Jaime speculated about the mastermind in his mind, suspecting everyone.
Jaime couldn't help but ask again, "Have you guessed who it is?"
Greene would not choose to tell Jaime the answer; telling him would lead to big trouble.
"Love-struck" Jaime would choose to directly kill, and "instigator" Greene, for safety, would be forced into a deep bond with Lannister.
At this time, Greene's direct reason for choosing Cersei was that she could bring Greene power and gold coins.
King Robert's oppressive methods could torment an ambitious Lancel into a timid young man, but this trick had no effect on Cersei.
"Although you constantly curse me, hit me, and insult me, I, Princess Cersei, still don't fear you and look down on you. Don't let me catch an opportunity; I will definitely retaliate!"
Her unyielding inner strength was probably one of Cersei's few shining qualities.
As long as King Robert and Duke Jon were still in the Red Keep, Greene Kleber, as a former exemplary vassal of the Dragon Family, would always be hesitant.
He would also have to worry that one day they might, on a whim, set their sights on the still-weak Greene.
Weakness was Greene's disadvantage, but also an advantage.
If Princess Cersei was willing to shelter Greene, the Red Keep would not directly offend the Queen for the weak Greene, because in their eyes, it was not worth it.
The uniquely tempered Queen Cersei might even confront you regardless of the cost, so it was not worthwhile.
This was precisely the narrow space where Greene could survive and develop.
Jaime was Cersei's closest and most trusted person, and Jaime's favorability could not be ignored.
Greene originally thought Jaime's favorability could be indirectly influenced through Tyrion.
Judging by Jaime's attitude when he first met him, Greene had to admit that his indirect influence had obviously failed.
In the future, his relationship with Tyrion could not be too close, because Cersei hated Tyrion to death.
Greene was always patient; he had the patience and meticulousness to untangle these interpersonal relationships one by one.
Greene was very clear that he wanted to borrow Queen Cersei's ship, not to board the Lannister ship.
Greene rubbed his temples and said, "There's no evidence. So, it's all our suspicion, Ser Jaime. Baseless suspicion will cause Her Majesty the Queen to have enemies everywhere."
Jaime felt a sense of helplessness, unable to exert his strength: "You're right. I have to act normal, otherwise I'd be helping the enemy."
Greene nodded in agreement: "Ser Jaime, you already know about the conspiracy. As long as you keep your eyes open, catching the rats in the gutter is only a matter of time. A conspiracy that has been exposed is no longer a threat, as long as you are vigilant enough."
Jaime's face relaxed a lot: "You seem very good at uncovering conspiracies?"
What kind of question was that? Greene felt that he and Jaime truly were incompatible.
Greene knew Jaime inherently disliked conspiracies, and his mood relaxed slightly, yet he was now doubting Jaime's character for being too dark?
Greene had actually misunderstood Jaime's true intention.
Jaime admired Greene's keenness, but also worried that the young Greene might become obsessed with conspiratorial means because of this cleverness. Ser Barristan Jaime felt it was his duty not to let the young man he admired go astray.
The two were clearly not on the same wavelength, and indeed were incompatible.
The magnanimous Greene could only pretend not to understand Jaime's words, a faint smile gracing his refined face as he said, "Perhaps it's what my living environment has forged. I have a very keen sense of danger. My mother told me this: for the survival of the family, she had no choice but to take me, freshly born, and leave the family's Old Territory. The journey was fraught with peril, and whenever danger approached, I would always cry loudly immediately. She said I was even better than a sentry."
Greene smiled and shook his head: "More than a decade ago, if Duke Eddard of Winterfell hadn't spoken up for us, the Kleber Family might have already perished."
As expected, he still had to go north to fight zombies... The far-sighted Greene took the opportunity to reveal to Jaime in advance Duke Eddard's kindness to the Kleber Family.
Greene saw Jaime off and then cheered up and got busy again.
The Queen's Quarter was mainly connected by 5 passages. Greene divided the 50 Lannister Guards brought by Jaime into 5 teams of 10 people each, setting up roadblocks and assigning each team to guard one intersection. That day, the entire Queen's Quarter was sealed off under the pretext of preventing the spread of disease.
The remaining Lannister Guards and Klaeber Tribe Soldiers were stationed at Greene's command post, ready for deployment at any time.
Once the lockdown was complete, Greene, acting in the Queen's name, initiated unified isolation and centralized treatment for those already afflicted with the disease.
To ensure patients cooperated smoothly with Greene's arrangements, Greene offered free food and medical care to patients within the isolation zone.
There were fewer disease patients than Greene had imagined, just over 400, fewer than 500 people. Greene added a zero, publicly claiming there were five thousand patients, deliberately creating panic in the Queen's Quarter.
Most of the physicians in the Queen's Quarter were also gathered by Greene into the isolation zone.
Greene directly had someone throw over a bag of gold coins, and with the shining longswords in the guards' hands, the physicians were very cooperative.
The young steward Leyton was primarily responsible for propaganda work; Greene's "atmosphere team" for creating panic was led by the young steward Leyton.
Under Greene's outrageous propaganda, the residents of the Queen's Quarter were all in a panic, each fearing for themselves.
With all these arrangements, starting on the evening of the second day, Greene successfully enforced a curfew; after sunset, no one was allowed to move about within the Queen's Quarter.
The fifth day under Greene's rule in the Queen's Quarter.
Greene sat in the command post, his brow slightly furrowed, as if hesitating about something.
So far, 200 people had irrefutable evidence of their crimes; killing these 200 people would not be unjust.
Greene hesitated about whether killing too many at once would later earn him titles like "Baron Headsman" or "Baron Executioner."
Greene suddenly chuckled; facing such a situation, why was he thinking about preserving his reputation?
Greene's hesitation was only for a short while.
Let the heads roll. King's Landing would eventually be his property. Consider this an early welfare distribution for the people of King's Landing. The sooner these evil people are dealt with, the sooner their lives will improve.
Under Greene's sole operation, a new security office was established in the Queen's Quarter.
Greene's guard captain, Follard, was appointed Chief Security Officer of the security office, and the young steward was appointed Chief Clerk of the security office.
The original 50 or so security officers had already been brought under Greene's control; not a single one of them was an innocent bad person.
At the same time, 100 new security officers were recruited within the Queen's Quarter and handed over to Follard and Leyton, restoring security management and patrols in the Queen's Quarter.
If this security office were to be recognized by the Red Keep in the future, and Greene's personnel arrangements remained unchanged, the Queen's Quarter of King's Landing would effectively be under Greene's control. If the new security office was not recognized by the Red Keep, Greene would have no need to feel regret.
Greene was currently using special methods like disease panic to suppress the entire Queen's Quarter. The effect was significant in the short term, but it was by no means a long-term solution; over time, there would be backlash and chaos.
Greene lacked the talent and energy to deeply cultivate the Queen's Quarter; if it could be controlled by Greene, it would only be an unexpected small surprise.
Perhaps Greene would only use the Queen's Quarter as a bargaining chip; everything was still unknown.