Chapter 218 High Court’s Support

Refreshing green light filters through the diamond-shaped stained glass windows embedded in the wall, and the breeze gently blows the fragrance of roses from the courtyard into the house.

Samwell stood at the door with Margaery, smiling and nodding:

"Lady Olenna."

"Caesar." Mrs. Olenna said in a complicated tone.

She turned to look at her granddaughter and said, "Margery, let me talk to him alone."

"Okay." Margaery responded obediently, gave the man a comforting look, and then turned and left.

When there were only two people left in the room, Mrs. Olenna sneered and said:

"Awesome, Caesar. You forced my son to admit that a deer is a horse. With this ability to confuse right and wrong, I have to admit that I underestimated you before."

Samwell chuckled, sat down on the chair opposite Mrs. Olenna, poured himself a cup of scented tea, and said:

"Madam, you should think about why the nobles of the River Bend would rather believe my lies than admit the fact that the Duke of Metz is the Duke of Metz. This time, it is not so much that I am confusing right and wrong, but it is more that the Metz people are betraying their relatives."

From then on, throughout his life, he never started another war.

"Attack Dorne?" Lady Olenna sneered, "Do you think you can conquer Dorne with just one dragon? Have you forgotten that Aegon the Conqueror had three dragons, but adult dragons! All of this

Couldn't bring Dorne to its knees."

Samwell had already guessed that Lady Olenna would not agree to get married immediately, but was three years too long...

Lady Olenna's expression finally softened a bit. She looked at Samwell with sharp eyes and asked a rather explicit question:

"Very good!" A smile appeared on Mrs. Olenna's face for the first time. "It seems that you are still awake. Then I will give you a piece of advice."

If you had carefully understood the war between the Iron Throne and Dorne, especially the First Dorne War, you might not have made such a rash decision."

"Of course I know that Dorne is difficult to conquer." Samwell was also a little helpless, "But this is our best choice at this stage. Moreover, we still have Natalie Dayne in our hands. When the time comes, we will use the Dayne family to come

Instead of the Martell family, I believe the Dornish people’s resistance will not be so fierce.”

"That's right." Lady Olenna nodded in agreement, "Although you and Stannis are still related by marriage, this blood connection cannot help you. The Florentine family supports you now, but they just want to use you to control the river.

Bayland's position is that when they don't need you in the future, haha, do you think that old guy Allister will still recognize you as his grandson? In my opinion, he will definitely declare you to be the remnant of the Black Fire and demand that the whole territory

The lord attacks Yingzui Island."

Samwell showed an innocent smile: "Okay."

"Just sit back and watch?"

"Get engaged first," Lady Olenna said, "and wait until three years for the official marriage."

Why don't we just make Margaery's belly bigger and see if Lady Olenna will marry her granddaughter?

"Stop scaring me here!" Lady Olenna pouted, "Do you really think that the Tyrell family can be controlled by you? If it weren't for Margaery's sake, I never intervened this time, do you think you

Can you win so easily?"

"How to grow stronger?" Mrs. Olenna kept asking.

She changed the subject and her tone became harsh again:

"The more you want to sit on the Iron Throne, the less you can rush to climb up. Remember, the one who laughs last laughs the happiest."

"If I help Stannis sit on the Iron Throne, not only will he not be grateful, but he will regard me as a threat, because I have dragons." Samwell said calmly, "Not only him, but also the three fish, wolf, and eagle families.

In order to drive the Dragon family out of Westeros, they fought the Reavers War, and now that I have hatched another dragon, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to have a friendly attitude."

"where?"

"No, you do."

Lady Olenna stared into Samwell's eyes, making sure that the other party really listened, and then nodded with satisfaction and said:

"So, what should you do next? Are you going to help Stannis Baratheon deal with the Lannister family?"

"Of course not. We still need to take this opportunity to increase our strength!"

Lady Olenna reminded: "However, you can't let down your guard against Dorne. Although they suffered heavy losses this time, Doran Martell is not an easy person to deal with. You have to be careful."

"Do you really understand?" Lady Olenna interrupted, "Then do you know how many people in Dorne died in that war?"

"OK."

Samwell nodded silently. Lady Olenna was right. The Florent family was not powerful enough to rely on, and the foxes in Brightwater City would definitely give priority to supporting Stannis.

Samwell tried to argue: "Of course I know about the First Dorne War, it's just..."

It can no longer be called a war, but an ugly, bloody and terrifying assassination and revenge. Countless nobles from the six countries died due to various despicable methods. Even the 'Conqueror' himself was assassinated three times. Visanni

Queen Arya was also ambushed, and Queen Rhaenys was shot by a crossbow from Hellgate Castle while riding a dragon, and died after being brutally tortured and tortured in the dungeon of House Uller.

