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Chapter 122 Edmure's Wedding
After Robb caught James again outside the Golden Tooth City, he took the Lannister to the city and asked to open the door, but was refused by the nobles in charge of the city.

The noble in charge is Arthur's distant cousin, Janos Bracken.

After this person dedicated the Kingslayer to Kaifeng, he led people to stay in the Western Region Division.

After the Pianshi was defeated by Robb's night attack outside the city of the Twin Rivers, a large number of nobles and knights from the western region fell into the hands of the northerners.After Kevan returned to the Western Territory and James was captured again, Genos became the highest-ranking nobleman in the Western Territory Army guarding Golden Tooth City.

In order to express his willingness to surrender, Kevan always treated Genos like the noble earl of the western region, so after James was captured, he took over the command of Golden Tooth City.

As for the war between the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, there is an unspoken rule that no captive nobles should be killed, so James' life is naturally not in danger.So Genos naturally refused to open the door, guaranteeing that the Golden Tooth City was in the hands of the Western Territory Army.

This angered the Young Wolf Lord, and he ordered Arthur, who had made outstanding military achievements, to be the Earl of Stone Ledge City on the spot, to disgust Janos.

At first glance, after killing the Devil's Mountain, defending Harrenhal and Ruby Ford, there is nothing wrong with Arthur getting this reward.

But the problem is that Genos, the serious Earl of Shili City, is still alive, as are his legal heir Jayne and other five sisters, as well as Hendry, the heir he cultivated hard.

This is very embarrassing.

"From now on, in the North and the River Kingdom, you are the Earl of Bracken."

Patrick, who had returned to Harrenhal with the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front, came up to him, raised his right hand, and patted Arthur on the shoulder.

"Don't make trouble. The oathed knights and subordinate nobles of Shili City will not recognize me, they only recognize Genos who has sworn oath."

Genos jumped back to the western camp, and the condemnation only came from within the Fish Wolf Alliance. In the eyes of the nobles of the other five countries, this is a normal behavior of standing in line.

Because the great nobles are actually dual vassals, they are both vassals of the guardian family and vassals of the king, and they have all sworn oaths.

Therefore, after the conflict between the king and the guardian family, the great nobles in the area could fight for the king and the guardian family, and they could even wait for the price like the Frey family at the beginning of the War of the Five Kings.

Did not break the oath.

If it was just the war between Hejian and the Western Territory, Genos' behavior would definitely be looked down upon, but when Tywin led his army into Hejian, he had already become the Hand of the King, theoretically fighting on behalf of the king.

Therefore, Genos' behavior only made the Hejian people disgusted, and did not violate the basic rules of the nobles.

"I have an idea." Big fat Willis Manderly tapped his huge head, "Anyway, Janos's five daughters are all in Riverrun. After we went west to Riverrun to attend Edmure's wedding, Arthur, you can marry a beautiful one, and then inherit Stone Ledge City in a legitimate way."

This is also a way.

According to the rules of Westeros, daughters also have the right to inherit, but because women have no advantage in war, female house governors are often not common.

If a certain family governor has daughters and no children, the general practice is to choose a shrewd and capable successor from among the nephews.

If there is no nephew, the door-to-door son-in-law is often fine.

A certain King of Casterly Rock was Lannister's son-in-law, who changed his surname and inherited Casterly Rock City and the Kingdom of the West.

During Aegon's war of conquest, even if Orys Baratheon defeated the Storm King, he had to marry a Storm King's daughter and continue the Storm King's family emblem and clan language in order to stabilize the Stormlands.

According to the plot in the original book, after the Battle of the Blackwater River, Kevan's son Lancel got the city of Darry, but he had to marry Arielle Frey, the heir of the Darry family after the clan was exterminated, in order to become the Earl of Darry City safely.

This Ariel was the daughter of Meryl Frey and Maria Darry, named "Ariel the Porter" for her willingness to spread her legs for every knight who approached her.She was a good match for Lancel, who had become a sparrow and kept abstinence.

Willis' suggestion was endorsed by several elders.

But someone objected to this, "I think Sir Arthur should be allowed to choose who to marry, instead of us here making decisions for him."

Sansa, who put on a purple-gray slim-fit robe, expressed her opinion at the right time.

After returning to the people of the North, she no longer wore her hair in the bun popular among southern ladies, but resumed the habit of keeping her hair untied in Winterfell.

This made Sansa's long maroon curly hair hang down to her waist and hips, and combined with her slender and graceful figure, she looked very beautiful.

Arthur also said: "Yes, I'm not in a hurry to get married. What Willis said just now, what about going north to Riverrun and Edmure's wedding?"

