Chapter 278 Unexpected interruption
The accusation read out by Eddard Stark was like a huge stone falling into calm water. The stone stirred up thousands of waves and immediately caused a commotion among the crowd in the hall.
Because the news was so shocking. The former Prime Minister Jon Arryn was actually murdered. Most of them had no idea about it before. How could they suddenly learn the truth of the matter? They were not surprised by it.
"I don't know what you mean, Lord Stark!" Faced with the accusation, Littlefinger still asked the other party confidently, "You accuse me of colluding with the former Prime Minister's wife Lysa Tully. What evidence do you have? Can it be proven?"
"Yes, I do maintain a relatively close relationship with Laisa in private. I have to admit this." Littlefinger denied that his relationship with the former Prime Minister's wife had gone beyond that, "But here I dare to tell you The gods promise that the relationship between the two of us is only a normal friendship."
"Lady Lysa and I both grew up in his father's castle, Riverrun, so it's not surprising that our relationship is a little closer than ordinary people, right?" Littlefinger was constantly defending himself, "Lord Stark, I also have a very close relationship with your wife, Caitlin. You can't possibly say that I also colluded with your wife to murder you, right?"
Queen Cersei Lannister was not the first person to laugh out loud, but she was the one who laughed the loudest in the hall. It was obvious that she had heard Littlefinger brag about this to herself.
In fact, over the years, he told everyone he met in the Red Keep that he had taken away the first love of the Tully sisters when he was at Riverrun.
Immediately, more people joined in the laughter, including Ser Loras Tyrell and countless other lords and ladies. This sudden burst of laughter was like a hurricane, sweeping through the entire hall in an instant. Until the entire throne room began to shake.
Gao Yuan, who was sitting on the high platform, looked solemnly at the laughing people below. They didn't laugh as blatantly as the queen did. At least they knew how to cover themselves with their large sleeves and robes while laughing. face, to prevent the current Prime Minister from discovering that they are making fun of him and his wife.
Some people, in order to prevent themselves from laughing too loudly, tried their best to hold back the smiles on their faces. Judging from their red faces, they must have worked hard to hold it back.
At this moment, Eddard Stark's face was as ugly as pig liver, and his sharp eyes kept wandering between Littlefinger and Queen Cersei, as if he wanted to pull out his sword right now to kill these two. Everyone was killed.
Eddard was so angry that he slapped the armrest under him hard. Seeing that the Prime Minister was about to explode on the spot, King Robert got up from the Iron Throne one step ahead of him. He stared fiercely with his big eyes. To Cersei: "Smelly woman, you'd better shut that stinky mouth of yours, don't force me to tear it apart so that you can never laugh again!"
Then he yelled at everyone in the audience: "Everyone, please keep quiet!!!"
"You damn guys, do you all think it's funny that the king's prime minister is insulted?" Robert Baratheon's rich voice echoed in the hall, causing the entire hall to become silent instantly, "Don't
Forget where you are now! This is the site of the Holy Judgment. If I hear any laughter from any of you in this hall again, I will let Sir Yin Lin chop off his head first. No need to
Then go through the judgment of the gods!”
Seeing that silence had returned to the venue, Ed Stark wanted to continue the trial of Littlefinger, but was stopped by Gao Yuan, who was not far away. He stood up solemnly and came to Littlefinger: "Don't do it again.
Trying to change the subject, Petyr Baelish!"
"Neither His Majesty Robert nor Lord Stark have any interest in the sleazy affairs between you and Lady Lysha." Gao Yuan pointed sideways at the seven-pointed star logo on the top of the Iron Throne, "What we want to know now is, you
Did you join forces with Lysa Arryn to murder Lord Jon Arryn with poison?"
Littlefinger, who was between the two golden robes, looked up at Gao Yuan and saw him shaking his head with a smile: "Of course I didn't murder Lord Jon Arryn!"
"Since you refuse to admit it, let me ask you in another way." Gao Yuan had long expected that the other party would deny it, "Was the poison used by Lysa Arryn to murder the former Prime Minister, was it your Petyr...
