Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Red Castle, Council Hall.

The Duke of Mace, the Hand of the King, the Earl of Randall, the Minister of Justice, the Earl of Paxter, the Minister of Admiralty, the Marquis of Innis, the Minister of War, and other members of the Royal Council in King's Landing sat around the mahogany round table to discuss military and political affairs with the king.

Grand Maester Pycelle was not allowed to participate, and the former maester Coburn was specially invited to replace him.

"My lords, think of a way to make our Coburn the Grand Maester appointed by the Citadel."

After ordering the servant who brought the wine jug to leave, Arthur I gave orders to the four courtiers.

Coburn was a complete scientific research maniac. Without the blessing of the gods, he comprehended the black magic on his own and used it for live experiments.

In Arthur I's view, Coburn, who had no intention of power struggle, was the perfect candidate for the Grand Maester.

"Your Majesty, I must remind you that the Grand Maester is appointed by the Cardinal Council of the Citadel, and we secular princes cannot influence Pycelle's term of office..."

Duke Mace nagging, as if teaching his son-in-law the king how to act according to the rules of Westeros.

The Citadel is a complex of buildings in Oldtown, the highest leadership organization for the scholars in the Seven Kingdoms. They gather, study and train newcomers here. The Citadel is also the residence of the Grand Maesters.

The Hightower family has worked hard for the establishment of the Citadel, and has always been an important sponsor and protector of the Citadel and the scholars.

As for the Cardinal Council, it is the management group of the Citadel and the scholars. The Cardinal Council is composed of doctors, and all meetings are confidential and held only inside the Citadel, isolated from the outside world. The Grand Maester is elected by them, and only the Cardinal Council can decide the appointment and removal of the Grand Maester.

Arthur glanced at the Minister of Justice, Randyll Tarly, who understood and said forcefully:

"Since the Citadel has nothing to do with the gods, it is just part of the secular world. According to the kingship of his majesty's ancestors, the Andals and the Rhoynar, the scholars in the Citadel are also his subjects. How can they have privileges?"

Bald Innis also roughly knew the current situation. Although the king did not talk to him in detail, Marquis Frey knew that if Arthur I had a conflict with the Rivermen, he should show his support for the king.

So he also echoed Randyll's opinion: "Since he is your majesty's subject, he should obey the king's orders. I remember that the Duke of Mace and the Earl of Hightower are close relatives, right? What can't be solved with a letter from you?"

The current head of the Hightower family is named Layton, whose titles include: Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Harbor, Earl of the Towering Tower, Guardian of the Citadel, and Lighthouse of the South.

The wife of the Duke of Mace is none other than Lord Layton's second daughter, Ellery Hightower.

That is to say, after the little rose Margaery married Arthur, the old man Layton in Oldtown became the grandfather of the king.

"My family has no relationship with Hightower..." Lord Inflatable Fish stopped talking halfway and changed his words:

"Your Majesty and the others must know that the doctors in the Citadel are all stones in the toilet, smelly and hard, and my father-in-law can't let them make concessions. And I heard that this Lord Qyburn was deprived of his bachelor's status by the cardinal because he studied immoral magic. How can such a person serve as a member of the Royal Council?"

Arthur glanced at Lord Inflatable Fish sideways, and suddenly had a way to make him give in.

"In that case, I plan to hold the wedding within a week, without waiting for the Dornish and Northerners to arrive."

Previously, the raven had sent news that Prince Oberon of Dorne would lead a large delegation of envoys to attend the second wedding of the new king.

The northerners are mainly the Manderly family of White Harbor. One of the sons of Earl Wyman Manderly died at the hands of the Bolton family, so Arthur easily found his family and prepared to contact them on how to send a large army from the River Bay to destroy the old peeling family before the long winter comes.

These two families are a bit far from King's Landing, and they all came from the sea. If the Duke of Mace had thought before, he would have to wait for the arrival of these two waves of nobles before holding the wedding, which would take at least a month.

"How can it be so fast?" Mace was surprised. His lifelong wish was to make his daughter Margaery the queen.

Although he didn't care which king it was, the Dragon King family was more noble than the Baratheon family, and marrying Arthur I was more in line with the Duke of Mace's heart.

Dorne had a thousand-year grudge with the River Bay and the Stormlands. Lord Inflatable Fish wanted to make a big splash with his daughter's wedding. How could he hold the wedding without waiting for the Dornish to arrive?

After his lifeline was controlled, the Duke of Mace softened his tone on the spot.

He tentatively proposed: "I have a compromise. Your Majesty will send ravens to the Citadel to have them restore Lord Qyburn's status as a maester, and then let him serve Queen Sansa as a maester of Harrenhal, so that he can stay by your side."

