"Sir Raymond Earl and Jon, you two are closer to Highgarden than me, why are you one step behind me?"
Elad Clyne Earl has a hearty laugh and a friendly tone, which can easily arouse others' good impressions of him.
Raymond and Jon quickly responded with kind words.
When two Fossoway curiously asked what the two Clyne were talking about just now.
Sir Fertimo Clyne frowned slightly and quietly glanced at his cousin, signaling him not to say anything.
But Elad Clyne doesn't care about this.
This Earl from Red Lake City did not care that both Fossoways were "loyal ministers" of Tyrell, and had been Highgarden for generations. Guarding the important estuary between the Mander River and Zhouyi River in the east, he said with a careless smile, "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask about Duke Mace·Tyrell's current situation."
Mace·Tyrell?
Upon hearing Lord of Highgarden's name, both Raymond and Jon's smiling faces froze, and a trace of embarrassment and hesitation flashed in their eyes.
After all, everyone knows it and has even experienced it personally.
As the governor of the Reach, Warden of the South, this man has been defeated and captured, humiliated and spent by his mother Lady Olenna
After spending millions of dollars to redeem his home, he was completely devastated.
Like a middle-aged fish who has had all his vitality drained away, he can no longer fill up his "qi".
It is said that after Mace returned to Highgarden, he never stepped out of Highgarden's second wall. He stayed behind closed doors all day long and looked like a useless person.
This was not because the Duke's mother was putting him under house arrest, but because he himself felt too embarrassed to go out and rarely see outsiders except his own family.
Raymond and Jon looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
These two groups of Fossoway are determined by their geographical location. They must be one of the strongest supporters of Tyrell.
Elad Clyne casually asked about Mace's situation, his tone was a bit frivolous, and it was inevitable that he was reading an "inflatable fish" joke.
This made their "loyal minister" pair quite embarrassed, and the atmosphere became a bit delicate.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Sir Fertimo, who had nothing to do with the Clyne patriarch, quickly interrupted, with a decent smile on his face, "My lords, you have worked hard all the way. Lady Olenna is already waiting in the living room. Please come with me."
After that, he led the three the Reach nobles, Raymond, Jon and Elad, towards the third high wall of Highgarden.
After passing through the third city gate, you actually officially entered the core courtyard of Tyrell's house.
The large and small gardens here are scattered in an orderly manner, and the paths passing through are all paved with bluestone slabs. Both sides are planted with various fragrant flowers and plants and towering ancient trees. A gurgling stream passes through the garden, dotted with small Stonebridge. The scenery is beautiful and exquisite.
In the eyes of the Reach people, Highgarden is Seven Kingdoms's most beautiful castle, bar none.
What the Eyrie----It's so cold that it sounds uninhabitable----
A few people were walking forward slowly when they suddenly heard a shaking sound of "squeaking, squeaking" not far away diagonally to the side. The rhythm was strange, a bit like the movement of the bed.
Elard Earl raised his eyebrows, with a warm and ambiguous expression on his face, and snickered in a low voice. "Who is this adult? In such a good mood? In broad daylight, he went into the garden and indulged himself on the wooden couch?"
Fertimo Clyne's expression changed, he glanced helplessly at his cousin and head of the family, and explained calmly, "Elad, you are joking, that's not an adult - it's the troupe raised by Lady Olenna. These are the actors doing leg exercises and practicing."
He tried to show that it was just the shaking sound of the bracket caused by the so-called "leg pressure".
Raymond Earl and Sir Jon looked at each other, but neither of them investigated further.
Elard curled his lips and reluctantly accepted the younger brother's explanation.
But he didn't take a few steps.
Then I heard a high-pitched moan and rapid breathing coming clearly from that direction.
This is more thought-provoking than the sound of the wooden frame shaking just now.
Just when Elard was about to ask again with a weird look on his face, Sir Fertimo, whose expression changed again, had already taken the lead and said, "That's an actor rehearsing a drama, hoisting his voice, practicing his singing voice and breath!"
This time, the three southern nobles stopped talking, smiled in unison, and walked forward.
A "what you say is what you say" attitude.
Fotimo was leading the way, but he felt that the fake smile on his cheeks could no longer be maintained, and he secretly cursed in his heart:
Lord Mace is really useless, he doesn't even care about the time when he plays an actor--no, I'm afraid "Queen of Thorns" didn't inform him at all that the family has an important gathering to hold today.
Otherwise, no matter how confused he is, he will not deliberately indulge himself at this time----
Fertimo's mood was quite complicated. In order to completely clear up the awkward atmosphere just now, as he walked, he took the initiative to introduce the lords who had arrived to the three guests from Highgarden: "----Mrs. Egwene Oakheart from Old Oak was the first to arrive."
He added, "Old Oak's old Earl passed away last year, and now Mrs. Egwene is in charge of the affairs of the Oakheart family."
