The next morning, Gao Yuan brought Sir Xiu Fu to the towering wall of the Red Castle early. Also accompanying him was Earl Yohn Royce and his two sons. They will attend the meeting with Littlefinger as witnesses. The trial represents the princes who are in the valley at this time and unable to attend the trial.

In the morning, the city of King's Landing was filled with haze, as if an invisible cloud was pressing above their heads. The gray morning light shone through the clouds on the thick walls of the Red Keep, which were made of light red stones. There were countless figures on the walls. The battlements and bunkers are available for archers to shoot, and the heads of traitors are usually inserted into the iron spears on the battlements of the city wall.

If everything goes well in today's trial held in the Red Keep, I believe it won't be long before his little finger's head will be hung on one of the many iron spears.

After Bronze Jon informed the guards on the city wall, the huge bronze door and iron gate of the Red Castle were slowly opened. In fact, there is not only one entrance to the Red Castle, there are some narrow side doors at other locations on the city wall. Available for traffic.

The eight-clawed spider Varys also has many secret passages leading outside the castle. Some of these secret passages are not even known to the current king. Since the previous king Yin Lis II was killed by the regicide, there are still many secret passages leading to the outside of the castle. The only people who know these secret passages are Varys and his little birds.

Stepping into the gate of the Red Keep, the first thing they came to was a square paved with cobblestones. At this time, Ed Stark, Jory and others had been waiting here for a long time, followed by Lord Varys, the intelligence chief they met last night.

Ed's two daughters were also allowed to attend the trial. These two Stark girls were standing behind their father.

"I hope we didn't come too late today!" Gao Yuan looked at the huge square fortress behind Ed, which is located in the center of the Red Castle. It is also the king's residence and the place where the trial will be held later. It is made of twelve feet thick It is surrounded by a city wall and countless iron thorns, and there is a dry moat under the city wall.

"Don't worry, Lord Gao Yuan. There is still some time before the trial begins, and we have just come out of the Prime Minister's Tower." Ed Stark said with a relaxed face, "Last night Robert had another dinner by the river. He was so drunk that he was probably still lying in his bedroom, fast asleep."

"This is the Sir Hugh I told you about. Whether we can successfully convict Petyr Baelish today depends entirely on him." Gao Yuan introduced the two to each other, "Sir Hugh, this is That is Eddard Stark, the current Prime Minister."

"Nice to have the opportunity to meet you, Prime Minister!" Sir Hugh looked a little embarrassed at this moment.

Ed looked up and down at Sir Hugh in front of him, then patted him heavily on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, Sir Hugh!"

"Duke Gaoyuan has told me everything about you." Ed Stark said in a deep voice, "Don't feel any psychological pressure when you face the king at the trial later. Just tell me what you know about the matter. Tell all about Petyr Baelish, and King Robert will never hold you responsible for concealing it."

"With me and Duke Gao Yuan here, no one will dare to challenge you at the trial. You don't have to worry about anyone retaliating against you afterwards."

After hearing this, Sir Xiu Fu could only nod obediently. Now that things have reached this point, he has no room or reason to retreat at this moment. He can only accept the upcoming trial with a rough heart, not to mention

Eddard Stark had made a promise of safety to him.

After the two got to know each other, Gao Yuan turned his attention to the bronze Yohn next to him: "Earl Yohn Royce, Lord Stark, you and King Robert have both lived in the valley for a long time. I believe you."

We already know each other, so I shouldn’t need to introduce them."

"Count Yohn, my old friend!"

Ed Stark stepped forward and hugged him: "I'm so sorry about Weimar! You asked me to take care of your son in Winterfell four years ago, but I didn't complete mine.

promise."

"Lord Gao Yuan has already told me about this matter in the valley..." Although a long time has passed, Bronze Yohn couldn't help but choke up when talking about this matter, "Since I decided to send Weimar to the Night's Watch Legion,

From that moment on, I expected that such a day might come... I have never regretted my decision back then. At least in my opinion, Weimar died a well-deserved death. He died in the process of fighting against the White Walkers...

.”

Eddard Stark and Bronze Jon talked to each other for a long time. Eddard's captain of the guard, Jory, stepped forward to remind his family that the trial would begin soon, and they had to get to the Red Keep in advance.

waiting in the hall for the arrival of the king.

