Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 357 Vareses Targaryen
The Targaryens fell silent.

Yes, according to the original plan, they should be preparing for the dragon knight tournament. It's not a real tournament, but a dance between dragon knights riding giant dragons. Dragons of similar sizes will dance in the air imitating fighting postures and play around with fire.

This is a way to show off the giant dragons owned by the two families and to intimidate the domestic princes.

There is no such thing as such a good thing.

The Vareses family, who obviously have more and bigger dragons, took this opportunity to show off their strength. Starsong, Shadow Nightmare, Silverwing, any one of them can suppress Korakshu or Sheep Thief. Not to mention the long-prepared and tamed Vermisor.

As soon as Daemon arrived at Dragon's Nest, he saw that whether the Vareses family had this awareness or not, this would eventually happen. The princes would only see the royal dragons being suppressed by the Vareses family dragons, and Crown Prince Daeron, who relied on the power of the Vareses family to protect himself, would probably not have any objections. So who would the princes fear, the royal family of the crown? Or the Vareses family that owned Tyrosh and the border princely territories? The result was obvious, but what could he say?

An illegitimate child has no right to say these things.

"I apologize to the royal family's most loyal and reliable ally, our brother, for my son's stupidity." Maegon took a few deep breaths and suppressed the anger in his heart. Irion, who always had a bad temper, had a gloomy face, but said nothing.

Serena and Orion, who were overlooking all this on the high platform, looked at each other. The "Light of the Borderlands" scanned the expressions of the people below the stage. The princes had different expressions. The Targaryens all looked unhappy. Rehogar and Baelon were filled with fear and anger. Crown Prince Daeron didn't know what to say, and pulled Siri to stand aside "tremblingly". Varys lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. Aerion's face was gloomy, and Maegon had no expression.

The expressions of the familiar faces behind the illegitimate children are quite intriguing.

"Daisiris Belleris, Orion, if I remember correctly, you provided the equipment for the three hundred cavalrymen under this guy, right?" Serena raised her eyebrows and asked casually. The equipment of the cavalrymen under Daisiris was among the best in the entire conquered land. Even the retainer knights formed by many great nobles in the conquered land were not as well-equipped as the cavalrymen under the "captains" of the Second Sons. Even Daemon didn't know that the cavalry equipment of Daisiris didn't come from Volantis, but from Tyrosh.

"Jay provided it." Orion wiped his Valyrian steel sword "Black Knight" expressionlessly, as if ready to go to the battlefield at any time: "I just provided my manpower. If these dragon chasers are used well, they will be good chess pieces."

"When did you learn to play chess?"

"Jay and Dan said so." Orion did not hide his weakness in strategy at all: "They will arrange everything. Serena, do you think our Dragon Knight Tournament can still be held?"

Serena shook her head: "No, the Targaryens will not continue to expose their weakness." She looked in the direction of Dragon's Nest. Igor, who had just finished taming the dragon, was probably still dealing with the follow-up matters at this time: "Igor opened his wounds too quickly. According to my estimation, the royal family will not realize that we have infiltrated the Targaryen family until the king dies. But it's almost the same, Orion. Maybe in these few years, we can complete the integration of the two dragon king families."

Darren and Desiree will get married as planned.

The nobles of the borderlands will also attend the royal council as planned after Daeron's coronation, and Ringol will serve as the Hand of the King of King Daeron II - this is also the "concession" made by King Aegon in order to get the Vareses family to pay.

When Longzel was the Hand of the King, even though he did not consciously build up power or usurp the Targaryen throne, he made the Silver Dragon Party develop rapidly in various places. If Lingol became the Hand of the King, it was inevitable that the Silver Dragon Party would revive.

At that time, the child of Darren and Xirui will still be married to the girl of the Varese family. In this way, if Darren and Xirui's child is a boy, it will be operated in the next generation. If Darren and Xirui's child is a girl,

Then it would be natural for him to be a royal husband.

In a few decades, the Targaryens would become the Varese Targaryens, or the other way around.

It all depends on whether the Targaryen dynasty is willing to accept all this.

Although it is a bit immoral, it is decent.

What Westeros values ​​most is decency and rules that conform to the will of the gods.

Varese had no interest in completely overturning this decency and rules, and was willing to follow them step by step.

"Sebastian, please apologize to Prince Ringol on our behalf. Now that something like this has happened, we must take these two boys back to reflect on their actions." Seeing that Maegon was almost done, Irion said sincerely, "I'm sorry, we can't dance with the dragon of the Varese family."

Sebastian said a few words regretfully to keep her.

But the bastards can sense the hypocrisy on both sides.

It's just that they can't say it.

The grand banquet when Prince Dragonzel Varese died was a rare event in the past few centuries, but under the lively appearance was the open and secret struggle between the two dragon king families. The Varese family no longer concealed their ambitions (some words were crossed out, with modifications). "The mediocre King" Aegon III could not tolerate the decline and oppression of the royal family, and made a series of actions that seem very stupid today, which also brewed the unhappiness of the two families at the event. At the end of the banquet, the Targaryen family refused to participate in the dragon knight tournament held by the Varese family, resulting in only the dragons of the Varese family appearing in the sky above the tournament. It is said that it gave a great shock to the participating princes, especially when the dragons such as Wormisol flew in the air, even the Father could not hide the power of the dragons. In my opinion, this event was not only the beginning of the Vareses family's undisguised interference in the kingdom's political situation and the beginning of their influence on the Iron Throne, but also the beginning of the massive rebellion. The contradictions within the royal family were also highlighted, which complemented the contradictions between the local nobles of the kingdom, between the local nobles and the nobles of the conquered lands, and between the nobles of the conquered lands. It gradually evolved into an irreversible source of disaster. In this process, the dragon knight Aegor, who was later called "Cold Iron", played an important role. It is said that it was his instigation and persuasion after returning to King's Landing that further deepened the rift within the royal family and laid a huge hidden danger for the future division of the royal family.

——Grand Scholar Lu Wen: "The History of the Three Kings"

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