Chapter 1028 Wedding

the next day.

Outside Casterly Rock, night.

The Toyne family held a hasty and low-key wedding.

Casterly Rock City is a tall and magnificent rock castle. Casterly Rock City, like the literal meaning, is carved on a huge rock. The walls and other buildings built on it make the castle's defense more powerful, so Casterly Rock City never fell.

However, there is very little vegetation in Casterly Rock City. At most, only some low shrubs can be planted. Heart trees, which have a long growth cycle and can grow almost infinitely, cannot be planted on Casterly Rock City.

So the wedding of Aemon Targaryen and Bethany Toyn was held by a stream in the foothills outside Casterly Rock, with smooth grass and a few savage heart trees.

In fact, traditional southern noble weddings do not need to swear under the heart tree. Only when the northern nobles who believe in the old gods get married, will there be a link to swear under the heart tree.

But this was suggested by Aemon, because he had heard his mother talk about it, and his father seemed to be inextricably linked to the old gods.

Although Aemon has only seen his biological father since he was a child, he still hopes to tell his father the news of his marriage and receive his father's blessing at a major moment in his life.

Even he didn't know if his father could hear him swearing to a heart tree.

At this moment, in a grove under Kaiyan City Mountain, the night shrouded the earth.

The surrounding area of ​​the wedding was guarded by soldiers of the Toyne family, and they were heavily guarded. They held torches in their hands to disperse the darkness around them.

As the protagonist of the wedding, Prince Aemon stood in front of the heart tree and quietly waited for his bride. Standing beside him was the little devil, Tyrion Lannister, who represented the elders of the royal family.

Tyrion's gray hair was blowing in the wind, and he sighed at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.

He didn't expect that the child he watched grow up now has grown up and is about to complete the major events in his life.

Time is like a song, life is too short.

He who had been involved in the ups and downs of the kingdom and the ups and downs of the kingdom was also very old.

On the other side, as another protagonist of this wedding, the bride Bethany Toyne wore a beautiful white gauze dress.

The long skirt was dragged on the grass, with a crown woven from garlands on her head, a smile on her beautiful cheeks, and a little light flashed in her clear eyes.

Bessanne stepped on the green grass, held her brother Jon Toyne's arm, and looked at her tall, handsome, silver-haired husband standing under the heart tree opposite.

Then, in the perfect melody composed of the musician's melodious piano, drums, and trumpet, he walked slowly towards Aemon, while Bessanne's maid held up her long skirt for the young lady behind.

"My sister is entrusted to you, Your Highness."

"I hope you can treat her kindly in the future."

The bride's elder brother, Jon Toyn, the young governor of the Western Region, looked at Prince Aemon in front of him with a slightly complicated expression.

Even though this marriage was the bond between the two families' alliance in the face of a common enemy, it was all too soon, and Jon Toyne was actually not ready for his sister's marriage.

"must."

The silver-blond-haired young man nodded to his brother-in-law's words, and solemnly promised with a serious expression.

Jon Toyn then gave his sister's hand to her husband Aemon Targaryen.

On the other hand, Tyrion took over the ornate cloak newly embroidered by the overnight work from the attendant. It was embroidered with the three-headed fire dragon of the Targaryen family and the coat of arms of the 'Blackheart' Toyn family.

Tyrion stepped forward with the cloak in his hands, and the old scholar of Caster Rock City, who was in charge of officiating the wedding, draped it over his shoulders for His Royal Highness.

In fact, this step should be completed by Tyrion, but unfortunately Tyrion, as a dwarf, is not tall enough, so he can only let the bachelor put on a new cloak for Aemon.

"Bessanne."

"Eamon."

Aemon put on a new cloak, and then the two newcomers looked at each other and smiled, arm in arm and turned around together, facing the tall heart tree behind them.

And the face with blood and tears quietly looked at the two young people in front of him, Aemon closed his eyes slightly at this moment, took his bride's hand, and prayed silently in his heart.

"Father."

He hoped that he could tell his father the news of his marriage as soon as possible through the power of the old god.

On the other side, holding her husband's hand, she seemed to have a feeling, and the young girl seemed to hear her husband's inner prayer.

Bessanne turned her head to look at Aemon, she saw Aemon closing her eyes slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart.

She had heard the story of Prince Aemon.

He was born in the most difficult night for mankind. He was born on the Wall at the end of the world. It was a snowstorm that night, and the White Walkers came to attack the Wall.

At that time, during the melee, a stone fell from the sky and almost hit the little queen Daenerys, who was pregnant with Prince Aemon, but was pushed away by the little queen's great uncle, Maester Aemon, who also died.

Daenerys was stimulated to give birth to Aemon ahead of schedule, so the second prince was actually a premature baby with some congenital deficiencies, born with disasters and tragedies.

"Father."

Then Bethany took her husband's hand and turned her head to look at the heart tree in front of her. She also closed her eyes and prayed earnestly and devoutly.

She assured Xinshu that she would take good care of the man beside her in the future and be a considerate and gentle wife, and hoped that Xinshu could pass on her promise and her husband's innermost thoughts to her father-in-law, who was not somewhere at the moment.

But after the two of them had prayed earnestly, they turned their heads to look at each other and smiled, and then the two stood opposite each other, looking into each other's eyes.

The bachelor of Casterly Rock held a roll of white cloth and wrapped the arms of the two people together, symbolizing the shared destiny of the two people and the connection of their hearts.

"Father, blacksmith, warrior."

"The Virgin, the Maiden, the Old Woman, the Stranger."

Then came the oath-taking session, the bachelor read a sentence, and the two newcomers followed.

While the dominant culture the Empire now preaches is suppressing belief in the gods, the gods of Westeros are not among the targets.

In addition, the Seven Gods have been a religious belief that has been spread for thousands of years in Westeros. Folk customs and customs have already been fully integrated. It is not so simple to change it overnight. This is why the empire launched its Eastern Expedition for more than ten years. Completely eliminate the rebellion.

"I belong to her, she belongs to me."

"I belong to him, he belongs to me."

Aemon and Bessanne looked into each other's eyes warmly and sincerely, and then recited the oath in unison.

"From today onwards, it will rest until death."

The arms of the two were still lightly intertwined, and then Aemon gently wrapped his wife's waist with the other hand, then lowered his head and kissed affectionately.

There was sparse applause at the scene.