Chapter 0751: The Prince and the Beauty (1)
Arya's eyes flushed.
Eddard Stark is her soft underbelly.
"I'm going to kill Cersei with my own hands. Arya gritted her teeth.
"I'll give you this chance. Will said lightly, "In King's Landing, in the Red Keep, in the Hall of the Iron Throne, I want to see you defeat the knights who fought for Cersei, and then cut off Cersei's head with a sword. ”
Cersei asked for a jousting trial, which was in line with the law and the conventions of the Seven Kingdoms, and Will naturally agreed to her request.
Now Cersei, Joffrey, Tomman, and Messira are all imprisoned in the dungeons of Riverrun in Riverlands, and Jaime Lannister, who was sent to Lady Leaf by Will, has been left behind by Lady Leaf for healing. It is said that the poison is not removed in a day or two, but takes a long time.
Arya looked at Will with tears in her eyes.
Eddard Stark may have been buried in the crypts of Winterfell, but he still has an undying pain in his family's heart.
Will wants to let Jon Snow's true identity know to the Stark family, and also wants Catelyn to release her grudge against Jon Snow, who has a deep influence on the emotional and gracious Robb. Will didn't want other factors to affect Jon Targaryen's ascension.
In the event of an accident to himself, the truth about Jon Targaryen's origins will not be known.
*
In the year 281 A.D. (now Aegon 299 A.D.), the Riverlands' most famous giant castle, Harrenhal, was taking place in a grand jousting tournament. There were so many nobles and knights at this assembly that it could only be carried out in such a castle.
This year, Rhaegar Targaryen was 22 years old, in his prime, both civil and military, and was loved by the people of the Seven Kingdoms.
Lord Walter Haaan, then Lord of Harrenhal, announced the convening of a tournament in Harrenhal in 281 Aegon after entering the Red Keep of King's Landing to meet his brother Oswell Haaan.
It was an unprecedented tournament in which nobles from all over the country participated.
Walter Ha An gave three times as much as the Rainniport jousting tournament in 272 Aegon calendar. Many people believe that the purpose of this tournament is to compete with the Lannister family and to showcase the wealth and glory of the Ha An family.
However, in fact, in the year 280 of the Aegon calendar, the He'an family had been in decline for a long time, and the He'an family in Harrenhal was no longer rich, and the Watt Ha'an patriarch did not have enough money to hold such a grand tournament.
Given that Oswell Ha'an was King's Landing's Kingsguard and had a good personal relationship with Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, it was suggested that Prince Rhaegar was behind the unprecedented tournament. Prince Rhaegar was easily able to use the Kingsguard Oswell Ha'an to finance the tournament.
At that time, Rhaeggar's father, Aerys Targaryen, was becoming more and more crazy, and the nobles of the kingdom had lost trust in King Aerys, and everyone looked at Rhaegar as a more suitable king than his father, Aerys Targaryen.
Although Walter Ha An convened the national tournament in the name of his daughter and the glory of his family, more people believed that Rhaegar Targaryen wanted to take the place of his father, who was getting out of control, and held the tournament in order to discuss the change of dynasty with the nobles.
The octopus spider Varys told the Mad King Aerys Targaryen about the untrue news, and Aerys Targaryen decided to attend the tournament in person.
*
In the spring of Aegon 281 A.D., under the personal chairmanship of Aerys II Targaryen, the Harrenhal jousting tournament officially began.
When King Aerys Targaryen appeared on the high platform, the audience stood up and applauded. Then came the Hand of the King, Tywin Lannister, to the stage with thunderous applause and cheers, overshadowing King Aerys Targaryen. This made Aerys Targaryen's face very ugly.
Tywin Lannister received far more applause and cheers than Aerys Targaryen.
However, when Prince Rhaegar stood on the high platform in full armor, the cheers and applause of the audience became even more intense. Even the horsemen in the stables, the kennels, the maids on the side of the grounds, and the servants around the nobles all applauded him.
Tywin Lannister received less than half the applause and cheers of Prince Rhaeggar.
This made the gap in the mad king's heart even bigger. He fears even more that his son Rhaegar will plot to overthrow his regime. The people who supported Prince Rhaegar loved him, from nobles to commoners, from commoners to servants, from servants to beggars on the side of the road.
When Prince Rhaegar took off his helmet, his silver-haired purple eyes and handsome face caused the audience to applaud and cheer for a long time. Under this appearance, Rhaegar captured the hearts of countless aristocratic girls in the audience. It ignited the fire in the heart of Cersei Lannister, who had been in love with him for a long time.
Cersei was sixteen years old. For as long as she was sensible, she had always dreamed of marrying this Prince Rhaeggar.
Unfortunately, Rhaegar Targaryen chose to marry Princess Ilya Martell. Princess Ilya Martell sat in the Princess's seat in the jousting arena.
Cersei's position is not far off, and Robert Baratheon's fiancée, Lyanna Stark, is also surprised by Prince Rhaeggar's rare handsomeness.
Lyanna Stark has always been depressed about her marriage to Robert Baratheon, and although Robert loves her very much, Lyanna learns that Robert has an illegitimate child (Mia Stone) in the Vale. Lyanna confronted her brother Eddard Stark about this, but Eddard Stark was vague and perfunctory.
Eddard Stark grew up in the Vale with Robert Baratheon, and he and Robert are brothers. Robert spent a lot of time, and at the age of thirteen, he began to roll in the valley with any woman he could eye. At the age of fourteen, in early spring, Robert had his first illegitimate daughter, Mia Shidong.
Faced with his sister's questioning, Ed, who couldn't lie, blushed. Lyanna had very firmly rejected this family business, and was opposed by all the people, including her father.
Under the strong pressure of her father, Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon became engaged.
*
Aerys II Targaryen resisted his displeasure, and in the eyes of the nobles of the nation, he suddenly announced that the sixteen-year-old Jaime Lannister was appointed Guard.
This shook the heart of Tywin Lannister, who had no idea beforehand, that Jaime Lannister had become the Kingsguard, and who would inherit his family?
Tywin Lannister's face remained unchanged, but his heart was extremely angry. He immediately decided that when the tournament was over, he would resign as prime minister and leave the palace and return to the west. From then on, Tywin and King Aerys had a complete personal relationship, and Tywin hated Aerys as an enemy.
Unbeknownst to Tywin, it was Cersei Lannister who contributed to this incident. Since she was in the palace with her father and Jaime in the West, it was very inconvenient for the two to have a private meeting, so she secretly found the king and persuaded him to give Jaime the title of King's Guard, so that the two of them could see each other every day in the palace.
Jaime Lannister stepped up to the high platform and swore allegiance to his king. Kingsguard Captain Geralt Hightower puts his sword on Jaime Lannister's shoulder and recites the Kingguard's oath with him. At the end of the ceremony, Geralt Hightower helped Jaime to his feet, and the Kingsguard Ser Barristan Selmy put on Jaime Lannister's white robe. Several of the other Kingsguard brothers came over and hugged Jaime Lannister.
The audience applauded, and the lords and knights of the Westlands cheered loudly for the new Kingsguard.
Aerys II was pleased with this, and he believed that the people were cheering for him.
*
"The Mad King is stupid!" said Arya.
"Next, the Mad King will do even more stupid things. Will said slowly.