The Maiden's Day Ball, which had seen its attendance sharply reduced by a third, officially concluded on the fifth day after the Greyscale epidemic ended.
Finally, the list of sixty-nine of the king's wives was posted as a public notice on the seven gates of King's Landing.
At the same time, it was also sent via ravens to noble castles big and small throughout the Seven Kingdoms.
Perhaps some might wonder why the number was set at one hundred and twenty-one before and now it has become sixty-nine.
That is because Jacaerys did not want to lower his standards to marry those politically correct noble daughters or commoner maidens who were not within his aesthetic range.
Moreover, this could also be considered an excuse to hold the Maiden's Day Ball again.
Wouldn't it be better to harvest another batch of tender flowers that have grown up next year or the year after?
The top spot on this list of the king's wives, needless to say, belongs to the queen, Baela Targaryen.
As for the three royal consorts, Serella and Tissara from the Lannister family, there is no need for further introduction.
The third is the former number one beauty, Patricia, from the Redwyne family.
Well, Patricia is indeed a notch below the previous three in terms of appearance.
But she is well-developed, and her figure is definitely more attractive than the previous three.
Most importantly, Jacaerys had already reached an agreement with Earl Redwyne on certain matters through a raven letter in advance.
It is not a compromise for him to marry such a consort whom he finds visually appealing and who can also bring benefits.
Of the nine royal concubines, only five have been selected so far.
The first is Ela Massey from Stonedance in the Crownlands.
Ela, with her black hair, has a beautiful appearance and a gentle temperament.
Jacaerys felt a sense of 'hometown flavor' from her, uh, that is, the feeling of Eastern women from his previous life.
Furthermore, the Massey family, from which Ela hails, is now one of the most loyal vassals firmly supporting Jacaerys.
As for the reason for their change in attitude, it is because Jacaerys conveniently destroyed the House Bar Emmon of Sharp Point before conquering Dorne.
As two cities located in the upper right area of Massey's Hook, there have been continuous conflicts between them for hundreds of years.
Just like the House Blackwood and House Bracken in the Riverlands.
The Massey family, having received Jacaerys's permission, has now annexed the territory of the House Bar Emmon.
Together with the House Velaryon of Driftmark, they guard the throat area for King's Landing.
Among the other four royal concubines, three are noble daughters, and Jacaerys's reasons for marrying them are similar to those for Patricia.
Interestingly, the names of these three noble daughters are the same, all named Jeyne.
This is the reason Jacaerys once complained about Western names; the commoners in King's Landing gave them the nickname 'Three Jeynes'.
They are Jeyne Merryweather from Longtable in The Reach,
Jeyne Mooton from Weeping Town in the Riverlands,
and Jeyne Smallwood from Acorn Hall in the Riverlands.
And the last royal concubine is named Fina; this beautiful maiden without a surname is the only commoner who broke into the privileged thirteen royal wives.
Without power or influence, all she could rely on was her figure and appearance.
Her height is nearly one hundred and eighty centimeters, and her body proportion is very close to the legendary nine-head ratio.
Of course, in this world with different aesthetic views, there is naturally no concept of a nine-head ratio.
So Fina had been troubled by her long legs before participating in the selection, because since she was a child, her slender and tall figure had been mocked and ridiculed by many girls her age.
Just like 'Beauty' Brienne more than a hundred years later.
Since she herself felt that her figure had flaws, why did she dare to participate in the Maiden's Day Ball?
That is naturally because she has very strong confidence in her appearance.
Indeed, she can be considered one of the most beautiful women Jacaerys has ever seen in his life.
If we were to rank them, she and Ela would be T0, while Baela and the House Lannister sisters would be T1.
And if it weren't for Ela's added mystique as a sorceress, perhaps even she couldn't compare to Fina.
This great beauty, who would definitely be an international supermodel and one of the most beautiful women in the world in his previous life, was overjoyed and wept when she learned that she had become a royal concubine.
As for the sixty female consorts and female attendants that follow, there is no need to elaborate; they are basically beauties who meet Jacaerys's aesthetic standards.
Once the novelty of these wives wears off, he can pick lucky ones from among them to favor at any time.
This is the happy life a transmigrator should live!
After the list of the king's wives was announced, noble carriages carrying various expensive gifts to participate in the king's wedding converged on King's Landing from all over the Seven Kingdoms.
Taking the opportunity of the wedding to accumulate wealth!
