Thus, Liu Qian bid Janice farewell and returned to Tyrosh.
After he returned to Tyrosh, Mezzo was the first to seek him out.
Once martial law was lifted in Tyrosh, Varys immediately contacted the Little Birds there and issued new instructions.
Liu Qian was somewhat stunned when he received the intelligence Mezzo had obtained from those undercover Little Birds.
The intelligence indicated that these Little Birds had been ordered to investigate Liu Qian's marital status and his preferences in women.
What were they up to?
Liu Qian carefully considered the crucial details and realized something was amiss.
Heh, so they wanted him to marry Daenerys and draw Robert's fire...
Liu Qian had a rough idea of why Varys would do this.
He had fully exposed his ambitions toward Westeros, and with a dragon as his trump card, Varys surely wanted to take advantage of the situation and put him and the Targaryen siblings at the forefront.
Liu Qian did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Had Varys never considered whether Young Griff could still land if he really did this?
But on second thought, Varys had most likely taken him for an ordinary Dragon-Rider.
Varys believed that he only needed to wait until the fighting in Westeros had nearly run its course, then eliminate Liu Qian, allowing Young Griff to reap the rewards.
Liu Qian sneered.
Varys's schemes were doomed to fail.
There might be things in this world capable of killing him, but they certainly would not be anything Varys and Illyrio could afford to hire.
The Palace in Tyrosh.
Lord Eddard Stark stood at the head of the delegation, his long face graver than usual, heavy worry settled deep in his gray-blue eyes.
Behind him stood the others.
Among them was the Master of Coin, Petyr Baelish.