69novels Chapter 117 Count Yuukawa's Ambition
Chapter 117 Count Yuukawa's Ambition
After Count Xiongchuan finalized his plan, his eldest son, Renchuan, was overjoyed and immediately led several trusted confidants to carry it out.
The younger son, Yichuan, was a little depressed; he had a feeling that something was wrong.
Is this plan really a good one?
Forcing the Wilderness to rebel will not benefit the Kingdom of Taya.
In this era, pirates are becoming increasingly rampant, and the Kingdom of Taya needs a powerful force to protect the entire country.
But his father had already made his decision, and Yoshikawa had no choice but to accept it.
The second son, Fuchuan, appeared honest and continued to manage the ordinary affairs of the Earl's mansion and most of the business, seemingly trying his best to fulfill his role as a good helper to Earl Woongchuan and his elder brother Inchuan.
At this moment, in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Taya.
The ailing old king has handed over most of the affairs of state to the eldest prince.
However, the eldest prince was an ordinary, fat man who loved eating, drinking, having fun, and women, and usually relied heavily on Count Xiongchuan to handle various matters.
It was precisely the ailing old king and the mediocre eldest prince that fueled Count Xiongchuan's growing ambition.
This useless royal family can no longer lead the Kingdom of Taya to become stronger. Only the Harada Earl family can make the Kingdom of Taya stronger and stronger.
In the princess's palace within the royal palace.
Several maids would occasionally gossip in front of the princess, speaking ill of Huang Mu and his crimes.
"Is this Wild Shepherd really that bad? Why doesn't the Grand Inquisitor execute him?"
Princess Takimi, who has a rather sweet appearance, asked with some confusion. In fact, when she and her maid went out of the palace for a stroll and were flirted with by Huang Mu, she never thought of severely punishing him.
As a result, the nobles and officials were outraged and, very quickly, severely punished Huang Mu and imprisoned him.
This made Princess Takimi feel flattered and overwhelmed, as she thought she was being respected by so many nobles.
These were just some provocative words, yet they imprisoned a police officer in the capital as if he had committed some heinous crime.
Later, through the maid's continuous 'description,' the princess learned that Huang Mu was an utterly wicked 'police officer.'
Exploiting ordinary people, harassing respectable women, extorting protection money, deceiving superiors and subordinates...
In short, it's very bad.
"Your Highness, although this Huang Mu is a bad person, he is very powerful. We can only imprison him until you forgive him."
If he is sentenced to death, and he violently resists, our royal army and guards might not be able to suppress him.
A maid quickly explained that they were actually slandering Huang Mu, fearing that this powerful hero would rebel like a trapped beast.
Right now, this guy Huang Mu probably still thinks he's only committed a minor offense and is waiting for the princess to forgive him.
As a result, this hurdle took more than a year to overcome.
If the princess forgets about Aramaki, the maids won't bring it up again. But if the princess remembers Aramaki, the criminal, the maids will only speak ill of him.
"Then just hand him over to the Navy. Is he stronger than the Navy?"
Princess Tajimi said with some concern, "So that lecherous police officer is that strong?"
Even the royal army and the guards could not suppress him.
"Uh, I wonder what General Xiongchuan and the Chief Judge think," a maid said instinctively, but she quickly realized, "And the eldest prince's opinion as well."
"The eldest prince dotes on the princess and would never allow her to suffer any injustice."
Another maid quickly added that everyone in the Kingdom of Taya, whether human or ghost, knows the power of Earl Xiongchuan.
The old king was bedridden, the eldest prince was acting recklessly and dissolutely, and the princess was ignorant and naive.
These maids, under duress and enticement, had no choice but to serve Count Yukawa.
Besides, Aramaki isn't a pirate, and he only committed a minor offense. What use would hand him over to the Navy?
In fact, those princes and nobles were more afraid that Huang Mu would become a naval officer. With Huang Mu's strength, he might just become a vice admiral.
That's when Count Yuukawa and his men will be in trouble.
Therefore, they would rather imprison Aramaki, or even force him to become a pirate, than see him become a naval admiral.
"Alright then, I'll ask my brother how to deal with the wasteland."
Princess Takimi felt a little uncomfortable when she heard the maid bring up the eldest prince last.
After all, her father is now bedridden, and the eldest prince is the most powerful person in the country.
How can he be ranked after Count Yukawa and the Grand Judge?
However, Princess Takimi soon forgot about the criminal Abandoned Shepherd again and went to a party with her noble ladies friends.
If the Kingdom of Taya is truly unable to handle the Wilderness, then it should be handed over to the navy.
This was what Princess Takimi was thinking.
Anyway, the maids said that Aramaki had committed many crimes, so he should be handed over to the navy for imprisonment.
It would be best to send Wild Shepherd to Enies Lobby for trial, and then to Impel Down.
If Count Yukawa knew that the princess was determined to give Aramaki to the navy, he would definitely disagree.
After all, the minor offense committed by Aramaki was insignificant and might even make the Navy take notice of his strength.
Count Xiongchuan also wanted to use the princess to force Aramaki to rebel and complete his plan.
But the princess also learned of the Wild Shepherd's power, and she did not want to drive the Wild Shepherd to the brink of destruction within the Kingdom of Taya.
If the royal army and the guards are no match for Huang Mu, wouldn't she and the royal family be doomed?
As a result, in the days that followed, Princess Takimi wanted to hand Aramaki over to the navy, but Count Yukawa's faction disagreed.
Count Yukawa tried to trick Princess Takimi into giving the order to execute Aramaki, but Princess Takimi refused.
Thus, due to the differing opinions of the two factions, Huang Mu could only remain imprisoned.
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Over a certain area of the South China Sea.
After several days of flight, an airship finally arrived near the territory of the Kingdom of Taya.
It must be said that the seas of the four seas are countless times wider than the Great Sea Route sandwiched between two doldrums.
Even without the harsh weather and unstable magnetic field of the Grand Line, the Luo Ji Pirates still sailed for many days.
It's worth noting that Kuma used his Paw-Paw Fruit powers to send Luffy flying to Amazon Lily in the Sabaody Archipelago, a journey that took three days.
Straw Hat Luffy hid on the body of the Pirate Empress and followed Vice Admiral Momonga from Amazon Lily to Impel Down, which took about a week.
Two days after the Sorbet Kingdom's CP agents lost contact with the World Government, the World Government quickly dispatched CP agents again to investigate the situation.
Satan Saint even contacted Kuma, suspecting that Kuma was behind it, and even suspecting that the Revolutionary Army was involved.
Big Bear intended to deceive Satan Saint while heading to the South China Sea.
As a result, Satan Saint quickly noticed the unusual tone in the Great Bear's voice, a Bakania slave who couldn't even lie.
Satan ordered Big Bear to contact the agents of the East Sea, and in this way, Big Bear quickly exposed them.
This enraged Saint Satan.
His pawn actually dared to rebel.
Worried that Satan Saint would retaliate against the Sorbet Kingdom, Big Bear shut down Satan Saint's Den Den Mushi and flew to the Sorbet Kingdom to resolve the small problem left behind by Bonnie and Rogi.
At least everyone they know must be sent away to a country under the control of the revolutionary army.
Luo Ji had no choice but to deal with the change in the plan of Big Bear to go to the Kingdom of Sorbe first and then to the Kingdom of Taya. He could only take care of the Wilderness Shepherd himself first.
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