Chapter 317 Daenerys’ tangle

Seeing that Barristan had been forgiven by Daenerys, Jorah Mormont also showed expectant eyes. He believed that he had not betrayed Daenerys, compared to Barristan who betrayed the Mad King first. Aerys surrendered to Robert, and now betrayed the Iron Throne and joined Daenerys. He is obviously much more loyal than Barristan. Now that Barristan has been forgiven, he believes that he can also be forgiven.

"It's your turn now, Jorah Mormont." Daenerys returned to her throne, looked at Jorah Mormont who was still kneeling on the ground, and said.

"Khaleesi, please believe in my loyalty to you, I..." Jorah Mormont raised his head and hurriedly defended himself.

Daenerys interrupted Jorah Mormont and said emotionally: "Loyalty? No, you have never been loyal to me. From the day you came to me, it was all lies. "Your allegiance to me is a lie. I even doubt whether you were involved in the fire. Otherwise, how could you just leave the banquet and go out to drink."

Jorah Mormont quickly defended: "No, Khaleesi, I never did anything to betray you!"

"Didn't you do anything to betray me? Passing the whereabouts of me, my brother, and my nephew to the usurper, isn't this betraying me?" Daenerys glared at Jorah Mormont and asked : "The usurper can accurately know the location of our wedding banquet and arrange the killer. Isn't it your fault?"

Jorah repeatedly denied: "No, no! Khaleesi, although I submitted information to King's Landing, the information was insignificant. I have never conveyed any information about your exact location to King's Landing. information."

"That's enough. You've told enough lies. I can't believe your words anymore." Daenerys ended the question. She looked at Jorah who looked sad, and then turned to look around her. subordinate, said: "No matter how many lies you tell, after all, you have saved my life many times, I cannot turn a blind eye, and my emotions at the moment cannot make a fair judgment on your behavior, so I will The right to judge whether you are guilty is left to my close ministers, who will help me make a rational judgment. "

Afterwards, Daenerys signaled the maid to bring two clay pots of different colors and place them in the house next to her. Then she asked the courtiers present to go to the house and put the coins into the clay pots of different colors. If there are more coins than black, then Jorah Mormont is not guilty, otherwise he is guilty.

After hearing Daenerys's words, Jorah seemed to have guessed the outcome. He sat on the ground with a pale face. Among Daenerys's ministers, only a handful of them had a decent relationship with him. Most of the others had a good relationship with him. Generally, some people are even hostile to it. If these people vote to convict themselves, the outcome can be imagined.

The final result was just as Jorah guessed. There were only two coins in the white clay pot, and the others were all in the black clay pot.

When Daenerys saw the voting results, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face. Then she restrained all her emotions, showed the majesty of the queen, and said to Jorah: "I declare that Jorah Mormont, you will Banished, forever out of all my control, you are not allowed to come back, and if I see you again, you will be put to death."

"No! Khaleesi!" Jorah shouted in pain, wanting to defend herself again, but Daenerys didn't want to say anything more and waved her hand to the guards on both sides to drag her down.

After Jorah was dragged down, Daenerys said to Arianne: "You will give Jorah a sum of money later, and then send him to the Miracle Merchant Guild's merchant ship. Although he betrayed me, But I will never forget the contributions he made in the past, and he should get the reward he deserves.”

"Your kindness is amazing." Arianne lowered her head and praised.

Daenerys called the meeting to a close, but called Arianne, Harry Strickland, the Bloodriders and other close officials to her study.

After everyone sat down, Daenerys first asked Harry Strickland, the leader of the Golden Company: "Captain Harry, I hope to hear the good news from your mouth that the old forces in the city have been eliminated. ”

At first, Daenerys had no intention of conquering Qarth. She just wanted to buy a batch of food and grass so that her men could survive this difficult time.

However, after arriving in Qarth, the Thirteen Giants proposed a marriage to her, asking her to choose one of the descendants of the Thirteen Giants as her husband, so that Qarth would fully support her expedition to Westeros. mainland.