When Raymond and Jon heard this, they both sighed, lamenting that another "partner" who shared the joys and sorrows in the noble prisoner of war camp was gone.
On the other hand, Mei Dou Earl from Midoriya City seems to have prospered in recent years since he voted for Titus·Peake——Well, there is also the "laughing" Baelor, the successor of Hightower.
Sir Jon·Fossoway is not as calm as Raymond Earl. He thought to himself and blurted out, "I wonder if the people from Green Valley City and Oldtown are here?"
As soon as these words came out.
Coach Fotimo couldn't remember how many times he had been embarrassed today. He could only answer vaguely and hesitantly, "Lady Olenna didn't invite anyone from the Mei Dou family. Hightower----woo, the voice of Oldtown" Leyton·Hightower Earl has not played Hightower for many years, and it has not come this time either."
Although the question was raised by the New Barrel City Knight, the other two Earl were also listening carefully to the reply from the coach Highgarden.
Hearing this, the three of them felt their hearts skip a beat.
Raymond thought to himself: After Mace·Tyrell is deposed, it seems that the Oldtown nobles who occupy the southwest really no longer care about this son-in-law?
Otherwise, why didn't you even come to such an important and symbolic gathering?
Even if Leyton Earl does not come forward, the successor Baelor·Hightower should come. How can he be absent so easily?
Seeing the solemn expressions on the three people's faces, Fotimo simply said it all in one breath, "Besides, Cuy of the Cider Hall and Florent of Brightwater Keep didn't send anyone either.
Lady Olenna's nephew and son-in-law, Paxter·Redwyne Earl, was originally going to come, but Arbor's business at Lys seemed to have some problems.
With Madam's consent, Lord Paxter has already set off to deal with urgent matters there."
Raymond and Elad exchanged a look and found that Red Lake cheng Earl, who had always been cheerful, was no longer happy either, and instead frowned.
Cider Hall No one came, so no one was surprised.
Zhouyihe has drawn a clear line with Highgarden and has fallen into the camp of Starpike.
The personal relationship between Alyn·Cuy and Titus·Peake is extremely good. His family's plantation forests and pastures are providing gold all year round.
Shanggang supplies goods, and also invests a large amount of money and resources in the area around the rapidly developing New Harbor port.
This is no longer a secret among some well-informed the Reach aristocratic circles.
The situation of Brightwater Keep Earl is also similar.
Old Allister has now become Small Council's important minister, and he is the only one among the entire southern lords. It is obvious that he is the spokesperson of the black Earl in the capital of Seven Kingdoms.
House Florent doesn't come to the meeting, it's normal.
But the absence of Hightower and Redwyne has completely different properties.
Highgarden, Oldtown, and Arbor have been the "iron triangle" of the Reach for decades, and they are also the foundation for House Tyrell's "rule" of the Reach.
Now that Oldtown is absent, and Arbor is absent for some reason, could it be that this "iron triangle" that has been stable for decades is gradually collapsing?
They are all a bit late-minded and have not fully realized that the Warden of the South family may be losing their southwest.
Elad Earl then thought about it, the four Shield Islands families in the Mander River's mouth--they still obeyed Highgarden's orders--but the combined strength of those families could not equal half a Redwyne, so they were really not worth mentioning.
Sir Fertimo, who had made great contributions to Tyrell, had a higher status in Highgarden and had more information, silently watched the changes in the thoughtful expressions of the three people.
He was also sighing in his heart:
Sure enough, just as Lady Olenna said, if House Tyrell wants to restore its old glory, it must find "new allies"
As he was about to walk to the reception hall, in order to prevent the atmosphere from being so gloomy, Fertimo lowered his voice and continued, "Goldengrove's Matus Rowan Earl also arrived one day earlier than you and is already waiting for you in the reception hall."
Hearing the name "Matus·Rowan", the other three people breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, not all the Reach great nobles have "turned to the enemy" or become disengaged.
The Goldengrove of House Rowan, regardless of the size of its territory, population, wealth, and army, ranks among the best in the entire the Reach and has considerable weight.
According to recent rumors, it seems that Lady Olenna intends to let Willas·Tyrell, the heir of Highgarden, enter into a marriage contract with the second daughter of Matus Earl.
This is clearly an attempt to use the position of the future duchess to tie Goldengrove firmly to Tyrell's chariot----
The four of them left their entourage behind and stepped into the living room.
In the year 287 of the Conquest Calendar, all the important lords who sided with Highgarden Tyrell were present.
The hosts of the party, Olenna·Redwyne, were sitting in the main seat, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with them.
Even after she stopped pretending to be weak, her energy was even stronger, her complexion was rosy, her eyes were sharp, and she showed no sign of the fatigue she had in the past.
Lady Olenna is fully prepared this time to give the guests a good show----
As one of the four dragons that survived the civil war in "Dance of the Dragons", Silverwing regards an island in Red Lake as its last home: