Chapter 55: Brotherly Talk

Then he thought of other families that might have been involved in the murder of Joffrey. Prince Oberyn of Dorne had always hated the Lannisters, and he was a master of poison, so he was very likely to be involved.

The Queen of Thorns in Highgarden may also not want Margaery the Rose to marry Joffrey, and instead has her eyes on Tommen.

As for myself, although I hated my nephew and slapped him a few times, I never thought of killing him.

As he was analyzing, the cell door was suddenly pushed open, and the tall and handsome Jaime walked in with a Valyrian steel sword on his waist.

The longsword was made by Tywin by melting down the ice sword of House Stark Wolf. To this end, he searched all over the continent to find Tob, a blacksmith who could forge Valyrian steel. He split the ice into two, gave the big sword to his son Jaime, and the small sword to King Joffrey.

Tywin had always regretted that his family did not have a Valyrian sword. After killing Eddard and taking Ice, he finally got what he wanted.

"Cersei and father intend to try you for murdering the king." Jaime said, looking at Tyrion, who had messy hair and untrimmed beard.

"They know I won't kill Joffrey!" Tyrion said angrily with his strange eyes.

"I told them, but they didn't listen." James said helplessly.

After listening to Jaime, Tyrion gnashed his teeth in hatred: "They have always wanted me dead, and this time they finally got the chance, of course they will not let it go."

He remembered what his father Tywin had said to him when he asked for a reward some time ago.

It's ridiculous that he wanted to rely on his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer to re-enter the center of power in King's Landing. For this purpose, he asked people everywhere to raise the gold coins needed for Joffrey's wedding. He didn't expect that he would end up living in a dungeon.

"Sansa left King's Landing and no one knows where she went." Jaime told Tyrion another piece of news that shocked him.

"Sansa is gone?" Tyrion felt a chill in his heart. Sansa disappeared right after Joffrey died. It was hard not to connect it with Joffrey's death. And as her husband, he was the one who poured the poisoned wine for Joffrey, so it was even harder to get rid of the suspicion.

"I will ask my father to spare you. You don't have to worry too much." Seeing that Tyrion looked dejected, Jaime comforted him.

Tyrion didn't have much hope for Jaime's words. If his father could be persuaded so easily, he wouldn't be Tywin Lannister.

He wished that the shame of the Lannister family would disappear before his eyes. How could he let go of such a good opportunity? Tyrion could already imagine the scene of himself being judged.

And there is Shae, who was imprisoned in the dungeon. No one knows what happened to her. Compared to Sansa, Tyrion is more worried about Shae's safety. Without her, her sister Cersei will definitely take action against her. I wonder if Varys has persuaded her to leave.

Seeing Tyrion lost in thought, Jaime patted him on the shoulder, told him to wait for his news, and left the dungeon.

......

Varys came to Flea Bottom the same day Drogon left. On the way there, he received news from Yunkai from a bird. He didn't expect that Queen Daenerys was going to establish a school.

Moreover, unlike the Citadel, no oath is required to join the Academy. No matter nobles or commoners, men, women, young or old, anyone who meets the requirements can join the Academy.

He didn't expect that Daenerys, the once timid and weak Targaryen princess, would have such courage. He seemed to see the hope of realizing his ideal in her, which made his fat body more energetic when walking.

The only thing that made him regretful about the news brought by the little bird was that there was still no news about the mysterious man. Daenerys was still surrounded by Jorah and Barristan, and the only additional person was Daario.

Based on Varys' understanding of these people, none of them could be the mysterious person that he both feared and admired.

Varys carefully took Drogon's message and unfolded it when he returned to his residence. He was surprised to see that the masterminds behind the poisoning of Joffrey were Olenna the Queen of Thorns and Petyr Littlefinger.

When he talked to the Queen of Thorns, he reminded Olenna that Petyr was an extremely insidious person, but he didn't expect that she would still cooperate with him.

Holding the letter, he gradually fell into deep thought. The reason why Queen of Thorns Olenna wanted to poison Joffrey was very simple. She didn't want her granddaughter to marry the moody product of incest.

After Joffrey's death, the young new king Tommen will marry Margaery the Rose. Everyone knows that Tommen is several times better than Joffrey both as a king and a husband.

As for the reason why Littlefinger Petyr conspired to kill Joffrey, Varys didn't want to guess but had to guess. Varys really didn't want to deal with the biggest conspirator in the Seven Kingdoms.

Ever since Eddard came to King's Landing, Varys has been secretly watching Petyr Littlefinger's every move. It is no exaggeration to say that the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was caused by him.

Just as others did not know Varys's purpose, Varys also did not know what the purpose of Petyr's series of actions was.

His shadow can be seen in most of the conspiracies in King's Landing. The plot against the Wolf Family can be said to be due to his inability to get revenge from Catelyn, so he did not hesitate to start a civil war in the Seven Kingdoms in order to take revenge on the Wolf Family.

Why did he conspire with the Queen of Thorns to poison Joffrey this time?

He had seen Petyr staring at the Iron Throne several times. Was his goal the Iron Throne?

But how could this be possible! Although he was the Minister of Finance and had a seat in the Imperial Council, his real identity and background were not much better than mine. He just had one more important part than me.

No matter how chaotic the Seven Kingdoms are, no matter how badly the nobles fight, it will never be Petyr's turn to sit on the Iron Throne.

The Lord of the Seven Kingdoms has always been whoever has the bigger fist, but all of them are ancient nobles with thousands of years of inheritance. Even if Petyr has an army, the nobles will not submit to a lord from a small island.

Just like Varys himself has always wanted to build a peaceful country where people can live and work in peace and contentment, but has never thought about sitting on the Iron Throne himself. He knows that is impossible, so he has been looking for a wise ruler who can realize his ideal.

No matter what Petyr's purpose was in plotting to poison Joffrey, this news was an important bargaining chip to threaten him, and he had to make full use of it.

Riverrun was under siege, and Petyr would never take Sansa to Riverrun. He most likely went to the Eyrie in the Vale. So what was his purpose in taking Sansa away? Varys could not help but frowned deeply.

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Yunkai is only half the distance from Meereen as it is from Astapor to Yunkai, but the journey takes just as long.

There were mostly mountain paths along the way, and nearly 10,000 troops could only march in three columns. Although after the rebellion in Astapor was quelled, all the more than 30 large ships there came to Yunkai, but even with the 20 ships from Yunkai, they still could not meet the needs of the army.

Each ship could carry only one hundred soldiers in addition to the sailors and crew.

When Drogon returned to the army, they were walking on a mountain path. The army of 10,000 people was five or six kilometers long from end to end, and some sections of the road were difficult to ride on horseback.

It was even more difficult to transport food and baggage in the center of the army. Some catapults required more than a dozen people to move them.