Chapter 72 Shelving the Engagement

Oberon admired Viserys' performance at the negotiating table just now, and even gave him some admiration.

But his talk of marrying a daughter was just a joke, he wasn't going to marry a daughter, and Viserys was accustomed to Oberyn's open mouth.

It's just that Viserys didn't know why he was not very emotional when he heard the other party's words, Wei Wei was silent for a while and did not respond, but asked back with some doubts.

"What's wrong with your daughter's identity?"

How could Oberyn's daughter's identity go wrong as Prince of Dorne?

"Oh, they're all my illegitimate daughters."

And Oberon shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said indifferently, without any cover up.

In other places in Westeros except Dorne, illegitimate children are things that greatly affect the honor of the family. Even if it has become a practice now, the nobles will try their best to keep it secret.

But Dorne is different from other places. For example, Dorne has a consistent inheritance system for relatively equal men and women, mistresses also have a certain social status, and a more unrestrained sexual attitude than other regions.

Viserys was silent after listening, and Oberyn did not speak for a very long time, and finally stopped slightly at the fork at the end of the corridor.

At this point it was time for Viserys and Oberyn to go their separate ways, and the bedroom where he was assigned to rest was on the other side.

"Think about it, Arianne is a good girl too."

And Oberyn finally took a deep breath, then patted Viserys on the shoulder and said.

Then, just as he was about to turn around and walked towards his bedroom, he seemed to remember something and stopped for a while.

"By the way, Viserys, I'll be with you when you return to Dragonstone. I want to see the baby my sister and that bastard gave birth to."

The bastard was undoubtedly Viserys' brother Rhaegar Targaryen, and Rhaenys was the child of Rhaegar and Oberyn's sister.

Oberyn had not seen what his niece looked like because of his travels in Essos before. He had plenty of time anyway. This time, he wanted to take this opportunity to return to Dragonstone with Viserys. , visit Renice.

"okay, I get it."

Viserys stood there and quietly watched Oberyn's departing back. The man's slender figure looked like a twisted snake shadow under the red glow of the setting sun.

Then the little king exhaled slightly.

In the conversation between Oberyn and Viserys just now, the terms of the secret pact between Dorne and Targaryen were mentioned.

Naturally, it is impossible for Dorne to unconditionally support the future return of Viserys to Westeros for the Iron Throne.

And Dorne's condition is very simple, that is, to ask Viserys to marry Princess Arianne Martell, the eldest daughter of Prince Doran, as queen in return.

However, this proposal was opposed by Viserys, who did not want his life-long event to be so hasty.

And based on what he knew about Arianne Martell, Viserys naturally didn't want his future wife to be such a woman.

However, right now he couldn't come up with better conditions to satisfy Dorn.

Unless he is replaced by his infant sister Daenerys to fulfill his marriage to the Martell family, he will marry Quentin Martell, the eldest son of Prince Doran, who is now just three years old.

However, this choice was also unacceptable to Viserys.

So, in the end, Viserys still found a reason to temporarily put aside the engagement with Princess Arianne Martell.

"I'm only eight years old now. This is ten years from now, so let's discuss this issue later."

night.

A small-scale family banquet was held in the Neptune Hall.

The wife and sons and daughters of Ferrego Antarion, the sea king of Braavos, attended the banquet, mainly in the name of privately welcoming the distinguished guests from Dragonstone and Dorne.

And Viserys finally returned to his bedroom with a tired body after participating in this Sea King's family banquet.

thump--

He threw himself on the bed, collapsed into a 'big' shape, and then didn't want to move at all. He just wanted to integrate himself into this soft bed and never separate.

"I'm so tired."

For the little king, he was not only physically tired, but also mentally stressed.

In fact, although Viserys is the 'little king' in name, he has always maintained a trembling and trembling attitude no matter what he faces.

Because what lingered in front of him was thousands of verticals and ravines, he was like a lost climber, and he would fall into the abyss if he was not careful.

Just as Robert on the Iron Throne can allow failure because he has the capital to endure it.

And Viserys doesn't have these. He can't allow himself to fail. He must keep his inner vigilance at all times and often warn himself to walk on thin ice.

A small victory, a small gain, is not enough to make him ecstatic, because he is afraid that he will lose the most basic calm attitude.

Then Piao Ran made a fatal mistake, and in the end, the previous efforts were in vain, and it might even cost him his own life.

But this time.

Viserys slumped on the dark and soft bed, but his inner joy was hard to suppress.

Because this was another "small victory" he won after the Battle of Storm's End, and this time it was a victory he won at the negotiating table without a single shot.

"His Majesty."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the little king's bedroom, and it was one of Viserys' guards who knocked on the door.

Then the guard came in with a tray on which was a cup of steaming mint tea, a few biscuits arranged neatly, a small saucer of cream, and placed it on the table just before leaving.

"Mond, help me find the map of the trading city-state."

Viserys saw that the guard brought him some supper, but he still slumped on the bed and didn't move as if he had died. He covered his head with a pillow and said in a muffled voice.

And the guard named Mond was slightly stunned when he heard Viserys' words.

He didn't know the outcome of Viserys' negotiation this time, so he didn't know what the little king was suddenly looking for a map at this time.

"clear."

But he still agreed and walked out. He found the map of the west coast of Essos mainland from the luggage of several people.

The nine major free trade city-states are concentrated in this place, and the central part of Essos is the vast Dothraki Sea.

Then Viserys sat at the desk in the bedroom and lit the white wax on the table, and the fire illuminated the square inch of the table.

wow-

And Viserys also spread out the entire map, and his lavender eyes locked on a location on the map.

"Andas."