Chapter 81: The Miserable Edmure

As soon as he finished speaking, the last glimmer of hope in Olenna's heart disappeared. She knew that there was a grudge between Cersei and Tyrion, and Tywin also wanted to kill his dwarf son.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't want to find out the real murderer of her son. Given Cersei's character and her disgust for her granddaughter, she will definitely not give up on avenging her son just because of the marriage with Highgarden.

Olenna didn't know how Varys found out that she was involved in the murder of Joffrey. He and Littlefinger Petyr kept the matter very secret. The only person who knew about it, Dontos, had been killed, and the poor girl Sansa was also taken away by Petyr.

She was very discreet when she took the pendant off Sansa's neck. Even though Varys was sitting in front of the main stage at the wedding banquet, she didn't believe he could see her taking the pendant because she blocked his view.

There is also the scene where her granddaughter Margaery accidentally puts Joffrey's golden cup on her table. That was not her prior arrangement, but Margaery did it unintentionally.

Because Margaery had no idea that her grandmother was going to murder her husband on his wedding day, so how could she possibly cooperate with her in poisoning her?

Olenna originally planned to find another opportunity to poison Margaery, but when she did, Margaery placed the golden cup in front of her, and she suddenly decided to open the poison bag disguised as a pendant.

She originally thought that she had done it without anyone noticing, and even her granddaughter Margaery, the unintentional accomplice, did not notice it. The subsequent trial of Tyrion in the court also proved the perfection of her plan.

She never expected that just when she and her granddaughter were drinking and chatting happily and thought that the dust had settled, Varys would come and identify her as the real murderer.

Although she still didn't want to believe that Varys saw the whole process of her poisoning, how could she explain the details described by Varys?

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, who could know it so clearly?

Thinking that there was a pair of strange eyes staring at her when she poisoned her, Olena felt cold all over.

She always thought that her plan with Littlefinger Petyr was flawless, but she didn't expect to be slapped in the face by Varys, the chief intelligence officer.

She was also wondering in her heart who Varys would serve if he didn't work for Cersei.

A recent incident, the Red Wedding, which was also a wedding murder, slowly came to her mind.

Could it be that Varys had heard about the Red Wedding designed by Walder and told the Wolf family mother and son? Otherwise, how could they have escaped from such a deadly situation?

After the Red Wedding, all the nobles were speculating on the reasons for the failure of the Red Wedding.

With Tywin and Walder's shrewdness, there is no way they would let the Wolf mother and son escape. Otherwise, Tywin would not have allowed Tyrion and Sansa to marry. He must have been absolutely sure before he used up Tyrion's marriage opportunity.

Unexpectedly, the Red Wedding ended in failure. The biggest suspicion among people was that the news of Tywin and Walder's plan leaked, which led to the failure of the Red Wedding.

According to Walder's family who experienced the Red Wedding later, Robb not only brought a thousand troops to his uncle's wedding, but also twice as many guards as before, and everyone wore soft armor and hid daggers.

The only person who could get information from such a carefully planned plan is Varys, the all-seeing octopus spider.

And now that he knew he was the mastermind behind the Purple Wedding, it was hard for Olenna not to admire Varys.

Looking at Olenna's uncertain expression, Varys did not interrupt her, but waited silently for her decision.

"I wonder for whom Lord Varys is planning this?" Olenna asked him after calming down from Varys's statement.

"Now is not the time to tell you. My lady will know it later." Varys frankly admitted that he had betrayed Cersei.

After saying that, he thought for a moment and continued, "Cersei is not a good ally, nor is she someone who can be controlled. I think my lady should know this better than I do."

Olenna certainly knew what kind of person Cersei was, so she planned to bypass Cersei and start with Tommen, but the perfect plan and good situation were all broken by the arrival of Varys, forcing her to reconsider the future of Highgarden.

"Does the lord have any good suggestions?" Olenna asked Varys.

"My lady, you just need to be careful with Cersei. I will come again when the time is right."

Olenna didn't expect to get such an answer from Varys. Her granddaughter Margaery was about to marry the new king Tommen, and she had just urged Margaery to get pregnant with Tommen's child.

Varys's arrival completely disrupted her plan, and now she has to slowly deal with Cersei. If she continues to be slow, Margaery will have a child. What else can she do if she doesn't continue to form an alliance with Cersei?

Even if you tell me who you serve, I can estimate the strength of the person you serve and marry him!

Olenna wanted to slap Varys's big bald head twice to make him speak properly.

"Is it Robb from the North?" The Queen of Thorns couldn't help but ask.

"Robb?" Varys didn't react to Olenna's question for a moment. Just after he finished speaking, he realized the reason why Olenna was so suspicious. Did she suspect that it was me who sent the letter to Robb?

Varys immediately figured out the cause and effect, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Olenna did not wrongly accuse him.

Seeing Varys startled and then shook his head, with an expression that did not seem fake, Olenna was even more puzzled. Could it be that she had guessed wrong before? Was it not Varys who delivered the letter to Robb?

"I am very sorry to bother you, my lady. I will take my leave!" Having achieved his goal, Varys stood up and was about to leave.

Seeing that Varys was unwilling to tell her who he served, Olenna had no way to force him. She could only watch him leave quietly and began to think about the future of Highgarden.

On the way back, Varys was still recalling the shocked and fearful expression of Olenna, the Queen of Thorns, in his mind. He felt a pleasure that he had not felt for a long time. This was what a chief intelligence officer should be like.

...

Outside Riverrun, Edmure, covered in wounds, was tied to the gallows. Derwyn, son of Walder of the Twins, was whipping his sister's newly married brother-in-law with a whip.

The Red Wedding was when Devin welcomed Robb into the Twins, and he even mocked Robb for bringing a thousand soldiers to the wedding.

He didn't expect that the thousand soldiers outside the city would take advantage of the haystack fire in the Twins to climb over the city wall, break into the city, seize the gate, and eventually help Robb and the northern nobles escape back to Riverrun.

Afterwards, he was severely scolded by his father Wade and spent several days in the dungeon.

After he came out, he took over his brother's job, tying Edmure to the gallows and whipping him every day, forcing Riverrun to surrender.

However, Robb and his uncle Blackfish would naturally not open the city gates and surrender just because Edmure was beaten.