Chapter 57 Longzel in thought

The room that Earl Tully prepared for Ronzel was not big, but very comfortable. Jakaris's room was right next to it. The family knights of the Tully family were guarding the corridor all night to prevent girls from sneaking in and causing bad things. .

Longzell also uncovered the information held by the Tully family. After a cursory glance, I found that it was not much different from the information my family had, but there were a lot more details. The core of the conflict between the princess and the queen is still the issue of inheritance. King Viserys determined Princess Rhaenyra's inheritance in the form of king's law and required all the lords in the territory to swear an oath to her.

In fact, when Longzell went to King's Landing, he also swore an oath. One of the oaths the king asked him to recite was: "I recognize the inheritance of Princess Rhaenyra of Dragonstone to the Iron Throne, and will declare to the Queen in the future Your Majesty offers you your loyalty." After reciting the oath, King Viserys also announced in public that Prince Jakaris and Prince Lucilis would serve as his brother's attendants.

Ronzel still remembers the expressions of everyone present after he and Valar recited their oaths. Prime Minister Otto looked solemn, Count Jaspi and Captain Kerston Cole had expressionless faces, and Count Linman smiled and applauded. , Sir Tyran’s expression changed again and again. Queen Allison pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't. Big Aegon threw himself on his gift without raising his head, while Aemond kept the same expression. Longzell could feel the child. Ambition and indifference deep inside.

The behavior of the two princes as attendants and actually as hostages seemed to the outside world to be the solicitation of Princess Rhaenyra. Ronzel certainly understands this. But after all, Viserys is not dead yet, the issue of inheritance has not exploded yet, and there is still room for change.

But the details of Count Tully's intelligence are here. Ronzel can see the complexity of the problem from the complex situation detailed in this intelligence. King Viserys's behavior actually challenges Westeros. Andal inheritance law tradition. The princes who promised to be loyal to the princess did not necessarily accept the oath in their hearts. They questioned the lineage of the three brown-black-haired princes, and thus the authority of the princess. Although all three princes have dragons, rumors are still secretly growing. Among the nobles of the Reach, House Hightower semi-openly supported Aegon the Great's claim to the throne in place of Princess Rhaenyra. The Tyrell family is pretending to be dead, and under the influence of Hightower, quite a few princes in the Reach hold the same view, especially Lord Ulwin Peake of the Peake family, who owns three Castles, and the great lords whose territories spanned the Marches and the Reach even publicly declared: "How can a woman rule a man?"

The same is true in the Stormlands. Boros Baratheon has always been mercenary and paid no attention to oaths. Longzel remembered that he once wrote to himself after the Dondarrion family changed their allegiance, asking him to repay "the lost vassals of the Stormlands." The price he asked was not high, he just asked Ronzel or Valar to marry one of his daughters and live in Storm's End permanently.

Naturally, Long Zell politely rejected him.

The richest territory in the kingdom holds such a view, which naturally breeds endless undercurrents. Princess Rhaenyra, Ronzel, really didn't want to comment on her behavior. He didn't understand why Daemon didn't remind her that staying away from the political center was a wrong decision, even though he learned from Jakaris the reason why Rhaenyra's family left King's Landing. and a series of misfortunes that happened before and after.

"Stupid princess." Longzell defined Rhaenyra after reading the information. "Does she think that the oath can support her to wear the crown safely after the death of the king? She has dragons, and the queen's descendants also have dragons, or does she think that I will unconditionally ride on the dragon to claim power for her? Although now I do stand Her camp." Longzell sat cross-legged on the bed, gently rubbing the silk sheets. This was a bad habit of his thinking. He always liked to rub something, whether it was the hilt of a sword, a bed sheet, or the handle of a chair. In short, everything is fine, and I haven't changed it after all these years. So Long Zell also gave up changing it.

"But she was willing to send Xiaojie and Xiaolu to my side, which shows that she is still aware of the impact of our arrival on the situation." Long Zell continued to whisper in a voice that could only be heard by himself. "But if it is Xiaojie who kills first and then plays it out, it can only mean that Xiaojie's ability is far superior to his mother. It was Xiaojie who keenly discovered the fatal problem of the princess."

Long Zell thought of this and lay down on the bed, his brain still running rapidly. "Earl Tully's information mentioned the Velaryon family. Different from the information we have, the Tully family's information mentioned that Lord Corlys Velaryon has never given up his ambition, and he does support the princess. , but the fundamental reason is that the three princes are nominally named Velaryon, and Xiaojie and Xiaolu are respectively engaged to Miss Benila and Miss Rhaena, who are of the real Velaryian blood. As long as the Iron Throne is passed down smoothly, the Velaryon family His overwhelming power will never decline.”

Long Zell grabbed the quilt and covered his body. "It can be seen that deep down in his heart, Corliss actually supports male inheritance, but the princess's succession is beneficial to him." He looked up at the decorations on the ceiling and smiled. No wonder the Tully family had carefully prepared it for him. I chose this room. The ceiling was painted with a mural depicting the affairs between men and women.

