Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 79 The Impact of a Letter

When the boy found her at the harbor, she was selling fruit baskets along the pier.

She had no tongue and could not speak, so she could only babbled to the passengers and sailors who were disembarking, and took lemons and oranges from the fruit basket with her hands to indicate the price.

But people passing by always hurried past and ignored her.

The boy wanted to sneak over and pat her shoulder, but he failed because she turned around and saw him.

He saw her eyes light up when she saw him, and inexplicably he felt a surge of joy in his heart. He leaned forward, wanting to say a lot, but what he said was: "I told you, it's hard to sell fruit at the dock. Merchant ships will buy from special cargo ships, and passengers are willing to buy in the city. Even though the sailors are rich in the tavern, they will not buy things at the dock."

The girl is actually older than him, but for some reason, he always likes to act more mature in front of her.

She gestured with her fingers, pointing at the servants' clothes on him to express her doubts, and also expressed her confusion and concern about his lack of news in recent days.

But he couldn't say any of this, he could only say: "I am now the squire of the knight. A knight found me and thought I was eloquent, so he took me in as his squire." This was not a lie. A few days ago, a knight suddenly found him and asked him about a mercenary who had just disembarked and brought him into the city. Later, seeing that he was eloquent, he asked about his background. The knight wanted to make him a younger brother in the stable, but decided to take him in as a squire a day later. He had been staying with the knight these days, and was only allowed to come back today to pack up his things.

He vaguely knew that this might be related to the mercenary he brought into the city. A few days ago, even a lady from the Sand Snake came to him to ask questions. But he couldn't say it. The Knight asked him not to tell anyone.

This time when he came back to pack his things, he first went to worship his parents, then asked the blacksmith uncle to help him reforge his father's rusty sword, and then came to find her.

If there was anyone I had to see before moving out, it was her.

After all, she could be considered the first woman and child he had ever protected in his life.

About half a year ago, the girl appeared in an abandoned corner next to his dilapidated house. She hid during the day and came out at night. She was dirty, ragged, and had no clothes to cover her body. She survived by begging for food. A beggar nearby found her and fought with her for food, bullied her and beat her. He saw it and helped her beat the beggar away. But the girl was covered with wounds and fainted on the ground, and fell seriously ill.

Fortunately, he took her to a pharmacist on the street and healed her with herbs. Only then did he know that the girl had no tongue. The pharmacist washed her face and found that the girl was a mixed-race girl. Her mother or father should be from a free city. After she woke up, the pharmacist asked her about her origin. She babbled and gestured, and roughly explained that she met pirates at sea, and was later rescued by a ship heading to the Green Blood River, and came here after many twists and turns.

What she told at that time was all lies. The medicine man found the marks of slaves on her body and guessed that she was a slave who escaped from the Free Cities. But she was half Dornish, and she actually suffered such a thing in the Free Cities.

It was probably the care of the pharmacist and the boy that warmed her.

When she was about to leave after recovering from her illness, she told them the truth. She told them that she was originally from Lys, her father was a Lysian, her mother was a Dornish, and she encountered pirates during a trip, and her family was killed. She was captured by pirates and sold to slave traders, where she was cruelly abused. Later, when she was taken away by a slave ship, she jumped into the sea when the ship encountered a storm. A Free City merchant ship heading to the Greenblood River rescued her, and she was very grateful, but on the way she heard that the captain found that she had a slave mark and planned to sell her when he returned to the Free City. She secretly got off the ship when the merchant ship temporarily stopped at Sunspear City, and then begged in the city.
Such a pitiful life story touched the pharmacist and the boy. They wanted to collect money to send the girl back to Lys's home, but she said that her family had been killed and that it was worse than death to appear in the Free Cities with a slave mark. This made them feel troubled. The pharmacist had a family and it was not convenient for him to adopt a girl, and the boy was younger than the girl. Later, they told the neighbors about this matter, and finally the kind-hearted Tyrosh blacksmith uncle adopted her.

By the way, the blacksmith is also a mute, and I heard that he was also born a slave. What a coincidence.

However, it was difficult for a girl to find a job in the blacksmith shop, so the blacksmith asked her to help out at the fruit stall of the aunt next door, and occasionally sell fruit baskets on the street.

Back to the present.

The boy was just about to say something to her to share his joy, but the girl's eyes were immediately attracted by the merchant ship that had just arrived at the port, and she hurried to the dock where the merchant ship was about to dock and wait for it to stop.

The boy felt inexplicably lost.

Halfway through her walk, she saw the sails on the boat clearly, and her steps gradually slowed down, as if she had just realized something, and turned back to look at the boy. Then she gestured with her hands and asked him, "Are you moving away?"

He felt even more lost, and could only force himself to maintain a smile, nodding and saying, "Yeah."

"When?" She gestured with her hands.

"I will leave soon. I will return to the Knight before the sun sets."

"Can you wait until I finish selling the fruit? I'll give you a walk." She gestured.

Is it so important to sell this basket of fruit?
"I asked the blacksmith to help me reforge my father's sword, and I have to go back to get it."

She suddenly opened her eyes wide: "Did 'Father' ask you to come to me?"

"It was the uncle who told me that I could find you here."

She smiled, her eyes curved like crescent moons, and she gestured excitedly: "I'll go back with you to get the sword."

The boy was delighted: "Okay."

She lifted the fruit basket up to her arm and hurried back to the city with the boy.

