Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire
Chapter 19 Competition
The light rain at dawn and the mist filled the inside and outside of King's Landing. The rich water vapor of the Narrow Sea nourished this largest city adjacent to the sea at this time. Underground in the Red Keep, the damp and dark environment breeds insects and rats, squeaking and scurrying in the passages.
Wallis sat on a white chair, his fat body hidden in the shadow corner, his eyes slightly closed, thinking about something.
The oppressive silence was soon broken by the sound of footsteps. A man came in at the entrance. He was also fat. He lifted his cloak with his hands with gemstone rings on each finger, revealing his bearded face.
"The rain in King's Landing is quite sticky." The visitor took off his raincoat impatiently and shook off the water on it.
Wallis opened his eyes and turned back with a smile, "Long time no see, my old friend." He opened his arms as if he wanted to hug him.
"Okay, Varys." The visitor still said in an impatient tone, "There are still important things to talk about."
Varys thoughtfully helped him put away his raincoat and put it on the table. "Illyrio, our dear prince and princess are living a fairly satisfactory life."
"It's much better than my parents," Illyrio complained, "It's much better than when we lived on the street."
Varys spread his hands helplessly, "What you are about to entertain is a noble descendant of the dragon. It is not comparable to us, a group of insects and ants that can be seen everywhere. Besides, my dear prince and princess have suffered a lot along the way."
Illyrio sank into the chair with a squeak. "I really want to know where Griffin went. Your little bird won't be lost."
"My little bird will never lose anyone. As long as I still have the candy in my hand, the little bird will fly everywhere." After Wanris finished speaking, he grabbed a handful of candy and put it in his pocket.
Illyrio let out a long breath, "Viserys doesn't have a good temper. One of the maids I arranged was injured by him."
Wallis looked innocent after hearing this, "What a pity."
"Fifty little birds." Illyrio held out five fingers. "I have already sent people to contact the great Kaa. I will ensure that everything goes smoothly later. We need a lot of people."
Wallis's eyes widened after hearing this, "You don't think of me as a magician who can conjure fifty little birds out of thin air?"
"I always thought Lord Varys was far more capable than the magician." Illyrio finally smiled, with a gold tooth embedded in his mouth.
Varys shook his head, "My dear Prime Minister seems to have found some trace, and he actually appeared in the brothel. What's more terrible is that Lord Stannis is also there."
"Maybe they want to play something exciting?" Illyrio said nonchalantly.
"I have no doubt that you will do this job, but our glorious Lord Arryn and Lord Stannis will never do it." Varys said with a smile.
He folded his hands and looked out through the cracks in the solid stone wall of the Red Keep. The faint light reflected on his eyes. Wallis said: "They were aware of the fact of incest, but the gods still revealed the news to the world prematurely."
Illyrio frowned, "It's too early, it's too early. This dragon flame should not be spit out at this time. We are not ready yet."
"There are many smart people in the kingdom. I'm afraid we can't control the situation." Varys said helplessly. "It is rumored that Littlefinger chatted with Stannis for a long time during Prince Joffrey's name day dinner."
"Why didn't you kill Littlefinger directly? You even hid the news about his meeting with Harlan Hunter in Gulltown." Illyrio said dissatisfied.
Varys smiled and shook his head, "When the great cause begins, we will need Littlefinger, a character who is accustomed to causing chaos. We need him in certain places."
"I hope you succeed, Varys, and don't shoot yourself in the foot." Illyrio said, chewing bread.
Wallis opened his eyes wide and smiled affectionately, "Besides, our beloved little eagle has already regarded him as prey, enough for him to eat a pot."
"You haven't missed the secret passage in the Prime Minister's Tower, hahaha!" Illyrio smiled.
"I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty, Lord Illyrio." Varys rubbed his hands together, and their voices became increasingly distant, gradually disappearing into the shadow of the Red Keep.
