"I don't look!" Eddard Stark did not cooperate, "Lady Melisandre, please tell us the prophecy you have seen, you told me to see it, and I can't read it." ”

"There are people on both sides of the flames, Prime Minister, don't you want to see how you are fighting with the Tyrells?"

"No!" Eddard Stark shook his head firmly.

Melisandre stared at Eddard Stark with strange eyes, "Lord Eddard, you're the first person who isn't interested in my fire prophecy. You're hard to deal with, I'd rather you were the Will. ”

"Will?"

"Yes, the one who pretended you were Prime Minister here for a while. As it turned out, Will could also be the king's prime minister, and he did a very good job, and I got along very well with him on political matters. ”

"Sorry, I'm not Will. That's how my personality is. - Your Majesty!" Eddard Stark refused to talk nonsense with Melisandre, but stood in the King's bedroom, speaking of Tyrell of the Immortal Bend, "Order, we will send an army to the Bend tomorrow." ”

"Why don't you look at the prophecy in the flames, Lord Eddard!" Stannis I frowned, "Don't be stubborn as a stone, no one is forcing you to give up your Old Gods faith, just look at the flame prophecy, it's helpful for our war." ”

"Your Majesty, please tell the prophecy of Lady Melisandre, I don't see the flames, I don't understand. My prayer is to face the tree of hearts, and my gods are the ancient gods. ”

Stannis I stared at Eddard Stark tightly, "I knew it was a bad decision to use you as the Hand of the King, and you wouldn't make me happy." ”

"If Your Majesty wants to find a person who can please you to be Prime Minister, please order the withdrawal of this King's Hand. Eddard Stark removed the Hand of the King's crest from his placket. - This is a graphic badge made of solid gold with four fingers curled and the index finger straight. He handed the coat of arms to Stannis I.

"Put it on, or I'll cut off your head. Stannis said coldly. He does what he says he will do.

Eddard Stark was not afraid, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, are you trying to force me?"

The atmosphere in the bedroom changed abruptly, and both sides were tough guys who would never back down.

"I'm just going to force you, what do you want?"

"Then please cut off my head, Your Majesty. Eddard Stark threw the Hand of the King badge on Stannis's desk with a snap.

The atmosphere froze suddenly, and even Melisandre felt suffocated.

Eddard Stark wasn't afraid of death, he was here for real. Stannis was also notoriously stubborn, and even the former King Robert kept him away.

"I'll have my Kingsguard cut off your head. Stannis was expressionless, his thin lips pursed tightly like a razor-sharp blade.

"If Your Majesty is pleased, please do it. ”

"Among my Kingsguards, there is a famous little guard of the Seven Kingdoms, his name is Brandon Stark, and he is nine years old. Stannis I said lightly.

Eddard Stark's face finally changed.

Stannis I stared at Eddard Stark.

"Lord Eddard, pick it up and put it back on. Otherwise, I'll have Brandon Stark cut off your head, and then I'll have the intrepid Barristan Selmy cut off Brandon Stark's head. ”

Eddard Stark's lips trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, you are even more cruel than the Mad King in doing this. ”

"Then don't force me, my Prime Minister, to pick it up, put it on, and help me to be a wise king, and not the other way around. ”

Melisandre's stiff smile suddenly bloomed, and she walked up with a slight sway, stretched out her slender jade fingers, took the king's hand, and walked up to Eddard Stark, her grace like a radiant envelope, which made Eddard Stark feel uncomfortable.

Melisandre's eyes are affectionate, smiling, and sensual to the heart. She took the coat of arms of the Hand of the King and put it back on the hem of Eddard Stark's robe.

She found a staircase for two lion-like men.

Ed found himself unable to move for a moment, a force he couldn't see for a short time.

Stannis saw that Eddard Stark did not refuse to put on the King's hand, and his grim face softened.

"Ed, I know your integrity and honor, and I understand your stupidity and stubbornness. I will not force you to believe in the Red God, you keep your faith, but you must not be hostile to my faith. The first time I saw you enter, I knew you hated me for believing in the Red God......"

"Your Majesty, I do not hate anyone's faith. Eddard Stark felt a flame in his chest, "Your Majesty believes in the Red God, but you also have to respect the people who believe in the Seven Gods, you should not eradicate the Divine Forest, let alone demolish the Seven Sacred Churches, you have done so, hurting the faith of the pious people of the Seven Kingdoms." ”

"Ed!" Stannis raised his voice, "I have the freedom to believe in the Red God, I am the King, the Red Keep is mine, I demolished the Seven Sacred Churches to build the Red Temple, because the Red God answered my prayers, and the Seven Gods, never." ”

Eddard Stark sneered: "The belief in the Seven Gods is the faith of the people of the Six Kingdoms, Your Majesty, do you want to humiliate the people of the Seven Kingdoms?"

"They believe in the Seven Gods, and that's their freedom. I don't interfere with their beliefs, and you don't interfere with mine!" Stannis stood up, pointing at Eddard Stark.

Eddard Stark glared at Stannis, his heart cold. How will he get along with this stubborn guy in the future?

"Your Majesty, have you heard of the Sparrow Armament?"

"What?"

"The outside world is already full of sparrows, they are believers in the seven gods, and they all have red seven-pointed stars painted on their clothes. They called themselves sparrows, and they were numerous, mostly poor, and their weapons were hoes, sickles, clubs, and nail rakes, and all the weapons they could find, were their armament. ”

"It's just a bunch of beggars. ”

"They're monks, monks of the Seven Gods, monks have their own weapons, do you know what that means?" Eddard Stark said in a deep voice, "Monks are not allowed to be armed, this is the consensus of emperors for hundreds of years, why did you release this tiger without knowing it?"

At the heart of the Seven Faiths is the Basilica of Belle in King's Landing.

"I didn't approve the Baelor Grand Sanctuary to be armed. Stannis I looked at Melisandre, "What's going on?" ”

Melisandre walked in front of the flames, she stared at the flames tightly, and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I ask you to come and see quickly, the prophecy in the flames has changed, and the battle is taking place in the Basilica of Baylor. ”

Stannis I immediately grabbed the flames, and Eddard Stark finally walked over and stared at the flames.