Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 140: The King’s Wedding, Rest and Recuperation

As the number of participants in the Girls' Day Ball dropped by one third compared to before, the greyscale epidemic officially ended on the fifth day after it ended.

Eventually, a list of sixty-nine kings' wives was posted in the form of notices at the seven gates of King's Landing.

At the same time, the message was also sent by raven to the noble castles of all sizes in the Seven Kingdoms.

Some people may wonder why the number has become 69 instead of 121 before.

That's because Jacaerys didn't want to lower his standards and marry those politically correct daughters of nobles or commoner girls who didn't meet his aesthetic standards.

And this can also be regarded as an excuse to hold the Girls' Day Ball again.

Wouldn’t it be better to harvest another batch of grown, delicate flowers next year or the year after?

Needless to say, the first person on this list of the king's wives is the Queen, Baelor Targaryen.

There is no need to introduce too much about the three princesses, Celaera and Tisara, who are from the Lannister family.

The third one is the number one beauty at that time, Patricia, who was born in the Redwine family.

Well, Patricia is indeed inferior to the first three in terms of appearance.

But she is well developed and her figure is definitely more attractive than the previous three.

Most importantly, Jacaerys had already reached an agreement with Earl Redwyne on certain issues in advance using raven letters.

It was not a wrong for him to marry such a princess who was pleasing to his eyes and could bring him benefits.

Of the nine concubines, only five have been selected so far.

The first is Elo Marseille from King's Stone Young Castle.

Elo, with her black hair, has a beautiful face and a gentle temperament.

Jakaris felt a 'taste of home' from her, uh, the feeling of an oriental woman in his previous life.

Moreover, the Marseilles family, from which Elo came, is now one of the most loyal vassals who firmly supports Jakaris.

As for the reason for their change of attitude, it was because Jacaerys destroyed the Bar-Emon family in Pointe before conquering Dorne.

As two cities located in the upper right area of ​​Cape Marseille, there have been constant conflicts for hundreds of years.

Just like the Blackwoods and Brackens in the Riverlands.

The Maasai family, with Jacaerys's approval, now annexed the territory of the Bar-Emon family.

Together with the Velaryons of Driftmark, they guard the throat area for King's Landing.

Among the other four concubines, three were daughters of noble families, and the nature of Jacaerys marrying them was similar to that of Patricia.

Interestingly, these three noble daughters have the same name, Jenny.

This is why Jacaerys once complained about Western names, and the common people of King's Landing nicknamed them the 'Three Jeynes'.

They are Jenny Marewes from the Long Table Hall in the River Reach,
Janey Mutton from the River Maiden Springs,
Janie Smallwood of Acorn Hall in the Riverlands.

The last concubine was named Fina. This beautiful girl without a surname was the only commoner who had intruded into the privileged group of thirteen wives.

Without power or influence, all she can rely on is her figure and looks.

She is about 180 cm tall, and her body proportions are very close to the legendary nine-head body.

Of course, in this world with very different aesthetic values, there is naturally no concept of a nine-head body.

So before running for the election, Fina had always been worried about her long legs, because since she was a child, her tall and slender figure had been ridiculed by many girls of the same age.

Just like Brienne of Arc more than a hundred years later.

Since she herself feels that her figure is flawed, why does she dare to attend the Girls' Day Ball?
That's because she has a very strong confidence in her appearance.

Indeed, she was one of the most beautiful women Jakaris had ever seen in his life.

If we have to rank them, she and Ella are T0, and Benilla and the Lannister sisters are T1.

And if Ella didn't have the added mystery of a magician, perhaps even she wouldn't be able to beat Fina.

This beauty, who was definitely an international supermodel and one of the most beautiful women in the world in her previous life, burst into tears of joy when she learned that she had become the king's concubine.

As for the sixty concubines and female guards who followed, there is no need to elaborate on them. They were basically all beauties who met Jakaris' aesthetic standards.

When the novelty of these wives wore off, he could always pick a lucky one from among them to favor.

This is the happy life a time traveler should live!

After the list of the king's wives was announced, carriages of nobles loaded with all kinds of expensive gifts, who came to participate in the king's wedding, gathered in King's Landing from all over the Seven Kingdoms.

Taking advantage of the wedding to make money!

