At one point Cersei accidentally lets slip that Jamie is Tommen's father and Margaery catches on. Good grief, Cersei, you are not going to last long if you don't watch your tongue!
- Wyman Manderley has apparently beheaded Davos, so Cersei is going to send him his son forthwith. Presumably the son was somehow rescued from Harrenhal.
- Bolton is closing on Moat Cailin
- Once they have Moat Cailin they can join with the Ironmen to capture Torrhen's Square and Deepwood Motte and get the northmen to join them.
- Mace Tyrell is ineffectually bombarding Storm's End.
- The Braavosi want their gold and Cersei says they can wait until after the rebellion has been put down.
- Osney Kettleblack is still trying to seduce Margaery. She is supposedly interested but they are never alone so Cersei plans to fix that. However I suspect Margaery is more clever than Cersei.
- Not-quite-maester Qyburn gives Cersei news that should warn her Dany may be causing trouble across the sea, but she does not spot this.
- Not-quite-maester Qyburn gives Cersei news that should warn her trouble is brewing in Dorne, but she does not spot this.
- Qyburn is still doing vivisection or some-such. No good will come of this.
- The smallfolk are making puppet shows about the Lannisters being corrupt and Cersei wants to put an end to this.
- Cersei has no clue about smallfolk, as demonstrated by docking their pay for the full cost of stupid dresses damaged in the wash.
- Cersei cooks up a plot to get Ser Balman Byrch to kill Bronn.
At the end of the chapter we learn that Cersei wanted to marry Rhaegar all along, was told she would marry him, much as Sansa was told she would marry Joffrey and was happy about it. Cersei was devastated when mad Aerys refused Tywin's offer of his daughter. If Rhaegar did marry Cersei he would not have fallen in love with Lyanna (who Robert Baratheon loved) and the rebellion wouldn't have happened and everyone would be living peacefully under Targaryen rule like they were supposed to.
