The two sides have been arguing over who should serve as the guardian of the East. Although Gao Yuan and King Robert argued hard, the conversation between the king and his ministers was ultimately rejected by Robert as unwilling to continue.

Talking about this topic ended abruptly.

The only good thing is that when King Robert made it clear that he was going to end this topic, Gao Yuan noticed that his attitude was no longer as firm as before. Although he did not directly agree to Ed's request to appoint himself as the Guardian of the East.

, but he did not refuse as harshly as before. He just vaguely stated that he would give Ed an answer before the team arrived at Harrenhal.

Regarding Robert's ambiguous and perfunctory attitude, Eddard seemed a little angry and helpless. He had now begun to question the purpose of his trip south and all the way to King's Landing to serve as the King's Hand.

Gao Yuan didn't care much about this. He believed that Robert would soon change his mind, because when their team heading to King's Landing arrived at the Trident River, the first conflict between the Wolf family and the Lion family would be between them.

It broke out before arriving at Harrenhal. During the conflict on the banks of the Trident, King Robert, who was in a dilemma, would understand how wise the advice given to him by Gao and Yuan was.

The majesty and power that the king now possesses are nothing more than rootless duckweed in Gao Yuan's eyes. Without the shackles of the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn and others, the power of the Lannister family in the king's territory is growing day by day.

, the power possessed by this king who was not involved in government affairs has been almost eclipsed by his queen and the forces behind her.

Look at those people who once surrounded King Robert. Now they have been quietly replaced by Cersei as close associates of the Lannister family. Even the wine boy who followed Robert has been replaced by Cersei.

He became his cousin Lancel Lannister. The only remaining people who were still loyal to King Robert could not make any big splash in front of the Lannister family, which had power throughout King's Landing.

Fortunately, the king was not completely ignorant of his situation. After the death of the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, he realized something was wrong. So he hurried to the north, before

To invite his long-time friend to serve as Prime Minister, hoping that he can help him check and balance the growing power of the Lannister family.

But Robert still took things too simply. He naively thought that after inviting his friend Eddard to serve as Hand of the King, he could continue to be a hands-off shopkeeper and sit on the Iron Throne without worries, so now he started to be willful again.

stand up.

As everyone knows, he not only pushed himself into the fire pit, but also pulled his old friend Ed Stark into the bottomless abyss. He, the current king of the Seven Kingdoms, has already

Eddard Stark, who was sidelined and awarded the position of Prime Minister, as a political amateur without any support in King's Landing, how much voice and power can he have after being far away from the North where his family's power is deeply rooted?

Woolen cloth?

In this extremely unfavorable situation, King Robert is still acting arbitrarily. He wants to hand over the Eastern Territory, which has a quarter of the kingdom's military strength, to the already powerful heir of the Guardian of the Western Territory. Instead of handing it over to his family's most powerful heir.

A trusted brother, in the hands of Eddard Stark, who had just arrived in the south and was weak, he used it to check and balance the growing Lannister family in King's Landing. Only the Seven Gods knew what he was thinking.

Perhaps only when the first conflict between the Lion family and the Wolf family broke out on the banks of the Trident due to the fight between the two children, Robert, who was in a dilemma, would probably understand what Eddard and himself were facing now.

situation.

In the process of resolving the conflict on the banks of the Trident, even though King Robert had already finalized the conflict, Queen Cersei, who had a strong personality and was eager to protect her children, still relied on the huge influence of the Lannister family.

As well as her identity as queen, she launched an attack on the Stark family. Even though Robert continued to mediate, Cersei still chose not to give up. This made Robert, who originally wanted to make a big deal out of a big deal, turned it into a trivial matter.

In the end, he had to make a choice and compromise, and ordered the execution of Sansa Stark's direwolf lady.

I believe that after he saw the strength of the Lannister family with his own eyes during this conflict, no matter how arbitrary Robert was, he might have to reconsider his appointment to the position of Guardian of the East.

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Gao Yuan is determined to win the position of Guardian of the Eastern Territory and the territory of the valley. Even if he does not get the appointment from Robert, the so-called king, he will use other means to achieve his goals. But it is different from what Gao Yuan is trying now.

