Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Viserys has left Andalus, but the affairs of the city-state still need to be handled.

The old knight led his fleet to remain stationed on Dragonstone, guarding against the royal fleet's triumphant return and the prospect of a large army crossing the Narrow Sea to attack Andalus. Naturally, he had no time to manage the trivial matters within the city-state.

Therefore, all affairs, large and small, in Andalus are now managed by Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, with Maester Gunther personally assisting her and instructing Her Highness on how to represent Viserys on the throne and handle state affairs.

Logically speaking, Viserys's younger sister, Daenerys Targaryen, is of a higher generation and should rightfully be called the 'eldest princess'.

However, although Viserys did not announce it publicly, he did tell his Prime Minister that he had temporarily designated his sister as the heir.

Therefore, the initial purpose was not only to make amends, but also because Rhaenys was older and even took better care of Daenerys than she did, playing the role of a mother.

To compensate Renis and to balance the difference in age and seniority between the two girls, Viserys gave Renis the title of 'Princess'.

now.

Although Daenerys is the designated heir, she is too young to discern right from wrong and is unable to sit on the throne to handle state affairs on behalf of Viserys.

Princess Rhaenys Targaryen was naturally the more suitable one.

Therefore, the brown-haired girl wore the ruby ​​crown left by Viserys, which was also a treasure left by her grandmother, Leila Targaryen.

She then straightened her bright red skirt, closed her fair and firm calves, and sat on the high throne in the castle hall.

Maester Gunther, still dressed in a simple gray robe and wearing a maester's chain, sat beside the princess, offering her advice when necessary.

"Master Gunther."

Renis then glanced nervously at the maester, who nodded slightly in encouragement.

Then he spoke loudly to the guards below.

"Please, the first one in."

Sunlight streamed through the windows on both sides of the castle wall into the hall. Soon, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and a short man entered, placing one hand on his chest and bowing respectfully.

"Your Highness."

"May the Seven Gods protect your uncle and all the sons of Andalus so that they may return victorious."

Renis, wearing a crown, sat on the throne, her fingers gripping the armrests, and nodded slightly as she corrected him.

"It's my older brother."

"Uh... um?"

However, the short man below was just about to get into the mood and start crying when Renis interrupted him, and then he looked at the girl on the throne with a blank expression.

The girl's mischievousness earned her a fierce glare from Scholar Gunther, who then stuck out her tongue slightly and gave an embarrassed smile.

She had only made a small joke, Renis whispered an apology to her teacher.

"I'm sorry, Master Gunther."

Then Reines raised her delicate chin, looked down with her beautiful eyes, and spoke in a clear voice.

"It's nothing, you must have misheard me."

"Please continue."

...

Renis is taking over the management of all matters in Andalus for the first time in the castle's main hall, acting on behalf of Viserys.

The other princess in the castle, Princess Daenerys Targaryen, is quieter and more easily embarrassed.

During the six months her brother Viserys was away, she persevered in incubating the dragon eggs, never once considering giving up.

early morning.

Renis was already dressed and seated on the throne in the great hall, while Daenerys was still fast asleep, clutching her pale milky-white dragon egg.

The servants who were in charge of taking care of Daenerys wanted to wake the princess, but the old maid, carrying a lantern, saw that the girl in the room was still sleeping soundly with the curtains drawn and her dragon egg in her arms, and she felt a little sorry for her.

The old maid did not disturb Daenerys's continued sleep, then took the oil lamp, closed the door, and went out.

However, what she didn't notice was that when she turned around, a drop of burning oil from the lamp she was carrying fell onto a bunch of insect repellent plants placed in the corner by the door in Daenerys's room.

Because of Andalus's location nestled between mountains and water, and not too far from the sea, the air and climate here are somewhat humid, and there are many mosquitoes inside the castle.

So Viserys had bought some insect repellent plants and placed them in the castle long ago, with a particularly large amount in Daenerys's room. The little girl was terrified of insects, and even finding just one in her room would make her feel uneasy, though she could tolerate the somewhat pungent smell of the insect repellent plants.

rustle...

The old maid, carrying an oil lamp, staggered out of Daenerys's room, her footsteps echoing in the hallway.

However, no one saw that a small flame was growing rapidly, gradually consuming the surrounding flammable insect-repelling plants.

Then, it spread rapidly.

Chapter 119 Judgment

The sparks of hope have not yet been discovered.

Inside the castle's main hall.

The eldest princess of Andalus is still undergoing her first trial.

She suddenly made a playful joke, instantly making the serious atmosphere in the hall seem less serious.

However, Maester Gunther was helpless. Renis was just that kind of person, and he couldn't control this lively girl. Moreover, the person who could reprimand her hadn't returned for three months.

