"Are you really going to Joffrey's wedding?" Marg asked again, a question she had asked hours ago.
"Mm." Lynd looked at the documents in his hand and replied casually without lifting his head.
"Can I come with you?" Marg asked softly again.
Lynd said in a deep voice, "Are you planning to leave Sansa alone in the castle?"
"Ah?" Sansa looked up when she heard her name, glanced at Lynd, then lowered her head and continued flipping through the documents she had been reading for hours.
Ever since she heard that Robb Stark had been ambushed and killed by the Frey, Sansa had become muddled, as if her soul had left her body, living each day in a daze.
Lynd had already had Qyburn examine her, and Qyburn believed that Sansa was suffering from a psychological illness due to excessive grief, which required a period of recuperation and would gradually improve.
However, because Sansa was in such a daze, she often needed companionship, otherwise, something might happen, and as her best friend, Marg was naturally the best companion.
"Why don't we take Sansa with us too!" Marg suggested.
"Do you think she hasn't been stimulated enough? Do you want her to see the place where her father was beheaded, to see her enemies laughing and cheering?" Lynd looked up at Sansa, sighed, and said, "If we really take her to King's Landing for Joffrey's wedding, she might be completely stupid when she returns."
"Poor Sansa!" Marg stroked Sansa's head as if she were petting an animal, then she asked, "Will you send Sansa back to Winterfell?"
Hearing Winterfell, Sansa seemed to be touched by something and slightly raised her head.
"It's not a good time yet." Lynd shook his head and said, "Winterfell is an empty castle now. If Sansa is sent back, how will she live?"
"Isn't Lady Catelyn there?" Marg asked, puzzled, "Lady Catelyn has already returned to the North. With Lord Roose Bolton's methods, the Ironborn invasion should be easily suppressed, and Lady Catelyn should also return to Winterfell to take charge. At that time, sending Sansa back would be perfect for Lady Catelyn to take care of her."
"Do you remember why you analyzed Roose Bolton's action of breaking the dam and crossing the river?" Lynd looked at Marg and said, "You've forgotten so quickly. Let me remind you, your analysis concluded that Roose Bolton wanted to betray Robb Stark."
Marg shook her head and said, "This analysis was wrong. Until Robb Stark's death, Roose Bolton didn't seem to make any moves to betray Robb Stark. Instead, it was the Frey family that we didn't expect."
"You need to have some confidence in your judgment." Lynd said in a deep voice, "Wait for a while, and you'll know whether he betrayed Robb Stark or not."
In fact, there was no need to wait for a while. Almost an hour later, an intelligence letter from the North was placed on Lynd's desk. The content was somewhat shocking: Roose Bolton had already captured Winterfell, and the invading Ironborn had fled to Dreadfort. Furthermore, Roose Bolton, who had captured Winterfell, had actually married Catelyn Tully in the Godswood of Winterfell, witnessed by a Sept priest.
For anyone who knew Catelyn, this would seem too strange, and there must be something wrong with it. However, ordinary people found it reasonable.
Think about it, Catelyn Tully lost her husband, her support, over a year ago. Then her two sons were burned to death by her husband's adopted son, one daughter went missing, and another daughter was dependent on others. Now, her eldest son, her only support, was brutally killed, his head severed and a wolf's head sewn onto it. Even the strongest woman would be driven to collapse by this series of tragedies.
Anyone who has a mental breakdown will instinctively seek new support. At that time, only Roose Bolton was by Catelyn Tully's side to rely on. Coupled with Roose Bolton recapturing the Stark's castle, this impulsively led Catelyn Tully to marry Roose Bolton, paving the way for her daughter at Summerhall to inherit Winterfell, which was also reasonable.
"Impossible, my mother is absolutely loyal to my father. Her love for my father surpasses everyone else's love in the world. She would never marry someone like Roose Bolton!" Sansa, whose eyes were still red and swollen after hearing the news, rushed out of the room and said emotionally.
