For the Tyrell family in Highgarden, this sleepless night passed quickly during the proceedings.
Due to her health problems, the elderly Olenna went back to her palace to rest in the early morning. As time passed, the sun the next day cast rays of morning rays and illuminated the white marble of the outer wall of the high court.
Winter, winter!
A rapid sound of wooden sticks hitting the ground woke up Olenna, who had a light sleep. She did not open her eyes immediately, but closed her eyes and fell asleep and quietly listened to the sounds outside the door.
"Right hand, go in quickly and tell me that I want to see grandma!"
"Lord Vilas, Madam hasn't rested for long. If it's not an emergency..."
"It's an urgent matter! Go and report it!"
Hearing this, Olenna opened her eyes and sat up, and whispered to the maid keeping watch in the corner of the room: "Go out and tell your right hand to let Vilas in!"
"yes!"
Squeak!
The solid wooden door with exquisite rose patterns was pushed open, and then an excited Vilas rushed into the room and reported to Olenna Hui, who was sitting on the comfortable big bed:
"Grandma, according to the report from the guards at the west gate, Randyll Tully has returned from the direction of the Crake Hall with thousands of soldiers. He is now heading towards the inner fort."
"Landao returned early with thousands of soldiers? Well, this is indeed a good thing for us to defend Highgarden. However, I think there may also be some problems on your father's side."
When Olenna heard the news, her eyes subconsciously moved left and right and then she answered.
"No, don't worry, grandma! If my father brings 50,000 troops to attack the Yangji Hall with only a few thousand people, there will definitely be no problem.
Maybe Earl Landau was sent back by his father to report the good news of victory!"
Villas didn't think there would be any problems on his father's side, and he comforted Olenna with a very positive tone.
While Willas was answering, the other twin guard also came to Olenna's bedroom with his left hand.
After Olenna extended her hand to him to wait a moment, she said to Willas: "Willas, take Margaery to the gate of the inner castle and wait for Earl Randyll.
Give him a brief introduction to Highgarden and Tywin's plans."
"Okay, grandma!"
"Wait, remember to be polite and gentle. After all, he is your elder!"
"Grandma, don't worry, I understand!"
After Willas turned around and left the palace, the tall and burly left hand saluted with an angry voice and reported: "Madam, I have found the murderer of Renly II!
She was the maid who had accompanied him to Highgarden, and she was also the only outsider who had access to the food in the inner castle.
After she poisoned Renly II's dessert yesterday afternoon, she found an excuse to leave the inner castle, and finally escaped from the Rose Avenue towards King's Landing.
I led people to hunt her all night last night, and finally captured her in an area close to New Barrel City.
Through interrogation, she confessed that she received an order from ‘Littlefinger’ Petyr Baelish to carry out the assassination!”
"Haha, this is also one of Tywin's tricks to show me! It seems that Littlefinger, who uses women's bodies to obtain dirty money, has many spies planted by Tywin among his subordinates."
After hearing this, Olenna replied to her left hand, while getting up from the comfortable big bed and walking to the wardrobe in the corner of the room. As if she thought of something, she snorted with gloomy eyes and continued,
"Huh, luckily Margaery seldom eats desserts to protect her white and neat teeth. Otherwise..."
The maid in the corner saw Olenna's actions and immediately stepped forward to help her change her clothes.
"Madam, what should I do with this maid?"
"Bury it! The plants in our garden just lack enough fertilizer. Also, she definitely doesn't carry the Tears of Lys with her at all times. There are some mice in the High Garden.
Follow this line to find them all and bury them in the garden to use as fertilizer!"
"yes!"
Listening to Olenna's casual conversation with her left hand, the maid who was waiting for her to change clothes couldn't help feeling a chill down her back, and her hands couldn't help but tremble a little.
Feeling this, Olenna patted the back of the maid's hand with her backhand, and said in a soft tone: "Don't worry, the sharp thorns of the rose will only prick the hands that try to reach out to pick it!"
The warm sun gradually rose, and brother and sister Willas and Margaery accompanied the stern-faced Earl Landau into the throne room.
After seeing Olenna sitting and waiting with a smile on her face, Lord Randyll lowered his head and saluted, then went straight to the topic: "Lady Olenna, regarding Tywin Lannister's letter, have you made a choice?
?”
