Chapter 280 Dispute in the Royal Council(1/2)
"The will of the gods has appeared, and now the judgment results begin!"
Robert Baratheon stood up from the Iron Throne and announced loudly to the nobles in the audience and Littlefinger, the subject of this trial: "I am the king of the Andals, the Loyinnar and the First Men.
, the name of King Robert I of House Baratheon, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and guardian of the realm, is hereby announced.”
"Petyr of the Baelish family, together with Lady Lysa of the Arryn family, was found guilty of poisoning her husband, former prime minister, Lord of the East and Guardian of the East Jon Arryn!"
"I hereby declare that Petyr Baelish will be permanently deprived of all titles and rights. As his lord, Lord Gao Yuan, Keeper of the East, will take back for me the Baelish family castle in the Five Fingers Peninsula, as well as his personal possessions.
All property. Petyr Baelish himself is sentenced to death and executed immediately."
King Robert's voice was so loud that it echoed in the empty throne room for a long time, but Petyr Baelish, who was pronounced guilty, rarely remained silent.
Until two golden robes came forward to hold his arms, preparing to take him away.
He then raised his head and looked coldly at the three people on the stage.
"I will wait for you in hell!" Littlefinger gritted his teeth and said, "I believe it won't be long, and you will come down to accompany me soon."
"Sir Slynt, escort the criminal awaiting execution to the dungeon. No one should be allowed to meet him before then." King Robert shouted to the audience.
As Petyr Baelish was taken out by Sir Slynt, the trial meeting held in the throne room also came to an end, and the people in the throne room immediately began to disperse and leave.
At this time, Ed Stark suddenly came to the king: "Robert, I have something to tell you..."
"It just so happens that I have something to talk to you about, Ned!" After saying this, King Robert turned to look at Gao Yuan who was talking to Bronze Yohn, "Duke Gao Yuan, come here. I have something important to discuss with you and Ed.
Let’s talk.”
"Is it related to my wife's matter?" Ed Stark asked in surprise.
"Ned, why are you talking to me about Catelyn?" King Robert shook his head, "That is your family matter. I have more important things to talk to you about. About Daenerys Tan
Regarding that bitch Gillian, you have to give me some advice on this matter."
"What happened to that little girl Daenerys Targaryen?" Gao Yuan walked up to the two of them and asked knowingly.
"That bitch is pregnant!" King Robert roared angrily, immediately attracting the attention of the crowd in the throne room who had not dispersed. He glared at those curious people fiercely, and then said to Gao Yuan and the others, "People here are too talkative.
, let’s go to the Imperial Council Hall at the back and continue the discussion in detail.”
Eddard Stark frowned and suggested: "It would be best to call Lord Renly and Lord Varys as well. They are also members of the Royal Council."
"I have already notified them, and they are already waiting for us there." King Robert told him, "Duke Gaoyuan, you are also coming together. I need you to increase my vigilance on the strait when you return to the valley. That bitch
If you choose to land in Westeros, you will definitely choose a landing place near Dragonstone and Seagull Town."
"I'll go talk to Earl Yohn Royce and the others and ask him to write a letter and send it to the Eagle's Nest City so that the princes in the valley can prepare for it!" Gao Yuan nodded and agreed, "I heard that the people in Seagull Town
The Grafson family has always been restless, and I'm worried that they will become the Targaryen family's internal spies in the valley. The Royce family can suppress those restless thoughts in their hearts for us."
"Go and tell Earl Royce that if there is any change in the Grafson family in Seagull Town, I will kill them all." King Robert said solemnly, "In the past, I had no control over these royalists.
The members are still too merciful. If they still care about the remnants of Targaryen's two evil dragons, I will take this opportunity to kill them all."
Gao Yuan turned around and found Bronze Yohn, who was waiting aside: "Count Yohn, please wait here for the time being and don't leave. I will come to you after attending the meeting in the Royal Council."
"Lord Gao Yuan, what happened to His Majesty Robert looking for you?" Bronze Yohn asked curiously.
"It has something to do with the two exiled remnants of the Targaryen family. The king is worried that they will lead the Dothraki army across the strait and land in Westeros." Gao Yuan told him, "The specific matters and arrangements will be discussed before the emperor.
Let’s talk after the meeting is over.”
After arranging all this, Gao Yuan thoughtfully walked through the side door of the throne room and rushed towards the meeting hall of the Imperial Council.
Before he entered the meeting hall, he heard Eddard Stark's pleading voice coming from inside, "Robert, please! Please think carefully, you are murdering a child!"
"That bitch is pregnant!" King Robert slammed his fist on the meeting table with a thunderous sound.
This almost shocked everyone present. They had never seen King Robert so angry in this royal council. In fact, King Robert rarely attended the royal council.
Speaking of everyone, in fact, there are only five people in this huge meeting hall now, and Gao Yuan must be added to these five people. Because of the trial just now, the number of participants in the Imperial Council was suddenly reduced by almost half.
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Because of the death of his former Prime Minister, Stannis has now fled to his territory, Dragonstone, and shows no sign of preparing to come back. Grand Maester Pycelle has been forced to flee because of the "Tears of Lys" incident and his ineffective treatment of the former Prime Minister.
At the moment, he is staying in the soldier barracks in front of the Prime Minister's Tower, waiting for the trial. Littlefinger was sentenced to death at the trial just now for collaborating with Lady Lisa to poison the former Prime Minister.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This has resulted in the originally full discussion table. Now, in addition to King Robert and Eddard Stark, only the king's brother Renly is left.
The Duke and Varys the Eight-clawed Spider are still sitting here.
"I'm sorry, Duke Gao Yuan!" Robert Baratheon told Gao Yuan apologetically, "I wasn't targeting you just now. It's just that Eddard was trying to persuade me not to assassinate that bitch Daenerys. What else could I say?
