Palace Coup

Jos boarded the plane back, but this time, he was not headed for Songshan City Airport.

The Lionheart Kingdom reacted swiftly. Even the Lionheart Kingdom Colony had introduced the new invention of airplanes.

The Great Xia Empire's open attitude toward sharing such technology surprised many people.

Still, it had made things far more convenient. A journey that had initially taken over a year had now been shortened to around ten days.

Before leaving, he paid a visit to His Highness Qin and received a promise.

That was his greatest source of confidence. The only regret was that this support had been extended to all three sides.

Prince Charlie, representing the noble class; Haman, representing the new intellectuals; and Jos, representing the progressive nobility.

Through their respective connections, the three of them had jointly gained the Great Xia Empire's support.

Even though they knew full well that reform was what the Great Xia Empire hoped to see, they had no other choice.

The world had reached this point. The Western Continent had already become a vassal.

Rather than let the nobles represented by the decaying royal family continue sinking deeper, they might as well first improve conditions within the country and wait for an opportunity.

That was the consensus shared by all three, though they differed on the details.

Prince Charlie was driven more by selfish motives. He did not care about the fate of the new kingdom.

Jos wanted to seize the chance after the reforms to draw closer to Great Xia and continue securing a certain status as its foremost dependent state.

Haman, meanwhile, wanted to find an opportunity to catch up with Great Xia. The prerequisite was gaining control of state power.

Originally, their plan had been for the three sides to work together and gradually seize royal