Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 281 Royal Population Issues
Longzel suddenly burst into a hearty laugh, which did not alarm the children who were having fun in the room, but did disturb Rei who was basking in the sun on the terrace.

Rey, who was also aging, muttered as he grabbed the "Dragon Behavior Research Notes" covering his face and threw it at his brother: "Brother, when did you catch Valar's bad habits?"

Longzel raised his hand and steadily caught the book thrown by his brother. He suppressed his smile and said, "I am very relieved, Lei Yi, my grandson is not a fool after all." He stretched out his other hand and pinched his grandson's face. "It's just that you are too introverted. It would be bad if everyone knew that you have a lot of bad intentions."

"Grandpa, the family needs a majestic leader like you, a righteous and rigid person like my father, and also a conspirator who can scare others." Igor said without hesitation. He knew that in front of his grandfather, all his little tricks were useless. The more honest he was, the happier his grandfather would be.

"I didn't expect that Lingol and the girl from Valar would give birth to a boy who looks like me." Rey's voice came. The elderly man walked into the room majestically and touched Igor's smooth silver short hair lovingly: "Not bad, not bad, really not bad."

"Similar to you?" Longzel laughed: "How come you are getting more and more naughty as you get older?"

"After my second brother left, I also understood." Rey grabbed his nephew's hair fiercely. "Let's be content. The Peake family has been dishonest recently. I asked Strong and Beesbury to give them a good beating. Ha, even Prince Aegon has to behave himself in front of me. If it weren't for the geographical location of Oldtown, it would not have been completely destroyed. Viserys would have had the opportunity to rebuild Oldtown. Don't joke, that ignorant Peake, ha, thought he could turn things around by giving birth to a bastard for the royal family?"

Longzel smiled and said nothing.

Igor didn't dare to say anything and pretended to be a good boy again.

"However, the illegitimate children of the royal family have all been born in the border princedoms. Brother, the Peake family will not be the last one. If Quinlan Dayne and Lucerys Martell were not cautious enough, I am afraid that Dorne might have had one too. I still admire that kid Aegon. Others rely on swords, but he relies on seeds." Rey sighed and commented on Aegon in a strange tone: "I can assure the gods that when he becomes king or queen, he will definitely rely on these seeds to do something big."

Longzel nodded and decided to leave the topic at that for now.

Aegon's mistress and illegitimate children were, in the final analysis, his own business - although illegitimate children were not very moral, they were actually an unspoken "romance" or "application of power" behavior among the nobles. No noble would really hate Aegon for having too many illegitimate children. On the contrary, as a royal male who had proven his fertility, when the remaining male members of the royal family had difficulty having offspring - Aemon and Naerys were a fairy couple envied by everyone in the Seven Kingdoms after their marriage, but they did have many problems with offspring.

Naerish gave birth to a beautiful girl for Aemon - that birth almost killed Naerish. The frightened Aemon and Lady Lara, who relied more and more on the child as she aged, dared not let Naerish take risks again, but the girl did not have the courage to ride a dragon? Even her health was far inferior to her mother's. Lady Lara was deeply worried about the girl's future.

Aerion made a political marriage. His wife was also from the Rogar family. Lady Rogar died of postpartum hemorrhage shortly after giving birth to Aerion's eldest son and second daughter. Her frail daughter was not spared. Unfortunately, Aerion's eldest son had an accident when communicating with the dragon "Emerald Eye" Jad'Olins. The furious green dragon directly attacked the boy and almost killed Aerion's only remaining child. The equally furious Aerion rode Vermax into the dragon's lair in King's Landing. If it weren't for Korax's timely stop and the dreamfair summoned by the king after hearing the news, the green dragon would probably have been killed by Aerion. Rumors about this dragon coming from the dragon egg of Merar Sunfyre, the son of the usurper Aegon, were also circulating among the people of King's Landing.

People say that the dragon is waiting for its true master.

Then he was hit with an iron fist.

Lord Lucas Rothstein, who had been the chief intelligence officer for many years but rarely left Harrenhal, rushed into King's Landing at night and secretly executed the person who spread the rumors together with the gold cloaks.

And then nothing happened. The fourth daughter, Alysanne, Lady Lara, had always wanted to find a husband for her daughter, but after Alysanne successfully tamed Morgul, neither Viserys, who was still alive at the time, nor King Daeron wanted Alysanne to marry an outsider.

But the royal family seemed to have no suitable candidate for Alysanne to choose. Maegon Targaryen, the youngest son of Viserys, also had a political marriage. His wife was from the Redwyne family. This marriage once made the great nobles of the Riverlands worried, but soon they no longer cared about it, for some unknown reason.

They have no children yet.

Aegon really seemed to be the best choice.

"Okay, let's change the subject." Long Zeer motioned for his brother to find a place to sit down. "You're so old, aren't you tired of standing all the time? Look at that kid, he's much smarter than you."

Rei raised his eyebrows and glanced at Igor who quietly found a place to sit down, then he cursed with a smile: "You little brat, you are not smart at all like your father, let alone your grandfather."

He pulled over a chair and sat down.

"What topic could make my brother so eager to share it with his grandson without even waiting for Ringol to report?" Rei moved his chair next to his nephew and played with his nephew's hair. "I guess there is no news on the continent that is worth your attention, Sothoryos? How could Dan and the others communicate with us after landing?"

"They encountered a civilized tribe of striped people." Longzel explained: "In that tribe, the maesters accompanying the team can release ravens safely."

Longzel picked up the letter beside him and slowly unfolded it.

The letter was not long. Dan briefly talked about his encounter with Beile, and then began to introduce the situation of Sothoryos.

"Sothoryos does hide secrets from the Dawn Age and before, and even civilization." Longzel said seriously, "Under the guidance of the striped guide, they carefully went south along the Yi River, searching for ruins and looking for Moon Dance. They found an abandoned temple, but it was severely damaged, so they decided to continue south."

Longzel suddenly frowned.

"Dan said he may have found evidence of dragon-like creatures from ancient times."

(End of this chapter)