Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

Chapter 29 Chaos is a Ladder

The dinner was held as usual in the hall of Winterfell. The whole hall was steaming with heat, and the guys from Winterfell were busy walking in and out of the hall.Jon and his brothers and sisters sat at the same long table, but they were almost separated by an entire hall.

Jon Snow looked at the important people coming and going, subconsciously counting his brothers and sisters among them.King Robert disappointed him the most. The Robert he learned from his father was the hero who severely wounded Prince Rhaegar of the Trident, not the fat man who now had a big belly and looked like a drunkard at first glance.

Attis Arryn was completely in line with his imagination. He was only a few years older than him, but he already had the demeanor of the original "Young Dragon King" Daeron Targaryen. He had excellent swordsmanship and had the experience of leading troops in war, which made him Extremely envious.When he came, he entered the main hall holding the hand of Princess Myrcella. When King Robert saw this, he praised them as a perfect match. In Jon's opinion, this was exaggerated. Princess Myrcella was just a child, two people's age. The gap is still a bit big.

Attis greeted Jon politely as he passed him, unlike Theon Greyjoy, who always looked down on him, and simply ignored him as he passed by.

His uncle, Benjen Stark, dressed in black, did not stay on the high platform where the king and his father were, but found himself and sat at the end of the hall.

His father was sitting on the high platform, looking very restrained, in sharp contrast to King Robert. The king always liked to laugh. The jester below kept telling jokes from all over the country. Jon was very curious about how he remembered it. So many jokes.

Attis seemed to be very close to Arya. Myrcella, who was standing next to her, leaned her chin on the long table and listened quietly to Attis. Unlike Arya, who would interject a few words from time to time, Attis had to work hard. explain.

It wasn't until Bran snatched a piece of chicken from Arya's plate that his dear sister ended his interrogation of Attis, got under the table and started fighting with Bran.During the scuffle, Sansa's skirt almost lifted up, causing Sansa to scream. Prince Joffrey had always maintained a look of contempt from the moment he entered the hall. He only managed to maintain courtesy when talking to Sansa.

Bastards are used to observing, Jon sighed.

Attis discovered this. Jon Snow's eyes were always on the people on the high platform. This was different from Mia Stone, his illegitimate daughter's playmate in the Eagle's Nest when he was a child. Mia's eyes were My eyes are always on the beautiful scenery of the valley, and rarely on the people and things around me.

Although she was an illegitimate daughter, Attis still had the dream of traveling around the world, but she envied her very much. The aura of freedom could be reflected in Mia Shidong, but it was a pity that he went to Runestone City early, and later he was busy with various nobles The master's communication and the political mediation that he was forced to join, even the trip from the Eagle's Nest to the Riverlands without ever meeting Mia.

Lord Eddard seemed to be good at keeping secrets, and his restraint at the banquet was not considered inappropriate by anyone, including Lady Catelyn, who seemed to think that this was how her husband should behave.Caitlin handled everything at the banquet expertly, including talking to the queen, showing the slight smile that a noble woman should have at the right time.

Queen Cersei always turned her head to look at him unnaturally. There was a bit of resentment in her eyes, and she had a straight face from beginning to end. Even others could tell with just one look that she was pretending to smile.

Attis looked at Myrcella's face. She had inherited almost all of her mother's beauty. Her eyes were always looking at the many puppies wandering at the end of the hall unconsciously. Sometimes she would be amused by the funny actions of the puppies.

Still a child, Attis sighed. He glanced at Sir Jaime, who was sitting drinking, and thought to himself, "You two deserve to die." Then he began to enjoy the food on the long table.

The bastard son rushed out of the door with tears in his eyes, and his uncle Benyan drank helplessly.But this episode did not affect the banquet. The hall was still full of singing and dancing, and the melodious sounds continued.

Attis didn't care about Jon Snow. The status of a bastard was the same in Westeros. The influence of the lineage as strong as the Black Fire was only after the legalization of the mediocre King Aegon, although the dragon's blood was very pure.

This is something Snow will have to face sooner or later. Compared to other illegitimate children, he is lucky to have a father like Ed.I can't say much, I can only express my blessings.

Duke Eddard kept his eyes on the end of the hall, and he frowned tightly.

Ed stood by the narrow window, naked, letting the cold wind enter the room.

Catelyn wrapped herself tightly in bed, looked at her husband silently, and said, "Robert came all the way to the North."

"He wants me to be his Hand of the King.", Eddard replied, "And you know, Sansa's marriage, Attis's marriage."

Caitlin noticed Edd's hesitation, "Ned, you have to go."

Ed's answer was beyond her expectation. She had thought that Ed would hesitate for a while, "I have to go." But then Ed and Caitlin fell into silence for a while. The moonlight and stars gathered the light in the room, but in Kate's case, From Lin's perspective, the room seemed even darker at this time.