Daenerys had not yet thought about going on an expedition to Westeros. At that time, she just wanted to have enough food to sustain the daily consumption of her men and horses, so she was not interested in marriage. She always made false promises and did not agree to Quetzalcoatl's request. Erns' proposal.

Later, the wizard of the Immortal Palace invited her to visit the Immortal Palace, and mentioned that the Immortal wanted to see her, and she was also curious about the Immortal, so she agreed to the invitation.

What she didn't expect was that in the Palace of the Immortal, the wizard and the Thirteen Giants tried to snatch her baby dragon, but were burned to death by the dragon flames breathed by the baby dragon. The Palace of the Immortal was also ignited and turned into a torch.

After Daenerys escaped from the Temple of the Immortal, she fled to her camp outside the city, and accepted Haldon's suggestion, while all Qarth's attention was attracted by the fire in the Temple of the Immortal. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he attacked the unsuspecting Qarth and captured this ancient and huge city in one fell swoop.

It is precisely because there was no expectation in advance and everything happened suddenly, so Daenerys did not prepare enough manpower to manage the city, and her people did not have the talents to manage such a huge city. For this reason, she We had to use those left behind by the Thirteen Giants.

Although when selecting people, she would also deliberately look for people who had a bad relationship with the Thirteen Giants or who were marginalized, but among these people there were still some die-hard loyalists to the Thirteen Giants, and these people were deeply hidden. Cooperating with the regretful guest who failed to eliminate them all, they repeatedly assassinated her, putting her in danger at all times.

For this reason, she specifically handed over the task of cleaning up the resistance forces in the city to the Golden Company, because the Golden Company has been walking around the city all year round and is more experienced in dealing with these things than the Dothraki.

However, judging from the extremely dangerous assassination that occurred a few days ago, the Golden Group's capabilities seem to be limited.

"We have arrested some suspects, but we have not found enough evidence to prove that these suspects were involved in the assassination." Harry lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, we still need some time to infiltrate To Qarth..."

Daenerys said with great dissatisfaction: "Does it still take some time? Do you have to wait until I die in the hands of assassins before you can discover the poisonous snakes hiding underground?"

Harry felt inexplicably nervous, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Your Majesty, we do not intend to delay, but we are not familiar with Qarth. It is very difficult to integrate here and find useful information. , and the people here are very hostile to us, especially the slaves and servants controlled by the Thirteen Giants you released. They often cover each other and lead our searches into traps. We have lost more than a hundred people. Good job."

Daenerys was stunned and said, "I freed them from the enslavement of the Thirteen Giants and gave them dignity as human beings, and they are still hostile to me?"

"Dignity cannot feed the stomach." Harry said seriously: "Although we received the wealth of the Thirteen Giants after their death, we did not obtain the various trade projects they controlled. A large number of shops in the city were closed. , many people have nothing to do and no food supply. If this continues, I'm afraid..."

Harry Strickland did not continue, but everyone understood what he meant.

Daenerys also fell silent, seemingly shocked by the terrible situation in front of her. She always thought that she had complete control over Qarth. Qarth was still functioning normally, and everything was developing according to her vision. Only now did she realize that the situation had become so bad.

"Why didn't you tell me this?" Daenerys couldn't help but blame everyone.

Sister Lemore reminded: "Your Majesty, Halton reminded you of this more than half a month ago, but you were busy dealing with the sneak attack by Digo Khal and the others, so you didn't notice that a few days ago Princess Arianne also reminded you, but you were assassinated and learned of Jorah Mormont's betrayal, so you ignored the past."

Daenerys was stunned after hearing this. She didn't know what to say for a moment, and the room became quiet.

After a while, she asked: "What should I do to solve the current crisis?"

Everyone looked at each other and said nothing, because none of them knew how to solve the current problem, except for one person.

Arianne said, "Actually, it's not very difficult to solve this matter. It mainly depends on your Majesty's attitude towards Qarth."

