"Your Majesty, please don't let the Northern Ice King leave!" Margaret knelt on the ground, her face filled with anxiety and worry.
After Theon's nephew interceded for her for the third time, Queen Sansa finally gave her a chance to apologize in person.
Sansa absent-mindedly glanced at the large emerald ring on her finger. She frowned as she caressed the golden lace robe she was wearing. Somehow, she felt that this outfit did not match the noble crown on her head.
Perhaps, when she returned to King's Landing, she should invite a famous tailor to make a queen's robe for her?
It had to at least have the majesty of both the grey-white direwolves and the three-headed red dragons.
Hmm, she could not ask for an accessory that was too heavy in color. The key was that it had to match the light-colored platinum crown.
"Your Majesty?" Margaret did not get a response for a long time, so she reminded her softly.
"Margaret, is this your sincerity? At this moment, you still dare to sow discord between us. "Sansa finally gave her a nonchalant but mocking look.
"Your Majesty, please listen to me!" Margaret kneeled and took four or five steps forward.
"Letting Jon Stark stay in King's Landing is the best plan. Letting him go back to Winterfell is the worst plan. Appointing him as the supervisor of the Great Wall is the worst plan," she said softly.
Sansa narrowed her eyes and asked an irrelevant question. "Weren't you very happy before? Why did you change your mind?"
Margaret smiled bitterly. She did not avoid her gaze and said frankly, "You used me as a pawn to plot against River Bend. I am indeed unhappy. Why?
You want me to learn from you, but you can't just let me learn how to rule a country, right?
Actually, the biggest inspiration you gave me had nothing to do with politics.
You were like a marionette in the past, your fate was controlled by others. Now, you have turned the tables around and truly control your own present and future … This kind of control of fate is what I want to learn the most.
Besides, the core rule of the game of power is not to stand on the side of the loser.
Reality has proven that my judgment of the battle was correct. Duke Jon really defeated the Variant Ghost King.
But I never thought that he … "
She sighed and said helplessly, "The outcome has been decided. You are the final victor. I am willing to follow the rules of the game and submit to the victor."
Sansa fiddled with the ring on her ring finger lazily. She didn't even look at him. "You betrayed me once. Why should I trust you again?"
"Your Majesty, you were only uncertain about the future Storm Queen before. Perhaps after some time, the Storm Lands would be taken away by the Bella Theon family.
Now that you are wearing the Human Crown, there are very few people in the world who are convinced, but there are very few people who can rebel. "Margaret looked at the Queen meaningfully.
When Sansa heard this, she glanced at him coldly. "Few people are convinced?"
"Your Majesty, you went to Slaver's Bay a year ago and met with the Targaryen Scholar Yimont. Do you know that he has the nickname 'The Man Who Should Have Been King'?
His younger brother, Aegon the Fifth who founded the branch of the Dragon Queen's family. Have you heard of his nickname? "
Sansa pursed her lips tightly. Her eyes were like needles. She wanted to sew Margaret and everyone else's mouths shut.
In terms of royal taboos, the West was relatively more open than the East.
It wasn't that the Western monarchs were more benevolent and magnanimous. It was just that the Western monarchs couldn't be as dictatorial as the Eastern monarchs.
To put it bluntly, the King on the Iron Throne only had three thousand golden robes. He couldn't even manage the King's Landing City. How could he interfere with the opinions of the other duchies?
So, when the King was still alive, the Westeros began to give them nicknames.
Almost every King had a nickname. For example, "Conqueror" Aegon, "Cruel" Maegon, "Mediocre King" Aegon, "Mad King" Eris.
Even Robert had one. The Seven Kingdoms called him "Usurper" Robert.
And Aegon the Fifth had the nickname "The King Who Should Not Have Been King".
This was because when the Great Council elected a King, the nobles were ready to choose Old Yimont as King.
It wasn't that the nobles wanted to copy Huo Guang and Dong Zhuo. They just wanted to choose an older king who wasn't so crazy.
It was a simple wish.
Considering that Yimont's brother, "Bright Flame" Ilion, had shouted that the wildfire wanted to turn into a dragon but turned into ashes, the royal family could understand the nobles' choice.
But Yimont didn't want to be King. He gave the throne to "Egghead" Igo.
You could give it to him, but you couldn't stop others from talking behind his back.
Since Aegon the Fifth became King, "The King Who Should Not Have Been King" had been with him until his death. It was even written into the history books.
"What do they call me?" Sansa asked nervously.
Margaret shrank back, not daring to say anything.
"Speak!" Sansa growled.
"I heard it from others," Margaret said in advance. "Someone called you 'Liar' Sansa."
Seeing the Queen's pink face turn livid, Margaret quickly tried to salvage the situation. "They didn't see how hard you worked. They're all petty and jealous people. Don't take it to heart. "
"Who said that?" Sansa's eyes were red.
"Many … I don't know where it started, but within a week, everyone was talking about it," Margaret mumbled.
Sansa gradually calmed down and said calmly, "You said three good, medium, and bad plans, but you didn't mention the good plan."
Margaret's spirit was shaken, and she said in a low voice, "The plan is to keep Jon in King's Landing, give him a high position, and even let him have the same power as the king. Let him be satisfied, and let others see how good you are to him.
You'll only lose part of your power and live carefully for the rest of your life, but no one will be able to catch you. "
"Hmm …" Sansa was deep in thought.
"Letting Jon return to Winterfell is the bad plan. This is obviously a declaration to everyone that you're harsh and ungrateful, and you're afraid of the True King.
