Sir Gendry, you are the blood of the former King Robert Baratheon, and according to the law, you are the heir to the Iron Throne. Magic Mountain said, he glanced at the audience, "Child, the courtiers and generals in the hall will all be your vassals, and they are all your assistants, you don't know how to lead troops to fight, and my Minister of War leads the troops; you don't understand law, your mother, Jane Westerling, is the Minister of Law; you don't understand finance. At sea, there is our Royal Navy fleet, in the royal palace, there are the royal guards and the royal guard, and Gendry, you just need to be a kind and loving king, and send vassals to do the affairs of the kingdom. ”

"Father, can I really do it?!"

"Son, you are the blood of the former King Robert. Demon Mountain said in a soft voice.

Intelligence Secretary Bernie Clegane stepped forward, and the little man stood in his chair, "Lords, knights, knights, generals, ladies and ladies and gentlemen, no country can be without a king, a prime minister, and a captain of the Kingsguard at the same time, and if Duke Eddard Stark comes to King's Landing from the North to prove Gendry's family identity, it will be a month at the earliest. I propose that Gendry Baratheon be elected acting king of this country now...... A month later, Lord Eddard Stark arrives in King's Landing, and we have another ceremony to officially proclaim Gendry King. ”

"Lord Bernie, I am afraid it would not be appropriate to put Gendry as acting king now. The Great Power Teacher Koben stood up and said with a serious expression.

"Oh? Why?"

"Lord Bernie Clegane, it is a sacred and great thing to elect a new king, and now there is no Captain of the Kingsguard, Petyr Berlis, the Chancellor of the Crown, the Commander of the Kingsguard, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, the Commander of the King's Landing Garrison, and the Archbishop of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor here. For any major event of the royal family, the archbishop of the Great Church of Baylor is the presiding officer. The enthronement of the king required the archbishop to pray to the seven gods and perform a grand ceremony. ”

"Lady Jenny is right. "The king ascends the throne, and the royal family gets married or dies. The presiding officer is the archbishop of the Great Chapel of Baylor, and the place where the new king takes the oath of the throne will be in the Seven Holy Churches. ”

"Earl Rossby, our current Prime Minister has been imprisoned, the Lord Regent Cersei has been imprisoned, the Captain of the Kingsguard Jaime Lannister has fled to Braavos, and the Commander-in-Chief of the garrison, Benronte Bloom, has resigned. ”

"Bernie, we don't need a full unanimous vote of the Imperial Ministers, as long as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Petyr Berish, can come back in time to vote. We don't need to wait for Lord Eddard Stark of the North to arrive in King's Landing to prove Gendry Baratheon's family identity, the North is independent, Winterfell was destroyed by wildfire in the showdown with the Wraiths, and Lord Eddard is the King of the North and is rebuilding his city. ”

"It's a long way to come to King's Landing from the North, and whether Eddard, King of the North, can come and when he can come, is something that the gods can't be sure of. According to the emergency laws of the country, the affairs of the kingdom are now decided by the Council of Imperial Ministers for the time being. We will first appoint the posts of Captain of the Kingsguard and Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison to fill as many vacant positions as possible for the Imperial Ministers, and the position of Prime Minister will only be appointed after the King has taken the Iron Throne. ”

*

Underground in the Red Keep, the black prison where the Queen Mother Cersei is imprisoned.

In the pitch black prison, there was a clear sound of footsteps.

There is only one person in this black cell: Queen Mother Cersei.

This Cersei isn't really Cersei, she's Arya Stark.

Arya Stark's eyes can see in the dark. Among the Faceless trainings she received was blindness. A blind person is in absolute darkness all day long.

Arya Stark, untied, opened the door to the underground dungeon, and she walked out of the underground dungeon and followed the long underground passage to another door.

She pulled out the key she had prepared and opened the cell.

The cell was also dark, and I couldn't see my fingers.

There was the sound of a man breathing in the cell.

"Who?" said a timid and panicked woman's voice, with a distinctive voice. It was Cersei Lannister's instantly recognizable voice.

"Arya Stark. ”

After a brief silence, Cersei's voice rang out again, "Arya Stark, are you here to kill me?"

"I won't kill you, Cersei, you committed treason, and you were publicly sentenced to death by hanging in the square of the Baelor Chapel. ”

There was another suffocating silence.

After a long while, Cersei said, "Has Jaime and Tommen and Messella left Westeros or have you killed them?"

"We kept our promise to Jaime, but Jaime didn't, he changed course halfway through, and his destination wasn't the city-state of Rees, but Braavos. ”

"Why did he suddenly change course to Braavos?"