In the Prime Minister's Tower, Jon Arryn dragged his tired body back to the bedroom. Lysa was sleeping with little Robin in her arms. He looked at the sleeping little Robin with great distress, and also felt sorry for his wife. Poor Robin was frail and sick, and his wife tried her best to take care of him, but he was too busy with government affairs and rarely really accompanied them.
"I will stay with them more in the future." Jon Arryn vowed secretly in his heart.
He came to the Prime Minister's drawing room, looked at the unburning fireplace alone, and called the attendant Xiu outside the door, "Xiu Xiu, go and fetch Attis from the city."
"Yes, sir." Xiu Fu's footsteps gradually moved away, and the Prime Minister's thoughts also drifted into the distance.
Since Stannis told him his suspicions, the two went together to find the illegitimate children that Robert had left behind. He also borrowed Maester Merion's "The Lords of the Seven Kingdoms" from Grand Maester Pycelle. "Family Genealogy and History" attempts to start with the physical characteristics of Lannister and Baratheon members in history.
Today's luck was not good, and no illegitimate child was found. However, the Prime Minister was very patient and arranged his schedule meticulously. Even if government affairs were busy, this matter was ranked first.
You must not tell Robert before you find conclusive evidence. If your investigation is a mistake, the relationship between Lannister and Arryn will be greatly compromised. But before finding the final evidence, he needed to make first-hand preparations.
The repairman missed the point. Attis was not in the courtyard of King's Landing. Instead, he was invited by Robert and entered the school grounds of the Red Keep to teach Joffrey martial arts.
Arryn's blue moon eagle banner faced the Lannister crimson gold lion banner. The blue robes and the red robes looked at each other warily. Attis did not see any shadow of Baratheon.
The Queen sat on a luxurious sofa in the middle of the Red Square, smiling and applauding Joffrey's training.
Attis slowed down his pace, and Angei behind him had quietly touched the crossbow behind him.
"Attis Arryn, the queen wants to see you." Jaime Lannister stood among the red robes and said to Attis.
Attis made no move, just pointed at the Lannister soldiers around him and said, "Do I need to remove my sword?"
James showed a charming smile and waved his hand, "Back off." The red-robed guard immediately stepped aside. Seeing this, Attis walked up to Queen Cersei, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Say hello to you, Your Majesty."
Cersei smiled politely and said, "Rise, ser."
Attis stood up and asked, "Where is King Robert?"
"The king has left, maybe in a brothel, your prince Joffrey is here." The queen exposed her white calves under her skirt and looked at Attis with squinted eyes.
Attis turned and came to Joffrey, "Your Highness, I am under the command of King Robert."
"I don't need a vulture to teach me how to do things." Joffrey refused directly with disdain and continued to practice swordsmanship with the hound that had always been by his side.
Attis bowed slightly without being disrespectful, and slowly stepped back facing Joffrey, seemingly unaffected and ready to leave.
"Ser Attis." Cersei suddenly spoke, "Did Robert ask Little Joe to follow you to the Vale?"
Attis replied: "Yes, queen."
"I heard," Cersei stood up and stared at the ground, not even looking at Attis, "when the eagle soaring in the sky encounters a large prey, it will pick it up in the sky and fly very high. Let the prey struggle, and then throw it down from the sky to smash it into pieces, is that so?"
Attis smiled slightly, "I don't understand that, queen."
"Do you want to take Little Joe away from me, Arryn!" Cersei's voice became sharp and even sinister.
Attis was completely unaware of the queen's motives. King Robert's intention could not be more obvious. The purpose of sending Joffrey to the Vale was obviously to strengthen the alliance between the Iron Throne and the Vale. The Vale has strong military strength and the prevalence of chivalry, but the resources Limited, so there are many territorial disputes and border frictions, coupled with years of battles with the Alpine clans, the soldiers of the Valley can be said to be the most proficient in fighting among the Seven Kingdoms. It is impossible for the Iron Throne in the past to ignore its relationship with the Valley.
