Among everyone, Larell was the one who had the most contact with Daenerys, and no one knew the terrifying aspects of this Dragon Princess better than him. The biggest mastermind behind the downfall of the Patriolius Family and the Auseris Family was this seemingly benevolent and friendly princess.
It was Daenerys's prestige that ultimately united the nine great families to jointly oppose the other four great families.
The Dragon Eggs trap was also implemented at the suggestion of Sea King Youtanlis. It was precisely because of the Patriolius Family, that large piece of meat, that attracted the Auseris Family and a few other families to take the bait. This allowed the other families to seize the opportunity to find a scapegoat for Braavos.
Osiris Governor, a man so intelligent and strong, knew in the end that he had no power left to resist. He could only unhesitatingly bear all the blame alone, in exchange for the other nine great families showing mercy when they acted.
And throughout the entire process, Daenerys remained uninvolved, not getting a single speck of dirt on herself. Every step her opponents took seemed to fall within her calculations. If you readily agreed to give her what she wanted, it was easy to gain her friendship. Otherwise, after being tripped by her, you would still have to obediently offer what she wanted, and at an even greater cost.
So he quickly made his brother shut up, as the Oriel Family's share in this distribution of benefits did not conflict with Princess Daenerys's interests.
Governor Oriel immediately understood his brother's gaze and then remembered that what the Oriel Family needed to do most now was to seize this opportunity to join the ranks of the ten great families.
After all, although there were already two vacant spots among the ten great families, there were three families—the Gonzaga Family, the Patriolius Family, and the Oriel Family—vying for them.
Since they were allies, it was not good for them to fight among themselves. So they could only work together to bring down Parici or Tederius.
And in this process, if they offended Princess Daenerys, they would likely lose their true opportunity. Besides their thirteen great families, Braavos still had twenty or thirty wealthy families.
Although they were all busy now with the two vacant governor positions, if anyone were to gain the support of Princess Daenerys, they might very well be directly sent into the top ten.
Facts also proved that there were indeed many smart people in Braavos. The two patriarchs of the Unfass Family and the Frel Family were currently waiting for Daenerys's summons at the Sanctuary.
"What is the background of these two families?"
Daenerys didn't expect anyone to try to curry favor with her at this time, so she asked Lesya about the two families.
"The Frel Family's ancestors once produced several top swordsmen in a row, which earned their family its first pot of gold."
"Later, a Frel married the only daughter of a great merchant from Pentos and inherited her family's vast wealth. With this wealth and the Frel Family's top swordsmen, the Frel Family gradually grew, and has now become a prominent family in Braavos, even having considerable influence in Pentos."
"Moreover, many people in the Frel Family are now skilled in Water Dance, no less than our Scythians. Although their family members are small in stature, they are truly skilled in martial arts."
"As for the Unfass Family, it was originally one of Braavos's founding families. Although this family is not talented in martial arts, it is extremely martial, and many Braavos swordsmen are honored guests of the Unfass Family."
"This is also why the Frel Family and the Unfass Family have a relatively good relationship."
"There is a saying that if the Unfass Family had not spent a large amount of their wealth on those swordsmen, with their business acumen, they would have probably already entered the ranks of the ten great families."
"Oh! Those are two interesting families. Let them in..."
The Hall of Truth had been holding meetings late into the night these past few days. There was still no unified opinion on how to deal with the Auseris Family.
However, the two families of Tederius were not able to completely clear their names as Osiris Governor had hoped. Each family was fined ten million gold dragons and had some Iron Bank shares confiscated, which might cause them to drop out of the top ten wealthiest families.
They had already consumed a large amount of cash flow previously by acquiring the Patriolius Family's assets together with the Auseris Family. Therefore, to pay the fines, they would likely have to resell the newly acquired properties and also part with a considerable amount of their own original family assets.
However, at this moment, Sevan suddenly arrived at the Hall of Truth with Partius, the sole surviving young master of the Patriolius Family.
It turned out that during the Stepstones naval battle, he had returned to his room early to sleep due to illness, thus escaping the misfortune of his entire family's annihilation.
"I was born in Braavos, grew up in Braavos, and like all Braavosis, I have always believed that Braavos is the freest, most democratic, and most beautiful place in this world."
"But I never would have imagined that my family would be destroyed by the Braavos Purple Fleet, which I trusted the most."
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Amidst Partius's tearful accusations, the Auseris Family and other families, who were already in a 'down with the fallen' situation, were ruled by the Hall of Truth council to unconditionally return all of the Patriolius Family's assets.
"The Patriolius Family voluntarily traded their assets back then, and now you're asking us to return them for free? That's too unreasonable."
Governor Parici immediately protested, as his family was already facing a huge fine. If they were to also hand over the Patriolius Family's assets for free, the Parici Family would completely fall out of the top thirteen great families.
"But didn't you yourselves seize back the gold used to purchase these assets from the Patriolius Family?"
Sea King Youtanlis immediately spoke coldly upon hearing this and made a strong ruling:
"Although the gods' displeasure caused this gold to ultimately sink into the sea, this loss must be borne by yourselves. By the authority of the Sea King, I rule the transactions between the Auseris Family and several other families and the Patriolius Family null and void. Immediately and unconditionally return their family's assets."
"As for the Patriolius Family's shares in the Iron Bank, they have already changed hands and are difficult to recover. So, the Auseris Family, the Parici Family, and the Tederius Family shall compensate Young Master Partius with Iron Bank vouchers equivalent to sixty-three million iron coins, which is the value of the shares."
As soon as Yutanris finished speaking, the other nine great families, as well as the Frel Family, Unfass Family, and others, immediately expressed their agreement. Governor Parici and Governor Tederius, seeing this, slumped powerlessly into their seats.
At this point, they had completely fallen out of the top thirteen families, and their governor positions naturally could not be retained. This was because the governor positions in Braavos could only be held by families ranked among the top thirteen.
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