In the trial of Margaery, Cersei did it openly and honestly. She even dared to pull the Great Sparrow into the trial.
This was because Tyrell had committed the four major crimes of betraying the sacred betrothal, violating the rights of guests, regicide, and murdering her husband.
Four crimes, but all because of one person, Emperor Joffrey.
Emperor Jorah's purple wedding and Robb's red wedding were the two most famous "color" weddings in Game of Thrones.
In a sense, Emperor Jorah's purple wedding had more impact on the plot than Robb's red wedding.
Think about Tywin and Tyrion. If the two of them stayed in the King's Landing to control the situation, what could the others do?
Robb's wedding was "red" because too many people died that day. Blood was the main color of the wedding. Joffrey's wedding was "purple" because Sansa was wearing a purple crystal hairnet that day. The poison was hidden in an amethyst crystal in the hairnet.
Sansa was an innocent drug mule. She didn't know what she did. The hairnet and the poison in it were all made by Littlefinger.
When Sansa brought the poison into the wedding, Old Rose took the opportunity to help her tidy up her hair to remove the poison and quietly put it in Margaery's hand.
In other words, Margaret had poisoned her own husband to death!
The golden goblet that Joffrey drank from was the wedding goblet that the king and queen shared. Only Margaery herself could guarantee that she wouldn't get poisoned.
The bride killed the groom at the wedding site (the wedding had been completed and the red booklet had been obtained), violating the sacred betrothal and murdering her husband.
Old Rose was the guest, and Emperor Jorah was the host. The guest killed the host, violating the guest's rights.
Emperor Jorah was the king, and Tyrell was the vassal. The crime of regicide was unavoidable.
For such a serious crime, Cersei and the Iron Throne had every reason to attack Gao Ting.
Randall Tarly was also the Minister of Justice, the Chief Justice of the Seven Kingdoms. He had already done his duty as Tyrell's vassal by choosing to remain neutral.
As for why Margaery would confess to such a deadly crime ….
Cersei had always "known" that the imp killed Joffrey and Tywin, and that the imp's backer was Gao Ting.
Uh, it was a lucky stroke. It was a coincidence.
After capturing Little Rose, Cersei asked Cabourn, the Spellcaster Scholar, to interrogate her. When Little Rose found out that the High Court had been annihilated, Cersei 'wisely' guessed the truth. With a vengeful mentality, she used the murder of Joffrey to attack her poor mother who had lost her son. When she heard the truth, Cersei really cried.
In the end, this was all Varys' fault!
Varys had at least two identities in the Red Castle. On the surface, he was the Chief of Intelligence, "Eight-clawed Spider"; in the dark, he was the guard of the Red Castle's dungeon, Logan.
Don't think that Logan's identity is temporary. Varys has been playing this role for more than 20 years.
Don't underestimate the position of Black Head of the Red Fort.
Throughout the year, the Black Prison was empty most of the time. It only locked up people who had committed heinous crimes or had special identities. It was similar to the Imperial Prison of the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Guards.
Danny's obedient son, Jia Kun, Eide Stark, Grand Tutor Pycelle, and Tyrion had all been in Logan's dungeon.
On the night that Tyrion escaped from prison, Logan also disappeared. Then, Cersei found a rare gold hand coin in Logan's bedroom. It was a gold coin with a palm as the emblem, representing Garth the Green Hand. It was an ancient coin of River Bend.
At this point, Cersei, who had suspected that Tyrion was behind this, completely understood the ins and outs of the matter. The little Magic Monkey was the knife, and Tyrion was the mastermind.
This was also one of the reasons why Cersei sued Margaery to the Church for treason and adultery.
To be honest, when she found out that Emperor Joffrey's death had nothing to do with her dwarf brother, Cersei was dumbfounded.
I've hated you for so long, so deeply, and you're showing me this?
Perhaps it was because of the Great Sparrow's pious prayers to the Holy Mother every day after his resurrection, there really was a moment when Cersei confessed to the Holy Mother. Was she too harsh on her little Magic Monkey brother?
But the next moment, Cersei threw the Holy Mother to the faraway Slave Bay. She gritted her teeth, her beautiful face contorted. "That little Magic Monkey who should go to the Seven Hells is helping the fake Aegon usurp my throne. I can't hate him enough.
No, I'm going to curse him ten thousand times a day in front of the Holy Mother's statue! "
It had to be said that Cersei's move hit the nail on the head, and the effect was very good.
First, Randolf Tarly was appeased.
Then, under Cousin Davon's suggestion, Cersei held the 'Trial of King's Landing'. She invited many nobles and commoners to be the jurors, and the Bishop of the Seven Gods (not the Great Sparrow) to be the chief judge. She publicly tried Tyrion's crime of murdering Emperor Joffrey.
Emperor Joffrey, who loved his people like his own children and was unparalleled in righteousness, was very unpopular. The people of King's Landing gave him the nickname 'Mad King the Second'. This was not wrong.
But no matter how wrong Emperor Joffrey was, he was an innocent victim at the Purple Wedding.
The beautiful, kind, and benevolent Margaery was very loved by the people of King's Landing. The people of King's Landing gave her the beautiful title of 'Holy Mother Rose'. This was also not wrong.
But no matter how many good points she had, her crime at the Purple Wedding was so shocking that normal people could not accept it.
Margaery's reputation was completely ruined, and she was on the same level as her mother-in-law Cersei.
Tyrion also went from being a victim of the 'Turn of the Riverbend' to a sinner who deserved retribution.
The public opinion did not immediately change, but it was no longer in Tyrion's favor.
