Game of Thrones: The Bronze and Fire Lord.

Chapter 170 Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal

"I'll think about it again."

Viserys hesitated.

The bedroom fell into silence.

……

midnight.

In a loft in the Red Fort.

Crunch!

A maid sneaked in.

The room was dimly lit and an exquisite dinner was placed on the table.

"What's the latest news?"

Larris put down his knife and fork and looked over calmly.

The maid shuddered at the sight of his gaze.

He walked quickly to his side and whispered in his ear.

After a while.

The maid took a few silver deer and ran out of the door as if escaping.

Larris smiled and didn't care.

He enjoys the feeling of being looked up to.

Even if it's because of fear.

"Prince Aemon stayed overnight in the princess's bedroom and asked for water three times in the middle of the night."

Larris's teeth ached.

But that's not the point.

The maid who changed the water said that the two of them mentioned the intelligence chief.

Besides this, there is another piece of news.

Larris moved the plate away, revealing a crumpled and flattened piece of paper underneath.

The maid who cleans the Hand's Tower picked it up from under the table.

It was filled with densely packed words, one paragraph of which was deliberately crossed out.

Laris looked carefully in the candlelight and saw the words "Chief Intelligence Officer".

His father, Leonor, came out of the King's bedroom and worked in the Prime Minister's Tower for a while.

I accidentally wrote a plan.

"Someone wants to use the position of Chief of Intelligence."

Larris smiled.

When it comes to gathering intelligence, who could be more professional than him?

"Think carefully about how to get it."

Larris couldn't stop being excited.

He had been an interrogator for too long and had seen enough of the prisoners' cries of pain during interrogation.

Boring! Too boring!

If I could serve as the chief intelligence officer, I could sit at the imperial court meeting.

That's what it means to stand out.

"We need someone to help."

Laris instantly thought of the kind-hearted queen.

However, you have to deal with your competitors first.

"Chi~~"

Larris smiled.

……

The next day.

The weather was fine in the morning.

Aemon was about to accompany Rhaenyra to the dragon pit when he was told to call a council of kings.

Considering the appointment issue and the engagement ceremony to be held tomorrow.

Both of them participated actively.

At the council, Viserys said apologetically: "The engagement ceremony was hastily prepared, and Lady Rhea may not be able to make it."

"I sent a letter to my mother, asking if she wanted to come."

Eamon said.

I guess he won't come.

The mother only cares about her well-behaved and caring adopted daughter, Jansif, and doesn't think highly of Rainiera from the bottom of her heart.

"This is your lifelong event, one of your parents should be present."

Viserys was a man of honor and didn't want his nephew to have any regrets.

Aemon smiled and said nothing.

His unreliable parents were the only one he could rely on but the other kept silent.

Forget about my mother, Mrs. Rhea.

Live freely in Fu Shi City and retire early.

I’m just afraid that Damon will cause some trouble.

Invite him to attend his engagement ceremony that day.

He was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and kill him.

Seeing this, Viserys said no more.

The next meeting was to discuss the specifications of the engagement ceremony.

It was not long since Aemond's name day, and many noble lords were still in King's Landing.

Don't worry about the celebration being deserted on the day.

Yimon made a few appropriate additions to reduce unnecessary cumbersome procedures.

Observe while talking.

He noticed that his uncle seemed to hesitate to speak several times.

"Are you hesitating about my appointment?"

Aemon's eyes rolled.

Given his status, the position of an ordinary chamberlain was clearly not enough to tie him to King's Landing.

My uncle really appointed him as Minister of Justice, Minister of the Navy, or something like that.

He resigned the next day and flew to Dragonstone for vacation.

After all, just because he values ​​his family doesn't mean he will suffer any injustice.

Instead of working like a slave, it is better to conquer a free trade city-state.

Being regent was to take care of my uncle's feelings, cooperate with him to stay in King's Landing, and dispel the rumors in the Seven Kingdoms.

Without shackles, it feels more relaxed.

Once the situation in the Stone Steps Islands becomes clearer, we can march south.

