61 Spoilers for history
"Hold up and look straight into the sun,"
"Gathering under the mountain castle ~"
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The singer's singing sounded from a brothel on Silk Street, with a elegant voice and a melodious tone.
It was still early morning, so there were few guests, but not without people as listeners. Some early-waking prostitutes and servants were gathering around the singers, silently listening to the beautiful music that was rare to hear after getting up in the morning.
"The inherent obscure love,"
"It is the indelible suction force over the long years~"
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The singer is a thin, unshaven young man wearing a brown sleeveless top and trousers.
Now he sat on a table in the hall with his legs crossed. Facing the audience around him, sitting on a chair or simply standing, he lowered his head and ignored him, staring at the wooden harp in his arms with a focused and gentle look. His slender fingers played crisp notes one by one, and the notes mixed with the voice formed this song that sounded inexplicable to people.
But the morning was just a time for nothing to do here. Except for some servants who muttered and turned around and left, most of the prostitutes watching looked at the down-and-out minstrel who came up to sing for them for free, and then gradually seemed to understand what he was singing.
"The ** insects resist danger and cannot see clearly that they are enemies of the world."
"I can see but I can't see,"
"The tangled body under the gorgeous robe,"
"That's pure love born..."
When the singer sang, the singer paused for a moment, glanced at the people around him before playing a ray of notes again.
"What does it have to do with reputation~"
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The singing continued, and the subsequent words made the prostitutes around them more curious. Until the young unshaven bard finished singing and jumped off the table and bowed to salute, a red-haired girl with a slightly tender face immediately spoke enthusiastically and asked.
"Good singer, is this a song you wrote yourself?"
"Yes, cute girl." The other party bowed and replied: "I'm honored that you can like it."
“What is it singing?”
Another prostitute asked interestingly, "The love story of two bugs?"
"If it's a bug, then they must be the most beautiful bug in the world."
The singer replied, and saw the people around him staring at him with curiosity, he said implicitly again.
"It's a very interesting story, but it's destined to be unacceptable. I heard about this story from a flea nest not long ago and wrote this song."
As soon as he said this, the people around him became even more curious, so after some soft and hard work, a clichéd but with sufficient gimmicks was slowly revealed by the singer.
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The recent King's Landing City is surging.
The noble lords from all over the mainland rushed over, crowding the hotels in the city and still couldn't let go. The people of King's Landing City had not yet recovered from the aftermath of the war, but were busy with this large wave of aristocratic wave.
The new king is about to be crowned, and the upper nobles are busy with all kinds of open and secret activities, but the lower people are also much better than this, such as fish markets, brothels, blacksmith shops, bakeries...
The crowds of people have brought a lot of business opportunities, making many people temporarily forget the sufferings of the past.
But in this thriving situation, an undercurrent quietly brewed and slowly spread. In the bakery on Flour Street, the brothels on Silk Street, the fishmonger stalls on Mud Street, and the garbage squares on Stinky Water Bay...
There is not much food source in Junlin flea nests. Some canteens selling brown soup are important places for the poor to eat. Whenever they eat, several long queues can be seen in the dense and crowded buildings.
Because of the long queue, many poor people will chat about gossip and anecdotes during this process, and their words are much more explicit than those of the minstrel who plays hard to get.
"I told me, it's nothing if this is true. The nobles are very messed up one by one. That Aegon II is still having trouble with his daughter, and it's even more common for siblings."
"That's Targaryen, it's different."
“What’s the difference?”
"It's Aegon III, not Aegon II."
"How could it be that not? I remember it was Aegon II..."
"How can dragons and lions be the same?"
"I told me to say this is fake, how could the Royal Guard make a mess? And he is with his own sister?"
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It was midsummer at this time, and the sun above the crowded buildings was vicious and dazzling, but it could not hide the public's discussions.
The news about the golden twins of the Lannister family in the West came from unknown where they had sex since childhood, but it was very eye-catching once it appeared.
