Facing the call from her father, Sansa, who was wearing a beautiful white embroidered velvet dress, hesitated on the spot. She blinked and looked at her embarrassed sister, then turned her head to look at the pale prince. Until Ai

De urged her in every possible way, and then hesitantly walked to the stage.

After everyone's eyes were on her, she seemed to have returned to the day when she was hugging the lady and being laughed at, but this time there was no righteous knight to stand up for her.

Even her father was looking at her with expectant eyes at this moment. Sansa knew what her father was looking forward to, but she just wanted to escape from here quickly at this moment. She said with tears: "I don't know!"

"What happened that day happened so fast, I can't remember it clearly..."

"You bastard..." Arya screamed like an arrow and flew towards Sansa. Fortunately, Gao Yuan held Arya in his arms and did not let her go.

She threw herself on Sansa. Even when Gao Yuan held her in his arms, she still waved her fists and kicks at Sansa while shouting that Sansa was a liar.

Gao Yuan felt that Arya in his arms was shaking all over and her face was very pale. Ed was constantly confirming with Sansa whether she had really forgotten what happened. Sansa just looked at her sister in confusion.

, Arya must have hated her to the core at this moment, Sansa thought, as she seemed to turn a deaf ear to her father's inquiry.

"Look at this wild girl, she has the same virtues as the beast she raised." Seeing that no one could prove that Joffrey was lying, Queen Cersei stood up proudly, "Robert, you must punish her today.

This wild girl from the Stark family is not allowed."

"Seven hells." Robert cursed. Cersei's chaos caused the king a headache. He was not stupid enough to punish a little girl at will. Moreover, this little girl was his little girl.

Moreover, at this time, Robert had already known the truth of the incident. The whole incident was caused by Joffrey. Under such circumstances, how could he punish Ai for his son's mistakes?

Where is De Stark's daughter?

Lord Renly is absolutely right, this is a farce!

Eddard Stark, who was supposed to ride a donkey down the slope and pass Robert a step, pushed out his eldest daughter with his backhand, embarrassing him. Now his eldest daughter refuses to tell the truth, but Queen Cersei

The snake is beaten with a stick, and the unexplained "truth" is clinging to life and death.

"Cersei, look at her!" Robert really didn't want to punish Arya. "She's just a nine-year-old child. What do you want me to do? Give her a few whips and let her pull her."

Is she going to be paraded through the streets? Damn it, this was just a fight between children. It’s fine now and it didn’t cause any serious consequences. Why are you holding on to her? "

"Joffrey will have scars on his hands for the rest of his life." Queen Cersei was furious. After she saw Joffrey being injured, she swore that she would never let anyone dare to hurt her son.

King Robert ignored Cersei's hysterical screams, and just looked at Joffrey with disappointed eyes: "You were beaten to the point of being beaten by a nine-year-old girl, and the scars left by that beast were

Just think of it as a lesson to you."

After saying that, Robert turned to look at his old friend Ed: "Ned, you discipline your daughter well; I will discipline my son well."

"Your Majesty the King, I am very happy." Ed replied with relief.

King Robert stood up and was about to leave the reception hall, but he didn't expect that Queen Cersei was still not ready to give up: "What are you going to do with that wolf? What are you going to do with that beast that bit your son's arm?"

King Robert stopped when he heard this, turned around and frowned and said: "I forgot about that damn direwolf..."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan looked at Arya in his arms. At this moment, she tensed up. He looked up at King Robert: "Your Majesty, when I found Arya, the direwolf had already disappeared.

He has been traced, and he must have escaped into the forest of the Mingyue Mountains."

"Since that guy has escaped into the forest, let's forget it." King Robert did not seem to be unhappy about the disappearance of the direwolf. "We have been wasting two days looking for this child.

There is no need to delay your return to King's Landing any longer because of that biting beast."

"Isn't there a direwolf in Darry City at this moment?" Queen Cersei reminded King Robert in a calm tone, her eyes shining with the light of victory, "I once saw that beast outside the palace, and now it is

He should still be chained in the city."

King Robert naturally knew which direwolf Cersei was referring to, but he didn't want to continue to tangle with Cersei over this matter: "It's up to you, leave this matter to Sir Ilyn.

.”

"Robert, are you serious?" Eddard protested to King Robert.

Unfortunately, the king was no longer in the mood to argue anymore: "Ned, don't talk anymore, this matter is over!"

"Direwolves are inherently wild and hard to change. It is a wrong decision for you to let your children adopt those beasts."

At this moment, Sansa, who was standing next to Ed, finally understood what the king meant. She looked at her father in panic, trying to get a negative answer from him: "He didn't mean a lady, right?"

But Ed's silence and the sad expression on his face broke Sansa's last fantasy: "Don't kill the lady, she is the best..."

Even Arya, who had hated Sansa just now and gritted her teeth with hatred, now broke away from Gao Yuan's arms and defended the "lady": "The lady was not present at all..."

Sansara held her father's hand and begged: "Tell them to stop..."

"Father, please, tell them to stop. Those who bite are not ladies...I promise to make her obedient..."

At this moment, Sansa finally couldn't help but began to cry loudly, and all Eddard could do at this moment was to hold her tightly. Sansa's crying made Eddard's heart break, and he didn't want to see it.

The lady was killed, but there was nothing he could do now.

Recalling the entire incident, Ed finally understood the meaning of what Gao Yuan said to the two of them at the ancestors' grave that day.

When two parties with different positions and different demands are engaged in a struggle for rights and interests, it is often inconvenient for the king to personally intervene. Just like this conflict on the banks of the Trident, both parties to the dispute want to let the king

Satisfy your own demands, but the demands of both parties have already touched each other's bottom line.

Since both parties are unwilling to compromise on their demands, Robert, as the king, needs to stand up and use a stronger position and rights to balance the demands and interests of both parties. Among the numerous demands and interests of both parties, make a decision

Make trade-offs and strive to achieve a result that is satisfactory or acceptable to both parties.

Instead of using one's own strong position and rights arbitrarily according to one's own preferences, favoring one of them to the detriment of the demands and interests of the other.

At this time, Ed finally understood King Robert's helplessness. His child had been harmed. Queen Cersei, as Joffrey's mother, naturally wanted King Robert to give an explanation to her son. Therefore, Cersei's current appeal

It is to severely punish the participants in this incident, Arya, the direwolf, and the butcher boy who participated in the attack on his son.

Just because of the fight between two children, he would punish a young girl in the same way as a serious criminal. He would not choose to do this in any reasonable reason, and King Robert was not willing to do this.

Do it. After all, this little girl is still the daughter of his best friend. This has seriously damaged Ed's core interests. It is absolutely impossible for him to give in and compromise.

The pig-killing boy is still missing. King Robert has sent the "hound" Sandor Clegane to hunt him down. Whether he can be caught back is still unknown. Arya is his niece.

Naturally, he would not touch Ed's beloved. So the direwolf "Lady" who seemed "insignificant" now became a victim of this political game.

The king has made a choice in this matter, choosing to sacrifice some of the interests that are not so important to Ed in exchange for Queen Cersei's compromise and concession, and not being so aggressive. In this matter of rights

In the balancing game with interests, King Robert used his strong position and higher-level rights to make compromises and concessions on behalf of both parties in this conflict.

The core interests of both parties have not been harmed, and the demands of both parties have been met. This incident seems to have been perfectly resolved, but this incident is just the beginning of the battle between the Wolf family and the Lion family. The conflict

And hatred has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the two Game of Thrones players.

When novice players first enter this Game of Thrones, experienced Game of Thrones players will always tell them: Compromise and concession in the Game of Thrones is a beautiful art and the best political solution.

But what they didn't tell those novice players is that compromise and concession are political decisive measures that only appear when the two sides are evenly matched, and a plan to calm down the incident.

Only when you have the strength to die with your opponent; or when you are sure that you cannot win under the current rules of the game and have the power to overturn the entire chess game, your opponent will be afraid.

Death and the collapse of the rules of the game will make compromises and concessions with you.

Vice versa, when you have enough strength to crush the other party and confirm that the other party cannot come back; or when you have the means to prevent the other party from overturning the table without causing the rules of the entire game to collapse, you do not need to compromise with the other party.

concession.

Power is a dirty game! Since this is a game, among the players participating in this game, a final winner will inevitably be determined. You may choose not to participate in this game,

But once you get involved, there is no way out. Because there is no middle ground in the game of thrones. If you don't want to be the final winner, then you will only face a dead end.

Eddard Stark, who lacks political wisdom, may never understand these truths, but this does not prevent him from understanding the situation he is currently facing. In the hut in Winterfell; in the vast wilderness

On the Plain of Tombs, the warnings and admonitions from afar are still lingering in Eddard Stark's ears.

Ed Stark understands that similar situations will never stop in this small city of Darry. In the future, they will continue to occur in the huge city of King's Landing in a larger, more obscure, more unpredictable and more cruel way.

As a new Prime Minister who was born in the north and has no support from any force in the south, can he really survive in the dragon's den of King's Landing? Now in this small city of Darry, he relies on Robert to control himself

With the trust and support of the king, he was still able to use the king's strong position and high power to compete with the power of the Lannister family represented by Queen Cersei.

But after going to King's Landing, can he really rely on this to check and balance the queen and the family power behind her?

Eddard Stark did not have any confidence in this. The previous Lord Chancellor, Jon Arryn, was the Warden of the East with a quarter of the kingdom's troops. Even he died in King's Landing under unknown circumstances.

Bai. As the helpless Guardian of the North in King's Landing, with only more than a hundred soldiers brought from the North by his side, the Duke of Winterfell, I'm afraid he won't be any better than Jon Arryn, or even

He will die worse and faster.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The girls' crying continued, and Eddard Stark, who hugged Sansa tightly, had a sad face, obviously he thought he had done it.

Everything was prepared, but when he really wanted to make a decision, he still seemed so indecisive. He looked across the hall and looked at Robert, who was standing at the door and was closer than his biological brother.

Ed bit his lip and handed the tearful Sansa Stark to the steward. At this moment, he finally made up his mind and quickly caught up with King Robert who was about to open the door and leave.

"Your Majesty the King!" Eddard called out to King Robert, his voice once again regained its coldness and richness.

King Robert turned around and looked at Eddard impatiently: "Ned, what do you want me to do, but don't plead for that damn direwolf again."

"Your Majesty King Robert, although the conflict between my daughter and Prince Joffrey has been resolved, the conflict between me and Ser Jaime Lannister of the King's Guard has not yet been resolved!" Ed's voice sounded very calm.

, but when he thought of the regicide and his men surrounding his daughter and subordinates, he gritted his teeth with hatred.

Eddard's sudden attack, directed at Jaime Lannister, the current Queen's brother, caused everyone in the reception hall to look at him differently. Everyone thought that this conflict between the Lion family and the Wolf family would not be resolved until the king announced

The order to kill the direwolf was over.

But no one expected that the conflict between Prince Joffrey and the Little Wolf Girl had just been resolved, and then the Guardian of the North would launch a counterattack against the Lannister family. Neither King Robert nor Queen Cersei had this point.

It comes to mind, even for Gao Yuan who is familiar with the plot.
To be continued...