Compared with those methods that he uses as a back-up, they will appear more troublesome or dirty.

When he cannot get what he wants through peaceful means, then he has no choice but to seek violent means to achieve his goals. He can completely imitate Aegon the Conqueror who landed on this continent three hundred years ago and incarnate as a human being on this continent.

The invincible rune dragon used dragon flames and death to force the nobles in the valley to surrender under its feet.

Different from Aegon the Conqueror when he conquered the Seven Kingdoms, conquest by such violent means will bring a lot of trouble to Gao Yuan. Without loyal followers, he is now alone. In the early stages of launching a war of conquest

, everything needs to be done by him personally.

Because he cannot ensure that everyone who surrenders to him is sincere, every time he conquers a place, he needs to stop to consolidate his rule. This requires a lot of energy on his part and will also seriously delay him.

The pace of conquest leaves time for your enemies to prepare for war.

And once the war of conquest begins, the news of the reappearance of conquerors and dragons on this continent will spread to every corner of Westeros as quickly as possible. It is undeniable that on the continent of Westeros today,

, there are still many staunch supporters of the Targaryen family, and they may stand up to support themselves after receiving this news.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the greater possibility is that those nobles from the seven countries who are afraid of being purged and settled by the Long family will put aside their past grudges and unite together in order to jointly fight against his sudden

The appearance of a powerful enemy. This is not what Gao Yuan wants to see, but it is also a situation that will inevitably occur after Gao Yuan appears in Westeros as a rune dragon.

Since the two sides did not reach an agreement, the atmosphere of the conversation between the monarch and his ministers became a bit delicate. After the king, Gao Yuan and others had lunch, they hurriedly led the team back to the camp.

Neither King Robert nor Duke Stark had a tacit agreement not to talk to anyone else about the content of their conversation at the Tomb of the First Men today. However, the news that the king and Duke Stark had some unpleasant quarrels was still

Later, the news spread throughout the entire camp. Who made their quarrel so fierce? The guards stationed beside the king were not deaf.

The king's team did not stay too long in the northern wasteland. When the second morning light began to shine, the team set out to break camp and set foot on the King's Road again, heading towards King's Landing. The momentum was great.

The huge team of four hundred people passed unimpeded on the King's Road. After all, no little thief dared to touch their tiger's beard halfway along the way. It was not until they crossed the Carin Bay and arrived at the Neck that the speed of the King's team heading south was only slowed down.

Gradually it slowed down.

They walked carefully along the winding road on the dyke, crossing the seemingly endless black swamp, which took them twelve days in total. Sansa Stark's account of the journey across the Neck

It was so disgusting that she described it as a hell specially created for him by the Seven Gods.

The air there was dark and humid. Just by looking at the black swamp, she felt like she was in it, covered in mud. In addition, the causeway was too narrow, and they didn't even have a place to camp at night, so they had to

Stay in the middle of the road.

However, from the perspective of Arya, who is full of curiosity about everything, the Neck, which is full of all kinds of strange and strange plants, is simply like her paradise. The dense bushes that are soaked in the rotting swamp all year round are like this.

Growing on both sides of the King's Avenue, there are many brightly colored wild fruits hidden among the dense treetops. Curtain-like vines hang down from the branches, and the decayed and fallen trees are covered with strange-shaped fungi. Huge and bright

Flowers bloom in the black swamp and float in the shallows of the stagnant water.

After Neckze left in a hurry, the king's team did not stop on the way for many days. Instead, they rushed to Darry City, Darry's home, and then stopped in a hurry to repair it. They were no more than a few dozen miles away from Harrenhal.

miles distance.

As they were about to arrive in King's Landing, Queen Cersei, who was originally in a bad mood due to this journey, was obviously in a much happier mood. While stationed in Darry City to rest, she even invited the two daughters of the Stark family to go there for the first time.

Riding the wheel palace with them.

The invitation from the Queen and Princess Myrcella made Sansa, who was always immersed in the fantasy of the prince and princess, and wanted to get close to the prince Joffrey, so happy that she almost forgot about it. She was outside the hotel early in the morning, helping the guard captain of Winterfell.

