With Prince Takumi taken hostage, Khan Shinyu still had considerable faith in Mutai's words. Although building a gunpowder depot required a significant financial investment, the returns far outweighed the costs.

"Alright, I'll leave these matters to you, including the trade with the Eastern Fu Kingdom. Mutai, you absolutely mustn't let me down!"

Originally expecting to be blamed and punished by Khan Zhenyou, Mutai was surprised to find that it helped him achieve even greater merit. As he watched Prince Tuohai being escorted away, Mutai became even more smug. It was truly a case of misfortune turning into fortune.

He's been having a run of bad luck lately, but it seems that Prince Takumi has brought him good fortune.

However, he immediately thought of a critical problem: he had to be wary of Qiao Lian'er. He didn't want anything to go wrong with Prince Tuohai in his hands.

Mutai increased the prison's defenses, adding three layers on the outside and numerous checkpoints inside.

"Keep a close watch on them. If anything goes wrong, you'll all be in deep trouble."

He believed that even if Qiao Lian'er really had that kind of ability, Prince Tuohai couldn't just disappear into thin air if he wanted to get out of the prison.

The warehouses of the Da Nu Kingdom continued to expand, and Mu Tai's ambitions swelled to their maximum.

Once the ten gunpowder depots are built and filled with the best gunpowder from the Eastern Fu Kingdom, he will be the greatest contributor to the victory of the Da Nu Kingdom over the Great Ze Kingdom.

He stood in the vast darkness, a strange smile playing on his lips, feeling that he was one step closer to his life's great goal.

When he led his army into the capital of Daze Kingdom, he demanded that the emperor and Qiao Lian'er both grovel at his feet and beg for mercy.

Under the cover of night, Qiao Lian'er descended directly into the prison of the Da Nu Kingdom. She was wearing an invisibility cloak, and no one noticed her presence.

Prince Takumi had been subjected to several tortures, his body was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, and his noble appearance was gone.

He leaned against the corner of the wall, looking dejected, his eyes filled with gloom.

Before he could avenge his great grudge, he had become the prey, the hostage, and was now dragging down the entire Dongfu Kingdom.

Thinking about the fate of his two younger sisters, and then thinking about him.

Prince Takumi couldn't understand how his previously smooth and prestigious life had become so miserable upon setting foot on this land.

A cargo ship carrying gunpowder suddenly exploded, causing the gunpowder delivered to the Kingdom of Danu to inexplicably become of poor quality.

He found it hard not to connect all of this with Qiao Lian'er.

But how she did it was something he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried.

Prince Takumi let out a sob, clenched his fist, and slammed it against the wall in frustration and resentment.

Punch after punch, until his fists were covered in blood.

Qiao Lian'er rolled her eyes. Who told you to provoke me?

Originally, we should have kept to ourselves and waited to inherit the throne in Dongfu Kingdom.

She looked around and saw that although there were many guards, several every few steps, they were all dozing off against the cell door at night.

She injected anesthesia into Prince Takumi's head from the back.

Prince Takumi kicked his feet twice, struggling with his willpower for a moment, before fainting into a daze.

Qiao Lian'er put the person into her space and left.

Having witnessed the dog-eat-dog drama and suffered the consequences for Prince Takumi, it's time for him to serve the Great Swamp Kingdom and realize his true value.

One of the guards was jolted awake and glanced instinctively at the cell where Prince Takumi was being held.

I was shocked when I saw it, and all my sleepiness vanished.

He pointed to the cell and shouted in a hoarse, pig-like voice, "He's gone! Prince Takumi is gone!"