Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 82 The first drop of blood
March 3, bat hour.

As usual, the servant would feed the king poppy milk. The old king could only rely on this thing to fall asleep. Even so, the servant would feed the king the medicine once in a while so that the king could sleep well all night.

After passing the search by Kingsguard Ser Rickard Thorne, the butler approached the stairwell of Maegor's Holdfast, slowly walked to the king's bedroom, and gently opened the door. "Your Majesty, it's time, Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" The butler tiptoed towards the king on the couch.

Clang.

The butler ran out of the bedroom in terror, not even having time to pick up the medicine bottle that fell on the floor. He ran down the stairs, ready to report to Sir Rickard who was on duty tonight, but when he passed the queen's bedroom on the first floor, the butler suddenly stopped, and he suddenly remembered what the Prime Minister and the queen had said to the servants before, and the bag of silver deer he had hidden in the home of his old lover in Flea Bottom.

The butler resolutely walked into the floor where the queen's bedroom was located, and ran into the captain of the Iron Guard, Sir Criston Cole, who was wearing a white robe and silver armor.

"What happened?" Christon recognized the manservant as the king's servant and immediately realized what might have happened. Queen Alison also came out. "Don't be anxious, take your time." The queen said gently.

"His Majesty has passed away." The servant said tremblingly. "When I went in, His Majesty was already dead."

Queen Alison suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell down. Fortunately, Christon helped her to stand firmly.

"Does anyone else know about this?" Sir Criston asked seriously. The butler shook his head quickly.

Queen Alicent was awakened from her trance at this time, and hurried up the stairs, followed by the captain of the White Knights and the manservant. As soon as they arrived at the king's bedroom, they saw Queen Alicent holding the king's hand with tears in her eyes. "Your Majesty has been summoned by the Stranger."

The queen's voice was a little choked, but Christon immediately caught the servant who wanted to sneak away. "You have done a great service, but you can't leave now." Christon held the servant down hard, making him unable to move.

"Good knight, don't treat him like that." Queen Alicent wiped her tears. She took off an emerald from her clothes, thought for a moment, took off a gold ring inlaid with a ruby ​​and put it in the servant's hand. "I'm sorry to have wronged you. You may have to stay in the basement of Maegor's Holdfast for a while. Don't worry, I will let you out soon."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty." The servant was immediately dragged away by the guards that Christon had just summoned, expressing his gratitude profusely.

"Your Majesty, we need to act now," Sir Christon Cole whispered. "Success or failure depends on this one move. The Prime Minister has made all preparations."

Queen Alison nodded and said, "Gather the ministers and don't say anything about the rest."

Christon nodded, rushed out of Maegor's Holdfast immediately, called Ser Rickard who was on duty, rushed to the White Sword Tower, and woke up the white-robed brothers who were still in the Red Castle.

The owls hooted horribly from the branches. It was owl time.

Larris Strong suddenly woke up from his bed and looked out the window. A white knight was galloping towards his residence. Larris immediately rang the bell at the head of the bed. Two servants opened the door and rushed in at the same time.

"Go to the Spice Tavern and the Tap Tavern immediately and tell their bosses that something big may have happened in the Red Keep. It is suspected that the king has passed away. Go out through the back door." Larris whispered, then climbed down from the bed with difficulty and limped to the window.

"Yes."

The two servants immediately left the room.

When the White Knight Alec Kagel saw Laris standing by the window, he immediately dismounted and raised his hand to call a meeting. Laris nodded and limped away from the window.

Almost at the same time, except for Otto from the Prime Minister's Tower who immediately came to Maegor's Tower, the residences of all the ministers in King's Landing were disturbed by the White Knights, but the knights tacitly did not alarm the people and only took away the ministers of the Imperial Council.

Maegor's Tower, the Queen's bedroom. Otto stood beside the Queen, looking at each minister who came in to greet the Queen. The Lord Admiral Tyran Lannister was even wearing silk pajamas. The 80-year-old Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Lynman Beesbury, was old but in good spirits. It was unknown whether he had not slept or had insomnia. The same was true for Grand Maester Orwell. The Lord Justice, Jasper Wilder, was a little disheveled, as if he had just woken up. Christon was dressed in white armor and looked very serious. Larry Strong was dressed neatly and looked at the Queen with a heavy face.

"His Majesty has passed away." There were tears on the queen's face.

