In Westeros, captives had aristocratic privileges. Aristocratic children who were hostages had even greater privileges.
In other words, as hostages, they would have the same privileges as their status.
For example, Theon Greyjoy.
Nominally, he was Eide's adopted son, but in essence, he was no different from Messai. They were both hostages.
Eide was Theon's guardian, while Danny was Messai's guardian.
Theon was living a carefree life in Winterfell. He was treated the same as Robb and Bran.
Jon was deeply jealous of him. Theon was also jealous of the father-son relationship between Jon and Eide.
He longed for Eide's fatherly love, but he was afraid of Eide's Ice Sword. If Balon rebelled, Eide would behead Theon.
Messai and Danny did not have any cliché mother-daughter relationship. Danny treated Messai like a princess according to the traditions of the Seven Kingdoms, and Messai played the role of a well-behaved princess.
After receiving the Iron Throne's letter, Dragonstone Island immediately replied, "There is a high probability that the Dragon Queen will not reject this request. However, communication is not smooth now. Perhaps we can only send Princess Messai back after the Battle of Meereen."
Marvin was not lying. Only Danny could contact them through her mental projection. They could not send a message to Slaver's Bay.
"Dragonstone Island is lying!" You Lun said confidently, "We just hired a team of Winged Dragons. The next day, Slaver's Bay sent another team of Winged Dragons to Dragonstone Island. Even an idiot would know that they must have a method of communication. Perhaps it's witchcraft!"
Er, that was the truth.
Cersei was not stupid. She immediately understood the truth. The collusion between Saint Danny and Saint Sparrow was no longer a secret. Now that the fake Crown Prince Aegon had fallen in Winterfell, Saint Danny was using Robert's illegitimate son to interfere in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms!
Saint Sparrow was only carrying out Saint Danny's secret order.
In the end, this was the number one throne in the world, the Iron Throne!
Saint Danny might have sworn not to start a civil war, but she must have been thinking about how to drag Queen Cersei down from her throne.
"It's Danny Alice! She's the one who instigated Big Sparrow to look for Lao Bo's bastard spawn!" Eternal Emperor was shocked and angry.
"It's very possible," You Lun looked shocked and impressed. "My dear, you are so smart. You saw through Danny Rize's conspiracy at a glance. It's a pity that the ministers were deceived by her."
"I want to kill her!"
"My queen, I will firmly support any decision you make, but she is still too far away from us …" You Lun sighed faintly.
Cersei immediately said, "The Great Sparrow is within reach."
"It's just that …" As soon as she said those words, a trace of hesitation appeared on her fierce face.
"Sigh, the sparrow still can't move!" Cersei sighed helplessly.
You Lun gently held his wife's delicate cheeks and looked into her eyes as if he was instilling spiritual power into her. "You are the queen, the law, and the destiny of the Seven Kingdoms. You can do anything!"
"But he has the Holy Mother behind him …" Queen Cersei hesitated.
"My dear, your only enemy is Big Sparrow. Your personal grudge has nothing to do with the church.
Think about it, Big Sparrow and Danny Rize colluded to usurp your throne. Do you think the Holy Mother will allow it? "
"No, the Holy Mother will not!" Cersei clenched her fists and said excitedly, "I've been studying the Seven Stars Bible recently. It clearly states that the faith belongs to the Seven Gods, and the secular royalty belongs to the king.
The Seven Gods do not support the church's involvement in the politics of the Seven Kingdoms. Big Sparrow and Danny Rize have disobeyed the teachings of the Seven Gods. They are sinners! "
"I will punish the scum of the church on behalf of the Holy Mother!" Cersei shouted as she waved her fist.
After that, she was about to summon the soldiers to the Cathedral.
You Lun stopped her and said, "Big Sparrow is too good at inciting people. I'm afraid we can't put him on trial through normal means."
"I'm not going to put him on trial. I'm going to lead the soldiers to encircle Big Sparrow," Cersei said matter-of-factly.
"Huh? Massacre the Cathedral?" You Lun was stunned. The corner of his mouth twitched. "The entire King's Landing will riot, and the soldiers won't dare!"
"I'm not stupid. Why would I do something so outrageous?" Cersei rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "When Big Sparrow appears in the square, I'll have Robert Strong lead the soldiers to attack and kill Big Sparrow. He'll be the only one killed.
Then I'll announce that he has betrayed the Seven Gods and tried to control the change of throne. That should be enough to appease the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, right? "
"Haha, the nobles hate Big Sparrow as much as I do. As long as the nobles are appeased, I won't be afraid even if the commoners riot, "Cersei said proudly.
"Big Sparrow has the beggar army protecting him. You might not succeed." You Lun's eyes flashed. He leaned over to Cersei's ear and whispered, "Why don't we kill him with a borrowed knife first, then burn the bridge after crossing the river …"
And so, and so, and so, the best husband of the Seven Kingdoms offered a brilliant plan to the Eternal Empress.
"Good! My dear, you are my Friar Baath! "
After listening to You Lun's plan, Cersei was so excited that her cheeks flushed. She didn't care about his ugly face that was full of scars anymore and kissed him. You Lun responded passionately …
The next morning, You Lun led ten thousand Tiemin out of King's Landing and went to Twilight Valley to pursue the retreating Valley Army.
Cersei had been praying to the Holy Mother in the Queen Dowager's small chapel since morning.
On the morning of the third day, Big Sparrow habitually stood on the podium and explained the Seven Stars Bible to the believers in the square below.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Following a shrill sound that cut through the air, Big Sparrow suddenly realized that the sky above his head was covered by a shadow.
