iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 367 Evidence of crime
The old lion still liked to get straight to the point, but Tyrion did not rush to answer. He looked around: Where is that beautiful and vicious sister?

How could she miss the chance to enjoy the dwarf's "crying bitterly"...Sure enough, he found Cersei with the noble ladies on the second floor on the west side.

The girl holding her arm was the Rose of Highgarden, and they looked as close as sisters.

Well... they almost became sisters, Tyrion grinned in that direction.

"Answer my question, Tyrion." Lord Tywin's cold voice came from the platform.

Tyrion's smile faded, his expression suddenly became serious, and he stood straight again.

He looked at the old lion and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really too nervous. Prime Minister, please repeat it again."

Glancing at Lord Tywin, whose head had a bulging vein, Green said, "Tyrion Lannister, do you admit to the crime of murdering Oberyn Martell?"

Tyrion shook his head. "I deny it."

hum!
Tyrion's response caused a commotion in the hall.

The Imperial Chamberlain shouted, "Silence! Silence! Silence!"

After the silence was restored, there was a pause, and then Green's voice rang out: "Prime Minister Tywin, Lord Mace, since Tyrion is unwilling to admit his guilt, let's just call in the witness."

As the three dukes were talking in low voices, Tyrion suddenly said, "I am guilty!"

The entire hall seemed to freeze for a moment, and hundreds of eyes were focused on where Tyrion was.

Lord Tywin stared at the dwarf for a moment, then said, "Very well, I hope you can be honest, it will be to your advantage."

Advantageous... Does the kind father mean that the executioner will be more efficient when chopping off the dwarf's little neck?

"I want to confess in front of all the adults..."

Tyrion stretched out a finger and scratched his cheek. "Where should I begin? I admit that I am a little scoundrel. I have committed countless sins."

He spoke sincerely, "I slept with my cousin, not once but hundreds of times. I was sometimes unkind to servants... I gambled, and, to my shame, cheated. I said a lot of bad things about the ministers of the Red Keep, and often made dirty jokes about them."

He looked at the old lion, and the corners of his mouth curled up slowly. "I secretly wished my sister dead, and I had the same thought about my father, our eternal Prime Minister, Lord Tywin Lannister."

The hall was noisy with whispers, laughter, shouting and screams.

"Silence! Silence! Silence!"

Green glanced sideways and saw Lord Tywin staring motionlessly at the dwarf who dared to challenge him, while Lord Mace seemed to be trying to hold back a smile and his face turned red.

After a pause, Lord Tywin slowly said, "If you continue to talk nonsense, I will deprive you of the right to defend yourself according to the laws of the kingdom."

Tyrion tilted his head and said, "I plead guilty, Your Honor."

Hearing this, Lord Tywin narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Lord of Mace coughed lightly at this time, cleared his throat, and said, "Tyrion Lannister, please do not test our patience. We are interrogating you about the death of Prince Oberyn."

Tyrion shrugged, then he glanced around and stroked his chest and said, "I confess in front of you all, just to tell you that I am a half-man who can only talk, not a killer who can kill Prince Martell alone."

He looked around again, "My Lords, please allow me to remind you that he is the famous Red Viper of the Seven Kingdoms. My wise Lords, I take the liberty of reminding you once again that Prince Oberyn is the most powerful killer in the Seven Kingdoms."

Buzz! A low discussion among the crowd began.

In the audience, Harman Uller, the Earl of Hellgate in Dorne, stood up suddenly and said, "You must have used dirty tricks, you despicable little devil, I will kill you!"

The Dornish nobles sitting in the gallery shouted for killing. Green and the Duke of Mace looked at each other, and they gestured to the crowd almost at the same time.

Afterwards, the blue robes of Craber and the green robes of Tyrell joined the red and gold robes to maintain order.

When the still angry Dornish nobles sat down again, Lord Greene's voice came with a warning: "If you disrupt the order of the trial again, I will regard you as questioning the fairness of Crab Tyrell Lannister. I will expel you from the throne room according to the laws of the kingdom."

The Duke of Mace shook his head and sighed. His voice was only heard by the three dukes on the platform: "The Dornish have been away from the center of the Seven Kingdoms for too long, and they don't have much respect for the Iron Throne anymore."

Lord Tywin glanced coldly at Lord Mace and said, "They will come back."

