Wander!blue star

As soon as these words came out, Duke Leto immediately knew what to do.

Arrakis is the place where spices are produced, and the Harkonnen family made a lot of money lying on it.

He never thought that the emperor would transfer Arrakis to the Atreides family, but the Harkonnen family would definitely not replace advanced equipment with outdated equipment for no reason, perhaps as the diplomats of the coalition government said
The royal family and the Harkonnen family plan to use Arrakis to set up a game for Atreides and destroy Atreides in one fell swoop.

As long as they can destroy Atreides utterly, other families will have no way to help Atreides. After all, Atreides is gone, and it is impossible for them to fight the royal family for a family that does not exist.

Besides, no family except Atreides can call other families together to resist the royal family.

But Duke Leto wasn't sure yet.

Although he managed the Atreides family to flourish and made the Atreides family's prestige reach the highest point in history, he never showed any disobedience to the royal family.

He did not believe that the royal family would kill Atreides.

The royal family rules the entire galaxy, and the Atreides have never disobeyed the orders of the royal family. If the royal family is so narrow-minded that they can't tolerate even a submissive Atreides, sooner or later they will self-destruct.

"The Harkonnen family is about to leave Arrakis. After this incident, we are the most likely to succeed the Harkonnen family." Du Fei said with difficulty, "If the emperor really sends ten The Sadokar Legion assists the Harkonnen family in attacking us, and we will have no power to resist."

The military strength of the Atreides family is stronger than that of the Harkonnen family lying on the spice planet, but far inferior to the Emperor's Sardaka Legion.

If the Atreides family was transferred to Arrakis and was attacked by the Harkonnen family and the Sadaka Legion, which had been prepared beforehand, the result would likely be the overthrow of the family.

Unless they disperse their forces in advance and prepare for a protracted war.

But in any case, Arrakis is not Caladan. There is no war fortress and resource warehouse operated by the Atreides family for thousands of years. Once the war starts, the outcome is likely to be unfavorable to Atreides.

Even if Atreides united with other families to overthrow the Galactic Emperor, they would not be able to ascend to the throne after being severely injured in Arrakis, and all sacrifices were just to make wedding dresses for others.

Duke Leto frowned, and kept tapping the table with his fingers, the anxiety in his eyes became more and more obvious.

After a long while, he asked, "Is it believable that the coalition government claims to rule several galaxies?"

"Their battleship style is completely different from ours. It may really come from outside the Milky Way, but we have too little information, so I can't give you an accurate answer." Du Fei shook his head.

A clever woman cannot cook without rice, and a Mentat cannot create intelligence out of thin air.

"But if what they say is true." Du Fei hesitated to speak.

Duke Leto understood what Duffy wanted to say.

If what Qian Feiyan said is true, then the coalition government is undoubtedly the life-saving straw for the Atreides family.

"I won't see them, but don't expel them either." Duke Leto thought for a second, "Provide them with living supplies every day, and see if the emperor really wants to transfer us to Arrakis."

It would be fine if the emperor asked other families to take over the Harkonnen family, but if the emperor really wanted the Atreides to take over Arrakis, then he would have to think carefully about the reminder of the coalition government.

Time flies by half a month.

"It really happened!" Duke Leto walked out of the room with a livid face.

Just now, a close minister next to the emperor called him, "congratulations" that the Atreides family is about to enter Arrakis, and will enjoy endless glory and wealth.

The coalition's prophecy has come true.

The emperor was going to transfer the Atreides family to Arrakis, and their envoys were already on their way to Caladan to read out the order, and the minister's advance congratulations were acquiesced by the emperor.

The Atreides are in danger!

Even without the prediction of the coalition government, Duke Leto knew that the Harkonnen family, which had occupied Arrakis for decades, would not give up their cornucopia easily.

Atreides had never been at odds with the Harkonnen family.

It is absolutely impossible for the Harkonnen family to willingly give up the precious land of Arrakis to Atreides, and they are bound to hinder it.

If there is no prediction of the coalition government, Duke Leto will only feel that the Harkonnen family intends to cause some troubles for Atreides. These troubles may not be small, but they are all within the scope of Atreides' handling.

Even if the emperor intervened, it was just helping Harkonnen play some political means of checks and balances.

But after being reminded by the coalition government, the alarm bell in Duke Leto's heart blew up. He asked himself, if the emperor really sent ten Sadokar legions to help the Harkonnen family, would Atreides, who had just arrived in Arrakis, Can you bear it?
The answer is obvious.

As early as half a month ago, he had discussed this matter with Du Fei, and it turned out that Atreides definitely did not end well.

"No, we can't go to Arrakis no matter what." In the meeting room, Duke Leto said firmly, "We can't go to Arrakis at the risk of destroying our entire family."

If there was no reminder from the coalition government, Duke Leto would go to Arrakis with the mentality of seeking wealth through danger.

Because Arrakis is the only place where spices are produced, and it can be called the heart of the empire. As long as they resist the troubles that the Harkonnen family has caused them, they can make a lot of money at will.

But after being reminded by the coalition government, Duke Leto felt that Arrakis was a big trap, and Atreides would never recover there.

"No, but the emperor's envoy is already on the way. Do we want to refuse the emperor and embarrass the emperor?" Duke Leto's concubine Jessica asked, frowning.

Duke Leto took a deep breath: "In any case, we will not go to Arrakis."

"My lord duke, are you overreacting?" Jessica pursed her lips, she said disapprovingly, "We are the invincible Atreides, how dare the Harkonnen family touch us, Emperor How can you help them?"

Duke Leto shook his head firmly: "We will not go to Arrakis."

Staying in Kaladan, even if the emperor wants to punish them, they can survive.

He had already figured it out. They refused to go to Arrakis. Although they brushed off the emperor's face, they also said that Atreides had no ambitions.

Kaladan is the headquarters of the Atreides family. Even if the Sadokar army came out in full force, they would not be able to deal with them in a short period of time, but would destroy the majesty of the royal family.

He believed that the emperor would not launch an army against them.

However, Duffy, who has always agreed with him, put forward the opposite view. (end of this chapter)