When he looked up in confusion, he saw three huge water tanks descending from the sky. Even higher up, there were three winged dragons soaring in the sky.
"Seven Gods above — BOOOOM!"
Three huge green flowers bloomed around the podium. Like a giant mouth from hell, they swallowed Holy Sparrow and the dozens of believers and sparrows around him.
"Ahhh! Seven Gods!"
Thousands of believers and monks could not believe what was happening. They collapsed on the ground and held their heads as they let out the loudest meaningless howls.
"Kill the blasphemers and avenge the Chief Bishop!" The one-armed hero Lansel roared ferociously.
"Blasphemy, blasphemy, blasphemy, blasphemy!"
Gradually, starting from the beggar army, all the believers in the square, regardless of whether they were commoners or nobles, raised their right fists and roared in grief and anger.
"The blasphemer is Cersei!" The one-armed hero placed righteousness before family. In front of the Seven Gods and his family, he did not hesitate to choose the Seven Gods.
In fact, it was too shocking to murder the Chief Bishop in front of countless believers during mass. It had crossed the bottom line of any devout believer.
"Kill the blasphemer Cersei!"
Tens of thousands of angry believers and the people of King's Landing who knew about this rushed to the Red Keep.
However, Cersei was prepared. Before the rioting believers of the Seven Gods could reach the gate of the Red Keep, dozens of fast horses rushed out of the Red Keep and shouted along the street, "The Winged Dragon Mercenaries have betrayed their oath and fled after robbing the Red Keep's treasury!"
Well, the Winged Dragon Mercenaries were a mercenary group made up of five Winged Dragons.
You Lun defined them as the mercenaries on the other side of the narrow sea, but this mercenary group was more luxurious. They did not ride horses but Winged Dragons.
"The mercenaries are disloyal and betrayed their employer."
"The mercenaries came from the Narrow Sea Anti-Dragon Mother Alliance. They found out that the Dragon Queen of Slave Bay was close to the Big Sparrow. They betrayed their oath and attacked Queen Cersei to murder the great Holy Sparrow!"
"The Big Sparrow is the spokesperson of the Dragon Queen in the Westeros. The Alliance is here for revenge!"
"The Winged Dragon Mercenaries of the Alliance disguised themselves as mercenaries and disobeyed Queen Cersei's orders many times. They first burned Dragonstone Island and killed the Chief Bishop."
"In the eyes of the Alliance, Dragonstone Island and the Big Sparrow are part of the Dragon Queen's power in the Westeros. The Chief Bishop was implicated by the Dragon Queen!"
The believers who were preparing to attack the Red Keep were stunned.
They did not believe it at first. How could there be such a coincidence? The Winged Dragon Mercenaries had just murdered the Chief Bishop, and then the whore Queen Mother announced that the Winged Dragon Mercenaries had betrayed her.
Did they think they were fools?
However, it was not the first time that the Winged Dragon Mercenaries had disobeyed orders.
For example, they had bombed Dragonstone Island.
Some time ago, after Marvin's letter was sent to the King's Landing, the Iron Throne had publicly announced that the mercenaries' actions did not represent the Iron Throne. Queen Cersei expressed her deep concern and apologies for the tragedy on Dragonstone Island.
"I swear, give me time, and I will give everyone an explanation."
In the Red Keep, Cersei answered the questions of the nobles and ministers.
On the third day, she really did give everyone an explanation. One Winged Dragon corpse, two Winged Dragons with arrow wounds all over their bodies, and three Winged Dragon Knights' heads.
The King's Landing was silent.
The monks who had lost their leader did not know what to do.
The nobles secretly gave her a thumbs up. The whore Queen Mother finally grew a brain this time!
Everyone knows that this is your scheme, but to dare to attack the Alliance of Darkness and even implicate the Dragon Queen, we have to admire your methods and magnanimity!
After all, everyone loved the Holy Mother, but they also hated the Big Sparrow who had been encroaching on the nobles' power.
After that, You Lun led the army back and advised his wife, "The nobles have stabilized, but you still have to appease the people and the church.
The church still has three thousand Children of War and tens of thousands of poor people. If there is a riot … "
"If there is a riot, I will kill them all!" Cersei said fiercely.
"You can't kill them all. There are at least two hundred thousand poor people in the King's Landing now. Why don't you take a step back and give them an explanation, and also give the Holy Mother an explanation. "You Lun said faintly.
"What should I do?"
You Lun's eyes flashed with a strange light, and his voice was as gentle as milk with honey. "Announce to the public that you are uneasy about the Big Sparrow's death. You are willing to stay in the Queen Mother's Tower and pray to the Holy Mother for three years to atone for your negligence."
"Pray and abstain from food for three years?" Cersei's eyes widened. She looked at her husband as if he was an idiot.
"Hey, if you close the gates of the Red Keep, who knows, who can stop you from eating? It's just a gimmick. You will eat what you eat when you fast. "
"Stay in the Queen Mother's Tower?"
"Don't you always stay in the Queen Mother's Tower?"
Cersei shook her head vigorously and said, "I still have to go to the front hall for a court meeting, I have to hold a ball at Maegor Tower, I have to ride a horse and hunt, and I have to listen to Doctor Wargrave's plays."
You Lun pulled Cersei to the balcony and pointed at the crowd below Aegon Hill. "Look, half the city is filled with rioters. A hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand … They all want your life."
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