On the night of the tournament, a grand banquet was held in the camp. After taking off her helmet, Danny could no longer reject Sir Baylor's invitation.
The Hyder Family's tent was near the waterfront. The tent was made of golden silk and was the largest and most luxurious building in the camp.
However, there were two iron shields outside the tent. They were decorated with the white tower of the Hyder Family and the green rose of the Tyrell Family.
Beside the tent, there were seven large bison rotating on a spit. They were slaughtered in the early morning, marinated in the morning, and roasted in the afternoon. They had been roasting for a few hours now. During this time, the cook was busy applying butter and spices until the meat was crispy and fragrant.
The banquet was held outside the tent. Long tables and benches were set up on the spacious land beside the river. The maids were placing a wine pot filled with golden wine, a fruit plate filled with strawberries, bananas, and apples, and a large piece of freshly baked white bread on the table.
"Miss Leila, you're so beautiful tonight," Dickon said awkwardly as he walked over with difficulty while holding his waist.
As the heir of the Horned Hill, Dickon was naturally invited to the banquet. He came from the other side of the camp and they bumped into each other. He seemed to have sprained his waist in the morning. He supported his waist with one hand and held a young girl with the other.
Danny was not dressed too brightly. She was wearing a blue velvet dress with white embroidery. Her dyed black hair was braided and fixed on the top of her head with a sapphire hairpin. She did not even have a necklace around her neck. She looked capable and elegant.
On the other hand, the young lady beside Dickon was wearing a silver satin dress with squirrel fur trimming. Her long sleeves were lined with light purple fur, and her thick golden hair was covered with an exquisite silver net inlaid with deep purple gems … Hmm? Doesn't she look like a married woman?
"Is this your wife?" Danny asked hesitantly.
"Hello, Miss Leila. I'm Eleanor Morton from Nuquan Town," the young girl said shyly with a red face.
"Mrs. Tarley, you're so beautiful," Danny said with a forced smile.
You're so young. How can the big Dickon do that?
Although Danny was the champion of the tournament and the first female knight champion, she was an "illegitimate daughter" with unknown origins. Naturally, she did not have the right to sit at the main table in the middle.
An eight-meter-long table was placed outside the tent. It was the main table, and below it were four other long tables.
Under the guidance of the attendant, Danny separated from the Dickon couple. The couple went to the main table while Danny sat down at the third wooden table.
The archery champion and the team martial arts champion were sitting on her left and right. At the same table, there was also a group of nobles' second sons who looked "dejected".
Erm, she was dressed in high spirits and was dressed appropriately. The reason why she was "weak" was all because of Danny's psychological effect.
After she sat down, a group of young geniuses immediately squeezed over to greet her.
"Miss Leila, I'm the third son of Earl XX. You're so beautiful. It's my honor to be able to sit with you …"
"Miss Leila, my father is Sir XX. May I know which noble your father is? Ordinary families can't raise such a talented and beautiful knight like you. I'm also from XX City, Gordon Caesar (illegitimate son of the Western Region). "
.....
At first, Danny was confused. She didn't "flirt" like a peacock. She was even wearing a western-style coat and didn't show much of her skin. Why were these guys so excited?
Were they just looking at her face?
She touched her face and thought narcissistically.
Until Baylor led Leila, who was dressed to the nines, out of the tent at the back …
The little girl was wearing a dark green velvet low-cut dress, which matched the color of her eyes. Her brown hair was draped over her bare shoulders, and she wore a thin crystal tiara on her head. There was a ribbon inlaid with emeralds around her waist, and a purple gemstone the size of a pigeon's egg hung from a fine silver chain around her neck.
She was indisputably the most eye-catching lady tonight.
That wasn't the point.
When a group of noblemen from the first and second tables came up to her and said, "Lady Lilia, I'm the eldest son of Count XX, from XX", Dani suddenly understood: the eldest sons of these noblemen wanted to marry Lilia, and the second sons and illegitimate sons of the smaller noblemen beside her thought that she was a good match for them.
After understanding this, she only said one sentence, and the number of people who came over to fawn on her decreased by three-quarters.
"Sigh, to be honest, my father's title was not low, and his lands were not small either. However, our family had sided with the wrong side in the War of the Usurpers, and our titles had long since been abolished. Our lands and properties were all confiscated by King Robert." Dani was completely honest.
So he was an exiled noble.
The people around her understood immediately. The second sons and illegitimate sons left as if they had never said anything.
Some left, and some joined in.
A bald man in his forties looked at Danny lecherously and said, "Miss Leila, I'm Earl Klien of Red Lake City. Are you interested in touring the Red Lake with me?
Do you know the origin of the Red Lake?
The Red Lake was originally called the Blue Lake. Thousands of years ago, the son of 'Green Hand' Garth, 'Blood Sword' Brandon massacred the Children of the Forest beside the lake, causing the lake water to turn red. The smell of blood is still there! "
No matter what, 'Leila' was young and beautiful. She was also the champion of the martial arts competition. She was definitely a good 'resource'. Even if she could not become the wife of the second son of a small noble, she could still be the mistress of a married big noble!
It was natural for 'Wei Shui' to give birth to 'Buddha Flower' (illegitimate son of Riverbend).
This was why there were people around Danny who were trying to curry favor with her.