"Of course not, this is a choice that will determine the future of the entire Riverbend Kingdom. I just want to use Earl Landau's wisdom now.
From your perspective, what do you think I should choose?"
When Olenna heard this, she shook her head and complimented Earl Randyll a little.
"Lady Olenna, we in Highgarden have always had rumors about Robb Stark. This time I saw him with my own eyes during the siege of Crake Hall.
He has a group of huge and terrifying direwolves. And his own strength can be regarded as the top level in Westeros.
The most important thing is...his ice magic that can almost influence the situation of the battle!"
Upon hearing Olenna's question, Lord Randyll, who was upright yet shrewd, did not answer directly. Instead, he introduced Robb in his eyes by answering the question.
"A pack of direwolves? How big are they? Can anyone really raise direwolves?"
"Ice magic? The kind that turns water into ice when you perform a trick?"
Lord Landau had just finished speaking a long paragraph and was taking a breath. Vilas and Margaery, who were behind him, interrupted at the same time to ask about topics they were more concerned about.
"Ahem, don't be rude, you two! Let Lord Landau finish his sentence!"
Seeing the performance of Margaery and the others, Olenna frowned and coughed lightly.
"Sorry, Lord Randyll!"
After being scolded by Olenna, the Margaery brothers immediately bowed and apologized to Lord Landau.
"It's okay, I'll answer your questions later."
Earl Landau tilted his head to answer them, then turned to Olenna and continued,
"I just talked about Robb Stark's combat prowess, and let's talk about his wisdom. Tywin, who is famous for his strategy in Westeros, has always been defeated by him, and now even the Western Territory is occupied by him.
In the recent battle in Deep Cave City, although there were thirty to forty thousand new recruits who were just pretending to deceive everyone, under Tywin's leadership they could at least hold off the enemy for several days.
But in just two or three days, Robb defeated the 30,000 to 40,000 troops and rushed to the rescue of Yangji Hall in time. From this, we can also see that he has battlefield judgment and execution ability."
"Well, Lord Randyll has a very high opinion of Robb Stark. So, you mean to ask me to ally with him?"
After hearing what Count Randyll said, how could Olena not understand what he meant by these words.
"Yes, Lady Olenna! Maybe he has stayed in the gold pile in the West for too long. Tywin Lannister only has interests in his eyes. He treats the covenant he signed with you as waste paper and has no sense of honor.
Robb Stark should be deeply influenced by his father Eddard Stark and will do his best to fulfill the promises he made.
The nobles of the West who fled to Highgarden were because of the promise Robb Stark made to Tywin Lannister at Riverrun a few months ago in exchange for prisoners of the West.
And in my opinion, the North lacks allies!
The southern countries are generally prejudiced against the northerners. The Tully family in the Riverlands that he originally relied on was mostly destroyed by Tywin's army. The valley is still in civil strife.
Moreover, if the Vale is really completely controlled by Littlefinger, he should fall to the Iron Throne.
As for the squids of the Iron Islands, with his wisdom he should be able to understand that it is impossible for them to rule the Seven Kingdoms!
Therefore, just like Lord Harlan Tyrell dedicated Highgarden to Yin Geng Targaryen.
As long as we successfully form an alliance with the North, he will definitely give us enough benefits for his own reputation.
The most important thing is that Robb Stark is young enough and doesn’t have a queen yet!”
After seeing that Olenna understood what he meant, Earl Randyll simply said all the thoughts in his mind. At the end of the sentence, his eyes were on Margaery, who was standing beside her.
After listening to Earl Randyll's words, Olenna and Willas also focused their eyes on Margaery.
Feeling everyone's gaze, he roughly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
Margaery bit her red lower lip and said: "Grandma, for the Tyrell family, even if Robb Stark looks ugly and vicious and loves to eat human flesh, I can still marry him.
As long as...as long as I can become the queen!"
"Margery, don't worry!
Now, whether we choose Robb Stark or Tywin Lannister, our Kingdom of the River will become the Riverland again. But we have to sell ourselves for a good price!
Although it sounds like Robb Stark has more advantages, I still can’t accept his new method that allows commoners to obtain fiefs and be promoted to dukes at the highest level!”
Seeing that Margaery could accept Robb who was full of negative rumors for the sake of the family's interests, Olenna spoke with some emotion.
