Rumble!
Ed's accusation instantly stunned everyone.
Mace Tyrell turned pale with fright, and his body couldn't stop shaking.
Robert's eyes widened, filled with incredible shock and rage.
Cersei's hand covering her face also let go, and the green eyes were first wrong, and then the bitter hatred for Lanli and the Tyrell family was ignited.
Jaime Lannister's eyes also became extremely sharp, and he clenched the hilt of his sword.
Lan Li's face changed completely, from shock, annoyance to a hint of panic that could not be concealed.
He pointed at Ed in a sharp voice: "Bloody mouth! Ed Stark, you are a naked slander! It is to divert the despicable envoys of your own treason! What evidence do you have?! "
Ed's gaze was like an ice pick, staring at the shaky Mace Tyrell: "Why don't you ask Lord Tyrell, he must be speechless!" "
"I, I—poof!"
Mace Tyrell, who was under great pressure, completely collapsed under the pressure of Robert, Cersei, Ren Li, and all the important ministers' substantive gaze.
His eyes rolled wide, his fat body slipped softly from the chair, and he fell on the carpet with a "dong", completely fainting:
"Master Mace!"
Lan Li exclaimed, his face instantly turning pale.
Mace's fainting, in the eyes of everyone, is tantamount to not doing anything self-inflicted.
Robert looked at Mace who was unconscious on the ground, and then at Lan Li, who was pale and trying to defend, and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes was completely consumed by the raging rage.
He pointed at Lan Li, his voice angry:
"Lan Li! Get back to Fengxi Fortress immediately, you are no longer the Minister of Justice!" "
"Brother Wang! That's not true! Listen to my explanation! We didn't do anything! It's Ed slander! He took in Rhaegar's bastard, and he no longer has any credibility to speak of! "
Lan Li was completely panicked, and he tried to step forward, but was forced back by Robert's almost murderous gaze.
"Didn't do anything?!"
Robert's voice was low and dangerous: "You should thank the gods that you haven't done it yet, otherwise, I will let you and Ed Stark accompany you in the dungeon of the Red Keep, now, get out!" "
Langley looked at the unquestionable determination in Robert's eyes, and felt Cersei's cold and resentful gaze like a poisonous snake, and he knew that the general trend was gone.
He took a breath unwillingly, snorted coldly in his heart, turned around dejectedly and angrily, and quickly left the throne hall.
Robert looked at the departing back of Lan Li Wolf Fox, his chest rising and falling violently.
He turned to Ed, his eyes extremely complicated: "Take our Master Stark down and put him in the dungeon." "
The golden robe stepped forward again and roughly set up Ed.
Ed did not resist, he understood that exposing Renley's conspiracy was the last effort he could make to protect his family and fight the enemy in a desperate situation.
Robert did not execute him on the spot, it was already the last trace of tolerance for the sake of his past relationship.
Robert turned to Grand Scholar Pasil, his voice with unquestionable majesty: "Pasil, write a letter immediately, the first one, to Winterfell, ordering them to find the Grey Water Watch with the fastest ravens, so that Holland Reed can come to King's Landing immediately."
The second letter was sent to the old town of the school, ordering them to use all means to thoroughly investigate the authenticity of Bishop Maynard's diary.
The third letter was sent to Caesar Rock, telling Tywin Lannister to immediately stop the atrocities in the Riverlands. "
Deep in the Red Keep dungeon, cold and damp.
The air was filled with musty smells, rotting straw and despair.
The cold stone wall was soaked with water droplets, and only a faint light came through the narrow air window at the height.
Ed Stark curled up on the icy stone brick floor, heavy chains wrapped around his wrists and ankles.
Huge sadness and powerlessness hit him in waves.
Jon is exposed, his daughters are trapped in King's Landing, and he is trapped in Tutu.
All of this stems from the leaked secret.
He sat there for a long time, and cloudy tears silently slid across his weathered cheeks and dripped to the ground.
The heavy iron door chains rattled and the door was pushed open.
Robert Baratheon's figure blocked the door.
He pushed back the guards and walked in alone.
The former brothers reunited, one was trapped in the circle and the other was on the throne, and the atmosphere was so heavy that it was breathtaking.
