Chapter 1235 Undercurrent (It’s the end of the month, please give me a monthly pass, meow)

In the next few days, Duanmu Huai took Ogis, Ann and Mary to travel around Coruscant, and they were very happy. After all, it was Palpatine who paid for it, so Duanmu Huai was naturally not polite.

Just as Duanmu Huai and others were eating and drinking on public funds and traveling around, a silver spaceship arrived at the apron outside the Galactic Parliament, and then a woman with a complicated headdress walked out of it.

"Welcome to Coruscant, Queen Amirada."

Seeing her appearance, Palpatine smiled and stepped forward to greet her.

"Hello, Senator Palpatine."

Looking at Palpatine in front of her, Queen Amirada of Naboo also bowed her head and saluted.

"You must have had a hard time along the way."

"Indeed."

Hearing Palpatine's inquiry, Queen Amirada did not respond on the surface, but her tone seemed very stiff.

"I never thought that I would be questioned in the Galactic Senate."

As she spoke, Queen Amirada looked at the two Jedi Knights standing not far behind her with complaints, and then retracted her gaze.

Now Queen Amirada is indeed full of complaints, and even very dissatisfied with the Galactic Senate. You know, when the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo before, the Galactic Senate pretended to be deaf and dumb, and no matter how she asked for help, she always used various words to shirk.

As a result, as soon as the blockade was lifted, the Galactic Senate immediately sent Jedi Knights to Naboo, and they wanted to ask Queen Amirada what her relationship with the mysterious fleet that defeated the Trade Federation fleet was!

Although the Jedi Knights were very polite, Queen Amirada was not stupid. No matter how I asked for help before, you said that you had to go through the process, as slow as a snail. As a result, you sent someone to interrogate me the next day after the blockade was lifted? The process was not followed? When did the Galactic Senate become so fast? When Naboo was blockaded before, you didn't react so quickly. Now that the blockade has been lifted, you react faster than anyone else!

What, we are easy to bully, right?

Thinking of this, Queen Amirada became more and more angry. After all, she was young and energetic. Although she remained calm on the surface when facing Palpatine, she could still feel the strong resentment in her words.

"I can understand your feelings, Queen."

Looking at the little queen in front of him, Palpatine laughed.

"But I believe that you should have nothing to do with this matter."

"Do you believe me?"

It must be said that Queen Amirada was somewhat surprised to hear Palpatine's answer. She could see that the other party was not perfunctory or socializing, but really thought so. You know, even in Naboo, there are actually many people who doubt whether the queen has any relationship with the mysterious fleet, but Palpatine completely believes her?

Well, of course Palpatine believes her, because Duanmu Huai told him that the reason why the Inquisition appeared there was simply because they saw that humans were threatened.

So this matter has nothing to do with the Queen of Naboo herself.

"Of course."

Palpatine also knew that it was wrong to stand here all the time, so he made a gesture, then turned around and walked towards the parliament with the queen. On the way, Palpatine also explained to the queen.

"Perhaps you still don't know, in fact, similar things have been happening during this period of time."

"Similar things? Senator, do you mean the blockade of other planets?"

"Hahaha, of course not, I mean the fleet attacked by that mysterious fleet... The Trade Union is not the first, nor the last."

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, Queen Amirada was somewhat surprised, and Palpatine smiled and said nothing.

As Palpatine said, during this period of time, Ekote has been acting according to Palpatine's list. She will first send a reconnaissance fleet to lock the target, and then when the other party leaves the galaxy, the command fleet will suddenly appear, completely destroy it, and then quickly disappear.

The whole process is like an assassin, killing with one blow and escaping thousands of miles away.

In fact, the following actions, under the command of Ecot, were basically not discovered by anyone. When the local patrol fleet arrived at the scene after discovering something was wrong, they saw only the wreckage of the warships. All the warships were blown into pieces by the intensive firepower of the Inquisition, and not even a complete cabin could be found.

Everyone could only judge from the traces left on the fragments of the warships that these attacks were related to the mysterious fleet that had appeared on the planet Naboo.

After several similar attacks, the Galactic Parliament naturally became more nervous, especially when they sorted out and found that the attacked races were all opponents of the Galactic Parliament Speaker Valoren...

Well, the situation became delicate all of a sudden.

At the same time, the situation of Speaker Valoren became worse and worse.

Although the incident of the Goddess Guards had been over for nearly a thousand years, the races of the Galactic Parliament remembered that when the Goddess Guards rose, it started with a human family that believed in the Goddess faith ascending to the position of the Galactic Speaker!

