Chapter 36 Ledger

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Red keep

Rhaenys Targaryen pov

Rhaenys woke up to Arianne clinging to her like she always does, but it is just two of them in her bed with egg missing

She got up from the bed slowly getting out of her beautiful cousin's grasp, Arianne looks completely exhausted after the sweet things egg and Rhaenys did with her,her cousin is not likely to wake before noon,Rhaenys is surprised that her cousin could keep up with them even if it was for little while before she passed out due to exhaustion and pleasure,we are dragons after all our blood runs hot how can anyone else keep up with our passion

As she got out of her bed she found egg standing in the balcony,he stood there bare chested as he leaned against the railing,seeing the sunlight bounce off on his perfectly sculpted back made her want to start things again but she calmed herself down,if they started now they will be here for hours

As she went and stood beside him,he wasted no time coming to her and embracing her from behind,her head rested perfectly under his chin as if the gods took it on themselves to make them just for each other

As they both just stood there taking in the views Rhaenys can't help think of the time when she was the taller one between the two,she is not short by any means but egg inherited our father's tall stature while she leaned more towards her mother's

As they just stood there looking at the beautiful view it seemed like the world just melted away leaving just the two of them,she wanted this moment to last forever but nothing lasts,as she turned to him he gave her small but passionate kiss before leaving her chambers

Next time Rhaenys sees egg is when our father is holding court in the throne room,while father sat on the throne looking every inch like the great king he is,egg stood alone at the very edge of the room standing on the higher floor watching the court proceedings

As she made her way to egg she can't help but hear whispers from the people in the court about how the crown prince looks so much like the king,she can't help but smile at this as she went and stood beside egg

Just a few moon turns ago these people were still talking about her brother like it was a well known fact that he is bastard and nothing more,now look at these maggots trying to eat their own words

While most them are just pest just going with flow but there are those few who deliberately tried to ruin her brother's name in the court,she will get them eventually she always does,at that time they can beg for mercy but they won't find any

Egg watched father,"Look at our father up there showing the world what a king looks like,he makes everyone love him while standing proud like a dragon,he can make it look like we our doing them a favour by giving them the honour of serving us,I can never do that,it seems you have hold court after our father Rhae because I am not cut of for this,call me when you need crush our enemies"he said with a smile

"The way I see it you won't need to do this anyway,when you are the king these people would bend to you on their own if they are smart or you will make them bend to your will regardless,with the latter option being more entertaining for me,but you are right I would have handle the political side of things because you are too blunt and straightforward,also you don't have to patience for dealing with the court,that's why we are perfect for each other,anyone else would have just gotten in my way"she replied with a grin

"Speaking of not getting in your way,this is for you" egg said as he took out a big book and handed it to her,"this is Littlefinger's ledger the real one,the one he keeps here is just a fake,this has all the records of the gold he stole from the crown the last five years,he wasn't able to steal much because father would have noticed that but over the last five years it has become a substantial amount,I could have him killed in his own establishments but he still the master of coin,having him gutted in the streets would not look good for us and the crown,and what better way to kill the leach like him than having him disgraced and executed like a traitor"

She opened the book and it is filled with numbers and entries,Rhaenys is good at a lot of things but not numbers,she still remembers how she wanted to burn the maester off the face of the earth when he started teaching her numbers and sums

Now she needs someone who is good at numbers to explain this to her and then give this ledger to Stannis,gods know that man can't stand Littlefinger even a little bit and he is the master of laws after all

"Now what about the position of the master of coin which is going to empty very soon, Littlefinger might be leech but he is very good with numbers he kept the finance of the crown perfectly even if he was stealing a little gold,we need someone just as good as him to be the new master of coin,what are we going to do about that?"she asked egg

Egg just smiled and the looked to the someone standing on the other side of the room,she followed his gaze and she sees Margaery and willas Tyrell standing there with the lannister imp

"No the imp is not going to be the next master of coin"she said to him,she is not going to let a lannister in the small council while she is still breathing

Egg smirked at her,"while tyrion is smart he doesn't have experience handling finances but willas Tyrell on the other hand handled the finances of House Tyrell for years now,he is good with numbers and he is not greedy and overly ambitious like the rest of his house,and I am just giving you a suggestion"

Rhaenys nodded,egg makes a good point,if willas Tyrell can handle the finances of highgarden then he shouldn't have much trouble handling the Crown's books,she can't just put someone loyal as the new master of coin,the person has to look over all the taxes coming in,the different types of taxes and laws that are applicable to the different situations,then how to distribute the crown's gold to the various projects accordingly etc

Willas Tyrell can do all of this effectively and the crown won't have stop for months just because the new master of coin needs time get familiar with books,the tyrell heir can start operating as the new master in the least amount of time

The crownlands and the red keep are Rhaenys's domain,she rules here as much as her father,that is not going to change just because a Tyrell is on the small council