This is also the reason why Jacaris made this concubine selection conference known to everyone.

If you don't come, or if the gift you bring is too small, you might anger the king.

The disappearance of Dorne is probably the best example of what will happen if the king is angry.

Therefore, nobles of all sizes in the seven countries reluctantly took out a portion of their family assets as a gift to the king.

A month later, Jakaris held a grand wedding with his sixty-nine wives at the same time, which was destined to go down in history.

hold head high! ! !
Seven giant dragons of different colors flew freely in the sky of King's Landing, emitting roars filled with joy.

Wheel, wheel!
Large carriages engraved with a black three-headed dragon drove out of the Red Castle one after another, and each carriage was decorated with a large number of red ribbons.

Hua Guohong must be present at his wedding; this is Jacaris' most basic insistence.

Of course, equally important is the Chinese wedding custom of giving out red envelopes!

Wow!
Flocks of bronze stars were thrown out of the windows of the wedding carriage by Jakaris's newlywed wives, causing the civilians who were watching the excitement on both sides of the road to exclaim and scramble for them.

With the gold robes and the Unsullied maintaining order, these civilians did not make much noise.

As the saying goes, one should be grateful to those who have done good deeds for him.

The common people who picked up the bronze stars all had smiles on their faces and sang loudly in praise of Jacaerys and his beautiful wives.

But some careful people noticed that their king did not seem to be in these wedding carriages.

In this extremely lively and festive atmosphere, the wedding carriage slowly drove towards Aegon Square.

Aegon Square, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, has now become the designated venue for grand events in King's Landing.

The royal guards on guard duty at Aegon Square today were extremely eye-catching because their armor was dyed red.

When the wedding carriages entered Aegon Square, the musicians who had been waiting for a long time immediately played various instruments.
The bards began to sing romantic love songs common in weddings in the Seven Kingdoms, such as "My Beloved Wife", "Unbreakable Vows", and "Two Hearts Beating Like One". Since King Jacaerys did not believe in gods at all, no bishops of the Church of the Seven Gods were arranged for this wedding.

Stone, who is like a jack of all trades, once again served as the wedding master of ceremonies today.

As Stone, standing on the giant bluestone platform, raised his hands high and pressed them down, the noisy Aegon Square quickly became quiet.

"I declare that His Majesty Jacaerys' wedding officially begins now!
Please welcome our king and his wives with your enthusiasm."

clap clap clap!
As soon as Stone finished speaking, thunderous applause and cheers resounded throughout Aegon Square.

The wedding carriage convoy was opened by the accompanying servants, and one by one, the royal wives, dressed in white long dresses and extremely beautifully, walked out.

But all the nobles and commoners of the seven kingdoms who were watching the ceremony noticed that the three princesses were walking in the front, and there was no sign of His Majesty Jacaerys and Queen Benilla.

Hooray, hooray!
At the same time, the seven giant dragons that had been hovering high above Aegon Square formed a goose formation and swooped down towards the giant bluestone platform.

Wow!
The claws of the seven giant dragons crushed the large flower basket they were holding tightly, and colorful petals suddenly fell from the sky above Aegon Square like rain.

This scene is as beautiful and romantic as it can be!

The many daughters of nobles and common girls who were watching the ceremony were so excited that they wished they could replace the king's wife who was walking in the rain of petals.

Whoosh!
When the largest Womax swooped down to the giant bluestone platform, a red figure leaped down from its dragon saddle.

Boom!
Click, click!
Even though the giant bluestone platform was reinforced and repaired, it could not withstand Jakaris's fall like a meteor.

Spider-web-like cracks appeared on the bluestones, and they would have to be replaced after the wedding.

Of course, these are all small things!

After all, in order to let his wives marry him with glory, Jacaerys basically picked all the flowers in the royal territory and transported them to King's Landing.

The manpower and material resources spent on this are not a small amount.

But the meat is rotten in the pot, and he has also increased jobs and income for his people.

Closer to home!
No matter how many times you watch it, Jakaris' heroic entrance from the sky is always astonishing.

Ordinary people should not jump from a high altitude and risk death. The height alone is enough to scare people to pee their pants.

But this definitely does not include Benilla, who is held in Jakaris' arms.