The two teams left the square together, with Gao Yuan and Eddard Stark walking at the front of the team, followed closely by Bronze Yohn, Varys and Jory Kelso.

Wearing heavy armor and helmets, the Winterfell guards and Vale cavalry followed them in two columns, with a total of almost a hundred people. The guards escorted them through the square and past the inner castle gate of the Red Keep, countless gray and sky blue

The colorful cloak rustled in the wind.

Although there are no bright red banners and cloaks of the Lannister guards around the inner castle, there are many golden-cloaked City Guards patrolling the walls and gates. Such tight guarding makes Eddard feel at ease.

But then he remembered the speculative remarks that Varys had made with him in his study last night. Carefully looking at the golden robes waiting for him along the way, he couldn't help but secretly question in his heart, how many of them were truly loyal to the

How much of Robert's existence has been bought off by the Lannister family's vast amount of copper.

When a group of them arrived at the door of the hall in the Red Keep, the commander of King's Landing's City Guard, Janos Slynt, was already greeting him at the door of the hall. At this moment, he was wearing a piece of ornately decorated black and gold armor, with his armpits

Holding a high-feathered helmet.

The commander of the capital garrison nodded towards Gao Yuan and others, and his men pushed open the twenty-foot-tall oak hall wooden door inlaid with golden bronze edges.

This hall in the Red Castle is where the king's throne is located. The Iron Throne stands on a high iron platform. A wide red carpet extends from the throne to the bronze oak door at the end of the hall. The space in the hall is extremely wide, enough to

It can accommodate a thousand people to hold a grand event here at the same time.

This hall faces north and south as a whole, with two narrow glass windows on the east and west walls. What is depicted on the colorful glass is the process of the conqueror Yin Geng's conquest of the entire Westeros.

The Targaryens' dragon skulls once hung on those walls, but after Robert Baratheon ascended the Iron Throne, he ordered them all to be thrown into the dragon's blood, and replaced by a painting

A tapestry.

On the walls on both sides, under Robert's tapestries depicting hunting and war, stood the city guards in golden cloaks. Each of them held an eight-foot spear with a black iron tip in their hand, which seemed to be

Preparing for an accident to happen at the trial.

Gao Yuan and the others walked into the hall under the leadership of the royal steward. There was still a long way to go from the door to the other end of the hall. At this moment, the ferocious Iron Throne was empty, which meant that King Robert had not arrived yet, and

At this moment, the hall was already crowded with nobles of all sizes who came to attend this trial.

Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, Eddard Stark walked towards the Iron Throne, which symbolized supreme power. As King Robert's Prime Minister, he needed to sit upright during this trial.

King Robert's side, so that he can remind the current king and make suggestions at any time.

Eddard Stark still remembers the scene when he first set foot on this road. At that time, he rode into the hall alone on his horse, holding in his hand the treasures contaminated by countless Targaryens and Lannisters.

The sword with the blood of soldiers forced the regicide Jaime Lannister to roll down from the Iron Throne.

At that time, Targaryen dragon heads were still hanging on the four walls of this hall. Eddard's father, Lord Rickard, and his brother Brandon also died in this hall. They watched all this happen with cold eyes, even if

The same thing happened when the regicide stabbed Yinris II from behind with the sword in his hand.

Except for Ser Jaime and Ser Barristan, the remaining five Kingsguards have already arrived in front of the Iron Throne, forming a crescent shape around the bottom of the Iron Throne. At this moment, they are fully armed and covered in armor from head to toe.

Exquisite armor and helmet, a long white cloak behind his back, and a polished white shield tied to his left arm.

The Kingsguard gave the Prime Minister a passage leading to the Iron Throne, but Eddard Stark walked straight to the high-backed chair next to the throne. After sitting down on the high-backed chair, Eddard turned his head and looked at the person sitting there.

Cersei Lannister and her three children on the other side of the throne.

Today, the queen wore a sea-green silk robe with a Myrtle lace skirt that was as white as waves. She wore an emerald gold ring as big as a dove egg on her hand, with a certain style pinned to her hair.

Matching gold flower headband.

Queen Cersei is only in her early thirties now, and the years do not seem to have left any traces on her pretty face. If it weren't for the dead-like expression on her face, I'm afraid she would still be the same as before.

She was just as beautiful as when she married Robert.

