"Robert, how did you come in from outside the Red Keep?"

Robert opened his mouth to laugh, but found himself holding back his laughter in the secret passage: "Ha~er, I'm out to do some errands."

Werther saw the red lips that had not been wiped off Robert's face, and Werther understood why he was out.

Queen Doris Rowan had just given birth to a daughter, and was now ill, and Robert was back to his old trade.

Werther: "Oh, then I'll go back first, and you should hurry up too."

After the two passed by, Werther turned around: "I almost forgot, Prime Minister Jon Arryn died last night."

"what!"

Robert yelled out that his foster father was all right when he drank yesterday, but then calmed down again:

"Ed Stark and I talked about it. His adoptive father was extremely thin during this time. We all thought that he might die soon, but we didn't expect it to be so soon, hey!"

It seems that everyone has been mentally prepared in advance, and Werther also intends to comfort Robert: "You should also pay attention to your body."

"Thank you brother! But did Jon Arryn die of illness?" Robert was relieved.

Werther: "I didn't die of illness. I drank three bottles of Dali in a row, and immediately got wind. I died of joy."

"what!"

Robert's crotch tightened. How many bottles did he drink yesterday?

~~~

After Werther changed his clothes and returned to the Red Castle, the imperial meeting was officially held.

Everyone knows the news that Jon Arryn died last night, but some people know the exact cause of death, and some people don't.

After discussion, everyone decided to hold the funeral in the Great Sept of Baelor, King's Landing City as the Hand of the King and the Duke. After the funeral ceremony, the remains were transported back to the Eyrie City family cemetery by the Ayrin family for burial.

The funeral arrangements ended soon, and Varys, the chief intelligence officer, said:

"The Hand of the King has passed away, so someone of extraordinary ability must take over."

After Robert heard it, he immediately thought of Ed Stark, who is now in King's Landing.

Varys' bald head flickered as he spoke, and he didn't finish.

"I recommend Werther Baratheon as Hand of the King!"

On the large rectangular conference table, the king seat is at the head, and there are four people on each side. Werther is the second seat on Robert's right. At this time, everyone looked at Werther.

1 "Agreed! In terms of ability, the Seven Kingdoms can't find another suitable candidate." Minister of Justice Renly was the first to speak.

2 "I agree!" said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mace Tyrell. Werther is only 21 years old now. If he becomes the Hand of the King, he can work for at least a few decades. Highgarden has been doing business with Storm's End. Do you have to double it dozens of times?

3 "Yes!" said Sea Lord Stannis.Because of Werther, I have become a "gambling king" that even the dragon recognizes his name!

4 "Yes!" Grand Maester Pycelle.Witte has a very good relationship with the Academy City. After being awarded an honorary bachelor, he and the Academy City have been mutually beneficial, and the Academy City has also ushered in great development. Recently, Witte has sent a large number of dignitaries from the Academy City to the Stone Steps Islands.

5 "Yes!" said Barristan, Captain of the Kingsguard.Werther has extraordinary martial arts skills, is a magician, and has a giant dragon. The safety of the king and King's Landing can rest easy.In terms of character, Essos is notorious, but here is Westeros!Werther is the Dragon Rider!big hero!

There are eight ministers and one king in the imperial council, with nine votes.There are eight votes for the current prime minister vacancy.

Varys, the octopus-clawed spider in charge of intelligence, proposed Werther, and one vote was counted. Then five ministers spoke successively, and six of the eight votes agreed.The king is the last to make the final decision, and now only Werther himself is left.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Robert also found that the most suitable candidate was Werther. Now everyone looked at Werther with smiles on their faces, waiting for him to say a few words of modesty, and then put on the emblem of the Hand of the King.

Werther: "Where do I have time to be Hand of the King?"

Everyone was stunned.

Werther slowly explained to everyone, "Tylosi City is now in ruins, and the islands of the Stone Step Islands are basically wasteland. I don't have time to build territories, so I don't have time to be prime minister. Do you know what other nobles call me? Call me the Duke of Ruin!"

"Hehehe."

"Hahaha."

With the victory of the war, the nobles of the continent of Westeros gathered in King’s Landing, and the names of the Duke of Ruins and the Second Sons Islands have been spread. up.

Robert toyed with the emblem of the Hand of the King and said to Werther, "Then when you're done?"

Chapter 160 Two

Werther: "You have also been to the Stone Step Islands, Robert. Not to mention the development, it will take two or three years just to build the infrastructure. Hasn't there been a king's hand in these few years?"

Varys the eight-clawed spider: "Then we can temporarily find an acting prime minister, and wait for Duke Werther to come back in three years and officially take over."

Witt turned and pointed to the map on the wall of the conference hall: "Everyone, take a look at the Stone Step Islands. When there is development, can I still leave?"

