Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 127: Aegon's Coronation

"There is no king who is not in King's Landing!" Sea Snake Corliss slapped the table in shock. There were only six people left in the huge meeting room: Dragonzel, Daemon, Sea Snake himself, Lord Bartimos Celtigar, the Minister of Finance, Stephen Darklyn, the interim captain of the Kingsguard, and Grand Maester Orwell. Joffrey was pulled away by Benilla. The little queen, uh, the little queen mother knew that neither she nor Joffrey had a say in this situation. Even with a dragon, they had no say. They could only follow the arrangements of the adults.

"This is Xiaojie's last words." Longzel spread his hands, indicating that this is not my decision. If you have any opinions, you can ask Xiaojie directly. "Aegon will be crowned in King's Landing under the protection of my brothers, and then I will take him back to Dragon's Nest, just like when His Majesty Jaehaerys was young. When Aegon is fourteen years old and completes his engagement with my daughter Samantha, I will send him back to King's Landing to assist him in ruling the country." Longzel tapped the table lightly and said in a tone that could not be questioned: "I am informing you, not discussing with you."

"Longzel, even if this is Xiaojie's last wish, there has never been a precedent in the kingdom where a king grew up in a vassal's castle after being crowned." The sea snake stood up with some dissatisfaction: "Even King Jaehaerys spent his youth on Dragonstone."

"Is there any place in the kingdom more suitable for children to grow up healthily than my Dragon's Nest?" Longzel smiled. "Or do you all want to go against Xiaojie's will? Aegon is my adopted son now. I am also his Hand of the King, don't you think so, Your Majesty the Regent?"

"Daemon, this is a matter of principle. How can a king who did not grow up in King's Landing win the support of the people in the future?" The Sea Serpent said unwillingly. The death of Jacaerys meant that the Sea Serpent's idea of ​​further implanting the Velaryon bloodline into the Targaryen family had become completely empty talk, and Aegon... It was obvious that in terms of his marriage and growth experience, he would definitely be closer to the dragon and the more powerful Varese family in the future.

If the two Varese families fight, the loser will definitely be the Velaryon family, which has a shallow foundation and rose to prominence entirely due to the personal ability of Sea Snake. After all, the Velaryon family now only has Joffrey's dragon left, while the Varese family has six dragons, and in the foreseeable future, the Varese family will have more and more dragons.

Daemon fiddled with the minister's orb in front of him, and did not comment on the sea snake's remarks. As long as the king of the Targaryen family had a dragon under his crotch, no one dared to say that he was not obedient, but the Vareses family. Although they had a premonition, the Vareses family was really too terribly inflated. But in terms of dragons, after the war, the only dragon that the Targaryen family could fight was his Corax. Joffrey's Tyrex, Baena's Moon Dance and young Aegon's Storm Cloud were all young dragons, the kind that Wormithor could catch one at a time. Dreamfire had essentially lost its rider. It was driven back to King's Landing before, and is now locked in the dragon cave, and the same is true for Syrax.

The wild dragons, Sea Smoke, Grey Shadow, and Sheep Thief, still nest on Dragonstone, but without riders. As for the Vareses family, aside from Wormisoar, Silverwing is also a real dragon, and Shadownight has also formed a fighting force. Daemon had read the letter from the south before. When destroying the invading fleet of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, Shadownight was no longer afraid of the scorpion crossbow, and its size was larger than that of Wormax. The Vareses family also has three growing dragons. It is said that the dragon of Ringol, the eldest son of Dragonzel, is also a large species that grows fast.

Daemon took a deep breath with a headache and said, "Lord Corliss, I think we should follow Xiaojie's will." The sea snake was anxious: "Daemon, let's do this..." Daemon waved his hand, signaling the sea snake not to worry: "Just follow the precedent of your grandfather. After all, Longzel is Aegon's adoptive father, and he has lived in Dragon's Nest for several years."

Count Bartimos and Grand Secretary Orwell looked at each other and lowered their heads at the same time. They knew that if they got involved in such a matter, they would be courting death.

