The first rays of dawn dyed the snow-covered valley red.
In the warm ballroom of the Moon Gate Castle, the guests enjoyed the breakfast before the wedding.
There was lemon honey cake, pickled chicken, bacon, fried eel strips with breadcrumbs, Dothraki blood sausage, various stuffed buns "invented" by the Dragon Queen, frozen Dornish blood orange soup …
It was a sumptuous banquet with a mixture of many styles.
Servants shuttled back and forth, carrying large pots of warm milk, honey wine, and sweet golden wine, filling the cups for the guests who needed it.
Musicians wandered around the hall, playing flutes, playing harps, and singing songs of blessing.
A moon boy rode a broomstick horse, making funny movements and expressions, making the guests around him laugh.
After breakfast, the food and chairs were cleared. Jon Clinton, as the father, solemnly tied the groom's cloak on Aegon under the gaze of the guests.
The dark black velvet cloak was embellished with a red Megalosaurus and a golden Sunpiercing Spear.
They represented the groom's father, the Targaryens, and his mother, the Dornmartell.
"Sigh, this cloak is new. You should have a better choice." The old man sighed sadly.
The groom's cloak would be tied to the bride's shoulders later. The less heritage one had, the newer the cloak they used.
If Rhaegar hadn't caused any trouble, Aegon could have used either his father's True Dragon Cloak or his mother's Sunpiercer Spear Cloak.
Both families were great families with heritage, and the cloaks had been used by countless ancestors.
"This is good. My family and future are all new, so I should use a new cloak," Aegon said.
He looked heroic and spirited today. He wore a black coat with a lone three-headed fire-breathing dragon embroidered with rubies on his chest. The dragon claw held a black greatsword, imitating the dead Legar.
Yes, the Targaryen clan's original emblem should have been a three-headed dragon with a black background and a red background. However, Aegon and Danny's clan could no longer use Aunt Danny's clan emblem, so they added a sword to the dragon's claw. The Sword of the King, Black Fire!
Although the change was small, any Westeros aristocrat with a clear mind would understand at a glance: Aegon and Danny Rize had split up.
Aegon did this out of filial piety.
It wasn't irony. Aegon didn't even discuss it with Danny's aunt and took the initiative to give up the inheritance of the orthodox clan emblem.
Although Danny herself had always had plans to change the emblem to a five-colored dragon and did not value the three-headed dragon, the emblem was too important to the nobles. Aegon's actions were almost equivalent to establishing a new family.
If the clan emblem was changed, even if Old Awkward bought Lega's relics from the King's Landing antique dealer, Aegon wouldn't be able to wear it.
After a while, the bride also arrived.
The bride wore a pearl-colored silk gown and a grey-blue Mierlei silk dress. The dress was embroidered with hexagonal snowflakes with fine silver thread.
This was the color of Winterfell, solemn, elegant, noble and generous.
On the bride's head, there was a pure white velvet cloak embroidered with a silver-gray direwolf. Uncle Fingers put it on her.
It was also Uncle Fingers who took the bride's father's position. He held her hand as they walked to the wedding altar and handed her over to Aegon.
In addition, weddings under the teachings of the Seven Gods were very particular. It wasn't as if you could wear whatever color and style you wanted.
Sansa had been married to Tyrion. If Tyrion died, she couldn't break off the marriage. She had to marry as Tyrion's widow and wear the gold and red clothes that represented the lion.
For example, when Cersei married You Lun, she wore the gold and black of Theon Byra.
Now, she was wearing the white and gray of the House of Stark, without a single trace of the lion's color. This meant that she was pure, even a virgin.
At least the Seven Gods recognized her purity and virginity.
Uh, Blackie said that he wasn't the scapegoat. It was all Brother Meribad's fault!
He was the one who broke off her marriage and also the one who officiated at her wedding. Aegon rode his dragon and went to Crab Claw Peninsula to invite him over.
Don't think that it was easy to break off a marriage. The responsibility was great!
This was also why Lynnis never divorced Big Bear. No monk was willing to break off her marriage. She only regained her freedom when Big Bear became a White Knight.
However, Meribad didn't fool Aegon. Before the wedding, he had arranged for a nun to check Sansa's virginity. Of course, it wasn't there.
Sansa swore that she broke it while riding a horse. Margaery, the little rose, had said the same thing. Cersei had also said the same thing during her examination before marrying Robert.
Everyone believed it.
Because riding and hunting were compulsory lessons for noble ladies, there were too many girls who broke their virginity.
The three queens had done the same thing — cheated and said the same thing. Sansa was lying because she only liked the ladylike things like music and poetry and singing and dancing and embroidery. If Erya had said it, it would have been most likely true.
Margaery might have been lying. She must have started early, but the High Court knights were all too popular. Riding, hunting, hunting, and keeping hawks were all too popular.
As for Cersei, she might have been telling the truth. She had been with Jaime before the wedding, but she might have really left her virginity to the saddle.
Meribad believed in Stark's upbringing and had asked the dwarf himself.
The dwarf shook his head in humiliation and said, "I regret it. I really do."
He really did regret it.
Sansa was only thirteen when she married Meribad. Her period had come, but she was too young and had just gone through the tragedy of her family's destruction. She was too pitiful.
On the night of their wedding, the two of them took off all their clothes and were naked to each other. Although Sansa was confused and frightened, she still carried out her duties as a wife with trembling hands. She even opened her thighs.
