Chapter 281 Fleet Plan(1/2)
Renly also applauded: "Four votes to two! It seems that the situation is quite clear now, and the Royal Council has reached a rare agreement. So what should we do next?"
"That's it, Ed!" King Robert turned to look at his King's Hand, "On the matter of Daenerys, only you and Selmy have objections. The remaining question is whether we should send
Who is going to kill her?"
"Ser Mormont is desperate for royal pardon. He has wandered in Essos for too long. It is time for him to return home." Renly reminded them that there was a ready-made person available in front of them. "
Who is the current head of the Mormont family? While we pardon Sir Mormont, we may also be able to let him return to his family. I believe this condition will be difficult for him to refuse."
"Maggie Mormont, Lady of Bear Island!"
"She is the sister of Jeor Mormont. Ever since Ser Jorah was exiled by me for the crime of slave trading, the Mormont family has been managed by her." Eddard Stark told Lord Renly,
"The Lady of Bear Island has long believed that Jorah is a traitor to House Mormont. Lord Renly, you'd better not expect that the Lady of Bear Island will re-accept him."
"Even if Lady Bear Island is willing to readmit Mormont, it will not help. He will never accept this task, because letting Sir Mormont assassinate the princess now will undoubtedly let him die." Varys spread his hands and expressed helplessness.
"Now that the princess has arrived in Vaes Dothraki, where he will die if he draws his sword. If any fool dares to raise a sword against Khaleesi in the Holy City, I will tell you what will happen to him, Renly
Sir, you may not be able to sleep tonight."
The eunuch raised his orchid finger towards the king: "Other than that, the only way I can think of is to poison... How about using the Tears of Lys? It just so happens that we have ready-made poison in our hands now, so we don't have to spend a lot of money to buy it.
A new poison. There is no need for Khal Drogo to know that his wife and children were murdered."
"This will likely lead to vengeance from Khal Drogo."
Eddard Stark's eyes widened when he heard this, and he squinted at the eunuch with disgust. Pycelle told himself that poison was the eunuch's weapon. It was indeed true. It seemed that the eight-clawed spider had used it a lot.
Use poison against your enemies.
King Robert remembered what Eddard said in the camp yesterday, and only heard him complain in a low voice: "Poison is a coward's weapon!"
"This is the best and most convenient way I can think of. Moreover, Your Majesty Robert, you are not the executor of this assassination. You just issued an order to the person who assassinated the princess and sent a bottle of poison to the assassin."
Just leave it to the other party." Although Wallis's words were soft, the viciousness contained in them almost made everyone present feel sick. Even Gao Yuan felt a sense of disgust towards him when he heard these words.
"Of course, if His Majesty the King has a better way, you can also tell us and let us, the kingdom's ministers, discuss the specific feasibility."
Gao Yuan was the first to listen no longer, and he stood up and proposed to the king: "There is an organization called the Faceless Men in Braavos across the strait. As long as His Majesty the King is willing to spend a large amount of money, they can
Kill whoever you want for you."
"Lord Gao Yuan, I'm afraid you don't know the market price of asking the Faceless Man to sell, otherwise you wouldn't have said these words." Varys complained, "Just half the price of asking the Faceless Man to sell is enough.
You hire an army of ordinary mercenaries. If you give all the money to the Golden Company, they will even dare to have a head-to-head contest with the Dothraki cavalry."
"And this is just the price of assassinating an ordinary businessman!" Varys laughed. "The golden dragon it would cost to ask the Faceless Men to assassinate the princess would probably be enough to buy your Eagle's Nest City."
"In that case, let's do it according to Varys's idea!" King Robert finally made up his mind, "Varys will select the person specifically responsible for this assassination mission, and Ed will be responsible for Varys's job."
This operation provides funding."
"Robert, what I said to you by the river yesterday, have you forgotten so quickly?" Ed was fed up at this moment. He pushed his chair back and stood up angrily, "You hired me?"
It is not honorable for someone to assassinate a fourteen-year-old girl. Now you actually want someone to poison that little girl who is about to become a mother."
