Astapor, the top floor of the Great Pyramid, under the shade of a persimmon tree.
The Black Dragon, Green Dragon, and Gold Dragon were sunbathing on the brick wall. The Dragon Queen was sitting on a deck chair by the pool, wearing a pair of aviator sunglasses (produced by the Astapor Royal Glass Factory).
She was wearing a light green sleeveless vest and apricot yellow silk pants with red daisies embroidered on them. Her fair arms, round belly button, and well-proportioned calves were all exposed.
She even put her little feet into the pool and playfully stirred the clear water.
She was so relaxed that she seemed to have forgotten about the Great Wall tens of thousands of miles away and the deviant ghosts under the Great Wall.
Back in Astapor, she was surrounded by trustworthy Unsullied and Centaur maids. She no longer had to worry about being poisoned, ambushed, violated the guests' rights, or stabbed in the back.
With her safety guaranteed, she felt much more relaxed physically and mentally. She never wore armor again.
Moreover, the Westeros' affairs had been arranged: Dragonstone Island had three giants who continuously mined Dragon Crystal ores and made Dragon Crystal weapons; Garth Hyder had already been contacted. He would complete the task of buying and transporting food. He would also help Danny fulfill the promise to the people of Hejian County and the monks of Meribad.
After all, Garth was also a White Knight!
Sigh, the White Knight system was really good. The seven White Knights represented the seven clones of the Queen.
Even the most unqualified White Knight, the fat eunuch Bevos, had always been the representative of the Queen and led hundreds of thousands of farmers in Kaiyuan to carry out the "Great Leap Forward".
There was also the reserve White Knight, the Dark Star.
He was responsible for leading the fleet to transport the barbarians and bringing the goods promised by the Dragon Queen to the Night Watchers.
The White Knight captain, Barristan, would reorganize the Royal Fleet and receive the barbarian fleet from the Dark Star. He would also open up settlements for the barbarians on the islands and along the coast.
Even Braavos was responsible for organizing the city-states of the Western Continent of Ursus to plant food.
Danny felt that she had already fulfilled her responsibilities as the Queen.
She had fulfilled her responsibilities and no longer had any psychological burden. Why couldn't she live a leisurely life?
"Your Majesty, you have to make a decision for me!" The Green Saintess, Grazda, knelt on the ground and cried for injustice.
Alright, she wasn't like Erlu, the king of empty talk. All she did was grind her teeth and replenish her mana. She had nothing to do.
Dragon Queen had a large kingdom to take care of.
"Hey, hey, get up and talk. Yi Li, help the Green Saintess up. Jiqi, bring a chair over. "The Queen pressed her aviator sunglasses to reveal her eyes and called out to the two centaur maids.
Yep, Ji Qi, who had been guarding Kai Yuan's Palace of Compassion and Peace, had also returned.
After Dahei brought back the black girl Larissa, the Tile Steel Sword, and other trophies, Danny ended her closed-door training.
She announced that she was on a business trip to Braavos. In fact, he was hiding in the mountains in the south with Little Green and Little Gold to cultivate.
After Big Black returned and ended its seclusion, Danny rode her dragon to Kai Yuan to participate in a Great Leap Agricultural Commune activity.
When he came back yesterday, he brought Ji Qi back.
Now that the Megalosaurus had grown up and Dahei had learned how to meditate, he could easily carry 500 kilograms. Danny could run around with two centaur maids at the same time.
"If you have something to say, say it slowly. You're the Minister of State Affairs!" Danny said to the Green Saintess.
"Your Majesty, you don't even know what the people in the city say about me."
The old saintess' tears flowed down her face. She looked very pitiful.
"They say that Klein is a loyal minister who is impartial and impartial. I, I followed the rules of the Code and went through the normal procedures to arrest him with the military police, but I became a scoundrel who sowed discord in front of you."
"I, I'm innocent!" Old Grazda said in grievance.
"Sigh, you also know that I went to Braavos a few days ago."
The Dragon Queen counted with her white fingers.
"A Sea King died, almost all the guards and professors in the iron vault died, Purple Harbor was burned by Dahei, Sea King's Palace was smashed into a lake by a meteor, thousands of people died, and tens of millions of gold coins were involved. In the end, a deal of 150 million gold coins was negotiated.
Then, I went to the Stone Steps Archipelago and burned dozens of pirate leaders to death, becoming the strongest pirate king in the narrow sea.
Then, I sent Sir Barristan to rob the Haithar family's fleet. Three million gold royals, more than a hundred ships, and tens of millions of gold royals. "
The Green Saintess' expression was dull. The tears and grievances in her eyes turned into shock and confusion.
Danny raised her chin at her and said with emotion, "You see, these are all big things. I really don't want to care about you and Klein.
You should relax and think about the millions of troops in the alliance. What problems can't they overcome? "
After hearing the Dragon Queen's words, the Green Saintess suddenly felt that she was making a big fuss over nothing.
It's just being misunderstood by the people, and Klein's rising reputation … No, no, I can't let that butcher go!
"Your Majesty, Klein violated the rules of the Code and used his power for personal gain. He tried to control public opinion and influence the court's trial," the old woman said seriously.
"What do you mean?" Danny pretended to be curious.
"When I was on the way to Meereen with the military police, Klein suddenly invited a large number of bards and singers to participate in the trial of the 'Son of the Harpy' case."
Danny said, "What's wrong with that? According to the Code, when any city lord is trying a case, unless it involves the privacy of the plaintiff and the plaintiff requests to avoid the public, any free people have the right to supervise the trial.
For example, in Astapor, go to the hall on the first floor and see how many people are watching every day. "
Like a rape case, the victim would definitely not want to make a big deal out of it.
