A Song of Ice and Fire: The Magic Empire of the Plane Where the Song Begins

Aich stated the ultimate purpose of the meeting:

I intend for you to apply before the king, that Jon may take your name, and make him a Stark.

Edge's proposal is feasible. The status of illegitimate children in Westeros is very low, and even the surname can only use the name of the place where they were born. If they were born in the north, they would be Snow, and if they were born in Dorne in the south, they would use Sand.

Jon was actually born in the south, so in the TV series, after Bran saw Snow's birth with green vision, he immediately thought that Snow should change his surname to Sand, but later he learned that Rhaegar stopped his wife and remarried. It is a legal marriage, so Jon is not an illegitimate child, and his surname should be Targaryen.

As I just said, although the status of illegitimate children in Westeros is very low, some nobles can make a request to the King of King's Landing when their illegitimate children have high achievements, are recognized by themselves, or have no legitimate heirs. Give your surname to your illegitimate child.

However, few people do this, because it will cause many problems within the family. First of all, it is an insult to the original wife. It becomes a competitor who will threaten the legitimate son, which may cause internal disputes in the family; moreover, even if there is no legitimate son, then the younger brother of the nobleman could have inherited the family, but was snatched away by an illegitimate son, which would easily trigger conflicts ;The last point, the king may not agree, and generally the king will charge a lot of handling fees. Therefore, few nobles would apply for surnames for illegitimate children.

In history, the Targaryen family once gave the surname Targaryen to many illegitimate sons of the king for a period of time, but later the illegitimate sons rebelled and initiated a great turmoil in the Targaryen family, causing the dragons of the Targaryen family to kill each other, and the number was large Minus, began the decline of the Targaryen family, and since then, illegitimate children have been given less and less surnames.

In the original book, only Roose Bolton of the northern border, after becoming the new Duke of the northern border after his rebellion, applied to the king when he had no heir and his illegitimate son Ramsay Snow had contributed a lot in the rebellion. This gave Ramsay the surname of Bolton, the hated little thin-skinned.

Of course, the result was not good that time. After old Roose Bolton's new wife gave birth to a son, Ramsay's succession was delayed. The impatient Ramsay immediately killed old Bolton and his son. Brother, quickly inherit the position of Duke of the North. It can be seen that there are certain risks in giving an illegitimate child a noble surname.

So Ed Stark was taken aback when he heard Ai Qi's plan, he had never considered it before. On the one hand, he tried his best to make Jon fade out of King Robert's sight. On the other hand, his wife had always had a thorn in her heart because of the illegitimate child. Possibly, so Ed subconsciously wanted to refuse.

At this time, Ai Qi persuaded:

Actually, you don't have to worry, the feasibility of this matter is very high.

First of all, you have just taken office as Prime Minister, and Robert himself trusts you very much, and this little thing will go your way.

Second, your reasons are very good. Generally speaking, there is no reason why illegitimate children will not be given surnames, but your reason is ready-made, because Jon happened to join the Night Watchman, no matter how rotten the Night Watchman is now, on the surface and legally, At least as much a badge of honor as the Royal Guards.

And basically every generation of Stark family will send a heir without inheritance rights to join the night watchman. Generally, the eldest son inherits the family business, the second son assists, and acts as the second heir when the heir has an accident. Send it out to reduce the threat of succession.

Just like your brother Bunyan, it's the third son who joins the Night's Watch (Ed is the second,

The boss was killed by the mad king, and the typical second son spare tire came in handy).

Look at your next generation, Rob is your heir, the original second son Bran is now paralyzed, it is difficult to travel the duties of the second heir, so the third son Rickon can't easily leave and join the night watchman Or Xuecheng.

In this way, Snow is the heir of this generation who legitimately represents the Stark family to participate in the night watchman. You can use this reason to apply to the king to give Jon the surname Stark.

And because Jon has already started serving at the Great Wall in Beijing and cannot leave his post, he can't come to the capital now, so he doesn't have to come into the king's sight, and all ceremonies can be carried out at the Great Wall.

You don't have to worry about inheritance rights either. The status of an illegitimate son who has acquired a surname is lower than that of a legitimate son. In addition, Jon joined the Night Watchman and gave up all inheritance rights when he took the oath, so there is no problem.

As for Mrs. Caitlin, I guess you still won't tell her the truth, but it doesn't matter, you can say that I asked you to do it, and for the sake of my treatment of Bran, Catherine should be able to say it.

This is your chance to make up for your nephew. Jon lost his own surname, was treated as an illegitimate child, and was looked down upon for more than ten years without knowing his true identity.

Although all this is doomed that he cannot live as a Targaryen, let him live as a Stark. Do you have the heart for your nephew to bear the surname 'Snow' all his life? Do you feel worthy of the dead Lyanna Stark?

Ed had to admit that what Ai Qi said was very reasonable, and the reasons and feasibility analysis were well-founded. Finally, he mentioned his sister Lyanna, which reminded Ed of the time when the siblings were together. If he really ignored Jon, he would have no face to see his sister after he died.

And the relationship between the eldest son Rob and Jon has always been very good. If Jon Stark is given only the name, Rob will not object.

Recalling that his younger brother Bunyan also got the position of ranger leader among the Night Watchmen with his own support, do he want Jon to be helpless after giving up everything?

Ed couldn't speak for a long time, thinking over and over in his heart.

In the end, I felt that if I didn't do anything, I would really feel sorry for Lyanna and Jon. As for my wife... I think she will understand me, and now the two are equivalent to being separated. Caitlin also expressed No, Ed thinks this plan is feasible.

So, Ed and Ai Qi discussed some specific details. Ai Qi meant that everything should be as soon as possible (because you will be beheaded for treason in a few months...), the ceremony was held at the Great Wall of Despair, Keep it simple.

Then the two separated with satisfaction. Ai Qi felt ashamed when he left. After all, he wanted Jon to inherit the status of King of the North in the name of Stark after the collapse of the Stark family.

When the Stark family is liquidated, Jon's night watchman identity will protect him, just like the old bachelor escaped the purge of Targaryen; when someone needs to carry the banner of the Stark family , Everyone's first choice will not be the three fools who married twice or Bran who became the three-eyed crow, but the brave and skilled Jon.

In the original book, what Jon can do with the name of Snow, what he can do with the name of Stark is definitely better.

Here, Ai Qi chatted with others, but in fact he was thinking about the interests left by the other party after his death. It seems a bit insidious, but this is the true meaning of Game of Thrones. There are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests, like Ed The honest man is always the loser in such a struggle.

The next story is that Ed applied to the king the next day to let his illegitimate son inherit his surname Stark.

King Robert was quite surprised, but Ed's reason was very good, and Robert always knew that Ed loved the illegitimate child's mother (nonsense, that was his sister and your fiancée back then), and Robert didn't care about this little thing, Even the handling fee was saved, and the etiquette officer was immediately sent to the Great Wall of Immortality to preside over the surname-giving ceremony of Jon.

As for Caitlin's reaction after hearing it, Ai Qi didn't care.

The master of ceremonies hurried on, and arrived in the northern border after more than a month. At this time, Jon had already begun to gain a certain prestige among the night watchmen. jon.

On this day, news came suddenly that Jon was given the surname Stark by the king. Everyone lamented Jon's good life and became more optimistic about Jon's future. When he learned from De's letter that the person who contributed to all this was Ai Qi, Jon admired Ai Qi even more, and vowed to repay this kindness. But that's all for later.

At this time, Ai Qi had just parted ways with Ed, opened the portal, and returned to Westeros.