Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King

The Empress Dowager could not sleep in prison.

Whenever she closed her eyes, her mind would be filled with images of horrific scenes.

Caesar dared not kill me. She comforted herself like this.

Even so, Cersei was filled with fear.

Time passed by tossing and turning, and the faint morning light had shone in through the window.

Its daybreak.

Cersei, who hadn't slept all night, simply got up and paced back and forth anxiously in the narrow prison.

Until someone knocked on the door.

"who?"

"it's me."

Cersei recognized the voice of her younger brother Tyrion, and a disgusted and fierce expression flashed across her face, but she quickly restrained herself.

"Come in," she said, trying to maintain the majesty of the queen mother.

Tyrion pushed the door and entered, and when he saw his sister sitting by the bed, he smiled slightly:

"Sister, it seems that you are doing well here."

"Did you come to see my joke?"

"I'm not in a position to laugh at you." Tyrion shrugged. "We're all losers."

"But we are fundamentally different." Cersei pointed out bitterly, "I at least dare to fight to the death, and you will only beg for mercy from the enemy. What a lion you are, why don't you use a dog as your coat of arms instead!"

"Thank you for your suggestion. I will consider it carefully." Tyrion said politely, "However, I think dogs are also good, at least they can recognize the situation clearly and will not do stupid things."

"The reason why the Lannister family has fallen to where it is today is because of a coward like you!" The disdain in Cersei's eyes was so strong that it was about to drip, "Do you remember the lion of Casterly Rock City? The real lion."

"Those beasts in iron cages?" Tyrion was a little puzzled why his sister mentioned this, but he nodded, "I remember those lions were left by my grandfather."

"That's right," said Cersei, with a look of reminiscence in her eyes, "When we were kids, Jaime and I encouraged each other to climb into cages.

Once, I dared to put my hand into the iron cage and touched the brown hair of a male lion.

The lion turned his head, stared at me with big golden eyes, and licked my finger.

A lion's tongue was as rough as a whetstone, but I didn't flinch until Jaime grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me back. "

Tyrion's eyes widened, apparently hearing the story for the first time, and he laughed and whistled, saying:

"You should thank James for saving your arm, otherwise he wouldn't be the first cripple of the Lannister family."

"You were the first cripple of House Lannister," Cersei shot back sharply.

Then she continued:

"'It's your turn,' I said to James, 'touch its mane.'"

"I guess Jaime didn't dare," Tyrion said.

"Jaime didn't dare." Cersei puffed out her chest proudly, "He doesn't have my courage. It's me who should hold the sword, not him, a piece of shit!

It's just hateful that the gods are blind!

If I were a man, how could the Lannister family have fallen to this point! "

Tyrion curled his lips in disdain:

"Old sister, what you are doing is not courage, it should be called madness. Normal people know, don't put your arm to the lion's mouth. It didn't bite you that day, probably because it was full."

"A coward's sophistry." Cersei also disdained her younger brother's speech, "At least I dare to fight to the death, but what about you?"

"Dear old sister, do you know the consequences of your 'death fight'?"

Cersei's heart rose instantly, but she pretended to be indifferent, and said lightly:

"Tell me, what is Caesar going to do to me?"

Before her brother could speak, she hurriedly added, "He promised not to hold anyone accountable."

"That's the promise I got when I took Tommen to surrender outside the city, excluding the crimes since then. And, sister, do you know what crimes should be punished for the hundreds of nobles who tried to burn Maegor's Tower and murdered it? Is it?"

"Does he dare to kill me?"

"When Caesar was a little baron, he dared to kill the king in public. That king is your son, you won't forget it so quickly, will you?" Tyrion admired the unconcealable fear on his sister's face, and suddenly said Turn around, "However, after all, the situation in the Seven Kingdoms has just stabilized, and Caesar doesn't want to kill at this time, so he gave you another choice."

"What choice?" Cersei looked indifferent on the surface, but the eagerness in her tone still couldn't be concealed.

"Go to the Great Wall."

"He wants me to go to the Great Wall?" Cersei's face changed. "Is he stupid? The Night's Watch never accepts women."

"Maybe what I said was not accurate enough." Tyrion explained, "I didn't ask you to go to the Great Wall, but to a village south of the Great Wall called Mole Village. Have you heard of it?"

"Mole's Village? What the hell kind of place is that?"

Tyrion's face became a little strange:

"That village is next to the King's Road, just a few miles away from Castle Black. Due to the cold weather, the villagers there like to dig deep and large basements, and live underground to escape the icy cold wind. And the night watchman... well, Love going there and digging for 'buried treasure'."

"Digging for treasure?" Cersei didn't understand.

Tyrion had no choice but to continue to explain:

"You know, the night watchman swore not to marry a wife, but as a man, there are always desires that need to be resolved..."

Cersei finally understood: "That damned village is the night watchman's academy!"

"That's true." Tyrion shrugged.

Cersei's face suddenly turned pale: "Caesar wants to send me to the technical academy! I am the Queen Mother of the Seven Kingdoms! I am the eldest daughter of the Lannister family in Casterly Rock!"

"Think about the good," Tyrion said quietly, "you can finally see the brother you miss so much. Tsk tsk, I wonder if James will keep his vow not to touch you..."

"You vicious little devil!" Cersei cried in despair, "Are you just going to watch the Lannister family humiliated by Caesar!"

"Face the reality, sister." Tyrion said indifferently, "We have no right to resist. And what you have done...I can only say that you deserve it. Even the nobles of the Westland will not intercede for you .”

"I want to see Caesar!" Cersei cried.

"Caesar will not see you." Tyrion sighed. "The only mercy he can offer you is to let you see Tommen and Myrcella one last time before you leave."

"My children!" Cersei told herself not to cry, but she couldn't hold back the tears after all.

Tyrion turned silently and walked out, returning a moment later with Tommen and Myrcella.

"Mother!"

The three hugged and cried together.

Tyrion walks out the door to give them a final farewell.

After a long time, Cersei opened the door and came out.

There were no traces of tears on her face, although she was still pale.

"Are you ready?" When Tyrion saw his sister like this, even if he didn't deal with her, he couldn't help feeling pity.

"Let's go." Cersei said lightly, "but I will not give in. Never!"

Tyrion cast a suspicious glance at his sister:

"What do you want to do again?"

"Jaime," said Cersei, "he is my last hope. We came into this world together, and he will never leave me."

Tyrion shrugged helplessly and said with emotion:

"Oh, my poor old brother, even though he has gone to the Great Wall of Impossibility, he still can't escape from your entanglement, old lady. Please let him go."

Cersei glanced at her brother expressionlessly:

"Just stay here and lick Caesar's toes. The real lion is going to the Great Wall."

"Well, presumably a real lion must not be afraid of the cold." Tyrion joked.

After saying this, for some reason, he suddenly thought of a god in Yidi——

night lion.

Legend has it that he is the master of the long night and the source of winter.

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