"But don't worry about Sansa's marriage. She is only 11 years old." Ed said.

Catelyn disagreed with her husband, "This is the highest honor, Ned." Her daughter would become queen, and Sansa's children would rule the Seven Kingdoms. Catelyn could not think of any downside to this.

"Caitlin, this is very complicated and involves a lot." Ed turned around, his face not looking good.

Just when Caitlin wanted to continue asking, Maester Luwin's voice sounded outside the door, "Master, please forgive me for being rude, I must see you."

Ed changed into a heavy robe and agreed to the maester's request.

Luwin quietly closed the door and then said, "Someone left me a letter, sir."

The maester took out a wooden box from his sleeve, "There is a beautiful lens inside, which may contain a secret." Caitlin trembled, not knowing whether it was coldness or fear, "The lens has only one purpose."

"See the truth clearly, madam, you are so knowledgeable." Luwin praised.

"Father often said this to us, Lysa and I both know it." Caitlin foreshadowed something bad.

Luwin smiled and nodded, "I found a letter lying inside, and it just said for Lady Catelyn to open it."

Eddard frowned as Luwin handed the letter to Catelyn and opened the door to make it easier for Maester Luwin to go out.

The envelope was printed with the crescent falcon family crest of the Arryn family. "Lysa?" Catelyn asked doubtfully.

She opened the envelope and read the contents tremblingly, shaking with nervousness.

"What's written?" Ed's face turned gloomy.

Caitlin looked at Ed in disbelief, "There are too many terrifying contents here, and too many people are involved."

"Say." Ed frowned.

"Lysa said that she has been imprisoned by Attis Arryn in the Eyrie City." Caitlin's whole body was trembling, "Damn it, can you close the window!" She couldn't believe that she actually broke out. Used foul language.

"What?!", Ed was shocked and laughed, "Does your sister know what she is talking about?", he glanced at Lysa's letter, "What words are in it, why can't I understand it?"

"Lysa is always very cautious. She uses a secret language invented when we were young. Only the two of us know it." Caitlin closed the window and said.

"She said that Attis forced her to put a kind of teardrop in the Prime Minister's wine glass, saying it was for mixing drinks. Later she learned that it was highly poisonous." Caitlin said these words almost desperately.

Ed shook his head wildly, "Lysa is crazy, your sister is crazy, Attis is Jon's son, his eldest son!" This was beyond Ed's imagination. He didn't believe Attis could do this. This kind of thing comes.

"At that time, Lysa also said that the Prime Minister was investigating the Queen's case at that time." Caitlin frowned.

Ed suddenly fell silent, and his whole body fell into a terrible silence.

"Lysa now feels that Attis is trying to get rid of his guilt through this incident and blame it on Lannister Ned. Tell me this is not true." Caitlin held the letter and looked at the silent Ai with fear. Virtue.

"Now that Lysa has been imprisoned by Attis, is there any way to send the letter?" Ed asked.

Caitlin shook her head, "Don't be stupid, Ned, Lysa is a duchess after all, how come there is no one loyal to her in the valley."

Ed fell silent again.

He looked through the window at the dark sky, "No matter who said it, I will go south to find out the truth." Ed clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

Littlefinger looked at the moonlight in the distance with a look of amusement on his face.Lysa's assassination was bound to fail in the Eyrie City where all Aelin's cronies were there. The poison he gave Lysa had obvious flaws. It was crystalline on the outside and had dark blue flaws on the inside. Every maester could recognize it, and even more so. Not to mention the maesters who serve the Eyrie.

The lovely Lysa is used to confiding everything in her ears, including all the secrets of her childhood with Kate, which naturally also includes the lovely secret words. Littlefinger specially arranged for someone to follow the king's team and deliver a secret letter he carefully designed. Leave it to the maesters of Winterfell. They must be in shock at this time. I hope Kate will not be frightened.

He stretched by the window and thought of Attis Arryn in his prime. "Little Eagle, how will you face the Stark family next?" Littlefinger once again thought of his greatest failure. In a duel with Brandon Stark, he will never forget the fear of dying at that time, and at this time, his dear Little Eagle will face it all alone.

The wolf and the eagle have a quarrel. The lion's sins are there, and the kingdom will be in chaos sooner or later.

"Chaos is not always a bad thing." Littlefinger put away his smile. He stared at the night sky, his eyes no longer playful, full of depth and ambition. "Chaos is a ladder." His figure disappeared into the depths of the shadow, and the moonlight could not Penetrating the thick window, unable to explore the darkness within.

On a certain tower in Winterfell, the moonlight shone through the window on Attis. He lay in bed thinking about everything that happened in the Eyrie.

　Yes, the little finger is so handsome as I wrote it
　　
　
(End of this chapter)