The ancient old city has undergone earth-shaking changes. The city walls have been extended outwards to expand the scale of the city. Magnificent wonders have risen from the ground. Children who once played knight games have grown up into heroic teenagers.
"His Majesty."
A young man with blue eyes, auburn hair, and a sturdy build, with a serious and meticulous face, first knocked on the door, then opened the door and spoke.
"People have been brought here."
This auburn-haired boy is none other than Robb Stark, Viserys's attendant. He has been following Viserys for several years and is now sixteen years old.
Perhaps it won't be long before he leaves King's Landing and returns to his hometown to take over the position of Governor of the North.
Of course, this is what Robb has been looking forward to.
Now the Governor of the North is still under the care of Lord Rickard Karstark, although his mother Lady Catelyn told him that Lord Rickard is trustworthy, and Rickard Karstark writes to Robb regularly.
Write a letter and report to him on the situation in the north.
But Robb still felt that power should be in his own hands before he felt at ease, and he didn't like Rickard Karstark calling him 'Young Master' in the letter, and he also seemed to be coaxing a child between the lines.
Usually coax him.
"I'm not a kid!"
"I've grown up!"
Therefore, Robb roared loudly in his heart every time he received a letter from the north.
But now that his mother, Lady Catelyn, has returned to Winterfell with her younger brothers and sisters, Robb has no one to talk to.
He couldn't tell this to his sister Sansa, who was the Queen's maid, so he could only keep these resentments in his heart.
And after so many years, everyone's things and things are changing, and Viserys will naturally not remain unchanged.
He was sitting on a chair with his back to the desk, stroking his fingers gently, as if he was looking at the sea in the distance, but in fact he was closing his eyes to rest, because he could see the sea outside without his eyes.
Viserys's appearance has not changed much in the past few years. If he insists on saying that he has, it would be that there are many traces of unshaved stubble on his chin and lip.
However, compared to the young man who was standing aside and pretending to be mature, the change in Viserys's aura was even more drastic.
He doesn't need a beard as a symbol of a mature and majestic man. He just sits there without speaking, or a movement of his fingers or a slight change in his eyes can make people restless.
And now the person brought by Robb Stark is the captain of the Stormrage who was chatting in the throne room yesterday. Asha trusts her right-hand man, 'One-Eyed' Romy Pike.
He has an important mission, which cannot be told in front of the throne room of five hundred people, as Tyrion Lannister, His Majesty's personal advisor, told them yesterday.
Tyrion would convey this matter on his behalf, which is why Viserys found him alone today.
"His Majesty."
Although he had met His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire in the throne room during the day yesterday, today's meeting alone still made the Iron Islands bastard wearing a black eye patch feel nervous.
After all, given his background, if it weren't for chance, he would never have been able to set foot in the throne room, let alone meet the emperor alone in the palace.
Valley/span> "Your Majesty."
"Lord Asha Greyjoy asked me to bring this here."
Romy Pike then took out a letter from his arms, stamped with the Greyjoy family's clay crest, and handed it to Robb Stark, who was a squire.
Robb took the letter in his hand and briefly checked that it was not poisoned, then respectfully handed it into Viserys's hands.
And Viserys took the letter, and with a slight swipe of his finger, he cut the envelope as accurately as a knife, and then pulled out the letter paper inside. Everything Asha Greyjoy wanted to say
The words are all above.
After reading the entire letter, Viserys' eyes flickered slightly, and he was silent for a long time.
On the other side, Robb Stark glanced at the Iron Islands bastard beside him. As for the one-eyed captain, he looked confused because he didn't know what was written in the letter.
"Asha Greyjoy has meritorious service in her expedition and pioneering work."
"Canonized as the Grand Duke of the Summer Islands, enjoys inheritance from generation to generation, and the shadow of his descendants."
Viserys sat behind the desk and didn't speak for a long time after reading the letter, and then he spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he consecrated Asha Greyjoy with the highest title that the Empire had ever conferred since its establishment, even higher than the Duke of Summerhall conferred by Rhaenys and the Duke of Dragonstone by Daenerys.
Even bigger.
Because of Asha's success in the expedition, Viserys had promised her a high position before she set off, and she could choose any castle in the Seven Kingdoms after she returned.
She has also always wanted to fulfill her dream of being knighted as a woman and being called an 'adult'.
However, Asha's expedition this time was either by mistake or by chance, she opened up a vast land and directly captured the entire Midsummer Islands, becoming the unique queen on the Midsummer Islands.
Naturally, Viserys would not be so greedy and shameless as to grab land with his subordinates.
What's more, the Summer Islands are not a land claimed by the Iron Throne. Even the Valyrian Free Fortress has not conquered and ruled this land, although it is not too far away.
Perhaps because the land was barren at that time, the dragon kings of Valyria did not take it seriously.
Therefore, this is Asha's own pioneering work, and it should be regarded as her own land. On the surface, the letter written by Asha is to report the results of the war to the emperor of the empire, but in fact, the words written between the lines are "please praise me"
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Therefore, Viserys was not stingy and directly conferred the title of Grand Duchess on Asha Greyjoy, enjoying the inheritance from generation to generation. It was a real country and included the Principality of the Summer Islands as a vassal of the empire.
Inside.
Theoretically, from now on, the Principality of Midsummer Islands needs to provide supplies to the Empire, and the Empire also needs to provide protection to its vassal states. However, because the distance between the two parties is too far, there is a high probability that the relationship will only be a formal one.
However, the Principality of the Summer Islands as an empire's nail or outpost has been firmly embedded in the Summer Sea, and no one can easily pull it out.
And it also brought the influence of the empire along the sea to more distant places, such as Slaver's Bay, Sothoros Continent, Qarth, and even the countries and regions around the Jade Sea, Great Morak Island, Thunder Road, and the Golden Celestial Empire.
etc.
The goal that Viserys originally wanted has actually been achieved or even exceeded, so naturally he will not be stingy.