novelraw Chapter 135: I Guess She’s Also Being Driven Mad by the Domestic Public Opinion
Chapter 135: I Guess She’s Also Being Driven Mad by the Domestic Public Opinion
"In the far south of the Great Xia Empire lies a border city named Qingping City.
Just a few hours ago, the White Elephant Empire brazenly launched an attack on Qingping City,
and the casualties among the Border City Guard, ordinary civilians, and Martial Artists have already surpassed one hundred thousand."
Liu Yuzhu said, furious.
"Didn’t I tell you this as soon as I returned to the Great Xia Empire?
How could something like this still happen?"
Chu He asked, perplexed.
When he had just returned from the Black Continent Grassland, he had Liu Yuzhu inform Lu Yinxing
that the White Elephant Empire might make a series of moves in the near future.
But to his surprise, not only had the warning been useless, but it had also led to such massive casualties.
This would have been considered an extremely serious incident even during the era of rampant Evil Spirit invasions.
"According to an in-depth investigation by the Great Xia Empire’s intelligence department, we suspect the Lighthouse Empire was pulling strings behind the scenes,
using an Evil Spirit codenamed ’Ghost Call.’
This Ghost Call can intercept any intelligence sent out,
and can even imitate a person’s tone and voice to communicate with others.
Our people were completely deceived while communicating with the Border City Guard.
However, the White Elephant Empire’s sudden attack on the Border City wasn’t because of what Mr. Chu mentioned about the Black Continent Grassland.
Instead, a recruit in the White Elephant Empire’s Border City Guard mistakenly issued the wrong signal,
which caused their Guard to suddenly attack our Great Xia Empire’s border city, leading to this disaster.
Just then, the White Elephant Empire learned that their Divine Child had been slain by Mr. Chu,
so they immediately started using the incident to manipulate public opinion and informed their Border City Guard that the Divine Child had been killed.
They then changed their tune. They went from having no justification for their operational error to righteously claiming that our Great Xia Empire struck first."
Liu Yuzhu said, exasperated, "The White Elephant Empire is just too shameless! And there’s something even more infuriating.
The Lighthouse Empire, which is always stirring up trouble, also jumped in at this moment,
proclaiming that they are the most powerful empire on Blue Star and must maintain peace across the entire planet.
After collecting and analyzing intelligence, they’ve determined that the fault lies with our Great Xia Empire and you, Mr. Chu.
So now they’re demanding that our Great Xia Empire compensate the White Elephant Empire according to their demands, with no refusal permitted.
Otherwise, the Lighthouse Empire will also join in to help the White Elephant Empire.
Now our Great Xia Empire is suddenly facing immense pressure from both the White Elephant Empire and the Lighthouse Empire.
This has forced us into an extremely disadvantageous position."
"Are there voices within the Great Xia Empire starting to blame me?"
Chu He asked.
"Yes, but Her Majesty the Queen and some of the Empire’s high-ranking officials believe you did the absolute right thing,
because some intelligence was also leaked from the Rainbow Welfare Institute,
stating that it contained research on the origin of Evil Spirits.
This is incredibly important intelligence.
The White Elephant Empire and the Lighthouse Empire are suddenly using this as a pretext to cause trouble, vainly attempting to seize all the intelligence from the Rainbow Welfare Institute for themselves.
Mr. Chu, I hope you won’t take those unpleasant voices to heart."
Liu Yuzhu said persuasively, worried that Chu He would be upset.
"Don’t worry, I know.
The threat Evil Spirits pose to this world is growing more severe. This is a perfect opportunity to give the Great Xia Empire a purification."
Chu He paused for a moment.
"Purification? What does that mean?"
Liu Yuzhu looked blank, not understanding.
"What I mean is, there are bound to be many dissenting voices within the country.
Right now, the Great Xia Empire is facing both the Lighthouse Empire and the White Elephant Empire at the same time.
The Lighthouse Empire alone is enough to make a portion of the Great Xia Empire’s populace cowardly.
Furthermore, the Lighthouse Empire has nurtured numerous lackeys on the internet,
and these lackeys are probably yapping incessantly.
So, let’s use this opportunity to let them process their paperwork.
We’ll open a fast track for anyone who wishes to renounce their Great Xia Empire citizenship," Chu He said.
"Mr. Chu, isn’t that a bad idea? I’m afraid a lot of people will leave all at once."
Liu Yuzhu was shocked by Chu He’s proposal.
It was so audacious; no other empire on Blue Star would dare do such a thing.
"You just need to report this to Lu Yinxing."
Chu He had great trust in and admiration for the Great Xia Empire’s young Queen.
Often, Lu Yinxing could understand his meaning without much explanation,
and she would also choose to support his decisions unconditionally and with all her might.
"Okay, I’ll tell her right away."
Liu Yuzhu took out her phone and immediately called Lu Yinxing,
relating what Chu He had just said, word for word.
"No problem. I’ll arrange for it to be done immediately."
To Liu Yuzhu’s surprise, Lu Yinxing approved it on the spot without a second thought.
Chu He responded, "Tell Lu Yinxing she has three days. After three days, we’ll deal with the Lighthouse and White Elephant Empires."
"Understood."
Liu Yuzhu nodded, relayed the message to Lu Yinxing on the other end, and then hung up.
...
On that very day, the Great Xia Empire’s government issued an official announcement.
Cities across the Great Xia Empire would be fully opening services for changing one’s Imperial citizenship.
Anyone wishing to renounce their Great Xia Empire citizenship could go to the relevant departments in their city to process the application.
Neither the citizens of the Great Xia Empire,
nor the high-ranking officials of other empires, could understand why the Great Xia Empire would suddenly do this.
"This is great! This is great! I’m going to the free Lighthouse Empire!"
"Doesn’t something about this feel off?"
"It’s definitely because public opinion has been turning against the Great Xia Empire’s leadership and Chu He.
The Great Xia Empire is deliberately releasing this news to put on airs in front of us common folk.
Well, let them put on airs. We’ll see who gets the last laugh.
In any case, I’m not planning on staying in the Great Xia Empire any longer."
"I heard from my friend’s classmate’s little aunt’s nephew that you can buy a house in the Lighthouse Empire after just a few months of washing dishes.""
"Is it really that good?"
"How could it be fake? Wasn’t that prodigy from our Great Xia Empire’s National Road Academy forced to go to the Lighthouse Empire by Chu He?
And what happened? He got directly into a Martial Arts Academy ranked fifth in the world.
It just goes to show that our Great Xia Empire can’t hold on to talent."
"It used to take so much paperwork and official approval to cancel your Great Xia Empire citizenship. Now it’s easy... I’m going to do it for my whole family!"
After the Great Xia Empire announced the news,
the offices for renouncing citizenship were packed to the brim on the very first day, with people shoving each other to get in.
...
「Great Jing Empire.」
"Ah, Lu Yinxing, Lu Yinxing.
She must be getting driven mad by the public opinion in her country."
Ji Shengyue had naturally seen the situation and was beaming. "She probably wanted to teach a lesson to the citizens of the Great Xia Empire who were criticizing her,
but she never expected them not to buy it at all. Instead, she just gave them exactly what they wanted.
The Lighthouse Empire is now the undisputed number one power in the world. Even here in our Great Jing Empire, plenty of people yearn to go there."