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Chapter 122 Edmure’s Wedding

After Robb captured Jaime again outside the Golden Tooth City, he took the Lannister to the city and asked for the door to be opened, but he was refused by the nobles in charge of the city.

The nobleman in charge is Arthur's distant cousin, Janos Bracken.

After this man dedicated the regicide to Kevan, he has been leading his men to stay with the army in the west.

After the partial army was defeated by Robb in a night attack outside the Twins, a large number of Western nobles and knights fell into the hands of the Northerners. After Kevan returned to the West and Jaime was captured again, Genos became the highest-ranking nobleman among the West Army guarding the Golden Teeth City.

In order to show his willingness to surrender, Kevan always treated Genos the same as the earls and nobles of the West. So after James was captured, he took over the command of Golden Teeth City.

As for the war between the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, there is an unspoken rule that captured nobles are not killed, so James' life is naturally not in danger. So Genos naturally refused to open the door, ensuring that the Golden Tooth City was in the hands of the Western Army.

This made the Young Wolf Lord so angry that he ordered Arthur, who had outstanding military exploits, to be named Earl of Stonehedge City on the spot to make Genos sick.

At first glance, after killing the Mountain, guarding Harrenhal and the Ruby Ford, there is nothing wrong with Arthur getting this reward.

But the problem is that the serious Earl Janos of Stonehedge City is still alive, and so are his legal heir Jayne and the other five sisters, as well as the heir Hendry he cultivated.

This is very embarrassing.

"From now on in the North and the River Kingdom, you will be the Earl of Bracken."

Patrick, who returned to Harrenhal with the Eastern Front Allied Forces, came forward, raised his right hand high, and patted Arthur on the shoulder.

"Don't make trouble. The sworn knights of Stonehedge City and the subordinate nobles will not recognize me. They only recognize Janos who has sworn an oath."

Genos jumped to the Western camp and received only condemnation from within the Fish and Wolf Alliance. In the eyes of the nobles of the other five countries, this was a normal act of siding with one another.

Because the great nobles are actually dual vassals, they are vassals who protect the family and vassals of the king, and they have all sworn an oath.

Therefore, after the conflict between the king and the guardian family, the great nobles in the area can fight for the king and the guardian family. They can also wait for a price like the Frey family in the early days of the War of Five Kings.

Neither breaks the oath.

If it were just a war between the Riverlands and the West, Janos's behavior would definitely be looked down upon, but when Tywin led his army into the Riverlands, he had become the Hand of the King and theoretically fought on behalf of the King.

Therefore, Genos' behavior only disgusted the people of the river and did not violate the basic rules of noble behavior.

"I have an idea." The fat man Willis Manderly knocked on his huge head. "Anyway, Janos's five daughters are all in Riverrun. After we went west to Riverrun to attend Edmure's wedding, Arthur, you can marry a beautiful woman and then inherit Shili City in a legitimate manner."

This is also a way.

According to the rules of Westeros, daughters also have the right to inherit, but because women have no advantage in war, female house governors are often uncommon.

If a certain family governor has a daughter but no children, the common approach is to select a shrewd and capable nephew to inherit the family.

If you don't have a nephew, a son-in-law who comes to your home is often fine.

A certain King of Casterly Rock was Lannister's son-in-law. He changed his surname and inherited Casterly Rock City and the Kingdom of Westerland.

In Aegon's War of Conquest, even if Oris Baratheon defeated the Storm King, he had to marry a Storm King's daughter and continue the Storm King's family crest and language in order to stabilize the Stormlands.

According to the plot in the original book, after the Battle of the Blackwater, Kevan's son Lancel obtained Darry City, but he had to marry Arielle Frey, the heir to the Darry family after the genocide, in order to securely become the Earl of Darry City.

This Arielle is the daughter of Merry Frey and Maria Darry, and was named "Porter Ari" because she was willing to open her legs for every knight who came close to her. She is a good match for Lancel, who has become a sparrow and is ascetic and abstinent.

Willis's advice was echoed by several older men.

But someone objected to this, "I think Lord Arthur should be allowed to choose who to marry, instead of us making the decision for him here."

Sansa, who changed into a purple-gray slim-fitting robe, expressed her opinion at the right time.

After returning to the Northmen, she no longer tied her hair into the bun popular among southern ladies, but resumed her habit of leaving her hair untied in Winterfell.

This made Sansa's long maroon curly hair hang down to her waist and hips. Coupled with her slender and graceful figure, she looked extremely beautiful.

Arthur also said: "Yes, I am not in a hurry to get married. What did Willis just say about going north to Riverrun and Edmure's wedding?"