Robert's face was gone without the rage of the Throne Hall, leaving only a deep exhaustion and unspeakable pain.
He walked up to Ed, squatted down his huge body, and stared at the once closest brother with complicated eyes.
Ned paused for a moment about the letter accusing you of conspiracy to restore it, as if to consider the words: "To be honest, when I first saw it, I only thought it was ridiculous, a clumsy lie made up by some idiot to stir up our brotherly ties, until—until I saw your expression in the throne hall just now, you can't hide it from me, you haven't fucking learned to lie since you were a child, your eyes, your face, they tell me—the part of that letter about that bastard, is true!" "
He stared at Ed's eyes, seeking a final answer, an answer that would make him give up completely or ignite the last glimmer of hope.
Ed raised his head, his tear-stained face looking particularly old in the dim light.
He looked at the pain of struggle and the last glimmer of anticipation in Robert's eyes, and knew that a lie was meaningless and impossible.
Great sadness and guilt come to his heart, but he must fight for a glimmer of life for Jon.
He nodded slowly and heavily: "Yes, it's true, Jon - the son of Rhaegar and Liana." "
Robert's body shook suddenly, and the blood on his face faded instantly.
"Robert, I beg you, don't hurt him!" Ed said with tears streaming down his face.
Robert grabbed Ed's shoulder tightly, his nails almost embedded in the flesh, and roared, "You asked me not to hurt him?!"
You asked me not to hurt him?! You forgot what the Targaryens did to us?!" Have you forgotten how Rhaegar treated Lyana?! That bastard has the blood of a rapist on his body! He must die! "
With great pain in his eyes, Ed shook his head vigorously, his voice pleading with tears and blood: "No, Robert, listen to me, the letter is true, Rhaegar did not rape her, they are truly in love, after Lyanna gave birth to Jon - died in childbirth She begged me to protect her child with all her strength before she died - please!" Let that child go! He has been dressed in black, he has given up his inheritance forever, let him stay on the Great Wall, please!" Robert! "
"Sincerely—love?"
Robert's huge body trembled violently as if he had been struck by lightning, and the hand holding Ed's shoulder unconsciously let go.
He took a step back on his knees, his eyes empty, as if the whole world was collapsing in front of him.
"No, it's impossible."
He muttered to himself, his voice filled with unacceptable pain: "Lyanna – how could she fall in love with that."
He refused to believe that Lyana, whom he regarded as the love of his life and a symbol of humiliation, would fall in love with his hated enemy.
Ed looked at Robert's collapse and was heartbroken, but he had to fight for a glimmer of life for Jon: "Lyanna she has known about your illegitimate daughter in the valley for a long time, she told me herself that she thinks the end of marrying you is endless pain and betrayal, she and Rhaegar - they mean it, Robert!" What I said is true, let Jon go!" "
Robert raised his head suddenly, and the last bit of brotherhood in his eyes, which were once full of pride, was completely extinguished.
Ed's words not only confirmed Jon's identity, but also completely shattered his illusion that Lyanna was "raped" and that he was a "savior".
The great sense of humiliation and the anger of being completely betrayed instantly devoured all his reason and warmth.
"Really in love? Legal marriage? Ha! "
Robert let out a mournful and angry laugh, which echoed through the dungeon: "Lyanna is my fiancée! Rhaegar that bastard snatched her away! No matter what she thinks, she is mine! That scoundrel——- he must die! He must pay for his bloodline! Pay the price for Rhaegar's sins! Pay for the deception of all of you! "
He turned abruptly, stopped looking at Ed, and walked towards the prison door.
"Robert—!!!
Ed screamed in despair: "Don't kill him, please!" Robert! For the sake of us growing up together, for the sake of Lyanna, Robert! Please! "
Robert's footsteps stopped at the door of the cell.
He didn't look back, his broad back was like a cold iron wall.
An extremely cold voice hit Ed's heart:
"Call me Your Majesty, Lord Stark!"
The heavy iron door slammed shut behind Robert, cutting off the last ray of light and completely cutting off all of Ed's world.
He collapsed to the cold ground, and the chains made a heavy sound.