"You will not drag me into this despicable thing; I will not raise funds for Varys's despicable plan; nor will I put my seal on this order that is enough to bring shame on me."
"Hell of the Seven Gods!" King Robert suddenly stood up and confronted him, "Damn Ed, you really decided to fight me to the end today, didn't you?"
"I am not doing this to fight against you, but to prevent you from making mistakes, Robert!" Ed's tone was full of sincerity, but how could the king, who was so angry at the moment, listen to his advice, "
If Jon Arryn were standing here today, he would not agree to what you did. When we first came out of the valley, you were not such a despicable person."
King Robert suddenly became furious and picked up the wine glass at hand and threw it at Eddard Stark. Eddard dodged the wine glass that the king threw at him, but he did not avoid the scarlet wine inside.
, the summer red spread all over Ed.
"Don't mention Jon Arryn in front of me again, Jon Arryn is dead now!" King Robert yelled at him, "Remember? We just tried and punished his murderer
murderer."
"I've had enough of your bad temper today, Stark!" King Robert's face was flushed with anger at this moment, and a blush spread from his open forehead to his neck, and even extended into his forehead.
Among velvet collars.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He stretched out his fingers angrily to Ed: "My patience is limited, don't act like a mother-in-law in front of me anymore, go and get things done."
, it doesn’t matter which method you use.”
"What if I still choose to refuse?" Eddard Stark obviously did not understand King Robert's words and did not understand that King Robert had already made a compromise with him at this moment. He was still insisting on his position and opinions.
Robert has rarely experienced being resisted by others. Ever since he sat on the Iron Throne and became the King of the Seven Kingdoms; ever since the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn was murdered, no one has ever rejected him like this.
This made him secretly doubt whether this was really what he wanted.
"I'm afraid you can't refuse this!" King Robert threatened, "Lord Stark! You are my Prime Minister, you either do what I tell you, or I will hire someone else!"
"Then I wish him good luck in his job!" Eddard Stark was not afraid of the king's threat at all. Both he and the king were raised by Jon Arryn in the Eagle's Nest, so the two men had almost the same stubborn temper.
After saying that, he unbuttoned the cloak and revealed the withered silver badge that symbolized his status as Prime Minister. He just casually discarded the badge on the discussion table in front of King Robert, thinking of the man who deserved this for himself.
The man who wore the badge, the friend and brother he loved so much, couldn't help feeling sad.
"Robert, I once thought that you and Yin Lis were not the same kind of people. I thought that the king we supported would be more noble." Eddard Stark told the king sadly, "But the facts prove that we were wrong! Tomorrow
I will take my two children and leave here, and from now on I will never set foot on this land that makes me sad and desperate."
"Then get out of here!" King Robert's face turned purple with anger at his words, "Get out of here quickly, you damn guy, I've had enough of you."
"What are you waiting for here?" He was almost speechless with anger, and his voice became extremely hoarse, "Get out...go back to your Winterfell, it's best for you not to do anything else in your life.
Tell me to see that face of yours again, otherwise...otherwise I swear I will cut off your head and hang it on a gun."
Eddard Stark bowed deeply to the king, and then left the meeting hall without saying a word. He could feel Robert's eyes looking at his back, but he had already decided to go.
I decided never to set foot in the muddy waters of King's Landing again.
Before he walked out of the meeting hall, he heard a distant voice coming from behind: "Your Majesty Robert, things shouldn't have turned out like this. Maybe you can go and have a good talk with Lord Stark later.
Losing Lord Stark will be your biggest loss. Don't wait until Lord Stark really leaves King's Landing with his two children. By then you may not even have time to regret it."
"No one in this world is indispensable. I don't believe that without him Stark, tomorrow's sun would not rise from the eastern horizon." Robert's voice reached Ed's ears,
This made Eddard Stark even more sad to hear this.
Yes! I have never been indispensable. This kingdom can still function as usual without me.