After saying this, the old lion looked down at the platform.

Tyrion deeply felt the true reality. The Dornish envoys who came with the Red Viper had already determined that he was the murderer. To be precise... they did not want to hear any excuses in his favor. They just hoped that he was the murderer of the Red Viper.

Feeling the old lion's gaze, Tyrion raised his eyes to meet his gaze. He read some kind of mockery in those light green eyes with golden hues, and the little lion could not help but clench his fists.

Lord Tywin retracted his gaze, paused, and announced, "The prosecution has called in a number of witnesses. We will first listen to their testimony, and then you will plead your case or call in witnesses for the defense."

He lowered his gaze. “Please note that you are not allowed to interrupt a witness without the presiding judge’s permission.”

Tyrion grinned. "As you command, Master Inquisitor."

As expected by Tyrion, the first person to testify in court was Ellaria Sand, the mistress that the Red Viper brought from Dorne and the only third person in the room.

After she swore an oath of honesty to the Seven Gods, she began to testify: "I just woke up and saw the little devil holding a dagger and the prince lying motionless on the ground... There was blood all over. This person is a real devil. I was not mistaken. I saw the devil's face. This person was still cursing the prince with his eyes closed. It must be a vicious ritual. He was also laughing weirdly. I happened to see it all!"

She pointed at Tyrion. "That man must be the murderer! I saw it with my own eyes. I swear."

Tyrion's lips trembled, but at that time he had not been awakened by the Dornish woman in front of him.

Then, Ellaria covered her face with her hands with a look of grief: "I am so useless. The prince died, but I could only scream. I should have taken revenge with my own hands... wuwuwu..."

After Ellaria calmed down a little, Lord Tywin said, "You have been with Prince Oberyn and Tyrion. Apart from what you saw after waking up, do you have any other additions? Or did you find any abnormalities between the two of them?" Ellaria nodded quickly, "I overheard their argument... The prince is an elegant man. It was mainly the little devil who spoke. He warned that if Martell could not forget the past, he would lose the chance to return to the Red Castle forever."

She seemed to have made sufficient preparations while waiting for the trial. Although her voice was still tearful, she spoke fluently: "My lord the prince said that blood debts can only be paid with blood. The little devil said that Dorne would be expelled from the Seven Kingdoms. My lord the prince said that the Targaryen dragons could not conquer Dorne... Then, I don't know how long it had been, but the two of them laughed again. I know my lord the prince. He was laughing on the surface, but he was already angry. I know him very well."

Lord Tywin tightened his grip on the armrest of the chair and said, "Ellaria Sand, are you sure there are always three people in the room?"

Ellaria nodded repeatedly: "I promise, Lord Chief Judge, I have never seen anyone else. If you don't believe me, you can ask the guards that night. They have been guarding outside the door and have never left. I promise that I am telling the truth. I beg you to kill the little devil and avenge the prince!"

After Ellaria left, the four Martell guards and four Lannister guards who had been guarding the door that night came in next. They proved one by one that no fourth person had entered the room where Tyrion and the others were.

Then, a middle-aged gold cloak captain was in charge of inspecting the room under the order of the gold cloak commander-in-chief, Sir Adam. He proved that the doors and windows of the room were intact and no signs of other people being there were found.

The next witness was Ser Balon Swann of the Kingsguard. Tyrion frowned. He knew that this man was Cersei's man. What was he doing here? What testimony could he give?
Ser Balon bowed and turned to the lion. "My Lord Hand," he said, "I had the honor of serving with your son at King's Landing when he fought against Stannis's host. Believe me, he was a small man, but a man of impressive courage."

Suddenly someone appeared and praised Tyrion, causing a commotion in the hall.

Tyrion couldn't help but turn his head to look at the second floor. He couldn't see clearly... but he could sense that Cersei was very proud at this moment.

Ser Balon continued, "Yes, Tyrion has struck King Joffrey, at least three times. Whenever Tyrion felt that King Joffrey was not doing well enough, he would strike him. Yes, he is much more agile than he looks. Every time he strikes, he jumps up and strikes. Even the strong King Joffrey cannot withstand a single blow and falls to the ground. My brothers in the Kingsguard can testify to this."