He noticed this sentence, so he hoped that someone could solve his doubts.

"I forgot to explain to you." Willis slapped his huge head violently, "Master Edmure's arrow wound from the previous time was not fully healed, so he led people to block Tywin's main force in the western region, which is naturally nothing As a result, it gave him a few new injuries. Now everyone is rumoring that he may not live long, so the Frey family wants to fulfill the marriage contract ahead of schedule and let Edmure marry a certain Frey."

Patrick added a little contemptuously: "After hearing that Edmure was seriously injured again, the Frey family went crazy and sent the dowry and Old Frey's daughter to Riverrun, and then asked the Tully family to spread invitations and prepare The wedding is held. Lord Edmure is really unlucky, according to the appearance of old Walder, how can a Frey woman look good?"

Patrick is a face control, so he cares about whether he looks good or not.

"Weasel's tricks!" the haughty Robert let out a rough breath, "They just took a look at the shortcomings of Riverrun's order of succession, that's why they look so ugly."

Arthur thought for a while, what the Freys did was indeed unseemly.

In a normal marriage, how can you rush to send the bride and dowry over when the uncle is still seriously injured?

The reason they were in such a hurry was that they thought Edmure was dying.

Except for Dorne, in the other six countries, the order of succession of sons is higher than that of daughters.

So after the Duke of Hoster died, his only son Edmure was the undisputed Tully Governor and Guardian of the River.

After Edmure, his wife, and possibly any children were gone, it was his sister Catelyn and her children who would inherit Riverrun, and then Lysa and her son, who was also heir to the Vale Robin Arryn.

If Edmure didn't have time to fight hard to leave an offspring for the Tully family after getting married, then Riverrun would be managed by Edmure's wife just like Harrenhal now.

"When it comes to the order of succession, I suddenly wondered whether the inheritance of Harrenhal is also in Edmure's hands. If so, then the Frey family has really made a lot of money."

Herman Tauha, with his usual stern face, asked another important question.

"It's like this." Mrs. He'an was already very old, so she sat on the main seat of the Hundred Fire Hall and listened to the people chatting, and only interrupted when they talked about topics related to her.

The wife of the Duke of Horst is from the He'an family.

In the case where the main branch of her family is basically dead, the married daughters and their children have the right to inherit.

Although old Ward also married a Hoan, he was behind Mrs. Horst.

"That is to say, just by marrying a daughter, Weasel can get the claim of the two best castles in Riverland, tsk tsk tsk!"

Robert raised his head high and let out a disdainful tsk sound.

But everyone could understand clearly that his disdain was accompanied by obvious envy and jealousy.

"I will never allow such a thing to happen." Mrs. He'an usually spoke softly, but this time she spoke loudly.

It seemed that she was also annoyed by the behavior of the Freys.

After all, this is really an act of eating out.

"Li Cha, go and call the bachelor Tosmoy and the group of monks. I want to appoint my successor in front of all the adults and the gods in the sky."

At this moment Mrs. He'an is very heroic, with a wave of her old hand, her servant went to work.

"Ma'am, this is..." Big Fatty Willis blinked, puzzled.

"I will make Sansa my heir, to inherit Harrenhal and the county when I die."

This remark caused some commotion.

It stands to reason that Mrs. Horst's three children have the right to inherit, and they usually choose men, that is, the seriously injured Edmure and his unmarried wife Frey.

If Lady Hean had named Sansa Stark, there would be no Freys at Harrenhal.

It is not common to skip the normal heirs and designate someone whom the governor likes to inherit the family business, but it is not impossible.

In the original book, when he was in the west, Robb made a will, and made Jon Snow, who had become a night watchman, his heir.

Sansa immediately waved her hand, "How can this be done? I'm just a woman, and the world is in chaos now. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep your family business."

Harrenhal is the largest castle in the Riverlands. Although the fiefdom has been reduced, if it is managed carefully, it is enough to make its owner the overlord of the Three Rivers.

"Then I will appoint a strong and upright nobleman to help you guard until you reach adulthood." Mrs. He'an seemed to have made up her mind.

She turned to Arthur, "You led troops to rescue me, a dying man. At that time, my nephew Edmure was huddled in the city of Riverrun. From then on, I decided that you were worthy of entrustment. Now that I am dying, my The heir is a weak woman again, and I ask you to help manage and protect Harrenhal and its people until Sansa Stark is married, or until she thinks she can handle the county."

These two are quite a match, Mrs. He'an thought to herself.

Because of some of Edmure's ways, and the Freys' weasel-like ways, she was determined that Catelyn's children would inherit Harrenhal.

The reason for choosing Sansa is because of the five sons and daughters of Mrs. Stark, only Sansa is in front of her now.