"As for the old man Pycelle, I can write a letter and ask Lord Leighton Hightower to give some suggestions to the cardinals to send a younger maester to serve the king and the royal family. Although the princes cannot interfere with the operation of the Citadel, I think reasonable and wise suggestions will always be accepted by the doctors."

The Duke of Mace's proposal is not unacceptable. The old maester Mutos of Harrenhal is almost in poor health, and a position will be vacated soon.

After most of the nobles arrived in King's Landing, Earl William Mooton will temporarily act as the lord of Harrenhal and Harren.

But he also has his own territory to manage, so Arthur is ready to choose a reliable acting lord when the time comes.

The well-behaved Pywyn Frey, the loyal Olifa Frey, and the mediocre Arthur fan Patrick Mallister are all within his scope of consideration.

But you have to ask Sansa about this, she is the serious master of Harrenhal.

Arthur I nodded, "Then it's settled."

He turned to Cobain, waved gently and said, "Are you satisfied with the result?"

"I'm quite satisfied. When I left the city, I thought that only the brothers of the Night Watch could accept me. I didn't expect that I could regain my status as a bachelor and even be able to do the experiments I wanted to do. All of this was given to me by His Majesty..."

Cobain, who has pale skin, rarely blushed, showing his excitement.

After boasting about the king's wisdom and prowess, he left the meeting hall.

He is not an official member of the Imperial Council, and the matters discussed next have nothing to do with him.

Earl Paxter Redwin, who had not spoken until now, told the Royal Council the situation related to the dispatch of troops to the north and the sea.

"When we calm down the Western Territory... two hundred and seventeen merchant ships have been negotiated... After arriving at White Harbor, it will be arranged by Earl Mandalay..."

The current preliminary situation is that after the River and the Riverside Army captured Casterly Rock and Lannister Port, Lord Randyll Tarly led the ten thousand Riverside Army stationed in King's Landing to go north along the coast and arrived at White Harbor. Then follow the Bairen River deep into the hinterland of the North.

The White Blade River is the largest river in the North, originating from the Wolf Wood. If you enter along this river, you can go directly to the vicinity of Severn City. After landing, you will only be a few days' ride away from Winterfell.

After hearing this arrangement, Marquis Inis asked: "Your Majesty, is the 10,000-strong army a little weak? Let's join forces with the Bolton family and the Dustin family. Together with the second- and third-tier nobles in the north, how can they pull it together?" Come out with 10,000 people."

What he actually wanted to ask was his niece Walda Frey. It was a certain fact that the Bolton family was completely destroyed. The only thing he needed to know was how Old Flay and his son died.

Walda is Bolton's official wife, and theoretically the Frey family can inherit the Dreadfort in the future.

But it was his first time to attend such a high-end meeting. He didn't want to leave a bad impression on the other nobles, so he resisted asking about the inheritance of the territory and instead asked about military issues related to his responsibilities.

"Marquis Inis has done a good job. The Minister of War should be concerned about these issues."

Arthur first praised the bald head, and then replied:

"I have other arrangements in the valley. The Tampaton, Royce, Waywood and other families are distant relatives of Stark. They must also contribute to such a big event as recovering Winterfell!"

Counting the days, Mrs. Stoneheart has already entered the Moon Mountains. Although the road is not easy to walk, after Arthur has completed the coronation ceremony, the wedding to Margaery, and the restoration of the Western Territory, there is no way she can reach the Eagle's Nest City. And make a new deal with Littlefinger.

Some of the princes in the valley are loyal allies of the Wolf family, and since Arthur married Sansa, they should also send troops to the north together.

As for Mrs. Stoneheart's safety, Arthur was very relieved.

Who can kill a dead body?

Instead, he was more curious about whether Littlefinger and Lady Lysa would survive.

Because he felt that these three childhood playmates really didn't look like they could live happily together.

Marquis Aenys was fine. He knew that the people of the valley had a special connection with the king.

But the Duke of Metz and Earl Paxter were a little surprised. They couldn't figure out when Arthur I contacted the people of the valley.

In the following time, the royal meeting proceeded in an orderly manner, and the details of major events such as the king's coronation ceremony, wedding, pacification of the Western Territory, and expulsion of the Golden Company were discussed one by one. Of course, the bills of exchange between the Rose family and Arthur were also taken out. A meal.

Under the king's tough attitude, the Duke of Metz promised to let Arthur personally negotiate with the Queen of Thorns.

Arthur I should really have a good talk with Lady Olenna. Alduin has been taken to the dragon's lair, and the Tyrell family should also spend money to raise dragons.

…

Afternoon, Maegor's Tower, Sansa's room.

Arthur nodded to Brienne Tarth, who was on duty outside the door, and walked in.

He was going to have a good fight with Queen Stark and ask for her opinion on the acting Lord of Harrenhal.

But there was a second person in the room.

