However, the Citadel's achievements were undoubtedly extremely successful; their role was not only recognized by all the noble lords of the Seven Kingdoms, but they were also never doubted in the slightest.
Even the Seven Gods Church, backed by deities, had been questioned and doubted by many people. Furthermore, whether it was when the Seven Kingdoms were independent kings or after the Targaryen Family unified the Seven Kingdoms, large-scale bloody conflicts erupted with the Church.
Yet, no one had ever clashed with the Citadel, nor had anyone ever questioned how much influence or threat they posed to their rule.
Naturally, Princess Daenerys's few words today could not make them develop significant defensive instincts or doubts about the Citadel.
But at least, in the minds of these few individuals, who were considered intelligent in the Seven Kingdoms, a seed was planted, making them want to investigate.
King Jaehaerys was the first to regain his composure from his daze. He quickly instructed the Kingsguard,
"Quickly take the Archmaester down for treatment. The Small Council indeed needs some fresh blood; otherwise, it's just us old fellows who could collapse at any moment. If anything unexpected happens to any of us, wouldn't it delay state affairs?"
"Ryan, have the Assistant Scholar send out a raven to urgently summon Earl Manfry Redwyne to assume the position of Minister of Maritime Affairs."
"Daenerys, the director of the Orphanage you mentioned to me earlier, his name is…"
Suddenly unable to recall his name, King Jaehaerys asked Daenerys.
"Dean Ogian, Great-grandfather, his name is Dean Ogian."
Jaehaerys then realized with a sudden understanding,
"That's right, that's right! He has quite a reputation among the monks in King's Landing and in Flea Bottom. Although in others' mouths he is somewhat infamous, it cannot be denied that from him, you can hear any news you wish to know."
"Recruit him into the Red Keep to serve as the Head of Intelligence. He is an interesting person!"
"Ser Ryan, later, you personally bring people to escort him into the Red Keep."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ser Ryan, the Kingsguard Captain, was the third son of the previous Minister of Maritime Affairs, Manfry Redwyne, and the current Earl Manfry Redwyne was the eldest son of his elder brother.
Although becoming a Scholar, Kingsguard, or Night's Watch on the Wall means swearing to abandon one's surname, not marry, not have children, and no longer possess one's own lands, how could blood ties fade because of an oath?
Therefore, the Redwyne Family and House Tyrell re-entered the Small Council, and Captain Ryan was also very happy.
Because the intermarriage between the Redwyne Family and House Tyrell had almost never ceased. The current Earl Redwyne's wife is the biological daughter of Lady Florent. And the current Duke Tyrell's wife is also from the Redwyne Family.
Now, King Jaehaerys seemed to be preparing to first instigate internal conflict among the four top noble houses of The Reach.
House Tyrell, as the nominal liege lord of The Reach, was everywhere suppressed by the Hightower Family, yet they had no way to deal with them.
Therefore, House Tyrell had always been relatively shrewd, directly tying the Redwyne Family, with its strongest naval power, firmly to itself through marriage.
They used them to protect the Shield Islands very well, resisting the raids of the pirates from the Iron Islands.
As descendants of the River King, the Fossoway Family is an ancient and powerful family. In fact, after the Conqueror eliminated the Gardener Family, the Fossoway Family should have been the most qualified to inherit the Duke of the Riverlands by bloodline, and this was also the tradition of the Seven Kingdoms.
So the Fossoway Family had not thought highly of House Tyrell before, until Lady Florent married into House Tyrell and managed House Tyrell for many years, only then did the relationship between the two families ease.
No matter how great the Hightower Family's sin was this time, at least the Old King was prepared to first use the other three top families of The Reach to jointly suppress them.
The Reach, as the duchy with the best agricultural conditions and the most extensive arable land in the Seven Kingdoms, has families that are all incredibly wealthy, making it very suitable for a prolonged war. Therefore, instigating their internal struggle is undoubtedly a good approach.
To deal with the Hightower Family, increasing the number of seats on the Small Council willing to kick them while they're down is undoubtedly a very clever and effortless method.
"Daenerys, then prepare yourself to personally ride a dragon to Oldtown and bring all members of the Hightower Family to King's Landing."
"Since Scholar Runeter's health is no longer suitable for the Archmaester position, it's also a good opportunity for you to go to the Citadel and bring back a new Archmaester."
Daenerys respectfully accepted the command,
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Presumably, in the future history of the Seven Kingdoms, today will certainly be a day written in great detail.
On May 1st, 101 AC, Conqueror's Era,
The first female member of the Small Council in the Seven Kingdoms appeared;
The Targaryen Family gained two more family swords, Nightfall and Dawn;
It was also on this day that the Hightower Family actually stole three Dragon Eggs from Holy Flame Island;
Princess Daenerys was assassinated by the Faceless Men while giving alms in King's Landing.
However, Daenerys wanted to add another vivid stroke to this day.
After the Small Council concluded, Daenerys and King Jaehaerys, each holding a valyrian steel sword, returned to the King's chambers together.
"Daenerys, did you see something about the Citadel in a dragon dream?"
"Will they harm the Targaryen Family's dragons?"
Daenerys nodded silently upon hearing this, but then spoke again,
"However, it's hard to draw conclusions about something that hasn't happened yet!"
"Many things happen precisely because various actions taken after knowing the truth beforehand actually lead to the occurrence of those things in the prophecy."
"Therefore, we absolutely must not act rashly at present! As long as we can preserve enough dragons, all conspiracies and schemes will be impossible to achieve before dragons!"
"By the way, Great-grandfather, I now have a method that can directly hatch Dragon Eggs. Would you like to try it?"
Upon hearing Daenerys say this, King Jaehaerys immediately became excited.
"Really?!"
King's Landing Dragonpit,
After nightfall, Daenerys, riding Dreamfire, landed directly with King Jaehaerys on the square in front of the bronze gate. The Dragon Guard had already been waiting there for a long time.
At this moment, a pile of firewood had been set up in one corner of the square, and tied to the pyre were three people with their mouths gagged. One was the Faceless Men who assassinated Daenerys during the day, one was Archmaester Runeter, and the other was a white-haired youth.
The Dragon Guard nearby, seeing the King and Princess approach, immediately came forward holding a reddish-brown Dragon Eggs.
"Princess, this is an older, petrified Dragon Eggs found according to your instructions."
Daenerys took the Dragon Eggs, felt the rich magical power within it, and nodded in satisfaction,
"Hmm, this Dragon Eggs was well-chosen!"
Daenerys then took the Dragon Eggs to the pyre, placed the Dragon Eggs on it, and gestured to Jaehaerys that it was ready.
So, the two of them used the Valyrian steel dagger in Jaehaerys's hand to cut their palms, dripping blood onto the Dragon Eggs while chanting Ancient Valyria incantations.
At this moment, the white-haired youth, somehow breaking free from the gagging cloth, shouted loudly,
"Your Majesty, I am your bastard son, Ulf!"
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