Everyone looked at the map, the traffic arteries between the two continents, although there are two new allies in the east, but these allies are nothing, the Seven Kingdoms win and they form an alliance, once they lose power, they will definitely take advantage of it and loot it, it has been like this for thousands of years , there are other city-states, pirates, and mercenaries watching.

Varys: "Didn't the Duke of Werther have a dragon? It can go back and forth between the two places quickly."

Witte: "The King's Hand is different from other duties. There are important matters to be dealt with every day, and it cannot be separated from people."

Robert is more proficient in military affairs, looked at the map for a while: "It's really impossible to go away."

Mace Tyrell and others already showed regretful faces.

Robert touched the hand embossed on the badge, and flung the badge at Werther with a flick of his hand.

Werther had no choice but to reach out and catch it: "Brother, in Westeros for hundreds of years, how can you force someone to be the hand of the king like you?"

"Hahaha."

Robert laughed loudly, taking Werther's words in reverse.

"For hundreds of years in Westeros, how could you not want to be the Hand of the King?"

Werther held the badge in his hand and didn't put it on, because it was really embarrassing. Once he became the Hand of the King, he would be trapped in King's Landing City for the rest of his life. What he yearned for was the sky!

The official job title is Hand of the King, and everyone is usually called the Prime Minister.Ke Witt is very familiar with the official positions and positions of the Seven Kingdoms. There is a saying that "the king dreams, and the prime minister dreams."

The more popular folk saying is: "The king eats the banquet, and the prime minister shits." If you have too much power, you will have all kinds of benefits and temptations. If you don't pay attention, you will overturn. In this position?

Robert looked at Werther's appearance and wanted to laugh, but he still stood still: "Before the formal appointment of the King's Hand, I, in the name of the King, appoint Werther Baratheon to act as Prime Minister!"

Witte: "How long will it take for the official Hand of the King to be elected? Don't let me act as an agent for decades!"

Robert also didn't know that after he had only one king, he was still directly appointed adoptive father Jon Arryn. He didn't know what to do next after the king's hand rejected him. He asked the grand maester, and the two talked quietly for a while.

Robert didn’t speak in a polite way, but said in plain language: “Either I appoint directly, or the imperial council selects a candidate to vote, and he is elected with a unanimous vote like just now. If it doesn’t work, continue to select candidates to vote. The kingdom cannot live without a prime minister, and the candidate will be decided after the tournament at the latest.”

"Okay then, I'll be the acting Hand of the King for 10 days first."

Reluctantly, Werther pinned the embossed badge on his chest.

"Congratulations, Duke Witte."

Varys, as the recommender, was the first to congratulate Werther.

"Hey, I thought I could have fun in King's Landing for a few days, but now I get such a hard job."

"Hahaha"

The meeting hall of the Red Castle was suddenly filled with laughter.

Robert is very happy, as long as he wears the badge, he can find any reason to say that a new Prime Minister cannot be elected, and he really needs to act for decades.Others are also very happy, because Witte can bring benefits to everyone present.

Varys the octospider didn't laugh like the others, he just opened his mouth slightly.

Varys knew very well that Robert couldn't keep Werther!The agreement reached with Littlefinger Baelish was also achieved by himself, and Werther was elected as the Hand of the King. It was also expected that Werther would not accept the move. Both Werther and Littlefinger were not offended, and Varys smiled happily.

Werther is the Chief Archmage. Once he becomes the Hand of the King, the position of the Chief Archmage must be vacated. Otherwise, one person will have two voting rights. If the King is not in King's Landing, he will even have three votes. The power is too concentrated.And only Renly will take over the position of Chief Archmage, so the position of Lord Chancellor will be vacant.

According to Varys' information, it was Werther who got Littlefinger Baelish to become the director of sewer excrement before.Even if Littlefinger has the ability to climb to the position of chief executive and no longer digs out dung, he can't get his hands on the position of Minister of Justice. If Witte is not prime minister, this position will not be vacant!

Not long after, official news spread from the Red Castle:

Hand of the King, Guardian of the Canyon, Guardian of the East, Lord Jon of House Arryn of the Eagle's Nest City in the Vale, died of illness last night at the age of 74.The funeral took place two days later.

The funeral was arranged by Robert, and it was arranged quickly, and the opening of the tourney was postponed for two days.

A gray-haired old man, whose descendants have already married and established a business, can be regarded as a happy funeral after the wedding, and there is no sad atmosphere in the city of King's Landing. Everyone plans to mourn this hardworking man at the funeral two days later. The hand of the former King.

~~~

After dinner, Uncle Elton Esmond came to the gate of the magic school, and Werther went out to fetch him in.

Werther: "Uncle Elton, you are so old, why are you so anxious to come tonight?"

