Chapter 602 Public Grievances Boil

Some of the top dignitaries in this row of the Seven Kingdoms are sitting upright, some with a playful expression, some with their legs crossed, and some are wandering about what they are thinking.

The most marginal person is Prince Quentin Martell of Dorne, who was the youngest and was not eligible to attend, but he came on behalf of his father, so he sat at the very edge of the doge sequence, next to his sister Queen Arianne Martell.

Prince Dorne had a tender face, and kept turning his head from side to side. He was wearing a sand-yellow robe full of Dorne characteristics.

Prince Doran of Dorne was indeed unable to come to King's Landing due to health reasons, and he had not left the Fallingwater Gardens for many years.

Therefore, he has been sending his eldest son Quentyn to stay in King's Landing, which may be able to help his sister a little bit, and secondly, to stabilize Dorne's position in the new dynasty.

In the face of Robert's puzzled eyes, Ed, who was sitting on the table, had a slightly uncomfortable expression on his face. The Northlander pursed his chapped lips, then lowered his head and did not look directly into his friend's eyes.

Because he was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Red Keep, Robert knew nothing about the outside world. His son Joffrey and daughter Myrcella didn't tell him these things when he came to visit him the day before yesterday.

Robert thought Eddard was dead, or left King's Landing in black.

However, he never imagined that Eddard was still qualified to sit in the trial seat and watch his trial? Is this not a blatant betrayal?

At the beginning, it was agreed that the good brothers would die together, but I didn't expect you to secretly admit it.

Robert's eyes were a little angry and also a little puzzled, but he didn't accuse them. After all, the relationship between the two people was like brotherhood. They were not brothers, but they were like brothers.

Both of them grew up in the valley as adopted sons. When they were teenagers, they brag and farted together. When they grew up, they did a grand event together and overthrew the great kingdom that had ruled Westeros for nearly three hundred years.

Therefore, the relationship between the two is very good. Ed can get a chance to survive and Robert will be happy for him. Of course, being happy for him does not mean that he can forgive the betrayal.

Robert's eyes were like knives, and Ed bowed his head and remained silent.

He chose to kneel and plead guilty for his wife and children, but Robert would not.

Ed's path is not for everyone. His personal reputation is a guarantee. Even if Robert kneels and confesses, he will not be able to survive, just like his old husband Tywin Lannister. , the way to survive has been blocked, what are you doing to be ashamed at the last moment of your life?

It would be better to go down to the seven layers of hell.

Robert is very clear about his own position, knowing that he has been a bastard in this life, enjoying the glory and wealth in life, and he should go to the seventh hell to be punished when he dies.

"Kneel down!"

The Unsullied soldiers who were escorting Robert had a cold voice and wanted to force the former king to kneel, but Viserys waved his hand to stop them.

"never mind."

"A king should not be humiliated."

In fact, if you put aside the so-called family feud, Viserys doesn't hate Robert, even if the other party wants to kill him, maybe it is based on the previous life's goodwill towards this bold and outspoken fat man. Strong affinity, very good at turning enemies into friends.

The reason why the Targaryen army joined the human coalition and many nobles of the Seven Kingdoms to fight against the White Walkers was Robert's sincerity and Viserys' trust.

In fact, if after the end of the human coalition's war against the White Walkers, Robert was not shot and fell into a coma, and the military power did not fall into Tywin's hands, perhaps the two armies would not turn their faces so quickly and exploded in an instant. civil war.

At that time, Robert wanted to negotiate with Viserys to discuss the possibility that the Targaryen army would not attack Westeros and instead build a huge empire on Essos.

After all, the continent of Essos is vast, with abundant population and developed economy, so there is no need to die on the Iron Throne.

However, Robert was shot in the chest with an arrow by Lyanna Stark, and the military power fell into the hands of his father-in-law Tywin, and the basis and weak possibility of all these negotiations disappeared.

Tywin knew that once the Targaryen family gained power, he would not be able to forgive himself, so he had to drag more people into the water to save the Lannister family.

Tywin controlled the power of the human coalition and launched an attack on the Targaryen army, and even shot Balerion with a sneak attack with a giant crossbow, successfully angering Viserys.

Then the civil war of mankind broke out. The angry black dragon burned down the Twins City and destroyed the resistance of the coalition forces. In the end, this civil war swept through every inch of the land of the seven countries. It took nearly two years to complete the unification of the seven countries.

"Humph--"

However, Robert didn't seem to appreciate Viserys' kindness very much. His hands and feet were still in the same place with chains and he snorted coldly.

In fact, Robert's trial was very simple, and there was no need for accusations from other witnesses. The fact that he was the leader of the rebel army and usurping the Iron Throne was enough to kill him.

But the Chancellor of Justice was still very competent to list a long list of crimes against Robert, and brought in many witnesses to charge King Robert.

There are even many crimes that even Viserys has never heard of, such as massacres of people, robbery of finances, robbing of civilian women, persecution of nobles, etc. However, the most striking thing is that Robert hollowed out the country's treasury and squandered it freely.

Former Robert's Chancellor of the Exchequer Petyr Baelish testified in person. Robert splurged and emptied the treasury to satisfy his various extreme material desires, which made it difficult for the country to function, the economy was sluggish, and the people's living standards were Compared with the period of Mad King Aerys II, it has shrunk considerably.

The funny thing is that the mad king hated by the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms did not cause great damage to the people, while the leader of the rebel army who stood on the side of "justice" caused the most damage to the people.

"Moth!"

"vampire!"

"The Fat Pig King!"

If it is said that the prostitute king just now was just the people roaring, with the trial to the present, it has ignited the anger of the people.

Ordinary King's Landing people don't understand the so-called 'economics' and don't know why their living standards are declining, but they understand numbers and can do simple addition and subtraction.

Millions of golden dragons was a number they could not have imagined, yet it was all squandered by King Robert himself.

Especially when Petyr Baelish said that it was the king's extravagance that had lowered their living standards, he became even more angry, and the scene was full of people and resentment.

The two children, Joffrey and Myrcella, who were so frightened that they were qualified to sit in the front row, were pale and terrified.

They never imagined that their father would be so unloved by the people.

And their mother Cersei hurriedly hugged the two children to soothe their emotions, and then stood up.