Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

Chapter 48 Trout will pay the price

cersei's letter
Tywin Lannister impatiently read the letter from his daughter Cersei over and over again.

The general meaning is that when the Starks went south, they were actually dealing with Cersei herself and the Lannister. When the former prime minister came to power, Grand Maester Pycelle secretly told the queen that the former prime minister was investigating Jaime and Cersei herself. , and Eddard Stark, whom King Robert brought from Winterfell, took over the investigation, and together with Attis Arryn of the Vale, controlled King's Landing and the Red Keep, and the king put all his trust in the wolf and the eagle. .
He rubbed his temples. His fingers were cold. Every time he woke up in the morning, his bones would inadvertently ache. However, he did not mention this matter to any outsiders. Only Kevan and the maester knew about it. Even his own children. I don't know his physical condition at all.

Tywin would not let anyone see his weaknesses, including those that were exposed sooner or later. Even when he found out that he was starting to lose his hair, he did not hesitate to shave off all his hair, leaving only thick golden beards on his temples and sparse ones. His hair only proved that he was aging, and he would not allow this signal to be generated in the minds of anyone who met him.

He turned to look at the window. The waves were making useless noises and crashing on the rocks at the bottom of Casterly Rock. The "rumbling" sound could be heard even by Tywin in his bedroom.

Of course, Tywin knew what Eddard Stark was investigating. Kevan had already secretly revealed this unfortunate and extremely disappointing news to himself, but he was unwilling to believe it and accept it.He also knew very well that the power of the lions in King's Landing was already difficult to touch, and the union of wolves and eagles was indestructible, not to mention that King Robert trusted Eddard Stark far more than Mad King Aerys trusted himself.
He made a plan in advance and sent one of his dogs, Amory Lodge, to pretend to be a gangster and burn, kill and loot in the royal territory. The purpose was to attract Ed Stark's three hundred wolf army, but the result was not ideal. After Attis Arryn, the Duke of Vale, caused some trouble, he expelled Janos Slynt, whom the queen trusted, from King's Landing, allowing Attis Arryn to take control of King's Landing armaments.

Tywin took a deep breath and stood up. Dawn had already colored the sky on the side of Casterly Rock. He had to fulfill his duties as Duke of Casterly Rock and listen to the voices of the people and nobles.

The golden corridor surrounds him. This corridor has existed since Casterly Rock City. Both the walls on both sides and the decorations on the walls are all plated with gold, but its appearance is not very luxurious. The decoration It is simple and has a long history of ornaments. It records the glorious deeds of the Lannister family in the heroic era and is difficult to decipher. It is rich in history and not full of cheap hypocrisy and magnificence like the nouveau riche.

Tywin sat in the main hall. There were no people in the hall, only Jaime and Kevan.

"Father," Jaime's voice said, "let me lead the army in the Golden Tooth City. I will definitely surround Riverrun, rescue Tyrion, and safeguard the honor of the family."

Since Tywin knew that King's Landing's wolfhawks were dominating the situation, he was actually very happy when he saw Jaime returning to Casterly Rock from King's Landing, but there was no emotion shown on his face.

"Lord Hoster of Riverrun sent a letter to send Tyrion intact," Tywin said.

James was a little surprised, "Send it here?" He spread his hands, "Is this the end of the matter?"

Tywin gave Jaime a cold look.

"I knew it." Jaime smiled knowingly, "At least wait until Tyrion returns to Casterly Rock before we take action." He suggested to Tywin.

Tywin did not answer and said: "Duke Hoster is seriously ill in bed. This letter is from Tytos Blackwood of Raventree City. It is only in the name of Hoster." He walked down the platform, " Edmure summoned his vassals and personally led the army to set up defenses around the Golden Tooth City."

Jaime nodded, "Trout is unwilling to release the lion, and he is asking for it." He firmly believed that Tywin would let him lead his army south.

"Robert is still there, and without the Iron Throne's statement, the Golden Teeth will stand still." Tywin rejected Jaime's request to lead the army.

Jaime did not agree, "My father is not weak. No one can mess with a Lannister."

"Your father is standing here," Tywin said. "No one can change this. If you want to lead an army, I will definitely give you a chance, but the time has not come." Tywin rarely explains to people, but James was his eldest son, so he tried to be patient.

James still wanted to speak, but Uncle Kevan on the side interrupted, so he had to stay silent.

"I have important news." Kevan looked at James and made no move.

"You," Tywin immediately knew it was about Jaime and Cersei, and said to Jaime, "get out first."

Jaime glanced at Tywin with disdain and said, "Of course, Lord Duke." Then he turned and left, deliberately scraping the floor with his scabbard, making a creaking sound as he walked away.

Tywin stared closely at James's leaving figure until it disappeared behind the thick door.

"He looks like this, wearing a white robe," Tywin said. "I think it's a waste of him and a waste of the white robe." Kevan showed a smile, "Don't worry, Jaime will change his mind sooner or later and will take off the white robe." .”

Tywin withdrew his concern for his son and asked, "What news."

"With the news about Grand Maester Pycelle, Stark may be at the last moment of investigating the case." Kevan said carefully, and he saw Tywin's eyes gradually dimming, "But Pycelle declined and said that the book was in the Citadel. Not handed over to Stark."

"King's Landing" Kevan knew that Tywin didn't want to think about this, but he still reminded him that King's Landing is the world of wolves and eagles.

"I know," Tywin turned around and looked at the magnificent walls of the main hall, silently thinking.Although this book is not handed down much, many nobles have this book in their library towers, otherwise he would have secretly burned all these books.

Kevan did not interrupt, staying beside Tywin and remaining quiet.

The main hall fell into silence. The thick walls were well insulated. Even though I wanted to be closer to the raging waves than the bedroom, I couldn't hear a single sound.

Until the maester pushed the thick hall door.

Kevan looked at the approaching maester. The maester tiptoed towards Tywin. He nodded to himself first and then walked up to Tywin who was thinking. "Sir, Riverrun sent an accusation to King's Landing."

"Accusation?" Kevan spoke first, "Is it the false accusation against Tyrion?"

Tywin nodded to the maester.

"Not so," the maester continued, "Ser Kevan," turning to Tywin, "the accusation against the Eyrie."

Tywin finally opened his eyes.

"Speak quickly," Tywin ordered.

"Edmure Tully accused," the maester said slowly, "of Attis Arryn's illegal imprisonment of the former Hand's wife, Lysa Arryn, and submitted a request to the Iron Throne to have Attis Arryn ·Arryn withdrew the cavalry entrenched outside the Blood Gate to prevent Arryn from attacking the Riverlands from behind."

Tywin said: "Where did you get the news?"

"It was a secret accusation, but King Robert was furious and rebuked House Tully of the Riverlands in the Red Keep. Our people..." the maester replied.

Kevan inadvertently noticed that Tywin seemed to have a faint smile on his lips, and he thought he had seen it wrong.

"Thank you, maester," Tywin expressed his gratitude to the maester.

Kevan glanced at Tywin and smiled tacitly. Tywin did not respond with a smile, but Kevan knew very well that Tywin must be full of smiles at this time.

"The trout will pay the price, and all it takes is a few simple countermeasures." Tywin said, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the complete plan was already taking shape in his mind.

　Alas, writing a book is really tiring. The outline was adjusted again and two drafts were overturned!Oh my god!

　　Four to five thousand words a day is the limit. Due to work reasons, please forgive me.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)