Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 231 Directing the Script Overnight
After completing the interrogation of the maids, Duncan waited outside Daenerys' door until the evening before Ian came out.

"My lord, the talkative maid has been found." Duncan pulled Ian to a corner where no one was around, and reported in a low voice, "She is."

"Don't tell me who she is." Ian interrupted Duncan shaking his head.

"Should we execute her directly?" Duncan guessed.

"No need." Ian shook his head again.

There is such a story in the Zizhi Tongjian. Once Qin Shihuang went to Liangshan Palace and saw Prime Minister Li Si's entourage from a distance on the mountain. He disapproved.Some of Qin Shihuang's eunuchs and close officials told Li Si about this, and Li Si immediately reduced his chariots and horses.

Qin Shihuang was very angry when he found out, and immediately knew that the eunuchs around him had leaked what he said, so he arrested all the eunuchs and close officials who were around him at that time and tortured them.He didn't get the result of the trial, so he simply gave them all up.

Li Si's behavior of 'immediately reducing carriages and horses' is an absolutely stupid move.

Too many horses and chariots is at most a matter of style. As the prime minister, Li Si, Qin Shihuang would not go online for such a trivial matter.But immediately reduce the number of carriages and horses, which is tantamount to self-reporting, and he is monitoring the big leaders.

Which leader can tolerate being watched by his subordinates?

Although Qin Shihuang did not directly deal with Li Si at the end of the matter, Li Si broke the eyeliner placed next to the big leader, which was also a serious loss for him.

Ian's situation is different from this story, but not too different.

Ian has already fooled the matter of fifth-class slavery, but what would Daenerys think if the maid beside Daenerys who reported to her was suddenly kidnapped at this time?
So this maid can't be killed, so what to do with her?
The best way, turn her into your own eyeliner.

"After executing her, there will still be other talkative maids around Daenerys, but the next one may not be so easy to catch. Since we have already caught this one, why not just use her?" Ian began to explain ,
"Find a way to make her our mouthpiece, and only say what we want her to say from now on. Doesn't Daenerys like to get outside information from her? Then let her tell Daenerys more about us in the future. How do the slaves under the rule live happily, and how do the slaves under the rule of other city-states live in dire straits." He paused, "Isn't this difficult to do?"

"Yes, that maid is not very courageous. I used all my tricks when I started interrogating her. There is no problem in getting her to cooperate under coercion and lure." Duncan assured.

"Then do that," Ian patted Duncan on the shoulder, "By the way, tell the others to prepare dinner for two."

"Would you like to stay here for dinner?"

"Yes, next I will perform a big play for the missions of the city-states of Ghis in the Slave Bay. Although this play is not more complicated than the play we performed in Pentos, considering that Daenerys is a novice actor, this time I have taken on too many scenes, so I decided to stay with her from today onwards and guide her in the script."

After explaining the order to Duncan, Ian returned to Daenerys' room.

"Why did it take so long for the servants to prepare dinner?" Daenerys sat at the dining table, and she had changed into a dress at this moment.

"Someone was waiting for me at the door just now, and I took care of the work briefly." Ian pulled out the chair and sat down in front of her.

"Almost forgot," Daenerys remembered, Ian seemed to have been very busy since arriving in Astapor, "Are you busy? If you really have other things to do."

"I have promised to stay with you these few days, and I will definitely do it." Ian interrupted the girl.

Daenerys suddenly smiled.

Ah!A duplicity woman!
"By the way, where were we talking?" Daenerys didn't worry about the question just now, and immediately changed the topic to 'business'.

"Our wedding." Ian no longer avoided the topic.

"Yes, it seems to be this." Daenerys was reminded, nodded suddenly, and glanced at Ian secretly.

"There are no monks in Slaver's Bay." Ian continued.

"Huh?" Daenerys blinked first, and after trying to understand what this sentence meant, her face began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Marriages that are not presided over by monks are illegal." The old scumbag Ian said with confidence.

"But, haven't you converted to the Red God?" Daenerys suddenly remembered the 'Apostle of the Red God' in Ian's title.

"Your Majesty, you are a devout believer of the Seven Gods."

"I'm not." Daenerys argued quietly.

"You must be, if you still want to be the Queen of Westeros." Ian returned to the tone of a teacher, "Your ancestor Aegon the Conqueror owned three dragons, and he conquered all the lands except Dorne." All of Westeros, but he still abandoned the gods of Old Valyria for the Seven. If you want to rule a land, you can't fight the majority of its people."

"That's why you wear the toka robes of the Ghis people?" Daenerys asked immediately, as Ian had previously commented, she was very politically savvy.

Every time Ian taught her something, she could infer other things from one instance and quickly find the application, which made Ian only dare to teach her those macroscopic and positive things.

As for the specific tactics and the dozens of tactics models that Ian himself summed up through ancient history, he didn't dare to teach her at all, for fear that he would not be able to fool her after teaching her to be smart.

"Yes, if we want to conquer Slaver's Bay, we must first show respect for their culture." Ian nodded.

"So we can hold a Gith traditional wedding first, and wait until Westeros to make up a Seven Gods belief! I am your queen, and my attitude towards Ghis culture is also very important, right?" Dan Nellis narrowed her eyes immediately, showing a triumphant smile.

"???" Ian froze for a moment, good guy, you asked the question about the Toca robe so you were waiting for me here?

It's over, she has been taught to be smart, and she has learned to dig holes. Ian pinched his brows.

"But, have you ever thought about how vigilant the other slave city-states will be if we both show our love for Ghis culture?"

"Huh?" Daenerys froze for a moment, this question was beyond the outline again.

"We now have more than 1 Unsullied in Astapor, [-] centaur cavalry, and [-] Ghis Legion slaves in training. The latter is still expanding. If you are the ruler of Yunkai or Meereen Or, would you be highly vigilant against your neighbors with an army of this size?" Ian quickly regained the initiative of the conversation.

"But they know that our destination is Westeros, and we are leaving." Daenerys thought for a while and said, "Why would they doubt us?"

"Our goal is Westeros. This is very important, isn't it? If they can't be convinced of this, they must maintain the highest level of alert against us."

Daenerys nodded.

"But what would our neighbors think if the queen of this army held a Ghislized wedding in Astapor? Would they really believe that we have no interest in Slaver's Bay?"

"This"

"So, not only can you not show any affection for the Ghis culture, but you also need to." Ian paused, "Cooperate with me to play a play for the Gith missions in Astapor soon.

I promise you, we will be married when Meereen is taken. "

Ps: Reminded by readers, this book decided to adopt the setting that the world of ice and fire is two hours longer than the earth, and a month is more than a few days. Book setting (manual funny).

(End of this chapter)