"Poison?" This time, everyone was unable to remain calm.
Everyone had already speculated on the high probability that Lysa and Littlefinger had poisoned Jon Arryn, but they hadn't expected even young Robert to be troubled by poison.
Ser Donnel was somewhat far away; he wasn't close enough to the core circle.
Regarding the conspiracy theory that Lysa Tully and Littlefinger had poisoned Lord Jon Arryn to be together (Lysa's one-sided belief), everyone found it unbelievable and horrifying, yet quite credible.
After all, the Lords had almost all heard about the tumultuous past of Lysa and Littlefinger.
At present, Lysa's numerous suitors in The Eyrie were probably just a smokescreen; she had only ever loved Littlefinger.
Lord Jon was old, and Littlefinger had always been clever and full of sweet words.
As long as Lord Jon was poisoned, The Bloody Gate secured, young Lord Robert controlled, and Littlefinger acquired a high peerage on the Iron Throne, marrying Lysa and taking control of the Vale, this was highly possible.
In chaotic times, there were also chaotic ambitions.
However, the Lords of the Vale had not realized two things: first, Littlefinger's ambition was so immense, as he came from a minor lord family on the Fingers Peninsula, and for an ordinary person, even master of coin was a luxury, let alone aspiring to control The Eyrie.
Second, they hadn't realized that Littlefinger was a truly petty man who repaid kindness with enmity and had no bottom line, and Lysa was an infatuated and poisonous woman utterly devoted to Littlefinger.
"There is nothing more venomous than a woman's heart. How many innocent maidens, rejected in love, have cruelly murdered the men they adored? What's more, to act for the one they love," Ser Barristan Selmy lamented.
Not everyone truly loved honor and vows.
So it was for the Kingsguard, and so it was for marriage.
Anguy also felt a chill down his spine; if one's bedmate was a venomous woman, she would be impossible to guard against.
"When Lord Jon married Lysa back then, some knights hinted to Lord Jon that Littlefinger's presence was dishonorable and an insult to House Arryn, suggesting he could mysteriously disappear.
But Lord Jon scolded them, saying Littlefinger was just a Child, and killing a Child was dishonorable," Bronze Yohn sighed.
"Lord Jon, instead, believed Lysa's pillow talk, allowing Littlefinger to rise rapidly, but unfortunately, he nurtured not a benefactor, but a venomous snake and scorpion, ultimately suffering at their hands."
"The marriages of my two nieces were both based on politics rather than affection, but the outcomes were vastly different.
Lysa certainly brought it upon herself, but my brother... alas," Ser Brynden sighed.
If Lord Hoster hadn't sold his second daughter for a high price, the situation might not have been so.
Lord Jon wanted soldiers, and Lord Hoster wanted his foolish daughter, who had been deflowered and suffered a miscarriage, to marry into a prominent family.
Political marriages had the same starting point, but Catelyn's fortunes were much better than her sister's.
Although Eddard Stark was not as handsome and robust as Brandon Stark, and still had a youthful air, he was at least a young talent, while Jon Arryn was older than even Hoster.
Lysa had two children who didn't survive birth and experienced four miscarriages...
The gods only gave Lysa one Child, and he was sickly.
"What's past is prologue. Our key now is to take Lysa and protect young Robert."
"Those skilled in poison will understand its various principles.
They can make a Child sleep more or fuss less for a while; it's simply the poison constantly settling.
Coincidentally, Gulltown is close to Across the Narrow Sea, so obtaining some poisons is not scarce," Gendry said.
He also had some understanding of poisons, though he was merely too lazy to use them.
But he had a deep understanding of the pharmacology and types of poisons from Qyburn.
"Young Robert will have seizures with just a slight stimulus, and I've also heard that Lysa gives him some medicine to keep him quiet.
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