Margaery, wearing a turquoise dress, was sitting at the wooden table, sharing a plate of cake with Queen Sansa.

The two were talking and laughing, with beautiful eyes and various postures.

Against the background of the beautiful woman, the whole room looked beautiful.

Seeing Arthur walking in, Margaery immediately became dignified and even straightened her waist.

This rounded out the kid canteen on her chest.

"Your Majesty!" Margaery nodded and saluted.

Sansa was more casual. She ate the cake in her hand in two or two bites, then patted the residue on her hand and said, "Ignore him, let's continue chatting about interesting things about your Highgarden."

The lemon cake that Miss Tyrell brought was so delicious that Queen Sansa picked up another piece and ate it.

Arthur walked over and asked, "Who brought this food? I'll take a piece too."

During the time he came in, Margaery didn't eat a bite and talked nothing more than gossip, while Sansa, who was stupid, listened and ate, and had already eaten two large pieces of lemon cake.

He suspected that the cake was mixed with contraceptive drugs, so he was ready to give it a try.

Miss Tyrell replied seriously: "I brought you to have lunch with Queen Sansa, Your Majesty! You said you wanted me to have a sisterly relationship with Queen Sansa, so I came."

Arthur picked up a piece of cake and pretended to reward Margaery, "You are so obedient, come, I will feed you a piece. Open your mouth!"

The bright and white-toothed Miss Tyrell pretended to be shy, and after refusing once, she stretched her neck and came over, and took a bite of the cake in Arthur's hand.

She even had the strength to scrape the king's finger with her teeth.

Seeing her husband feeding another woman when he came in, Sansa's face changed drastically, and even the lemon cake in her mouth was not fragrant.

After staring at Margaery swallowing it, Arthur nodded with satisfaction, but caught a glimpse of Sansa's ugly expression.

So he also sent the cake in his hand to Queen Stark's mouth, "I will feed you a bite too. Ah~"

Sansa did not appreciate it. After glaring at her husband fiercely, she silently swallowed the food in her mouth.

The king knew that Sansa, who had some little girl's thoughts, had misunderstood, so he hurriedly revealed this section.

"I just saw Margaery didn't eat a bite, so I fed her..." But Arthur's description made things worse, and the chestnut-haired queen complained more about her husband.

Seeing that Miss Tyrell had also eaten the cake, the king simply told her what he had just thought. Unexpectedly, while Sansa was relieved, he also angered Margaery.

"Am I the kind of vicious woman who put contraceptives in the cake in your eyes?" Miss Tyrell questioned.

Her face was not much better either.

This was the first time Arthur saw an angry little rose, and he felt that beautiful women had a special charm when they frowned.

"It's my fault." The king had to apologize to his fiancée and coax her.

But this made his married wife jealous again.

Arthur had to sigh that two women were really hard to serve, not to mention that they were two great beauties.

"Okay, let's stop here." The king put the cake in his hand on the plate, and then turned Sansa and Margaery's shoulders over.

"Margaery is about to marry me, and we will be a loving family, so you two should stop being jealous of each other..."

In order to make the wives live in harmony, Arthur nags for a long time and sets a rule that the two should not attack each other.

In fact, Arthur's situation with these two beauties is very special. After Miss Tyrell officially became his wife, Sansa and Little Rose can also be considered relatives.

And most gods will curse the kinslayer, and the evil people who abuse their relatives will also bring bad luck.

So he is not too worried that the two beauties will fight too fiercely in Maegor's Tower. At most, the Northland-Riverland forces represented by Sansa and the River Bay forces represented by Margaery will compete in the court.

After coaxing the two beauties for a long time, Arthur finally remembered the business.

After discussion, Oliver Frey, who was loyal to Robb before, became the acting lord of Harrenhal.

After that, Little Rose left tactfully, and Arthur had a good afternoon tea.

...

Volantis, the merchant's house

This is the best tavern and the largest inn in the free trade city-state. It is located in the fishmongers' square. The Merchant's House is a four-story behemoth, overlooking the surrounding warehouses, taverns and brothels.

Its hall is larger than the halls of most castles in Westeros. The courtyard in the middle is paved with stone slabs and planted with many grape racks. The surrounding pavilions and caves make the hall look like a maze.

Jorah Mormont, who had been drifting on the sea for a long time, arrived in Volantis with several mercenaries.

With rich experience in wandering, he naturally knew that the tavern was the place where information flowed most sensitively, so he went straight here as soon as he got off the boat.

As soon as he entered the door of the Merchant's House, he attracted many people's attention.

Without him, the temperament of wandering mercenaries and the lord of the Western Continent is perfectly integrated in Sir Jorah.

Anyone with a little experience can understand that this is a landless nobleman from the Western Continent.

"Isn't that the lord of Bear Island?" Someone said in the corner of the tavern.