The courtyard of Crownlands, King's Landing. House Tyrell.
The marriage between Joffrey and Margaery has been in preparation for so long, and anyone with a little bit of intelligence can guess that something went wrong.
The most widely circulated reason is that His Majesty Joffrey dislikes Margaery's appearance, but the smart nobles do not believe this is the reason at all. Because Joffrey is a puppet king, how can he make the decision on his own marriage?
There must be some problem between House Lannister and House Tyrell, which caused the wedding banquet to be postponed again and again.
Hand of the King Tywin has always been in Red Keep's Tower of the Hand, and others have no chance to see it.
So the nobles came to the courtyard to visit the old rose Olenna, hoping to find out the truth from her.
Lady Olenna enthusiastically received every visiting noble, but not only did they not learn anything from Lady Olenna, but Lady Olenna also found out each of their attitudes.
So many nobles from Seven Kingdoms visited Lady Olenna, which also successfully aroused Tywin's vigilance. He asked Tyrion to "visit" Lady Olenna every day, and stayed there all day long. From time to time, he would also look for nobles who had talked with Lady Olenna to talk again for a while.
Lady Olenna welcomed the arrival of Tyrion and told him that he would hold a banquet in a few days. At that time, all the noble ladies and ladies of King's Landing would attend.
She invited Tyrell's wife, Sansa·Stark, to come to the banquet.
Tyrion hesitated, but he felt a little embarrassed after spending so many days eating and drinking here at Lady Olenna. In addition, Sansa was depressed all day long, so he really should go out for a walk.
After briefly thinking for a moment, he agreed.
A few days later, the banquet was held as scheduled in the courtyard of Tyrell.
This flower-viewing party attended only by women was very lively, and the courtyard was almost overcrowded. They took advantage of this occasion to curry favor with Old Rose and make friends with other noble ladies.
But Old Rose seemed to have disappeared. She only appeared once at the beginning of the party, and then disappeared inexplicably.
The stone building on one side of the courtyard is the residence of House Tyrell members. It is guarded by Highgarden soldiers and strangers are not allowed to approach.
In a room on the second floor of the stone building.
Lady Olenna was sitting on a wooden chair in the room. She looked out the window at the busy courtyard without saying a word.
Soon after, a young girl was brought into the room under the escort of soldiers.
"Ah, Miss Stark, please sit down." Lady Olenna pointed to another wooden chair in front of her and smiled kindly.
Sansa felt quite restrained. The other party was the well-known Queen of Thorns, but she was just a married woman whose country and family were ruined. Logically speaking, the two of them should not have crossed paths. Why would this big shot come to him alone?
"Lady Olenna, I am already married. I am no longer a young lady, but a madam..." She sat on the wooden chair, lowering her head and not daring to look at Lady Olenna.
Lady Olenna didn't beat around the bush and asked straight to the point, "Stark... Miss, I want to ask, do you want to escape from King's Landing? Escape from Lannister's sphere of influence."
Sansa glanced at Lady Olenna blankly, "No, I have married Sir Tyrion, and I will spend my life with him."
"Lies."
Lady Olenna's eyes were sharp, "The reason why you dare not tell the truth is because you think I am an ally of Lannister. I understand, but I want to tell you that House Tyrell is not an ally of Lannister, but an ally of the North. To be precise, They are allies of Luke·Stark."
A hint of surprise flashed in Sansa's eyes, but she still didn't dare to believe Lady Olenna and asked, "House Tyrell has formed an alliance with the North? But isn't Miss Margaery of your family about to marry His Majesty Joffrey?"
"Do you think that ugly woman is really my granddaughter? Margaery is not King's Landing." Olenna said shockingly, directly shattering Sansa's perception.
Sansa was dumbfounded, "Where is the real Miss Margaery?"
Lady Olenna did not directly answer Sansa's question, "After a while, House Tyrell and House Lannister will dissolve their engagement. When I leave King's Landing, I will send someone to take you away quietly. The matter is of great importance. You must fully cooperate with the Highgarden soldiers who are supporting you at that time, and no mistakes can be made."
Sansa couldn't believe it, why would House Tyrell abandon the more powerful Lannister and go to find an alliance with the North, who was still in civil strife and couldn't take care of himself?
"Why did you choose the North?"
Lady Olenna stared at Sansa for a long time, "You Stark have Dragon. This is the main reason for my compromise."
Compromise? Why compromise?
Wait...Dragon?
"Luke Is there really a Dragon?" Sansa stood up excitedly and shouted.
Fortunately, the banquet outside was even noisier and no one heard Sansa's shouts.
Lady Olenna shook his head, "Not one, but two Dragon."
Red Keep, Tower of the Hand.
Tywin's eyes flashed with a strange light after reading the secret message in his hand.
He burned the secret message and shouted to the door, "Guards!"
Several Gold Cloaks walked into the study, bowed their heads to Tywin, and waited for orders.
There was no emotion on Tywin's face, "Go and ask Lady Olenna to come over to Tower of the Hand."
"Yes."
Gold Cloakss took the order, turned around and left the study.
A few hours later, Lady Olenna came to Tower of the Hand's study.
Tywin's calm tone was full of determination that could not be refused. "Lady Olenna, Joffrey Your Majesty agrees to abide by the engagement and marry Miss Margaery. I invite you here this time to set a date for the wedding banquet."
With Joffrey's temperament, he certainly did not agree to marry Lynesse·Redwyne. However, Tywin didn't care at all what he thought.
Lady Olenna shook his head, "Lord Hand, Joffrey His Majesty humiliated my granddaughter in public and has already broken the engagement. House Tyrell is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others. The so-called engagement should end here."
Tywin didn't seem surprised, "Lady Olenna doesn't want to marry Iron Throne? Then who do you want to marry and form an alliance with? Dorne? Or the North?"
It is a normal speculation to marry Dorne, but Tywin speculates that the North... is a bit strange. He must have heard some rumors, so he mentioned the North.
Lady Olenna smiled, it seemed that Margaery arrived at Winterfell safely.
"Maybe it's all, maybe it's not. Why does Lord Hand care so much? This is our House Tyrell's business and has nothing to do with Lannister."
Seeing this, Tywin clapped his hands and asked Gold Cloaks who was waiting outside the door to enter the room.
"Send Lady Olenna back to her room to rest. She will not leave Red Keep until the king's wedding. You must watch carefully! Don't let Lady Olenna get any harm."
It seems that Tywin wants to put Old Rose under house arrest in Red Keep.
Lady Olenna is not panicked at all. King's Landing There are tens of thousands of southern border coalition troops outside. Tywin dare not do anything to her.
Moreover, the wedding that Tywin wants to facilitate is also a joke. Lynesse·Redwyne is not Margaery·Tyrell at all. Even if Joffrey marries the fake Margaery, it will be useless.
House Tyrell only needs to move out the real Margaery in the future to unilaterally break the engagement.
Since Mr. Tywin wants to hold a wedding, let him do it.