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Chapter 198 The Little Rose
A sudden and unexpected downpour caught people off guard. In just half an hour, the sky changed from dark clouds to heavy rain.
The King's Landing City, which originally exuded a foul smell, was washed onto the streets by the heavy rain, and the debris left behind by some residents when they moved was constantly washed onto the streets.
The city's dilapidated sewers were now emitting an extremely unpleasant and pungent smell.
The heavy rain that was supposed to purify all things in the world seems to have lost its original effect at this moment.
During the breaks in the rain, the city became increasingly smelly and unbearable.
However, all this had no effect on the nobles who were resting in the Red Castle built on the mountains near King's Landing.
They could still enjoy the comfort and tranquility in peace, completely ignoring the suffering city at the foot of the mountain.
The Great Hall of the Red Keep, on the Iron Throne.
The blond Tommen Baratheon was sitting on the Iron Throne listening to the report of the King's Hand, his father-in-law, Mace Tyrell.
His princess, Margaery Tyrell, was standing beside him obediently.
The elderly Mace Tyrell asked his son-in-law, the king, to give him a soft seat before he would speak, but the distracted Tommen seemed to ignore this reasonable request.
So, the father-in-law and son-in-law remained silent for a long time under the witness of the Iron Throne.
It was not until Margaery could no longer bear to watch it that she ordered a Kingsguard to bring a chair.
When Mace put his butt on the chair with an angry look on his face, Tommen raised his head, looked at Mace and asked:
"My Lord Admiral, Lord Mace Tyrell, Guardian of the South, how long will it take for the reinforcements you promised to arrive? We urgently need the fleet of Qingting Island to block the entrance to Blackwater Bay."
"But if you let them delay any longer, I'm afraid it will be the rebel Night's Watch and the Targaryen family's fleet that will blockade Blackwater Bay!"
Tommen is too young and is not yet an adult. His only remaining mother, Cersei, is being imprisoned by the church and is completely unreliable. The burden of the entire country falls on him.
Normally, the local officials pretended to obey him but actually disobeyed him. Even before the rebellion of the North and the Iron Islands, the Dorne in the south had already shown its disloyalty and never sent a single soldier to reinforce the crown during the War of the Five Kings.
I had wanted to sacrifice the disobedient Dorne first after ending this war.
Unexpectedly, what came first was the betrayal of the Night's Watch and the resurgence of Daenerys.
That's right, in Tommen's eyes, what the Night's Watch did was undoubtedly a complete betrayal.
They killed the Guardian of the North whom they appointed for no reason, and instigated the North and the Iron Islands to seek independence. What else could this be but betrayal?
Especially the new concept declared by the Night's Watch Commander Leon Victor - let the world stop the war! Return a peaceful dream to Westeros.
Actually, Tommen also wanted to do this, but it was definitely not a peace led by Leon.
How can the legitimate ruler of the seven countries be ordered around by a subordinate?
However, Mace did not care about Tommen's attitude. He sneered at first, and then asked nonchalantly: "Can we not win without the fleet of Qingting Island?"
"My son-in-law, if you are afraid that King's Landing will fall, you can take my daughter and hide in your queen's boudoir to avoid disaster."
Mace's ridicule is self-evident. In his eyes, Tommen is still a child who has not grown up. If he wants to become a qualified king, he needs the assistance of a reliable King's Hand for several years.
What's hateful is that after the War of the Five Kings, Highgarden provided three months of food support to hundreds of thousands of people in King's Landing, which prevented famine and mutiny in the city. Afterwards, Mace even offered his daughter to Tommen, but such a great favor was only exchanged for a seat as Lord High Admiral, which was far from the power of Hand of the King that Mace wanted.
"Me? You want me to go and avoid disaster?"
When Tommen heard Mace's undisguised sarcasm, he immediately stood up from the Iron Throne, pointed at Mace, his face full of anger and disbelief.
After seeing the king's angry attitude, many loyal Kingsguards came out from the corridor beside and guarded Tommen, waiting for Tommen's order to take action against Mace.
"You are insulting me. This is a naked provocation to a king, Mace Tyrell. I demand you take back what you said!"
Seeing someone coming, Tommen seemed very confident, and his young face was full of unwillingness to admit defeat.
Now it was Mace's turn to be surprised. He was speechless. He didn't expect that Tommen, the child king, was so easily amused. This made Mace, who was originally quite confident about the reinforcements from Green Court Island, suddenly lose his confidence. So he hurriedly looked at his daughter, Margaery.
However, to his disappointment, Margaret showed an attitude of standing by her husband's side and turned a blind eye to the threat facing her old father.
Mace, who was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, had to sit back in his seat with his head down. He did not dare to blame the king anymore, even though it was not out of respect, but out of fear of the king's guards. Mace's heart was filled with regret and self-blame, and he realized that his behavior just now was too impulsive and reckless.
"I take it back, my king, please forgive my rashness just now!" Mace said humbly, with a slight tremor in his voice.
The king did not let him off easily and responded sternly: "No, that's not enough! I want more than just an apology, I need you to give me a promise!"
Mace took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He knew that he had to convince the king at this moment, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. "Your Majesty, reinforcements must be on the way. If you can give me another two days, I guarantee that the fleet from Qingting Island will appear on Blackwater Bay before the Targaryen fleet!" When Mace said this, his eyes were firm and confident.
Tommen finally nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, but his expression remained serious. He waved his hand to signal the guards around him to retreat, then stared at Mace with a sharp gaze and said, "No matter what, as the legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, I will stay in my capital and there is no way I can escape before the enemy arrives! You should know this. You can go now!"
Mace felt relieved, he stood up and bowed to the king, then slowly left the room. However, at the moment he turned to leave, Little Rose Margaery suddenly couldn't help but smile at Tommen.
The tough look on Tommen's face suddenly faded, and he even looked a little scared, which was very different from the arrogant king just now. He asked Little Rose:
"My Queen, have I behaved as you expected?"
Seeing Tommen offering treasures to her like a child eager to be favored, Little Rose couldn't help but show a wise expression on her face. She smiled crookedly and said:
"You did a good job. You have to know that my father is a sly old man. He would never place his bets on anyone unless he sees enough benefits!"
After hearing what Little Rose said, Tommen was happy at first, but then his expression froze and he returned to a sad look.
"But the enemy has a giant dragon to help them. Can we really win?"
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