He noticed this sentence, so he expected someone to solve his doubts.

"I forgot to explain to you." Willis slapped his huge head suddenly, "Lord Edmure has not fully healed from the arrow wound last time, so he led people to block Tywin's main force in the West. This is naturally nothing. It has caused him several new injuries. Now everyone is saying that he may not live long, so the Frey family wants to fulfill the engagement in advance and let Edmure marry a certain Frey."

Patrick added a little disdainfully: "After hearing that Edmure was seriously injured again, the Frey family went crazy and directly sent the dowry and Old Frey's daughter to Riverrun, and then asked the Tully family to distribute invitations and prepare Holding a wedding. Lord Edmure is really unlucky. With Old Walder’s appearance, how can a Frey woman be good-looking?”

Patrick is a beauty person, so he cares about whether he looks good or not.

"The weasel's little idea!" The arrogant Robert let out a rough breath through his nose, "They just saw the flaw in Riverrun's succession order, that's why the appearance is so ugly."

Arthur thought for a while, what the Frey family did was indeed disgraceful.

In a normal marriage, how could one rush to send the bride and dowry over while the uncle is still seriously injured?

The reason they were so anxious was that they thought Edmure was about to die.

Except for Dorne, in the other six kingdoms, sons are ranked ahead of all daughters in the order of inheritance.

So after Duke Hoster died, his only son Edmure was the undisputed Governor of the Tully House and Warden of the River.

After Edmure, his wife, and any possible children were gone, it was his sister Catelyn and her children who inherited Riverrun, and then Lysa and her son, heir to the Vale. Robin Ayling.

If after getting married, Edmure had not had time to fight hard and leave a descendant for the Tully family, then Riverrun would have been managed by Edmure's wife, just like Harrenhal now.

"When it comes to the order of succession, I suddenly thought whether the inheritance of Harrenhal is also in Edmure's hands. If so, the Frey family will really make a fortune."

Herman Tauha's face remained as serious as ever, and he raised another important question.

"That's right." Mrs. He'an is already very old, so she sits in the main seat of Bailu Hall and listens to everyone's chat. She only interrupts when topics related to her are discussed.

Duke Horst's wife comes from the He'an family.

When most of the main members of her family died, it was the married daughters and their children who had the right to inherit.

Although Old Walder also married a Heian, he came after Mrs. Horst.

"In other words, the Weasel can get the claim to the two best castles in the Riverlands just by marrying a daughter, tsk tsk tsk!"

Robert raised his head high and let out a disdainful tut.

But everyone could hear clearly that his disdainful voice was filled with obvious envy and jealousy.

"I will never allow such a thing to happen." Mrs. He'an usually spoke softly, but this time her voice was loud.

It seemed that she was also angry at the Frey family's actions.

After all, this is really a desperate act.

"Richard, go and call the bachelor Tothmus and the monks. I want to appoint my successor in front of all the adults and the gods in heaven."

At this moment, Mrs. He'an was very heroic. With a wave of her hand, her servant went to do the work.

"Madam, what is this..." The fat man Willis blinked and said in confusion.

"I will make Sansa my heir and inherit Harrenhal and the earldom after my death."

The words caused some commotion.

Logically speaking, Mrs. Hoster's three children all have the right to inherit, and usually the male is chosen, that is, the seriously injured Edmure and his unmarried Frey wife.

If Lady Riverside appoints Sansa Stark, then Harrenhal will have nothing to do with the Frey family.

It is not common to skip the normal heirs and designate someone the family governor likes to inherit the family business, but it is not impossible.

In the original book, when he was in the Westerlands, Robb made a will and named Jon Snow, who had become a night watchman, as his heir.

Sansa immediately waved her hand, "How can this be done? I'm just a woman, and the world is in chaos now. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep your family fortune."

Harrenhal is the largest castle in the Riverlands. Although its territory has been reduced, if it is managed carefully, it is enough for the owner to become the overlord of the Three Rivers.

"Then I will designate a powerful and upright noble to help protect you until you come of age." Mrs. He'an seemed to have made up her mind.

She turned to Arthur, "You once led the troops to rescue me, a dying man. At that time, my nephew Edmure was hiding in Riverrun. From then on, I decided that you were worthy of my trust. Now that I will die soon, my The heir is a weak woman, and I ask you to help manage and protect Harrenhal and the people under it until Sansa Stark gets married, or until she thinks she can handle this earldom."

These two people are quite a match, Mrs. He'an thought.

Because of some of Edmure's actions and the weasel style of the Frey family, she was determined to let Catelyn's children inherit Harrenhal.

