Chapter 549
2021-01-06
Chapter 549 (Part II)"Negotiate important matters?"
Petyr, who received the same invitation, twitched his nose and caught a faint scent named "Anomalous".
Normally, he might be amused by this clumsy pretext, but in today's tense situation, he is deeply frowned.
Although vague cracks have arisen within the alliance, he and Igor, who still have common interests, are not at the point of falling out after all. If there is really an "important matter", why would you call on the enemy to discuss it together?
Intuition murmurs "something's wrong", but sanity makes Petyr realize that he can't help but go.
He didn't sleep well last night, and was frightened by oneself's imagination, to be precise, the imagination extended by Igor's phrase "once and for all".
He spent the whole first half of the night tossing and turning under the covers, guessing whether Igor would be fooling around at night, tossing and turning, thinking about whether to alert the Unsullied guards to be more vigilant, and listen to the wind and snow outside the door. There are no battallion soldiers' footsteps.
Although nothing happened until dawn, he still felt deeply powerless after being awakened by the wake-up call in a daze.
Why is this happening?
Once, in front of King Robert, he was really full of ambition and bad water, thinking about how to use crafty plots and machinations to climb to a higher position and gain more power...but now , as Daenerys · Targaryen's Hand of the Queen, he really has never been more loyal, friendly and upright.
He put the Queen's interests second only to oneself's life, and taught Daenerys meticulously and without hiding, helping her avoid one trap after another; Dedicated to making suggestions for the Queen's unification cause, full of sincerity to win over all the forces that can be drawn, dignified to fight against the evil Varys...
Everything you do is to strive for a goal: Send the Queen back to the Iron Throne.
Just such a simple, innocent goal and desire, but it happens to meet unreliable accomplices.
Daenerys will not mention it, because of the side effects of True Dragon bloodline, her wisdom and temper jump back and forth between the "good king" and "Mad King", sometimes wise and decisive. , sometimes being loyal and wicked, thinking of one out is one out... she looks like a dragon, and no one can tell what she will do next.
It was not easy for her blind cat to meet a dead mouse to get back the allegiance of Night's Watch and the support of the Land Granters. Petyr thought that oneself had finally found an ally with good sense and ability, who thought He is also a master who will blow up when he hits a fire star - Varys's little provocation can make Igor go crazy in public, commit crimes, and even startle his accomplice... Management ability and self-discipline, if you really want to take him to the Seven Kingdoms, apart from fighting, what else can you expect from him?
Qi returned to Qi, but Petyr, who had been tested by Daenerys' temperament, remained awake.
He understands that with oneself's background, family property strength and black history, simply does not have the qualifications to change the family and the freedom to choose allies. Coax them as giant babies, stroke them along the hair, comfort and induce cautiously, pulling the Queen and the Land Granters in the right direction bit by bit.
and so on.
After a quick psychological struggle, he suddenly realized that oneself should ask more questions.
"Will Your Majesty be at this luncheon?"
"No, it's just the three of you, Lord Commander."
Petyr relaxed slightly Take a breath: If Daenerys is invited, he'll have to wonder if Igor is trying to reinvigorate the Queen's power, since not...
Varys will surely do something when the North nobles arrive Tricks, at such a critical juncture that one must beware of pulling yourself together, oneself must not waste energy on dealing with oneself people. If you don't accept the invitation today, go and perfectly clear what Igor wants to say and do in person, and oneself won't be able to sleep soundly in the past two days.
He dared not, nor could he refuse!
"Go and report back to your commander, and tell me that I'll make some preparations and I'll be there later."
After leaving the messenger of the land-grant army, Petyr summoned a few familiar Unsullieds and instructed They went to various places in the castle to inquire and observe. After learning from their report that Daenerys was indeed not invited, and that the land-grant army camps in the city were all normal, he gritted his teeth, called two Unsullied, and bronze oneself went to this mostly bad lunch.
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The scene along the way is the same as before. The one who is practicing is practicing, the one who feeds the dragon is feeding the dragon, and there are even two people at the entrance of the Land Granting Army Restaurant. The familiar Unsullied soldiers and Igor's bodyguards stood chatting together - eunuch came before oneself.
It seems that even if possessed great magical power such as The Spider, in this unrelied Winterfell, he would not dare to openly offend a lord who leads troops.
