It's easy to take things for granted, and Aegon has made similar mistakes time and again since entering this world.
Whether it was nearly losing his life because of a mistaken impression of the enemy's numbers during his initial encounter with the White Walkers, or failing to interfere with a crucial plot this time and getting into trouble, it was all due to the same problem. First, he assumed that Jaime and Cersei would not dare to enter the Keep to have an affair while there were people in the Old Inner Courtyard. After being ignored, he thought that Bran would walk to the bottom of the Keep and climb up... As a result, both sides ruthlessly slapped his face with their actions, and the tragedy was ultimately unavoidable.
After racking his brain for most of the night, Aegon still couldn't come up with a good way to get out of his future predicament. He forced himself to close his eyes, and in a daze, exhausted both physically and mentally, he didn't even know when he fell asleep.
Sleep is always the best rest. When the first ray of morning light shone into Aegon's room through the small window the next morning, he opened his eyes and lay in bed for a minute. A bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.
Since there's no way to stay out of the plot, why not just join in?
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Last night, Aegon suffered from insomnia for half the night. Half of the time he was thinking about how to save Bran from the assassination attempt, and the other half was spent considering how to clear his name if the assassination still happened. However, he didn't achieve any results on either path. The reason was simple—when he was brainstorming, he unconsciously added a harsh condition for himself: not to get himself involved.
The original author only implicitly hinted at the suspect who ordered the assassin holding the valyrian steel dagger to kill Bran, and the screenwriter did not give a definite answer. Before the transmigration, the fans and book lovers on the forum could argue about this for hundreds of thousands of comments. Some thought it was Cersei, who intended to silence him, some thought it was Prince Joffrey, who held a grudge after being slapped by his uncle, and some even had the wild idea that it was Littlefinger, who was desperately creating chaos in King's Landing... The supporters of each viewpoint had a large number of seemingly convincing evidence and reasons, making it impossible for Aegon to make a definite judgment.
If you don't even know who the assassin is, who sent them, and when, how can you stop them quietly?
Preventing the assassination is full of difficulties, and it's even more impossible to get rid of the relationship afterward. The reason is simple: moving the training ground to the Old Inner Courtyard was not hidden from outsiders, and the identity of being the "first to discover" Bran's fall is well known, not to mention that this accident was indeed directly related to him—since no one is innocent, how can they clear their name?
With all these difficulties in front of you, and even putting shackles on your thinking and limiting yourself, fantasizing about hiding in the dark and letting things pass quietly so that no one remembers you, isn't that a wild idea?
If that's the case, then just join in!
Aegon is usually a rational and calm person, but deep down, he is actually quite stubborn and doesn't believe in evil. He doesn't like to cause trouble, but if trouble really comes, he is never afraid of it. If he can neither clear his name nor stop Bran's assassination with his own strength, then abandon all unnecessary conditions—how about breaking the situation with the simplest and most brutal method, directly telling the Stark family that someone is going to assassinate Bran?
Following this line of thought, the first thing he thought of was leaving an anonymous note for the Stark family, but if the assassination happened this way, he would still be in trouble. If he wanted to avoid being suspected and targeted, he had better play the role of someone absolutely innocent and above suspicion: the informant.
Find a member of the Stark family directly and inform them that Bran might be assassinated.
Who is a good person to find? Aegon first thought of Jon Snow, whom he had just met, but then he thought that this guy was just a child for the time being, and his reliability was questionable, so he could only reluctantly give up. So, there was only one member of the Wolf Family he knew and had a chance to meet.
As for the target of the report... After thinking about it, Aegon chose Joffrey. This Prince himself is the most suspicious. In the original work, he was suspected by Tyrion. Leaving these aside, what he considered was that his identity was the most sensitive but would not involve him—Joffrey's surname is Baratheon, and he is, at least in the eyes of the Stark family for now, King Robert's son.
A child, and the future ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, even if Eddard is angry when he learns that he wants Bran dead, he will never explode immediately, and even if he does, it will be difficult to involve Tyrion, who is about to take him away from The Wall... In order to leave that dangerous and difficult place, Aegon has already disregarded everything.
