Chapter 170 Loyalty Is Not Absolute, It Is Absolutely Disloyal

"I'll think about it."

Hearing this, Viserys hesitated.

The palace fell into silence.

...

Midnight.

In the Red Keep, in a loft.

Crack!

A maid sneaked in.

The room was dimly lit, and a fine dinner was placed on the table.

"What's the new news?"

Laris put down his knife and fork and looked over calmly.

The maid shuddered at his gaze.

She walked quickly to his side and whispered in his ear.

After a while.

The maid took a few silver deer and ran out of the door like she was escaping.

Laris smiled, not caring at all.

He enjoyed the feeling of being looked up to.

Even if it was because of fear.

"Prince Aemon stayed overnight in the princess's bedroom and asked for water three times in the middle of the night."

Laris's teeth ached.

But that was not the point.

The maid who changed the water said that the two mentioned the intelligence chief.

In addition, there was another piece of news.

Laris moved the plate away, and there was a crumpled and flattened piece of paper under it.

The maid who cleaned the Prime Minister's Tower picked it up from under the table.

It was covered with dense words, and one paragraph was deliberately crossed out.

Laris looked carefully by candlelight, and it was exactly the four words "Chief of Intelligence".

His father Leonor came out of the King's bedroom and worked in the Prime Minister's Tower for a while.

He accidentally wrote a plan.

"Someone wants to use the position of Chief of Intelligence."

Laris smiled.

When it comes to gathering intelligence, who can be more professional than him?

"Think about it carefully, how to plan to get it."

Laris couldn't stop being excited.

He had been an interrogator in front of the emperor for too long, and he had seen enough of the painful wailing of prisoners when they were interrogated.

Boring! Too boring!

If he could serve as the Chief of Intelligence and sit in the seat of the Imperial Conference.

That would be considered outstanding.

"We need to find someone to help."

Larys instantly thought of the kind-hearted queen.

However, we need to deal with the competitors first.

"Ha~~"

Larys laughed.

...

The next day.

In the morning, the weather was fine.

Aemon was about to accompany Rhaenyra to the dragon cave when he was told to hold a royal meeting.

Considering the appointment issue and the engagement ceremony to be held tomorrow.

The two actively participated.

At the council, Viserys said apologetically: "The engagement ceremony was prepared in a hurry, and Lady Rhea may not be able to make it."

"I sent a letter to my mother, asking if she wants to come."

Aemon said.

I guess she won't come.

My mother only cares about her well-behaved and caring adopted daughter, Jansfer, and she doesn't think highly of Rhaenyra from the bottom of her heart.

"This is your lifelong event, and one of your parents should be there."

Viserys is very righteous and doesn't want his nephew to have regrets.

Aemon smiled and said nothing.

His unreliable parents, one of them kept silent.

Forget about his mother, Lady Rhea.

He was free and at ease in Runestone City, living a retired life in advance.

He was afraid that Daemon would do something weird.

He invited him to participate in his engagement ceremony that day.

He was afraid that he would really chop him to death.

Seeing this, Viserys did not mention it anymore.

The next meeting was to discuss the specifications of the engagement ceremony.

Aemond had just passed his name day, and many noble lords were still in King's Landing.

There was no need to worry about the coldness of the celebration day.

Aemon added a few words appropriately to reduce unnecessary cumbersome procedures.

He observed while speaking.

He found that his uncle hesitated to speak several times.

"Are you hesitating about my appointment?"

Aemon's eyes rolled.

With his status, the position of an ordinary royal minister was obviously not enough to tie him to King's Landing.

His uncle really appointed him as the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Navy, etc.

He resigned the next day and flew to Dragonstone for vacation.

After all, he valued his family, but that didn't mean he would suffer injustice.

He might as well conquer a free trade city-state if he had the energy to work like a cow or a horse.

He became regent to take care of his uncle's emotions, cooperate with him to stay in King's Landing, and dispel rumors in the seven kingdoms.

Without shackles, it was easier.

