Not far from the luxury tent of Lan Li, another camp with a golden rose emblem is equally eye-catching.
The Tyrell family's tent complex is large, decorated with intricate vines and flowers, and the air is filled with the scent of real roses.
The attendants wore exquisite green clothes, coming in and out, highlighting the luxury of the richest family in the river bay.
Eddard Stark had just come down from the king's high platform, feeling depressed.
Robert indulges in jousting and banquets, turning a deaf ear to mountains of government affairs and astronomical debts.
Cersei's cold gaze was like a ray on her back.
He needs to breathe and stay away from those hypocritical faces.
Before he knew it, he was near the Tyrell family's camp.
Seeing the blooming golden rose flag, Lan Li's handsome face and the words about "Margaret Tyrell is like Lyanna" instantly came to mind.
Stannis' warnings, Renley and Tyrell's ambitions, and the murder charges against Lane Lane are intertwined into a mess.
He thought, maybe he could get a little tone from the Tyrell family?
Look at their plans for Lan Li, how much do they know, and how much are they involved?
Just a few steps away, he saw the governor of the bend, the Duke of Highcourt, and the current minister of the sea, Metz Tyrell.
The duke was tall and somewhat fat, dressed in a green brocade robe embroidered with gold thread, and a huge gold rose brooch glistening in the sun.
He was standing in front of his largest tent, talking loudly to his second son Garan Tyrell and several vassals, loud, confident, and even a little complacent.
"Your Excellency!"
When the Duke of Metz saw the Northern Guardian coming, he stopped talking, and a polite smile piled up on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
"What wind blew you to us?"
"Duke of Mays, Sir Garland."
Ed returned the salute, his voice as calm and low as ever.
"The competition is exciting. I just walk around. "
His gaze swept over the Duke of Metz's magnificent robe and triumphant expression, and the boredom in his heart was even worse.
He remembers the death of Jon Arryn and the Tyrell family's support of the Targaryens in the Usurper's War.
The Duke of Metz saw that the Prime Minister's face was not good-looking, so he asked, "My lord, do you think you are still comfortable living in the south?" "
Ed continued: "Lord Mace, King's Landing is indeed different from the Northern Border, and the prosperity is also complicated, especially the affairs of the Imperial Council, which are full of threads. "
The smile on Mace Tyrell's face stiffened visibly.
After Jon Alling, the Duke of Metz believed that with the wealth and strength of the river bend and his many actions to please the king, the position of prime minister should have been in his pocket.
However, Robert gave this position to Ed Stark, who was far north.
For him, this is simply a naked insult and contempt.
"The position of prime minister is a great responsibility."
The Duke of Metz's tone cooled down: "Presumably Lord Edward is in charge of everything every day, but the rest of us are happy to be idle, just support His Majesty the King and do what he has told us." "
Garland Tyrell keenly sensed the smell of gunpowder in his father's words.
He frowned slightly and bowed respectfully to Ed, wanting to set aside the topic: "The Prime Minister has worked hard for the country, which is admirable." "
Ed ignored Garland's round, his gray-blue eyes stared directly at Mace Tyrell, and decided to go straight to the temptation.
He needs to know where the Tyrell family is in the Lanli plan.
"Supporting His Majesty the King is naturally an oath that vassals should fulfill, but the Duke of Metz, sometimes the way you 'support' requires extra caution. "
The Duke of Metz's brows furrowed tightly, and the flesh on his fat face trembled.
What does Ed Stark's words mean?
Did he know something?
Or is this northerner just sitting on the prime minister's position and wanting to establish his power with their Tyrell family?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the latter.
A threatened fury rises.
The Duke of Metz's face turned red, and his voice rose, with the arrogance of the great nobles of the river bend: "Mr. Prime Minister, what do you mean by this? Wasn't the Tyrell family's loyalty to the Iron Throne enough in the battle of Bloodstone Island? Or do you, the newly appointed Prime Minister, want to teach us how to be loyal to the bend for His Majesty the King?! "
The surrounding Tyrell family vassals and attendants changed their faces when they heard this.
Sir Garland hurriedly took a step forward: "Father! Mr. Prime Minister, that's not what I mean."
Ed looked at Mace Tyrell's angry and wary expression, listened to his hostile and misunderstood words, and his heart was cold, and at the same time, he was more convinced of his guess.
The Duke of Metz's reaction was so violent, it just showed that he had a ghost in his heart.
He was absolutely aware of Lan Li's plan, and he might even be the core participant.
Otherwise, a simple reminder of "cautious support" made him so gaffe?
This is simply not self-inflicted.
A deep sense of exhaustion and disappointment came over Ed's mind.
The duke in front of him, full of only the promotion of the family and the glory of his daughter, turned a blind eye to the potential huge conspiracies and bloody conflicts, and may even participate in them.
Stannis' warning was not groundless.
Lan Li and Tyrell have already colluded.
Ed no longer tried to explain or temptate.
His eyes became even colder.
He ignored Duke Metz's roar, looked directly at him, and said word by word: "Duke Metz, loyalty or not lies not in ornate rhetoric, but in recognizing the facts, any attempt to disrupt the order of the kingdom will bring disaster to the Seven Kingdoms, and will also pay the price, please do it yourself." "
After saying that, he stopped looking at Mace Tyrell's instantly turned blue face and Garan Tyrell's shocked expression, and turned to leave.
Mace Tyrell trembled with anger, pointed at Ed's back, and yelled at Garland and the people around him: "Who does he think he is?!" Does he think he can do whatever he wants when he becomes prime minister? ! He is jealous of us Tyrell! "
The inflatable fish master completely misinterprets Ed's warning, dismissing it as jealousy of his own family.
Garland looked at his father's angry and distorted face, and then in the direction of Ed Stark's disappearance into the crowd, his young face full of worry.
He felt that his father's reaction was overreacted, and the prime minister's words seemed to mean something else.
His father, the Duke of Metz, was recognized for his lack of political skills and desperate to prove his talent.
And the reason why Garland's grandmother sent him to King's Landing was also to be optimistic about his father and not to be cheated.
Garland looked at his father worriedly, and he felt that he could not hold back his father, who was becoming arrogant because he was squeezed into the imperial meeting.
Ed walked on the edge of the noisy arena, and the cheers of the crowd came in bursts, and the roar of the knights charging on the battlefield was like muffled thunder in the distance.
But his heart was heavy.
Littlefinger's position is unknown but he has learned the secret from Caitlyn's mouth, Renly's budding ambition, Mace Tyrell's arrogance and greed, and Cersei and Lannister's arrogant reign are like a giant spider's web, and he, a direwolf from the north, has fallen into it, surrounded by venomous enemies on all sides.
Stannis is far away on Dragonstone, and he is almost alone.
And the only clue pointing to Lan Li seems to have become more confusing and dangerous with the stupid angry reaction of the Duke of Metz.
What should he do?
Ed's face was full of sadness and helplessness.