The man standing below seemed not to have quite grasped the situation, scratching his hair in confusion.

Isn't His Majesty the King the eldest princess's uncle?

Why would Her Highness the Princess call him 'brother'?

He wasn't sure if he had really misheard or what, but he didn't forget that he still had important things to do.

The man then gathered his emotions for a moment, and his feelings surged up instantly. He sat down on the ground with a thud and began to sob and cry.

It turned out that the man's wife had betrayed him, having an affair with his neighbor and even taking his savings.

The man cried hysterically, wiping his snot and tears all over the castle floor. Even the guards around him couldn't bear to watch, and Renis, sitting on the throne at the highest point of the hall, got goosebumps all over her body from listening.

“This… Master Gunther.”

How should adultery be punished?

Then the girl quickly turned her head and looked at Maester Gunther with pleading eyes.

Prior to this, it had always been the maesters who handled the city-state's affairs on behalf of Viserys. Today was Renis's first day on the job, but she never expected it to be such a trivial matter.

The scholar also felt a chill run down his spine. He had only wanted to find a small conflict for Renis to practice on, but he hadn't expected it to turn out like this.

The scholar then coughed lightly and whispered to Renis that everything should start with small things and not be overly ambitious.

Then he began to explain to Reines what adultery was.

"Adultery is not tolerated by the Seven, and Aegon the Conqueror's wife and sister, Rhaenys the Younger..."

At this point, Maester Gunther paused slightly before offering a further explanation.

“Your Highness, this respected queen shares your name.”

Renis nodded to indicate that she understood; in fact, she had known all along that she shared the same name as that little queen.

"Queen Rhaenys sat on the Iron Throne to rule in place of her husband and established the 'Six-Strike Rule,' which stipulated that adulterous women could only be flogged a maximum of six times, and the stick used could not be thicker than a thumb."

"Rhaenys later persuaded her husband Aegon to legislate against the abduction of women, thus cracking down on the salt concubinage system in the Iron Islands."

Scholar Gunther was very learned and his explanation was very comprehensive.

A woman who commits adultery will be whipped six times, and the cuckolded man retains the right to challenge the other woman to a duel, and will not be punished even if he kills her.

This is the default assumption that he brought it upon himself.

In the religious sphere, the Seven Gods' faith absolutely cannot tolerate the crime of adultery, and such a crime might be punished with parading through the streets.

However, it all depends on how flexibly the local nobles exercise judicial power over cases within their territory.

"However, Your Highness... remember not to listen to only one side of the story."

After Maester Gunther explained things clearly, he also told Renis that she shouldn't just listen to this man's side of the story.

Maester Gunther then asked the man's wife and the other woman he was having an affair with to come to the main hall.

As the story unfolded with multiple accounts, the whole affair indeed took a series of subtle turns.

It turned out that the man had a habit of drinking heavily and often abused his wife, causing her to harbor resentment towards him.

He eventually had an affair with his neighbor, who even took a lot of his money, but his wife was unaware of this.

Rene, sitting on the throne, frowned upon hearing that the man had a habit of beating and scolding his wife, and even saw the numerous bruises his wife displayed in court.

“Master Gunther, I remember that intentional injury should be punished by dismemberment.”

Renis demanded that one of the fingers on the hand from which the man had beaten his wife be chopped off as punishment.

However, Maester Gunther prevented Reines from delivering her verdict.

"Wait, Your Highness, please wait a moment."

The scholar gave a wry smile and quickly tried to persuade the somewhat angry girl.

"Actually, there is a better way to judge this matter."

Then Maester Günther sat in his side seat and presided over the trial independently.

Because the city-state was newly established, it had no laws to rely on. Therefore, Andalus simply adopted some rudimentary laws commonly used among the noble territories on the continent of Westeros.

Finally, the scholar spoke up and brought the case to a conclusion. In the name of the Seven Gods, he advised Renis to grant the plaintiff and his wife a divorce. The man was not charged with intentional injury, and the wife was not charged with adultery. The two were thus released.

The neighbor who stole the man's savings and committed adultery with his wife was sentenced to have one hand removed as punishment.

Although Renis did not understand why her teacher had made such a judgment, she still followed his advice and announced the verdict.

Then Maester Gunther waved his hand, signaling the guards on both sides to drive away the people present, especially the neighbor who was being tried and ordered to have one of his hands chopped off; his loud wailing was making him somewhat agitated.

Once everything in the hall had quieted down, Maester Gunther turned to look at the brown-haired girl wearing a crown.

"Your Highness, do you understand now?"

"You understand...what?"

Renis sat on the throne throughout the entire trial, watching Master Gunther preside over it. Except for the final verdict, which she delivered on behalf of Viserys and the Seven, she had no involvement whatsoever.