As Casterly Rock released a large number of ravens, news of the fall of Casterly Rock spread throughout the noble families of Westeros.
King's Landing, Throne Room.
"Impossible! Lies, liars, Casterly Rock has stood in the West for thousands of years and has never fallen."
Upon hearing the raven letter read by Varys, Joffrey immediately stood up from the throne and roared loudly.
"Your Majesty, the raven letter was sent from Casterly Rock! I believe no one would risk their own lives to make such a joke."
When Wallis heard what he said, he shook his head and was relatively sure of the authenticity of the letter.
"What is my grandpa doing? It's so useless!
After all this time, Riverrun has not yet been defeated. Instead, Robb Stark launched a surprise attack on Casterly Rock.
Humph, if it were my father, he would have killed all these traitors long ago!"
Ever since he killed Eddard Stark with his own hands, everything has gone wrong for Joffrey. Seeing that the fall of Casterly Rock has become a reality, he loudly blamed Tywin for his inaction.
"Well, Joffrey, your grandfather is fighting for you, you should be more polite to him!"
When Cersei heard Joffrey blaming Tywin, she frowned and coughed lightly to remind him.
"Should I be polite? I am the king! They are my subjects, only they are polite to me!"
The longer Joffrey has been king, the more he has grown tired of Cersei's control over him.
Cersei also felt that her son was becoming more and more difficult to control than before.
She did not continue to argue with Joffrey, but turned to look at Varys and asked: "Lord Varys, do you have any information from Baelish and Tyrion? Also, where is Jaime now?
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"Lord Baelish, since the last letter reported that Lord Tyrion has been successfully rescued, they will continue to stay in the valley to persuade Lady Lysa to join the war. There has been no news!"
Varys, who was a little stunned when he heard Cersei asking him, immediately answered the information he knew,
"As for the Prime Minister, he is inspecting the royal territory, summoning the royal nobles, and sending troops to help defend King's Landing. The Lake family should be summoned in Duskendale Town at the moment."
"Duskendale?...Lord Varys, please tell James the news about Casterly Rock."
Cersei thought for a moment, then gave her order to Varys,
"Then, please, please go and visit Renly Baratheon on behalf of His Majesty Joffrey. I heard that he has gathered a hundred thousand troops and is heading to King's Landing."
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, according to my intelligence, Renly's actual strength is not 100,000. Moreover, they are marching very slowly and are currently setting up camp in Bitter Bridge."
Wallis first told the information he knew, and then continued to ask,
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, the reason why you asked me to visit Renly is..."
"The apparent purpose is for you to persuade him to surrender on behalf of His Majesty Joffrey.
As long as he surrenders to the only king of Westeros, then his treason crimes can no longer be pursued, and at the same time, he has a place on the Council."
"So, what's the secret purpose?"
Hearing Varys's inquiry, Cersei's delicate face showed a smile, and she said in a very optimistic tone of Varys: "Secretly, first of all, investigate the specific situation of Renly's troops.
Then, his forces are composed of the Stormlands and the Reach. I believe that with Lord Varys' ability, he can detect clearly those forces that may be drawn into our camp."
"I understand, Your Majesty the Queen Mother!"
…
Dorne, the city of Yronwood in the far south of Westeros.
Yronwood City is located at the entrance to the Bone Road in Dorne. This is a garrison fortress that blocks the entrance and exit of Dorne. Its geographical location is very important.
Yronwood City is the castle of House Yronwood, they are the most powerful family in Dorne after House Martell.
Yronwood is an ancient family. For thousands of years, they used to have the titles of 'High King of Dorne' and 'King of Dorne'.
Until Nymeria, the warrior queen of Rhoynar, married Morse Martell, which greatly increased the power of the Martell family.
After eleven years of fighting, this couple, who proclaimed themselves prince and queen, finally made the Yronwood family surrender and Dorne was unified.
In fact, the Yronwood family is very similar to the Bolton family in the north. As vassals second only to the lord, they have always had the ambition to replace them.
The Yronwood family has joined Ser Aegor Rivers' camp three times and participated in the Blackfire Rebellion. During the rebellion, they fought head-on with the Martell family who supported Targaryen.
But they ultimately lost the war, and House Martell still ruled Dorne.
Until the past twenty or thirty years, the relationship between the Yronwood family and the Martell family has undergone very magical changes.
When Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper, was sixteen years old, he had an affair with the mistress of Lord Edgar Yronwood, and was discovered by Lord Edgar, so he challenged him to a duel.
However, due to Red Viper's origin and age, both parties agreed to stop the duel at the sight of bloodshed.
But after both sides were injured at the same time, the Red Viper recovered quickly, but Earl Edgar lost his life due to ulceration of the wound.
Most members of the Yronwood family believe that the Red Viper put poison on the weapon and deliberately poisoned Lord Edgar.
Under this situation, the ruler of Dorne, Prince Doran, banished his brother Oberyn in order to repair the relationship between the two families, and also sent his son Quentin to Yronwood City to be raised.
The current Earl of the Yronwood family, Anders Yronwood, not only became a confidant of Prince Doran, he also served as Quentin's adoptive father, raising Quentin and his son Cletus Yronwood together.
Although many Yronwood people were still dissatisfied with this, under the suppression of Count Anders and Prince Doran, they could only remain silent.
Clang, Clang!
Two teenagers, holding blunt training swords, were competing with relatively unsophisticated swordsmanship on the roof of the abandoned tower of Yronwood Castle.
A handsome young aristocratic boy with blond hair and blue eyes, who is even better at swordsmanship.
He used a side kick to directly knock down the long sword in the hand of another black-haired boy with a strong build and ordinary appearance.
"I surrender! Cletus, your swordsmanship has grown again. Now, the time for me to compete with you is getting shorter and shorter."
The black-haired boy raised his hands in surrender and said to the blond boy with a smile on his face.
"Hey! Quentin, maybe it's because you are still a youngster. Therefore, the power of men has not been released yet!"
With a very slutty smile on his face, Cletus sat cross-legged on the roof of the building and winked at Quentin.
"Hey, don't laugh at me! Count Anders taught us that we must be responsible for women's honor.
I still hope to be with my future wife..."
Quentin, who is a relatively decent man, spoke seriously about the honor, responsibility, etc. taught by his adoptive father, Count Anders.
Before he finished speaking, Cletus waved his hands impatiently and interrupted: "Okay! I was taught a lesson by my father before, and now you are starting again.
Hey, if I had your status as a prince, those girls wouldn’t be able to rush to your door.”
"Since I was growing up, I didn't think there was anything special about my status as a prince.
Well, I suddenly feel a little urgent to urinate, so I’ll go pee next to you first.”
Quentin, who was talking, suddenly felt an urgent need to urinate. He told Cletus and ran to the other side of the tower, facing the corner and started peeing.
"The situation in Westeros... Casterly Rock has fallen, and the false king Joffrey only has a golden robe..."
While Quentin was letting out the water very comfortably, there was an intermittent sound of voices coming from below the tower.
This tower had long been abandoned, and almost no one came here. Quentin thought he had heard wrongly, and continued to tilt his head and listen carefully.
"...We are the Kings of Dorne...Kill Anders and Quentin!"
This time Quentin was very sure that he heard the voice, and it was also the secret that he wanted to kill himself and his adoptive father, Count Anders.
He didn't even care about the thing that was still full of water drops. He immediately picked up his pants and ran to the edge of the tower, looking down.
There was no one under the tower, and the person who just spoke no longer knew where he had gone.
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