Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

Chapter 60 The Hesitation of the Iron Throne
The only sound left in the Red Keep was Robert's roar.

"Tully and Lannister have started fighting! They don't see me as a king in their eyes!" Robert did not sit on the Iron Throne. Eddard felt that this was a wise decision. Otherwise, with Robert's current anger, with his current He was punching his fists in anger and wanting to pick up the hammer. Sitting on the Iron Throne was definitely scarred.

Pycelle's eyes at this time swept away Eddard's previous impression of him being sleepy, and looked at Robert with clear eyes, "Your Majesty, Lannister and Tully have gathered their troops in the Golden Tooth City. At this time, it is just During the confrontation, if there were any bloodshed or casualties, it must have been just a reckless act by the lord’s knights.”

"Many villages were burned down the Red Fork River. According to the villagers, an army with the banner of House Arryn looted the villages and towns." Renly looked at the white paper in his hand and said helplessly to Robert.

Robert turned to look at his brother impatiently, "Where did Attis go? Why didn't I see him? Isn't a duke here to attend the royal meeting?"

Renly waved his hand, "Our Lord Prime Minister has sent him to the Red Fork to eliminate banditry. Lord Beric Dondarrion will accompany him on behalf of the Iron Throne to uncover the murderer behind the false accusations in the Vale."

"False accusations! False accusations! All false accusations!" Robert yelled, "I scolded the Tullys again and again, but they dared to frame Jon's son?" Sword, it seemed that the posture was enough to cut down the entire imperial meeting, but he seemed to think that something was wrong with what he just said, and asked: "Is the Tully family directing and acting this time, or are the valley princes standing up for their lord? Do you want to teach Hejian a lesson? land?"

Eddard did not expect that Robert would think in this direction, and quickly said: "Robert, how can the Tully family have the ability to direct and act on their own and harm their own people? It is absolutely impossible."

Robert waved his hand, "Okay, Ned, I'm just in... the seven hells. I'm just talking nonsense. The Stranger probably kissed me on the mouth. Damn it!" He faced Ed, "Nothing else. Are these terrible things enough for me to wield the war hammer?"

"It is not wise to use force, Your Majesty the King." Varys said at this time.

Pycelle shook his head and said to Robert: "Your Majesty the King, the conflict in the Golden Tooth City is ultimately about two vassals fighting for their own honor. The Tully family accused and arrested the son of the Warden of the West without evidence. This is This is a violation of the laws of the Iron Throne. Lannister's sending of troops is not unreasonable, but is in compliance with the laws of the kingdom and the teachings of the Seven Gods. If His Majesty the King does not give a way to solve this problem, but sends troops to forcibly stop the conflict, I am afraid there will be consequences. Disgracing the Iron Throne’s reputation for impartiality, especially since the current prime minister is Lord Eddard Stark, who is known for his impartiality.”

Ed opened his mouth. He didn't expect that Pycelle, who never spoke much, would speak so sharply at this time, putting himself in a position where he didn't know how to respond.

Seeing this, Robert turned away and secretly winked at Eddard with his right eye. He obviously understood the meaning of Pycelle's words.

"The justice of the Iron Throne must be maintained." Ed said these words dryly and stopped talking.

Renly saw the Prime Minister's discomfort and said to Robert: "A cease-fire is the first thing to do. Alas, the grudges between the two families are also legal matters. Since it is due to accusations at this time, why not bring Tilly to justice?" Ang and Lady Catelyn are all called to King's Landing for a trial to end these grudges."

"It's really not easy, this is really not easy, it's just a non-existent thing..." Pycelle disagreed, shaking his head and humming to himself.

Robert snorted coldly. He was pacing around the royal ministers, suddenly stopped, and said: "Let the ravens go to Riverrun and Casterly Rock first." He ordered Pycelle to say, "Let them stop their advance. Whoever destroys the Peace Iron first?" The throne will hit whoever you want first. If you want to solve this problem," Robert pointed at Renly, "just do what Renly said and bring all the perpetrators to King's Landing. Renly, you can collect evidence and testimony. Damn it, you may have to. Go to Winterfell!"