Green, who has good eyesight, saw Cersei smiling brightly. This was her arrangement. She wanted to prove that although Tyrion was a dwarf, he had enough skills to kill Prince Oberyn.

But Joffrey's face... Green's brown eyes moved slightly, and he saw that the veins on Lord Tywin's neck were bulging.

The Duke of Metz stroked his beard and frowned, saying, "According to the laws of the kingdom, anyone who attacks the royal family should be punished by having their hands cut off. Why didn't the Kingsguard perform their duties?"

Ser Balon opened his mouth and said, "Tyrion is King Joffrey's uncle. He is also a member of the royal family. Moreover, he was the Hand of the King at the time."

Lord Tywin corrected coldly, "He is the acting Prime Minister, appointed by me."

The following are the three brothers Kettleblack, who took turns confessing that they had been hired by Tyrion to spy on Queen Cersei and King Joffrey. Later, they heard that Tyrion was looking for an opportunity to get rid of the queen and the king, so they chose honor under the inspiration of the Seven Gods.

Did they hear I was going to kill Cersei and Joffrey?!

It was he who saved this extremely stupid mother and son!

"You are slandering me, liars!"

The three brothers Kettleblack are extremely shameless. He is regretting now. When he knew that they betrayed him and defected to Cersei, why did he not immediately eliminate these shameless traitors (Battle of King's Landing). He shouldn't have been soft-hearted!
Tyrion took two steps forward and was carried back by two men in golden cloaks.

Lord Tywin frowned and said, "Tyrion, do you want us to tie you up like a bandit?"

Tyrion took a slow breath to steady himself.

Cersei put a lot of thought into her beloved brother, and was smart for once. She first used the reputation of the Kingsguard to make people believe that he had the ability to kill. She made a convincing start, and then sent out her own lackeys to portray him as a real demon that even her sister and nephew wanted to kill.

Combined with the testimony of Ellaria Sand and the guards, ahaha...he was also beginning to believe that he was the murderer of Red Viper.

Dwarves hate being slandered since childhood... Cersei is indeed his good sister, she knows very well how to irritate him.

He shouldn't have been angry. Compared to the pain Lannister had brought him, this little slander was nothing.
Moreover, his "performance" here today is itself the biggest slander, so why should he be angry?

"Need not."

Tyrion bowed. "My lords, I beg your pardon. I will remain silent."

After saying this, he smiled at the old lion. The great Tywin Lannister would hear the roar of his dwarf son.

After the three Kettleblack brothers withdrew, Grand Maester Pycelle asked a young assistant to take notes for him temporarily, and then he walked tremblingly to the main judge's platform.

He read out the results of the examination of Prince Oberyn's body. The murder weapon, a dagger with a golden snake handle, pierced the heart and killed him on the spot.

Pycelle's maester necklace rang softly. "Lord Tywin, Lord Mace, Lord Green, I did not find any other wounds on Prince Oberyn's body. So, I infer that someone took advantage of Prince Oberyn's drunkenness to attack him. Moreover, I would like to remind you that this kind of situation is most likely to happen between people who are familiar with each other."

After Pycelle, endless witnesses came forward one after another, and Tyrion knew that this must be another arrangement by Cersei.

Lords, ladies, knights, guards, and servants, anyone who had seen him with the Red Viper, came forward to testify.

Some say that while Tyrion was waiting for the Dornish envoy at the Blackwater dock, he complained that he had lost the chance to receive the rose of Highgarden because of a red snake.

Some say that Tyrion had just seen Prince Oberyn's mistress on the Blackwater docks... and had been peeking at her breasts and nipples.

Some people say that Tyrion is very violent... He showed his murderous intention towards Prince Oberyn from the moment they met.

wait wait wait.

Tyrion could recognize most of these faces. He couldn't name some of them, but he had some impression of them. He had saved all of them.

He suddenly found it funny. At that time, Stannis was at the gates of the city. In order to save these people, he was even ready to die in battle for their boring lives.

Perhaps, what he considered to be a heroic act was just a dwarf's funny performance in their eyes.

"Yes, I have seen them riding past near Silent Sister Street. I also saw the little devil seducing Prince Dorne's mistress in front of him..."

Tyrion suddenly interrupted, "Lord Tywin, I plead guilty!"

Lord Tywin raised a hand, and the hall gradually fell silent.

(End of this chapter)