Chapter 151 150. Peeling off the cocoon
Lan En came to this world just to send Alia back home intact.
Who knows the news we got now, Aaliya is fine, but her family seems to be cut off as the backbone of the family.
In Lan En’s feeling, Ed... Stark is a good guy.
The witcher had heard the quarrel between the prime minister and the king more than once in the convoy heading to King's Landing, about whether to assassinate two children far across the narrow sea.
Ed never compromised, whether it was for the sake of chivalry or his own morals.
In front of the furious Robert, he was as unwavering as a glacier rock.
Lan En does not hate this kind of person, on the contrary, he admires him very much.
"Let's go back. Although I don't think your father knows everything as the Hand of the King, but it's always good to have a little more information."
Pat. Behind Alia's shoulders, the two walked down the ramp of Steel Street, preparing to return to the Prime Minister's Tower in the Red Keep.
On the way back, the two of them saw many traders, civilians, and jugglers heading outside King's Landing carrying the tools they needed to make a living.
The beaming and anxious face does not look like it is because of any bad thing, but rather like he is rushing to make money and have fun.
Lan En thought of the tournament held for the Prime Minister to take office.
With the recent holiday season, this is the only event worthy of such excitement.
It seems that the venue for the tournament will be outside the city.
But now even Alia, who loves to watch the excitement, is not in the mood to get involved. After experiencing many things in the other world, her basic self-control is already very good.
When approaching the gate of the Red Keep, Lann showed the pass issued by Ed and successfully returned to the Prime Minister's Tower.
It was lunch time. Before Ed walked into the slightly empty dining hall again, Aaliya grabbed her father and pulled him to the corner next to him.
"Arilia, don't be ridiculous!"
Sansa, who was already sitting dignifiedly at the dining table, shouted to her sister.
In her eyes, this was just another crazy act by her sister.
Ed originally thought so. He rubbed his tired face and opened his mouth.
"Arria, if you want to play, you can go find him"
"Lord Jon Arryn's death was abnormal, right dad?!"
Ed His tired expression suddenly froze, and he even had to calm down for a while before looking at his little daughter with disbelief.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't worry about it, there are many people here, come with me."
Ed was stunned for a moment by his little daughter's words.
Can Alia understand the saying 'There are many eyes and there are many eyes'?
"Aliya, don't bother father"
Sansa wanted to shout out Arya's prank, but before she could finish her words, Eddard instead spoke to Sansa in the dining hall.
"Sansa, you eat first. I'll talk to Arya."
Then she was dragged to the corner outside the hall by Arya's strength.
Sansa and the people at the table were stunned.
Ed loves his children very much. Although he is not good at showing it, everyone can feel it.
But now, he is not just following Aria, but wants to 'talk' to her?
At the dinner table, Sansa opened her mouth, but nothing came out.
On the other side, Aaliya pulled Ed in a twists and turns to where Lan En was.
This is an unobtrusive little corner.
Lan En keenly discovered that Ed was a little different from when he went out in the morning.
He had a gorgeous dagger on his waist that he had never seen before.
The handle of the dagger is made of the skeleton of an unknown creature wrapped in gold. Just like the Sword of the Lake Lady on Lan En's back, it can be seen from the handle that it is valuable. The King's Hand, who was silent all the way, first looked suspiciously at the cat-eye guard he had equipped for his daughter, and then knelt down and asked his little daughter seriously.
“How did you know about this, Aria?”
Alia knew she couldn’t explain clearly, so she simply pointed at Lan En , turning his father's attention.
Lan En was standing against the wall with his arms folded, and he shrugged under Ed's gaze.
"The two of us went out because this sword was targeted by a group of gangsters."
Lan's thumb pointed back at Arondette's sword hilt, and Ed nodded. head.
In fact, this sword appeared many times in his conversations with King Robert. A sword that looked sophisticated and refined was the favorite of warriors.
Robert even said that he wanted to spend a full two hundred gold dragons to buy this sword, but this was before he saw the complete blade.
"I taught those gangsters a lesson. They said that a newly canonized knight was buying up good things recently, and that knight was previously the squire of Prime Minister Jon Arryn."
Lan En spread his hands: "I heard Qiao Li say yesterday that the former Prime Minister died suddenly, which made you very busy now. And the knight status of this squire can still be explained, but where did so much money come from? I thought there was something wrong, so I came over to inform you.”
Ed didn’t react at all during the first half of the conversation, but he just put on a serious expression out of habit.
But when Lan En said that they had found information about a former aide of the Prime Minister, his expression suddenly became excited.
“What did you say that person’s name was?”
"Xiu Fu." Lan En repeated, "Former Prime Minister's Attendant, now a knight in King's Landing."
"Finally a clue!" Ed muttered to himself.
Immediately, he looked at Lan En and the eager Aria, and told him all the relevant information about the death of the former prime minister.
There is no way these two people can get out of this matter now, and it is really too difficult for him to investigate alone.
According to Eddard, he actually received a letter from the widow of the former Prime Minister when he was in Winterfell. The letter said that his adoptive father was assassinated by the Lannister family where the queen lived.
And the Lannisters also planned to murder the king.
This news was the key to making Ed, who was incapable of politics, determined to become prime minister.
Because he wanted to protect his brother, King Robert.
But in Lan En’s ears, he immediately noticed something was wrong.
“The widow of the former prime minister, why do you trust her?”
"In my opinion, she has done a lot of unreasonable things. For example, she notified you of the crisis, but did not leave any manpower for the Prime Minister's Tower to maintain normal operations. Those who have come into contact with the former Prime Minister should do whatever they want. Someone who knows something. Maid, cook, servant, scribe, etc., this Prime Minister Tower shouldn’t have a rule that all the staff should be replaced when the owner changes, right?”
“If it’s because? If you are afraid of being silenced and rush back to the fiefdom overnight, then you should travel lightly. Why are you now in King's Landing, but you only know about one of the servants who was bumped into by the two of us when we were wandering around?"
Ed was stunned when he heard this. He was stunned, but still defended the widow of the former prime minister.
"Mrs. Lysa is my wife's sister."
Lan En frowned slightly.
In other words, Ed's adoptive father married Ed's wife's sister?
Okay, this is how the aristocratic relationship in the Middle Ages was.
"Kindness is not an excuse to cover up problems. You don't meet often, right? In the face of the huge shadow involved in this matter, it is better not to believe in this unstable relationship."
Lan En dared to make such comments to Ed's relatives, firstly because he was really doing it for the good of Aria's family.
Secondly, Lan En knew very well that in Ed's eyes, he should be the person who met Aria by coincidence. After all, who would have thought that Joffrey would meet Aria that day? Conflict?
Therefore, Lan En has no possibility of deliberate conspiracy. Instead, he is a trustworthy outsider.
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(End of this chapter)