She was wearing the same red Chinese dress as Jacaris, and her fair face seemed even more rosy than the dress.

This little girl loves this kind of exciting high-altitude sports!
If the location wasn't wrong, Benilla, whose face was flushed with excitement, would probably eat Jakaris.

When Benilla's excitement calmed down a little, Jacaerys put her down.

The next process was for nine privileged wives, including Jacaerys and Benilla, to speak in turn and swear to love each other for life.

Afterwards, the nobles from the seven countries took turns to come on stage and present their gifts.

Among them, the most valuable gift was presented by Duke Jason of the West, which included gold, silver, treasures, cattle, sheep and food worth a total of 500,000 gold royals.

With this gift alone, the Lannister sisters have already surpassed Patricia Redwyne, who is also a princess.

The second gift came from Baelorne’s family, the Velaryon family.

Although House Velaryon was once the richest family in the Seven Kingdoms, the years of the Stepstones had consumed a large amount of their wealth.

And because of Rhaenys and Daemon's previous conspiracy to revolt, Velaryon did not dare to say much about Jacaerys merging their family fleet into the Conqueror's Fleet.

But as long as Queen Benilla is on the throne, their House Velaryon will remain the top nobles in the Seven Kingdoms.

So this time they used the family wealth brought back by Earl Collis from his great voyage to gather 350,000 gold dragons as a gift.

The third gift was from Esamba Arryn, who was personally supported by Jacaerys to become the Duke of the Vale.

Duke Essamba, nicknamed the 'Golden Eagle', presented a gift of 250,000 gold royals.

The fourth gift was from the Redwyne family, which almost monopolized the wine trade of the Seven Kingdoms and presented a gift of 200,000 gold royals.

As for the large and small families that followed, I will not list them one by one, but the total value of their gifts is about 200,000 gold dragons.

In other words, through this wedding, Jacaerys earned 1.5 million gold dragons.

The current economic level is not as inflated as it would be more than a hundred years later. These 1.5 million gold dragons have drained out one-third of the wealth of the nobles of the seven nations.

Jakaris had always considered himself a generous man.

He had just ascended the Iron Throne and needed this large sum of money to fill the treasury, but he would definitely reward the nobles who had given him these generous gifts later.

Of course, for some families who have been perfunctory from beginning to end, he will also use various means to let them know how powerful he is.

The most typical example is the Tully family of the Riverlands, which wavered during the Dance of the Dragons and did not contribute at all.

The gifts sent to Jacaerys now were not even as many as those sent to the Freys and the Blackwoods.

This may be due to the fact that the latter two had previously conquered Dorne and made a fortune.

But the Tully family is an ancient family that has existed since the Age of Heroes (about 8,000 years ago) and has always ruled the Riverlands, the second richest land after the Riverlands.

Without saying too much, it would be no problem for them to just casually pay 200,000 or 300,000 gold royals.

So this is a problem of the Tully family’s attitude!

Jacaerys had previously planned to have the Frey family replace the Tully family as the new guardian family of the riverlands, and now it seems that he has a reason.

But on his wedding day, he didn't think too much about these troubles.

The astonishing gift of 1.5 million gold royals had already shocked tens of thousands of civilians to the point where they were speechless.

Some civilians tried to convert it into the bronze stars and silver deer they were familiar with.

But then they found that there were too many, so many that they couldn't count how many zeros there were.

After the wedding ceremony at Aegon Square, they headed to the Red Castle to attend the grand king's wedding banquet.

Naturally, the common people of King's Landing could not attend a wedding banquet of this level. However, the merciful Jacaerys prepared enough food in advance to distribute it before the Red Castle.

With the Unsullied and numerous royal guards maintaining order, no civilian dared to cut in line and cause trouble. They all followed their instructions and lined up in a long queue at the gate of the Red Castle to receive food.

When the joyful and lively dinner was over, it was time for Jacaerys to pamper the wives of the king.

He had sixty-nine wives, but today he chose Bernila without hesitation.

This night was a perfect combination of spirit and body, and this pair of childhood sweethearts who grew up together finally achieved their goal!
After the king's wedding, the seven kingdoms entered a large-scale terrace transformation and a period of rest and recuperation for farming and planting.

(End of this chapter)