"The eagle will not take away the stag, but will only see the dangers ahead for it, queen." Attis said cautiously, this is not because he is afraid of Cersei, nor is he afraid of Lannister, but for his own king Robert, for the Vale.
However, what the queen said next shocked Attis.
"Little Joe is not a stag, but a lion." Cersei said through gritted teeth.
As soon as these words came out, James' expression suddenly became very unnatural. He approached Cersei and held Cersei's arm with one hand. "Attis, reject the king's proposal. This is what the queen means."
This is not what the queen means, and the queen will not do this. Attis thought silently.
"I swear allegiance to King Robert. If the king orders, Aelin will obey. Please forgive me for leaving." Attis turned and left with his blue robe.
When Cersei saw Attis resolutely leaving, she chopped off her feet angrily, "Damn vulture!".
Jaime hurriedly took Cersei's hands and said, "Cersei, why did you say that?" He stared at Cersei in confusion.
Cersei also knew that she was in the wrong and sat back on the sofa angrily. "I just reminded him, don't piss me off, I'm a Lannister."
James shook his head helplessly, and turned to look at Joffrey who was practicing his sword. Try: "Actually, it's not impossible for Xiao Qiao to go to the valley."
"Jaime!" Cersei screamed.
"Okay, okay, my sister, Xiao Qiao will become the king sooner or later. Although I don't like Robert, it is true that the prince needs training." Jaime had no choice but to try to explain.
"I don't care, the whole King's Landing was given to Aylin, my son must not be given to Aylin!" Cersei showed a vicious look again.
Jaime didn't feel that the entire King's Landing was given to Arryn, and the Lannister troops in King's Landing may not be less than Arryn. But he didn't talk back at this time, "At least send him to his father and train Xiao Qiao in the Western Region."
"Joffrey can only stay by my side, he is my child, you know, Jaime." Cersei's voice suddenly became gentle, Jaime could not bear to let her be hurt, no matter what the harm was. form.
"I know, Cersei, he is your child." Jaime responded softly. He is also my child, he thought to himself.
The two looked at each other lovingly for a long time, and then a voice broke everything.
"My good eldest sister, my good eldest brother, you two have been stuck together like mud and bricks recently." The voice that made Cersei the most disgusted appeared.
James turned around happily and said, "Tyrion?" He couldn't wait to turn around and give his brother a big hug.
"Be gentle, brother, your armor has cut my dick." Tyrion pretended to be a dead fish floating in the water, and was held in the air by James, with white eyes.
Jaime put him down awkwardly, "You have to make it clear who is the bricks and who is the mud, Tyrion."
"My beautiful sister, the light of the west, the lioness of Lannister is of course the solid bricks, and you, my dear brother, are just the mud sticking to the bricks.", Tyrion used him He punched James' crotch with his fist, sat on the side of the sofa consciously, poured the wine into his mouth.
Cersei turned her face away in disgust, "Why did father let you come here? The sewers in Casterly Rock will be repaired now?"
"I not only repaired the sewers in Casterly Rock, but I also repaired my father's disdain for his good son. Now, let me come to King's Landing." Tyrion opened his eyes wide and said with a strange expression. said the voice.
James chuckled upon hearing this, "Looks like I want to congratulate you."
"No need, I have a girl waiting for me tonight, you can do whatever you want, poor Lord Jaime of the Kingsguard." Tyrion joked.
Jaime and Tyrion laughed together, and Cersei followed suit and chuckled.
"Is that the Prime Minister who just came?" Tyrion pointed in the direction where Attis left.
Cersei heard this and said impatiently: "It's not the old vulture, it's the little vulture."
"Ser Attis Arryn," Jaime reminded.
Tyrion looked at Cersei and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"
Cersei couldn't bear the joke and swallowed her laughter.
James didn't care and laughed again.
When Joffrey heard the noise, he stopped and came to his two uncles. When he saw Tyrion, he looked surprised and said, "Little devil? Why did you come to King's Landing? There is no place for juggling here."