The reason why she chose Sansa was because of the five children born to Lady Stark, only Sansa was in front of her now.

Sansa's long maroon hair reminds her of her husband and sons.

Because this hair color is one of the symbols of the He'an family.

"No problem, ma'am." Arthur agreed happily.

He needed a large territory to develop. Although the Young Wolf Lord sealed Stonehedge City to him, Arthur had no foundation there.

This is similar to the fact that Littlefinger in the original book was protected by Harrenhal and the River, but never went to the River to develop. He only developed insignificantly in the Valley and the Eyrie where he had roots.

War is currently raging in the Riverlands, so Lady Riveron allows Arthur to use Harrenhal.

But this permission also applies to all river nobles and allies.

Now that this has happened, Arthur can manage Harrenhal openly and openly, and collect needed supplies and manpower from the entire earldom.

Although a large number of farmers fled to safe places, many people still chose to stay where they were. Making good use of this group of people can be a big help.

Groups of monks such as the old maester Thothmu and the High Sparrow soon arrived.

Under the joint witness of the maesters, the Seven Gods monks, and the nobles of the two northern rivers, Sansa Stark became the heir of Lady Harrenhal, and Arthur became the temporary administrator of Harrenhal and its territory.

Arthur, the "Administrator", became Bracken's third title.

He had previously had the titles of "Justice" and "Brave", but they were only passed on by word of mouth among the common people.

The title of "Administrator" is quite suitable for being passed on among the nobles.

After the short ceremony, the old maester and the monks left, and the nobles were still discussing when to set off for Riverrun to attend the wedding.

After Robb ordered the Eastern Front coalition to go west and fight against the small forces of the Westerlies that implemented the scorched earth policy, the three joint commanders, including Willis, dispersed the 8,000 troops of the Boltons, Freys, and Starks to fight in the East Lake area, the West River area, and the West River, intending to eliminate the scattered Westerlies that were not superior in terms of manpower.

Robert, Herman Tallhart and others stayed here because the soldiers who were burned by the fire needed to rest and recuperate, so they stayed for a while.

Of course, the fall of Tollen's Square of the Tallhart family and Deepwood Motte of the Glover family was also one of the reasons why these people stayed here.

They wanted to take these two thousand northern soldiers directly to the north to reclaim their homeland.

Willis was also prepared to go north with them to get reinforcements from White Harbor - the famous White Harbor cavalry on the continent stayed in the territory of the Manderly family.

But Robb fought all the way to the depths of the Westerlands and could not respond to their requests in time, so they were delayed for a while.

Fortunately, Edmure's wedding would gather most of the nobles of the Wolf Alliance together, and Robb would also send people to Riverrun to congratulate him and update his orders by the way - he was fighting with Tywin, Kevan and others in the Westerlands and could not get away to come to the West River - at that time, these nobles who wanted to go north would know what to do.

"It's a pity that His Majesty Robb can't attend this wedding." Robert shook his head.

Others didn't know why he felt sorry.

"He will attend the wedding." Arthur said.

But this wedding is not Edmure's, but Robb's own.

"Then set off tomorrow, first go north, and then take a boat upstream along the Red Fork River." Herman Tallhart concluded.

Everyone had no objection, and this matter was determined.

Then one thing made them collectively stunned.

A young dragon was flying in from the gate of the Hundred Hearths Hall, flapping its wings and flying towards Arthur among the crowd.

Lady Riveran blinked and said, "I'm really old and confused. I actually thought I saw a dragon."

Robbett echoed her: "Me too, I almost thought it was a dragon. Maybe I've been distracted by Deepwood Motte recently."

Willis rubbed his eyes with his fat hands and confirmed that the illusion was still there: "Why are my eyes blurry too? The illusion of the dragon is still in my eyes."

Sansa opened her seductive little mouth and spit out a sentence after a long time: "I think it's really a dragon."

The young dragon fluttered its disproportionately large wings and landed accurately on Arthur's shoulder.

"Everyone, this is indeed a young dragon." Arthur carefully touched the head of Alduin and explained to everyone.

Then he "explained" in detail how Joffrey was killed by a wild boar after escaping to the King's Forest, and this young dragon flew out of nowhere.

"It just so happens that this dragon and I have a connection. It has been hovering in the Royal Forest, and then when it saw me, it flew onto my shoulder and asked for a hug."

Bracken said this to everyone.

There is no need to explain this kind of thing in detail. Letting them guess the origin of the dragon is more convincing than Arthur himself saying it.

Everyone was frightened by the appearance of the dragon.

After being dominated by the Targaryen family for three hundred years, they knew very well what the dragon meant.