When the situation in the Stepstones became clearer, he could march south.

"Aemon~"

Suddenly, Rhaenyra's lips moved slightly, and she elbowed him privately.

Aemon turned his head.

Rhaenyra was in sync, and her purple eyes flashed slightly.

When their eyes met, Aemon nodded slightly.

"Uncle..."

Aemon raised his hand high.

...

The Queen's bedroom.

The door was ajar, and the sound of children fighting came from inside.

"It's mine."

"No! It wants to play with me."

"..."

Alison was helpless watching the children fighting for the big red rabbit.

Well, she didn't have to take care of the children.

She found a chair by the fireplace and sat down with a cushion.

A rare free time.

Should I do some housework or study to improve my voice?

A guest came.

"Your Majesty."

Larris leaned on the scepter and pushed the door open carefully.

"Sir Larris?"

Alison frowned slightly.

She had kicked him out of the core circle of the Green Party a long time ago.

She regarded him as someone she didn't trust.

"I have some information that I believe you would like to hear."

Larris lowered his voice.

He knew that if he wanted to regain the queen's trust, he had to throw out bait.

Sure enough.

Alison hesitated for a moment and said, "Come in."

Larris lowered his eyebrows and limped into the door.

"What do you want to share?"

Alison hugged a pillow, subconsciously alert.

"About Lord Otto."

Larys sat on the other half of the chair.

As he said.

Aemon was very hostile to Otto. When they met at the Moon Gate, they clashed and killed a Kingsguard.

Otto is not doing well now.

He was imprisoned in the Sky Prison of the Eyrie, starving and frightened every day.

"No."

Alison frowned and said righteously: "Aemon told me that he didn't treat my father badly."

"Is that really the case?"

Larys' eyes were deep.

Alison pursed her lips, and her faith began to waver.

"As far as I know, Lord Otto and Daemon were also hostile to each other."

Larys continued to increase the stakes.

Alison secretly clasped her hands.

It's more than a hostile relationship.

My father and Daemon are basically enemies. It's a good mood if they don't quarrel when they meet.

In order to anger his father, Daemon had seduced her when she was a young girl.

Daemon at that time was indeed very charming, young and promising, brave and with a little seductive and dangerous aura.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the dream lover of women in the Seven Kingdoms.

But she avoided him.

At that time, she had to breastfeed her child and had no energy to be distracted.

Well... breastfeeding Aemon.

"Aemon will not lie to me."

Thinking of this, Alison became firm.

Larris's eyes flickered and he smiled: "Maybe I remembered it wrong. Lord Otto was actually treated very well."

There are also skills in making false accusations.

You can't just bite blindly, but leave room for imagination.

He actually didn't know Otto's situation.

The valley was too far away, and his hand couldn't reach that far.

Just based on analysis, he judged that Otto would not have an easy time.

Otto: You guessed right.

"Sir Larris, it's okay, I want to rest."

Alison issued an order to expel him. "Yes, Your Majesty."

Larys smiled apologetically and stood up with the scepter.

At this moment, the half-open door was pushed open.

A capable maid came in, packed the prince and princess's clothes and took them out for washing.

"Tyra, don't forget to prepare diapers for Daeron."

Alison instructed skillfully.

The capable maid nodded and said yes, her movements were very quick.

Laris walked out of the palace silently.

...

It was noon.

The royal meeting ended early, and Aemon had lunch with his uncle Viserys.

Just finished lunch.

Rhaenyra hurriedly left the Red Castle in the name of visiting the dragon's lair.

In fact, she went to find the white maggot Xiaomei.

"Tsk~"

Aemon was a little jealous.

He has such a good relationship with a woman, there must be something wrong.

His Royal Highness thought narrowly.

No one was with him, so he walked around the corridor alone.

As expected, the proposal to re-establish the position of the Chief of Intelligence was rejected unanimously.

Especially when he heard that the candidate was Daemon's former mistress, a prostitute of low birth.

His uncle pointed at his nose and scolded him and Rhaenyra.

"I said no."

