The Iron Throne of Ice and Fire

"Mattus Rowan."

Green sighed again: "I am in a difficult situation. The seriously injured Queen Cersei entrusted the kingdom to me, but now you ask me to violate her will.

As you said, this is indeed related to the Lannister-Tyrell alliance, but I have to remind you that if I ignore the will..."

He swept his eyes across the crowd: "... This will tarnish the honor of the Crabbe family."

After a pause, Green fixed his eyes on Mattus: "In the war sixteen years ago, even if Prince Rhaegar had died in the battle, all the men of the Crabbe family still died in the battle, leaving only my pregnant mother."

He swept his eyes across the crowd again: "Everyone, this is the honor that we swear to defend until death."

Hearing the "War of the Usurper", Pycelle, who had persuaded Aerys II to open the gates of King's Landing to Lord Tywin, trembled.

Although he still didn't understand why the regent who trusted him so much suddenly mentioned the war, his experience of serving several kings told him that keeping silent at this moment was equivalent to sitting and waiting to die.

There were no secrets in the Red Castle. Pycelle even imagined how ecstatic the "Old King's Party" would be and how uneasy the "New King's Party" would be.

Because... the long-term war weakened the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, and the regent was a famous general of the Seven Kingdoms with a large army.

And... this regent was the bloody earl who directly buried the knights of the Old Valley.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, in order to survive... he must stand firmly on the side of the regent.

As for the ever-lasting golden rose, let's talk about it after the Duke of Metz enters the Red Castle!

Thinking of this, Pycelle looked to the side and said, "We do not deny Tyrell's many contributions to the king and the kingdom, but the damage to the honor of the regent will bring a lot of turmoil to the kingdom. Earl Rowan, perhaps this will be the best excuse for the riot in King's Landing."

Prime Minister Harris looked left and right, and it was obvious... Now it was a power struggle between Tyrell and Crabbe.

The regent was strong enough, and the strength of the Reach was strong enough. If he wanted to sit firmly on the position of prime minister, he had to stand on the side of the final winner.

In the end, Prime Minister Harris chose to keep his mouth shut. He planned to wait until the situation became more obvious before stating his position.

After Pycelle finished his speech, the royal meeting table suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Cough... cough... cough...

Not long after, the cough of the Chancellor of the Exchequer broke the solemn atmosphere. He slowed down and said, "Your Highness, regarding the issue of one part of the Queen Mother's will, we may wait for a while before discussing it, at least until..."

"Lord Rosby." Green interrupted the Chancellor of the Exchequer coldly.

Green stared at him: "Since Queen Mother Cersei suffered an accident, everyone has been watching the Red Castle and the Royal Council, including our enemies. These people are waiting for a good excuse to cause unrest in the Seven Kingdoms."

He grasped the armrest of the King's chair: "If we can't even deal with the will of the King's mother, the Queen Mother Regent, who will trust the Royal Council representing the ruling power of the Seven Kingdoms? In fact, when I learned in the Riverlands that Queen Mother Cersei was imprisoned by the Church, I was already full of disappointment in the Royal Council."

He glanced at the Royal Council ministers one by one: "If the royal family loses its majesty, who do you think will still respect the Royal Council and the Royal Council ministers?"

Green looked at Matus with a tense face : "Cersei is the Queen Regent. Before Tommen came of age, she represented the highest dignity of the royal family. If even we continue to trample on her honor, it will cause irreparable damage to the honor of the royal family."

He swept his eyes over the people present: "Watching the Queen Mother being imprisoned and paraded by the church, waiting for the king's fiancée to be tried by the church, and even the royal will cannot be protected... If we do nothing at this time, I promise that future royal members will definitely curse our generation of the Royal Council from generation to generation. Moreover, it will become a permanent shame for the kingdom."

Green's tongue was like a sharp sword, stabbing them again and again.

Is the honor of the royal family important? Of course it is important! But since King Joffrey inherited the Iron Throne, coupled with the various changes that followed... they have begun to ignore it unconsciously.

However, compared with the so-called royal honor, they pay more attention to the honor of their own family. No one wants to be the eternal sinner of the family, and they can't bear the consequences.

Pycelle has no family behind him, but he is a Grand Maester, and he actually cares about the records of "True History" on the premise of staying alive.

This is the first time that Earl Matus has faced Green's tongue. He suddenly remembered... the scene in several royal meetings when Green's normal-sounding speech made Lord Tywin's veins bulge.

He could feel that the regent's words were suspected of alarmism, but he didn't know how to refute.

After thinking for a moment, Earl Matus paused and said in a calm voice: "Your Highness, the Regent, the Tyrell-Lannister alliance agreement is equally important to the honor of the royal family. If His Majesty Tommen and Lady Margaery's engagement is cancelled, the entire River Reach will become a joke of the Seven Kingdoms."

After a pause, he looked at everyone: "At that time, how can the lost honor of the River Reach be compensated?"

Green's reaction was a little unexpected. He nodded in agreement: "Yes, we can't ignore the contribution of Duke Mace to the peace of the kingdom."

"..." Pycelle was about to summon up the greatest courage in his life to emphasize that royal honor was more important.

Prime Minister Harris first looked at Greene at the head of the table, then at Count Matus diagonally opposite, and then scratched a small white beard on his chin.

Count Matus was stunned for a moment, the "torture" from Green made him at a loss what to do. What could be the real purpose of the Regent? He suddenly had the idea of ​​​​letting other people from the Reach serve as ministers on his behalf.

At this moment, Matus missed the military camp very much.

Green's voice finally came over: "According to Cersei's will, the engagement between Tommen Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell must be cancelled."

Green's clear attitude suddenly solidified the air in Zhouzhou.

Count Matus was about to stand up, but Green raised his hand and pressed it down: "Please wait until I finish."

After a moment of silence, he continued: "Out of respect for the Duke of Metz, everyone, I propose... that when His Majesty Tommen comes of age, he will choose his own queen, and everyone will have to interfere."

After a moment of silence, Pycelle and Harris said almost simultaneously: "The regent is wise!"

Knock knock knock.

Green knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"But there are prerequisites."

He continued: "Stannis's rebellion must be put down in order to end the war in the Seven Kingdoms as soon as possible, and the source of his troubles is his legal inheritance in the Baratheon family, and this surname's right to rule the Stormlands."

Amid everyone's confusion, his words returned to the theme: "For the peace of the kingdom, for Tommen to become a better king when he grows up, and for him to marry the woman he loves."

He stood up slowly: "I propose that the Stormlands of the Baratheon family be merged into the royal domain of His Majesty Tommen Baratheon."

"Dear ministers of the imperial court."

Putting his hands on the edge of the table, Green looked down at them: "Now, please vote on the proposal to merge the Stormland into the King's Territory."