"With all due respect, Your Majesty," Varys said, "Lord Tywin may not accept this kind of treatment. The Tully family did something wrong first, and the dignity of the lion cannot be bullied."

"He must accept it even if he doesn't," said Robert. "Can he disobey the king?"

Varys could only close his mouth and lower his head when he heard this. Pycelle also remained silent, while Renly looked at Eddard, his meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Eddard knew that he was the only one who could persuade the angry Robert at this time. Although he did not like Lannister, there was one thing that he and the Iron Throne as the Prime Minister could not ignore, so he said: "Pycelle University The knight and I have settled an account, and we still owe the Lannister family 300 million gold dragons, as well as the amount owed to the Iron Bank..."

"Seven Hells!" Robert spread his hands, "Have you chosen your successor as Chancellor of the Exchequer?"

"The best candidate is Lord Tywin," Pycelle said.

Renly shook his head, "Mace Tyrell of Highgarden is also one of the candidates. If there is financial support from the South, we can maintain it for a while." "But the Iron Bank is probably only willing to believe that Lord Tywin is the guarantor." Varys interjected.

Renly was puzzled, "What guarantor?"

"Minister of Finance, after all, Lord Renly has never been to Braavos, and of course there is no need to go. Naturally, I don't know what people there call the Chancellor of Finance." Varys smiled obsequiously and said to Renly.

"After Attis left, the number of Golden Robes has been reduced to 1000 today. Apart from guarding the city gate, I don't know what else they can do." Ed said.

"God damn the Iron Bank, damn the Lannister, damn Tully!" The more Robert listened, the more unbearable he became, and he started to curse directly to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

"It can't be helped," Renly said with a shrug. "The treasury doesn't have a penny, and the last bit was squandered by you, the king."

Robert seemed to blush a little, but he couldn't accept Renly's ridicule. He pointed at Renly and said: "Get out, you have nothing to do here!"

"Robert..." Just when Eddard wanted to dissuade him, Renly strode out of the throne room without any hesitation.

"Ned, this matter is all left to you, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the ridiculous thing about the lion and the fish. You can decide for yourself. After all, it was your wife who caused the trouble." After Robert finished speaking to Ed, he used In almost the same movement as Renly, he strode out of the throne room.

Eddard only thought that Renly was Robert in his youth.

"The prime minister who has many things to do," Varys approached Ed and said in a melancholy voice, "it seems that the important affairs of the country have been entrusted to you again, Duke Stark."

Ed pursed his lips slightly and sighed slightly, "Yeah..."

"It would be great if the piles of belongings left behind by the Mad King were still there..." Grand Maester Pycelle seemed to have returned to his sleepy appearance before, lowering his eyes and saying listlessly.

Eddard shook off the unrealistic thoughts in his mind and ordered: "Let's ask Lord Tywin first. I will also write a letter to Riverrun personally, ordering them to cease fire immediately. If they can ceasefire," Eddard paused. After a while, he said: "Tywin can be the finance minister in the imperial seat. If this can calm the anger of this creditor...damn it!"

"The Prime Minister is wise." Varys said with a bow.

Pycelle also bowed in agreement and slowly walked out of the throne room.

"Grand Maester Pycelle, that is not the direction of your residence." The voice of the eight-clawed spider came from behind. Pycelle was stunned when he heard the words. He turned to Varys with a smile and said: "I have books left behind. There, Lord Varys cared about me too much.”

Varys chuckled twice upon hearing this, "I thought you were going the wrong way." Then he turned around with a smile and left Pycelle's sight.

"Spider..." Pycelle hammered his chest, thinking with some fear. He wanted to go to Queen Cersei to report the decision of the Royal Council, but was frightened by Spider's words. It was really a false alarm.

He continued walking toward the queen's bedroom.

(End of this chapter)