Chapter 47: Purple Wedding

"Look! Our big cake!"

Just when the uncle and nephew were in a stalemate, Little Rose came to the rescue, and Joffrey shifted his target. Several servants pushed a giant cake into the scene.

After cutting the cake and letting Little Rose feed him the first bite, Joffrey suddenly called out to Tyrion and Sansa, who were about to leave, "Are you going to watch me choke to death, my dear uncle?"

Tyrion could only walk over, pick up the golden cup and pour a glass of red wine for Joffrey.

After taking two sips of wine, Joffrey opened his mouth to call Tyrion to continue pouring wine for him, but he opened his mouth but said nothing, and just kept coughing violently.

Tyrion was the first to notice something was wrong and said to the waiter next to him: "Go and call the doctor."

The others also gradually realized the problem. Joffrey was no longer just coughing, but was unable to breathe as if he was choking.

Little Rose was at a loss as to what to do with the cake. She was closest to him and knew that Joffrey was not choked, but was unable to breathe for some other reason.

Varys, who was watching Joffrey's farce with a gloomy face, also noticed Joffrey's abnormality and was horrified: "Is this... is this the great change in King's Landing that the mysterious man mentioned?"

He never expected that the so-called big change would be the murder of the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Cersei had already run down the guest stand, hugging Joffrey and crying.

In the stands, Tyrion walked over silently and picked up the golden cup that Joffrey dropped, which contained the wine he poured for Joffrey.

"It's him! He is the one who murdered the king. Guards! Catch him!" Cersei held Joffrey, whose eyes were bulging and his face was purple. She was already dead and looked at Tyrion with resentment, shouting miserably.

Varys looked at Tyrion, who was captured, and breathed hard. Could it be that all these were done by the mysterious man? He poisoned Joffrey, framed Tyrion, and forced him to serve Queen Daenerys!

The more Varys thought about it, the more horrified he felt, and he was deeply afraid of the mysterious man's methods.

The first person that came to his mind was the mysterious man who was the mastermind behind this incident. He searched everywhere for information about the "Great Changes in King's Landing" but could not find any clues. Considering the level of secrecy surrounding the plan, only the mastermind could know about it in advance.

Varys sat in his seat and carefully observed the guests around him, looking for the person who would carry out this plan. He didn't think Tyrion would poison Joffrey.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed a fat waiter walked up to Sansa and took her away. Sansa seemed to know the waiter. She hesitated for a moment and then took advantage of the chaos to leave her seat.

Seeing Sansa being taken away, Varys did not stand up to stop them. He didn't know who was going to take Sansa away. Stopping them at this critical moment would only make Sansa the target of public criticism. The furious Cersei would most likely regard her as the person who murdered Joffrey.

Glancing around, Varys saw Shae holding a plate and staring at Tyrion who was caught by the guards.

It was time, he slowly stood up and left his seat.

Drogon also saw the Three Samurai being taken away. As long as Robb was not dead, the Three Samurai could not become the King in the North. Drogon didn't understand why Petyr Littlefinger wanted to take the Three Samurai away. He didn't know what conspiracy this biggest troublemaker in the Seven Kingdoms was going to play.

The wedding banquet was in chaos. Tyrion was taken away, the doctor was busy examining Joffrey, and the guests were busy leaving, fearing that they would be implicated in the king's death.

After watching the excitement, Drogon sneaked into the kitchen and storage room, packed two large bags of food and left King's Landing to return to Dragonstone. Varys would take care of the follow-up after the king was killed.

As soon as Varys left the wedding banquet, he quietly found Shae. Without Tyrion's protection and the hiding place of Sansa's maid, Shae had nowhere to hide.

Cersei has already learned Shae's identity through reports from other maids. Considering that it is difficult for Tyrion to capture Shae, she now wishes to kill Tyrion. Shae's situation can be imagined. When she reacts to Joffrey's death, it will be time to deal with Shae.

Even after explaining the interests involved to Shae, she was still unwilling to leave and wanted to wait until Tyrion was safe. She knew that as long as she left, she would never see Tyrion again.

Varys's persuasion was futile, and he couldn't possibly tell her about his plan to send Tyrion away. In desperation, he could only trick Shae into a remote alley, and knocked her unconscious when she was not paying attention.

Varys was born and raised in the chaotic slums of Lys, and he is by no means a powerless eunuch.

He called out the two men who had been hiding here and secretly took Xue Yi away. This was also a helpless measure he had planned long ago.

After seeing Shae off, Varys went to check on the preparations of his men to pick up Shireen, as this could not be missed.

In Blackwater Bay, Sansa followed the fat waiter and rowed a small boat to a remote coast. Not long after they arrived, a ship came in front of them through the fog.

The servant was about to leave after taking Sansa to another boat when a sword suddenly stretched out from the mist and stabbed him in the chest.

Sansa turned her head in surprise and saw Petyr Littlefinger, who had a narrow face, squinting eyes and a mustache.

"Why did you kill Ser Dontos?" Sansa asked with a slightly gloomy face.

The fat waiter was none other than the drunken knight Dontos, who was rescued from Joffrey by Sansa and was made a jester by Joffrey.

"I have to do this for our safety," Petyr explained, raising an eyebrow.

"We can take him away." Sansa still didn't understand Petyr's actions and didn't want to see the person who rescued her being killed without knowing it.

Petyr raised his lips slightly, smiled and said: "Do you know what we have done? Murdering the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. If this gets out, Cersei will hunt us down to any corner of Westeros."

Sansa's eyes widened instantly, not daring to believe what Petyr said, "We killed Joffrey?"

"You are so careless." Petyr raised his hand and reached for Sansa's white neck.

Sansa dodged for a moment before realizing that Petyr was trying to take off the crystal necklace from her neck.

This was the necklace that Dontos had given her a few days ago. She didn't want it at first, but Dontos said that it was an heirloom from their family and that only this could be used to thank Sansa for saving her life, so he asked her to wear it with her. Sansa had no choice but to wear it.

Seeing the necklace in Petyr's hand, Sansa was surprised to find that one of the crystal pendants on it had been lost at some point.

Petyr rubbed his fingers together while pinching the empty space, "With just a light pinch, the poison hidden inside will enter the golden cup." After that, Petyr threw the necklace on Dontos' body.

Watching Petyr's movements, Sansa's plump upper body rose and fell. She didn't expect that she had become the real murderer of the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms without realizing it.

She carefully recalled who had touched her neck at the wedding, and a kind and old face gradually appeared in her mind.

No wonder she had invited me over and asked about Joffrey.

She hadn't expected that the queen would do something so bold as to prevent her granddaughter from marrying that little monster Joffrey.