And Sansa's long auburn hair reminded her often of her husband and sons.

Because this hair color is one of the hallmarks of the He'an family.

"No problem, ma'am." Arthur readily agreed.

He just needs a large territory to develop. Although Lord Young Wolf granted Shili City to him, Arthur has no foundation there.

This is the same reason that in the original book, Littlefinger was protected by Harrenhal and the river, but never went to the river to develop. He only developed in the valley and the Eagle's Nest where he had roots.

Right now the war is spreading across the riverlands, so Mrs. He'an allows Arthur to use Harrenhal.

But this permission also applies to all river nobles and allies.

With this incident now, Arthur can manage Harrenhal in a fair and honest manner, and collect needed supplies and manpower from the entire Earldom.

Although a large number of farmers fled to a safe place, many people chose to stay where they were.Using this group of people well is a big help.

Groups of monks, such as the old bachelor Tosmiao and the High Sparrow, will arrive soon.

Witnessed by the bachelor, the monks of the Seven Gods, and the nobles of Hejian in the north, Sansa Stark became the heir of Lady Hean, and Arthur became the temporary administrator of Harrenhal and the territory he belonged to.

"Manager" Arthur became Bracken's third title.

He had two titles of "Justice" and "Brave" before, but they were only passed on by word of mouth among ordinary people.

The title of "manager" is quite suitable to be recited among the nobles.

After the short ceremony, the old maesters and monks left, and the nobles were still discussing when to leave for Riverrun to attend the wedding.

After Robb ordered the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front to go west to fight against the small group of troops in the Western Territory that implemented the scorched earth policy, Willis and other three joint commanders dispersed and dispatched 8000 troops from the Bolton family, the Frey family, and the Stark family to the Fighting in the east of the lake, the west of the river, and the west of the river, the purpose is to eliminate the scattered troops in the west who are not superior in strength.

Robert and Herman Tauha stayed here because the soldiers who were burned by the fire needed to rest and recuperate, so they stayed for a while.

Of course, the fall of Torrhen's Square of the Tawhar family and Deepwood Motte of the Glover family was also one of the reasons why these few stayed here.

They wanted to take the more than 2000 northern soldiers directly northward to regain their homeland.

Willis is also preparing to go north with them, so as to get reinforcements from White Harbor - the famous White Harbor cavalry on the mainland are all staying in the territory of the Mandalay family.

It's just that Robb fought all the way to the depths of the Western Territory and couldn't reply to these people's requests in time, so they were delayed for a while.

Fortunately, Edmure's wedding will bring together most of the nobles of the Fish and Wolves Alliance, and Robb will also send someone to Riverrun to congratulate him and update the order by the way—he is fighting Tywin, Kevan and others in the western region, Unable to get away and come to Xihejian - at that time, these few nobles who were thinking of going north knew what to do.

"It's a pity that His Majesty Robb can't attend this wedding." Robert shook his head.

Others didn't know why he felt sorry.

"He'll be at the wedding," Arthur said.

It's just that this wedding is not Edmure's, but Robb's own.

"Then start tomorrow, go north first, and then take a boat up the Red Fork River." Herman Tauha concluded.

There is no objection from everyone, and this matter is so settled.

The latter incident made them collectively stunned.

A young dragon was flying in from the gate of Hundred Furnace Hall, flapping its wings and flying towards Arthur among the crowd.

Mrs. He'an blinked her eyes and said, "I'm so confused, I thought I saw a dragon."

Robert echoed her: "Me too, I almost thought it was a dragon, maybe I've lost my mind about Deepwood Castle recently."

Willis rubbed his eyes with his fat hands to confirm that the illusion was still there: "Why are my eyes dim, the illusion of that dragon is still in my eyes."

Sansa grew her seductive mouth, and it took her a long time to say, "I think that's really a dragon."

The dragon flapped its disproportionately large wings and landed precisely on Arthur's shoulder.

"Everyone, this is indeed a young dragon." Arthur touched Alduin's dragon head carefully and explained to everyone.

Then he "explained" in detail how Joffrey was killed by a wild boar after he fled to the king's forest, and the young dragon that flew out of nowhere.

"It's a coincidence that this dragon has a destiny with me. It has been circling in the royal forest, and when it saw me, it flew onto my shoulder, begging for a hug."

Bracken said this to everyone.

There is no need to explain this kind of thing in detail. Let them guess the origin of the dragon by themselves, but it is more convincing than Arthur himself.

Everyone was taken aback by the appearance of the dragon.

Ruled by House Targaryen for 300 years, they know exactly what a dragon means.

(End of this chapter)