Edric and Robert Arryn carried baskets and scattered rose petals for them.
Next came Duke Stannis Baratheon and his wife, Duke Eddard Stark and his wife, and Duke Mace Tyrell and his wife, followed by Arianne Martell, representing Doran, and Lord Edmure Tully.
Bronze Yohn Royce walked with the Queen of Thorns. The queen walked unsteadily, with two tall, powerful twin guards protecting her at close quarters.
"Your guards certainly are devoted," Bronze Yohn could not help remarking.
"What did you say?" The Queen of Thorns pretended not to hear. She was not actually deaf.
The Red Viper was a special case. He could have gone ahead, but he had brought his mistress, and the other dignitaries would inevitably have objected. The Red Viper did not insist.
Only then came the young, handsome couples, Ser Garlan Tyrell and his wife...
Gendry and Daenerys emerged arm in arm, and cheers surged outside, rising and falling like waves.
Everyone deeply loved Storm. They had loved Renly before, but in truth, they loved the handsome, spirited King Robert, who had once feared nothing, even more.
People also felt favorably toward the Tyrells. Food and supplies had recently been pouring into the capital along the Roseroad. The fools selectively forgot that it was Mace Tyrell who had blockaded the south in the first place, causing this damned famine.
Gendry and Daenerys stepped into the sunlight, like a golden generation.
Chapter 351: Dragon and Stag United
The bright sun hung high, and the breeze was gentle.
Gendry the Liberator and Daenerys Targaryen stepped into the warm autumn sunlight. The youthful king and queen were as radiant as the blazing sun.
"King Gendry."
"Queen Daenerys."
The young pair displayed every inch of royal bearing, representing the renewed reconciliation between the two illustrious royal houses, Targaryen and