The aged Olenna Redwyne's cheeks were thin and covered with wrinkles, but her eyes, deeply set in their sockets, were still bright and sharp, as if they could see through everything.
She scrutinized her granddaughter who sat beside her, "My Margaery, your complexion looks... not so good?"
Before Margaery could reply, Duke Mace, from the other side, spoke first, "Mother, it's nothing, Margaery is just nervous before the wedding."
Looking at her foolish son, who always thought he was clever, Lady Olenna wanted to hit that fat head hard a few times with a wooden spoon.
She calmed her anger and said, "Our Duke of Highgarden, do you take the Light of Highgarden for an ordinary little girl?"
Seeing signs of Lady Olenna's anger, Duke Mace immediately showed a fawning smile, "It was my carelessness. Mother, in my heart, Margaery will always be a little girl who never grows up."
Margaery looked at her father, who was completely "suppressed" by her grandmother, and her eyes curved into a genuinely relaxed smile.
Lady Olenna didn't want to be angry anymore; she felt that she, being angry with her foolish son, was the biggest fool in the Riverlands.
She first glanced disdainfully at the Wild Boar Duke, then looked at Margaery, and seeing that her granddaughter's mood seemed to have brightened, she smiled kindly.
Lady Olenna's wrinkled hand gently patted Margaery's fair hand, saying, "The old woman will send the Wild Boar Duke away first, and we'll talk later."
After speaking, Lady Olenna looked back at Duke Mace, "You ran from Longtable Hall to find this old woman, do you have any instructions?"
She added, "To be remembered by the esteemed Duke of Highgarden, this old woman feels deeply honored."
Duke Mace seemed to have not heard the sarcasm in his mother's words; his face was beaming, "I need to borrow your wisdom, Lady Olenna."
After a pause, he added, "And I'm a bit anxious."
After a moment of silence, Lady Olenna finally spoke, "Let me hear it."
Duke Mace stroked his beard and slowly said, "It's about Queen Mother Cersei of Lannister. I heard she harbors hostility towards our Margaery, which is not good... Moreover, the Queen Mother is a woman who has lost her husband, not the former Queen, and I think the Red Keep only needs one mistress."
Lady Olenna's gaze was somewhat suspicious, "It's rare for you to consider these things."
Although this matter only occurred to Duke Mace after Margaery's reminder, facing his mother's rare praise, he couldn't help but show a look of pride.
After a moment of joy, he suddenly reacted and asked, "Lady Olenna, have you already prepared a solution?"
Seeing all of Duke Mace's reactions, Lady Olenna couldn't help but let out a cold snort, saying, "Waiting for your hindsight, could my granddaughter smoothly wear the Queen's crown?"
After a moment of sarcasm, she continued, "According to the alliance agreement, a Lannister woman will marry into Highgarden. Let Tywin marry Cersei here, so she can bear children for Velas (Duke Mace's heir and eldest son)."
As Lady Olenna's words fell, Margaery's eyes trembled slightly (Chapter 250), while Duke Mace's hand, which was stroking his beard, froze as if stuck.
After a few seconds of silence, Duke Mace said incredulously, "Velas is my heir, and Cersei is just a..."
Lady Olenna coldly interrupted, "That widow can bear you, this Wild Boar Duke, grandchildren with Tyrell and Lannister blood."
Duke Mace opened his mouth, and after a moment... continued stroking his beard, his face beaming, "Good, good, that's a good idea."
Duke Mace was thinking... if Cersei were to bear Velas's child, then the Golden Rose would truly take root and blossom on the Iron Throne, and in the future... perhaps... even...
"Wipe your drool, Duke of Highgarden," Lady Olenna's voice pulled Duke Mace out of his delightful reverie.
He leaned back in his chair happily and said, "Lady Olenna, please give your commands."
Lady Olenna glanced at her son with considerable disdain and said, "You should set off as soon as possible, and personally discuss this matter with Duke Tywin."
Duke Mace first nodded, then after some thought, suddenly asked, "If I go to King's Landing now, what about Margaery? I must personally escort my Margaery from Highgarden to King's Landing."
"This matter can be entrusted to Garlan (Duke Mace's second son). Besides the marriage of that woman Cersei..."
Lady Olenna stared at Duke Mace and said, "You have another important matter."
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