Chapter 581

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The sound of heavy chains sounded, and although the throne room was crowded with people, it was silent. No one spoke, and they all held their breaths and looked out of the throne room.

Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell, was wearing a prison uniform, with heavy chains on his hands and feet. His gray-black hair was disheveled, his beard was unshaven, and his eyes were somewhat unfocused.

He was escorted by the Unsullied soldiers to the throne room, and looked at the surrounding nobles of the Seven Kingdoms with a slightly confused look. Most of them have unfamiliar faces, and only a few people are still familiar.

They greeted Eddard Stark excitedly.

"Lord Stark!"

"Lord Eddard Stark!"

One of the burly aristocrats in the north has the coat of arms of 'The Winter Sun', and the beard on his face is trembling slightly, and he looks a little excited, because this is the first time their monarch, Lord Stark, after more than half a year. He has been imprisoned in the Red Fort for a while, and no one in the outside world has the qualifications to visit except Mrs. Catelyn.

"Lord Karstark."

Eddard dragged the heavy chains and passed through the crowd on both sides of the throne room under the escort of the Unsullied soldiers. He heard the voices from both sides, and saw the once familiar face. The confusion on his face subsided a little, and the voice Responded hoarsely.

These people are all surviving northern nobles. They have surrendered to the Targaryen army after the Battle of Riverrun, and were even incorporated into the regular army a long time ago, disrupting the Second and Third Legions. , followed Oberyn's expedition to the West, and the other part served in the Golden Corps, followed Viserys to defeat Stannis and smashed the resistance of the Stormlands.

Even many nobles in the north have made illustrious achievements and received promotions or awards.

The climate and terrain determine the hard life of the northerners. The bitter cold of winter makes the northerners very different from the southerners to the south of the neck. They know that winter is coming as soon as they are born, and they must be prepared in order to survive.

Therefore, in such an environment, the northerners have no time to care about empty manners, court rituals, fancy culture, or some martial arts tournament.

The Stark family has ruled the North for thousands of years, and it has long been ingrained. They hope that the future governor who will rule the North will also be a northerner, not a governor who was parachuted from somewhere. This is their only appeal. .

The stubborn and xenophobic character of the northerners is somewhat similar to the xenophobia of the Dornishmen, and it may be very difficult for outsiders to rule the north.

"The North fought side by side with us to resist the common enemy of all mankind, and after King Robert was defeated and captured, he surrendered and made a splendid feat..."

Later dynasties will have a not objective and fair evaluation of the previous dynasties. Generally speaking, they will try their best to belittle each other and obtain a relatively justifiable reason for themselves.

And it is rare to raise a level of evaluation of the previous dynasty. In the Targaryen family, Robert Baratheon was contemptuously called a 'usurper' and did not recognize that the other party had obtained the kingdom's sovereignty for ten years. time, but since Viserys was determined to establish a new country to separate from the previous Targaryen dynasty, based on this need, he exceptionally acknowledged the existence of King Robert, who had captured the entire country, and the Targaryen The dynasty was destroyed by Viserys' father, Aerys II the Mad King.

Political compromises are often based on what they want, and the reversal of tone in the court is only fleeting. It is common for skilled politicians and nobles to say something in the morning and deny what they said in the morning at night.

Therefore, the 'Usurper' became the 'King Robert', but the characterization of that war has not changed. It is still the 'Usurper War'. Robert usurped the Iron Throne of the Targaryen family and became the king of the Seven Kingdoms.

And Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell, walked to the front of the stage with heavy shackles on his hands and feet. His upright personality naturally couldn't figure out what the subtle changes in these words meant, and he didn't want to think about it.

He also saw a few familiar faces in the front row of the Throne Room, Varys the Eight-Clawed Spider, Oberyn, Prince of Dorne, and his former rival Jon Clinton, but most of them were still unfamiliar faces, The commander of the Golden Corps, Meath Toin, the Dothraki blood ally Kago, and the commander-in-chief of the Unsullied Legion Black Bug, their eyes slashed at Eddard Stark like knives.

"Long time no see, Lord Eddard Stark."

Petyr Baelish 'Littlefinger' wearing a black cloak also stood in the front of the group of ministers, and nodded slightly to Eddard without a smile.

On the other side, the King's advisor 'Little Devil' Tyrion Lannister, who was standing on the steps in front of the Iron Throne, coughed lightly and looked up at the Valyrian Steel Crown on the Iron Throne. The silver-haired youth continued to speak.

"Your Majesty, the people of the North actively surrendered and did not resist the unification of the country, and the sins of the usurper war have not been reckoned with, and the North has not been recovered, so Lord Eddard Stark is still qualified to retain the identity of the Duke of Winterfell..."

Tyrion's voice echoed in the silent throne room, which was of course not his own opinion, but the lines and script that had been preset in advance.

The haggard-faced and unshaven Duke Eddard Stark thought about the words his wife had entrusted to him before leaving, then fell silent for a while, took a deep breath, and bowed his head to the Iron Throne, salute with a hoarse voice.

"His Majesty."

Duke Ed softened and bowed his head to say His Majesty. All the nobles in the northern realm present breathed a sigh of relief except for one person.

Ramsay Snow's father and brother are dead, but Ramsay is not as eager to get his surname as he was back then. Instead, he is not in a hurry to give himself the surname Bolton, because he has other plans.

He saw that Ed didn't use the hard-core spirit of his northerners. He stood firm and didn't bow his head to Viserys, but came up and softened, and his eyes were slightly cloudy.

His ambition is very big, and his ambition is in the north, but then he still shakes his head, revealing a bright smile.

While Viserys sat on the Iron Throne without speaking, he just nodded slightly. Eddard Stark, who was present as the Duke of Winterfell, stepped aside with heavy shackles and stood beside Oberyn.

"Lord Eddard Stark."

Oberyn had escorted Tywin Lannister back to King's Landing. The Dornishman had dark skin and a smile similar to that of Rams, and then greeted Eddard Stark. road.

"Long time ago I heard of Lord Stark's reputation for justice and integrity."

"Prince Oberyn."

And Ed had just been released from prison. He had been suffocated for so long in prison, but he really had nothing to say to Oberyn, so he just nodded and responded in a hoarse voice. one sentence.

At this moment, another voice came from the Iron Throne, which immediately attracted the eyes of both of them.

"Earl Geoffrey Bracken."

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