The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Sansa Stark was very uneasy. Her father had led fifty guards from the North to search for her sister Arya, and it was already dark, but her father and the guards had not yet returned.

The woman with a white veil covering her face who was accompanying Sansa Stark was her governess: Septa Mordane!

In addition, Sansa Stark's close friend Jeyne Poole, stable master Hullen, and steward Vayon Poole were also by Sansa's side.

Rumors were flying outside, saying that the Hound had caught Mycah, the butcher's apprentice who attacked the prince, and the Queen was threatening to execute him.

Mycah was a family servant who followed Lord Eddard from the North. He liked to lie in the meat wagon, which made him smell like a pig waiting to be slaughtered. Sansa never liked Mycah; seeing him made her feel like vomiting. However, Mycah was a Northerner, the son of the Stark family's butcher.

"Will they kill Mycah?" Sansa asked Septa Mordane, her voice betraying her unease.

She hated Mycah, who smelled like a pig, but she knew he was innocent. He had been forced to fight by Arya, and then Joffrey forced him to carve a cross on his face. He had not threatened anyone, nor had he tried to attack anyone.

Septa Mordane could not answer this question. Duke Eddard and the Northern guards had gone out in full force to find Arya, and she was more worried about Arya's safety.

Although Arya had never respected her governess, and Arya hated learning noble etiquette and embroidery from her, and she had also said that Arya's hands were like a blacksmith's hands, not suitable for holding a sewing needle at all, she was still very worried about Arya's safety.

Stable master Hullen and steward Vayon Poole were both very nervous. They had no guards to protect them, and there seemed to be more and more gold cloaks and red cloaks coming and going in the town, and the atmosphere was oppressive and tense. They heard that the Queen was very angry and had summoned all the courtiers to ask the King to severely punish the person who hurt the prince. They also heard rumors on the street that the prince was seriously injured and his right hand was almost crippled!

The only thing that made stable master Hullen, steward Vayon Poole, and Septa Mordane feel safe was Lady, the direwolf at Sansa Stark's feet.

Lady sat elegantly among them, her eyes looking outside. She had gray fur and yellow eyes. She was the smallest of the six direwolves, and she was very docile and trusting of everyone around her.

However, when Lady became angry, everyone would be surprised. Her agility and attack power made even Captain of the Guard Jory Cassel afraid to approach her.

It was completely dark, but the streets of the town were illuminated by torches as if it were daytime. An atmosphere of unease permeated the entire street, and also permeated the noble attendants stationed outside the town.

When Lady suddenly stood up and made a warning sound in her mouth, the sound of several horses' hooves came from the street. Septa Mordane, stable master Hullen, and steward Vayon Poole stood up at the same time, and Septa Mordane went to close the door. Stable master Hullen and steward Vayon were two old men, they had no weapons, but they stood in front of Sansa. Jeyne Poole was even more afraid than Sansa, and she trembled slightly, which forced Sansa to comfort her softly.

Lady issued a warning, so were the riders coming people sent by the Queen?

Was it the Hound or the gold cloaks?

If it was the Hound, then it was someone sent by the Queen; if it was the gold cloaks, then it was someone sent by the King.

The King and Queen would not make things difficult for Sansa Stark when Duke Eddard was not around, would they?

The sound of horses' hooves came to the door, and someone jumped off the horse and began to knock on the door forcefully.

Lady stood up, the fur on her neck standing on end, her golden eyes emitting a fierce light, and the threatening sound made the people outside the door stop knocking. Then, there was the sound of a long sword being drawn, it sounded like the other party was going to split the door open?

Septa Mordane shouted, "Who's outside? This is Duke Eddard's residence!"

Then a voice sounded outside the door: "Open the door, Queen Cersei has sent Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice, to invite Sansa Stark to come over."

"Queen Cersei?" Septa Mordane asked.

"Yes!"

Sansa said, "Septa, please open the door. Queen Cersei won't make things difficult for me! She invited me to her palace this morning for rose cakes and pine nut juice."

