The knights were preparing for a lunch break after simply eating some food in the Lannister mansion. The hound Sandor was holding a sausage as a snack and stood at the door chewing it slowly.
It's just past noon now, and if everything goes well, we can leave the city before dark tonight.
Since entering King's Landing, the Hound's heartbeat has been very fast. He is worried about being discovered and looks at every servant with vigilance. For Lancel Lannister who walked out of Cersei's room before, the Hound only gave him
Think of him as a male favorite! A plaything! If he were not Sir Kevan's son, I would never greet such a person.
Duny never came out after entering the bedroom. He dared to break into the bedroom, but the hunting dog did not dare, so he could only tell the maids to pack their luggage first.
The longer he waited, the more anxious he became. The hunting dog came in and out of the door several times. Finally, when the bedroom door opened, he hurried over.
"Madam, let's leave King's Landing quickly!"
Cersei had already put on her clothes and was talking and laughing with Duny who was following her. Suddenly, the conversation was interrupted by an ugly man. Cersei was very unhappy and looked at the hound with a half-smile: "Are you going to order me?
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"No, you will be in danger in King's Landing!" I am still thinking about this at this time. If it were not for Tywin, the hound would not want to deal with her at all.
"If it's not you, just get out of my way!" Cersei led Duny to the balcony.
"Get out of the way!" Donnie deliberately came to the hound as he walked by and looked at the hound with disdain.
At this time, the hunting dog had an idea in his mind, as long as they are discovered, you will die if you go back! Why not draw your sword and kill the two of them to get rid of them as soon as possible!
Fortunately, the hound's mind was firm enough and he did not continue to think too deeply. He quickly caught up with the two of them: "Madam, you have no friends here and you have no business to do here. Why do you still stay here?"
"I love wherever I am, no one can control me!" Cersei has no reason, she is just angry!
Everything is Werther's fault, it's all that fat Robert's fault! The Red Keep in front of him was originally his, and the entire King's Landing was his! Back then, he was driven out of King's Landing like a dog, and his father Tywin arranged to fake his death.
, now that the king is out on patrol, the family’s lackeys still dare not stay in King’s Landing?
"Coward!"
"I..." The hunting dog was cursing his mother in his heart. The person who was about to be beheaded was not in a hurry. He was a little knight jumping up and down! With a heartbeat, he turned around and left. He didn't care about this anymore. He was going to find a tavern to drink him first.<
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On the balcony on the second floor of the mansion, Cersei pointed to the Red Keep and the streets, and was telling Duny how prosperous she was back then.
"Haha, is the archbishop who presided over your wedding dead?" Donnie asked.
"I didn't know. I heard that he was so fat that he needed to be carried when he walked." Cersei suddenly thought that her son was almost 14 years old and was about to get married, and she felt happy: "You will also get married soon, and you have someone you like.
?"
When he heard about women, Donnie's face was full of boredom: "What's so good about women? They can't even walk when we go hunting!"
"You also want to get married and have children. If there is no girl you like, then I will find one for you." Cersei began to think about which family has girls of the right age.
"What's so good about getting married? I'd rather learn martial arts with James than get married!" James' wife starved to death, which still left a shadow in Donnie's heart. When he thinks about getting married, the man who has taken care of him for many years will appear in his mind.
woman, and her miserable wailing for several days before her death.
Cersei suddenly asked: "You don't like women?"
Donnie also answered categorically: "I don't like women!"
"Then you like men?" Cersei was a little worried. Although she didn't know her, she heard that there were many such people.
Duny was shocked by Cersei's thoughts and shouted: "How could I like a man! I just don't want to get married so early!"
Her son doesn't like women, nor does he like men! Cersei didn't answer, and began to observe Duny carefully. He was already as tall as herself, with blond hair and a face very similar to Jaime. Cersei suddenly held a hand in his hand.
Looking at Donnie's face, I found that although he is 14 years old, he only has a few downy beards on his mouth!
"So that's it!" After understanding the reason, Cersei no longer insisted on her opinion and chatted with Duny about other topics.
The two people chatting on the balcony, and the hunting dog wearing a burqa and going out to drink, didn't know that since they stepped into this mansion, three forces have been eyeing them.
If a commoner or businessman comes to the city, they may not receive so much attention, but this is a mansion area. The Lannister family's mansion is apparently owned by a businessman from the West, but it is necessary to find out the real owner of the mansion. How can he control the power?
It is not difficult for people.
The few children at the door wearing clean clothes and playing on the street are Wallis's little birds. Werther picked up the poorest orphans, some children who were born in low-income families or in entertainment venues and still had a place to live.
There are many more in the city. If you give them some pocket money, you can let them spread some news. It is easy to control these children with Varys's methods.