"What do you mean?" Daenerys looked at Arianne in confusion.

"Actually, the core of this matter is how your Majesty plans to develop in the future." Arianne said with a serious look: "If your Majesty still has ideas about the Iron Throne and wants to expedition to the Iron Throne in the future, then Qarth is definitely not a suitable candidate. As the base of the rear, we can carry out a large-scale sacking of the entire city, take away all the treasures and materials that can be taken away, recruit all the people who can be included, and then remove all the dignitaries and those who are suspected in the city Execute them all, leaving only those at the bottom who cannot be taken away. In this case, those at the bottom will fight among themselves for control of Qarth. In the end, even if someone succeeds in taking control of Qarth, he will not be able to retaliate against you. , and even have to worry that if you come back to loot again, it is very likely that he will take the initiative to surrender to you. At that time, you only need to control this person, and you will be able to control the entire Qarth, and you don’t need to worry about being assassinated. "

Hearing Arianne's method, everyone present could not help but take a breath of cold air. The few bloodriders who had originally tried to express their closeness to Arianne because of her beauty could not help but stand a few steps away.

None of them expected that such a beautiful woman could be so ruthless in doing things. If she really followed her method, then at least hundreds of thousands of people would die in Qarth. In the end, it would be good to have tens of thousands of people left in the entire city. .

But it is also undeniable that this method is also a once and for all method. Once implemented, Qarth will no longer be a burden to Daenerys, and Daenerys will not have to worry about being assassinated again.

However, just as everyone thought, Daenerys did not agree with this idea. She shook her head and said, "No, this method will never work."

Arianne seemed to have expected that Daenerys would object to her proposal, so after Daenerys objected, she immediately came up with a second method, saying: "If you are no longer interested in the Iron Throne, If you want to build your own kingdom with Qarth as the core, you must stabilize Qarth as soon as possible and clear out the hidden dangers in the city. Since we cannot solve these problems ourselves, we can turn to other forces for help. "

"Asking for help from other forces?" Daenerys had a thoughtful look on her face.

At this time, others thought of Arianne's method and said, "Princess Arianne, do you mean the Miracle Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes." Arianne nodded and said: "As far as I know, the Miracle Chamber of Commerce is an important collaborator of Prince Linde's intelligence forces. Almost all places where there is a Miracle Chamber of Commerce will be visited by people from the Midsummer Hall. Intelligence agents have infiltrated, and we now know nothing about the situation inside Qarth, but the spies of Summer Hall are different. As long as we can cooperate with the Miracle Chamber of Commerce, the poisonous snakes underground in Qarth will have no escape. And more importantly, we can also take over the trading projects left by the Thirteen Giants and do business with the Miracle Chamber of Commerce. As long as we see that the Miracle Chamber of Commerce is making money from Qarth, other merchants will flock to it. "If we don't take the initiative to win over them, they will contact us and beg to do business with us."

After hearing Arianne's analysis, Daenerys was also very moved. She could feel that Arianne's method was the most suitable for her current situation. With the addition of the Miracle Chamber of Commerce, they could also share her burden. pressure.

But her biggest problem now is that she is still undecided whether to stay in Qarth and establish her own kingdom, or to continue to develop her own power with the goal of expedition to the Seven Kingdoms and regaining the Iron Throne.

In fact, according to her own thoughts, she is not willing to fight for the Iron Throne anymore, because with Linde standing in the way, even if she has a dragon, it will be difficult for her to regain the Iron Throne. More importantly, she does not want to be hostile to Linde.

But I don’t know if all the Targaryens have an obsession with the Iron Throne. As her strength grows, she often fantasizes about sitting back on the Iron Throne, completing the Targaryen family’s many years of tracing their origins, and completing her brother’s journey. and her nephew's last wish, she can still hear the word Iron Throne mixed with the screams of her brother Viserys and nephew Aegon when they were burned to death in her sleep.