "theory" that supports her marriage to little Aegon is actually the law of the rolling wheels of Westeros' feudal history!
How ridiculous it is that she keeps saying that she wants to break the wheel, but for a long time, she can't even jump out of the wheel, get rid of the rules of the lord's game, and change the inherent thinking mode of the nobles playing with power!
But now, she had never been clearer than ever.
Marrying Aegon Targaryen and bringing Riverbend and the Golden Order into the camp is indeed the shortest shortcut to the Iron Throne. However, when the day comes when she sits firmly on the throne and intends to change, if her nephew and husband, the king of the Seven Kingdoms, and his interest groups do not support her, thinking that she is whimsical, then as a mere queen, where should her dream of "building a world without oppression" begin?
She had to be a queen, she had to choose the harder path!
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However, despite her clear thinking, Daenerys has no valid reason to refuse to receive a visit from her "nephew". is like a child who has been arranged by her parents on a blind date, even if she makes up her mind that she will never talk more after the meeting, she still has to go through the process.
"Forget it this time, next time you will discuss it with me or my Queen's hand before arranging a meeting for me. Daenerys glared at Varys with a slight dissatisfaction, and turned to Petyr, who was about to say something long, "I'm going to see this Prince Aegon now, report to me at dinner what had happened in the past few days, and arrange a meeting with the envoys of Riverbend and Dorne after dinner." Draw me a reasonable itinerary tonight, and I'll ride a dragon over the encirclement around King's Landing tomorrow—make sure every one of my soldiers can look up and see me. ”
Varys smiled and glanced at Petyr, who nodded helplessly yes and swallowed a thousand words back into his stomach - even if he had more to say, as a courtier, he could not question the decision that the monarch had already made in public.
As the group gathered around Daenerys as they walked towards the meeting room, ready for the historic moment of the meeting between the two Targaryens, the soldiers sent to guard the crow cage in Rosby City hurried through the door.
"Your Majesty! A cage of crows that Lord Macchiro brought to the Great Wall a few days ago suddenly flew back at noon, and wrote exactly the same content, some strange ghosts, dead people, and the like, I don't understand, I don't know if it is some kind of secret word and code that he agreed with you, so I quickly brought it to you. ”
"What?" Daenerys's originally reluctant and tired face suddenly filled with solemnity, "Bring it!"
After taking the note and glancing at it, the expression on the little queen's face turned into resoluteness, and she turned a corner and walked straight to the door.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"There was some emergency, and I had to go back to the Great Wall immediately. ”
"What? But you've only been back for a day, and you've only slept once, and you haven't done anything yet!?" Varys was so anxious that he was about to vomit blood, seeing that things were almost done, how could such an unbelievable accident suddenly appear?" "Prince Aegon is waiting for you, Your Majesty will see you before leaving!"
Although he wanted to stop Varys's plan to match the queen with little Aegon, even Petyr didn't understand that he had to oppose this inexplicable absurdity: "Your Majesty, even if there is any emergency on the side of the Great Wall, you will have to rush back now and tomorrow at the earliest, if the night watchman can't keep it, you won't be able to rush over, if you can hold it, it won't be a moment or a half." You can rest for the night, get things done tomorrow and set off, there will be no big problems!"
......
It took more than ten minutes to walk from the castle to the open space, and the two important ministers followed and persuaded all the way, and the spit said that it was dry did not have any effect. Daenerys called out to Drogon as soon as she saw the alarm letter, and as the crowd approached the clearing, the huge shadow of the black dragon had already passed over their heads and descended to the center of the field.
"I'm going to fulfill a promise now, a promise that I take very seriously, are you trying to persuade me to break my promise?" Daenerys turned her head and raised an eyebrow at the two of her staff, "Don't talk nonsense, go back to the castle, and tell Prince Aegon that you can either wait for me here, or go back to your barracks first, and come back next time!"
"Your Majesty~Down~!" Missandei panted and chased after him with a small food box, "Don't you want the snacks you want?"
"Give it to me!" Daenerys, who was already preparing to go to the dragon, stretched out a hand to the little maid and took the food box, "Zhuo Geng flies very steadily, I will take time to eat on the way!"
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