"Oh ho ho, my dear nephew, as a prince, I have to teach you a lesson. Everyone in this hypocritical city is a juggler, including you." Tyrion raised his wine glass and gave a slight toast to the prince.
Joffrey was particularly angry after hearing this, and his lips trembled, "You dare to say that the prince is a juggler, you dare to say that the prince is a juggler?"
James looked helplessly at Cersei, who had no choice but to comfort Joffrey, "Little Joe, there is no need to argue with the dwarf." After saying that, she led the angry Joffrey away.
Tyrion took a gulp of wine, "As a mother, she's just the right amount of comfort, as a sister, it's just awful."
James also knew Tyrion's inner bitterness, so he changed the subject, "King Robert wants Joffrey to follow Attis to the valley to fight the mountain clan, but Cersei won't let him go."
"It would be a good thing if this young talent of the kingdom could form a friendship with Joffrey." Tyrion replied simply, "But my sister loves her son too much, and this is not good."
Jaime knew this very well, but he had no choice but to say to Tyrion: "You stay here, I have to follow the queen." After speaking, he smiled and quickly followed Cersei and left the school grounds.
Tyrion stared at the wine glass thoughtfully. The name of the Eagle of the Vale was sung by minstrels everywhere on the way to King's Landing. He suppressed the rebellion in the Vale, won the tourney, and defeated the Mountain. God, the Mountain is so big. How could he be tortured like that? When Tyrion briefly stayed in the hotel, he saw the miserable Mountain. If it weren't for his special body shape, Tyrion would not have recognized the ugly monster in front of him as the Mountain.
"A monster uglier than a dwarf has appeared." Tyrion swallowed the wine like a stone.
It was already afternoon when Attis returned to the Prime Minister's Tower. Xiu Fu, who was anxious and sweating profusely, found him and informed his father that he was looking for him.
While waiting to board the Prime Minister's Tower, my father looked at the scenery below the tower from the balcony.
"Father." Attis put down his sword.
The father turned around and said, "The queen is looking for you?"
After receiving a positive reply from Attis, his father said: "The queen is a fool, you don't need to care about her words."
Attis smiled inwardly and quickly said yes.
"You go back to the valley." Father said briefly.
Attis was stunned. This was indeed an idea he had already formed. He originally asked his father for instructions, but unexpectedly he was overtaken.
"Take Robin." His father's next words surprised him again.
"Lady Lysa," Attis asked.
The father waved his hand, "Lesa will also go back to the valley."
Attis thought about his father's arrangements carefully and asked, "Did something happen in King's Landing?"
The father did not answer, but answered him in another way, "Go to the valley, reorganize the army, and wait for news from me."
"So serious?" Attis couldn't sit still this time, he was shocked.
"I hope it won't come to that, but if it does, there's nothing we can do about it." His father's words concealed a lot of information, and he obviously didn't intend to tell Attis, at least for now.
"Okay," Attis nodded with difficulty. He chose to believe in his father, the Prime Minister of the Seven Kingdoms. But he remembered King Robert's request.
"Where is King Robert?"
When his father heard this, he just smiled and said, "Don't worry, they can't leave King's Landing at this time."
Although Attis didn't know the reason, he still followed his father's arrangement and prepared to return to the house to inform the people in the valley.
When leaving, he remembered that his father in King's Landing seemed to be alone. Seeing his gray hair, he couldn't help but said: "Father, you are in King's Landing." Seeing his father's face looking back at him, Thousands of words turned into one sentence, "Take care, father."
His father smiled when he heard this. Although it was ugly, Attis could see that he was truly happy.
Attis left the Prime Minister's Tower, and he planned to bring someone to pick up Lady Lysa and little Robin early tomorrow morning.
The Prime Minister's Tower stood silently behind Attis, as if trying to keep him. Sighs came from inside the high wall. Perhaps it was the sound of the wind, or perhaps it was the call of the dead spirit of the King's Hand for hundreds of years.
Attis rode away and never looked back.
My favorite character appeared.
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