Chapter 152

Chapter 152 Escape

Creaking—

  The sound of the cell opening was particularly loud in the silent corridor.

  "Red Viper" Prince Oberyn suddenly woke up from his sleep, but didn't move. Instead, he waited for his eyes to adapt to the change of light while secretly observing the situation.

  "Prince Oberyn." A soft voice came from the door.

  "Varys?" Prince Oberyn sat up, but by the light of the torch illuminated that the man was not Varys.

  He guessed other party is in disguise, and joked with a smile: "Your attire is much more pleasing than the original one, at least you look like a man."

Varys didn't care about Prince Oberyn's sarcasm, and said with a serious face:

  " Prince, I have some bad news for you ."

  Prince Oberyn secretly prepared to charge any time, but on the surface he still looked lazy, and said with a smile:

  "Bad news? Ever since Jon Arryn's death , I haven't heard any good news. Tell me, Am i accused of something again ?"

  "Ah!" Varys sighed, "You really guessed right."

  Prince Oberyn narrowed his eyes: "Huh?"

  "Killed the Master of coins, Lord Petyr Baelish."

  "Killed?" Prince Oberyn was puzzled "Is 'Littlefinger' dead?"

  "Yes."

  "Impossible!" Prince Oberyn jumped up and rushed to Varys. "How could he be dead? The poison was not fatal at all!"

  Varys sighed again, "If you don't believe me, just come and see for yourself."

  Then he turned and walked out of the cell.

  Prince Oberyn followed suspiciously.

  "Prince Oberyn , look." Varys opened the door of another cell.

  Prince Oberyn walked over, but only stood at the door, looking inside.

  Then, as expected, he saw Petyr's pale face, stiff body lying on the ground, with a puddle of blood around him.

  After waiting for a while, Prince Oberyn saw that Petyr's chest did not heave, and then was sure that he was really dead.

  "How?" Prince Oberyn walked into the cell and carefully examined Petyr's body.

  "He probably died of blood loss." Varys explained, "Maybe the wound has not been healed properly, hah!, poor Lord Petyr."

Prince Oberyn removed the bandage on Petyr's severed arm, and examined it carefully He examined the wound, then turned around and asked coldly:

  "Who helped him treat the wound?"

  "It was Grand Maester Pycelle."

  "Pycelle!" Prince Oberyn gritted his teeth, "He was raised by the Lannister family . ?"

  Varys said nothing, acquiescing.

  Thinking that the Lannister family and the Martell family are full of blood and feuds anyway, adding another piece of reason will make no difference...

  Prince Oberyn suddenly got up, walked towards the prison door, stared into Varys' eyes, and said:

  "Why did you tell me this?"

  "Hah!, I don't want to see you being wronged." Varys looked very sympathetic, "I actually know that you are innocent in the matter of Jon Arryn, But now that Petyr's dead... well, you can't even reason it anymore "

  "So you want to let me go?"

  "Yes."

  "Why?" asked Prince Oberyn, without waiting. When Varys party was about to reply, he added, "Don't talk about sympathy, don't talk about justice and other bullshit reasons, Varys, tell me the real reason why you did this."

  Varys shrank his head aggrievedly: "Prince Oberyn , I really just wanted to save you. What's more, your brother and I have been good friends for many years, you know that too."

Prince Oberyn sneered : "Varys, do you know what my brother said about you?"

  "What?"

  "He said you are a cunning and ruthless spider! You must not be trusted!"

  Varys was even more aggrieved: "I didn't expect Prince Doran, so much misunderstood me..."

  "Come on, Varys." Prince Oberyn strode out, "Now that you've let me out. I've had enough of playing by their rules. Now, it's my turn to play by my rules!"

  "Shhh! Keep your voice down!" Varys hurried after him.

  The two entered the secret passage in the same way, but after walking a few steps, Prince Oberyn suddenly stopped.

  "Anything Wrong ? Prince Oberyn ?"

  "No, I can't just leave."

  Varys thought that the other party was worried that he would be convicted of the crime after leaving, and was about to persuade him again, but he heard Prince Oberyn say:

  " My lover, my daughter , niece, my servants...they are all still in the Red Keep, I'll take them with me!"

"It's too dangerous for so many people!" Varys persuaded, "Go on your own first, I'll make arrangements for them. When day breaks, I'll have someone tell them to leave the Red Keep immediately."

  "No," Prince Oberyn insisted, "what if someone enters the cell early and finds I'm not there? At least let me Take Arianne away, or I won't be able to explain to my brother."

  Varys had no choice but to take Prince Oberyn into another fork.

  The two walked for about ten minutes, and after they got out of a cellar , Prince Oberyn found himself in the Red Kepp again.

  Varys said softly, "A few more steps, through that courtyard..."

  "I know, I was here." Prince Oberyn strode out.