Qiao Li dismantled the tent high and saw

Gao Yuan is helping Captain Jory of the Winterfell Guard dismantle the tent outside the door.

Neither King Robert nor Duke Stark had a tacit agreement not to talk to anyone else about the content of their conversation at the Tomb of the First Men today. However, the news that the king and Duke Stark had some unpleasant quarrels was still

Later, the news spread throughout the entire camp. Who made their quarrel so fierce? The guards stationed beside the king were not deaf.

The king's team did not stay too long in the northern wasteland. When the second morning light began to shine, the team set out to break camp and set foot on the King's Road again, heading towards King's Landing. The momentum was great.

The huge team of four hundred people passed unimpeded on the King's Road. After all, no little thief dared to touch their tiger's beard halfway along the way. It was not until they crossed the Carin Bay and arrived at the Neck that the speed of the King's team heading south was only slowed down.

Gradually it slowed down.

They walked carefully along the winding road on the dyke, crossing the seemingly endless black swamp, which took them twelve days in total. Sansa Stark's account of the journey across the Neck

It was so disgusting that she described it as a hell specially created for him by the Seven Gods.

The air there was dark and humid. Just by looking at the black swamp, she felt like she was in it, covered in mud. In addition, the causeway was too narrow, and they didn't even have a place to camp at night, so they had to

Stay in the middle of the road.

However, from the perspective of Arya, who is full of curiosity about everything, the Neck, which is full of all kinds of strange and strange plants, is simply like her paradise. The dense bushes that are soaked in the rotting swamp all year round are like this.

Growing on both sides of the King's Avenue, there are many brightly colored wild fruits hidden among the dense treetops. Curtain-like vines hang down from the branches, and the decayed and fallen trees are covered with strange-shaped fungi. Huge and bright

Flowers bloom in the black swamp and float in the shallows of the stagnant water.

After Neckze left in a hurry, the king's team did not stop on the way for many days. Instead, they rushed to Darry City, Darry's home, and then stopped in a hurry to repair it. They were no more than a few dozen miles away from Harrenhal.

miles distance.

As they were about to arrive in King's Landing, Queen Cersei, who was originally in a bad mood due to this journey, was obviously in a much happier mood. While stationed in Darry City to rest, she even invited the two daughters of the Stark family to go there for the first time.

Riding the wheel palace with them.

The invitation from the Queen and Princess Myrcella made Sansa, who was always immersed in the fantasy of the prince and princess, and wanted to get close to the prince Joffrey, so happy that she almost forgot about it. She was outside the hotel early in the morning, helping the guard captain of Winterfell.

Qiao Li dismantled the tent high and saw

Gao Yuan is helping Captain Jory of the Winterfell Guard dismantle the tent outside the door.

The invitation from the Queen and Princess Myrcella made Sansa, who was always immersed in the fantasy of the prince and princess, and wanted to get close to the prince Joffrey, so happy that she almost forgot about it. She was outside the hotel early in the morning, helping the guard captain of Winterfell.

Qiao Li dismantled the tent high and saw

Gao Yuan is helping Captain Jory of the Winterfell Guard dismantle the tent outside the door.

The invitation from the Queen and Princess Myrcella made Sansa, who was always immersed in the fantasy of the prince and princess, and wanted to get close to the prince Joffrey, so happy that she almost forgot about it. She was outside the hotel early in the morning, helping the guard captain of Winterfell.

Qiao Li dismantled the tent high and saw

Gao Yuan is helping Captain Jory of the Winterfell Guard dismantle the tent outside the door.

While the team was being repaired, Robert called away Lord Eddard Stark alone on the pretext of going out to hunt buffalo.

At this time they were about to arrive at Harrenhal, a distance

Instead, he headed straight to Darui City, the home of the Darry family, and then stopped to repair it here.

Instead, he went straight to Darry City, the home of the Darry family.

At breakfast, Septa Mordane told Sansa that Lord Eddard Stark left the camp before dawn. "The king went to find him. I think he must have gone hunting again. I heard that there are buffalo around here."
Chapter completed!