There were several young people chatting at the intersection of the street. They were wearing tight-fitting trousers, inferior long swords hanging from their belts, and some even had gold-plated chains hanging around their necks. They were thugs in entertainment venues, or were doing some gang work.
Bank loan collectors gather in twos and threes throughout the city, their eyes always looking at the bodies of passing women and the pockets of businessmen.
Some of these smart people have business dealings with Stannis's casino, and naturally they have contact with Tyrosh's intelligence chief Ismon.
The third force is the Golden Robes in the city. Robert teamed up with Werther to carry out a large-scale purge of orphans and criminals in King's Landing. Those who committed serious crimes went to guard the Great Wall, and those who committed minor crimes went to Tyrosh to become a navy.
Nowadays, the public security in the city is very good. When the golden robes are free, they deliberately find something to do. Their favorite activity is to exchange jokes about the adultery of the nobles in the city. Therefore, many golden robes like to hang out in the mansion area, which is euphemistically called
Patrol.
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King Robert's parade stopped at the Cider Hall in the Reach, the castle of House Fossoway.
The old earl is seriously ill and can no longer move freely. Now it is Sir Edway Fossoway and his younger brother Brian Fossoway who are busy presiding over the family affairs.
When the accompanying team set up camp, Robert just arrived at the castle gate and looked at the people standing in a row to greet him and found that there were a few missing.
Robert greeted them with a smile, and then asked: "Where is your sister Leonie? Why don't you see her?"
Sir Edwin smiled broadly, but he was very scared: "My sister has gone to find their fiancé."
"Fiancé? I heard that Leonie Fossoway is one of the rare beauties in the Reach. Countless young people pursue her without showing any interest in her. When did she get engaged?" Robert's information is also very well-informed.
Sir Edway quickly explained: "Two weeks ago, I went to Highgarden on behalf of my father and negotiated with Lady Olenna about the marriage contract between my sister Leonie and Garland Tyrell. The Duke of Mace also wrote back and agreed to this.
Family affairs."
Robert turned around and looked at the Duke of Metz who was sweating profusely from running.
The Duke of Metz asked what happened and then said to Robert: "Yes, I did reply to the letter, when I was in Green Valley City two weeks ago."
"Then why didn't you tell me about this?" Robert was a little embarrassed about finding a woman and wanted to change the subject.
Metz wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief: "Garland is my second son. His marriage is not a big deal, so I didn't mention it in front of His Majesty the King."
"Well! That's over. We finally met, so let's have a drink first!" Robert greeted everyone into the castle, preparing to hold a banquet first.
Brian looked at the king who entered the banquet hall with his brother, pulled the Duke of Metz and asked in a low voice: "Duke of Metz, the king's hair?"
After speaking, he touched the hair above his ears with his hand.
"The king is not young anymore. He may have been overworked recently and has started to lose his hair." The Duke of Metz touched his bald head. He had lost his hair since he was in his thirties.<
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"It seems that I have to pay more attention." Brian smiled and called Mace in, but he still felt that the king's hair fell a little unnaturally. The king deliberately grew his hair long and even tried to cover it up. The hair above his ears was
His hair looked like it had been chewed by a dog, with pieces missing here and there.
And his sister Leonie Fossoway was engaged to Garlan Tyrell, and she was indeed sent away. At this time, she was passing through the Stormlands and preparing to go to the Stepstone Islands.
King Robert was on a tour, bringing with him a large number of officials and entourage from the country, but in his hometown in the Stormlands, I didn’t hear that he handled any government affairs along the way. It was all handled by the ministers of the Royal Council. More glorious deeds about the king are from him
Which girl did he sleep with again?
After Robert's ridiculous things were spread, the people in the Reach were not as enthusiastic about Robert as the people in the Stormland. The king found a woman who would be the queen, and found a few women to call his lovers. If there were more women, they would be in the entertainment industry.
Women. Moreover, it has been spread that Robert has many illegitimate children. Letting his daughter follow Robert has no status at all.
Therefore, before Robert finished his tour of the Stormlands and entered the Reach, a large number of nobles began to move around each other to seek marriage opportunities for their children, not wanting their daughters to fall into the hands of Robert. The arrival of the king gave birth to the nobles of the Reach.
A great blood fusion.
A week later, the king's team entered Highgarden, and Robert planned to stay here for at least a month.
The clipper Andrew Ismond was on sailed around the southern waters of Dorne, passed through the Mander River, and arrived at Highgarden to prepare to meet Robert.
The castle of Highgarden is full of green plants and blooming flowers. Andrew planned to finish the business first and then enjoy it slowly. The Kingsguard took him to the king's bedroom. The attentive Andrew found that the closer he got to the bedroom, the more guards there were. The king
It's normal to have many guards around you, but the expressions on these people's faces are abnormal. Something happened to Robert?