"Aemon~"

Suddenly, Rhaenyra moved her lips slightly and nudged him privately.

Aemon tilted his head.

Rhaenyra was in perfect sync, her beautiful purple eyes flashing slightly.

Their eyes met and Aemon nodded slightly.

"Uncle..."

Aemon raised his hand.

……

The queen's chamber.

The door was ajar, and the sound of children playing could be heard from inside.

"it is mine."

"No! It wants to play with me."

"..."

Allison felt helpless as she watched the children vying for the big red rabbit.

That’s good, so I don’t have to take care of the children.

I found a chair next to the fireplace and sat down on it with the cushions.

A rare free time.

Should I work as a housewife or study to improve my voice?
Guests are coming.

"His Majesty."

Laris leaned on his scepter and carefully pushed open the door.

"Sir Larris?"

Allison frowned slightly.

She kicked him out of the Green Party's inner circle long ago.

Considered as someone who cannot be trusted.

"I have a piece of information that I believe you would like to hear."

Larris lowered his voice.

He knew that if he wanted to regain the queen's trust, he had to throw out a bait.

as predicted.

Allison hesitated for a moment, then said, "Come in."

Larris lowered his head and limped into the room.

"What do you want to share?"

Allison hugged a pillow, subconsciously wary.

"About Lord Otto."

Larris sat in the other half of the chair.

As he said.

Aemon was very hostile to Otto. When the two met at the Gates of the Moon, they clashed and one of the Kingsguard was killed.

Otto is having a hard time now.

Imprisoned in the Sky Prison of the Eagle's Nest, starving and frightened every day. "No."

Allison frowned and said righteously, "Eamon told me that he didn't treat my father badly."

"Is that really the case?"

Larris's eyes were deep.

Allison pursed her lips, her faith beginning to waver.

"From what I know, Lord Otto and Daemon were once enemies."

Larris continued to increase the stakes.

Allison secretly clasped her hands.

It's more than just a hostile relationship.

My father and Damon are basically enemies. It's considered a good mood if they don't quarrel when they meet.

In order to anger his father, Damon even seduced her when she was a teenager.

Damon at that time was indeed very charming, young, promising, brave, and had a bit of seductive and dangerous aura.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the dream lover of women in the seven countries.

But she dodged.

I was breastfeeding at the time and had no energy to be distracted.

Hmm... damn, Eamon.

"Aemon would not lie to me."

Thinking of this, Allison became determined.

Laris' eyes flickered and he smiled, "Maybe I remembered it wrongly. Lord Otto was actually treated very well."

There is a skill to reporting someone's misconduct.

You can't just keep attacking, you have to leave room for people to imagine.

He actually didn't know Otto's situation.

The valley was too far away, and his hands couldn't reach that far.

Just based on analysis, I can tell that Otto will not have an easy time.

Otto: You're always right.

"Sir Larris, it's alright, I need to rest."

Alison ordered them to leave.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Laris smiled apologetically and stood up with the support of the scepter.

Just then, the half-open door was pushed open.

A capable maid came in, packed up the prince and princess's changes of clothes, and took them out for washing.

"Tyla, don't forget to prepare a diaper for Darren."

Allison instructed expertly.

The capable maid nodded in agreement, moving very quickly.

Laris walked out of the bedroom silently.

……

It's noon.

The royal council ended early, and Aemon had lunch with his uncle Viserys.

Just had dinner.

Rhaenyra hurriedly left the Red Keep in the name of visiting the dragon's lair.

In fact, he went to find Xiaomei, the white maggot.

"Tsk~"

Eamon was a little jealous.

If he has such a good relationship with a woman, there must be something wrong.

His Royal Highness thought narrowly.

With no one to accompany me, I wandered around the corridor alone.

As expected, the proposal to re-instate the Chief of Intelligence was unanimously rejected.

Especially when I heard that the candidate was Damon's former mistress, a prostitute of lowly origin.

The uncle pointed at his nose and scolded him and Rhaenyra.

"I said no."

Eamon was a little upset.

