King of The Wall

2021-12-04

Chapter 696 The Prime Minister and the "Queen"

"Leave it to you."

Queen threw half a sentence lightly with a hint of playfulness, then turned and floated away.

This is not a pick, but the "Imperial's Sword" that Igor asked the Queen before he set off from the Crownlands to set off on the road to the west:
As the initiator of the "Big Crownlands Project" and The implementer, who conquered Reach during his trip, has the right to decide the disposal and negotiation conditions of the nobles of the place - Daenerys will never interfere in any way.

The Queen, who has already left the novice stage, naturally understands the rationality and necessity of this "ordering a door" request. Now that she has just been coaxed, she is satisfied and naturally more impossible to break her promise.

Therefore, Igor ordered the reception of the negotiating delegation after sending him away, sorted out his emotions and returned to the oneself Lord Commander tent, waiting for the guests.

After waiting for a while, the noisy chatter came from far and near to the outside of the tent. Igor instructed the negotiating team to conduct a body search before allowing them to enter. This arrogant and rude order obviously aroused the resentment of the body searched. Protests and disputes quickly sounded, and women's voices were mixed for some unknown reason. He was wondering when the door cloth was lifted and the guards came in.

"Your Excellency, the leader of the negotiating team is Margaery Tyrell, she refused to accept our search, you see..."

Margaery Tyrell?

Igor eyelids twitched.

Doesn't this woman understand: in addition to the eldest daughter of the Tyrell family, she is also little Aegon, the queen of the false king?
After a brief astonishment, he was overjoyed: it meant that if he couldn't agree on the price, he just had to deduct it and he would have a heavyweight hostage directly!
Are the two armies fighting without deduction? He doesn't have the burden of aristocrats, so he doesn't talk about this kind of bullshit Basic Law!
It would be inappropriate for the male guards to search the body of the enemy "queen". It was indeed because he was ill-conceived. Igor corrected his mistakes and immediately came up with a remedy.

"Melisandre, you go search."

Red Woman nods and follows the soldiers out of the tent, and the negotiation between female voices replaces the mixed arguments. After a few seconds, everything quieted down. It was obvious that someone had made a concession. After another two minutes, the tent door was opened again, and a slender silhouette in a dark green hooded cloak followed behind Red Woman and left. Come in.

"Miss Margaery, emmm... not right, ma'am? Or the queen?" Igor met the Highgarden Flower's shy and angry eyes with a playful expression, "You actually condescend to negotiate in person, really Let me be flattered, please take a seat."

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are such a powerful official!" Margaery followed the directions and sat down in front of him, with a tone of grievance that was not true or false. , angry and trembling, "When old friends meet, they have to search their bodies to meet? Is it worthless after years of friendship!" Rolling his eyes, he glanced at Melisandre.

Red Woman nodded to him imperceptibly: No problem.

Margaery was neither disguised by others as a spell, nor carried a weapon that could be stabbed.

Interesting.

After he winked, Melisandre bowed slightly and exited the tent.

If the average male negotiator came to meet, Igor would choose to keep Red Woman in the house just in case, but Margaery?
In the case of wearing Dragonsteel armor with a sword at his hand and a table between the two, if he is still afraid of such a young noblewoman who has just undergone a body search and has no strength to hold a chicken, then he will also Don't mess around.

......

"Please forgive me during this special period."

He responded calmly, turning his eyes back to Margaery.

The flower of Highgarden in the 20th century has now lost its youthful breath and is at the perfect balance of youth and maturity. Her physiological state has reached Peak. Her outfit tonight is simple and elegant, yet elegant. The intention to please men is still quite eye-catching... In normal times, Igor will usually start with a compliment as a polite opening.

However, this beautiful lady in front of her is actually part of a stumbling block on the road to the Greater Crownlands plan, and the active and passive attitudes of the offensive and defensive sides are completely one-sided. Whether in psychology or in fact, he was too lazy to think of some witty words to appease him, and he was very polite if he could maintain basic etiquette: "If you have to talk about friendship, of course there is. 'We have known each other for many years', it is After claiming your identity as a 'pseudo-king's wife', you were not immediately arrested and escorted to the cell, but the only reason why you can still sit in front of me. I hope you cherish this friendship and preferential treatment, and don't waste your time talking nonsense."

It is true that there was a "honeymoon period" of cooperation between Tyrell and the Night's Watch industry, but in the end it was just a mutually beneficial transaction. It is a fact that the Rose family did not take too much advantage of Night's Watch because of their ancestral principles, but the Night's Watch industry is also a business, and the cash investment of the Tyrell family plus Renly and the network of contacts are discounted into shares or doubled in technology. Let your partner suffer.

Have friendship, but don't owe favor, Igor pull...falling out to become hostile, naturally there is no psychological pressure.

The emotional card was torn to smithereens just after playing. Margaery packed up her thoughts and emotions and pulled out the relationship card: "Where's Queen Your Majesty, I surrender to her on behalf of Highgarden and Reach, she won't even be a nephew? Missing your daughter-in-law?"