If there is really some strange existence maintaining the plot development in the dark, he wants to see: this time, he is willing to take the risk and directly intervene, how can you deal with him?
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Bran's fall delayed the King's return to King's Landing. Robert was supposed to take Eddard, the new Hand of the King, back to King's Landing, but now the man's son has fallen and is half-dead. To show friendship and empathy, the King not only did not leave as planned, but also stayed up all night with his good brother guarding the unconscious bear child.
For the sake of rationality, Aegon patiently waited a day before cautiously approaching his superior, First Ranger Benjen Stark, whom he hadn't spoken to for several days.
...
"Is there something?" The support he had requested from his brother had not yet arrived, and one of his nephews was half-dead in bed. This Stark looked tired and worried.
"Lord, I have something, I don't know if I should say it..."
"Since you've stepped through the door, you must have come to a conclusion. Speak quickly."
"This matter involves a certain important person. I dare to ask you, Lord, to guarantee my safety."
Benjen looked up at Aegon suspiciously, and nodded impatiently: "I guarantee it, speak."
"It's about your nephew, Bran." Aegon began to speak according to the words he had organized, suddenly feeling a bit like a sycophantic minister making slanderous remarks. The reason was simple, everything that followed was fabricated by him: "That day when he fell while climbing the wall, I was the first to discover him while practicing archery not far away with Ser Jaime. So, when I accidentally heard someone talking about this matter this morning, I subconsciously paid attention."
"Hmm." Benjen nodded, indicating that he was listening.
"At that time, it was Prince Joffrey and a knight in armor whom I didn't know. The knight said that even if Bran recovered, he would never be able to walk again, and it would be better for him to die."
The First Ranger frowned. In a sense, this was not wrong: in this cruel and cold world, the lives of disabled people would undoubtedly be difficult and painful, as can be seen from Tyrion's growth history. But this kind of thought is fine to think about, but saying it out loud is a great disrespect to the lord of the city of Winterfell... Who is so arrogant?
Well, in fact, it doesn't matter who it is, you can't just make a big fuss about someone saying something casually in private. Benjen Stark looked at the most intelligent Ranger under his command and understood that the other party could not have come to him to report just for this one sentence. There must be other subsequent developments.
"Prince Joffrey agreed with the knight's words. Originally, the matter would have ended here, and I was also preparing to leave, but the Prince's subsequent words made me alert." Aegon continued, pretending to be nervous: "The Prince said that he was going to give Bran Stark 'mercy' to relieve his pain after he woke up."
"Mercy." Benjen's brows furrowed even tighter: "What exactly did he say at the time?"
"He said, 'like the Braavosi, grant release to that Stark boy'." Aegon vividly described the scene and words that were completely concocted in his mind to the First Ranger, "If it were just that, it would be fine, but the Prince also took out a dagger... I didn't see exactly what it looked like. At that time, I was behind a haystack and could only hear by ear—he introduced it to the knight, 'This is a dagger made of valyrian steel. I took it from my father's armory. The hilt is made of dragonbone, worthy of a Stark child'."
"Continue."
"As for what happened next, because the two of them walked away, I couldn't hear clearly, but I can be sure that the Prince asked the knight to find a mercenary and give him the valyrian steel dagger to handle this matter." Aegon said vaguely, "Personally, I feel that this might just be a child bragging, but after all, it's a matter of great importance, and after much deliberation, I decided to inform you, Lord. Even if it's just a joke, it's not a big trouble to send an extra guard outside Bran's room."
Benjen thought for a while with a solemn expression, not knowing what was going on in his mind. After a long while, he stared at Aegon and spoke: "Do you know what you are doing?"
"Accusing the future King of the Seven Kingdoms without any evidence is treason and punishable by death according to the law."
"It seems you already know a lot about the culture and laws of Westeros, so I won't say more. Now go back to your room and remember not to talk about this to anyone, to anyone, understand?"
"Yes, Lord."
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