Because Daemon was scolded for his former mistress, Rhaenyra did not say anything to comfort his wounded heart.

Not considerate at all.

Just as His Royal Highness was worrying about his life after engagement, he thought of what was discussed in the imperial meeting.

Uncle Viserys spoke of his presence at the council.

How about a veiled reference to the position of regent.

Without waiting for him to say whether he agreed or not, Prime Minister Leonor directly rejected it.

"Leonor."

Aemon repeated.

He had a pretty good impression of the fat, serious prime minister.

The labels are taciturn and dedicated.

Being taciturn means being poor at speaking and being unable to give the king the advice he wants at critical moments.

Working hard all day long proves that you are incompetent. You are busy all day long and never get anything done.

As prime minister, Otto would never do this.

"Our Prime Minister, are you loyal?"

Aemon wondered to himself.

The answer is, not loyal enough.

There is a fundamental difference between Otto and Leonor.

Otto had selfish motives, and the aristocracy was behind him.

But his aristocracy was limited, to be precise, it was the aristocracy of the Hightower line.

Otto was disloyal to the king and the kingdom for the sake of the Hightower family.

He just wanted his grandchildren to grow up quickly, preferably to sit on the Iron Throne and strengthen the Hightower family.

The ideas are not united, but they favor the Targaryens.

The Greens came to power, and only Rhaenyra was hurt.

Young Aegon came to the throne, but he had four brothers and sisters.

In the short term, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

On the other hand, Leonor.

He is loyal to the king and the kingdom, but there is also the aristocracy behind him.

And most of them are aristocrats.

His philosophy of governing as Prime Minister is very consistent with the views of Uncle Viserys.

In summary, just get by.

Let the black and green parties fight, that is the royal family's own business.

He just handles his duties well, and it's none of his business whether other people fight or die.

Especially when facing the hidden conflicts between the royal family and the nobility, he chose to go with the flow and pressure the king to make seemingly "correct" decisions.

Such as persuading the uncle to marry Lannar, Rhaenyra to marry Laninor, using force on him...

What alarmed Aemon the most was his indulgence of his offspring.

In A Dance with the Dragons, a major reason why Rhaenyra was usurped was because she married Laenor and had an affair with Harwin, giving birth to three strong illegitimate children.

I didn't stop her at the beginning, I didn't stop her when her first illegitimate child was born.

She gave birth to three illegitimate children in succession, and only thought of stopping it when the identity of her son's lover was exposed.

Face the scandal problem shared by the Strong family and the royal family.

Instead of thinking about solving the problem at the first moment, he wanted to resign and retire because it could not be handled fairly.

Uncle Viserys had no one else to use, so he was forced to stay.

He also had to protect his son back to Harrenhal, leaving the king's daughter and third bastard son to be attacked by the Greens.

"If loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely disloyal!"

Aemon did not quite approve of this fat Prime Minister who was good at protecting himself when things got tough.

The cause of death of Lionel and his son was nominally the fire at Harrenhal.

Behind the scenes, the ruthless man "Bent-foot" Laris murdered his own family.

But there is another inaccurate rumor in the bachelor's records.

The fire at Harrenhal was caused by the shadow of Uncle Viserys.

Iamon thought it was reasonable.

Your son slept with someone else's daughter and had three illegitimate children.

At the critical moment, you have to run, and if you can't run away, you have to send your son away.

Your son is your biological child, but their daughter is not.

Kill you and your son, the two people who know the truth, and eliminate the rumor about the illegitimate child at its root.

Easy and hassle-free!

"Uncle made sure it was done."

Aemon ventured a guess.

But the death of Leonor also means that the Green Party has begun to overtake the Black Party.

By the time Aemond secretly tamed Vhagar, the Greens completely took control of the court and forced Rhaenyra back to Dragonstone.

"It's all twists and turns. Jun Lin has a lot of tricks."

Aemon shook his head.

The position of regent is acceptable, but not very attractive.

There is even a hint of disgust.

"Your Highness the Prince."

Suddenly, there were light and heavy footsteps coming from behind.

(End of this chapter)