dragon Soaring Picture
"What did you say?!"
King Jaehaerys asked Grand Academician Lunetel again in disbelief, and the glass cup in his hand shattered.
At this moment, the aura emanating from the Old King, who was always known for his wisdom and benevolence, made everyone present feel immense pressure. Lord Lyman Beesbury, who was beside King Jaehaerys, was so frightened by the Old King's imposing presence that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Even Lady Emerald, who had seen many grand occasions, felt a chill run down her spine.
And the Archmaester, who was directly facing King Jaehaerys, immediately knelt down on the ground.
"Your... Your Majesty, a raven from Dragonstone brought news that Mond Hightower of Oldtown killed the guards of the Fire Burial Tower last night and stole three Dragon Eggs from inside."
"Prince Viserys has already ridden Vhagar to pursue them, but no news has been reported back yet."
"Good, good, very good!"
King Jaehaerys laughed in extreme anger.
"What a Voice of Oldtown, what a Guardian of the Citadel, what a Hightower Family."
"Runeter, immediately send out ravens to summon Earl Hightower to King's Landing at once to give the Targaryen Royal Family a reasonable explanation."
"Also, immediately summon Prince Daemon and Princess Rhaenys to support Viserys. Tell them to recover the three Dragon Eggs at all costs."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Grand Academician Lunetel quickly scrambled towards the Raven Tower.
"Ser Ryan, immediately arrest Otto Hightower and all relatives, knights, and servants of the Hightower Family in King's Landing."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Kingsguard Captain immediately led his white cloaks and Red Keep guards towards the Hand's Tower and the Hightower Family's residence in King's Landing.
Lord Lyman Beesbury and Lady Emerald couldn't help but exchange a subtle glance, thinking to themselves,
"I'm afraid the Seven Kingdoms are about to face another bloody storm!"
As Daenerys and her group had just arrived at Flea Bottom to distribute food and clothing, they saw Red Keep guards hurrying towards the noble residential area with grim expressions.
"What happened? We just came out of the Red Keep, didn't we?"
Garlan Beesbury looked at the hurrying Red Keep guards in confusion and wondered.
Several of Margaery's girls also immediately sensed that something was amiss and became uneasy.
Seeing this, Daenerys quickly comforted them,
"No matter what happened, let's finish what we're doing first. When we return to the Red Keep, everything will naturally become clear!"
At this moment, the elderly and children of Flea Bottom had already rushed towards the distribution point. Harold and Garlan quickly organized the guards to arrange them into lines and carefully guarded Daenerys and the many girls.
"Everyone, don't rush, please line up in an orderly fashion. There is plenty of food and clothing, and everyone will get a share."
Daenerys said loudly to the somewhat noisy crowd,
"Everyone, line up on the right and leave from the left after receiving your share."
Such a single-file line could minimize the appearance of traces and chaos. Because Daenerys had often come to Flea Bottom to distribute aid before, and always adopted this method, everyone was already used to it.
So, with the maintenance of the knights and guards, the line was quickly formed.
However, the environment in Flea Bottom was still very poor, and Daenerys's dresses quickly became somewhat dirty.
Although Otto Hightower had put a lot of effort into managing King's Landing's sanitation over the past two months, the results were minimal.
He first paid thousands of gold dragons out of his own pocket to hire the poor people of Flea Bottom to clean the entire King's Landing. But soon, all the streets became dirty and messy again within a few days.
Moreover, according to investigations by Daenerys's secret guards, the sanitation in many places was intentionally messed up by those who had previously been paid to clean. They believed that this way, Otto would hire them again, providing them with a continuous income.
However, unfortunately, their little tricks were also seen through by Otto. So Otto issued a decree, forbidding people from throwing garbage and dumping feces randomly, otherwise, they would be severely punished.
He also had family knights and attendants form an inspection team, roaming around King's Landing every day, and once anyone was found not complying with the law, they would be severely punished.
But after all, King's Landing was too large and its population too numerous, so the results were not very significant. Moreover, deploying so many people did not save money compared to hiring those poor people to clean.
Afterward, Otto continued to think of many methods, generally either hiring people to clean or sending people to supervise others to maintain sanitation. So after two months, although the sanitation situation in King's Landing had improved, there was no fundamental change, and Otto had spent tens of thousands of gold dragons.
All the garbage that was cleared out each time was piled outside the city walls of King's Landing. This made the sanitation situation for the displaced people living in shacks attached to the city walls unbearable.
Finally, Dean Ogian, the director of the Orphanage, advised Otto that he was willing to arrange for people from the Orphanage to transport this garbage to a place far from King's Landing. However, Otto would need to pay him three thousand gold dragons per month.
Because tens of thousands of gold dragons had already been spent, there was no choice but to try anything, and Dean Ogian's request was granted.
The Orphanage's estate was not far from King's Landing, and Daenerys had long taught them how to ferment farm manure. And all the dragon dung cleared from the dragon pit had also been collected by Dean Ogian to the estate.
These things, which others avoided, became the best fertilizer at the estate. However, after all, the Orphanage's estate was not large, and so much farm manure could not be used up.
So some time ago, Daenerys leased the management rights of her mother's dowry estate. That was the dowry left to her mother by her maternal grandmother, Princess Daniella, and her maternal grandfather, the former Lord of the Vale.
It was a large estate covering tens of thousands of acres, but although the weather had been favorable in recent years, the output was extremely mediocre.
So Daenerys leased this large estate with the average annual output of the estate as rent. Her mother, Emma, naturally had no objection, as her income had not decreased, and she didn't have to worry about managing it.
Thus, with Dean Ogian's involvement, the filth of King's Landing was significantly reduced. But the poorest and most backward Flea Bottom hardly changed much. After all, this place was almost a corner forgotten by everyone and the gods.
Just as Daenerys and her group had distributed half of the supplies, they suddenly felt a strong magical fluctuation from someone in the crowd.
Daenerys immediately became alert, because this level of magical fluctuation must have come from someone with specialized training.
So after giving Harold a look, Daenerys said to Margaery beside her,
"Margaery, I'll leave this to you for now. I have something to do and will be away for a bit."
"Okay, Princess! I'll take care of it here."
Daenerys quickly took her two Mastiffs, which were as big as calves, and walked towards a less crowded area.
At this time, Daenerys also confirmed who those people with magical fluctuations were. An old woman selling sweet water, a gloomy middle-aged man, and an innocent little girl.
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