Chapter 595
In recent days, the desolate and desolate Citadel appears to have been transported.
Highgarden Tyrell, Lord of Reach, finally agreed to Maester's request and sent a platoon of three hundred cavalry.
They will replace the armored and sword-wielding Maester guard Citadel, protecting Maester on the Great Protector of Light "Sinners List" from being harassed by the Honorable Knight.
Then, Iron Throne's agent Regent King, Queen Dowager Cersei, officially declared that Dragon Queen's trial against Citadel was invalid.
In other words, Citadel does not need to be dissolved, Citadel resumes business and becomes the official organization of Seven Kingdoms again.
Good things come in three, even Archmaester Walgrave, who has been dementia for almost a year, has regained his sanity, and Citadel has added a General.
On this day, the warm air outside, Birds, Speech, Flowers, Fragrances, and Seneschal's Court were also happy and smiling.
All the Archmaesters swept away the hazy faces of the past, and their moods were as bright as the sunshine in the yard.
"Finally, there is an official announcement from Iron Throne. Citadel is still Citadel, Maester is still Maester, our dignity and glory are back again." Seneschal Theobald sighed.
"And Tyrell, they also expressed their position. Three hundred cavalry, enough to defend the Red Keep, I don't have to worry about it anymore!" Economics Archmaester Ryan said.
"Even Archmaester Walgrave is back to health, three happy days, congratulations!" Historian Archmaester Benedict said, looking at the old Archmaester with Seneschal's left hand first.
“Archmaester Walgrave, how do you feel?”
“Do you remember what happened these days?”
As reminded by Benedict, all Archmaesters Begin to take care of the gray-haired old Archmaester.
Walgrave's drowsy old eyes had an extremely subtle purple glow flashing, "I'm okay, but I'm afraid everyone is not so optimistic."
"Archmaester Walgrave, what do you mean? ?" Ryan asked.
Walgrave didn't say anything, just tapped on two pieces of stationery on the desk.
Everyone sighed and fell silent.
Two letters from Highgarden and Iron Throne, Old Rose and Cersei.
Cersei asked Citadel to publicly support oneself's second entry into the palace and become the Queen Mother of the Regent King again.
Old Rose asks the Citadel to launch a public opinion offensive, agitate the Seven Kingdoms nobles, and drive Cersei Greyjoy out of King's Landing.
——The queen mother who has been married to the Iron Islands is no longer a queen mother, nor is she qualified to be regent.
The reason is very simple, although King's Landing does not have a Baratheon, the Seven Kingdoms legal system still belongs to Baratheon.
Even Targaryen are just former evil remnants.
Even though the whole world knows Tommen is Lannister, Tommen can be King because of his surname Baratheon.
So, Baratheon's throne, why should Mistress of House Greyjoy be regent?
As the old saying goes, no matter how bad the Citadel is, it controls all Ravens in the Seven Kingdoms.
To control Raven is to control half of Seven Kingdoms public opinion.
Not to mention that the Seven Kingdoms nobles have a Maester assistant by their side.
Maester's attitude can easily influence the decision to seal the emperor.
Therefore, both Iron Throne and Highgarden began to court Citadel at this critical moment in the battle for public opinion.
Before Citadel stinks, with Old Rose's shrewdness and Kevan Old Dog's savvy, how could it be possible to spend the fame and honor of the oneself family to endorse Citadel Maester?
To be honest, even they were horrified by Citadel's crimes!
The problem now is that with the benefits of Iron Throne and Highgarden, Citadel has to give back.
They have to stand in line!
Highgarden, or Cersei?
"Citadel's roots are in Oldtown, Oldtown is in Reach, and Highgarden controls Reach." Archmaester Ryam said slowly.
"Lannister controls King's Landing."
"But King's Landing needs Reach to support."
"Cersei is crazy, Old Rose is sane, who will offend the madman Unpredictable."
"Highgarden removes the Knight who guards us, and I can tell immediately what your fate will be: Arrested by the Bounty Hunter who calls himself the 'Honorable Knight', then under Septon's pressure, Parade to the public."
...
All the Archmaesters started arguing with each other over the matter of choosing sides.
“Archmaester Walgrave, what do you think?” Archmaester Seneschal asked the old man beside him.
Walgrave obeyed the thoughts coming from the depths of Soul Core, and said with a blank face: "Citadel is weak, and no one can afford to offend it. It is better to downplay the existence of oneself and try not to stand in line."
"Of course it's best not to stand in line, but how?" asked Archmaester immediately.
"If Archmaester Ryam got into a fight with Seneschal and was going to call me as a referee, but when they found my tower, they found me brow beaded with sweat for another terrible major event, they What would you do?" Walgrave asked rhetorically.
There were no stupid people present, and everyone quickly fell into contemplation if they realized something.
After a while, Archmaester Ryam asked softly: "Why don't we continue to promote Braavos as a violation of guest right?"
"We have never stopped criticizing the shameless of Braavos people." There is Archmaester reminded.
Archmaester Ryam waved his hand vigorously, saying solemnly: "Then step up, Iron Throne and Highgarden both know we've been doing this lately, and they're more accepting of being lazy at this time."
"There are at least fifty stories about Braavos' broken oath now circulating on the pier and in the tavern at the same time. How can it be used? The public opinion offensive has reached its saturation point!" Archmaester Seneschal helplessly said.
"Unless there is a new explosion."
"How else to explode?"
The Archmaesters were speechless.
They've written hundreds of stories of Braavos' oath-breaking and Faceless Men's brutality, and now they're racking their brains and writing homogeneous articles, what's the use?
"Ai, I won't hide it now."
