Chapter 253 Marriage and canonization

"Lord Renly, I hope that what happened in the Golden Rose Garden that day was the first and the last time." Linde said very directly without mincing words.

Renly looked at Linde in surprise, with a confused look on his face, and said, "Lord Linde, why can't I understand what you say?"

"Longstone Island." Lind looked at Renly and said a place name.

The expression on Renly's face changed instantly, with a look of horror in his eyes, and drops of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

"How do you know about Longstone Island?" Renly took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and asked.

Linde did not answer, but said calmly: "The first time and the last time."

After saying that, he turned and left.

After seeing Lind leave, Loras, who had been paying attention to the movements here, immediately came over. Seeing something wrong with Renly's face, he immediately asked why.

Renly calmed down quickly, and Loras smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. It's just that Lord Lind just told me that the money I invested before might be lost."

"Is the amount large?" Loras knew Renly's character very well, and knew that if it wasn't a major matter, Renly wouldn't be as shocked as he was now.

"It's a big deal, years of hard work," Renly said with a pun.

Although he didn't know why Linde knew about Longstone Island, he was certain that once the news got out, even if he was Robert's youngest brother, he would probably not be able to stay in the position of Duke of the Stormlands. .

After all, no monarch would like his subordinates to train dead warriors like the Unsullied, and those Unsullied also possess some of the abilities of the Faceless and can become assassins.

Especially for a person like Renly who has reached the pinnacle of power, once the news spreads, everyone will think that his only purpose in training such a dead warrior assassin is to climb higher, and the Duke will only have the Iron Throne if he reaches higher levels. No matter how hard Renli tried to explain, it was of no use.

Therefore, he has decided to completely clean up everything on Longshi Island before Linde spreads the news. As for the fifty Unsullied assassins who have been trained, they will all be eliminated without leaving any traces.

Lind didn't know whether Renly had accepted his warning. He had planned to see if Renly would react. If there was no reaction, he wouldn't mind helping Renly clear out the people on Longstone Island.

In fact, a few years ago, Linde discovered Renly's little tricks, and further discovered this small island located in Shipbreaker Bay, and discovered that Renly was actually trying to train Unsullied Death Soldiers on the island, which made him Feeling a little surprised.

Later, he learned that Renly had obtained a Meereenese who was once a trainer of the Unsullied in Slaver's Bay, so he had some ideas to ask this Meereenese to help him train the Unsullied Death Soldiers.

Linde didn't pay much attention to this matter before, because in his opinion, the strength of the Unsullied was somewhat exaggerated, and most of it was blown out by the slave owners in Slaver's Bay.

Because once a man is castrated, his overall quality will be greatly weakened, especially in terms of strength, and these weakenings cannot be made up for by exercise alone, so the weapons of the Unsullied are all spears, because only spears can cooperate with them. His physical strength can effectively kill enemies. Once in close combat, even an ordinary warrior can easily kill an Unsullied One.

The only thing worthy of praise is the obedience and fearlessness of death of the Unsullied. This is the reason why the Unsullied can truly develop combat effectiveness. However, their absolute obedience and fearlessness have already determined the battlefield where they can exert their advantages. It can be a frontal battlefield, but once it turns into guerrilla warfare or harassment warfare, it will be difficult for their array mode to take advantage of it, and more importantly, their weaknesses are particularly obvious. Once the commander is killed, they will not be able to adapt, even if there is a person in front of them. They will not hesitate to step into a death trap.

So when Linde knew that Renly planned to train the Unsullied, he didn't take it to heart. Even if Renly trained a legion of Unsullied, his Chosen Corps would still be able to destroy them.

However, what surprised him was that the Unsullied trained by Renly were actually used as assassins, and they also imitated some of the Faceless Men's disguise abilities, which made him look at Renly with admiration.

However, this only slightly surprised him.

Although he was certain that the Death Soldier assassin was sent by Renly, he was still puzzled by some aspects. Why did Renly do this?

