Chapter 132: Scheming

Chapter 132: Scheming

"Before I came, what I considered was whether you would support us. But now, I am completely relieved." Francis replied with a smile.

But at this moment, his heart was full of gloom.

As soon as Palpatine opened his mouth, he blocked almost all of his right to speak, allowing the negotiation to be directly and completely controlled by him.

As for that promise, Francis didn't take it seriously, it was just a sentence anyway.

"Very good, is there anything else?" Palpatine asked again.

"No more." Francis smiled but didn't say what he wanted to say, because he already understood what Palpatine meant. He took out a box of tea and sent it over, "This is a peculiar drink from our Planet Dawntea. I hope you like it."

"From a logical point of view, I shouldn't accept such a gift. But I am full of longing for the beautiful Planet Dawn, which is self-improving, so I have no choice but to be disrespectful." Palpatine accepted this small gift.

Coming out of the Galactic Senate, Francis boarded his suspension car, and his staff member Douglas Stamper was waiting in the car.

"Palpatine will not support us in the Galactic Senate." Francis tugged on his tie and then unbuttoned the collar of his shirt.

"He explicitly said no?" Douglas asked.

"No, he didn't say anything. But he didn't give me a chance to speak at all. In that case, if I speak, the situation will become very embarrassing." Francis supported his chin and meditated.

"Although he can't be said to be in full swing now, he is also a popular person in the Galactic Senate. Maybe he doesn't like our current request to stand in line?" Douglas frowned.

"For a politician, it is absolutely impossible to look down on such an idea. In my prediction, he should not refuse...unless..." Francis stopped in the middle of his sentence, and after a while he Then he said: "Let Claire get ready, we may have to take the next step."

"What does it mean to him?"

"For a real idiot, he will only be grateful for his behavior, and thus become his tool in a very low profile. For smart people like us, this means a warning and a test, and didn't you realize that his action successfully shifted some of the topics you made before to himself, and made his political image more glorious?" Francis said.

Claire's face turned pale, "You mean, he killed three birds with one stone?"

"The Supreme Commander told me before that this is arguably the most powerful enemy in my life, and now I believe it." Francis drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, "We have almost no chance in a direct confrontation, only to be wiped out by him."

Claire gritted her teeth, "Then, how about we recite..."

"No..." Francis interrupted Claire, "Remember, never say this word out. It never existed. Yes, it's just standing in line, position, understand?"

He stood up and went to the bar to pour himself another glass of wine, and took a sip, "But after today's contact, I'm pretty sure."

"What?"

"It is absolutely impossible for me to stand on Palpatine's side." Francis turned his face to look at Claire and said seriously, "And now we have two advantages. First, we and Palpatine There is no need to win or lose between them, what I want is to use each other. Second, the future that the managers said, I think it is likely to be true."

"Then what should we do?"

"Play another card."

"You mean..."

A smile appeared on the corner of Francis' mouth, "That's right, the Trade Federation. It's time for them to do it too... It's just that it may make you work harder."

"I'm fine, Frank." Claire smiled confidently.