Andrew began to worry, so he changed the wooden box on his hand to his left hand, and his right hand was stuck on the belt with his thumb casually. In this posture, the right hand was closest to the hilt of the sword, and he could draw the sword at any time.
"Your Majesty, Lord Andrew Ismond has arrived."
"Let him in!" It was Robert's voice, which sounded strong but a little hoarse. Feeling that nothing was wrong, Andrew nodded to the Kingsguard and opened the bedroom door.
The luxurious bedroom was filled with the scent of incense, which was processed from dried flowers unique to Highgarden. I had smelled this scent myself, and it was non-toxic. Andrew carefully looked at every detail of the bedroom.
There is a large screen in the middle of the bedroom, and several chairs are placed in front of the screen. The meaning is obvious. The king does not see anyone, and sometimes communicates through the screen.
"Your Majesty the King?" Andrew asked softly.
"I'm behind. If you come here, tell me if you have anything important to do!" Robert's voice came from behind the screen, and there were other people's footsteps beside him.
It’s better for the king to have fun! I like this semi-public tone.
Ismond smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed to slits, and some indescribable scenes came to mind, but he immediately straightened up: "Your Majesty, Duke Werther asked me to come and deliver a secret letter! The letter is in my hand.
How can I give it to you in the box above?"
Robert did not show up, but a man walked out from behind the screen and prepared to hand something to him.
"Grand Maester Pycelle!" Ismon was surprised when he saw the person behind the screen. Robert, who was hiding behind the screen, did not dare to see anyone. He was not a woman but a Grand Maester. There must be something wrong: "Robert is
Not sick?"
"I'm fine! Give it to Pycelle quickly!" Robert shouted again.
Something must have happened to Robert! Instead of giving the box to the Grand Maester, Ysmond began to cry out loudly: "O cousin! O king! You are the backbone of our Stormlanders. If you have any shortcomings, Duke Werther will still
Why don’t you lift the cover of my heavenly spirit!”
Robert behind the screen was furious when he heard this: "Ismon, shut up!"
Grand Maester Pycelle also said: "His Majesty the King is just sick, but he is in very good spirits and can eat and sleep."
"Impossible! Don't I know what kind of character my eldest cousin is? Either let me go in and have a look, or I will go back to Tyrosh immediately and ask Duke Werther to come over!" The two families are relatives, and Ismon must take advantage of this now.
Determine what happened to Robert.
Robert had no choice but to sigh and said: "Grand Maester Pycelle, please let him in!"
Andrew walked around the screen and saw Robert. At this time, Robert was only wearing a pair of loose shorts, sitting shirtless on a wooden stool and looking out the window.
Robert's fat arms, legs, back and chest are all covered with scars, which were left when he was training and fighting when he was young, which means that he was once a powerful warrior.
In addition to these scars, there are many pustules on the other skin, some have just grown out, and some have broken and dried, becoming a rough small round scar. There are others all over Robert's body, some like at the bottom of the skin
Red spots of different sizes, some are flat and some are slightly raised.
Several assistant maesters are using fine needles to prick Robert's pustules, and then clean them with water and white cloth. A magician from the city is sitting next to him to treat the pricked wounds.
After a period of treatment, except for the red spots on Robert's body and his slightly hoarse voice, there was nothing wrong with Robert wearing high-necked clothes.
"Are you really sick? Have you sought treatment from a magician?" It's better that the person is not dead. Andrew thought Robert was missing arms and legs.
"There is a child of the forest in Highgarden. She has cast healing spells but it has no effect. The city's restoration magician made it clear that magic can only relieve the king's pain, but cannot cure the disease." Grand Maester Pycelle held the hand.
He also took the necklace that Werther gave to the king to resist diseases. The magicians confirmed that it was a real magic item. The children of the forest also said that the necklace could resist common diseases. However, the king often did not wear the necklace because it was too cumbersome, so he contracted this disease.
Disease.
Andrew asked Robert: "Is this disease serious?"
"It's just a minor illness. Who hasn't had sores in their youth? Apart from these things on my body, I'm in good spirits! Give me Werther's things!" Robert stretched out his hand, and Andrew took the wooden box. Andrew looked at Grand Maester Pycelle next to him and felt that he had not truthfully informed the king of his condition.
Grand Maester Pycelle also looked at Andrew and made a gesture with his hand, indicating that he would talk after he went out.
"Send Varys over here!" Robert folded the letter and placed it on the table.
Not long after, Wallis came into the bedroom with a fragrant scent. Andrew looked at the fat man who did the same job as himself, and his face was always full of smiles.
But Andrew felt there was a hint of sinisterness in his eyes now, because Wallis had a pendant on his chest. Even if he hid it in his clothes, he could see from the outline that it was a human finger bone. This should be his
The finger bones of the person he was closest to or hated. According to his own intelligence, this finger bone most likely belonged to his dead friend Osiris.