Chapter 0521: Shireen Baratheon I
"Sir Tyrion Lannister, how many ravens are there on Dragonstone?" asked Eddard Stark.
"Two hundred and seventy ravens. Tyrion shrugged.
"I need you to release one hundred and seventy ravens and deliver the message to all the lords and nobles of the Seven Kingdoms. ”
"As you wish, Prime Minister. Tyrion replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
As soon as Tyrion heard the king's will read by Sir Barristan Selmy, he knew it was true. Only Stannis I would have written a simple and straightforward will without any politeness.
After listening to the will, Tyrion knew that Eddard Stark had no choice.
He saw little Bran's face turn pale, and Icewolf Summer let out a low whimper.
If you stand on the right and look at the side of Princess Shireen, Princess Shireen is intellectual and elegant, and she is a little beauty.
However, Tyrion thinks that Bran Stark's upset is not due to the gray scale on the left side of Princess Shireen's face, but because he will have to retire from the Kingsguard in the future. Tyrion knew one glance at Bran Stark that the Kingsguard was the highest honor a boy had.
The Bachelors of Dragonstone and Eddard Stark's Royal Scholars worked together to release one hundred and seventy ravens. Even if a raven fails to escape falcons, bows and arrows, or other unknown dangers, a hundred ravens will be able to deliver letters to the lords of the Seven Kingdoms.
According to Stannis I's will, Eddard Stark was on Dragonstone and presided over the ceremony of Princess Shireen as Shireen Baratheon I.
Princess Shireen did not sit on the Iron Throne of the Red Keep, but according to the law, she became the rightful king of the kingdom.
Dorne has a law for women to inherit the throne, so why can't there be a royal title?
Laws were made by man, and the king could add new laws to them and make changes to them.
According to the will, Eddard Stark became the regent, guarding the whole territory and overseeing all the affairs of the country, Princess Shireen became the first female king of Westeros, and she will marry Bran Stark when she becomes an adult.
The marriage of the Starks and the Stannis - this is a quid pro quo for Eddard Stark to take charge of the country's affairs and become the guardian of the realm.
If Eddard Stark does not agree, or Bran Stark does not agree to the marriage, then the throne will be inherited by Edric Storm of Storm's End.
Adric Storm is Robert's only publicly acknowledged illegitimate child, his mother is Dilina Florent of the Florentine family, and both parents are nobles.
Dilina Florent and Princess Shireen's mother, Selyse Florent, are cousins. Delina Florent's father was none other than Allister Florent, the current Minister of Justice at court.
If Eddard Stark does not agree to marry Stannis, Princess Shireen will not be able to sit on the Iron Throne, because she has no backing and will be eliminated by others. So in order to prevent the throne from falling into the hands of others, it is wisest to return the Iron Throne to Robert Baratheon's blood, because the strength of Adric's mother's family should not be underestimated, and coupled with the allegiance of the nobles of Storm's End, this is also a very powerful force.
However, although Eddard Stark is the Hand of the King, he will not be able to become the guardian of the whole realm, nor can he become the regent, and he will be completely marginalized by the new royal magnates around Edric in Storm's End.
Adric Storm's teacher, Sir Cortanay Ponloth, is an absolute loyal and beloved fierce man of Adric Storm.
Ser Cortanay Ponloth is the acting lord of Storm's End, an experienced commander with a bald, weathered face and a shovel-like red beard, who will become regent of the kingdom as soon as Adric sits on the Iron Throne.
Stannis gave Eddard Stark a choice.
Either marry and support Princess Shireen on the Iron Throne, and in fact the kingdom is in the hands of Eddard Stark, or withdraw from the stage of power, and let Cortanay Ponloth, who is next to Adric Storm, ascend to the throne.
Eddard Stark chose to marry and chose to support Princess Shireen as king.
He did not ask Bran Stark for his opinion or Princess Shireen's wishes, and after Barristam's will was read, Eddard Stark declared Princess Shireen king in the name of Prime Minister.
Tyrion Lannister knew that Eddard Stark was a good man, and that his first choice to obey his will was because he had to control the power in order to have the power to command the nation in the name of the Wraith.
If the power falls and Edric Storm ascends to the throne, no one can know where the kingdom will be taken.
On the same day, on Dragonstone, Princess Shireen ascended the throne and became the first female king of the kingdom, at the age of ten. The news of the new lord of the kingdom ascending the throne was carried in all directions by one hundred and seventy ravens.
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Before Will and Robb's legion left the North, they received a raven letter from Eddard Stark, and Shireen Baratheon became Shireen Baratheon I.
The Martell of Dorne, the Tyrells of Riverlands, Davos Seaworth, the Onion Earl of the Alliance, Allister Floren, the Lord of Justice, the Earl of Luce Bolton, Kavon Lannister, the Acting Lord of Storm's End, Cortanay Ponloth, Rysa Tully of the Eagle's Nest, Duke Horst of Riverrun, and Mullen Lannister, Lord of Lannisport West...... All the counts of the Seven Kingdoms, the High Lords, received this message.
The Golden Knights, who had defeated the Stormlands Legion, also received the news.
Jon Clinton, who had regained his griffon's castle, also received a separate letter from Eddard Stark, an old rival, talking about the extinction of the Terrans by the attack of the Invincts, and demanding in stern terms that Jon Clinton abandon the attack on Storm's End and instead lead the legion to the Wall of Desperation to fight the Wraiths together.
Dragons are no longer leaderless, and countries are no longer kingless.
While the major lords and nobles were still digesting the news, Shireen Baratheon I, together with the Regent, the Guardian of the Realm, the Hand of the Eternal King, the Guardian of the North and the Warden of the East, and the Duke of Winterfell, issued the first order: Requiring the major lords of the Seven Kingdoms to recruit troops from now on, mobilize supplies, and send troops to the Great Wall of Desperation in three months to jointly resist the invasion of the Strangers.
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Will's plan remained unchanged and continued to advance south with a fifteen-hundred-hundred-cavalry corps.
Everywhere he went, the ghoul prison car was surrounded by the local people.
Half a month later, Will led the legion out of the northern border and into the territory of the Twin Cities.
The Twin Towns of the Frey family.
The first stop out of the North is to push the ghoul prisoner cart into the Frey family's castle in Twin River City.