Logically speaking, Renly should know very well that an assassin of this level would not be able to cause any harm to him, so when he sent out the assassin, he should have already thought that the assassin would fail, and the end result would be that the Tyrell family would be embarrassed, because The assassination of a guest in Highgarden would undoubtedly bring great disgrace to Highgarden.

Lind knew very well that Renly hated and even hated him, but he also knew that the relationship between Renly and the Tyrell family was not generally close. Leaving aside his relationship with Loras, he and the Duke of Mace, and The relationship between Garland and the Queen of Thorns is very good, even much better than the relationship between him and his brothers.

Like Garland's wedding, he helped in Highgarden throughout the process, treating him as if he were his own family. In the wedding in the High Seat just now, his seat was not next to Robert, but sitting in front of the Tyrell family. The family is at the table, so Renly shouldn't ruin Garland's wedding.

"Is it to prevent Garland's wedding? He actually loves Garland!" Lind, who knew Renly's sexual orientation, suddenly had a bold guess in his mind, and then looked at Garland who was receiving guests with his wife. Lan shook his head again, feeling that he had thought too much.

At this time, Robert led a group of dignitaries towards Linde. Compared to the brothel, he was much sober at the moment, and he didn't smell much of alcohol.

"Is this the boy from your family?" Robert asked, looking down at Augustus who grabbed the corner of Linde's clothes.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Linde nodded.

Robert knelt down and looked at the little guy. Facing Robert, Augustus was not afraid at all. Instead, he reached out to grab Robert's beard.

"Haha! What a bold guy! Just like you." Robert let the little guy grab his beard and said with a smile: "Lind, let's get married! Your son and my daughter."

Lind hesitated after hearing this and asked, "Is it Princess Myrcella?"

"Of course Myrcella!" Robert said seriously.

"Don't you need to discuss this matter with Queen Cersei?" Lind asked.

Robert raised his eyebrows and said displeased: "Of course not, that woman has no right to violate my decision."

Linde also nodded and said: "In this case, of course I am willing to marry your Majesty."

"Okay! Very good!" Robert laughed happily, then hugged Augustus directly in his arms, walked to the center of the banquet venue, and loudly announced the engagement between Augustus and Myrcella. , and at the same time, he also pulled the Duke of Metz over and announced the engagement between Joffrey and Margaery.

Lind was a little surprised that the Duke of Mace still agreed to be engaged to Joffrey after knowing that Margaery had the power of Garth the Green Hand in her body. However, he did not pay too much attention to it. With the Queen of Thorns in charge, they should be able to Think of countermeasures.

Regarding Robert's announcement, all the dignitaries of the seven kingdoms present showed shocked expressions. Obviously, this incident was a surprise to everyone, but most of them were willing to see such an accident, because such a surprise The Baratheon dynasty became more stable.

Because with the marriage between Highgarden and the Iron Throne, only Dorne in the entire Seven Kingdoms is outside the Iron Throne's ruling circle. The current situation is very similar to the situation of the conquering king Aegon Targaryen. A powerful man who has some knowledge of history They all began to long for the emergence of a second dynasty that would last for hundreds of years.

Of all the people, only the people on the Dorne side had a gloomy expression on their faces. It was obvious that King Robert's actions caught them off guard.

In particular, the marriage between Summer Hall and the Iron Throne was beyond their expectations. Princess Arianne stared at Linde angrily, thinking that this was Linde's premeditated plan. When they met a few days ago, , deliberately not revealing it to her.

However, there was one person who was not happy about the marriage between the two. This person was Renly. Although he tried his best to hide his emotions, Lind, who secretly observed the reactions around him, could still detect his emotional changes. This also made him wonder whether the joke assassination was related to this, and whether Renly knew in advance that Robert had plans to marry Lynd.

Later, Robert announced another news that was extremely shocking to everyone present, that is, he announced that Lind would be crowned King of the Narrow Sea and the Stepstone Islands.

After Robert finished speaking, the entire banquet venue was immediately filled with discussions, because compared to the previous news of the two marriages, this news was the most shocking.

The King of the Narrow Sea and the Stepstone Islands has been around since Daemon Targaryen, and everyone who occupies most of the Stepstone Islands, whether it is an island or a mercenary, will wear this title on their own On the head, but no matter who is the person who holds this title, none of them has been officially canonized, everything is just self-proclaimed.