"We don't know, but Lord Moshan doesn't think it's a good thing. Since Jaime has not kept his promise, we will kill the real you and will send men to hunt down Jaime in Braavos. ”

"Hmph!" Cersei snorted, "Arya, Jaime knows about you using the maid Connie in my place." Connie is a maid after all, and although she has served me for many years, she is not me after all. Jaime and Connie are together, and it won't be long before they discover your plot. Cersei next to him isn't really Cersei. ”

"Lord Magic Mountain made it clear to Jaime that he and Cersei, Tomman, and Messira would be safe, going to the city-state of Rhys, and continuing east. ”

"You are all the most shameless liars. Cersei said coldly, "Even if Jaime keeps all of his oaths, you won't really let me go." ”

"Cersei, you have the blood of the Northerners on your hands, and the blood of the children of the former King Robert. If Jaime is a smart man, if he finds out that Connie isn't really you, he should also understand that our willingness to let him take Tommen and Messira is already the greatest kindness to the Lannisters. ”

"Arya, you and the Magic Mountain, and all the people of this country, nobles and commoners, grooms and beggars, no one really has good intentions. The magic mountain was brutal in the past, and the magic mountain is insidious now. Whether it is the brutal Magic Mountain or the insidious Magic Mountain, he never has good intentions. ”

Cersei and Arya's conversation in the dark calms Cersei's heart, and her panic fades.

"I don't think there's any need to show any kindness to the Lannisters, whether it's Jaime or you. Lord Magic Mountain insists on leaving a way for Jaime and Tomman and Messira to survive because Jaime is indeed a true knight, and Tomman and Messira are two innocent children. However, Jaime rerouted to Braavos halfway through, and he broke his oath to the Magic Mountain. ”

"The Magic Mountain is going to send someone to kill Jaime?"

"The Magic Mountain has defeated Daenerys' vast navy and forced Daenerys to make peace at the cost of 50,000 horses for a dragon. But I know that the Mountain will be ready to attack Braavos, and maybe he will meet Jaime again in Braavos, and if Jaime has a sword in his hand and is on the side of the Braavos, I know that the Mountain will not hesitate to kill him, and bring his head back and stick the tip of the Red Keep's spear. Also, Cersei, Jaime may have had a pact with the Magic Mountain from the beginning, and he knows that Connie is not you. ”

"Jaime actually knows I'm in a black cell?" Cersei's voice was high and high.

Arya said coldly, "Cersei, think about how many men you have been intimate with behind Jaime's back. Also, what leverage does Jaime have to bargain with the Magic Mountain. ”

After a long time, Cersei's voice grew weak and old, "Arya, please, kill me." ”

*

Three days later, night, Steel Street.

Master Tob Mott's blacksmith's shop.

Cocoa!

There was a knock at the door.

The door of the smithy opened, and a black figure elongated in the light of the candles cast onto the street: Sir Gendry Clegane.

Instead of living in the barracks, he didn't live in the stone house in the Red Fort prepared for him by the Magic Mountain, but returned to the blacksmith shop where he learned to make iron in Steel Street. Ever since the Magic Mountain announced in the throne hall three days ago that he would be crowned king, Gendry had not been able to find true peace of mind. He found that only when he returned to the blacksmith's shop, alone and striking hard, could he relieve the great pressure and excitement in his heart.

Gendry has been suffering from insomnia for three days. No matter how tired he was, as long as he lay down, he remembered the scene in the throne hall three days ago, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep at the thought of his father, Lord Moshan, declaring that he would serve him as king. , accompanied by insomnia, is inexplicable anxiety.

Knocking on the door of Gendry's blacksmith shop was a man in a black cape and hood, a slender man with a face hidden in his hood, his face unrecognizable. Gendry stepped out of the way, and the light behind him shone on the face of the man who had a shrewd air on his face, and a narrow playful smile on his lips. : Littlefinger, Lord Petyr Berish.

Littlefinger and Melisandre rode into King's Landing first, and the large army continued to make their way to King's Landing on King's Road in the King's Lands. Littlefinger and Melisandre were among the top echelons of the army, while the soldiers were on foot, including the Cregan Cavalry and the Crab Claw Peninsula Cavalry.

"Gendry, may I come in?" Littlefinger's kind tone, kind voice, familiar smile.

Gendry looked outside, Steel Street was quiet, and the streets were dark.

"Alone?"

"Yes, alone. ”

Gendry stepped out of the way, and Littlefinger walked into the blacksmith's shop, closing the door with his hand.

The blacksmith was blazing with charcoal, and an iron embryo was placed on an iron pier, and a hammer was placed by the stove.