This is also the reason why Jacaerys made this selection of consorts widely known.
If they didn't come, or if the gifts were too light, it might anger this king.
And what happens when the king is angered, the vanished Dorne is probably the best example.
So the nobles, big and small, throughout the Seven Kingdoms reluctantly drew a portion from their family's reserves as wedding gifts for the king.
A month later, Jacaerys held a grand wedding with his sixty-nine wives simultaneously, a wedding destined to be recorded in history.
ROAR!!!
Seven dragons of different colors soared freely in the sky above King's Landing, emitting joyful dragon roars.
Rumble, rumble!
Large carriages inscribed with the Black Three-Headed Dragon drove out of the Red Keep in a steady stream, each large carriage decorated with a large amount of red ribbon.
His own wedding would definitely not be without Chinese red; this was Jacaerys's most basic insistence.
Of course, what also couldn't be missing were Chinese wedding customs, scattering red envelopes!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Handfuls of copper stars were scattered from the windows of the wedding carriages by Jacaerys's new wives, causing the commoners watching the excitement on both sides of the road to exclaim and scramble for them.
With the Gold Cloaks and the Unsullied maintaining order, these commoners did not cause too much commotion.
As the saying goes, taking from others makes you short-handed, and eating from others makes you soft-mouthed.
The commoners who picked up copper stars were all smiling, loudly singing praises for Jacaerys and the beautiful royal wives.
But some observant people noticed that their king did not seem to be in these wedding carriages.
The wedding carriages slowly drove towards Aegon's Square in this extremely lively and festive atmosphere.
Aegon's Square, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, has now become the designated venue for holding grand events in King's Landing.
The royal guards responsible for security work in Aegon's Square today were very conspicuous, because their armor had all been dyed red.
When the wedding carriage procession entered Aegon's Square, the musicians who had been waiting for a long time immediately played various instruments,
and the bards began to sing together common romantic love songs from the Seven Kingdoms such as "My Beloved Wife," "Unbreakable Vows," and "Two Hearts Beating As One."
Since King Jacaerys did not believe in deities at all, this wedding did not include a bishop from the Church of the Seven.
Stone, who was like a jack-of-all-trades, temporarily served as the wedding officiant again today.
As Stone, standing on the giant bluestone platform, raised his hands high and pressed them down virtually, the noisy Aegon's Square quickly quieted down.
"I announce that the wedding of His Majesty Jacaerys is now officially beginning!
Please use your enthusiasm to welcome our king and his wives."
Clap, clap, clap!
As soon as Stone finished speaking, thunderous applause and cheers resounded throughout Aegon's Square.
The wedding carriage procession was opened by the accompanying servants, and one by one, the royal wives, dressed in white long dresses and looking incredibly beautiful, walked out.
But all the noble lords and commoners watching the ceremony noticed that the ones walking at the very front were the three royal consorts, and there was no sign of His Majesty Jacaerys and Queen Baela.
Whoosh, whoosh!
At the same time, the seven dragons that had been circling high above Aegon's Square formed a V-shaped formation and swooped down towards the giant bluestone platform.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The dragon claws of the seven dragons crushed the large flower baskets they were tightly holding, and colorful petals immediately rained down from the sky above Aegon's Square like water.
This scene was as beautiful as it could be, and as romantic as it could be!
Many noble daughters and commoner maidens watching the ceremony were full of excitement, wishing they could replace one of the royal wives who were walking through the rain of petals right now.
Whoosh!
When Womax, the largest of them, swooped down to the giant bluestone platform, a red figure leaped down from its dragon saddle.
Thud!
Crack, crack!
Even though the giant bluestone platform had been reinforced and repaired, it could not withstand Jacaerys, who fell like a meteor.
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the bluestones, and they would have to be replaced again after this wedding.
Of course, these are minor matters!
After all, in order for his wives to marry him splendidly, Jacaerys basically picked all the flowers in the Crownlands and transported them to King's Landing.
The manpower and resources spent on this were not insignificant.
But the meat is all in the pot; he can be considered to have increased job opportunities and income for his subjects.
Getting back to the main point!
No matter how many times you see it, Jacaerys's arrival, descending from the sky like a hero, will always be shocking.
Ordinary people, never mind whether they would survive jumping from a high altitude, just the height alone is enough to scare them to the point of wetting their pants.
But this definitely does not include Baela, who was held in Jacaerys's arms.