The ministers bowed their heads and mourned for the deceased king for a while. Grand Maester Orwell tremblingly said the first sentence: "Your Majesty, we should first summon Brother Eustace to preside over the last prayers for His Majesty the King, and immediately send a raven to inform Princess Rhaenyra of the sad news that His Majesty was summoned by the Stranger. Your Majesty, I dare to suggest that this letter can be written by you, our kind and sincere queen. Princess Rhaenyra will be very grateful. By the way, we also need to ring the bell to tell the people the news of their beloved king's death. It was too sudden, it was really too sudden." The Grand Maester kept sighing: "Your Majesty, we still need people to prepare for Queen Rhaenyra's coronation ceremony, and notify the Silent Sisters to deal with the king's body."

"Grandmaster." Otto Hightower finally couldn't help interrupting the imperial master's rambling. "It's too early to say anything about this. The most urgent thing is who the king's successor will be. We need to determine our new king as soon as possible."

"It's the new queen, Otto." Linman Bisbury's voice interrupted Otto.

"The new king, Lord Linman." Alicent wiped her tears, "According to the sacred law, the Iron Throne should be inherited by the eldest legitimate son of the late king, not the eldest daughter."

"According to the divine law and the king's will, Princess Rhaenyra is the crown prince." Earl Linman did not give in. "All of you swore an oath to her. You swore to defend her right to succession. It's only been a few years. Have you forgotten?"

"Twenty-four years, my lord." Tyran Lannister said, "My lord, twenty-four years have passed. There are not many people left among those who swore the oath. Lord Bermond Baratheon has passed away, and Lord Rickon Stark has also passed away. My lord, at least I have never sworn the oath." Tyran spread his hands and said, "I was still breastfeeding at that time."

"You!" Lin Man pointed his cane at Tailan angrily.

"My lord, don't forget that the throne of the late king also came from the male-preference law." The Minister of Justice said coldly: "The Grand Council has deprived women of the right to inherit. This is the origin of the late king's legitimacy. The legitimacy of his edict cannot take precedence over the legitimacy of his obtaining this right. And this is not the first time that the centenarian king has made Prince 'brave' Baelon his heir instead of Princess Rhaenys. This has shown that the divine law still supports the male-preference law of succession."

Count Jasper continued, "Moreover, if the eldest daughter can become king, then Queen Visenya and Princess Aria are living examples. Lord Linman, are you willing to let your daughter ascend the throne instead of your grandson Alan?"

"Don't forget Daemon, the man crazier than Maegor." Otto's voice was equally cold: "If Rhaenyra ascends the throne, then Daemon will hang everyone present. He will turn King's Landing into a big flea nest."

"Otto, we are discussing the issue of Princess Rhaenyra's succession." Earl Linman poked the ground vigorously. "It has nothing to do with Daemon."

"And me and my children!" Queen Alicent screamed. "What a bunch of bastards she is! If she takes the throne, the first ones she will kill will be my legitimate children with the previous king, because we are more legitimate than those bastards! Don't forget! A Strong once blinded my son's eyes. Bastards are born monsters!"

"Or do you want to see the Iron Throne tainted with bastard blood?" Criston Cole echoed. "Don't forget the nature of Rhaenyra and Daemon. They will turn the Red Keep into a brothel, and even the boys of the families may not be able to escape their clutches. Don't forget Laenor."

"Are you trying to start a civil war?" Grand Maester Orwell looked in shock as they tried to overturn the king's will. "The princess has dragons, more than one."

"The princess has her supporters." Lin Man said toughly. "Prince Longzel is the knight of Prince Jakaris, Prince Valar is the knight of Prince Luthris, and Prince Aegon serves Prince Rey. They live under the same roof. The Varezes family has no less than 10,000 elite soldiers and six dragons. Wormithor is even as good as Vhagar."

Count Linman looked around at everyone present, especially Otto and the queen. "Don't forget, there are still people in the world who value honor and oaths. They will never forget their oaths to the late king and princess, oh, no, Her Majesty the Queen. Ladies and gentlemen, I am old, but I am not old enough to sit back and watch you guys plotting to usurp the throne!" Count Linman stood up and said, "You rebels! This is treason!"

"That's enough, old man." Christon Cole walked behind the old man and cut his neck with a sword.

Count Linman covered his neck in disbelief and slowly fell to the ground. His blood instantly soaked the precious Varese carpet on the floor. The blood stained the silver dragon pattern, turning it dirty black.

"The attitude of the Varese family is indeed important," Laris finally said. "If they support the princess, we have no chance."

Laris looked at everyone. "Are you ready for the princess to come to the King's Landing with five adult dragons, one of which is as big as Vhagar?"

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