It's not like I haven't seen it. Ronzel would not admit that the openness of Volantis had led him to see similar things when he was very young, and he had heard his father sometimes sigh when looking at similar murals in his palace. The brain quickly threw these things away and continued to think about the problems that would be faced next. “The Hightowers brought Prince Daeron to Highgarden, presumably to gain my favor and to bring the relationship closer, especially since Ser Mond wants to become my brother-in-law. "

Long Ze thought about this and understood that this was the necessary price to maintain his rule. Although the Tully family was not among the first-tier nobles in the Reach, they were indeed one of the most powerful in the Borderlands and had the loyalty of the Tully family. Long Ze It can be said that you directly won more than half of the borderland. We also have a strong enough army.

After all, Viserys is still alive and the two families have not yet broken up. Ronzel swallowed the curse words hard. Could it be that Viserys planned to make himself the middleman to bridge the two families. He also doesn't look at his own identity and current situation. But in the current situation, Viserys not only agreed to the behavior of the two princes being called servants but actually hostages, and also brokered the marriage plan between himself and his brother. In the future, a Targaryen princess will definitely marry Rey or himself His son, whether it is the princess's or the queen's, as long as the marriage is completed, he cannot be neutral even if he wants to.

Especially now that outsiders seem to be on the princess's side. But to be honest, princess succession also has the benefits of princess succession, that is, female inheritance rights have been improved to a certain extent, and matrilineal inheritance, which is inseparable from it, has also become an option.

Forget it, there is no need to think so far now. The key now is to investigate the situation in Westeros on the spot, find allies for the family, and at the same time complete the suppression of Dorne.

"One more thing, Old Town." Long Zell thought of another imminent problem. "Maunder is traveling to Highgarden on behalf of House Hightower, so there's no reason for me to fly to Oldtown. The only reason one has no reason to go to a place is if something is hidden there. What does the Hightower want? The Church. ? Or a school city?”

Long Zell's eyes suddenly widened. "City!"

He remembered something he had always overlooked, because his bachelors, Dr. Vesalius and Evans, had left the city for a long time and were actually marked with their own family symbols, but what about after the death of Dr. Vesalius? What happens after you gradually build more and more castles? More bachelors will come to serve in the castles of themselves and their vassals, but who are they loyal to?

Recalling that Earl Tully ordered the literate family knights to obtain information instead of bachelors, and what the two previous bachelors of the family said, Longzell already had a possible answer in his mind.

"Perhaps the school city is not as simple as it seems on the surface." Long Zell knew that he could not hide his magic skills, and this matter would eventually reach the desks of various lords with his arrival. As for the Citadel. "The Citadel fears magic, the Citadel hates magic." This is what Dr. Vesalius said. He never returned for decades after leaving the Citadel. Even though he still had many students, this was It illustrates Vesalius' complicated views on the Citadel.

Then he must cultivate a bachelor who is completely loyal to him and use the wine of contract? No, that magic is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and will soon become ineffective once you stop taking it. Transforming Brother Collan, no, the magic that now has to be called Bishop Collan will not work. The essence of that magic is to directly transform the dragon. Zell connects with the "victim", and the "victim" actually accepts Long Zell's full spell casting, and must have a fanatical obsession. If Bishop Collan does not have devout faith in the Seven Gods, this magic will not work. Impossible to succeed.

Of course, if Colon really didn't believe in the Seven Gods, things would be much easier to handle.

You can only train new bachelors yourself.

"Mond Hightower hopes you can offer me a price that satisfies me." Ronzel raised his hand and grabbed a handful in the air.

"Dong dong dong"

There was a gentle knock on the door. Long Zell frowned. Judging from the smell outside, the person coming was Jakaris.

"Please come in."

The same moon also shines on the towers of Dragon's Nest City.

Valar led his guests down the long spiral staircase and arrived at a storage room.

"Lord Kafulun, inside are the trophies of previous wars." Valar put the torch on the lamp stand aside and pushed open the door of the storage room. At the dinner just now, Varar accepted the allegiance of Earl Randyll Cavron of Fulutun on behalf of Ronzel. Earl Randyl strongly requested to take a look at the trophies of the Weir family.

Valar fulfilled his request. After all, it was at the dinner that he learned about the blood feud between the Cavallan family and the Weir family. In the 12th year of the Conquest calendar, Ser Jon Cavalon, the heir of Fawntun, was in his own house. The wedding was attacked by Count Weir, most of the guests were killed, Sir Jon was castrated, and his wife was kidnapped by Count Weir. This incident was engraved on the family castle by the Cavron family.

Today, they were finally able to wash away the engravings.

Lord Randyll Caffron recognized Wylan Weir's head at a glance. Although the head was pickled and peeled, only the skull remained.

"We all know the son of the Weir family who turned to ashes." Lando gritted his teeth and picked up the skull. "Your Highness, I request that this head be taken away. The Kafulun family is willing to pay any price."

Valar thought about what his brother would say, and replied carefully: "You have already paid loyalty to Vareses, and that is enough."

"Your Highness, the Cavolen family will always draw the bow for the Vareses family." Randal stared at Wylan's skull. "It's a pity that the children of the Weir family were burned to ashes, which was a bargain for them."

"You plan to..."

"I will make it into a urinal." Randal said: "The children of the Weir family, it's time to pay the bill."

Update, I reflect that I will fix an update time in the mortal world today and tomorrow, which is about 15:00 and 21:00. If I am not sick or making a report, I will not stop updating, so everyone can rest assured.