There was another sentence that Sansa didn't say. Queen Cersei liked her very much, praised her beauty and upbringing, and Sansa was already Joffrey's fiancée. As soon as she had her first menstruation in the palace, she would marry Joffrey and become as noble a queen as Queen Cersei.

Queen Cersei was Sansa's role model for becoming a queen! Sansa had clearly expressed her endless admiration for the Queen to Queen Cersei this morning.

Sansa softly summoned Lady, but this time, Lady was not obedient at all, baring her teeth and preparing to attack the people outside the door. This surprised Sansa, and she had to stand up and loudly reprimand Lady.

Lady was a very obedient direwolf, understanding, elegant and noble. What was wrong with her today?

Septa Mordane saw that Lady was so fierce and did not listen to her master, so she decided not to open the door.

Stable master Hullen and steward Vayon Poole had never seen Lady so aggressive. It was not until Sansa came over to hug the direwolf's neck and gently comforted her that Lady gradually calmed down.

The direwolf's roar behind the door also made the people in front of the door hesitate. No one came to force the door open, and the sound of a greatsword being sheathed also came into the door.

Then, the sound of dense horses' hooves rang out on the street, and a voice that made Septa Mordane and others overjoyed sounded, with its own imposing aura: "Who are you? What are you doing in front of my residence?"

Lord of the North, Duke of Winterfell Eddard Stark returned with fifty Northern guards!

"Lord Eddard, this is Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice. The Queen sent him to invite Miss Sansa Stark to the Great Hall, the Queen and King want to ask Miss Sansa about the attack on Prince Joffrey."

"Humph!" Eddard Stark snorted heavily, "Please go back first and tell the King that we will be there soon!"

Duke Eddard did not mention Queen Cersei, nor did he mention Prince Joffrey.

"Yes, Duke!"

*

The Great Hall.

The King sat on the chair, Eddard led his family guards, surrounded by a dirty and thin Arya Stark, Sansa Stark in a noble velvet dress, came to the King.

Before the King and Queen could speak, Eddard Stark said coldly: "Your Majesty, my little daughter had an accident and dared not go home. Why didn't you notify me in advance, but sent the Hound to arrest her with the guards?"

The King glared at Eddard. He knew the character of his brother, which was as tough as the frozen stone in the North, and he didn't know how to be tactful at all: "I didn't know about this beforehand, my Lord Eddard."

"The Hound was sent out by me!" Queen Cersei's contemptuous tone and eyes, "Lord Eddard, Prince Joffrey was attacked by Arya and this butcher's bastard, and his wrist was almost bitten off by the direwolf. You don't apologize, but you come up and question the King, which is unreasonable and illogical. Duke Renly, the Minister of Laws, what crime should be determined for murdering a prince?"

"No one murdered the prince, and no one attacked the prince. Arya has told me everything. Mycah and Arya were practicing swords at Ruby Ford. Prince Joffrey forced Mycah to compete with him in swordsmanship with a wooden stick. Mycah didn't dare, so Prince Joffrey used his sword to carve words on Mycah's face."

"No, it was the wolf girl and the butcher's bastard who suddenly attacked me when I dismounted. I had to draw Lion's Tooth to fight back. The wolf girl and the butcher's bastard couldn't beat me, so the wolf girl gave an order and called the direwolf to join the attack. I was attacked by two people and a wolf, and then hit the back of my head, and the direwolf bit my right wrist." Joffrey raised his right wrist high for the nobles to see, as if it were a banner of victory, "I fell to the ground, and the wolf girl threw Lion's Tooth into the Trident River. If I hadn't fought back desperately, and with Miss Sansa's desperate obstruction, I might have lost my life."

"Lord Eddard, Joffrey is the eldest prince, the heir to the Iron Throne. Your little daughter Arya and the butcher's bastard openly attacked the prince, intending to murder him. What should be the crime?"

King Robert shouted, "Shut up, what murder or no murder? It's just a fight between children."

Cersei sneered: "A fight between children? But the direwolf participated in the tearing. If the direwolf bit not the prince's wrist, but the throat, could your heir to the throne still stand here? The direwolf is a beast that dares to fight lions?"

The King choked and was speechless!

Arya shouted, "Joffrey, you're lying!"