After understanding the intentions of the surrounding nobles, Danny stared blankly at the sky. She was seriously thinking about something. Was it wrong to not allow Blackie and the others to eat humans?
Perhaps some people were born to be fed to dragons.
"Dong —" A clear bell rang from the main table. Then, Bayle Hyder began to make a toast. He wished for her father to live a long life, for the prosperity of the old town, for Tiemin's corpse to sink into the sea, and for Riverbend to have two more bountiful harvests before winter …
Finally, he raised his wine cup and shouted, "I wish for martial arts to prosper, and for Everlasting Summer!"
Almost a hundred guests and a few hundred knights around the bonfire raised their horn cups and shouted, "May for martial arts to prosper, and for Everlasting Summer!"
After drinking this cup of wine, the banquet officially began.
Danny breathed a sigh of relief. No one would disturb her for the time being. She did not have to worry about whether to call for Blackie to come down and eat people.
The bards entered the venue and sat under the torches, letting the music flow in the night.
A juggler was throwing burning sticks in the air. A dwarf with clown makeup was wearing colorful clothes and dancing on stilts. There was a "comedian" who was loudly telling dirty jokes. The ladies at the scene covered their faces and giggled. The men laughed loudly and replied with the same "wonderful" dirty jokes.
At the same time, dishes were served one after another. There was thick barley and venison soup, salad with chilled beets, spinach, and plum sprinkled with nuts, and boiled snails with honey and garlic.
After that, there was sweet bread, pigeon meat pie, roasted apples with a cinnamon aroma, and lemon cake sprinkled with frosting.
Of course, the roasted whole cow was also served.
Danny tasted all the other dishes with relish, but she did not touch the roasted bison.
This was because the roasted cow was the main dish.
For this kind of dish, there were clear rules in the dining etiquette. What kind of status would sit in what seat, and what part of the roasted meat would be eaten by the guests in which seat.
To put it simply, the roasted cow was placed there, but you could not cut the meat with a knife. The most tender and delicious part could only be eaten by the person with the highest status at the scene.
The guests at the banquet were also talking to each other. An old male voice came from the main table, "I wonder what Archbishop Peter thinks of the recent actions of the Big Sparrow?"
Danny's heart skipped a beat. She turned her head to look. The person who asked the question was a doctor wearing a long chain. She happened to know him. He was the history doctor from Perestan who watched the spear competition.
The old doctor sat in the middle of the main table. Opposite him was an old monk in a white robe with a seven-pointed star pattern on his chest.
Archbishop Peter put down his fork and wiped the grease stains on his lips with a napkin. He slowly said, "In today's chaotic situation, restoring the gathering of the children of war and the poor is greatly beneficial to the country and the church."
"Perhaps, but now there is a fierce conflict between the church and the royal authority. The golden robes of the King's Landing are not effective. The gathering of the poor is getting bigger and bigger. Its military strength is even greater than the king's guards. Therefore, the archbishop can …"
The red-nosed doctor secretly glanced at Count Garland and immediately changed his words. "He imprisoned Queen Margaery and her cousins on trumped up charges. He also imprisoned Queen Regent Cersei on charges of adultery, incest, and murder.
Even the queen and the regent were arrested. This is a major event that has never happened before. I wonder if Archbishop Peter can tell me what kind of country the church wants to build? "
"This …" The red-nosed Archbishop Peter's face immediately turned sour.
Usually, he would only lend money with high interest and eat delicacies. When he had the energy, he would take care of young girls who lost their virginity. Or, he would seduce a few beautiful boys in the church.
He never cared about major events such as building a new government and seeking benefits for the believers of the Seven Kingdoms!
"Your Eminence, the king is the first noble. The Nine Dukes (Seven Kingdoms, Dragonstone Island, Tiemin Bay) are the next level of great nobles. Marquises and counts are the third level of nobles. Knights and titled knights are the next level of nobles.
Archbishop, if the Church of the Seven Gods is above the king, it means that the remaining three levels of nobles are below the church. Do you understand what this means? "The doctor was a little aggressive. He did not intend to let the embarrassed old archbishop go.
This topic was too serious and too sensitive. The nearby knights and nobles stopped talking and focused their attention. Even Garland and Baylor put down their wine glasses and looked at Archbishop Peter.
"Alas, to tell you the truth," the old archbishop sighed and said with a pale face. "From the beginning, we could not control the actions of the Great Sparrow. We did not even know his name and which diocese he came from.
When the archbishops of King's Landing met behind closed doors to elect the archbishop, the Great Sparrow was not a candidate at all.
He was not even a bishop before. How could he be qualified to run for the archbishop?
But the sparrows raised their axes and carried the Great Sparrow on their shoulders and rushed into the meeting. The opponents were judged by the sparrows on the spot. What else could the other archbishops do but to submit?
The Poor's Gathering and the Children of War were established. This is true, but only the archbishop who called himself the 'Great Sparrow' could control them. Not to mention you all, even I am afraid! "
"We are not afraid! Those sparrows are only wearing a layer of linen clothes. No matter how many of them come, they will not be enough for me to kill. "A knight said angrily.
But immediately someone retorted, "We are all knights who are anointed with holy ointment and swore an oath in front of the Seven Gods. How can we fight against the church's warriors?"
"This is where the problem lies." The old doctor nodded and a light flashed in his eyes. "Before the Great Sparrow, the nobles, knights and the church depended on each other. But now the balance is broken."
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