Lynesse·Redwyne sat on the edge of the bed, raised his head and asked, "Family? Which family? House Redwyne, or House Tyrell? Haven't I sacrificed enough? Grandma... No, great-aunt."
Olenna looked down at Lynesse coldly and arrogantly, "Your impersonation of Margaery is not a sacrifice, it is a deal. I promised you that when the matter is completed, I will let you marry Willas and become the next duchess of Highgarden."
Lynesse·Redwyne does not deny this, "What does my great-aunt want me to sacrifice? Chastity? Or life?"
Olenna stroked Lynesse·Redwyne's face, "Margaery is unwilling to marry His Majesty Joffrey, so I have to find a way to annul her engagement with Joffrey."
Lynesse·Redwyne couldn't help but mock, "My aunt really loves cousin Margaery. This is a great opportunity for House Tyrell to enter the center of power. Are you just going to give up?"
Olenna was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Lynesse·Redwyne had some political vision and could actually see the true purpose of House Tyrell's marriage to the king.
"You are very smart, but you are too impetuous. You won't live long if you speak so freely."
She was actually giving advice to this granddaughter from her natal family, but she was misunderstood by Lynesse·Redwyne.
Lynesse·Redwyne thought Olenna was threatening him, "Auntie, just tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Olenna turned around and came to the closed door, listened for a while, and after confirming that no one was outside the door, said, "Now the entire King's Landing people are not starving to death because of the food we Highgarden brought. In order to stabilize the situation, Tywin cannot agree to our divorce. If we insist on breaking the engagement, a war will inevitably break out between the two families."
She returned to Lynesse, "It's a pity that he was smart all his life, but he has a stupid king's grandson."
Garlan·Tyrell Having stayed at King's Landing for so long, I have already figured out what kind of person Joffrey is. What is the difference between a man who likes to kill small animals and lets his men beat his fiancée (Sansa) to vent his anger, and Mad King Aerys?
Seeing that Lynesse still didn't understand, Olenna said bluntly, "I want to leave a scar on your face, and then let His Majesty Joffrey know that you are an ugly girl accidentally. This wise Majesty will definitely find ways to break off the engagement with us. When the time comes, I will help him again..."
"No! I don't want to be disfigured!"
Lynesse·Redwyne shook his head in fear, "Can a disfigured woman still become Highgarden's duchess?"
Olenna looked at her calmly, "Of course, Willas is not Joffrey, he will not dislike you."
Lynesse·Redwyne is still resistant. No woman is willing to give up her appearance and become an ugly monster with scars on her face.
Olenna took out a dagger from his sleeve, "You know what? I could have just taken Loras away and returned to Highgarden regardless of your life or death, and unilaterally broke the engagement. In that case, Tyrell A war will break out between and Lannister. But it doesn't matter, the North and Riverlands are enough to give Tywin a headache, and he doesn't have any extra troops to attack the Reach."
When Lynesse·Redwyne heard this, she couldn't help but start to tremble. After all, she was just a little smart girl, an aristocratic flower who grew up in a greenhouse. Her shallow life experience left her no room to resist in front of Olenna.
Olenna pulled out the dagger. The blue blade was very suspicious. "Give up your appearance or your life. How do you choose?"
Lynesse·Redwyne shouted tremblingly, "Auntie, please let me go... ah!"
Olenna scratched the side of Lynesse·Redwyne's face with a dagger, leaving a scar that exposed flesh and blood.
Lynesse·Redwyne's face was covered with blood, and he fell on the bed, howling in pain.
Olenna put away the dagger calmly, "A bachelor will come over soon to bandage your wound. Remember, heal the wound and don't let others see that it is a new wound."
A few days later.
A rumor suddenly appeared among King's Landing: When Margaery·Tyrell was raising Shadowcat in the forest outside Highgarden, her face was accidentally stung by a poisonous insect and her face was disfigured. That's why she always wore a veil, only showing half of her face to others.
The rumor soon reached the ears of Red Keep and Joffrey.
He was originally very interested in Margaery, who had a hot figure and was known as the most beautiful woman in the Reach. But rumors spread, and he began to wonder if his fiancée was an ugly girl with a disfigured face.
Joffrey privately asked Loras·Tyrell, who was already Kingsguard, and Loras, under the instruction of Olenna, admitted that Margaery had been disfigured.
After learning the truth, Joffrey immediately quit. As a king, he ordered to terminate his engagement with Margaery·Tyrell.
This order was quickly passed to the manor area where the Reach nobles lived.
Although there are several big families among them who have been secretly dissatisfied with House Tyrell, House Tyrell is the Reach's face after all.
Joffrey Your Majesty humiliates House Tyrell like this, which is tantamount to contempt for the entire the Reach, and makes the faces of these the Reach nobles look bad.
Fortunately, Hand of the King Tywin intervened in time and claimed that the king was just deceived by a villain and his engagement with House Tyrell would not be terminated.
But the king's order has been issued, how can it be changed overnight?
Of course, Olenna would not miss this opportunity and directly announced that he would accept the order from His Majesty the King and would return to Highgarden on another day.
Tywin persuaded me with kind words and promised to give the Reach an explanation.
He returned to Red Keep and met Joffrey alone in the Small Council hall.
"Stupid! The people of King's Landing are relying on the Reach's food, and we need the Reach's army to maintain our absolute advantage! If you break off the engagement now, it won't be long before Dorne will rebel, Vale will rebel, and Seven Kingdoms will fall into an irreversible situation!"
Joffrey was furious, "I am your king, how dare you speak to me like this!"
"Pah!"
Tywin stood up and slapped Joffrey hard.
"Yes, you are my king. My duty Hand of the King is to assist His Majesty in making the right decision. You should feel lucky that when you make a fool of yourself, you still have me to wipe your ass."
Joffrey was slapped, and he was stunned for a few seconds. Then his face turned ferocious, and he roared, "I want to get your brooch back, you are no longer my Hand of the King, get out of my castle immediately, get out of King's Landing!"
Tywin's eyes were emotionless and he said extremely coldly, "You are the king, of course you can do this. But you don't have an army. If I leave King's Landing with Lannister's army, Stannis will attack King's Landing within three days."
Joffrey said very forcefully, "Stannis has less than two thousand troops left. I can defend King's Landing with Gold Cloaks. I don't need your army!"
"What about Riverlands? What about the North? And the Reach, whose engagement was broken off by you, can you use Gold Cloaks in King's Landing to resist their army?"
Tywin's tone was full of ridicule, even a little impatient.
Joffrey didn't know how to answer, and his eyes began to wander. He knew that he still needed Tywin's army to secure Iron Throne, but he also had his own stubbornness, "No matter what, I will not marry a disfigured woman."
After saying this, he left the Small Council hall without looking back.
Tywin was sitting alone in the hall, squinting his eyes and looking at the back of Joffrey, wondering what he was thinking.
Just like that, the wedding of Joffrey and Margaery was postponed again.