"I'm lying? Okay, I'm lying, then can my injury lie? Is my head injured by you? Is my wrist bitten by your direwolf?"

"You hurt my good friend!" Arya shouted sharply.

"Your good friend?" Joffrey laughed, and the nobles followed with a burst of laughter, and the hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere. "Let's take a look, this bastard, full of the stench of pork, is the good friend of Duke Stark's second daughter!" Joffrey's mouth turned up, full of ridicule, "Sansa, my fiancée, you were also there at the time, please say something fair, am I lying, or is Arya lying?"

Arya turned around and rushed towards Sansa: "Sansa, tell everyone, Joffrey is lying!"

Queen Cersei looked at Sansa, smiled, and said softly: "Miss Sansa, I believe in your purity and integrity, please tell everyone the truth!"

Sansa was in a mess. She didn't want to betray her beloved prince, nor did she want to say anything that would hurt Queen Cersei, but on this side was her own sister, Arya was right, but facing so many noble courtiers, this was related to the honor of the royal family and the dignity of the Queen and prince, what should I do? Sansa felt helpless.

King Robert said, "Sansa, don't be afraid, tell the truth, I'm here!"

"I don't know!" Sansa said, her voice like a mosquito, "I don't know, it was very chaotic at the time, I was scared, I can't remember the situation at the time."

"You're lying!" Arya rushed to Sansa, raised her hand and hit Sansa's face, but was grabbed by her father's hand. Arya threw herself into her father's arms and cried loudly: "Dad, Sansa is lying, I hate her!"

"The truth is already very clear." Queen Cersei sneered, "Look, the wolf girl dares to attack her sister in public. But Sansa doesn't want to destroy her relationship with her sister. She kindly chose to avoid the truth, but her attitude has shown that Arya and the butcher's bastard attacked Prince Joffrey is a fact. Hound, kill the butcher's bastard."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Hound stretched out his hand and grabbed Mycah, striding out.

Mycah was so frightened that he was about to faint!

"No, Dad, save Mycah, he's innocent, he's my good friend, Dad, please, save him!" Arya raised her small face and begged her father with tears on her face. Her voice only cried out a few times, and then became hoarse. Seeing that begging her father was useless, she had to face everyone, "Please, let him go, he's my good friend! Please, please, let him go!"

Arya's voice soon became hoarse! Her helpless screams were moving.

The fifty guards in the North all had tears in their eyes. They were all on good terms with Arya and knew Arya's forthright and bright character!

Eddard Stark's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word! He just hugged the desperate and helpless Arya tightly!

Bernie lowered his head, his throat choked. The Lion's Tooth, which had been stripped of its golden lion head decoration, was hanging on Bernie's waist. He had already learned the truth from the Mountain.

Bernie was an absolute bastard, but the depths of this bastard's heart were not a piece of solid ice! Perhaps this kind of deeply buried kindness can be called fragile.

"Your Majesty, how should Arya and her wolf be punished according to the law, please give the order!" Queen Cersei showed a victorious smile, raised her head high, and looked at Eddard Stark with a smiling look.

The King said, "What the hell, Sansa, can't you really remember the truth?"

Before the lowered Sansa could answer, Bernie's hand touched the Mountain's leg!

The Mountain lowered his head and saw Bernie's shiny eyes!

This little ghost, he thought that the ghost king he admired was an unparalleled god!

Unparalleled!

The Mountain inexplicably remembered his family motto that he had snatched.

Yes, since he was here, the Mountain was not here to be a dog again.

Dog raisers and pig killers, commoners and nobles, everyone takes off their clothes, in fact, they are all the same, no one is nobler than anyone! Decades later, you are a pile and I am a pile, everyone is cremated into ashes in the crematorium, who can recognize who is who?

Moreover, according to the Mountain's own design, in the great prophecy plan that the witch taught Tywin, Joffrey was just a pawn that had to be removed in the great prophecy.

Sansa made a mosquito-like sound: "Your Majesty, I really don't remember!"

"No!" Arya issued a hoarse, curse-like threat in her father's arms, "Sansa, I'm going to kill you!"