Baelish found it and gave it to her?"
"Lord Gao Yuan, no matter how you interrogate me, the answer you get from me is negative." Littlefinger seemed confident at this moment, "Because I have never done the things that Lord Stark just accused me of."
.”
"In order for today's trial to go smoothly, we have invited many witnesses to accuse the criminal Petyr Baelish." Seeing that the other party was in trouble, Gao Yuan had no choice but to start summoning witnesses in advance. He faced the audience to participate in the trial.
The audience of the meeting solemnly declared: "We will listen to their testimony first, and then the criminals will invite defense witnesses. Please note that without the permission of His Majesty Robert, the presiding judge this time, others are not allowed to interrupt the witnesses."
Gao Yuan focused his attention on Littlefinger: "Of course this includes you, Petyr Baelish!"
"Now we begin to call the first witness to the stage." Gao Yuan said loudly, "Sir Xiu Fu from the canyon, please come to the stage and submit your testimony."
Hearing Gao Yuan summon him, Sir Xiu Fu slowly walked out of the crowd under the watchful eyes of everyone present. He came to Gao Yuan in front of Gao Yuan with some discomfort, not daring to turn around and look at Littlefinger's meaningful smile and eyes.
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Gao Yuan nodded towards the other party: "Sir Xiufu, you don't have to worry about the oath you once made. This is a fair trial held to uphold justice."
"Tell the truth in front of King Robert and the Hand! Tell everyone here that Petyr Baelish gave you all the money he had given to keep you silent about the secret between him and Lady Lysa.
How many golden dragons are there?" Gao Yuan asked him.
After Ser Hugh swore an oath of honesty in front of the Archbishop, he began to testify: "Lord Baelish... gave me a total of one hundred... golden dragons, my lord!"
"For this reason, he also forced me to swear an oath to the gods...I spent all the money on armor and war horses to participate in the tournament."
"Don't be too nervous, Sir Hugh from the Gorge! Lord Gaoyuan didn't ask you what you did with those golden dragons." Robert Baratheon said softly, "You only need to tell us, Petyr Baelish
Just what are the secrets I asked you to keep?"
"He is lying! Those golden dragons he mentioned were all blackmailed from me." Littlefinger retorted.
King Robert impatiently interrupted the other party's defense: "Quiet!"
But Littlefinger seemed not to have heard and continued: "He told me that if I don't give him a hundred gold dragons, he will go to the former Prime Minister to report me, saying that I was in the Prime Minister's Tower during the time when Lord Arryn was not there.
Take the opportunity to have a tryst with Mrs. Laisha."
"Silence!!!" King Robert yelled angrily, "Petyr, it's not time to question you yet, so don't interrupt the witness. I'm giving you a warning."
Petyr Baelish looked at Sir Hugh with cold eyes. At this moment, he was like a poisonous snake spitting out messages. This almost scared Sir Hugh into a cold sweat, but in the end, he still closed his little finger with gritted teeth.
opened his own mouth,
"Sir Hugh, please continue." Ed Stark kindly gestured for the other party to continue, "What kind of secret is it? Petyr Baelish would not hesitate to spend a hundred gold dragons to keep you silent about it.
?”
"On the day of the incident, Lady Laisha happened to have a big argument with the former Prime Minister in the room. It seemed that it was because of Lord Aylin's decision to send his son to Dragonstone. Lord Aylin was planning to send his son to Dragonstone.
Leave it to Lord Stannis to raise." Sir Humphu swallowed nervously, "After the quarrel was over, Lord Arryn took a few guards and followed Lord Stannis out."
"After that, Lord Baelish came to the Hand Tower to comfort Lady Lysa."
Robert Baratheon asked curiously: "Do you know why Lord Jon Arryn sent his son to Dragonstone?"
"I'm sorry, Lord Robert! I don't know why Lord Arryn rushed to send little Robert to Dragonstone." Ser Humph replied, "I only know the period before Lord Arryn fell ill.
Time, always going out with Lord Stannis to investigate something."