Before he could hear the words behind the king clearly, the door of the meeting hall had been closed behind him, cutting off the sound inside. Ser Boros Braun was guarding the door of the meeting hall, wearing the pure white long cloak of the Kingsguard.
And armor. He glanced at Ed quickly and suspiciously from the corner of his eyes, but did not ask any more questions.
After Ed Stark left, the hall of the Royal Council suddenly became much quieter. King Robert was still angry. No one in the meeting hall dared to touch his tiger beard at this time, except Gao Yuan who had just had an argument with the king.
Apart from some persuasion, everyone else was looking at me, acting like they had nothing to do with me.
"Varys!" After a while, after the anger he had just accumulated had dissipated, King Robert spoke again, "Since the former Prime Minister is unwilling to do these dirty jobs, then I will leave this matter entirely to you.
Go and do it. You quietly spread the word in King's Landing. Whoever can kill the Targaryen girl for me, I will reward that brave warrior as a noble."
"So are we going to let the assassins become nobles?" Duke Renly questioned, "Let those mercenaries full of noble dreams go to the other side of the strait to assassinate the girl. I guess most of them will fail. In the future, those Doss
The Rak people will definitely be more careful."
"Then you tell us what to do?" King Robert's anger was suddenly rekindled by his words: "Don't just sit there and say sarcastic words. When I ask you to come up with some ideas for me, you
But there he pretended to be deaf and dumb.”
Lord Renly was speechless when he heard this. It was obvious that he couldn't think of any good solution at the moment.
King Robert turned to look at Gao Yuan aside: "Duke Gao Yuan, tell me what to do?"
"Although I agree with His Majesty the King's decision to assassinate Daenerys, I agree with Lord Eddard on the assassination method." Gao Yuan did not want to quarrel with King Robert here, and he was not Eddard Smith.
Tucker, he has no confidence that he will be safe after confronting the king.
"Then this matter has been decided. Varys, you do as I just said." King Robert decided impatiently.
"Duke Gaoyuan, are there any difficulties with the request I told you before?" Robert Baratheon suddenly changed the subject, "I know that your foundation in taking control of the Eastern Territory is still unstable now, and you must still face many challenges in the territory.
Difficulties and obstacles. If you need any help or need me to give you some support, you are welcome and please feel free to ask!"
"As for the stability of the rule of the valley, I don't bother His Majesty the King to worry about me. Now I have won the support of the lords of various important towns in the valley. As for the lords of other castles and other island owners such as the Three Sisters Islands, I will wait until I return to the valley.
I will visit them one by one." Gao Yuan told the king.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But if the little girl from the Targaryen family really comes across the sea with the Dothraki army, we will inevitably fight with their
The fleet had a fierce naval battle in the middle of the strait." Gao Yuan finally revealed the real purpose of his participation in the imperial meeting this time, "This is exactly what I am worried about. Although there are many ports and cities along the east coast of the valley, they are
There is always a lack of a decent maritime fleet."
"As far as I know, there isn't even a decent rowing warship in the valley now, let alone a large sailing ship that can travel in the deep sea." Gao Yuan complained, "This means that we can only stay on the shore and wait for the other party's arrival.
, waiting for the little Targaryen girl to come with her army to attack our seaports and coastal towns."
"Duke Gaoyuan, what do you mean, let me find a way to support you with a fleet that can fight in the ocean?" King Robert frowned when he heard this. He couldn't help but sigh at the huge appetite of Duke Gaoyuan, "Do you still need me to help you build a fleet that can fight in the ocean?"
Do you prepare a navy of well-trained sailors?"
"How dare I expect a fleet, Your Majesty!" Gao Yuan pretended to smile bitterly, but deep down he was thinking that it would be better if he was given a complete fleet. "I heard that Your Majesty is located in King's Landing and Dragonstone Island.
The Royal Fleet is one of the three most powerful fleets in Westeros. I just hope that His Majesty the King can reluctantly part with fifteen sailing warships and twenty rowing warships from the Royal Fleet to maintain the valley.
To be continued...