Great-grandfather, you're not joking with me, are you?!
Daenerys never expected that King Jaehaerys, who had been wise and sagacious his entire life, would make such a serious mistake. It seems no matter how wise a monarch is, they will become muddle-headed in their later years!
Vaegon is a Maester from the Citadel! If a society's moral bottom line is broken, it will be a disaster for a country, comparable to a dam breaking.
Wait...
In a flash of lightning, Daenerys suddenly seemed to understand something, then looked at King Jaehaerys with an incredulous gaze,
Your Majesty, you must have known about their existence for a long time, right?
Perhaps you never gave up on the idea of Vaegon inheriting the throne, did you?
Facing Daenerys's questioning, King Jaehaerys, though full of apologies, did not offer any explanation. Because he knew that with Daenerys's intelligence, no excuse would fool her.
Haha! So that's it, so that's it!
Daenerys's gaze swept over King Jaehaerys, who was full of guilt, Sea Snake Corlys, who had a look of schadenfreude, and Princess Rhaenys, who felt a deep sense of shared fate, and she instantly understood everything.
Promoting me to Prince of Holy Flame, condoning the chaos in the Riverlands, and sending me away to Braavos—it turns out all of this was just one step in your chessboard.
You are my elders, my blood relatives, and I have no right to criticize you. I hope you can continue to control the entire chessboard, but don't expect me to be involved again!
After speaking, Daenerys left the Throne Room without looking back. At this moment, Urax, who was accompanying King Jaehaerys, also let out an angry roar, and then spat a golden-red Dragonflame at the spikes around the Iron Throne, melting many of the metal barbs.
This was only because King Jaehaerys was currently sitting on the Iron Throne, otherwise, Urax's target would likely have been that sharp, spiky iron chair.
Watching Urax, who had always been obedient in front of him, completely break free from his control, King Jaehaerys couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
Princess Rhaenys and Corliss were also startled by Urax's sudden outburst and quickly moved far away.
Just then, Daenerys's guards carried in two braziers containing Dragon Eggs. Only then did Urax stop breathing Dragonflame, then flew out of the Throne Room without looking back, chasing after Daenerys.
Reporting to His Majesty, these are the three missing Dragon Eggs of Dreamfyre that Her Royal Highness found in Braavos.
The guard opened one of the braziers, and inside were the three fake Dragon Eggs, black, green, and white, that Daenerys had forged to resemble Dreamfyre's Dragon Eggs.
As for these four Dragon Eggs, Her Royal Highness said three are to compensate for the Dragon Eggs stolen from Holy Flame Island. The remaining one, along with the one previously sent to High Tide, is for Her Royal Highness to compensate House Velaryon for their losses.
Jaehaerys looked at the seven Dragon Eggs before him in shock, exclaiming in disbelief,
Where did these four Dragon Eggs come from?
Reporting to Your Majesty, Princess Daenerys seized these from the Braavosi. Some say the Purple Fleet found them in the Shadow Land of Asshai.
King Jaehaerys quickly stepped down from the Iron Throne and personally inspected each of the Dragon Eggs.
Although somewhat petrified, they are indeed intact Dragon Eggs.
Rhaenys, you come and take a look too. Although these Dragon Eggs are somewhat petrified, they are all perfectly intact and should still be able to hatch.
Princess Rhaenys also walked over and picked up the Dragon Eggs, examining them carefully,
Indeed, the feel in hand is not much different from those Dragon Eggs that can hatch normally. They are completely unlike those cold, petrified Dragon Eggs; perhaps they can truly still hatch dragons.
Rhaenys, since Sea Smoke has already chosen a rider, I think perhaps...
King Jaehaerys wanted to use this opportunity to mediate the relationship between Rhaenys and Daenerys, but Rhaenys laughed heartily, saying,
Hasn't Daenerys already agreed to let Laenor try to tame her dragons? Most of the dragons she has are far superior to Sea Smoke. And she had already sent a Dragon Egg to High Tide before, so I naturally won't be angry with her because of this.
The matter of Sea Smoke ends here. Even if Laenor cannot successfully tame a dragon in the future, I will not blame Daenerys.
Hearing Rhaenys say this, King Jaehaerys's mood immediately improved significantly.
Since Daenerys has promised to compensate you with another Dragon Egg, then pick another one to take back! It just so happens that Laena's Dragon Egg has not hatched either; trying a different one might yield results quickly.
Rhaenys naturally wouldn't refuse such a benefit and directly chose a black Dragon Egg, holding it in her arms with satisfaction.
After leaving the Red Keep, Daenerys went directly to Dean Ogian and sarcastically said to him with a forced smile,
Lord Dean Ogian, you are truly a busy man! Such a great piece of news as Prince Vykene returning with his family, and you didn't reveal a single bit of it. You truly have great skill!
As the Red Keep's intelligence chief, Dean Ogian would weekly compile and send important information from the Seven Kingdoms to Daenerys in a timely manner. Thus, Daenerys had focused her intelligence forces on monitoring the movements of the various great nobles and the situation in the Riverlands.
She never expected to miss such a huge piece of news because of this!
Your Royal Highness, the reason His Majesty sent you to Braavos was because he did not want the current affairs of the Seven Kingdoms to affect you. And the arrival of Prince Vykene's family actually has no impact on the overall situation; on the contrary, it is more beneficial to Prince Viserys. Therefore...
Dean Ogian! I supported you to the position of intelligence chief precisely so you could provide me with intelligence. As for what should be done? How it should be done? It's not your place to make decisions for me!
This is the only time, and it will be the last! Otherwise...
Seeing that Daenerys was truly angry, Dean Ogian quickly knelt down and begged for mercy,
This subordinate will never dare again; this time I was muddled. I hope Her Royal Highness will forgive me!
Get up!
The purpose of the warning had been achieved, and Daenerys naturally wouldn't truly make things difficult for her capable subordinate.
The Small Council must absolutely not compromise easily. Vaegon's identity can only be that of a Maester from the Citadel. Even if His Majesty takes the opportunity to eliminate those stubborn opposing forces, a group of people who break moral boundaries to gain royal status will completely alienate families with a sense of honor.
Now that chaos has arisen in the Seven Kingdoms, all we can do is try our best to prevent those innocent commoners from suffering too much.
Viserys, angered by the return of Vaegon's family, had already taken his wife and children back to Dragonstone.
Although Viserys was not overly attached to the Iron Throne, his weak character meant that now, with the Riverlands in utter chaos, allowing a foresworn Maester to rejoin the royal family would undoubtedly make the situation worse. So, he could only resort to an 'out of sight, out of mind' approach.
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