She was wearing a Chinese red long dress just like Jacaerys, and her fair face seemed even more flushed than the long dress.
This little girl loves this kind of exciting high-altitude activity!
If it weren't for the wrong location, Baela, whose face was flushed with excitement, would probably have devoured Jacaerys.
After Baela's excited emotions calmed down a little, Jacaerys put her down.
The next procedure was for Jacaerys and Baela and the other nine privileged royal wives to speak in turn and pledge their lifelong love to each other.
After that, the noble lords of the Seven Kingdoms took turns presenting their wedding gifts on stage.
Among them, Duke Jason of the Westerlands presented the heaviest gift, totaling five hundred thousand golden dragons worth of gold, silver, treasures, cattle, sheep, and grain.
With this gift alone, the House Lannister sisters had already surpassed Patricia Redwyne, who was also a royal consort.
The second heaviest gift was from Baela's maternal family, the House Velaryon.
Although the House Velaryon was once the richest family in the Seven Kingdoms, years of conflict in the Stepstones had consumed a large amount of wealth.
And because Rhaenys and Daemon had previously conspired to rebel, the Velaryons did not dare to say much about Jacaerys incorporating their family fleet into the Conqueror Fleet.
But as long as Queen Baela is in power, their House Velaryon will remain a top noble family in the Seven Kingdoms.
So this time they used the family reserves brought back by Earl Corlys from his great voyages to gather three hundred and fifty thousand golden dragons as a wedding gift.
The third heaviest gift was from Duke Essenba Arryn, whom Jacaerys personally supported to become the Duke of the Vale.
Duke Essenba, known as the 'Golden Eagle,' presented a wedding gift of two hundred and fifty thousand golden dragons.
The fourth heaviest gift was from the Redwyne family, who almost monopolized the wine trade in the Seven Kingdoms, presenting a wedding gift of two hundred thousand golden dragons.
As for the smaller families after that, they will not be summarized one by one; the total value of their wedding gifts is approximately two hundred thousand golden dragons.
In other words, Jacaerys raked in one million five hundred thousand golden dragons through this wedding.
The current economic level does not have the inflation of more than a hundred years later; these one million five hundred thousand golden dragons can be considered to have emptied one-third of the reserves of the entire Seven Kingdoms' nobility.
Jacaerys has always considered himself a generous person.
When he first ascended the Iron Throne, he needed this large amount of funds to replenish the treasury, but after that, he would definitely repay the noble lords who presented heavy gifts.
Of course, for some families who were perfunctory from beginning to end, he would also use various means to let them know the consequences.
The most typical example is the House Tully of the Riverlands, who were indecisive during the previous Blood Dragon Dance and did not contribute at all.
The wedding gift they presented to Jacaerys now is even less than that of the Frey Family and the House Blackwood.
Perhaps this is partly due to the latter two having made a fortune by conquering Dorne before.
But the House Tully is an ancient family that has existed since the Age of Heroes (about eight thousand years ago) and has always ruled the Riverlands, the second richest region besides The Reach.
Not to mention too much, they could easily take out two or three hundred thousand golden dragons without any problem.
So this is a matter of the House Tully's attitude!
Jacaerys had previously planned to let the Frey Family replace the House Tully as the new guardians of the Riverlands, and now it seems there is a reason.
However, on his wedding day, he did not dwell on these bothersome matters.
The astonishing wedding gift of one million five hundred thousand golden dragons had already shocked tens of thousands of commoners, leaving them speechless.
Some commoners tried to convert it into the copper stars and silver stags they were familiar with.
But they later found out it was too much, so much that they couldn't count how many zeros were after the number.
After the wedding ceremony in Aegon's Square, it was time to go to the Red Keep for the grand king's wedding feast.
The commoners of King's Landing naturally could not attend a wedding feast of this level, but the benevolent Jacaerys had prepared enough food in advance to distribute in front of the Red Keep.
With the Unsullied and numerous royal guards maintaining order, no commoner dared to cut in line or cause trouble; they all obediently followed their instructions and lined up in a long queue at the Red Keep gate to receive food.
After the joyful and lively dinner concluded, it was time for Jacaerys to favor his royal wives.
With sixty-nine royal wives, he chose Baela without hesitation today.
This night was a perfect union of spirit and flesh; these childhood sweethearts who grew up together finally achieved their happy ending!
After the king's wedding, the Seven Kingdoms entered a stage of large-scale terraced field transformation and a period of rest and recuperation for farming and planting.