Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 345 The Consequences of Bad Money

Brynden nodded firmly. He was well aware of the gap in status between him and Xirui. In fact, even if he rode a dragon, there was still a huge gap between him and Xirui in terms of status.

It’s better to end it once and for all.

"But what about you? Xirui, you don't tame dragons anymore?"

Xirui said calmly, "Giant dragons are the dream of every descendant of the Dragon King, and I am no exception. Brandon, I have wanted to ride a dragon for a long time, but I don't want to disrupt the plans of brother Igor and the others at this time."

Brynden said nothing, just followed Xirui quietly.

He respected Igor very much, not only because Igor was the leader of three generations, but also because Igor was mature and thoughtful enough, and his plans must have been carefully considered.

The relationship between the Vareses and Targaryens is now delicate. King Aegon wants to revive the Targaryens, but he dares not to break up with the Vareses directly, so he can only keep trying to touch the red line between the two families. Although the Vareses family never breaks up with each other openly, they will also do some small actions in secret.

For example, the matter of marrying a daughter.

Igor convened three generations of the Varese family two years ago and analyzed the future of the Varese family in the presence of Longzel.

In fact, it is difficult for a kingdom to accommodate two clearly distinct Dragon King families. In the past, the fourteen Dragon King families in the Freehold of Valyria relied on a delicate balance and an internal democratic political system to maintain the balance between the families.

But will the Iron Throne allow two kings on one throne?

Igor has analyzed that the nine kingdoms of Westeros, plus the crown and conquered territories, are actually on the same side. The long-lived "Old Man of the North" Duke Creggan is almost an open Silver Dragon Party member. The North relies heavily on the food and material support of the border areas, and all the princes in the North are also very close to the Silver Dragon.

It is said that Lord Manderly of White Harbor once made this statement while hunting a stag with Lord Bolton of the Dreadfort, Lord Severn of Severn, and Lord Hornwood of Hornwood.

The North will never forget. Targaryen once promised the North dragon blood, but in the end it was the silver dragon who married the North man. The North people naturally know who is on their side.

None of the princes present felt that anything was wrong.

The Riverlands were divided, but several powerful princes naturally favored the Silver Dragon because of the Dance with the Dragons and the secret financial support of the Vareses family. The Frey family successfully whitewashed their nouveau riche origins by relying on the publicity of the Silver Dragon and the military exploits of the Dance with the Dragons. They are now nouveau riche with military merits. A daughter of the Tully family, a daughter of the Blackwood family, and a daughter of the Piper family have successively married into the Frey family. The contemporary Marquis Frey has even jumped out of the aristocratic circle of the Riverlands. He married the daughter of the Manderly family and engaged his heir to a little girl from the Dustin family. No one thinks there is anything wrong with this.

The Blackwood family is a die-hard Silver Dragon party, and that has never changed. However, the Tully family's attitude in recent years has been quite ambiguous - after the death of Duke Kermit, the Tully family returned to the embarrassing position of a weak duke, and no one knows the Tully family's attitude.

The area east of the river maintained the flag of the royal party.

The overall attitude of the Western Territory is very ambiguous. The lion and its family are very low-key. Their compensation was completely completed last year. After more than 40 years of long-term compensation and 30 years of mine management, the Western Territory can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But it also means one thing.

The amount of gold received by the royal family was greatly reduced.

The situation in the South is very complicated. The shadow of the Dance of the Blood Dragons and the interests of the conquered lands have cast an elusive shadow over the South, especially the sudden death of Duke Tyrell.

This is the third Tyrell who died young. A familiar plot, a familiar female ruler. Only the Seven Gods know when the fate of the Arryn family shifted to the Tyrell family. This time the ruling female ruler is from the Rowan family of the Golden Tree City - a die-hard Silver Dragon Party.

If this Tyrell encounters another accident, the title of Duke of the Tyrell family will fall to Ser Leo Tyrell - a senior member of the Silver Dragon Party, who even went to the Purple Palace to study in his youth and is a good friend of Rhaegon Vareses.

On the contrary, the Arryn family has been doing quite well in recent years. The Falcon's rule is as stable as the Giant's Lance, and without the threat of the mountain clans, the Vale has fallen into a rather delicate state. It seems that the harmony between the Arryn family and the great nobles under its command has caused problems, and several families are wrestling secretly, resulting in the Vale being unable to join the political situation of the kingdom as in previous years.

The two "kingdoms" of Dorne finally recovered from the losses of that year, but they are still the weakest of the nine kingdoms. The relationship between Prince Lucerys Martell and the royal family is not as close as imagined. Instead, he interacts more frequently with the Varese family.

But Igor explicitly mentioned to be careful of the Martell family.

Then this family is definitely not as simple as it seems.

With the support of the North, half of the Riverlands, half of the South, and half of Dorne, and holding an entire border princedom and dozens of giant dragons, the Vareses family has completely suppressed the royal family.

Either the world turns upside down or they are assimilated. This is the path the Targaryens face.

Unfortunately, Aegon was not a violent person, and he did not have the courage to really break up with Varese. He still would not prevent the marriage between the two families, although the more marriages there were, the greater the probability of Varese Targaryen, or Targaryen Varese.

However, out of selfishness, Aegon would probably really prefer that Sirui marry into the royal family with her dragon.

"Brother Igor is preparing a major plan that will last for decades." Xirui looked up at the sky: "Whether I am a dragon knight or not, I am an indispensable part of this plan. Now, it is more important that I am not a dragon knight."

Brynden nodded.

The boy and the girl were walking in the market, one after the other.

Suddenly, a King's Landing merchant walked out of the spice shop with a livid face and cursing.

"Seven levels of hell, how dare these guys. How dare they."

He suddenly seemed deflated and walked back in.

"What happened?" Xirui was a little confused.

Brynden pointed to the necklace around her neck and said, "Xiri, do you remember the price of this necklace?"

"Remember, what happened?"

"Our dear king is finally going to suffer the consequences of adulterating gold coins."

Brynden sighed and said, "If the gold mountains in the west were still managed by the royal family, or if he was not so greedy, things would not have turned out so badly."

(End of this chapter)