Elton saw Ellie Hightower and Sansa Stark, with a sad face: "Come on, let's go to the study to talk."

The two women glanced at this side, didn't care, and continued to help Tyene with the alchemy potion.

In the study, Werther took out two glasses from the wine rack and poured two glasses of white water.

After the uncle drank the white water, "Can you use that magic without sound?"

Werther cast the silence technique: "Okay, if there is anything I can help uncle, just say it."

The two started talking, and when Werther sent him away after talking, Uncle Elton's sad face turned into a smiling face, and Werther's turned into a sad face.

Not long after, Renly came to the magic school alone, and went directly into the hall to find Werther.

Seeing Ellie Hightower and Sansa Stark, Renly smiled and said to Werther, "Come on, let's go to the study to talk."

Are these two dating?Werther followed him with a constipated look on his face.

The two glasses on the study table were still confiscated, and Werther took out two more glasses from the wine rack and poured two glasses of white water.

After Renly took the glass and drank the white water, his smiling face immediately turned into a sad one.

Werther sat on the chair with a sad expression on his face: "Your business is very troublesome!"

Renly came over, grabbed Werther's shoulders with both hands, and squeezed tightly: "No trouble! No trouble!"

~~~

In the middle of the night, whether it was a commoner or an aristocrat, all the lights in the house had been extinguished. It may be that the heavens were merciful to the death of Jon Arryn. Today, the clouds were thick and the city of King's Landing looked extremely dark.

In the aristocratic residential area not far from the Red Castle, on the outer wall of a luxurious three-story building, the attached vines seem to be pressed by something. There was a rattling sound, and a big fat black cat on the wall next to it kept staring at it.

"Cuckoo~"

The big fat black cat looked at the strange shape of the vine and slowly raised its head until it stopped in front of the window on the third floor, and then there was a sound like a bird chirping.

Si~~~ The big fat black cat arched its body in fright, its tail and fur stood up, and it let out its small white fangs and breathed out at the vines.

"Cuckoo~" A clear and pleasant voice came from the room.

The window on the third floor opened, and a Dornish woman leaned out her upper body, and scooped up the air in front of her eyes with her hands, but she really caught something, and grabbed it with both hands and pulled it hard into the room.

bang~~~

The sound of a flesh hitting the ground.

In the room were three women in tulle pajamas, Nymeria and Tyene, and one was Little Rose Margaery Tyrell.

Nymeria: "Quickly remove the magic, I don't know which part of your voice or body, I can tell it's you just by touching it!"

Tyene: "Quick! Quick!"

Little Rose Margaret hid an empty bottle of "Dali" under her pillow, and came over with a glass of wine from Qingting Island.

Chapter 160 Three Baelor Cathedral

The nobles who came to King's Landing City were very busy. After attending the wedding, they had to attend the funeral, and after that, they had to participate in the martial arts tournament.

For the funeral of the aging Prime Minister Jon Arryn, the Red Keep has made sufficient preparations.

On the morning of the funeral, the nobles woke up from the quilt sleepily with hangovers, yawned and went to the Baylor Cathedral to attend the funeral.

Werther went back to the magic school and changed his clothes. By the way, he also cut his long hair short, and got a short hair style similar to that of Renly.

The new aristocrats who went out to join the Stone Step Islands slowly walked towards the Great Church. Everyone held pastries and water bags in their hands, and walked while eating.During this period of time, Werther arranged a lot of work for the new nobles of the Stone Step Islands. During this time, they were too busy, and they had already formed a habit, and they seemed out of tune with the nobles of King's Landing City.

The Baelor Cathedral is located on the top of the Visenia Hills, and the square at the entrance is paved with white marble.In the center of the square stands a huge statue of King Baelor I, the presiding builders of the Great Sept: House Targaryen.

Many nobles who came to the cathedral for the first time still stopped at the entrance to watch, admiring the magnificence of the cathedral.

People in the Shijie Islands are no exception. When visiting the statue, they only need a camera in their hands.

There were many nobles who entered the sanctuary, most of them went in and walked around, paid homage to the widow, looked up at their appearance, and then left. Many merchants and property knights from King's Landing City also came. There was a constant flow of people at the entrance of the great sanctuary, and Werther was not in a hurry , wait until there are fewer people before entering.

Werther has read a lot of history books, so he explained to them: "Everyone in the Targaryen family has appeared, this is a magic stick king! I have never touched a woman in my life, and I locked my two sisters and my sister's part-time wife together. They are under house arrest in the *** residence of the Red Castle."

The Earl of Seagull Island, turned from an illegitimate child to a full-time official. Werther's naval commander Auryn Velaryon looked at the statue: "He looks handsome, but it's a pity that he has no offspring. Then what happened to his wife?"

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