-24- Queen's Affair Officer

Red Keep, Queen's Chamber, the white curtains embroidered with golden threads swayed with the breeze.

Cersei Lannister lay in the bathtub, her shoulders exposed above the water, the droplets on her collarbone glistening in the sunlight.

Thud thud.

Jaime didn't conceal his footsteps and appeared calmly in Cersei's sight.

Queen Cersei flicked her silk-like golden hair and showed a charming smile: "Has the loving conversation between the two brothers finally come to an end?"

Jaime frowned slightly: "Cersei, he's also worried about you. You should be grateful to him."

Jaime didn't mention Tyrion's name in front of Cersei, and instead used "him" as a substitute.

Cersei scoffed, mocking: "I'm the daughter of the Lion, I am the queen! You two are just presumptuous. I have my own judgment, I don't need others to tell me what to do, you just need to obey!"

Cersei rose from the bathtub, chin lifted slightly as she stared at Jaime.

Jaime sighed inwardly, not wanting to continue the countless arguments. He reached out and picked up the red robe, walking over to help Cersei put it on.

Cersei finally smiled satisfactorily, barefoot walking to the side and taking a sip of wine from the cup.

Cersei elegantly raised the wine glass, her beautiful eyes shining as if with a gleam of light: "Did that useless person find anything valuable?"

Jaime shrugged: "Not bad, he can be of help."

Cersei sneered again: "Hmph, for such little information, you two chatted for so long. I'm really worried about the future of House Lannister because of you. You're too dull. I already knew about this through a letter from the little lord long ago, and you've wasted so much of my time."

Jaime didn't want to convey Tyrion's original words to Cersei, it would only make things worse.

Out of knightly honor, Jaime also didn't want to maliciously manipulate others. Saying "not bad" at this moment was already the biggest praise.

Jaime shrugged: "So you want to arrange a meeting immediately?"

Cersei was a little angry: "Jaime!"

"Okay, I haven't forgotten what you reminded me, everything must be legitimate, I'll go and see if there's a suitable position for him in the Red Keep."

"It was originally a simple meeting, but you believed in someone's slander and had to intervene. Now I have to change it into another form of reception because of you."

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King's Landing, Gallen's Study.

It has been over a week since Gallen left Whispers, and Hershel's raven brought the first report from House Crabb's territory today.

A squad of Thorn Corps was ambushed by a small group of wildlings during a mission at night, resulting in 23 casualties.

Putting down the letter, Gallen rubbed his temples.

Gallen didn't have to worry about everything, but such casualties occurred unexpectedly. Gallen believed that the experienced Ser Phillip would make adjustments in time.

Not only the Thorn Corps, but all archers lacked melee weapons due to their lack of resources.

What Gallen liked most was a short sword with a blade length not exceeding 50 cm and a width not exceeding 5 cm, mainly for stabbing and supplemented by slashing and hacking.

This kind of short sword was light and did not greatly affect the archers' archery and marching. Its melee power was also not weak, and it could effectively deal with any close up threats.

The problem is money....

Currently, House Crabb was killing mountain wildlings on one side and absorbing mountain wildlings on the other, maintaining development by plundering mountain wildlings.

There were no other growth points, and their development speed was like a taut bow, already at its limit and also time-limited, unsustainable.

The number of archers was also increasing synchronously.

The income from Mermaid Harbor was only enough to barely maintain the operation of the port for a short time. With only normal income from the territory, it would take at least two years to barely equip each archer with a short sword without affecting the equipment of other weapons.

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Surlana pushed the door and entered, bowing to Gallen: "My lord, this has just been sent by Red Keep. You have been appointed as the Queen's Affairs Officer and ordered to report to Red Keep for duty tomorrow morning."

Queen's Affairs Officer?

Gallen couldn't help but wonder why he suddenly thought of eunuchs.

Gallen picked up the appointment letter handed to him by Surlana with a strange expression on his face.

What specific responsibilities does the Queen's Affairs Officer have? It wasn't specified in the appointment letter, but Gallen did notice the salary: 200 gold dragons per year.

Gallen rubbed his chin, wondering if he could get an emergency advance of 10 years' salary?