Samwell took a sip of scented tea and said in a calm but firm tone:

"I promised your granddaughter that I would give her a king back."

"Sam, tell me, do you really want to sit on the Iron Throne?"

"Thank you for your advice, I will keep it in mind."

He realized at once what Lady Olenna meant by opportunity.

"Okay!" He made up his mind, "Then it will be Stormland."

"The ambition is not small." Mrs. Olenna chuckled, "But yes, with dragons, who doesn't want to be the next 'conqueror'?"

"The people of Dorne hate dragons." Lady Olenna concluded. "If you take that white dragon to the land of Dorne, you will immediately awaken the hatred and anger that have been hidden in their hearts for more than ten generations. Believe me

, you can’t conquer Dorne, and the little girl from House Dayne can’t help you.”

Secondly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack the Stormlands. After all, we support Stannis in name only, so we can't attack the Deer family's lair.

"Stannis will definitely veto the legitimacy of this bastard!" Samwell's eyes sparkled, "And we can also reach into the Stormlands under the pretext of helping the Baratheon family eradicate the tyrants!"

Samwell listened silently. Of course he knew this history, but he had never felt the bloodshed and cruelty contained in it so clearly.

Therefore, I think Dorne is the only option. Dorne happens to be allied with the Lannister family, so we can weaken our opponent by dealing with Dorne, and Stannis can’t say that we are standing idly by.”

All the towns in Dorne were burned by dragon flames, and more than once, even the sand around the towns was melted into glass. It is impossible to count how many people died.

Samwell frowned when he heard this: "But wouldn't this offend Stannis? I've already been fighting with the Lannister family to death, and if I offend the Wolf, Deer and Osprey Alliance again, wouldn't it make me a public enemy of the whole realm? Of course.

Yes, I also know that even if I don’t fight the Storm Land, the Fish, Wolf, Deer and Eagle will still be hostile to me, but I at least have to give an explanation to the River Bend nobles. If they know that I am so arrogant that I will challenge all the nobles in the territory, I am afraid there will be some dissatisfaction.

You may be thinking of giving up."

Samwell took it and took a look: "The king legalized Robert's illegitimate son? And also appointed him Duke of Storm's End?"

"But your dragon needs time to grow. During this period, do you know what you need to do most?"

Samwell nodded slowly, thinking, isn't this what "slowly becoming king" means:

Lady Olenna asked again: "So, Sam, what position should you, or the Reach, choose in the next war?"

Well, that's a good idea.

Samwell said helplessly: "But besides Dorne, I have no better choice."

"Why?" Mrs. Olenna seemed to be inspecting the students.

Although this may arouse Stannis's vigilance and hostility, as long as he expresses his support and has a reasonable excuse, Stannis will only eat it if he is worried that the Reach will completely fall to the lion.

I pretend not to know about this secret loss.

Lady Olenna still shook her head: "You have underestimated the Dornish people, and you have also underestimated the Martell family. They are unyielding, unyielding, and unyielding. In terms of strength, this family is actually at the bottom of the nine major families in Westeros.

, but it happens that such a not-so-powerful family has never been conquered by force.

"That's right." Lady Olenna smiled and nodded, "Compared to Dorne, the Stormlands is much richer and has much softer bones. Moreover, there is only a forest and a river between it and King's Landing. If it is the north in the future

The two kings are about to decide the winner, and it would be convenient for you to intervene."

"Please speak."

"The River Bend borders Dorne, the Stormlands, and the West. If we want to expand, we can only go in these three directions." Samwell said after considering,

"Avoid becoming the target of public criticism." Samwell blurted out, obviously having thought about this issue carefully.

"I have always been grateful for your mercy." Samwell showed a sincere smile, "Lady Olenna, I also know that you have resentment in your heart. But please believe that I have no disrespect to the Tyrell family.

.This time is also a forced act of self-protection. I hope we can all forget this unpleasantness, so that we can face the future together——

Perhaps because she was worried about chilling Samwell's heart, Lady Olenna added:

"Don't worry. After the engagement, the Tyrell family will be your solid backing, and we will fully support you in ascending to the Iron Throne."

"This is true under normal circumstances, but the lion made a mistake, so you have a chance." Lady Olenna showed a mysterious smile and handed a letter to Samwell, "This is what I just received.

The letter of appointment arrived from King's Landing."

The Dornishmen could not defeat the Iron Throne on a frontal battlefield, but they made their enemies miserable through harassment, assassination, poisoning and other methods.

However, the Martell family still did not surrender. The Dornish princess "Yellow Toad" declared that she would rather watch her people die than become slaves of the dragon.

Samwell thought about Lady Olenna's suggestion, and felt more and more that the Stormlands was indeed a more suitable target than Dorne.
To be continued...