Early in the morning, Jon and the others were already waiting in the Hall of Affairs. Upon seeing Lynd return, they immediately reported an important matter: Robb Stark, Renly Baratheon, and Stannis Baratheon had successively declared themselves kings yesterday.
This matter was undoubtedly very important to Jon and the others, as it meant that the war could no longer be resolved peacefully. What was originally just a conquest of the Iron Throne by various lords had now turned into a four-king melee. None of the kings would acknowledge the legitimacy of the other kings, and they would all try every means to attack the other claimants to the throne.
Just like now, Stannis, who was originally focused on dealing with the Iron Throne, immediately denounced Robb Stark, who had proclaimed himself King of the North, as a rebel, and called Renly a thief. Joffrey, on the other hand, became a secondary enemy. From Stannis's actions, he had already begun to target the proclaimed king, Renly.
Renly also did not recognize the independence of the North, but he did not denounce Robb Stark. Instead, he accused Stannis of conspiring with Eddard Stark to usurp the throne, and his evidence was that Eddard Stark had confessed his crimes before his beheading, indirectly admitting to conspiring with Stannis to usurp the throne. Therefore, he demanded that Stannis come to Storms End to pay homage to him, the true Baratheon heir, and confess his crimes. In short, he did everything to disgust Stannis.
The current situation was too chaotic, leaving Jon and the others unsure what to do: whether to issue a proclamation denouncing such acts of claiming kingship, or to pretend not to know and focus on their own affairs. That's why they came to the castle early in the morning, waiting for Lynd to return and deal with this matter.
"Ignore them!" Lynd was indifferent to what others considered a major event. He told Jon and the others about some cooperation projects he had discussed with the Nights Watch at the Wall yesterday, and asked them to immediately arrange personnel to send to the Wall.
In addition, Lynd also told his capable subordinates that he would be leaving for a period of time, and during this time, the affairs of the territory would be handled by them. If they couldn't handle it, they should write a letter and send it to Nymeria in Lorath, letting her make the final decision.
Jon and the others didn't understand why Lynd would suddenly leave Summerhall for a long time, but they didn't ask further. After all, for them, this kind of thing was not the first time.
With Summerhall's current system, even if Lynd left for half a year, it wouldn't matter; the entire system could still operate normally.
Jon suddenly remembered something and asked, "My Lord, didn't you promise to attend the wedding of Lord Renly and Lady Margaery? If you leave now..."
"No, it's not suitable for me to go to Storms End at this time. If I go to Storms End, it would be tantamount to acknowledging Renly's claim to the throne." Lynd shook his head and said, "Although I cannot go, the proper courtesies cannot be omitted. After all, I am nominally a vassal of Highgarden. You yourselves choose someone to go to Storms End in my place. As for their wedding gift, use the set of Valyrian steel jewelry I prepared earlier."
Jon replied, "Yes, My Lord."
Just as Lynd was about to give specific instructions on how to handle important territorial matters after his departure, the supervisor of ravens and eagles came to the Hall of Affairs entrance and whispered, "My Lord, there is a letter from King's Landing."
"A letter from King's Landing?" Lynd was startled, motioned for the supervisor to bring the letter, and laughed, "They wouldn't be planning to reprimand me for taking Lord Eddard's body yesterday, would they?"
Moose also smiled and teased, "With the minds of Queen Cersei and Joffrey I, it might really be a letter of reprimand."
In fact, after learning that Queen Cersei had openly canceled the engagement with Highgarden, they had already looked down on Queen Cersei's intelligence. And Joffrey I, after Lord Eddard confessed his crimes, still had him beheaded, even at the gates of the Great Sept of Baelor. They had pretty much categorized Joffrey I as a mediocre king, a Mad King.
Lynd took the letter and looked at it, a slight expression of surprise on his face.
"Has something happened?" Jon asked curiously.
Lynd handed over the letter, and Jon took it and quickly read through it, saying, "They want to send Princess Myrcella to Summerhall to live?"
The others were also stunned upon hearing this.
Burt sensitively detected that something was amiss with this matter and said, "In the past, they never thought of sending Princess Myrcella to Summerhall to meet Prince Augustus. Now, at this time, they are actively sending Princess Myrcella over. It seems the actions of those who declared themselves kings have scared them."
Everyone laughed.
Moose, however, was somewhat puzzled and said, "Can Queen Cersei and Joffrey I's minds come up with such a plan?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
"It should be Little Devil Tyrion's idea." Lynd said in a deep voice, "The news from our people in the Westerlands mentioned that Lord Tywin sent Tyrion back to King's Landing to replace him as Hand of the King. Although he hasn't officially taken office as Hand, he has already started to strategize. Sending Myrcella to Summerhall with great fanfare, reminding everyone of our alliance with the Iron Throne, will make them hesitate when they move against King's Landing. That Little Devil's wisdom is not low!"
"What should we do, My Lord?" Jon asked.
"We in Summerhall naturally acknowledge King Robert's marriage contract from back then, and Princess Myrcella is naturally my daughter-in-law," Lynd looked at everyone and said, "However, she cannot stay in Summerhall Castle. I will take her to Lorath to stay with Nymeria, and everything on the continent of Westeros will have nothing to do with her."
"That is a good way to handle it." Burt nodded and said, "After you leave, My Lord, it would be best if we could publicize the fact that Princess Myrcella will be residing in Lorath in the future. Although doing so cannot completely clear our relationship with the Iron Throne, it can at least prevent the Iron Throne from using us to do something inappropriate."
Lynd nodded in agreement with Burt's approach after hearing this, then instructed Jon to represent him in welcoming Princess Myrcella.
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