  However, he wasn't going in the direction Varys was pointing.

  "Prince Oberyn , this way, this way!!."

  Prince Oberyn ignored Varys at all.

  "Where are you going?" Varys stomped his feet anxiously, but could only follow.

  After walking for a while, he was shocked to find that the place Prince Oberyn was going to was the residence of Grand Maester Pycelle!

  Varys was about to step forward to dissuade him, but was swept behind the wall by Prince Oberyn.

  After waiting for a while, he heard footsteps.

  It turned out to be a palace guard were patrolling .

  After the guards left, Prince Oberyn set off again.

  Varys tried to dissuade him several times, but all failed. How could he persuade the determined "Red Viper".

  So Varys crouched in the shadows in the corner, cursing himself.

  After a while, Prince Oberyn left and returned, but there was a strong smell of blood on his body.

  Varys couldn't help shiver, knowing that another old friend had said goodbye to him forever.

  At this moment, he heard the Dornish God of Killing say again:

  "Take me to the secret passage leading to Maegor's Tower."

  "What do you want!" Varys screamed.

  Maegor's Tower is the residence of the royal family.

  "You don't have to worry about what I do, just take me there." Prince Oberyn said in a cold tone.

  "There is no secret passage to Maegor's Tower!" There was, but of course Varys couldn't take the madman there.

  Prince Oberyn stared at Varys with those serpent eyes that made him shudder.

  But even so, Varys still did not give in.

  The two confronted each other for some time, and Varys persuaded again:

  "Prince Oberyn , this is the Red Keep, not your Dorne..."

  Prince Oberyn interrupted with a sneer: "When the Lannisters captured King's Landing, it was a slaughterhouse! My sister, and her two children, died at their hands! If the gods have any sense of justice, they should let me kill Cersei, and her three children , this is revenge! This is justice!"

  Varys couldn't help but tremble, cursing the lunatic in front of him in his heart, and incidentally scolding Samwell Caesar who planned all this bloody head.

  "Impossible!" Varys' tone also became tough, "Oberon! I can't allow you to kill in the Red Keep!"

  "Then I'll kill you first!" Prince Oberyn stepped forward..

  "Then kill me." Varys gritted his teeth, "If I really brought you into Maegor's Tower, I would be dead anyway. How about you give me a quick death now!" Varys closed his eyes after speaking , as if waiting to die.

  Prince Oberyn said strangely, "I didn't expect you, an eunuch, to have such courage."

  Varys heard the looseness in the other party's tone, and was overjoyed, and said,

  "Prince , a man's courage never grows in that , and the justice you want can never be achieved through killing. Please believe me, the Martell family will have a day of revenge, but it is definitely not now, and it will definitely not be achieved by mutilating innocent women and children. You run! As for what to do next, I will discuss with Prince Doran, and believe me you will never be wronged."

  Prince Oberyn was silent for a moment, and then said: "Then take me to the 'Magic Mountain', he is not Innocent, right?"

  Varys was furious: "Prince , Ser Gregor lives in the barracks outside the city, not in the Red Keep."

  Prince Oberyn was silent.

  Varys persuaded again earnestly:

  "Prince , take Princess Arianne away as soon as possible! Or will be too late."

  This time Prince Oberyn finally stopped talking, turned around and walked towards Princess Arianne's residence.

  Varys breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that his back was drenched in cold sweat.

  Prince Oberyn woke up Princess Arianne and his lover Ellaria, and briefly told them about the situation.

  Although the two were terrified by the change in the situation, they also knew that the situation was urgent, so they didn't say much, packed up in a hurry, and prepared to flee King's Landing together.

  "Where's Tyene?" Prince Oberyn realized that his bastard daughter was not there.

  "Uncle, Tyene is still in the Great Sept of Baelor, how should we inform her?" Princess Arianne said.

  "Why is she in the Great Sept of Baelor?" Prince Oberyn wondered.

  "She's taken a fancy to a priest..."

  Prince Oberyn rolled his eyes, knowing that his illegitimate daughter really has this habit, he turned his head to look at Varys, who immediately patted his chest and assured:

"Don't worry, Prince , I will send someone to notify her later, you go first, or it will be dawn soon."

  Several people obediently followed Varys back to the secret passage.

  By the time they came to King's Landing Port, the eastern sky had turned slightly white.

  "Hurry!" Varys seemed to be driving away the plague god.

  If he had planned to help that group of Dornishmen when he released Prince Oberyn, then now, he has completely stopped thinking about it.

  Prince Oberyn grabbed the eunuch by the collar and warned: "My daughter safety handed to you. If anything happens to her, I will find you and I'll kill you!"

Just an illegitimate daughter. Varys slandered in his heart, but on the surface he swore:

  "Don't worry, I will send Lady Tyene out of King's Landing safely."

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