It's not that the King can't be harsh and ungrateful, but letting Jon return to Winterfell not only won't hurt his reputation, but it will also cause your reputation to continue to fall.
Thinking about how he's looking down on the south in Winterfell, you won't be able to live peacefully in King's Landing, right?
Letting Duke Jon build the Great Wall is the worst choice. He's already a meritorious man, and he even received the Human Crown because of his meritorious deeds.
And what kind of great deed is building the Great Wall?
Today is different from the past. Everyone understands the meaning of the Great Wall — to protect the world.
Think about it, why did 'City Builder' Brandon become a legendary hero? "
Sansa's expression changed and she asked, "What's the best plan?"
Margaret took a few steps closer and lay down at the Queen's feet. She kissed her shoes and said in a low voice, "Strip Duke Jon of his halo of honor and let him leave King's Landing as a sinner."
Sansa's eyes flashed and she whispered, "What do you want to do?"
"Your Majesty, he still has a murder case and owes everyone a Great Judgement!" Margaret said in a dark voice, "Stannis!"
"Half a year ago, Gendeli died in the battle for the throne. Daminia followed the army and died on the battlefield. There seems to be no one left in Bella and Theon, "Sansa said calmly.
Margaret smiled and shook her head. "You're wrong. If the two of them were alive, Duke Jon would have easily passed the Great Judgement.
Why did Gendeli die?
If I were the Red Monk, I wouldn't let someone who had a blood feud with the Red Priest live, let alone let him be king.
By the same logic, Gendeli also hated the Red God and the Red Priest.
He wouldn't care too much about avenging the Red God King's uncle.
Perhaps, he would be more willing to forgive Duke Jon. "
"As for Daminia … Think about it, Stannis refused to acknowledge Dong-er's identity. The mother and daughter had noble blood, but they lived in the lowest brothel for eight years.
If she was still alive, would she bite the Savior for her uncle? "
"No! They wouldn't, but the Onion Knight Davos and Celis would! "
Sansa looked at the woman in front of her in shock. After a long time, she sighed. "You see through things."
Margaret smiled bitterly. "During the years when Cersei locked me up in the Red Keep, I either went crazy or worked hard to learn some skills that would allow me to survive. For example, reading people's faces, judging the situation, and understanding the ways of the world."
"Jon is my brother," Sansa said hesitantly.
Before she finished speaking, she had already guessed the "best plan" that Margaret was talking about. But Jon was her brother … At least, she still thought so.
Margaret reminded her in a low voice, "Do you still remember the process of killing the Strange Ghost King a few days ago?"
"I will never forget it." Sansa frowned.
Margaery said slowly, "Your sister Arya was the first to assassinate him, but the sneak attack failed. The first person to rush to her rescue was Duke Jon. He stopped the Giant Ghoul King who was about to kill Lady Arya.
Then, you and the archbishop were the second wave. Me, the Hound, Bronze Jon, Jaime Lanlister, and the rest of the Knights of the Seven Kingdoms followed behind without fear of death.
What happened after that? "
When Jon saw Sansa, he subconsciously pulled Arya back a few steps, leaving Lord Ghoul to her … Of course, she couldn't take it. If Aegon hadn't turned into a giant shield of holy light in front of her in time, she would have been punched like her sister, swollen and swollen like a steamed bun.
Oh, no!
The Holy Light Shield that King Aegon had condensed with all of his soul power shattered into specks of light. If she were to take a direct hit, there was an eighty percent chance that she would break into two.
"You think Jon wanted to use the Strange Ghost King to kill me?" Sansa smiled sarcastically.
Even if she almost died, she didn't believe that Jon would kill her.
"No one knew what he was thinking …" Margaret paused and said softly, "Actually, I was the one who killed him."
"What?" Sansa was stunned.
"Half a year ago, news of little Danny and Prince Legg getting married came. I couldn't sleep at night, so I went to the Northern Ice Lord's mansion that night."
"Why did you go there?"
Sansa not only knew that she had seen Jon, she also knew that she had talked to Jon alone for a long time.
Her spies told her.
But Jon didn't tell her about it.
"I advised Duke Jon not to kill the King of Strange Ghosts first, and to give you a chance to fight the King of Strange Ghosts alone … Tell me, does he understand my dark thoughts? Or did he pretend to be confused and go with the flow? "
"I don't believe you!" Sansa's face was so tense that Margaret couldn't tell what she was really thinking.
Gritting her teeth, she confessed, "I also told him that the throne can only be taken, not given …"
"You — bitch, you're so evil!" After hearing Margaret's analysis of her thoughts and personality, Sansa was both embarrassed and angry. She raised her right hand in front of her chest and was about to use the Holy Mother Palm.
Seeing the Holy Mother Palm, Margaret's face turned pale. "I'm confessing to you!"
"Maybe I should let you leave." Sansa's eyes were cold.
Letting her leave was the same as rejecting her loyalty, and in the future …
"Your Majesty, only a truly loyal subject would tell the unpleasant truth!" Margaret cried.
"Hmph, what else did you say?" Sansa said coldly.
Margaery did not hide anything. She honestly told him what she had said and how Jon had reacted to her.
"Your Majesty, before hearing this, Jon would still be your good brother, but after hearing this …"
She said carefully, "Looking at how he killed the Strange Ghost King, it's obvious that he took some of my words to heart.
I said before that when you wear the human crown, there are few who are convinced, but there are few who can rebel.
Actually, there is only one person who has the right to take your crown.
It's not the Dragon Queen. She has never broken an oath, let alone a sacred oath that everyone knows.
But Duke Jon … "
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