Aemon was a little upset.

Rhaenyra didn't even try to comfort his wounded heart because of Daemon's former mistress.

Not considerate at all.

Just when His Royal Highness was worried about his life after the engagement, he thought of the content of the royal meeting.

His uncle Viserys talked about his participation in the royal meeting.

He mentioned the position of regent in a vague way.

Without waiting for him to say whether he agreed or not, Prime Minister Lyonel directly rejected it.

"Lyonel."

Aemon repeated it again.

He had a good impression of this fat and serious Prime Minister.

The label was taciturn and devoted.

Taciturn means not good at speaking, and can't give the king the opinions he wants at critical moments.

Working hard proves his incompetence, and he is busy all day and hits his head.

As prime ministers, Otto will never be like this.

"Is our prime minister loyal?"

Aemon pondered secretly.

The answer is that he is not loyal enough.

Otto and Lyonor are fundamentally different.

Otto is selfish, and the aristocracy is behind him.

But his aristocracy is limited, to be precise, it is the aristocracy of the Hightower family.

For the Hightower family, Otto is not loyal to the king or the kingdom.

He just wants his grandchildren to grow up quickly, and it is best to ascend the Iron Throne and strengthen the Hightower family.

There is no unity of thought, but it is beneficial to the Targaryens.

The Green Party came to power, only hurting Rhaenyra.

Little Aegon came to power, but there are four brothers and sisters.

In the short term, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

On the other hand, Lyonor.

He is loyal to the king and the kingdom, but there is also the aristocracy behind him.

And most of them are from the aristocracy.

His governing philosophy as prime minister is very consistent with the views of his uncle Viserys.

In summary, muddle through.

Let the black and green parties fight, that's the royal family's own business.

He handles his duties well, and it's none of his business if other people fight to death.

Especially in the face of hidden contradictions between the royal family and the nobles, he chooses to go with the flow and pressure the king to make seemingly "correct" decisions.

Such as persuading his uncle to marry Laena, Rhaenyra to marry Laenor, and using force against him...

What makes Aemon most vigilant is his indulgence of his offspring.

In A Dance with the Dragons, the biggest reason why Rhaenyra was usurped was because she married Laenor and had an affair with Harwin and gave birth to three strong illegitimate children.

He didn't stop it at the beginning, and didn't stop it when the first illegitimate child was born.

After giving birth to three illegitimate children in a series, the son’s love husband was exposed, and then I remembered to stop him.

Faced with the common scandal problems between the Strong family and the royal family.

The first thing I didn't want to solve, but wanted to resign and retire because I couldn't handle it fairly.

No one was available to Dabbe Viserys, so he forced him to stay.

He also wanted to protect his son to return to Herenberg and leave the king's daughter and third son's illegitimate son under the attack of the Green Party.

"Loyalty is not absolute, it means absolutely disloyal!"

Yimon doesn't really agree with this fat prime minister who is good at protecting himself in times of trouble.

The cause of the death of Leonor and his son was nominally a fire in Herrenberg.

The ruthless man Larris killed his relatives behind him.

But there is another inaccurate rumor in the bachelor's record.

The fire in Herrenburg is behind the shadow of Dabbe Viserys.

Emon believes it is reasonable.

Your son slept with his daughter and had three illegitimate children.

You have to run at critical moments, and you have to send your son away if you can't run away.

Your son is biological, but his daughter is not.

Kill your father and son, the insider, and the rumors of having an illegitimate son are broken from the root.

Easy and easy!

"Uncle has designated it to do it."

Yimont boldly speculates.

But the death of Leono also means that the Green Party has initially overshadowed the Black Party.

When Emond secretly tamed Waghar, the Green Party completely controlled the palace and squeezed Renilla back to Longstone Island.

"It's all twists and turns, and the King's tricks are deep."

Yimon shook his head straight.

The position of regency is acceptable, but it is average.

There was even a hint of disgust.

"Your Highness the Prince."

Suddenly, the sound of light and heavy footsteps came from behind.