Chapter 476: Daemon and Sea Serpent team up again
Chapter 476 Daemon and the Sea Serpent join forces again
Leonor Hightower lost his father at a young age. He was held in the arms of the knight and cried so hard that he almost fainted.
Rhaegar looked around, estimating the value of the fire.
Mond was buried in the flames, and several unlucky Hightowers died in the fire before they had time to escape.
There was a fire at the entrance to the tower last night, and the guards were blocked from putting out the fire.
A large number of attendants died, all trying to put out the fire or being trapped.
Looking at the charred towering tower, Leonor Hightower burst into tears.
Rhaegar knew that House Hightower would not be able to breathe again for ten years.
“Rhaegar.”
Rhaenyra stepped forward and handed Rhaegar a pair of babies, and walked towards Leonor Hightower, who was surrounded by servants to comfort him.
When I passed him by, I did not forget to give him a fierce look.
As if to say, look at the good things you have done.
Rhaegar's lips curled up slightly, and he hummed nursery rhymes softly while holding the child in his arms, watching as Rhaenyra dismissed her servants and coaxed Leonor Hightower to stop crying.
This is probably the tacit understanding between King Renrui and Queen Alysanne.
Rhaenyra condescended and ended up helping Rhaegar.
It’s approaching noon.
Hightower vassals who were nearby entered Oldtown to attend Mondstadt's memorial service.
Rhaegar received the guests and publicly announced that Leonor Hightower had taken over the territory and title and became the new Lord of Oldtown.
As for the cause of the fire, it was classified as an accidental fire.
Many of them knew privately that this matter was closely related to Rhaegar.
After all, Rhaegar arrived in Oldtown to suppress Hightower.
However, the fire burned from inside the tower, and there were even traces of fire oil.
The towering tower has always been heavily guarded, unless someone knows the secret passage and arranges to set fire to it in advance.
Rhaegar obviously does not meet this condition.
Hence, Rhaegar was downgraded from the real murderer in people's minds to the one behind the scenes.
But no one dared to say it in public, they only dared to discuss it quietly in their own castles.
The towering tower is still there, the Hightower family continues to live in the old town, and the new lord is also Mond's only son.
Hightower's vassals were very pleased with this.
Had they been truly loyal, they would not have refused Mond's call.
Now that Mondstadt is dead, the conflict between Oldtown and the royal family has been eliminated, and everything has been overturned.
The vassals do not have to worry about being affected and remain loyal to Hightower.
There is no better solution than this.
Truth or falsehood is not important, nor is the life or death of the feudal lord.
It is very important for us to live a stable life!
The funeral was held soon.
Due to the young age of the new lord, the Hightower family elected a regent and arranged for Mond's body to be buried.
Rhaegar coaxed his two sons and marched to the front with Aegon and Aemond.
Looking sideways slightly, Rhaenyra bent down and softly comforted the sobbing Leonor Hightower.
Rhaenyra has gentle eyes, and her whole body exudes the unstoppable brilliance of motherhood.
Rhaegar smiled slightly, looking fascinated.
Rhaenyra does have the potential to become a queen, giving people a very kind and inclusive feeling.
It has not yet appeared in girlhood, but it increases day by day in adulthood.
Especially after becoming a mother, this sense of tolerance is almost drowning.
Aegon drooped his head and said boredly: "What's the end!"
“Hush!” Aemond quickly stopped and dissuaded: “Keep your voice down and don’t talk nonsense.”
“Tch, what are you afraid of? No one is looking at us.”
Aegon sneered, his eyes fell on a beautiful girl in the crowd, rejection flashed in his eyes: "Why didn't she burn to death? I don't have to fulfill the engagement."
Aemond warned: "That's your fiancée."
“Would you like to give it to you?”
“I have my own fiancée.”
“Maybe we can marry two.”
Aegon bumped Rhaegar on the shoulder, his eyes gleaming: "You will marry Jeyne and expand the law of exceptions, right?"
—"The Law of Exceptions"
This is an important condition for King Renrui to maintain the family tradition after compromising his belief in the Seven Gods.
The content is general;
The Targaryens are not the First Men, the Andals, or the Rhoynar, but the Dragon King of Valyria who immigrated to the Free Fortress.
This family has a marriage tradition different from that of Westeros, which is used to maintain the purity of the bloodline.
Among them, the school city also participated in the formulation of exception laws.
Once the Law was born, missionaries of the Seven Gods spread across the continent, explaining it in castles and villages one by one.
Let the people of Westeros recognize the Targaryen specialness.