Even Daemon Targaryen was not canonized that year. After hearing that Daemon was proclaimed king, Viserys I only agreed to let him wear the crown and did not announce his approval of the title of king. This was completely different from the Prince of Dorne. .

But now Robert has publicly given Lynd the official title of prince and recognized his rule over the Stepstone Islands. This not only made Lynd's identity rise to the top, but also torn it directly from the original territory of the Seven Kingdoms. Together, the eight kingdoms were formed.

Except for Lind and James, who were already informed, everyone in the banquet venue was shocked by the news.

However, some of them are envious, some are jealous, and many people are discussing whether this is in compliance with the regulations, etc., but no one dares to stand up and question whether Linde is qualified to win the title of king, because they know very well that even without any effort, With Bo's canonization, Linde is also the ruler of the Stone Steps Islands.

Moreover, some well-informed people also know that Linde signed a Miracle Fleet Cruise Agreement with the Free Trade City, and the Narrow Sea has also become the sea area under his control, so he is definitely more qualified than anyone else to get the Narrow Sea and the Stepped Islands. Even Daemon Targaryen, who invented this title, cannot compare to the title of King.

Under the bombardment of these heavy news, the wedding banquet with the newlyweds as the background quickly ended. Guests from the Seven Kingdoms also returned to their respective territories one after another, and they also spread what they saw and heard. Soon everyone knew.

In King's Landing, Stanlis, who was holding a royal meeting, learned that Lind had become the king of the Narrow Sea and the Stepstone Islands. His face was so gloomy that he was almost dripping with water. He left the meeting without saying hello to anyone and waited for the meeting. At the end, when Lord Arryn went to find him, he had already returned to Dragonstone by boat. For a long time after that, his relationship with the Iron Throne was very cold.

The next person to leave the Royal Council was Renly, who was the Minister of Justice. Renly returned to King's Landing with Robert at all. After living in Highgarden for two months, he returned to Storm's End, and then began to visit the storms one by one. Various lords of the land, and win over the relationship with the lords of the storm land.

However, he soon discovered that his approach had no effect. It was almost the same as before. As long as it did not involve the Midsummer Hall, the various lords in the Storm Land would be willing to obey his orders. But once it was related to the Midsummer Hall, those lords would They will not violate the order openly, but they will greatly reduce the execution of the order, or find some excuse to delay the execution of the order, and the delay may be counted in years.

So Renly only persisted for two months before he gave up on winning over his vassals and returned to King's Landing. Loras was also called to King's Landing by him, and the two of them lived a life of drunkenness and luxury.

As the person who benefited the most among the wedding guests, Linde naturally attracted the attention of all parties. After returning to the territory, everything he did made people feel that he was trapped between the Narrow Sea and the Stepped Islands. The title of king went to his head and he began to act recklessly.

For example, it is not a big problem if he allows the construction of the Temple of the God of Natural Disaster in Port Miracle and the temple of the God of Magic in Redemption Town. After all, there are lessons learned from the Temple of the Storm God. Building temples for these two new gods is also not a big problem. It's not something unacceptable.

But the thing that really made people feel whether Linde was crazy was that he established a Sphinx Academy in Summer Hall similar to the school city to recruit students. This was simply an attack on the thousands of years of tradition of the school city. challenge.

And that's not all, he also built a building in the Tranquility Court next to the Temple of the God of Magic in Redemption Town, specifically to train wizards, diviners, fire mages and other people who master mysterious powers.

For a long time, under the influence of the belief in the Seven Gods, the Seven Kingdoms have been extremely taboo on magic, believing that magic is evil. But now the Seven Gods have actually built a special training center to learn magic. This kind of thing is not allowed to happen to ordinary people. Even those within the Church of the Seven Gods were very surprised. They sent people to the Midsummer Hall to meet with Linde and inquire about the situation. After all, the Faith of the Seven Gods was now closely tied to Linde. If something happened to Linde, the Faith of the Seven Gods would It will also be a big blow.