Chapter five hundred and forty-one tear up the book of surrender
"Did our soldiers resist bravely on the battlefield?"
"Garland, Mace..."
Lady Olenna's opening remarks were simple, she raised her head and asked.
After hearing this, Viserys was silent for a moment, then smacked his lips and shook his head.
"It's not much different from what I expected."
Then he emphasized again.
"Sir Garland was killed in battle."
"Oh, I knew it, because we are proud golden roses."
After hearing Viserys' words, the old woman looked sad, and then shook her head mockingly.
"Garland is this stupid kid and the most stubborn in the Tyrell family, and Mace... he has been a coward since he was a child."
"But... we still chose to fight."
"Mace, Garan, and the child Loras, maybe their deaths are also destined."
The silver-haired old woman recited these names one by one with a hoarse voice. Although there was no expression on her face, these names were her flesh and blood and descendants.
"We paid a heavy price."
Then Lady Olenna, the 'Queen of Thorns', raised her head, looked at Viserys seriously with a pair of old yellow eyes and said.
"We fought and lost, Your Majesty."
"We also paid the due price."
"You have a powerful army that can sweep all the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, so the Iron Throne should naturally belong to you."
"But conquering the world and taking over the world are not the same thing."
Lady Olenna's eyes were piercing.
"A powerful army that sweeps across the seven countries can help you unify the world, but it cannot help you govern this country."
Although she lost the war and lost her son and grandson, the old woman still did not give up her intention to persuade Viserys to give up the change.
She wanted to convince Viserys by saying that the political system of the Seven Kingdoms since ancient times has been aristocratic autonomy.
The Iron Throne is his, and so is the king. He can order the nobles at will, launch wars, ask for money from the nobles if he has no money, marry a beautiful and noble queen, and even have hundreds of wives like Aegon the King.
Mistress, enjoy countless glory and wealth.
But the Queen of Thorns couldn't understand why Viserys had to take away the power of the nobles?
As long as Viserys nods, the Seven Kingdoms can be unified the next day and everyone will be happy, okay?
But there is one thing that Lady Olenna firmly believes: conquering the world and taking over the world are not the same thing.
Without the help of the nobles, Viserys would not be able to govern the country.
So she tried to use some words to persuade the silver-haired young man to give up his idea of changing. After all, she had eaten more salt than Viserys had eaten rice.
However, Viserys walked into this gorgeous room full of classical atmosphere and couldn't help but look around. Then his eyes fell on the brown girl and he looked away.
He heard the Queen of Thorns' words, but shook his head slightly.
Viserys pulled up a chair and sat directly opposite her, and then spoke.
"Mrs. Olenna, must the rules from ancient times be correct?"
The silver-haired old woman was slightly startled when she heard this. As the aloof 'Queen of Thorns', she had never thought about this problem.
"Why are nobles called nobles?"
Then Viserys looked at the grandfather and grandson in front of him, and continued to ask in a calm voice.
The old woman opened her mouth and was about to answer something, but was interrupted by Viserys.
"Because of noble blood?"
"Because they are smarter or more capable?"
In fact, there are not a few famous idiot nobles in history. Viserys's words made Lady Olenna speechless. There seemed to be nothing special about nobles.
Nobles are also human beings, and they will die if a knife pierces the heart. Even in their later years, when they get seriously ill, they still urinate and urinate on the bed, which does not look noble at all.
And their so-called noble bloodline does not seem to bring them anything extraordinary, such as being smarter or more powerful.
If the only ones in Westeros that can truly be considered noble are the Targaryen and Stark families.
The Targaryen family has "true dragon blood" and can establish a very good relationship with dragons and become partners with each other.
The bloodline of the Stark family is also very mysterious, and its origin is unknown. They have the talent to become green seers, and they seem to have some inseparable connection with the White Walkers and the old gods.
Except for the Targaryens and Starks, the other families in the Seven Kingdoms seemed to be just ordinary people who seized the opportunity first and had a first-come advantage.
The old woman was speechless by Viserys' words.
The brown-haired girl on the other side had tears in her eyes, and she looked at Viserys with fear in her eyes.
Then Lady Olenna, who was wearing a gauze scarf, took a deep breath, laughed at herself and shook her head.
"Old, old"
"People used to call me the 'Queen of Thorns' because they were always 'pricked' by my words. They all said my words were sharp and mean."
"But now I can't even speak to a young man younger than Vilas."
After saying that, the silver-haired old woman raised her head and looked at Viserys, and asked seriously.
"In that case, Your Majesty."
"My son and two grandsons have died in the hands of your soldiers, how are you going to punish the Tyrell family."
Viserys also looked at the Queen of Thorns and then spoke in a calm voice, leaving no room for doubt.
"Leave all your wealth and leave Highgarden. Vilas made a promise when he surrendered."
"But Highgarden is our home. Where can we go if we leave here?"
Although Mrs. Olenna had thought of this possible outcome in advance, she still couldn't help but twitch her cheek.
The severity of this punishment is even more cruel than that of the Tully family in the Riverlands. It seems that there is a big difference between surrendering early and surrendering late.
The Tully family was only stripped of their status as lord and the title of duke, but they were still able to retain Riverrun, while the Tyrell family could not even keep Highgarden.
"Star Shuttle City."
"The Peake family has no heir."
Viserys had already thought of a place for the Tyrell family.
In fact, just before setting off, he had personally consecrated Willas Tyrell as the Earl of Starshuttle City.
The political meaning represented by this made many Dornish nobles who watched the ceremony look askance. They couldn't help but discuss and speculate on what the political map of the kingdom would be like in the future.
As for the Dothraki, they have not considered these issues at all. Their life consists of killing and sleeping people apart from eating and sleeping.
They also couldn't understand the hidden meaning behind Viserys's personal appointment of Willas Tyrell as Earl of Starshuttle City, and they didn't want to think about it.
The Dothraki army occupied Highgarden. Since there was no battle, they did not have too much time to repair this time, and then headed straight for the next target.
Old Town.
If the wolf wants to eat meat, no one can stop it.
Although Viserys is tolerant of the Tyrell family, it does not mean that he does not have a thunderous side.
His Majesty the King stopped briefly in Highgarden and tore up three letters of surrender from the Hightowers.
He decided to destroy the largest, most wealthy and powerful noble in the Reach, the Hightower family of Oldtown.