Lysa doesn't let the Child leave her side for a step, nor does she allow him playmates; can this Child truly grow up?" Blackfish frowned.
This was essentially a slow suicide, but Lysa valued her Child greatly, and no one knew how much he had actually consumed.
Whatever Littlefinger said, Lysa would probably believe.
"Every Maester's storeroom contains medicines and poisons; those who use medicine will naturally administer poison."
Medicine and poison were two sides of the same coin; many Maesters at The Citadel, in addition to studying their medical arts, also researched the history and uses of various poisons.
However, poisons were more widely spread and effective in the Free Cities and assassin guilds.
Before poison, even knights and kings would lose their aura of strength and power.
Such was the magic of poison; even cowards and women with no strength could wield immense power.
"Damn it, if Littlefinger and Lysa are truly like this, they are unforgivable," Bronze Yohn fumed.
Poison was feared and loathed by knights and nobles in the feudal society of the Seven Kingdoms.
Many viewed it as a sinister weapon used only by the decadent drunkards of the Free Cities.
"Poison is the weapon of cowards, and Littlefinger happens to be a vicious coward," Ser Barristan said.
Poison had always been considered the weapon of cowards, eunuchs, bastards, and women.
"So Maester Colemon is also very important.
He is The Eyrie's Maester.
He knows part of the medication process for Lord Arryn's treatment, and naturally, he also knows a little about the young Lord's medication," Gendry said, adding that this person was also a crucial link in the chain of evidence.
Thus, they already had two of the three people involved in the conspiracy against the Arryn father and son.
Everyone nodded.
If they went straight to The Eyrie, several people would need to be controlled: Lysa, the main culprit; Maester Colemon, the knowing party; Nestor, the steward of The Gate of the Moon; the young Lord who needed protection; and then the suitors.
"What is the situation in The Eyrie now, and how many suitors are there still?" Gendry asked Ser Brynden Blackfish.
Ser Brynden began, "For the past fourteen years, Lord Jon served in King's Landing, and during this time, Grand Steward Nestor Royce was in charge.
Many people believed he should act as regent until the young Lord came of age.
Others thought Lysa should remarry, and the sooner the better.
The Eyrie should still be crowded with suitors, as numerous as crows on a battlefield.
The most popular were Old Hunter and Lyn, who only liked young boys, but now, I see she is just enjoying a game of love; the real object of her affection is still in King's Landing.
She intends to rule herself until her son grows up and becomes the true Lord of The Eyrie."
"Only those two are the most shameless, as they are always short of money," Bronze Yohn said with a cold face.
Lord Hunter was older than Jon, suffered from gout, walked with a limp, and had three quarrelsome sons, each more greedy than the last.
Ser Lyn Corbray, on the other hand, was another kind of absurdity.
He was slender and handsome, the heir to the ancient and declining House Corbray, but he was vain, bad-tempered, and acted without thinking... Some even rumored that he was famously uninterested in intimate relationships between men and women.
"Since there are so many Lords present, it's not necessarily a bad thing," Gendry said.
"Control the situation, persuade them."
What could these impoverished but ancient nobles do?
After all, they still had to live.
Aside from the nobles who controlled port hubs and some commercial industries, some Vale nobles also lived in hardship.
"Lord Nestor is our first step, but I'm afraid he might not be as compliant as we wish?" Blackfish pondered, then said to Bronze Yohn.
Nestor Royce had served as Grand Steward of the Vale and Defender of The Gate of the Moon for many years.
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