James Lannister, the former heir to the Lannister family in the West, is handsome and handsome, and the youngest member of the Royal Guard in history.
Cersei Lannister, James's elder sister, is known as the light of the West. It is said that he is very beautiful and is the object of pursuit by countless Western nobles.
They are a pair of children of Duke Tywin in the West, and two of the only three children. Now they seem to have become the male and female protagonists in vulgar stories, inappropriate, rebellious, evil, and promiscuous...
Of course, in some stories they belong to "tragic characters".
At first, this kind of news only spread and took root in the flea nest of King Landing, but not long after, as various characters were promoted intentionally or unintentionally, and with the people's favorite emotions, the most important thing was that when King Landing's people generally hated Lannister, it gradually spread throughout the city.
Words are like wind, and the hatred of Lannister constitutes the driving force of this wind, which makes it spread rapidly as soon as it appears, and eventually penetrates from bottom to top into the aristocratic class. The discussion caused by this even briefly overwhelms the new king's impending crown.
Because after the death of the wolf woman in the north, many people already believe that the future king's queen must be from the Lannister family, but now that person has such a scandal...
All the nobles of all sizes were surprised by the incident, some were disbelief, some were half-doubted, some were angry, but some were also joked.
As one of the strongest aristocratic families in the Westlo Continent, the Lannister family in the West has many friends and many enemies. Now, after the incident, they naturally have different attitudes.
Several Lannisters, who were in the city, were furious about this. The Duke of Tywin, who had always been calm and sophisticated, even blushed after hearing the news. After a long time of silence, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out three ridiculous sounds.
He did not order his subordinates to suppress public opinion, because he could no longer suppress it at this time and would have a worse impact. But he ordered a strict investigation of the murderer.
Lannister will repay his debts, and Duke Tywin is a man who pays great attention to family honors. At this time, there is a gutter rat who slanders his children for no reason, so no matter who the rat is, he will pay the price.
However, they actually don't understand that there is another meaning behind this rumor.
In other words, except for a black-haired boy in Red Fort who posed with a simple face all day long, no one can yet understand the real information hidden under the surface of the rumors.
It's not just a simple sibling incompetence.
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The Targaryen Dynasty existed for less than three hundred years. It seems very short, but it is actually very long. Among the kings of the Tan Dynasty, there was a Targaryen King called King Yong, who was named Aegon IV.
Aegon IV was the eleventh king to sit on the Iron Throne and is considered one of the worst kings in history.
However, when learning the history of this king, Lan Li found that this mediocre king seemed to have many similarities with his cheap brother.
For example, the strange thing that King Aegon obtained from the throne was that after he took office, he became more arrogant and extravagant, lustful, and had no worries.
For example, King Aegon had many illegitimate children and could not count them.
For example, King Aegon did some stupid things when he was in power, which was similar to someone who was squandering.
For example, the queen of King Aegon, his own sister, fell in love with his other younger brother Emon since childhood, but was unfortunately broken up.
The king's brother, who is known as the Dragon Knight Emon and is known as the highest knight in history, is the Royal Guard of King Aegon.
Finally, this is the key to the rumor.
As the Imperial Guard who protects the king, he fell in love with the queen since childhood and is inseparable from her own brothers and sisters...
How similar is this historical situation to the current situation that will occur after the marriage.
Lan Li believes that if his cheapest brother refuses this marriage, he will naturally not think too much, and this metaphor will be of no use, and he will also like to see it.
But if Robert agreed to marry Lannister, there is a rumor "reminder" that he would not be able to react when he was trained as the heir of the duke since childhood?
Even if he couldn't react at that time, he wouldn't think of anything when he watched the golden twin brothers of the Lannister family wander around in front of him all day long?
If he can get the right name, then the key point is here.
King Aegon died miserably at less than fifty years old, and the cause of his death was quite suspicious.
During the reign of King Yong, it was rumored that his heir, Prince Delan, was not his son, but was born to Imon, the Imperial Guard and Queen Nelly.
Chapter completed!