At that time, the trial would not be open to the public.
In front of everyone, Klein explained the process of the trial in detail. He even took out the testimonies of the people involved in the case for everyone to see.
In the end, he cried to the singers, poets, and theater performers that he was framed by a scoundrel … "
The old face of the Green Saintess wrinkled like a sun-dried eggplant, and she said angrily, "The scoundrel he was talking about was me. He said that I slandered you, that I was a sympathizer of the Son of the Harpy, and that I was even the most hidden mastermind behind the scenes.
He also said that I was plotting to overthrow your regime, and that I intended to turn the free people back into slaves, and eventually restore slavery and Guise rule in Slave Bay. "
The old Saintess did not have such thoughts, so she spoke very calmly. There was no panic on her face, only anger, the grievance and resentment of being wronged.
Danny seemed to be indifferent, but in fact, from the beginning, she had been observing her from Blackie's perspective, not missing the slightest expression on the Green Saintess' face.
Previously, Danny did have doubts about the Green Saintess.
Letting Klein accuse the Green Saintess was to muddy the waters and make it easier for Mormont's intelligence system to investigate her.
Danny wanted to know how deeply involved the Green Saintess was in the case of the Son of the Harpy.
She could not be blamed for being suspicious. The Green Saintess of Meereen had been confirmed as the spiritual leader of the Son of the Harpy and one of the founders.
The results of Mormont's investigation showed that the Green Saintess of Astapor sympathized with the Guise of Meereen purely because of her race, and was not really the Son of the Harpy.
At this time, her reaction in front of the Dragon Queen was also normal, without the slightest bit of guilt, only righteous anger.
This made Danny breathe a sigh of relief. The Green Saintess, Grazda, was her old subject.
After taking Astapor, Grazda had been doing her best to assist the Dragon Queen, not only helping her to appease the common people of Guise, but also firmly supporting her in the religious reform.
Well, Grazda supported Danny's reorganization of the Temple of Divine Grace in Astapor into the "New Church of the Seven Gods".
The ancient beliefs of the Guise had long died with the orthodox bloodline of Guise. The previous Temple of Divine Grace was more like a hospital and a garden of love.
The two had been together for a long time, and had established a deep friendship between monarch and subject. Danny did not want the old Saintess to have a bad ending.
"Your Excellency Green Saintess, obviously, I will not believe Klein's nonsense. The people who accused Klein of excessive sentencing and cruelty were the people of Meereen. I was the one who arranged for you to take the military police to arrest Klein. You are not a treacherous subject. "Danny comforted her gently.
"Your Majesty, I am very grateful that you trust me, but the people who were bewitched by Klein did not believe me!"
Grazda complained. "After the singers and poets of Meereen heard Klein's analysis of the case and his accusation against me, in just half a month, the streets of Slaver's Bay were circulating the story of 'impartial Klein, who knew right from wrong and judged the traitors'.
And I was that treacherous subject. "
"Squeak —" Blackie suddenly raised his neck and screamed.
Danny glanced at him and said, "Go!"
"Squeak —" Blackie spread his wings and screamed. Little Green and Little Gold also screamed.
The three dragons jumped down from the pyramid and flew in the direction of the Southern Mountains.
"It's late. They are going to look for blood food," she explained to the Green Saintess.
Then, Danny said with certainty, "The results of the trial in the Grand Court will only guide public opinion, and will not be influenced by public opinion."
It was her idea to let Klein make himself "Scholar Bao," but she did not intend to let Klein escape the trial by relying on public opinion.
The key was that Klein had detained 60,000 prisoners in the case of the Son of the Harpy, and 20,000 of them were on death row.
He had almost caught all the middle class and above of the Guise Clan.
This was too shocking.
Not to mention the Guise Clan, even the free people would think of him as a butcher.
Her idea was to let "Scholar Bao" and "Scholar Lai" neutralize the "ph" value, and let public opinion return to normal evaluation of Klein.
Well, it was completely through legal procedures, without public opinion or coercion. According to the Code, Klein's behavior would be tried one by one.
He would definitely be found guilty. After all, he was Scholar Lai. How could Scholar Lai be a good person?
But if the crime was not to death, there was a possibility of rescue.
If Danny intended to get rid of the donkey after it had outlived its usefulness, she would directly comply with public opinion and get rid of Klein.
But she found that this fake "Scholar Lai" was more useful than the real Scholar Lai.
First of all, Scholar Lai was completely different from Lai Junchen. He strictly abided by the law and rarely violated the "Code" formulated by Danny — the shadow left in his heart from his early years.
The incident of the Dragon Queen whipping him had always been deeply engraved in his mind.
He was afraid, afraid of dragons, afraid of the Queen, afraid of violating the "Code".
Secondly, Scholar Lai had a high consciousness.
He did not target the Guise Clan because of money and power. It was purely his hatred for the slave owners that made him unable to tolerate any of the Son of the Harpy lurking around him.
Among Dani's new freedmen subordinates, there were very few who could compare to such a firm stance on singing songs.
Finally, Scholar Lai had a strong executive ability and would be of great use in the future.
Meereen was just the beginning. In the future, the Dragon Queen would take down Queers, New Guise, Volantis …
Scholar Lai had a promising future, and there was hope to be promoted to "Scholar Lai".
"… Don't worry, I will call Missandei up later and let her represent me to announce to the people of the city that Her Excellency the Green Saintess is the minister of the council. She strictly abided by the law and arrested Klein. He is not a treacherous minister."
Danny comforted the old Guise woman softly.
"Your Majesty, you were looking for me?"
Speaking of Missandei, Missandei came.
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