Game of Thrones: Digger of the Dreadfort

Chapter 288: Estrangement, Fatty’s Afternoon Tea

Domeric led an army of [-] men and was still halfway to the Battle of Bitter Bridge.

at the same time.

The Reach, Bitterbridge.

This is the castle of the Caswell family. The castle is not big, and is made of wood and stone. The tower is not high, but because it is surrounded by flat and open fields, it appears to be much higher than it actually is.

The rain has stopped.

But the sky was even gloomier, and the thick dark clouds were like a huge curtain, as if they would fall down at any time and cover the entire castle.

Temple hall.

Colorful lights slanted in through the glazed windows on the dome, countless dust flew in the beams, and the air was filled with the smell of incense.

Directly in front of the hall are seven altars dedicated to seven gods-the Heavenly Father, the Virgin, the Warrior, the Blacksmith, the Maiden, the Old Woman, and the Stranger.

A group of nobles and nobles from the Reach and Stormlands were praying for their king, Renly Baratheon.

At the front of the crowd, in front of the altar of Our Lady.

A monk led hundreds of children in a circle and chanted hymns.

"Little Rose" Margaery Tyrell was standing in the center of the circle of children.

Her slender white hands held a freshly cut golden rose, and she lowered her head and prayed silently for her Majesty the King.

At this time, Margery looked focused, with a straight and beautiful nose and slightly pursed red lips, giving her a demure and beautiful temperament.

Even though her stature was less than one-tenth of the statue of the Virgin, the nobles in the hall felt that she was the center of the church.

After the prayer, all the nobles slowly left.

Samwell Tarly followed.

As "Hand of the King" Domeric Bolton's deputy on his mission to Bitterbridge, he followed Jon Wright and witnessed the assassination of Renly Baratheon.

However, when they were about to leave, they were detained by the river bend nobles!

In the chaos, Samwell Tarly was too fat to climb onto his horse in time and was captured.

Fortunately, Samwell was the eldest son of the Tarly family, and most of the Riverbend nobles knew him, so there was no problem.

Samwell had been imprisoned in the barracks at Bitterbridge until a few days ago, when he was released and even allowed to attend this prayer.

"Ser Samwell."

Suddenly, a pleasant female voice came from behind, and Samwell turned around curiously.

It was a cute girl with brown eyes like a deer in the forest.

Margaery smiled brightly and came forward: "Sir Samwell, would you like to have afternoon tea with me?"

"I, I...Miss Margaery, oh, no, Her Majesty the Queen..."

Samwell quickly touched his chest and saluted, speaking incoherently, as if he didn't dare to look into the girl's eyes.

He was very surprised. Why did this beautiful Miss Margery invite him?

As the queen of Renly Baratheon, the most beautiful "rose" of Highgarden, she actually personally invited a clown like Samwell Tarly to have afternoon tea.

This scene made everyone in the church dumbfounded.

Especially those young male nobles, the invisible flames in their eyes almost roasted Samwell.

However, facing the invitation of such a noble and beautiful girl, Samwell became wary.

Although he is fat and timid, he is not stupid.

Samwell asked himself that he was not a young hero, and he had nothing worthy of the other party's plot.

Although he is the eldest son of Jiao Leng, he has already been driven to the Great Wall by Earl Landao and lost his inheritance rights. His current official status is that he is one of the envoys of the "Hand of the King" to Kuqiao.

"What? Jazz, aren't you willing?" Margaery still had a smile on her lips, but she was a little more sulky.

"Willing, willing."

Samwell hesitated for a while, remembering that this was someone else's territory and he had no right to refuse...

So Samwell agreed to Margaery's afternoon tea and then returned to the room where he lived.

"I wonder how Jon is doing now?"

Samwell couldn't help but think of his good friend Jon Wright, and he hated why he was so fat and couldn't even climb on the back of a horse!

But it's useless to think about anything now.

Samwell sighed quietly, washed himself a little, walked his fat body, and attended "Queen" Margaery's afternoon tea...

…………

Since Renly Baratheon was assassinated and seriously wounded during a confrontation with Stannis near Storm's End.

The forces led by the Florentine family of Brightwater defected to Stannis.

The Stormland coalition forces stationed in Bitterbridge almost fell apart because of these reasons.

Fortunately, a few days ago.

Duke Mace Tyrell, who came from Highgarden, united with some nobles loyal to Renly and the Tyrell family to launch a military purge and suppressed the rebel forces in time.

