Chapter 209 Small Meeting
After the dinner party, everyone dispersed.
Earl Randyll, Earl Mathis, Sir Alekyne Florent, and Samwell turned to a small room.
The maid served tea and left quickly. This is an intimate meeting, but also an important meeting. Under the organization of Earl Randyll, for the first time in the Reach, representatives of forces dissatisfied with the Lannister family gathered together, and what was discussed would largely determine the future development of the Seven Kingdoms.
Samwell was calm on the surface, but he was also a little agitated in his heart. Although these people are actually more concerned about how the Reach will stand in the next political storm, they have to admit that they will objectively help Samwell marry Margaery.
It has been almost three years since he came to this world, and Samwell has grown from a pioneer knight who was kicked out of his home to the point where he is qualified to join this power game.
He proudly picked up his teacup, took a sip, and patiently waited for the bosses to speak first.
"Sam, is Margaery pregnant?" Earl Randyll first words almost made Samwell choke.
The other two people present did not change their faces, as if they felt that Earl Randyll's question was appropriate.
"Not yet," Samwell calmed down and said in a muffled voice.
Just now he felt that he was finally a bit of a chess player, but now he feels more like a stallion...
"As soon as possible," Earl Randyll urged.
"It's good to be able to plant the seeds," Earl Mathis said with a smile, "but we can't pin our hopes on it. From what I know about Lady Olenna, if she really doesn't want Margaery to marry Sam, even if she sees her granddaughter with a big belly, she will without a doubt give her a cup of moon tea."
Samwell knew that moon tea is a herbal tea used for contraception and abortion.
Based on his understanding of LadyOlenna, the other party would really do such a thing.
"What's Lady Olenna's attitude now?"
Samwell quickly changed the subject, he was always very uncomfortable talking about the private matters between him and Margaery.
"It's hard to say," Earl Mathis rubbed the teacup in his hand, slowed down his tone, and seemed to be thinking.
"No one can tell the attitude of the 'Queen of Thorns.' But one thing is for sure, she will definitely make the choice that is most beneficial to Highgarden, even if this choice will harm the interests of her granddaughter or other nobles of the Reach."
"So we cannot give the choice to the Tyrell family." Sir Alekyne said firmly.
The eldest son of the Florent family, besides Samwell, should be the last person present to see the Reach fall to the Lannister family.
After all, the Florent family placed a big bet on Stannis Baratheon, and once the second child of the Deer family sat on the Iron Throne, they would get a queen.
"As long as we let Mace Tyrell see that there are enough families in the Reach who are unwilling to submit to Lannister, I believe he will not dare to go against everyone's wishes." Earl Randyll said.
"That's right."Count Mathis immediately nodded in agreement.
Sir Alekyne also said rather eagerly: "The key is what allies we can win."
"How about the Peake family?" Earl Mathis said, "They have always been dishonest."
Lord Titus Peake, their territory is just east of Horn Hill, and they have indeed been dishonest as Earl Mathis said.
When the Gardener King ruled the Reach, the Peake family was one of the most powerful families in the Reach. They once fought against the Manderly family for the throne of the King of the Reach, which caused ten years of chaos in the Reach.
In the end, the latter was forced to flee the Reach and go to the north. Now it has become an important Vassal of the Stark family. Lord of White Harbor.
During the Targaryen dynasty, the Peake family once lost power after the "Dance of the Dragon", but during the Blackfyre Rebellion, the Peake family was implicated for supporting Damon Blackfyre, and their strength was severely damaged.
When Earl Mathis mentioned the family, he glanced at Samwell.
Samwell knew that the other party probably regarded him, who could incubate dragons, as the remnant of the Blackfyre, and given the connection between the Peake family and the Blackfyre, it was very likely that they would support him. But upon hearing this, Earl Landau's complexion was not very good.
He was very sure that Samwell was the child born to him and his wife, and it wasn't some nonsense, but he didn't know how to explain the hatching of the dragon. So until now, he have been pretending to be an ostrich...
"The Peake family may not join us." Earl Randyll said coldly, "Don't forget that they are related to the Lannister family."
At first, Samwell thought that his father said out of annoyance. But it took a while to realize that Earl Titus Peake seemed to have indeed married a Lannister wife.
"Lady Margot is a Lannister collateral lineage, so it's not an important marriage." Earl Mathis said, "I think we can try."
Indeed, marriages are graded according to the status of the couple.
