Daenerys looked at Earl Cuy, who had an honest expression, and couldn't help but say with a hint of regret, "Earl Cuy's loyalty to the Hightower Family is truly commendable. Loyalty is indeed a quality to be praised, but if one uses loyalty as a pretext to secretly engage in illegal activities, then that would be greatly unfavorable!"
"Earl Cuy, you constantly remember your loyalty to the Hightower Family. Why have you completely forgotten your loyalty to the Royal Family?"
Earl Cuy naturally didn't know that Daenerys already possessed enough evidence to crush him. Although Daenerys's name had already resounded throughout the Seven Kingdoms, she was, after all, still just a ten-year-old princess.
Therefore, for the old-fashioned Earl Cuy, he truly didn't take Daenerys seriously.
"For the Cuy family, loyalty to the Hightower Family is naturally also loyalty to the Royal Family. This is the law of the Seven Kingdoms and the custom of Westeros."
"As a court lady, the Princess naturally doesn't understand the rules here."
"Hahaha!"
Earl Cuy's words made Daenerys burst into laughter. It seemed that this was the true level of many noble lords in the Seven Kingdoms.
Thousands of years of unchanging feudal lord system had severely limited their way of thinking and their perspective.
"My liege's liege is not my liege!"
Daenerys finally heard such an argument again. In Westeros, many lords, besides feasting, drinking, and practicing martial arts, had almost no political acumen or overall vision.
Many of them were illiterate, let alone familiar with the laws of the Seven Kingdoms; many of them felt that these were things scholars should master. Clearly, Earl Cuy and Boros of Storm's End were cut from the same cloth.
"Then Earl Cuy, out of loyalty to whom did you take Princess Senira out of Oldtown and send her to Lys?"
"I am very interested in knowing what kind of loyal heart could make you commit such an act of treason?"
"I am equally curious, what kind of loyal heart could make you disregard the fate of the Cuy family and dare to intend to recommend Princess Senira's bastards to contend for the crown prince position of the Seven Kingdoms?"
"And what kind of loyal heart could make you disregard the fate of the Cuy family and personally go to Braavos to hire Faceless Men to assassinate me, a Royal Princess?"
Daenerys's words were like sharp swords, directly piercing Earl Cuy's heart. Shock and fear now filled him; he was so red with shame and anger that he couldn't utter a single word.
Daenerys waved her hand, called the Scholar beside him, then had Simoros bend low, and passed the letters in her hand to the Old Scholar through Mongo.
The Old Scholar opened the letters and was immediately shocked by their content.
"This, this…"
Daenerys calmly asked the Scholar,
"Doren Scholar, you are most familiar with Earl Cuy's handwriting. You should know better than anyone whether these letters are from his hand, shouldn't you?"
The Old Scholar stared at the letters in his hand, his hands trembling uncontrollably,
"Rep-reporting to Your Royal Highness, this is indeed Earl Cuy's handwriting without a doubt, and the seals on these letters are indeed the Cuy family's insignia, that's right. Some of these letters I even personally sealed with wax."
"It's good that Doren Scholar can prove it, so no one can say I wronged the Cuy family."
After speaking, Daenerys took back the letters. She had Simoros stand up and loudly addressed the Cuy family's knights and warriors,
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, the Cuy family has committed three serious acts of treason. According to the laws of the Seven Kingdoms, I, Daenerys Targaryen, as the Prince of Holy Flame Island and Princess of the Targaryen Royal Family, hereby rule as follows."
"One, deprive the Cuy family of their earldom, as well as their family castle, all property, and territories under the names of all Cuy family members."
"Two, all male members of the Cuy family aged twelve and above shall be exiled to The Wall to serve as Night's Watch."
"Three, all female members and young descendants of the Cuy family shall be expelled from Westeros and exiled to the Stepstones to fend for themselves."
Hearing Daenerys's harsh judgment, Earl Cuy instantly broke down,
"I object! I object!"
"You are merely a Royal Princess, what right do you have to judge me?"
"I demand a trial by the Seven!"
Earl Cuy, looking insane, waved the steel sword in his hand and yelled unwillingly.
"Dragonflame!"
Daenerys had no mercy for the Cuy family, because the Cuy family were not only the Hightower family's most loyal lackeys. And all the charges against the Cuy family were absolutely true.
It was indeed the Cuy family, at the Hightower Family's instigation, who sent Princess Senira to Lys to be a prostitute. Daenerys didn't believe they did this out of sympathy or help for Princess Senira; it was simply to make a mockery of the Targaryen Royal Family and see them humiliated.
After all, the existence of Princess Senira was a huge stain on the reputation of the Targaryen Royal Family.
Daenerys originally intended to pin the crime of hiring Faceless Men on the Hightower Family. But what she didn't expect was that Earl Cuy actually went to Braavos to hire Faceless Men.
Although their letters between him and Earl Hightower did not explicitly state that hiring Faceless Men was to assassinate Daenerys. But what a coincidence it was that the Faceless Men made their move against Daenerys at this very moment?!
Now, they would have to bear this blame whether they wanted to or not!
Therefore, the Cuy family's calamity today was unavoidable no matter what.
Simoros's scorching scarlet Dragonflame engulfed Earl Cuy and several knights who tried to save him, along with their warhorses.
"Ah~"
Accompanied by the screams of them and their warhorses, Simoros swung his dragon tail, sweeping away several soldiers who still foolishly charged forward.
At this moment, Rogge shouted loudly,
"Put down your weapons and kneel! Anyone who dares to attack Her Royal Highness again will be killed without mercy!"
And Mongo had already led the Unsullied charging towards the restless Cuy family warriors.
Rogge also led the Oldtown Garrison, completely surrounding several hundred Cuy family warriors.
Although there were brave individuals in the Cuy family, those who had taken action before were core members of the Cuy family. After all, Daenerys had already stripped them of their noble status, so they had no retreat.
But the ordinary warriors were different; they were merely common folk from Yangwu City who had been conscripted. They had no intention of perishing with the Cuy family, and the Cuy family hadn't treated them particularly well in the first place. So, several hundred ordinary soldiers immediately surrendered their weapons.
Thus, this farce of the Cuy family ended in less than half an hour. Except for the dozen or so Cuy family members slaughtered by the Dragon, everyone else surrendered obediently.
Daenerys had Mongo lead one hundred Unsullied, three to four hundred newly recruited Cuy family warriors, and two hundred Oldtown Garrison to Yangwu City to eliminate the Cuy family.
Yangwu City was considered a good earldom, and the castle was built on a seaside cliff, which was very convenient for the Dragon to land.
Daenerys planned to suggest to her Great-grandfather that this place be reserved as a future fiefdom for members of the Targaryen Family.
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