Rhaegar glanced at him and carried the two children on his back to avoid staining his eyes: "Don't waste your time. The new version of the "Law of Exceptions" is only for the king and the prince."
This was a private discussion between him and his father.
There is no harm in the king marrying two more wives, all for the purpose of proliferating the bloodline.
If they really want to promote all Targaryens, Daemon and Aegon will marry more wives and start their own harems before Rhaegar does.
That would be a mess.
Aegon was strong-willed for the first time and argued with reason: "Don't be too selfish."
Rhaegar sneered: "How are you doing?"
“No!”
Aegon's eyes widened and he got out angrily.
Aemond slapped his forehead and covered his one eye that couldn't stand it.
How could he have such a brother?
The strongest tone and the softest words.
After a busy day, the funeral is over.
…
The next day, early in the morning.
Four giant dragons flew out of Oldtown and rushed back to King's Landing together.
Rhaegar rode Glutton, silently calculating the time difference.
The Faith of the Seven Gods surrendered, signed a new version of the "Law of Exceptions", and was responsible for promoting Westeros before the spread of Protestantism.
The school city was even worse and was almost evacuated.
Trew, leading dozens of bachelors and hundreds of bachelor assistants, is counting the gains from splitting the city.
Hightower changed lords, and the vassals spontaneously pledged their allegiance.
The families of Clymont and Dain who raided the farm disappeared, so Aegon and Aemond returned to King's Landing with them.
“There is still one Otto left to deal with.”
Rhaegar thought silently.
At this point in time, Otto was probably on the route back to King's Landing.
He did not kill Otto directly and left him alive.
Judging from Otto's behavior of burning the towering tower, the other party was dissatisfied with Mond to a certain extent and even wanted to replace him.
Otherwise, such extreme measures would not be used.
He secretly added fuel to the flames and helped Otto fulfill his undecided cruelty.
However, the heir was Mond's son, and Otto, the second son, was still not in his turn.
Rhaegar secretly muttered: "Keep Otto alive to restrain Allison and do some business."
Three Women's Kingdom, the Disputed Land, and the Dorne Territory all need talents like Otto to manage.
Don't think about dying, just work when you need to.
…
The King's Landing.
Four giant dragons flew into the sky above the city and slowly landed in the dragon's lair.
"Hiss..." Syracuse neighed mischievously, refusing to be driven away by the dragon dragons, and drove the driver straight to the Red Castle.
It is not just a random dragon.
The Dragon's Den is dirty and smelly, and the back garden of the Red Castle is its favorite.
Rhaenyra had no choice but to leave, holding the sleeping Baelron in her arms.
Rhaegar saw this and took his two younger brothers into the dragon's lair.
“Hiss…”
In the Dragon Cave Hall, a high-pitched roar came out.
A huge light blue dragon was lying on the ground, its head resting on the tip of its tail, and its vertical pupils looking at it maliciously.
Helena was holding a chain, and the dark green baby dragon the size of a domestic cat was tied with one paw, flapping its wings and struggling hard.
"elder sister!"
Eamond shouted in surprise and ran over excitedly.
Rhaegar was slightly surprised, but didn’t pay much attention to it.
"prince."
The old dragon man stepped forward and led his apprentices to drive away the three giant dragons.
The glutton has his eyes turned up and is indifferent, and he digs into his own dragon pit.
Yang Yan roared at Meng Huo, who roared back, and returned to the dragon pit to rest.
The sheep thief jumped back and forth, pestering the dragon man to feed the two goats, and contentedly lay down where he was and fell asleep.
Of all the dragons, it is the most rebellious.
"elder brother!"
Seeing Rhaegar's figure, Helena raised a smile and trotted over with the baby dragon in hand.
Eamond the Missed:…
Awkwardly, he retracted his hands, turned around and hugged Aegon.
Helena ran forward, pointed at the baby dragon with her little finger, and said in surprise: "Has a new baby dragon hatched in the dragon's lair?"
She originally wanted to take a look at Blizzard and Thrax, but unexpectedly this young dragon with the color of a poisonous mushroom came across.
Rhaegar avoided the gazes of Aegon and Aemond and said in a low voice: "This is the hatching place of the dragon egg of the Belerys family, the companion dragon of little Aemond."
“Little Eamonn?”
Helena has a cute expression.
Rhaegar could see at a glance that she didn’t know the news about Rhaenyra’s birth, and she had no mental barriers to tell the truth.
After hearing this, Helena opened her mouth wide and said, "I, I have nephews."
The voice was light and airy, with no trace of regret at all, but a hint of excitement.
It was only then that she saw a small baby in Rhaegar's arms.