Samwell also said: "I think I should try. Don't forget that the main force that assisted the Iron Throne in suppressing the Peake rebellion was the army from the West.
It's hard to say what Earl Peake's attitude is towards the Lannister family. "
'And known from the original book that there are now three members of the Peake family serving in the Golden Company on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
That is a mercenary force that supports the restoration of Targaryen. It can be seen that the Peak family is indeed a diehard loyalist of Blackfyre.'
"Okay, let's try." Earl Randyll did not insist, "Is there any other family that can be brought over?"
"The Oakheart family is probably impossible." Earl Mathis looked at Samwell again.
Samwell raised his glass to drink water in embarrassment.
The Oakheart family of Ancient Oak City is also one of the most powerful families in the Reach. The current lord is Countess Arwyn Oakheart, but her son Sir Arys Oakheart was Joffrey kingsguard, beheaded by Samwell in Skyreach City. So...
"I think the Hightower family can be won over." Samwell said, wanting to make up for his "miss".
"Hightower?"
The other three frowned when they heard this.
The Hightowers of Oldtown are certainly a powerful family in the Reach, but the point is, they are extremely closely related to the Tyrells.
The Duke Mace's wife is the daughter of Lord Leyton Hightower. With this relationship, it is not easy for the Hightower family to stand on the opposite side of the Tyrell family.
Samwell explained: "On the way here, Earl Leyton Hightower sent a message from his vassal, Viscount Martyn Mullendore, inviting me to Old Town, saying that he has some old scrolls of dragons."
"You'd better not go," Earl Randyll immediately said, "The Citadel hates dragons and magic, and as for the Hightower family, they have an ambiguous attitude, so you have to be careful."
"Of course, I won't go to Old Town," Samwell said, "I think we can invite Earl Leyton to come to Highgarden, show him the white dragon, and test his attitude by the way. He is so keen on dragons, maybe we can win him over."
"I think we can give it a try," Earl Mathis said,
"As long as we win the Hightower family over, Mace Tyrell can only bow his head no matter how unwilling he is. It also doesn't matter what other families think."
"Yes," Earl Randyll also said, nodding in agreement, "You will write a letter later and ask Maester Ada to send the raven to Old Town."
For a heavyweight family like the Hightower family, the positions of other families are indeed not very important.
After the meeting was over, Samwell first wrote a letter to Lord Leyton Hightower, handed it to the maester, and then went to his brother Dickon's room.
His mother, Lady Melessa, was there too.
"How is your recovery?" Samwell said sitting down beside the bed.
"The wound has begun to heal, and Maester Ada said that I will be back to normal after another two months. But..."
Lady Melessa frowned slightly, "It's just that Dickon seems to have hurt his head, and he has forgotten many things."
Samwell secretly said, sure enough. "It's okay, He can recall it slowly,"
Dickon said distressedly, "However, I clearly remember the experience of fighting with my brother in Dorne. Charge on the sea of sand, I remember breaking in the castle of the Qorgyle family, I remember the fight in the sea of fire in the temple..."
"Wait!" Hearing this, Samwell suddenly stopped his brother, "You said you remembered being in the temple fighting in the sea of fire?"
"Yes." Dickon nodded, "I was with your side at that time, we sang the song of the seven gods, and fought till the last moment."
Samwell frowned. Because the younger brother obviously rushed out of the church on horseback, how could he fight side by side with him in the sea of fire?
Moreover, the fire engulfed the entire church, so how could there be any survivors except him, the "unburned one".
Memory messed up? Is it a side effect of resurrection? Or is it the Lord of Light's fault?
Samwell remained calm and asked Dickon some more questions, confirming that the other person's character and mood had basically remained the same as before, but he really couldn't remember a lot of things and even stumbled on the names of the three younger sisters.
On the contrary, he looked at Samwell very hotly. If it was said that his younger brother's feeling for him was admiration, it seems a bit fanatical now. It seems that he can't wait to continue fighting with Samwell.
Samwell doesn't know whether this change is good or bad, maybe he can ask Melisandre that magic stick when he goes back.
"Sam, are you going to Highgarden?" Lady Melessa asked.
"Yes, mother." Samwell nodded, "Planning to leave next week."
"Okay."
She showed a kind smile, "You must marry Margaery."
Samwell laughed, with strong confidence in his eyes: "Don't worry, Mother. She is destined to marry your son."
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