Longzel nodded and said, "Then let's prepare for Aegon's coronation ceremony." After that, Longzel looked at the ministers in the meeting room. Seeing that none of them objected, he smiled and signaled everyone to leave.

"Daemon, the Vareses are out of control." On the way back to the Tower of the Prime Minister, the sea snake caught up with Daemon. "Aegon's presence with Longzel will inevitably lead him to lean towards the Vareses and help them gain power." The sea snake's old voice was very low, but Daemon could hear every word the old earl said in High Valyrian. "Do you want to see another Targaryen appear?"

In fact, Corliss was very indignant. The Velaryon family had spent so much effort, and almost sacrificed several generations, to gain the transcendent status of owning dragons and money. The Velaryon family and the Targaryen family had been intermarried for generations, but the Targaryen family never allowed Velaryon to come into contact with dragons. It was not until the day he married Princess Rhaenys that the Velaryon family officially owned dragons.

"That's why we can't let Longzel and the others stay in King's Landing." Daemon said calmly. He had lost confidence in curbing the development of the Varese family, unless the Varese family split internally, or something unexpected happened that killed the whole family at once. Moreover, the size of the territory of the prince of the borderland alone was equivalent to a kingdom. "Staying away from King's Landing is good for us and Aegon. It's also good to have a good relationship with the Varese family." Daemon looked at the sea snake coldly. "The only two families in the world that can fly dragons should help each other and blend blood and fire."

The old earl only felt a tingling sensation on his back and finally stopped talking.

Another room.

Benilla stared at the portrait of Jakaris on the table. On the canvas, Jakaris stood beside his dragon, Vermax, smiling cheerfully. She had been like this for a long time.

It was not until the sky gradually darkened that Benila seemed to wake up and detached herself from the painting. She wiped her tears and finally said nothing.

The little queen made a decision in her heart. Since she couldn't spend her life with the boy she loved, she might as well follow her grandmother's example and become a real dragon rider. Moon Dancer would be able to fight in the battlefield in a few years. By then, she would become the sharpest longsword of the Targaryen family. What she couldn't get in bed, she would get on the battlefield and in the sky.

"Old woman, please listen to my prayer and use your bright light to show my Jakaris the way home." Benilla clasped her hands together and prayed silently.

Little Aegon's coronation was not a grand ceremony.

As the silver dragons and the skinny black dragons roared towards King's Landing, little Aegon rode on the blue horn Stormcloud to the Red Keep among them.

Ravens sent news of the death of the old king and the ascension of the new king to the throne to all parts of the country. After mourning the wise King Jacaerys, the lords renewed their oaths to young Aegon.

The High Septon personally anointed Aegon with holy oil. The High Septon now resides in the Great Sept in Visennia Hills. Longzel and Daemon plan to renovate the entire King's Landing in the next few years and completely renovate this capital full of stench and corpses. One of the key points is this great cathedral - the Great Sept of Jacaerys.

In fact, the original intention was to call it the Cathedral of Rhaenyra, but the monks were not very willing to do so. They preferred to name the new Archbishop's residence after Jacaerys.

Little Aegon sat carefully on the Iron Throne, with Daemon handing him the King's Orb and Scepter, and Longzel placing the crown the boy had chosen on his head.

The boy chose his brother's simple iron crown, forged from Valyrian steel and the tip of his sword.

The coronation ceremony ended with a simple city tour and little Aegon flying into the sky on his dragon.

Without stopping, Longzel took little Aegon away from King's Landing, leaving Daemon to deal with the mess in King's Landing.

And Aegon the Younger, as he was called.

King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Lord of the Iron Throne, Aegon II of House Targaryen.

Of course, in Grand Maester Mukun's "True History", although Aegon the Younger was called Aegon II, later historical books tend to call him Aegon III, because Aegon the Usurper was strictly speaking Aegon II.

But history is always written by the victors.

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Second update, this volume ends, the next volume will be titled: Silver Dragon’s Puppet Show, so stay tuned.

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