Now that a thousand years have passed, does Valoren intend to repeat this history? Is he also a Goddess believer in private?

Speaker Valorum naturally shouted injustice, but no one believed what he said. Even the Jedi Council expressed their distrust of Speaker Valorum - after all, this kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand or ten thousand. First, starting from the Trade Alliance, and continuing to the targets of the subsequent attacks, all were opponents of Speaker Valorum. According to the principle of who benefits the most, who would believe you if you say you don’t know anything about it?

Anyone who believes this is an idiot.

"I see, this kind of thing actually happened..."

After listening to Palpatine's story, Queen Amirada was also quite surprised.

"The purpose of inviting you to the Galactic Parliament this time is not for questioning. In fact, the representatives of the Parliament have already planned to file a motion of no-confidence against Speaker Valoran. It is only a matter of time before he is dismissed. Next, a new one will be elected. speaker."

Speaking of this, Palpatine also had a look of helplessness in his eyes. He originally planned to use the fact that the planet Naboo was blocked to show his resolute attitude, cut off from the current Speaker, and use this as a reason to serve as the new Speaker. A Galactic Chancellor.

But the matter of the Goddess Guards is too sensitive. It can be said that as soon as this incident happened, other races became instantly wary of humans. Although Palpatine had made a private deal with the Separatists, and logically speaking, they should support him, but Palpatine was not sure whether these representatives would change their minds during the vote.

From this point of view, the emergence of the Inquisition disrupted all Palpatine's plans, making his plan to serve as the Galactic Chancellor a step higher out of thin air.

But from another point of view, with such a powerful helper from the Tribunal, Palpatine felt that this increase in difficulty was still worth it.

At the subsequent galactic parliament, representatives of various races unexpectedly proposed a motion of no-confidence against Valoran, and it was passed unanimously. However, Valoran's troubles did not end there. After being impeached, he was immediately arrested by members of the Parliament and interrogated. As for the new Speaker...well, although the process was a bit thrilling, the benefits Palpatine usually gave to those members were not in vain. In the end, Palpatine was elected with a high vote.

Of course, at the election ceremony, Palpatine also stated that he would work together for the prosperity and development of the Galactic Republic and would never succumb to the threat of violence...

At the same time, the Jedi Council also received an investigation report on Chancellor Valoran.

"Is what it says true?"

Looking at the report in front of him, Qui-Gon Jinn looked confused. According to what it said, after a parliamentary investigation, he learned that the fleet was actually a mercenary funded privately by Speaker Valorum. He said that he had been trying to In order to consolidate his position and eliminate dissident ideas, he has been secretly funding mercenaries and transformed a fleet through cargo ships. The reason why they were named after the Goddess Guards was just to draw attention to that group of mercenaries. Even the previous corruption scandal was attributed to Speaker Valorum, because he needed a large amount of money to support this group of mercenaries, so he chose corruption...

The entire report was not unreasonable, but Qui-Gon Jinn felt something was wrong. For example, that fleet, it says that Speaker Valorum purchased a large number of second-hand cargo ships and transformed them in order to avoid arousing suspicion. But Qui-Gon Jinn, who had seen those battleships with his own eyes, could confirm that they were not modified cargo ships, but real battleships.

And Chancellor Valorum is not unfamiliar to the Jedi Council. Can an incompetent good man really have such ability? Can even the Jedi Council be deceived?

Are you kidding me? It doesn't sound real no matter how you think about it?

However, other races in the Galactic Council have recognized this investigation result. Even if the Jedi Council raises objections, it may be of little use.

"Whether it's true or not, the next step is for you to investigate."

The black Jedi sitting in the chair stared at Qui-Gon Jinn.

"According to this information, those mercenaries are located on Tatooine, and what you have to do next is to go to Tatooine to investigate whether this information is true or false."

"Then...what if it's true?"

Qui-Gon Jinn frowned and stared at the other person. He knew how powerful that fleet was, and Qui-Gon Jinn was even sure that the Galactic Republic did not have enough force to suppress the opponent. Taking a step back, even if what is said above is true, what can I do if I am a Jedi Knight? Could it be possible to blow up all those hundreds of warships?

is it possible?

"Investigate carefully and act in secret."

The black Jedi repeated it again.

"We suspect there is a hidden agenda behind this matter. In any case, do not act rashly."

"I see."

Regarding what the other party said, Qui-Gon Jinn had nothing else to say. Whether it was true or false, you would know once you go there.