"Sansa, calm down. What you're saying now is useless to the situation. It wasn't us who made Lady Catelyn marry Roose Bolton, and whether we believe in Lady Catelyn's love for Lord Eddard is useless." Marg looked at Sansa with a hint of pity and said.
Sansa ignored Marg's persuasion, walked to Lynd, and knelt down, pleading, "Your Highness, please have mercy. For my father's sake, investigate this matter. This matter is definitely not as the outside world says. Roose Bolton must have done something to make my mother marry him."
"You get up first." Lynd reached out and helped Sansa up, then took a piece of intelligence from the table and handed it to her, saying, "This is a letter sent urgently by the Seven Gods Church priest who officiated the wedding for Roose Bolton and Lady Catelyn. That priest is from the Sept in White Harbor, transferred from Miracle Port. He has presided over various affairs in the Miracle Sanctuary for many years and has undergone the Redemption Sanctuary's trials. He is a devout and loyal Seven Gods priest, and his words are absolutely trustworthy."
Sansa quickly took the letter and read it carefully, her face turning incredibly pale.
If the only people present at the wedding in the Godswood of Winterfell were Roose Bolton and Catelyn Tully, then it would be reasonable to speculate that Roose Bolton used some means to manipulate Catelyn Tully. But the problem was that Roose Bolton was not the only one attending the wedding. There were also Lord Wyman Manderly of White Harbor, Lord Herman Tallhart of Torrhen's Square, Lord Galbart Glover of Deepwood Motte, his younger brother Robett Glover, and Lady Maege Mormont of Bear Island, among other Northern noble lords.
The armies outside Winterfell at that time were not only Roose Bolton's army. Others had brought their armies to join the battle to retake King's Landing, and their numbers were not much less than Roose Bolton's.
Before the wedding, Wyman Manderly and others had repeatedly asked Catelyn Tully if she was truly willing to marry Roose Bolton and if she was being coerced. If Catelyn Tully had admitted at that time that she was being coerced, then Wyman Manderly and others would definitely not have stood by and watched; they would have rescued Catelyn Tully.
However, Catelyn Tully declared in front of everyone that she was genuinely marrying Roose Bolton. Under these circumstances, the priest from the Sept in White Harbor then officiated their wedding.
"How is this possible? Mother loves father; she would never marry someone like Roose Bolton!" After reading the letter, Sansa was completely bewildered, her face filled with confusion and incomprehension, and even a hint of resentment at her mother's disloyalty mixed in.
"I believe in Lady Catelyn's love for Lord Eddard, but Lady Catelyn's voluntary marriage to Roose Bolton is an undeniable fact." Lynd sighed and comforted her.
To be honest, Lynd was also surprised when he saw this letter, because this was completely inconsistent with the Catelyn Tully he remembered. In his impression, Catelyn Tully was a woman who would give everything, including her life, for her husband and sons.
But now, Catelyn Tully had voluntarily married someone she would never have liked, which obviously completely contradicted Catelyn Tully's character.
So he instinctively thought about whether there were magic, witchcraft, or similar things involved in this matter, but he quickly dismissed this speculation, because the Seven Gods priest who presided over the wedding had specialized identification and prevention methods for magic and witchcraft in the Redemption Sanctuary trials he underwent. Being able to pass the trials meant that this Seven Gods priest had the ability to discern magic, and it was absolutely impossible for him not to see whether Catelyn Tully was affected by magical or similar forces.
So, excluding all possibilities, the final result, no matter how incredible, could still be the truth. And the truth was that Catelyn Tully had indeed genuinely married Roose Bolton.
Lynd looked at Sansa and Marg, and said in a deep voice, "We can be sure that Lady Catelyn does not love Roose Bolton, and her decision to marry Roose Bolton was probably made when she returned to the North. So let's think about what would make a woman decide to marry someone she doesn't love in a short period of time."
Sansa's mind was completely chaotic at the moment, unable to think calmly.
It was Marg who quickly thought of a very plausible reason that was close to the truth, saying, "The land, she married Roose Bolton for the Stark's land."
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