In this regard, Baron Jon could only regretfully put on his cloak and quietly go to the secret base agreed upon with Jory Cassel, conveying his intention to meet the Hand secretly through those White Harbor soldiers.
As for why Jon was so cautious, it was naturally because the Tower of the Hand and the Red Keep itself were unsafe, and he didn't intend to let those spies grasp his whereabouts.
Moreover, before confirming whether Cersei was really pregnant with his seed, Jon did not intend to appear in King's Landing rashly.
After all, he had finally managed to stay out of the affair and avoided many people's eyes. If he visited the Hand swaggeringly like this, it would only make those with ulterior motives suspicious during this special period.
However, until dawn, Jon didn't wait for his cheap father; instead, Jory Cassel ran over sweating profusely seeking help.
"Bad news, Lord Jon, Lord Duke is seriously injured. Please come with me now!"
Hearing this scalp-numbing news suddenly, Jon, who hadn't slept all night, was startled. He stood up on the spot, grabbed Jory Cassel's collar, and interrogated the other party.
"Bastard, are you an idiot? How could My Lord get injured? Forget it! Talk while walking!"
After pushing the captain of the guard away fiercely, Jon didn't waste time. He immediately rushed outside and figured out the whole story on the way.
It turned out that last night, the Kingsguard Jaime returned to King's Landing alone for some unknown reason, and even broke into the Tower of the Hand with more than a dozen Red Cloaks.
Before Jory Cassel, who was resting between shifts, could arrive, the two sides had already started fighting, making it impossible to know the specific reason.
At that time, if those White Harbor soldiers hadn't resisted desperately to delay time, the Hand would probably have been killed by the Kingslayer long ago.
When Jory Cassel arrived with people, Duke Ned was already seriously injured and lying on the ground.
At the critical moment, the captain of the guard finally remembered Jon's instructions, threw away honor, and ordered the crossbowmen to shoot, forcing back Jaime Lannister who was like a mad demon.
Only when other backup guards arrived did Ser Jaime give up completely and have to retreat from the Tower of the Hand.
Hearing these circumstances, Jon's brows furrowed even tighter, unable to judge what triggered the white-cloaked knight's behavior at all.
Although Jon could guess that behind this weirdness, it must be inseparable from Cersei's belly.
But even so, why would Jaime seek out Duke Ned? This was the point Jon couldn't understand no matter what.
Fortunately, after the Kingsguard failed to attack Duke Ned, he decisively chose to flee King's Landing.
According to the judgment of Grand Maester Pycelle, Duke Ned had no life-threatening danger except for excessive blood loss, so the situation was not too bad overall.
In addition, the Usurper had also received the report of Ned's attack and was rushing back to King's Landing from the Kingswood.
As the number two figure of the North in King's Landing, Jon represented the will of Winterfell at this moment and had to respond no matter what.
It was just that when hearing that Duke Ned was attacked, the transmigrator only felt his scalp numb, and his head was buzzing.
You know, previously he had exhausted his brain power and calculated everything, just to avoid the conflict between the Wolf and the Lion.
For this reason, he didn't hesitate to warn the Imp, allowing Tyrion to successfully escape Lady Catelyn's pursuit.
But God knows what happened again, so that the Kingslayer didn't hesitate to attack brazenly for this, reproducing the situation when the conflict intensified originally.
Obviously, during the time he left King's Landing, the situation started to get out of control again and moved closer to the original main storyline.
Thinking of this, the transmigrator couldn't care about more, and immediately accelerated to rush to the Tower of the Hand with Jory Cassel.
While the two were talking, the fast horses had already rushed into the Hand's official residence. After Jon pushed aside layers of guards, he saw Ned Stark covered in blood.
At this moment, that face, originally rigid due to upholding fairness and justice, was almost white without any blood color, while the wound on his thigh was still constantly oozing bright red blood.
Fortunately, perhaps because of the severe pain, Duke Ned had completely fainted. Therefore, even when the young maester was stitching the wound with a needle and thread, the Lord Hand didn't wake up, and thus suffered much less.
Besides the maester treating the Duke, Littlefinger and Varys were also guarding the side, and the one who arrived closely after Jon was the Master of Laws, Renly.
Except for Stannis who was far away on Dragonstone, the Small Council members had all arrived. The entire power center of Westeros gathered here, only the King's shadow was unseen.
Therefore, regarding how to deal with this matter, none of the ministers of the Small Council wanted to take responsibility; instead, they threw this great authority to Jon himself.
Regarding this irresponsible attitude, besides contempt, Jon inexplicably felt a trace of secret joy in his heart.
Before Robert returned, he already had ample time to operate this matter.
But before that, he must figure out the Kingslayer's motive, whether it was because he misunderstood Cersei's pregnancy or for other purposes.
If he rashly chose to make a decision without confirming the cause of this matter, he might not even know how he died in the end.
In view of this, Jon could only instruct Jory Cassel to keep a good watch on Duke Ned, decline visitors, and block the news before he returned. Then he rushed into the deepest part of the Red Keep in the morning light, and directly expressed his intention to meet the Queen.
In Jon's view, as long as he requested, the Queen would definitely allow the meeting.
However, the fact was a bit of a slap in the face. Even with Jon's visit, Queen Cersei still didn't choose to meet him; instead, she closed the door to thank guests on the grounds of feeling unwell.
Feeling this, Jon couldn't care about more. He grabbed that beautiful handmaiden and whispered in her ear.
As an imperceptible whisper passed into the handmaiden's ear, the originally airtight Queen's bedchamber also cracked a seam, allowing Jon to enter.
Then, the transmigrator saw Her Highness the Queen with a slightly haggard figure.
When his gaze swept towards the other party, Cersei Lannister, who still retained her charm, did not show a seductive posture as usual, nor did she hungerly pounce on him. Instead, she tightened the loose robe on her body.
As for Her Highness the Queen's gaze, it looked away evasively.
Seeing the other party like this, the transmigrator, who had originally prepared a draft in his mind, didn't know how to start.
Seeing the other party sitting silently under the terrace, the Baron could only walk forward slowly, pick up the kettle on the table to pour a cup of hot tea for Cersei, and then silently handed it to Cersei's hand.
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