"If I were you, I wouldn't expect this to be a life-saver."

Igor sneered contemptuously, not showing the slightest weak spot.

Queen was already apprehensive about the authenticity of Prince Aegon's identity in his heart, but he naturally wouldn't self-destruct this kind of message that would give his negotiator more confidence.

Slightly straightening up, he became serious: "By appointment of the rightful monarch of the Seven Kingdoms, Westeros Queen Daenerys · Targaryen I, I am solely responsible for negotiating with the Reach rebels in the name of Hand of the Queen, and now, Let's get to the point."

Margaery's face turned horrified.

She went out in person on this trip, of course, because both her father and brother were out of town to fight whereabouts unknown, and there was only a lame big brother Willas left in the castle. But apart from this, two other key factors have also become key considerations: one, Daenerys is also a woman, and the sentinel clearly reported that she landed in the camp on a dragon; two, oneself is Queen's nephew's wife, who is also crowned Targaryen's surname - in the noble game, this kind of kinship is a very useful stepping stone and body protection charm.

Margaery wanted to reach a "lady's pact" with Daenerys to be a good talk, but now the Queen is clearly in the camp, but she doesn't show up and lets Igor, who is not a noble or even a Westeros person. black clothed prime minister to meet.

Not only did this defeat Margaery's original plan, it also sent a dangerous signal.

Queen, it's very likely that she's going to kill the Tyrells.

With a quiver of heart, Margaery suppressed the panic.

There are two possibilities, one is that Queen has made up her mind, and the other is that Igor is bluffing.

In the former case, what oneself does will be of no avail, and panic is in vain; as for the latter, as long as there is a slight hint of being bluffed, the oneself will be greeted by a wide-open bloody lion mouth.

“The Tyrells have decided to drop their support for Aegon’s claim to the throne, surrendering to the Queen and swearing allegiance. Reach will reimburse Your Majesty for all the war costs of the Westward Expedition, the amount to be determined later, as long as she promises The following conditions." Faced with negotiating opponents who could not enter the market, Margaery gave up playing tricks, "regardless of the death of the battlefield, to ensure the safety and personal freedom of all the surviving Reach nobles, to retain their castles, Fiefdom and titles, for those who no longer Families with male members must at least leave enough property for their wives and children to live on..."

The first request from Margaery seemed arrogant and ridiculous, but it was actually just a necessary foreshadowing before repaying the money. - The sky is the limit. As Tyrell's parent daughter, she is very aware that Reach has no power to resist after the defeat, so she was mentally prepared for bloodletting when negotiating terms with her grandmother Queen of Thorns and brother Willas... However, But Igor didn't even want to wait for her to finish reciting the conditions, and quickly interrupted her speech.

"Margaery 'Queen', do you smell, does this tent stink?"

Smelly?
Margaery moved her nose subconsciously, but didn't smell the slightest odor, and immediately understood that this should be a metaphor or insinuation... However, even though she frantically used her brain, she couldn't understand what Igor was referring to in her breath. He was dumbfounded, so he could only shake his head in doubt: "No, what do you mean by the Prime Minister?"

"I would like to advise you, don't waste your time talking nonsense, you think I'm farting, but it doesn't stink. , isn't it funny to be so contradictory!" Igor coldly snorted, his face was cold but his eyes showed the ominous light, "The declaration of conquest that I sent when I was in the Twins, you can say that you didn't receive it, but King's two months ago In the industrial park outside Landing, you and I met in person for dinner, right? I told you what I said to you at that time, with the bright little brain of the Highgarden flower, can you forget it in just a few dozen days Already?!"

He casually took out a small stack of prepared documents and threw them in front of the little queen: "It doesn't matter if you forget, this will definitely help you remember!"

With Margaery's memory, she didn't even have to pick it up and look at it, just glanced at it from a distance, and understood what it was.

A list of 90% of the lord families in Reach, which Igor used to rant during King's Landing, claiming to "invite" all the families circled in red above. Move to King's Landing and receive the Queen's so-called hospitality.

At that time, Margaery thought it was a lowly and stupid humiliation and provocation, and secretly vowed to repay it in the future. Who would have thought that now, the clown is her oneself!

"Let me tell you what's going to happen next." Igor didn't force Margaery to look at the files he dumped, but went on, each minding their own business. "Because of the stubbornness and bold rebellion of the Reach princes, the original conditions have been abolished - among the nobles drawn in the red circle, one third has to disappear from the world - this is estimated to be almost satisfied after this battle, and the other one Third, go beyond the wall to grow potatoes, and finally resist the fastest one third who surrenders to the smallest, in order to still be fortunate to be invited by the Queen, move the family to King's Landing, and accept the Royal Family hospitality.”

“ As for Tyrell's house, I would like to advise as an old friend, don't think about any conditions, just open the door overnight to welcome Wang Jun, and then wait for the Queen to deal with it, hoping that she will give you a light deal when she is in a good mood. The way out!”

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(end of this chapter)