It’s murdering young children.”
"Your Majesty Robert, don't worry about this. I just heard the quarrel between you outside the door." Gao Yuan found an empty seat at the discussion table and sat down.
"Ed, I've warned you about this a long time ago, do you remember?" King Robert turned to look at his old friend again, but his tone did not sound polite at all, "In the Tomb of the Ancestors
I told you when I was in the grave, I said it won’t be long before this child spreads his legs and breeds a bunch of evil dragons to come and seek revenge on me.”
"What did you tell me then?" King Robert became more and more angry as he spoke. "She was just an innocent child! Now this innocent child is pregnant, but you told me that this was a murder.
Toddlers.”
"Do we have to wait until that bitch takes himself and the Horse King's evil dragon spawn and lands in Westeros surrounded by a hundred thousand Dothraki troops, threatening the safety of the entire Seven Kingdoms or cutting off your and my heads?
, let’s discuss how to get rid of him again?”
"Well, I want you to listen to me clearly now: I want them to die, mother and son together, plus the beggar king Viserys." The king roared, "Is this clear enough? I want them to die.
Die, before they land in Westeros with a hundred thousand Dothraki army."
Listening to the king's roar, the other ministers were trying their best to pretend that they were not present. Even Gao Yuan had to remain silent. In fact, he was the least suitable person among them to participate in this topic. Once he and King Robert
He has a pretty good relationship with Eddard Stark, and no matter who he speaks for, he may offend the other person. Secondly, he is not an official member of the Royal Council, and he is really not qualified to speak on such occasions.
They chose to remain silent, which was undoubtedly much smarter than Eddard directly contradicting the king. At this moment, only Eddard Stark dared to do so in this meeting hall. In this regard, he was undoubtedly fighting alone.
Ed Stark had rarely felt so lonely. He looked at Gao Yuan hopefully, hoping that he could help him persuade Robert, but Gao Yuan just shook his head at him.
So Ed Stark had to face King Robert alone: "If you really do this, you will be infamy for thousands of years."
"After I die, I don't care what people like you say about me. If you want to blame me, feel free to blame it on me, as long as it can be done." King Robert retorted, "I am not blind enough to the sword.
The sharp edge of the ax was hanging around my neck, to the point where I couldn't even see it."
"In this royal council, you are the only one who is chasing the wind. Where is the sword and ax?" Eddard Stark told his king, "This is an old thing twenty years ago...
And it’s still unclear whether it has any edge or not.”
"Is it still unknown?" Wallis's sharp voice sounded in the hall. He took out his powder-covered hands from his cuffs and said in a sinister tone, "My lord, you have wrongly blamed me. Could it be that I would make something up?"
Do you want to deceive His Majesty the King and your lords with some false news?"
"Lord Varys, your news comes from a traitor thousands of miles away." Eddard looked at the eunuch with stern eyes, "Maybe Mormont is mistaken, maybe he is lying for the sake of deception.
Get that pardon letter."
"Lord Stark, Sir Mormont is not the only one I have lurking around Daenerys. Sir Jorah must not dare to lie to me." Varys showed a sly smile on his face, "Please rest assured, sir.
!There is absolutely nothing wrong with the princess’ pregnancy.”
"It is really unconvincing to rely solely on your words. If you are wrong, we will spend a lot of manpower and material resources on this." Ed Stark saw that he could not convince the other party, so he began to quibble, "
If the girl has a miscarriage, we don’t need to be afraid; if the child she gives birth to is a girl and not a son, we don’t need to be afraid; if the child dies in infancy before he grows up, we don’t need to be afraid.”
"But what if she gives birth to a son?" King Robert retorted. "What if the child survives?"
"The strait still lies in the middle. It is our natural barrier against foreign enemies. Wait until the day when the Dothraki teach their horses to walk on water; wait until they have enough ships to allow a hundred thousand troops to cross the sea.
The day it comes, I will be afraid of it."
King Robert took a sip of wine, and then glared fiercely at Eddard Stark from the other end of the discussion table: "You mean to tell me not to do anything and just wait for the evil dragon's spawn."
We’ll talk about it after we land with an army of 100,000 Dothraki, right?”
"This 'evil dragon's seed' you call is still in the mother's womb." Eddard Stark told the king, "Even the conqueror Yin Geng did not start his conquests until after he was weaned.
"
"By the gods, Stark, you always have such a stubborn temper!" King Robert looked around at the people in front of the discussion table. He asked angrily, "Why are you all mute today? Who will follow this in the north?
Can a frozen lake-painted fool be reasonable?"
Varys smiled brightly at the king, then walked up to Ed and put a soft hand on his shoulder and collar: "Lord Stark, speaking from my conscience, I can really understand your concerns.
This would undermine the honor that you and King Robert hold most dear."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I don't want to bring this news to everyone in the Imperial Council." The eunuch persuaded, "The matter we are discussing now sounds indeed very special.
It's terrible, and it's also a despicable thing from a moral point of view. But we, the presumptuous ministers and King Robert, must put the well-being of the people of the Seven Kingdoms as the priority in everything, regardless of our own feelings and honor.
how."
"If you ask me, this matter is actually very simple." Duke Renly shrugged with an indifferent attitude, "Viserys and his sister should have been dead long ago. It's just that His Majesty the King mistakenly believed in Jon El.
Lin’s words.”
"Now that the seed of evil has been sown, we should not make the same mistakes we made before. This matter has nothing to do with honor, but the safety of many lords and people in the seven countries."
"Lord Renly, showing mercy is definitely not a wrong thing." Eddard Stark also retorted, "On the beach of the Trident River, Ser Barristan, who is here now, chopped down more than a dozen people by himself.
To be continued...