"Still striking iron?" said Littlefinger with a smile, "When I came, I heard your monotonous sound of striking iron at the crossroads of the streets. ”

"I need to be very tired to get a little sleep for a short time. Gendry said angrily. He seemed to be sullen. A person who has not been able to get a good night's sleep for three days has become abnormal in his voice.

"Gendry, are you too excited to become king, or are you afraid that you will be ridiculed by the noble courtiers every day after you sit on the Iron Throne. After all, you won't do anything but strike iron. ”

"My lord, I don't have fear, I just feel nervous. I couldn't lie down, and as soon as I lay down, I saw my father talking, and his people and voices appeared in front of me over and over again. My father declared in public in the throne hall that he would make me king. ”

"I can understand your reaction, Gendry. I've had quite a bit of experience with you. Back then, I was so poor that I couldn't afford to eat......"

"Are you kidding, my lord, you are a knightly earl, but you are too poor to eat?"

Pinky smiled: "Gendry, my territory on the Five Finger Peninsula is moss except for sheep feces, and even if I am hungry, I have no appetite for sheep feces and moss." Most of the sheep belong to the villagers on the island. There are less than 10 families in my territory, and they all barely survive by fishing. All year round, I don't even think about the taxes of a single Bronze Star. Later, with the help of Lady Ryza Tully, I managed to find an errand to collect taxes for Prime Minister Jon Arryn in Seagull Town. Gendry, do you have any wine here?"

"Very poor wine. ”

"As long as there's wine, it's done. ”

Littlefinger sat down, and Gendry brought the wine, and the two began to drink each other.

"Gendry, I have made a small achievement in Seagull Town, and I have increased the profit of the Prime Minister's taxes tenfold, and I have been appreciated by Lord Jon, who has sent someone to Seagull Town to recruit me into the palace, and promoted me to the position of Minister of Finance and Exchequer, and manage the mint, trade, taxes, ports, and treasury of the whole country. On the night of my appointment, I had insomnia, was so excited that I couldn't sleep at all, and stared until dawn. ”

Gendry sat across from Littlefinger, shrugged his shoulders and gulped a large bowl of wine.

"Gendry, have you heard of the Mad King Elise Targaryen?"

Gendry nodded.

Littlefinger's bowl and a touch on Gendry's bowl.

"Elise Targaryen was not going to be king, and he didn't end well, as he was killed by the kingkillers. ”

Gendry's hand paused and looked at Littlefinger.

"Joffrey I didn't know how to be a king, he thought that the king could do whatever he wanted, and he could kill whoever he wanted, and as a result, he was poisoned by the little devil and the red viper at his wedding. ”

Gendry put down his wine bag and bowl, stood up, and glared at Littlefinger.

Littlefinger smiled and took it easy: "Robert Baratheon I, he is not fit to be a king at all, he spends all his time drinking and profligate, making the king's treasury high, owing Tywin 1.6 million gold dragons to the West, 1 million gold dragons to the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, more than 3 million gold dragons to usury in the iron vault, and I don't know how many accounts he owes to other nobles, his wife Cersei and his iron guard James under his nose, gave birth to three illegitimate children, and his own fate was not good, because he was killed by a wild boar because of drunkenness. Robert did not know until his death that Joffrey, Tomman, and Messira were the children of the Lannisters. ”

Gendry said angrily, "Lord Petyr, what do you mean by these words?"

"Gendry, can you choose names for people, see people and pray for them?"

"I'm not a monk, and I'm not a bachelor. Gendry said stiffly.

"Yes, I know you can't read, so you can't be a monk or a bachelor, right? ”

"I'm not going to be a monk or a scholar at all, my lord. Gendry said heavily.

"Do you have what it takes to be a king, then?"

Gendry was stunned, speechless, and the bull's eyes widened.

"Gendry, the arrogant, cunning, powerful, and hypocritical nobles of the Seven Kingdoms have to be ruled by the king, and he has to deal with a lot of complicated diplomatic and military affairs, and every day when he sits on the Iron Throne, there are people lining up to petition, and every day there are at least dozens of big and small matters that you need to decide, and he has to come forward at any time to settle the border disputes between the nobles, and he also has to develop all kinds of trade with the free city-states on the other side of the Narrow Sea...... Gendry, you can only strike iron, and you don't have what it takes to be a king. ”

“............”

"Gendry, I think your father, the Magic Mountain, is the most suitable king to lead the country to a stronger place. His dragon and his legion are invincible. The nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, and the generals in the army who kill without blinking, the glorious knights, and the brave soldiers, who will not obey him? And you, born as an illegitimate child, only know how to strike iron, and are illiterate. ”