In the quiet Conference Hall, Archmaester Walgrave's sigh was particularly loud.
"What?" Archmaester Seneschal turned his head blankly.
old man leaned back in his chair and sighed: "I have a showdown, besides the ordinary Archmaester, there is a special group, and I am the leader of the special group!
Just in time, the special team knows a lot of secrets about the Faceless Men.
You want to explode, I'll give you a blast, how about a Faceless Men Dark Must Kill List?
Name and name , at all times and places, keeping the world sensational, even Iron Throne and Highgarden will be stunned.”
Whether Cersei and Old Rose will be stunned and uncertain, the Archmaesters at the scene were really stunned. .
"Archmaester, are you... all right?"
Archmaester Seneschal pointed to oneself's temples, acting cautiously, trying not to irritate the poor old man.
Blessed by Mother, the old man recovered from dementia, and now it has become a mental disorder?
"You think I have mental disorder?" Archmaester Walgrave looked contemptuous.
Isn't it?
All the Archmaesters complained.
"hmph, at this point, I'm not afraid to tell you that the Battle of Usurper was not an accident, but the result of our Maester's meticulous planning.
Rickard Stark's Maester Walys, we The people on the special team.
Rickard had ambitions, Walys fueled his ambitions, and led to the alliance of Stark, Tully, Arryn, Baratheon..."
Archmaester Walgrave eloquently , blah blah , tell the story of the Four Nations at the Battle of Usurper.
Conference Hall is as quiet as a morgue, Archmaesters face deathly pale, eyes wide, chin almost on the table.
His eyes were full of surprise, and his expression was full of horror.
"Archmaester, are you sure? This is a serious matter, no joke."
After a while, Archmaester Seneschal picked up his chin from the table and pressed it back, stumbling.
"I look like a joker?" Walgrave asked rhetorically.
I'd rather you be kidding.
No, I'd rather you old man stay insane and keep the secrets of the "special group" that deserved to see Others underground forever, even if you don't know the secrets of the Faceless Men.
Archmaester Seneschal gritted his teeth and hated.
The eyes of all Archmaesters flickered...
Ten thousand miles to go beyond the wall shelter, go to the Wall to resurrect Jong, meet Second Stag and Lord Lamprey again, and finally Bestowing Spirit Repairing the Soul of the Demented Archmaester and leaving a single thought is a long story, but it only takes three days in total.
On the evening of the fourth day, Dany returned to Astapor.
"Dany, is Brynden trying to harm you?"
As soon as he jumped off the dragon's back and stared at a pair of old Aemons with dark circles, he approached anxiously.
"There are pits, but it's worth the money."
Old Aemon sighed in relief and asked: "How about Jon?"
Dany sighed: "Jon Snow is a thing of the past..."
"Ah!" Aemon and Tyrion exclaimed at the same time.
"R'hllor failed to bring him back to life, Red Woman broke her promise?" Tyrion shuddered.
"I didn't know you had such a good relationship with Jon Snow." Dany said oddly.
"For some reason, the first time I saw him... maybe I'm a dwarf, he's an illegalimate child, and a dwarf is no different from an illegalimate child in the eyes of the father." Tyrion sighed.
Aemon glanced at dwarf, opened and closed his mouth, and wanted to say: that is the bond of bloodline, just like I saw you and Jon, very kind.
But Jon has-
"Jon isn't dead, it's Night's Watch Jon Snow who died, resurrected again, he's King in the North, Jon Stark!" Dany said with a smile .
"Wow..." Aemon and dwarf rolled the eyes at the same time, "You don't finish the sentence, you're scared to death."
"You know why Jon died. Do you?" Dany looked at the old Aemon meaningfully and said: "For Stark's honor and hatred, he broke his Night's Watch oath and called on Night's Watch and Wildlings to follow him south to seek revenge for Bolton as Lord Commander."
"Smith Donal told me that Jon is a real Stark with the 'Wolf Blood' of Stark's ancestry."
"It's really impulsive, like his uncle Brynden, aunt Lyanna, really Wolf Blood." dwarf Nominee approves.
Aemon brows frowned, looked at Dany, looked at dwarf, and sighed.
Jon broke his oath for Stark dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety; Tyrion also rode Wyvern to King's Landing a few days ago, for Lannister, at the risk of offending Dragon Queen, to meet Kevan for Lannister Arrange the way back.
Obviously he is Targaryen, but he has the most standard Stark appearance and the most Stark character; he is obviously Targaryen, but he is more like Tywin than Cersei and Jaime, and he is more concerned about the future of the Lannister family.
Should I tell them the truth?
If the two of them love Targaryen half as deeply as they do to their mother family, why worry about Dany's failure to dominate and House Targaryen's unhappiness?
“aunt, what kind of tree is this, where did it come from?”
Aemon heard the sound and saw that Aegon was looking curiously at a bundle of red-leaf saplings that Mormont was holding.
The old man suddenly felt tired.
This guy doesn't know whether it's true or not, but with the name Targaryen, his love for Targaryen is not half as deep as for Iron Throne.
Comparing the two is too unpleasant.
"It's all Weirwood, Dany, are you going to plant Weirwood?" Aemon asked.
"The thick one is Magic material. I plan to make a scabbard. The other small saplings are first planted in the pyramid garden to see if they survive."
Greenseer sphere of influence Only in Westeros, if Weirwood is really transplanted successfully, maybe Dany can become the "Tree Whisperer" of Essos continent.
"Your Majesty, our people have been waiting for several days. Look, do you still want to do the 'cargo ship plan'? Will New Ghis still fight?" Big Crab came over and asked with a frown.