The soldiers under the lords who had surrendered to Stannis were either captured or fled.

Of the 4 to [-] infantrymen in the Kuqiao military camp, only [-] were left.

Fortunately, "Knight of Flowers" Loras, Lord Matus Rowan, and Lord Randyll Tarly brought back the injured "King" Renly Baratheon in time, as well as more than two thousand people who were still loyal. Their cavalry units...

There were originally nearly 4 Kuqiao troops, but now there are only more than [-] left.

Including the 5000 troops brought by the Duke of Metz from High Court, the number was only over [-].

However, this is still a huge number!

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"Grandma, I didn't expect you to come in person this time!"

Margaery poured a cup of tea for Lady Olenna Redwine, the Queen of Thorns.

"I originally just asked your father to come, but I really didn't trust that stupid son, so I had to follow him."

Ordinary old people simply cannot withstand long-distance marches, but Lady Olenna's body seems to be much stronger than ordinary old people. She came all the way from High Garden and did not see any discomfort in her.

Duke Mace Tyrell's vigorous and resolute suppression of the rebels in Bitterbridge must have been the idea of ​​the "Queen of Thorns".

Margaery sat down next to Lady Olenna, hugged her arm affectionately, and asked:

"Grandma, why did you ask me to invite that Samwell Tarly for afternoon tea? To be honest, he is the fattest person I have ever seen. He is fat and ugly..."

Mrs. Olenna tapped the tip of her granddaughter's nose and said with a smile, "Try to guess my intention."

Margaery shook her little head:

"That fat man is fat and timid, and there is nothing outstanding about him!

Such a loser who was abandoned by his family was even sent to the Great Wall by his father to serve as a night watchman...

I guess you are after the 'Hand of the King' Domeric Bolton?

Why did the 'Hand of the King' go all the way to summon Samwell under his command and send him as an envoy to Bitterbridge? "

"That's right!" Mrs. Olenna nodded with satisfaction and said meaningfully:

"Because Domeric Bolton knows that he is Randyll Tarly's eldest son..."

House Tully of Horn Hill.

Among the many vassals of Tyrell, their influence and strength are far inferior to Hightower of Oldtown, Redwyne of Arbor, or even Rowan and Florent.

Even among the second-tier nobles of the River Bend, they are not ranked high.

But among the many lords and nobles in the Reach, the Tully family has always maintained a strong martial spirit.

This is also because Hornhill is located at the junction of the Reach and Dorne.

The continuous war between the Reach and Dorne in history has made the Tully family rich in brave warriors.

Unlike Oldtown's knowledge and wealth, Arbor's wine and fleets, Horn Hill is rich in warriors and generals.

Randyll Tarly is one of the best. In the "War of the Usurper", the southern troops he commanded were invincible on the battlefield and rarely suffered defeat.

The "Battle of Ashford" was Lord Landau's most proud achievement. In this battle, he took the lead and successfully defeated the usurper Robert Baratheon.

This made the Tully family even more famous.

"Grandma, is the Hand of the King trying to use Samwell to win over Lord Randyll of the Tully family?

This is too despicable! "

The young "Little Rose" said angrily:

"But Lord Randyll has always been loyal to the Tyrell family and will definitely not betray us, not to mention that Samwell is the abandoned son he sent to the Great Wall!"

"I naturally believe that Lord Landau will not betray Highgarden, but your idiot father has secretly whispered to take back the command power from Lord Landau..."

"This..." Margery was startled again.

Lord Randyll Tarly is a man of great strength and command, and has long served as the vanguard of Highgarden.

After Renly Baratheon "proclaimed himself king", he even directly appointed him as the commander of the entire coalition.

Now, his father, Mace Tyrell, Duke of Highgarden, known as the "inflatable fish", has actually doubted his general...

"Fortunately, I knocked him on the head with a cane in time and made him take back his decision. However...this may be the intention of the Hand of the King...no matter what the reason he sent Samwell here."

After listening to her grandmother's words, "Little Rose" Margaery was silent for a long time. She used Samwell to drive a wedge between Tyrell and Tully. The "Hand of the King" was really despicable.

His plan is so simple, yet so effective!

Mrs. Olenna looked at the fallen leaves outside the window, and after a while she sighed:

"The situation has changed so fast. If Renly cannot wake up, where will our Tyrell family go?"

"The Holy Mother will definitely bless Your Majesty." Margaery said with an extremely pious tone.

Mrs. Olenna frowned: "Only a fool would believe those clay statues!