They hurried in silence towards the street where they lived, passing through the winding streets of Shadow City. The blacksmith shop was getting closer and closer.

Behind a hidden wall, the girl suddenly slowed down.

"What's wrong?" The boy turned around to ask. His mouth just happened to touch her lips. The boy's eyes bulged, and he saw the unknown weeds on the edge of the shadow city wall were sprouting, shining, soft, and slippery, like a string of silk threads.

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"Who is he?"

"your Highness."

"What crime did you commit?"

"You should—"

"Why not bring him to trial?"

".You should focus on more important things, Princess. There are many things waiting for you to deal with in Sunspear."

is it?

No, his father appointed his cousin Ser Manfrey as acting lord, the old and blind Riccasso as steward, his ordinance officers to collect taxes and hand them over to the treasurer Aris Redibright for counting, his sheriffs to maintain order in Shadow City, his magistrates to preside over arbitration, and Maester Meath to handle correspondence that did not require the prince's personal attention.

Above these, he also placed her uncle, Prince Oberyn, as acting ruler.

And she? Besides drinking and entertaining guests, what else does she need to take care of?

Was it to be the recent observation and insignificant opinion she had given him while Prince Oberyn conducted his affairs? Or to read the recent excerpts from the final inventory that had been copied to her?
She couldn't even ask a prisoner in jail who he was!

It must be Anders Yronwood's men who are taking action!

The historical "Kingmaker" Criston caused the Targaryen siblings to turn against each other, and the Kingsguard to fight among themselves, provoking the civil war that the singers called "The Dance of the Dragons". Anders Yronwood is like Criston Cole resurrected. He confuses her brother and encourages her brother to take the initiative to seize the inheritance.

All kinds of signs.

The prisoner was brought there by Areo Hotah, the captain of her father's guards who seldom left his side. What happened in the Water Gardens that day was kept secret by those who knew about it, and Prince Oberyn had visited the Water Gardens several times recently - he used to visit once a week, and she was only summoned twice a year.

Then her father began to let her watch her uncle Oberon handle state affairs and read those boring documents.

Tyene said that the prince was finally starting to give power to her as the heir, and she should be happy. Hadn't she always wanted this?
No.

She knew that she was not the heir her father had wanted, and he had made that clear, and though the law bound him, she knew he was ready to have her brother take her place at any moment.

Only she knows this secret.

When she was fourteen, she went to her father's study to kiss him goodnight, but he wasn't there. Later she learned that her mother had sent someone to find him. There was a candle burning in his room, and when she went to blow it out, she found an unfinished letter next to it, a letter to her brother Quentyn. Her brother was in Yronwood at the time. Her father warned her brother to follow all the instructions of the maester and the master, because 'one day, you will sit in my place and rule Dorne, and the ruler must be of sound mind and body.'

Now, Anders Yronwood must have had someone say something, and she could imagine what others would say. Except for Dorne, sons inherited before daughters, regardless of age.

After being turned away by the judge, Princess Arianne Martell, the heir to Dorne, looked to her closest cousin Tyene: "Where is Prince Oberyn?"

"Father is in the Water Gardens," Tyene told her.

Flowing Water Garden has been here twice this week?
Arianne thought sadly: Doesn't her most open-minded uncle want her to inherit Dorne?
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"It's probably true. He planned to use three ships and hundreds, or perhaps thousands of Unsullied to attack King's Landing or Dragonstone. He only appeared in Tyrosh for less than a day. Apart from sending an envoy to Dorne, the only thing he did was to purchase supplies and set up ballistas and catapults on merchant ships. Then he disappeared from the sea again. Perhaps he has been destroyed by Stannis's fleet heading north."

Prince Oberyn of Dorne looked at his brother Prince Doran, who was suffering from gout but still had a calm face. They lacked actual intelligence and could only guess how many people were on the ship based on the supplies the merchant ship bought in Tyrosh.

Prince Doran had just rejected the maester's suggestion to feed him milk of the poppy to relieve the pain. He needed to keep his mind clear so that he could think: "Is he really a delusional person as the rumors say?"

"It's not necessarily true that he is a 'delusional man'. I heard his excuse for borrowing money from the Lord of Tyrosh. He is quite smart and has a flamboyant personality. He doesn't trust anyone around him, but he tries to use them, and he has some political tactics. The fact that there are ships of the Spice Governor of Pentos in various ports in Dorne recently is proof of this. He may not have told the Spice Governor of Pentos about his plan, so they are so anxious to find him, thinking that he will appear in Dorne." Oberyn raised his eyebrows, "Maybe he is indeed smart, but I'm afraid he lacks knowledge of war."

"If that's the case, since he doesn't trust the people around him, is he honest with us?"

"It is true that he will not marry Arianne. Whether he knew about the secret marriage agreement or not, the agreement has been torn up with the arrival of this letter. If he does not know, his letter seeking "cooperation" is asking for a new covenant, which can only be considered when he appears in King's Landing or Dragonstone; and if he knows, then what is his intention?

"Let us consider the most pressing matters. We have accepted the invitation to King's Landing and have deployed our army to the Marches. But King's Landing is in danger and may fall into the hands of Stannis. Highgarden has lost Renly and has not joined Stannis. The situation in the Seven Kingdoms is changing rapidly. How should we view the Tyrells?"

There is resentment and hatred between many nobles in Highgarden and the Reach and Dorne. At this moment, whether to try to form an alliance or to oppose, or to do nothing, they need to consider carefully.

(End of this chapter)