Pushing the door mockingly into the house, taking off and hanging up his coat, Petyr glanced at the restaurant: it was clear that the air in the refurbished room was warmed by the fireplace, as usual. The benches for the officers to eat have all been moved to the wall and piled up, leaving only the last table in the vacant space in the center, which is filled with rich wine, meat, vegetables and water.
No mezzanine darkroom, no screen wardrobe, layout obvious at a glance - can't hide half of the ambush.
And the people who didn't hide, except for a squire standing by the table, there were only the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and the Master of Whisperers who were already seated. Petyr was acutely aware that the last vacant chair was across from eunuch, and Igor was sitting at the end of the long table, at the same distance from the other two...symbolizing neutrality.
This is not a good signal, but what it means, he can't guess for the time being.
"I've been delayed on trivial matters, I'm a little late, please forgive me."
Petyr apologized, but he walked straight to the only vacant seat with carefree feet— - After all, he is the Hand of the Queen. In terms of status, he is half a level higher than the other two. No matter how uneasy and nervous, as long as the knife is not stabbed in the stomach, he cannot show his cowardice.
"It's time, please take a seat, Lord Prime Minister." Igor said nodding, then turned to squire: "Pour wine."
Petyr sat down in the chair and silently watched squire Holding the jug around, he poured wine for everyone present, each with his own mind, and no one said the first sentence or made the first action.
"Good afternoon, two adults." After waiting until all three glasses were full of wine and began to steam, and waved Squire to leave, Igor cleared his throat and walked out of his seat. Li stood up: "I invited the two of you to have lunch today, because I found some problems, which are in the front of Your Majesty - that is, among the three of us. Out of loyalty to the Queen, I think It needs to be solved as soon as possible."
Rao is that Varys and Petyr can't guess what medicines are sold in Igor bottle gourd, so naturally they can't talk about picking up and answering. Just stared at Igor silently, waiting for his next words.
"After several conversations with the Prime Minister, combined with my observations and analysis over the past few days, I now have reason to make a judgment: the two are 'whether to admit the identity of Prince Aegon', And there are differences and dissent on the two issues of 'what attitude to contact and dialogue with', which will lead to contradictions, and then this opposition has been brought to the north and mixed into the Queen's speech I'm making suggestions." Igor put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and relied on his standing advantage to condescend to observe the expressions of the two sitting, before continuing, "Please forgive me to speak bluntly, I think this This kind of behavior that brings personal feelings to work is very disgraceful and stupid, it damages the status and image of the two adults, and even makes me doubt your loyalty to Your Majesty. Therefore, today I decided to be completely neutral The attitude of the emperor, the role of mediator, to solve the bad situation and mentality of the opposition between the two, and let the service of the Queen return to the right path of reason and wisdom.”
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The firewood crackled slightly in the fireplace, and the army soldier and Varys Petyr’s unsullied guards were audibly chatting away from the wall, and Varys peeked at Petyr for unknown reasons. At a glance, I found that the other party seemed to be more dazed than oneself.
For the first time since Daenerys announced their official return to Westeros when they landed on the shores of Crownlands Crackclaw Point, they were all on the same page.
What nonsense are you talking about, Night's Watch, damn it?
The two of them are nothing... A couple who have conflicts on non-principled issues due to lack of communication, and fall into emotional distress due to lack of mutual trust and understanding, need the guidance, counseling and mediation of a third party— On the contrary: they both have a thorough enough familiarity and understanding with each other, guess each other's ideas and goals into bits and pieces, and clearly realize that each other's interests are opposite and the conflict is too great to be reconciled... Only then will they be completely rational. Driven by , calmly and without emotion, classifies the other party as "enemy".
This kind of confrontation is irreconcilable, as long as one party does not surrender or completely fails and is eliminated, it cannot be resolved, and now, there is someone who has called them seriously and said that they will mediate for them ?
Really the biggest joke in the world!
But it happens that the person who is doing this is someone they never dare to laugh at right now. Lord Commander of the Night's Watch may be a bit irritable and irritable, but he is definitely not a fool, and he decided to do this stupid thing after calming down one day and one night. What is his intention and plan? The other two... The first and second cunning of Seven Kingdoms are completely unpredictable.
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(end of this chapter)