Helena’s eyes were filled with little stars, and she poked little Eamonn’s face with her finger, licking it as if teasing a puppy.
Little Eamonn:…
The big watery eyes were widened, a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of the mouth, and he looked at the little aunt in confusion.
Not very smart.
Rhaegar looked amused and called to his two younger brothers: "Let's go back to the Red Castle."
Aegon and Aemond looked at each other, their eyes rolling on Helena, and they closed their mouths in unison.
Helena’s expression changed slightly, and she stopped teasing her little nephew.
She received no news of Rhaenyra's birth, but other news.
“Hiss…”
The young dragon neighed, breaking the moment of silence.
Little Eamonn was attracted by the sound, his big eyes stared at the young dragon, and he couldn't stop drooling from the corner of his mouth.
The baby dragon opened a pair of light red wings, tilted its head and looked at the human cub, a flash of reminiscence flashed through its vertical pupils.
Soon.
“Hiss…”
The young dragon flapped its wings and took off, screaming in panic and trying hard to escape.
It still remembers being bitten by this human cub when it first hatched.
“Wow wow…”
Seeing the cry of the young dragon, little Eamonn followed the same example, revealing his pink gums.
“Haha, you are still very rude.”
Rhaegar wiped off his son's saliva and took Helena and the others out of the dragon's lair.
Before leaving, he told the dragonfly to take the young dragon to the Red Keep occasionally and have more contact with little Aemon.
…
Red Castle, banquet hall.
Hearing that his children were coming back, Viserys overcame his physical discomfort and ordered his servants to prepare a sumptuous lunch.
Rhaegar changed his clothes and washed away the dragon stench.
Others also washed themselves.
After flying with a dragon for a long time, not only will the body be stained with dragon odor, but it will also smell like sweat.
At a banquet.
Viserys sat on one side of the long table, looking at a group of children with a pale face and a pleased smile.
In his arms was Belron, who was chewing his hands.
Rhaenyra sat aside and placed little Aemon on the dining table, letting the little guy show his teeth to his brother.
Berron glanced at it and continued to chew his hand calmly.
Viserys was very pleased: "Look at these two little guys, they will be great warriors when they grow up."
Rhaegar responded with a smile, glancing at Helena and Aemond from time to time.
Compared to the heartless Aegon, the siblings were more sensitive, and they were both upset that Allison could not attend the banquet.
When the wanderer returns, he cannot see his mother.
Rhaegar expressed understanding.
He has been without a mother since he was a child, so he is used to it.
Halfway through the banquet, the brothers and sisters had almost eaten.
Rhaegar saw that his father was hesitant to speak several times, so he took the initiative to ask: "Father, is there any news outside?"
This is a family dinner or a luncheon.
Leonor and other royal ministers did not participate and did not receive information in time.
Viserys hesitated: "Braavos sent a messenger and offered to negotiate terms of peace."
“Feleken is so kind?” Rhaegar frowned.
Viserys shook his head: "It's not Ferreken. That guy died in a wildfire explosion. Braavos elected a new Sea King who yearns for peace."
“That’s not a bad thing.”
Rhaegar thought of Braavos, which was far away from the Narrow Sea, and asked: "Are the terms of peace proposed by the new Sea King very harsh?"
Why else would my father be so hesitant?
Viserys looked around at the children, with a look of exhaustion on his face, and said sadly: "The peace terms proposed by the new Sea King are very generous, but he hopes to stop the Iron Throne's invasion of Dorne and sign an armistice with Prince Quill of Sunspear. protocol."
“Is his hand stretched so long?”
Rhaegar was wary.
Viserys said: "Dorne has surrendered, and the new Sea King means to stop the dragon's anger, and he will exhort the rebellious Dornish people to put aside their prejudices and return to peace."
“The envoy also said that the new Sea King hopes to reopen the route to the disputed land and restore the trade rights of both parties.”
Hearing this, Rhaegar was thoughtful.
Understood.
He killed too much in Dorne, and the new Sea King relented.
Adhering to the consistent tradition of the free trade city-state, the two parties signed peace terms and everyone made money together.
Then why does father look like this?
A figure flashed in Rhaegar's mind.
Viserys sighed and said bluntly: "The envoy from Braavos not only visited King's Landing, but also went to Tideshead Island, Stepstone Islands, and Sunspear City."
“Daemon and the Sea Serpent joined forces and chopped off the messenger’s private parts to refuse to stop the war.”
To put it bluntly.
The sea serpent Corliss was so angry that he once wanted to cut off the messenger's head, stuff it in a box and send it back to Braavos.
He has lost his heir and will not give up until his revenge is over.
(End of this chapter)