This was a trial of the Church that even the Holy Sparrow approved of!
After that, Cersei's actions became even more outrageous. She announced at the Imperial Council that Tyrion of Highland Castle had committed the most heinous crimes, but Margaery was already King Tommen's legal wife and the only heir to Highland Castle. The Queen Regent followed the teachings of the Holy Mother and showed the greatest mercy to the lost Margaery.
Before King Tommen came of age and gave birth to a joint heir to the Iron Throne and Highland Castle, Margaery only needed to hide in the Virgin Quarters under the protection of the nuns and pray piously to the Seven Gods every day to repent for her sins.
During this time, the Iron Throne would temporarily take over Margaery's rule over River Bend. In other words, Cersei had the title of 'Guardian of the South' and the scepter of 'Duke of River Bend' in her hand.
Yes, Sir Inflatable Fish had a total of three sons and one daughter. Velas and Garan died in the Shield Islands, Loras was sworn as a White Knight, and Inflatable Fish was secretly executed. Margaery was really the only successor of Highting Tyrell.
Don't you have a sense of déjà vu?
This was how Tywin dealt with Sansa and Stark back then!
In any case, the Iron Throne's announcement barely managed to appease the irritable River Bend vassals.
Tyrion had indeed murdered Emperor Jorgh, and the Iron Throne also acknowledged Tyrion's rule over Highland Castle. You Lun's 20,000 Tiemin army had penetrated deep into River Bend's hinterland and did not submit.
The Iron Throne was righteous, benevolent, and had military strength. This was the most important thing. River Bend's military strength was empty and they had lost their leader.
Tyrion's clan was almost wiped out, and the Qingting Island fleet was destroyed. Haithar did not say it, but everyone knew that they had sided with the Dragon Queen. Tarly became the Hand of the King, and Floren simply cheered for the Iron Throne.
The top five families of River Bend were all useless. What else could the other vassals do other than settle down?
Take down Highland Castle, control River Bend, and the food supply was also in the hands of the Iron Throne.
To the unruly people of King's Landing, whoever could stabilize the price of food and prevent them from starving to death was the Holy Mother … It was said that in Empress Dowager Meg Lou's bedroom, a small shrine was newly opened, dedicated to the Holy Mother's statue. The whore Empress Dowager had recently been praying three times a day in front of the Holy Mother's statue. It seemed like she had become the "Holy Mother Whore" Empress Dowager?
Oh, the Holy Mother Whore was still the Holy Mother …
King's Landing had stabilized.
Of course, under the calm surface, there was no lack of undercurrents.
For example, Aegon, who was called "Prince Chi" by the people of King's Landing.
Aegon's declaration and the declaration of the "True Dragon Alliance" had spread far and wide, but his reputation had never been good.
Or rather, very few people truly believed in his identity as Lei Jiazi.
In fact, everyone in King's Landing knew that Lei Jiazi had been smashed into a wall and turned into a pile of minced meat.
But, the attitude of the unruly people did not affect Aegon.
The marriage alliance with Sansa and the establishment of the True Dragon Alliance was more convincing to the nobles than the uncertain identity of "Lei Jiazi", because it represented power. It also represented that five of the Seven Dukes — Northern Territory, Hejian, Valley, Stormlands and Dorne — had acknowledged Aegon's identity as a True Dragon.
Recently, the number of dukes who had secretly submitted letters to the True Dragon was as numerous as the carps in the river.
Aegon was in high spirits. He finally felt like a king.
Yes, he was going to get married soon.
It was today!
The wedding would be held in the Eagle's Nest.
Aegon, Sansa, Littlefinger and the other ministers had originally planned to hold the wedding on Dragonstone Island with the Dragon Queen as the witness.
But when they found out that the Dragon Queen had just gone to Sosros and was busy training the Winged Dragon Knights (Danny's excuse), they could only regretfully give up on Dragonstone Island.
After all, Dragonstone Island was Dragon Queen's fief and had nothing to do with Aegon. His current fief was Wind Stop Castle.
Wind Stop Castle was not as good as the Eagle Nest, because the Valley had the most vassals of Aegon.
Just like the Red Wedding, Eide Tully was going to the Frey Family to hold the wedding.
However, the wedding would not be held in the Eagle Nest, but in the Moon Gate Castle at the foot of the Eagle Nest.
The Eagle Nest was built on the largest mountain in the Valley — the Giant's Spear. Just by hearing the name "Giant's Spear", one could understand how steep the mountain was. It was like a spear stuck in the Valley.
Thus, although the Eagle Nest was a strategic location, it was not big and could only hold five hundred people. Also, winter had arrived and the weather was suddenly cold.
Yes, can you imagine how it feels to live on the mountain peak in winter?
It would not be enjoyable.
The Moon Gate Castle at the foot of the Giant's Spear was huge. Although it belonged to the Reus Family, Ayrin would go down to the Moon Gate Castle every winter to avoid the cold.
It should be mentioned that the Reus Family and Stark were relatives "eight hundred years ago".
One of Eide's grandfather's younger sisters had married into the Moon Gate Castle.
When Robb had set up the "Will of the King of the North's Successor", Caitlin had firmly opposed letting Robb become the Royal Elder Brother. Instead, she had suggested that her son choose a direct descendant of the Reus Family as the successor — What the hell!?
It could be seen just how stupid and hateful Caitlin was.
Alright, I digressed.
There was another important reason: the Great Cathedral was built in the Moon Gate Castle!
The king's wedding had to be held in the Great Cathedral under the witness and blessing of the Seven Gods.
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