Chapter 301 Return
Conquest year 180.
Frontier, Wine Harbor.
The damaged hull of the "Explorer" ended its long journey and slowly sailed into the port.
The dark green Cendros took the lead and crashed into Kongyi who flew up to greet it. Jacaerys's long-thorned dragon made a sharp cry and met the dark green antler dragon. The two dragons of slightly different sizes collided in the air, but there was no fight. The two dragons that tore each other apart in their childhood were not so angry at this moment.
Huo Huo landed on the beach nearby and lazily basked in his tentacles. Yue Wu was a little restrained. As a wild dragon, it was almost tied back to Westeros by Huo Huo and Cendros.
But the closer it got to Westeros, the more relaxed Yue Wu became.
"Maybe Kongyi missed Cendros?" Jacaerys smiled bitterly, opened his arms, and hugged Dan, who looked tired. "Forget about them. I miss you anyway."
Silver Wing was lying on the mountain next to the port. It was already an old dragon. Although among the dragons, Silver Wing, like Dreamfire, was not a large dragon, but after all, its age was there, and it lived more comfortably. Now Silver Wing was just lying on the mountain. From a distance, it was surprisingly large. Its wings were drooping, casting a thick shadow on the church and warehouse in the port. Its long tail went around the mountains on both sides of the port and tried to avoid the residential area.
"Valenna is here too?" Dan looked at Silver Wing with some surprise.
Jacaris nodded: "Of course, Valenna has been very hard in the past few years. After all, Damion has grown into a big boy. Seven layers of hell, who would have thought that Damion, who was well-behaved when he was a child, would be like this now."
Dan's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Why, this kid is disobedient?"
"It's true. It's hard to say. Let's talk about more things when we get home. Father has been waiting for you for a long time." Jacaris didn't say much, just nodded to his brother.
"Uncle Jakaris."
Beile has grown up. Compared with the way he set out a few years ago, he has grown a lot taller, and the muscles in his arms have become stronger. His face has also lost some of its childishness.
"Beile has grown up too." Jakaris smiled and rubbed Beile's short hair that he shaved for convenience. "Let's go home with uncle. Your grandfather has prepared a big meal for you."
The royal family and the Vareses family have not been very peaceful in the past two years.
Longzel resigned from all titles except the title of royal prince and handed them over to his eldest son Lingol, but everyone knows that Vareses' decision-making power still depends on Longzel's final decision.
The children who grew up in the Purple Palace finally took over their fathers' territories and continued their era.
Jakaris sat in Tyrosh and helped the city belonging to the Vareses family to regain its vitality. After the new city council election, Jakaris rode Kongyi to leave the resurrected city-state and returned to Dragon Nest City.
For the descendants of the three brothers of Longzel, only Dragon's Nest is their most secure home.
Compared with the peaceful transition of the Vareses family. The royal family is somewhat strangely turbulent.
After Aegon ascended the throne, he was quite diligent. He quickly integrated the power of the kingdom and governed King's Landing in an orderly manner. In the first year after he ascended the throne, the income of the treasury even soared by 30%, all thanks to Aegon leading the Royal Council to reorganize the customs and royal mint that were in chaos due to Daeron's monarch offline.
The Royal Council reallocated seats. Herman Boll, Earl Roland Clinton and Earl Stokeworth continued to hold their original positions. Earl Andrew Farman resigned and returned to the West. He was replaced by the elderly Earl Joffrey Velaryon as the Minister of the Sea. Earl Lucas Rostan, who had been absent from his post for many years, also arrived in King's Landing with his family.
Earl Lucas Rostan has had bad luck recently. His eldest son choked on the melted cream while enjoying a piece of cream cake. When the maester arrived, he had suffocated himself to death. The pain of losing his eldest son had not passed, and his wife died in bed due to dystocia.
This frightened Aegon's old friend.
He remembered the curse of Harrenhal.
He remembered the experience of the Strong family.
Even after leaving Harrenhal, the Strong family in Dunstonbury was now sparsely populated and pitiful. So the frightened Lucas Rostan immediately returned to his post as the chief of intelligence with his family after knowing that the situation was stable.
With him came Aegon's illegitimate sons who stayed in Harrenhal.
In addition to these people, Aegon's three older illegitimate sons also entered the Royal Council and served as deputies to several ministers.
His illegitimate son Harry Flowers in Oldtown served as the treasury steward, and his illegitimate son Titus Flowers, born to a girl from the Cline family in Red Lake, put on a white robe and joined the Kingsguard. Garin Rivers, the son of the girl from the Darry family, continued his previous mission - as Lucas's deputy, collecting intelligence for the kingdom.
The land of the conquered land was also divided again. With Lake Myr as the boundary, there were two more dukes in the entire conquered land.
The Bol family, the Reyes family.
Everything went well.
The only thing that was not going well was that Queen Rhaena did not live with the king. She took the heir to the Iron Throne away from the court of King's Landing, first lived in the Black Palace for a year, and then moved to Dragonstone. In short, she was unwilling to mix with the king.
This caused strange voices in the court of King's Landing. In addition to Rhaena, Aerion and Maegon's alienation from the king seemed to prove this point.
The king seemed to be isolated by his family.
The Red Keep, the meeting hall.
Aegon seemed to be a little fatter than the previous few days, perhaps because of lack of exercise, or perhaps because he ate too well - the lords of the conquered land provided the royal family with more abundant spices, making the royal feast more colorful.
It also made Aegon's belly swell day by day.
"Harry, Garin, sit down."
No mistake, one sentence, one content, one content, one 6, one book, one bar, one look!
Aegon looked at his two illegitimate sons kindly, and liked them more and more. They were really capable. Harry almost sidelined the Earl of Stokeworth, allowing Aegon to know the situation of the treasury clearly, and Garin also made the royal intelligence network more efficient than ever before.
The two young men sat obediently in seats that did not originally belong to them.
"I've said it many times. You have my blood in your veins. No matter what, the royal blood is naturally noble. I am your father and your supporter. You don't have to be so restrained in front of your father."
Aegon smiled and waved his hand, indicating that the two illegitimate children didn't need to be so restrained. There were no outsiders here. The king even dismissed the servants and wine servers.
"Your Majesty, the ravens from the Stepstones said that His Highness Dan Vareses is back, as well as Prince Baelor."
Aegon nodded. He was not worried about the impact of Baelor's return. He just needed to pay attention to the actions of the Vareses family. "I know. What about other things? What is the situation of the two children around Daemon? After more than a year of investigation, have you found out?"
Gaelin shook his head.
"The mother of the two children has passed away, and they can't tell who they are. We can only know from their mother's words that it is a silver-haired dragon king. Combined with their mother's residence in the Borderlands and Tyrosh, it can be inferred that they may be the children of Prince Jacaerys, but Prince Jacaerys has never been promiscuous. Lady Helena has always had a good relationship with him, and they have many children."
The illegitimate child did not continue.
Aegon changed the subject awkwardly: "Forget it, no matter whose children they are, they will not lead Daemon astray."
"That won't happen, Your Majesty, but Princess Diana has made some unusual moves recently. She plans to buy a ship and has already bought several sets of armor."
Aegon had no reaction to this: "Let her go."
"Understood, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, give Princess Daenerys and Basilon Stark a wedding gift." Harry asked.
"Prepare it more grandly." Aegon sighed and said: "Write to Aerion and Maegon and ask them to bring their children over. The royal family must be united at this time."
"Yes, Your Majesty."