Chapter eight hundred and eighty fifth harem struggle for power
The return of Queens Rhaenys and Daenerys has disrupted the stable political situation in King's Landing.
Because of the special period of the war, Viserys was away from King's Landing, and Daenerys and Rhaenys went to guard the border as dragon knights. Therefore, no one would object to entrusting the Iron Throne to the Great Queen Arianne.
However, the two queens Rhaenys and Daenerys returned to King's Landing after the war. Their identities were equal, so naturally they could not still obey Arianne's orders, so the contradiction emerged.
Daenerys, who looks weak but actually has a strong heart, was the first to stand up against Arianne's rule.
As the 'Mother of Dragons', the sister and wife of Emperor Viserys I, and one of the dragon knights of the Targaryen family, Daenerys has a high prestige among the people, even second only to Weiserys.
Siris himself.
However, Daenerys stood up to oppose the rule of her sister Arianne, which gave Rhaenys, the second wife of Viserys, a headache. She was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.
Arianne is Rhaenys's cousin, Prince Doran is her uncle, Rhaenys is also half Dornish, and the relationship between Daenerys and Rhaenys goes without saying.
Therefore, Rhaenys was caught in a dilemma. She could neither support Daenerys in resisting her sister's rule, nor could she stand on Arianne's side. Rhaenys could only mediate and try to ease the relationship between the two.
contradiction.
However, although Rhaenys had good intentions, her effect was minimal. The two queens openly fell out in the throne room, tit for tat, and during the period when His Majesty the Emperor was missing, news of the fire in the harem gradually spread in King's Landing.
It has become a topic of conversation among the people of Junlin after dinner, causing some bad effects and threatening the stability of the political situation.
Rhaenys originally wanted to reconcile, but after seeing this scene, she simply no longer wanted to continue to reconcile the conflict between Arianne and Daenerys. Her husband’s whereabouts are still unknown, although Rhaenys has a deep understanding of Wei.
Siris was very confident, but still slightly worried.
However, the female knights Mia, Bessie and others who received the black mist magic from Viserys all claimed that they could feel that Viserys was still alive, but in a strange state, and might be recuperating somewhere.
And Rhaenys and Daenerys's mounts Rhaegal and Viserion can also feel that their eldest brother Balerion is also alive.
Arianne, Daenerys and others were slightly relieved that Viserys and Balerion were okay.
But this is still not enough to reconcile the contradiction between them, because there is no room for compatibility between Arianne's strength and Daenerys's stronger personality.
Seeing that Rhaenys could not reconcile the conflict between the two, and she was worried about Viserys's condition, she simply turned out of sight and out of mind.
The Duke of Summerhall got on her mount Rhaegal and flew directly to the north to find the whereabouts of Viserys.
Among the three wives of Viserys, marrying Arianne is the responsibility of reviving the family, marrying Rhaenys is love, and marrying Daenerys is obligation.
Viserys's favorite woman is actually Rhaenys, and the relationship between the two is the deepest. For Rhaenys, the most irreplaceable person in the world is Viserys.
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Rhaenys rode the dragon Rhaegal alone to the north to find the whereabouts of her husband.
On the other side, Viserys left beyond the wall and flew to the Iron Islands on the black dragon Balerion.
Valley hernia
Although Viserys could use his soul to enter the divine realm, and then cross over to the Drowned God's territory to knock on the door and find him.
However, Viserys did not do this because he did not want R'hllor to know about this. If it was in the divine realm, he guessed that there was a high probability that nothing could be hidden from the leader of the gods.
The flight from the Land of Eternal Winter to the Iron Islands was not a short one. It passed through most of Westeros. It took Viserys several days riding a black dragon to finally fly over the Iron Islands. .
The next step is to find the location of the Palace of Flowing Waters, which is the palace of the Drowned God. According to legend, it was built on the bottom of the sea. People believe that the dead ironborn will be invited to have a feast at the Palace of Flowing Waters, and any of his wishes will be fulfilled by the mermaid.
Now on the beach of Old Wake Island, a slender man of about 20 years old with brown and black hair is being drowned, his head held down and immersed in the cold and biting sea water.
The 'Drowned' ritual is a very sacred tradition among the Ironborn, which symbolizes that the Ironborn sacrifice their bodies to the Drowned God so that they can find the Drowned God's palace after death.
The young man who was drowning now had his head pressed by the Drowned God's priest and was immersed in the water. At the same time, the priest was chanting something.
"Let your servant Theon Greyjoy be reborn from the sea like you! Give him the blessing of sea salt, give him the blessing of solid stone, and give him the blessing of steel!"
The long-haired Drowned Priest was chanting continuously, while on the other side, the Governor of the Iron Islands, Euron Greyjoy, stood under an arbor not far away and narrowed his eyes slightly while watching this scene.
"Euron, are you going to kill him?"
And a woman with long blond hair and a good temperament standing next to Euron said.
It was with Viserys' permission that she remarried Euron's former queen, Cersei Lannister, and now she has given birth to Euron's two children, a boy and a girl.
As for the person on the other side who was holding the drowning ceremony, it was Euron's good nephew Theon. Theon originally lived in Winterfell, but later fled to King's Landing with his adoptive mother Lady Catelyn. Theon met his sister Asha, so he Stayed in King's Landing.
However, after the long night, Theon was deceived by his uncle Euron. In the end, he mistakenly believed Euron's words, forgot his sister's instructions before leaving, and came to the Iron Islands to prepare to recognize his ancestor and return to his family.
After all, Theon has always regarded himself as the 'Prince of the Iron Islands' in King's Landing. Although everyone knows that he has nothing to do with the Iron Islands anymore, and even he was just a proton in the past, no one takes it seriously with a man who is trying to get into trouble. .
Theon was deceived by Euron. The Ironborn will one day come back to recognize their ancestors. Moreover, you are Balon's only son. How could I harm you?
Theon was so dizzy that he truly believed that his uncle would not attack him again after he had a son, so he followed Euron back to the Iron Islands.
The most important moment in an ironborn's life is to hold the 'Drowning Ceremony'.
This symbolizes that a child has officially grown into an ironborn, and it also means that Theon has finally returned to his hometown after wandering for many years.
However, in this drowning ritual, accidents occur very frequently.