After the great battle sixteen years ago, a pregnant teenager became the head of the Kleber, and combined with the loss of their Old Territory, in the eyes of the nobles of the Crab Claw Peninsula, the Kleber was a fallen house.
But… sixteen years later, they didn't even have time to react. The formerly fallen house suddenly became the ruling family of the Crab Claw Peninsula. For the survival of their families… they could only submit to the might of the Kleber's forces and choose to become vassals of the Kleber Family.
This year, Kleber led the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula to sweep through the long-hated Valley, and their passive submission gradually transformed into willing allegiance.
Greene Kleber's rewards remained generous, but klaebber law was like a kind of shackles, firmly binding them.
Among them, Dreal Keifer, the highly decorated commander of the spearmen, harbored a small, private desire to test the waters, which is why he stepped forward to defend a few soldiers who had violated klaebber law.
Otherwise, why would Dreal Keifer, a noble of the Crab Claw Peninsula, suddenly feel compassion for those common soldiers?
Was the probing plan not thorough enough? Actually, for Dreal Keifer, a descendant of the First Men and a half-wildling noble of the Crab Claw Peninsula, to think this far, compared to other Crab Claw Peninsula nobles… he was already considered exceptionally intelligent.
Dreal Keifer's position as commander was not only to appease the nobles of the Crab Claw, but Lord Green also valued his… relatively shrewd mind.
If not for today's events, after the war in the Valley ended, according to his military merits… Dreal Keifer would have been enfeoffed as an Earl and granted large tracts of land in the Valley, but there was no… if.
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Seeing the law enforcement soldiers closing in on him, Baron Dreal unsheathed the longsword at his waist with a clang and roared, "I did not rebel!"
"Brienne, deal with him using 'Ice' for me."
Hearing Lord Green's voice, Brienne, who was carrying the greatsword "Ice" on her back, nodded and dismounted directly.
The head of the Keifer was used to consolidate the prestige of klaebber law, serving to cool down the Kleber army, which was making its first foray out of the Crab Claw Peninsula.
And the heads of those who broke into the manor would be executed in plain sight. In the Valley people's impression, the Crab Claw Peninsula people were all barbarians. They were Lord Green's new subjects, and as the ruler of the Valley, he needed to provide a sense of security to those who were already uneasy.
That afternoon, a raven carrying the order to deal with the Keifer flew to the Crab Claw Peninsula.
Also that afternoon, in addition to executing the criminals, Lord Green arranged for compensation to the affected merchant's estate.
That night, Lord Green emerged from a steaming bathtub, donned his robe, and asked, "A letter from Eyrie?"
Brienne handed a dry towel to Lord Green and said, "The Longbow Hall Scholar told me it's a letter from the Red Keep, forwarded by Scholar Elrin of Eyrie via raven."
Lord Green wiped his hands, picked up the letter, and began to read it by the candelabra.
This was a personal letter from Cersei Lannister, the main content of which was her hope that Lord Green would return to the Red Keep as soon as possible.
Although Queen Mother Cersei's tone in the letter was still arrogant, Lord Green sensed her unease.
She wrote of remembrance once and longing once, and also hinted at the reward she had promised in her maiden garden (Chapter 184).
Lord Green knew Cersei well; for someone with her strong personality… this was almost her "cry for help" letter.
Lord Green had heard the news of Lancel's serious injury in the Battle of King's Landing, Jaime was still a prisoner, and with Old Lion presiding over the Red Keep, Queen Mother Cersei's situation must be very passive.
Lord Green's eyes trembled slightly. Could it be that Duke Tywin and Duke Mace had reached an agreement to marry Cersei to Highgarden? Or perhaps through certain events… he had guessed in advance that Duke Tywin intended to arrange her marriage to Golden Rose?
Putting away the letter, Lord Green paced the room. He remembered that in the original series, the current Archbishop of the Faith of the Seven, because he often prayed with the seriously wounded Lancel… Lancel became more and more devout to the Seven Gods. He would confess his sins to the Archbishop, including those concerning Cersei and Robert I. Then, Cersei, upon learning of this, would send someone to kill the Archbishop to silence him… Subsequently, the position of Archbishop would be taken over by High Sparrow, who had always been planning for the Church's power to supersede the Crown's.
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