289 The Aftermath
The mission team was huge in size, with the number of servants, knights and guards, and the number was hundreds of. In addition, no one deliberately concealed the news. In this case, the news spread throughout the King's Landing on the afternoon of the day when Lan Li left.
Some people breathed a sigh of relief, some were full of reluctance, some were applauding, and some were "calling injustice" for them.
At first, these were nothing, and ordinary people only thought that Ren Li's departure was just a normal job. At most, some people wondered whether this was the wise minister of justice who was called out to the frontier.
But not long after, a strange argument spread throughout the city and spread quietly.
"King Robert must have been jealous of Lord Renly's talent, so he transferred him away."
"I just said that Lord Lanli offended too many people, and those maggots could not let him go. But with the blessing of the gods, I would not dare to do anything out of order."
"I want me to say that Master Renli should be a king, he is the royal family and is qualified to be a king."
"The inheritance rights of lord are a little lower..."
The atmosphere of war made Junlin nervous inside and outside, but Lan Li's high reputation made the news of his departure overwhelmed the war in Hejian and became the "front page headline" in the city.
All kinds of arguments seem natural, but in fact they have bad intentions. They are just due to public opinion, but they are very popular.
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News continues to ferment, and on the other hand, there are also many people talking about Lan Li in the Red Fort Throne Hall, but they are not concerned about the same topic as the civilians.
"The gods bless Lord Lanli, and the power of the gods is not something that pagans can resist. I think it is most appropriate for Lord Lanli to go directly to the battlefield after he goes to the Iron Islands."
"That's right, Targaryen did not follow the rules and used magic methods one after another. So many of us died in an unknown way. If the Duke of Stannis or Duke Tywin, the leader of the Duke of Stannis will have an accident, this battle will be difficult to fight."
"We also need to pay attention to whether the lords of the North are safe..."
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In the magnificent hall, the nobles proposed to the fat king on the Iron Throne one by one. They all seemed to be very righteous, but in fact they were all people who had lost their benefits because of Lan Li. Seeing Lan Li finally left at this time, why didn't they take the opportunity to make trouble?
Of course, when faced with unknown and mysterious characters like Renly, they dare not do anything out of the ordinary, but it does not hinder them from following the trend. The enemy not only has a large number of troops, but also many wizards with strange means. These people cannot affect the overall situation of the battle, but pretending to be a god or even assassinating leading figures happen one after another.
This method is not like a normal battle. The Iron Throne has no experience in resisting this and can only passively "beat" it, but this is obviously very depressing.
So King Robert on the Iron Throne was moved after hearing this, and his expression was pondering for a while without opening his mouth.
This made the court officials who gave advice more active, and they all said that Lan Li went to the front line was an important thing that could affect the entire situation of the war.
They didn't have many bad intentions, or they didn't dare to implement them even if they had bad intentions. Now that they did this, they didn't ask for anything else, just hope that Lan Li would be traveling outside for a year or two, and not go back to Junlin too early to find their troubles.
Those who proposed these were ordinary officials, but there were no important officials at the imperial meeting, but the important officials did not express their opposition, even the imperial prime minister Jon Ailin, who was favored by Renli.
Because this proposal was indeed necessary, and he did not think that this was a bad thing.
What is the use of the public security in the king's land? It cannot determine the direction of the war, so instead of wasting talents, it is better to put Renli in a more useful position.
Moreover, the parties involved did not resist leaving Junlin, so they had no reason to let him come back.
Of course, they knew some rumors that were circulating in the market, but no one took it seriously. Even Robert looked disapproving after hearing this, and there was no idea of fear.
Let’s not talk about the obstacles that Lanli’s various offensive behaviors would have on the road to becoming a king. Let’s talk about being a king. Unless the entire Baratheon family is killed, Lanli will not be the turn.
But if he is really that cruel, no matter how powerful Lan Li is and is protected by the gods, no one will support him.
In Westeros, the crime of bride killing is unforgivable.
Besides, Lan Li is not married yet, let alone have a son. If you want to be a king, how should you solve the problem of heirs?
This is different from Robert. Even though Robert was not married, he still had his heir, Stannis.
In short, some rumors have not caused any storm. Instead, many people are secretly searching for the source of the news.
On the one hand, no one wants to curry favor with Ren Li. After all, who can guarantee that he is free from illness or disaster?
So, Reness, who is in a hotel in Junlin, learned how strong Renly's influence is in the city.
She was confused because of this.
Of course, the news circulating in Junlin City was not released by her. She was not so brainless or bored, but she saw more from this matter.
Fearful, but curious, and then he was very entangled.
On the one hand, she thought that she could do something here while the person was not here. After all, this situation was rare, and the lessons she taught in the past also made the girl remember it deeply - she didn't dare to make any changes when Lan Li was in the king's land.
But now that the one left, it seems to be an opportunity for them.
But on the other hand, she had the idea of not caring about chasing the past. This idea originated from the girl's brain and the original purpose of her coming to King's Landing.
How to choose?
Looking at everything that came and went outside the wooden window of the hotel, Renes made up her mind without long thinking.
Follow up secretly!
Junlin's situation is very stable at this time. She doesn't think she can find any loopholes and exploit them. Besides, even if she has the chance, how can she compare to her physical condition?
Supporting Targaryen to the top was just one of her goals. She could do it, but not the kind of thing that could make her desperately do.
Even now, she felt a little uninterested, and most of her attention was focused on her own "illness", and she spent less and less time thinking about the situation.
So as the large army left the city for less than two days, a small group of people who were dragging and seemingly unsystematic also left the city and chased inwardly towards the Iron Islands.
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Obviously, Lan Li would not think of other people's special emotions towards him, or after leaving Junlin, he had temporarily put everything in Junlin out of his mind.
Chapter completed!