"Does Petyr Baelish often visit the Hand's Tower?" King Robert continued to ask. "Does he go to the Hand's Tower to visit Jon Arryn, or does he visit Lysa Tully alone?"
"Lord Baelish usually only finds Lord Arryn on the Royal Council. He rarely goes to the Prime Minister's Tower to find Lord Arryn." Sir Hugh shook his head, "Lord Baelish always goes to the Prime Minister's Tower to find Lord Arryn.
Come to Lady Sha, and all when Lord Aylin leaves the Prime Minister's Tower."
As Sir Hugh's testimony deepened, the truth about Jon Arryn's death began to emerge. Everyone present at the trial could not help but hold their breath and frown at this moment, for fear of missing Hugh.
Every detail from Sir Husband's mouth.
Ed Stark looked at Littlefinger: "You still dare to say that you and Lady Lysa are just ordinary friends. Now that the facts are in front of you, Petyr Baelish, what else do you have to say?"
"This doesn't mean anything, Lord Stark!" Littlefinger spread his hands, "I just don't want Lord Jon Arryn to misunderstand this, and I don't want to affect the relationship between Lady Lysa and her husband.
"
"Hmph!" Ed snorted coldly. The look he looked at the other person at this time was more than just disgust. "I want to see how long you can keep your words until you cry."
Seeing that the trial was interrupted by the grudge between Ed and Littlefinger, Gao Yuan had no choice but to stand up again and remind Sir Hugh: "Sir Hugh, can you tell us what happened after Petyr Baelish came to the Prime Minister's Tower?
What happened?"
"Lord Baelish took out a bottle of potion from his arms and gave it to Lady Lisa. I later learned that the potion was a bottle of poison." Sir Hugh finally revealed the most important testimony against Littlefinger.
, "After Lord Baelish handed the bottle of poison to Lady Lysa, he also told her that the name of the bottle of poison was 'Tears of Lys', and that he had stolen it from Grand Maester Pycelle's shelf."
Eddard Stark continued to ask: "What else did Littlefinger say to Lysa Arryn?"
"Lord Baelish also promised Lady Lysa that no one would be able to recognize this potion. No one in Westeros would know the name of this potion except the two of them, because it is
Coming from the Free City State of Braavos on the other side of the gorge." Sir Hugh answered honestly.
"Ser Hugh, thank you for the testimony you provided for us at this trial today. You have done us a great favor." Robert Baratheon said solemnly, "You can go down now, Hugh.
Sir!"
So far, Sir Hugh has completed his mission today, but the trial of Littlefinger is still continuing. King Robert set his sights on Eddard next to him, wanting him to stand up and summon the next one.
witness.
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..”
Before the Prime Minister finished speaking, he was interrupted by Queen Cersei's complaining voice: "Wait..."
Seeing that the process of the trial meeting was interrupted again, and the person who interrupted the process was his wife, King Robert suddenly became furious.
Robert stood up from the Iron Throne with great anger. At this moment, he completely ignored his image as a king and the eyes of others. He only heard King Robert yelling at her: "Smelly woman, this is the site of the sacred judgment meeting, and
I am the presiding judge presiding over this trial. Cersei, you are just an observer of this trial, what qualifications do you have to interrupt this trial."
"I think this trial lacks fairness. Is this a sufficient reason? My dear presiding judge." Queen Cersei stood up and retorted unceremoniously, "The so-called witness you invited has no words whatsoever.
There is no credibility at all.”
"Oh, Sir Hugh from the Gorge!" Queen Cersei said, "Everyone knows that he is a knight under Duke Gaoyuan. Who knows if you have already colluded to stand in this trial meeting?
Come out and slander Littlefinger."
"In order to slander an important minister of the Royal Council, you actually instructed the knights under your command to give such ridiculous false testimony in this 'sacred' trial meeting. Your behavior, Duke Gaoyuan, has no honor at all."
With that said, Cersei Lannister turned her goal to Gaoyuan again.
"Even if what this gentleman just said is true, his behavior just now has violated the oath he once made. For such a treacherous person, the testimony he gave as a witness is somewhat true.
Chapter completed!