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Earl Landau, who heard their conversation on the side, was suddenly filled with surprise, and he immediately said,
"Please don't believe those rumors. Robb Stark is handsome and has the bearing of a king. As far as I know, his new method can only be promoted to the knight class at the highest level, and it must be reviewed by the nobles.
How big can a knight's fiefdom be? If he can really win this war, he will have enough land to reward him."
"Oh? So, I was deceived by Tywin again?"
"Lady Olenna, Queen Margaery and all the ladies! There is a raven letter from Crake Hall!"
While everyone in the throne room was having a lively discussion, Maester Lomis, who served in Highgarden, came to Olenna from the passage behind the throne room with a raven letter.
"Is it a letter from Mace? Just tell me, Maester Lomis! There are no outsiders here!"
When Olenna heard this, she directly asked Maester Lomis to reveal the news about the raven letter.
"It's a letter from Robb Stark. He said in the letter that he had captured the Duke of Mace, Ser Garlan, Ser Loras and more than 40,000 soldiers of the Reach Kingdom, and asked us to pay them a corresponding ransom!
The end of the letter is stamped with the Duke’s rose seal, it looks like it must be genuine!”
Bachelor Lomis, who had read the contents of the letter a long time ago, heard the words and carefully revealed the contents of the letter.
Snapped!
After listening to what Bachelor Lomis said, Olenna tapped her forehead with one hand and said with an angry tone: "Hey, fifty thousand people were captured by thousands of people! My wise son
Must be aware of the difficulties we are encountering now.
This is helping us make a choice!”
"Lady Olenna, this cannot be entirely blamed on the Duke of Mace. The strength shown by Robb Stark has already exceeded the level of ordinary warfare.
Maybe only the resurrection of the Targaryen dragon can suppress him!"
As soon as Olenna said this, Count Landau, who had been targeted by the Duke of Metz, took the initiative to explain to him.
"A dragon?"
Olenna repeated Earl Landau's words in her mouth, and then she spoke with a firm look on her face and said to Earl Landau,
"Earl Randyll, Willas will assist you in guarding Highgarden from now on. Of course, you have the absolute right to deny his opinions.
No matter what you think of, I need you to hold on until reinforcements arrive!"
"yes!"
Earl Randyll and Vilas looked at each other, immediately saluted and accepted the order, then turned and left the throne room.
"Margaery, I will ask my right hand to lead the people to protect you and the gifts for Robb Stark to Crake Hall.
If Robb Stark is really who Lord Randyll said, then this is your best chance to become the Queen of the Seven Kings.
When discussing the terms of alliance, you can try to relax your bottom line. Just like the ancestors of the Tyrell family, we give it out first, and then take it back!
Okay, that’s all. I believe you can successfully form an alliance with the Stark family on behalf of the Tyrell family!”
After seeing Earl Randyll and Vilas leave, Olenna looked at Margaery with gentle eyes and said.
"I understand, grandma!"
Margaery, whose eyes sparkled inexplicably when she heard Lord Landau's description just now, answered with a sweet smile on her fair and pretty face.
"Right hand, you should know what you have to do. By the way, tell your left hand to bury the three envoys of the Lannister family in the garden."
"As you command!"
As Olenna, who actually controls the Tyrell family, makes her decision, the entire Highgarden becomes busy. There are still about three days until the combined army against the Reach Kingdom arrives in Highgarden.
…
Da da da!
On the Golden Road, a group of Lannister family cavalry numbering at least a thousand people was riding forward.
Tywin, who was wearing gorgeous armor and with a red ribbon on his shoulders, and Magro, whose left arm was bandaged, were protected by these Lannister cavalry in the middle of the team.
In front of the Golden Road, facing the menacing cavalry troops flying the banners of the great nobles, various civilians and merchants at the temporary gathering place immediately moved towards both sides of the road in a panic to get out of the way.
A man wrapped in a cloak and wearing a sword was incompatible with the people who were leaving the Golden Road in a panic. He walked against the road to the middle of the road, then lowered his head and waited quietly.
Hey~~
"What are you doing? How dare you block the Prime Minister's path? Get out of here!"
Approaching the Lion's Gate in King's Landing, the Lannister family cavalry at the front saw this ignorant man with a sword and immediately drew out his sword and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, the man with the sword raised his ugly face covered with burns and scars and said loudly: "I am Jaime Lannister, and I want to see my father!"
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