The dwarf's eyes were red, and his true desire was bursting, but he was a good person with a soft heart. When he saw the little girl's pale face and frightened expression, he immediately felt pity for her. He sighed and put away his spear.
— Because he pitied the others, he was the most pitiful of them all.
Stark was honest, simple, and well-educated, and the dwarf himself had admitted that he was "useless," so everyone accepted the bride's purity.
Well, after they found out about this, everyone secretly laughed at Tyrion's incompetence. Just like that day in King's Landing, when Emperor Joffrey found out that Tyrion didn't touch Sansa, he mocked him and said that he wanted to help his uncle sleep with her.
Because the others could not understand the dwarf's thoughts, just like how modern women could not understand how the older generation could be happy in a marriage without a house, a car, and a million in savings.
On the other hand, Tywin seemed to understand Tyrion very well. Not only did he not mock him, he even advised him to eat the meat early to prevent any complications. Hmm … The old lion seemed to have the talent to become a Moon Chanter.
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After breakfast, they did not leave for the Holy Church immediately. Next was the gift-giving segment.
Uh, it was to chase away favors.
In the past, when a family held a wedding or funeral, they would have to eat at least two meals in the afternoon and evening. The funeral might take two or even three days.
Because of that, the gift-giving was usually done in the evening, before dinner.
Now, the hotel was directly responsible for the gift-giving. The food was not as good as before, and most of the time, it was not enough. But there was only one meal in the afternoon, so the gift-giving had to be done at noon.
In the Westeros, it was even earlier.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, before the bride and groom's wedding, the gift-giving would begin.
Also, the gift-giving here had to be done twice, or even thrice.
Today, the gift-giving was for the bride and groom.
The gift-giving was done the day after the wedding. It was for the couple.
The old man gave Sansa a small vest sewn with Pterosaur scales, and gave his adopted son a Pterosaur Bone Bow.
Alaine gave her fake cousin a steel spear, which was said to be Prince Obron's favorite. She hoped that he would be as brave as Uncle Obron.
She gave Sansa a pair of chrysanthemum clam pearl earrings.
Uncle Finger gave King Aegon a rare shadow lynx fur cloak, and Sansa a Dothraki sea white lion fur coat.
The dwarf gave Aegon a large book called "The Chronicles of the Valleglia Empire", and Sansa a book called "The Diary of Moon Chanter Chana".
"I heard that you Stark all have special talents, you can learn from them. I thought that only Slaver's Bay was the battlefield of gods and demons, but I didn't expect the Westeros to be unfamiliar with it too.
Sigh, we need our own supernatural powers. "He looked at his ex-wife with a complicated expression.
The dwarf's position as the Wildfire General was not for nothing. He had dozens of fire mages under him, how many supernatural secrets did he know?
Taking advantage of his position, the dwarf dug out many good things from his subordinates.
Unfortunately, he did not have the talent and could not learn.
However, he had heard the Dragon Queen say many times that "Stark's family is a bug".
Sansa glanced at Aegon, and saw her fiancé nod, then put the book away and thanked him.
After that, the nobles of the valley came forward and gave them riding boots, saddles, brooches, spurs, silk tents …
After that, Illyrio excitedly gave Aegon a three-headed Dragon King crown made of steel and red diamonds. The diamonds were inlaid in the dragon's eye sockets, and it was very lifelike.
He gave Sansa a crown, which was also very beautiful.
Finally, the guests of Dragonstone Island came forward one by one. Bronn gave Aegon a dragontooth knife with a weirwood handle, and Sansa a pearl necklace.
The old crab man did not come, but the little crab man did. He gave Aegon a cruise ship with 100 oars, and the queen a rare female cat with bright purple fur.
At the very end, just when everyone thought that the segment was over, Old Awkward left the table again. He looked around and said loudly, "Her Majesty Danny Rize has given Prince Aegon a set of refined steel armor, Lady Sansa a pterosaur, and a set of jewelry called 'Heart of the Ocean' …"
"Wow, pterosaur?!"
"So extravagant?"
"Does the Dragon Queen have that many pterosaurs?"
"Looks like the queen really dotes on her nephew, but … the Dragon Queen is not as smart as the legends say, hehe, she can't even tell the difference between real and fake …" His voice got softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.
Old Awkward was still talking, but the others started shouting when they heard about the pterosaur. However, even though everyone was shouting, Aegon and Sansa only smiled reservedly.
The truth was, Aegon had gotten his hands on the Vajra Armor a long time ago. He had even worn it in a duel once.
Sansa had also met the striped dragon, and she was willing to change her faith.
Actually, Sansa had been in contact with the Seven Gods for a long time, because when Eide brought her south to King's Landing, he had already betrothed his daughter to Emperor Qiao.
In the Northern Territory, no one cared about Sansa's faith in the Frost God, but after becoming the king of the Seven Gods, she would be able to blend in with the nobles of King's Landing if she changed her faith.
Even Eide did not object to it.
Now that she was going to marry King Aegon, it was inevitable that she would change her faith.
Since she was going to change her faith to the Seven Gods, how could she give the pterosaur to Britney?
Even though Britney had already sworn loyalty to her, and would become Aegon's white knight after the wedding, it was mainly to protect Sansa.
After the gifts were presented, the crowd escorted the bride and groom to the holy hall.
Uncle Finger held Sansa's hand and handed her to Aegon. Then, the newlyweds walked up the altar with their fingers interlocked.
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