Sandor Clegane, who was defeated by Gao Yuan in the tourney yesterday, was standing beside Prince Joffrey at the moment. The hound was still wearing the smoky gray armor from yesterday's tourney and the hideous hat.

dog helmet.

It's just that his left shoulder looks obviously much looser than the other side. It seems that the damage Gao Yuan caused to him in the lance competition yesterday was quite serious. Ed Stark had heard before that San

Dor Clegane has been unconscious since he fell from his horse, and it is not known when he woke up.

"Welcome His Majesty Robert of House Baratheon, King of the Andals, Loynar and the First Men, Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm," the Steward sang loudly in the silent hall.

The drowsy nobles in the hall were suddenly shocked. Eddard Stark, Queen Cersei and others also suddenly stood up and prepared to greet the king. As a side door in the hall was slowly opened by a golden robe, today

One of the protagonists of this trial conference finally appears.

I saw King Robert walking into the hall accompanied by Ser Barristan. The dark brown soft satin was embroidered with gold thread. On the left and right sides, there was a crowned stag embroidered with gold thread.

On her combed but still disheveled head was a gold crown of antlers.

King Robert had just sat down on the Iron Throne when he heard him shouting an order: "Ser Slynt, go and bring me that bastard Petyr Baelish."

The bronze oak door of the hall was slowly pushed open by two gold-robed men. Little Finger was escorted by the two gold-robed men and slowly walked through the hall on the red carpet. During this period, he did not forget to cast a sinister glance.

Gao Yuan and Sir Xiu Fu beside him.

Littlefinger, who is now at the scene of the trial, is almost completely different from the one he was at the tournament yesterday. He is still wearing the black brocade gown from yesterday, which is stained with many of the dull red guns unique to the dungeons of the Red Keep.

Dust and mud. The dark brown hair that had been meticulously cared for all day now looked messy. There were a pair of black iron and rusty handcuffs on the wrists of both hands.

Petyr Baelish was escorted by two golden robes and came to King Robert and Eddard Stark. At this point, he still had the heart to bow deeply to the king and the prime minister. In fact, it was

I took the opportunity to look around at the people present.

At today's trial meeting, almost all the nobles and knights in King's Landing were present. King Robert gathered all of them into this spacious hall in order to let them witness their own acceptance of trial and confession, and let them know how it was like

What will happen to a traitor like Littlefinger?

There are quite a few people here who were once "friends" of his little finger. Petyr knows every face of theirs, but at this moment they are all watching with cold eyes. Among the hundreds of pairs of eyes of different colors at the scene, there is no one.

A pair of eyes showing pity to him.

Petyr Baelish looked meaningfully at Queen Cersei on the Iron Throne, thinking of some bad idea...

King Robert stood up from the Iron Throne first, followed closely by Eddard Stark, Queen Cersei and others. King Robert faced everyone and solemnly announced: "I, the Lord of House Baratheon,

Bo I, King of the Andals, Luoyinna and the Ancestors, Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Guardian of the Realm, hereby announces that I will personally preside over this trial, and I will personally read out the final results of the trial.

"

"Assisting me in this trial are the Guardian of the North, the Prime Minister, Duke Eddard of the Stark family, and the Guardian of the East, Lord Gao Yuan, Duke of the Eagle's Nest." King Robert looked at Gao Yuan and Bronze in the audience.

Yohn, "Earl Yohn from the Royins family will serve as a witness to this trial. He will represent the princes who are in the valley at this time and unable to attend the trial and witness the entire process of this trial with his own eyes."

"If the defendant is indeed guilty, may the gods punish him severely!"

After pronouncing these declarations before the start of the trial, King Robert sat back on the Iron Throne. Gao Yuan walked out of the crowd, walked to the stage and showed the Evening Star Golden Dragon Cross emblem representing his family to show himself to everyone.

identity and qualifications.

After doing all this, he turned around and sat down on the other side of the Iron Throne. King Robert and Gao Yuan, who was sitting next to him, looked at each other.

Immediately, Eddard Stark began to read out the crime Littlefinger was accused of committing: "Petyr, from the Baelish family in the Five Finger Peninsula, you are accused of a felony: colluding with Lysa Tully, the wife of the former Prime Minister.

, and conspired with her to use a poison called 'Tears of Lys' from Braavos to poison the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn."
Chapter completed!