Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

"His Majesty!"

"News has come from Penglai Fairy Island. We will help the imperial court and restore order regardless of everything!"

Great Zhou, imperial capital, palace, and court!

At this time, the prime minister was extremely excited and knelt on the ground.

Buzz! ! !

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present felt a sense of shock spreading from the depths of their souls.

Their expressions changed from fear to surprise, then to ecstasy and finally to excitement.

Even in the solemn court, they ignored the usual etiquette and started to revel.

After all, a battle with Zhou Zheng is a fight for life, and any carelessness will lead to being dragged into the abyss.

No matter how eloquent the previous officials were, they could not deny the deep fear Zhou Zheng left in their hearts. Who dared to despise this man who once shook the world?

No matter whether they are from aristocratic families or local gentry, they all cannot sleep at night.

Until that moment just now, when I heard the attitudes of the five ancient families, all my worries disappeared.

You know, the five great ancient families never participated in ordinary worldly struggles.

Even before, Zhou Tian spent a huge price and even paid many unequal terms, but he did not get the full support of the five ancient families. Instead, he gave others a handle and his attitude was ambiguous.

They never dared to place all their hopes on the five great ancient families, because they were not qualified to ask the five great ancient families to do anything.

But this time it's different!

The five great ancient families actually spoke for the first time.

This opening is completely different from previous openings.

This is not a secret deal, but an open one, open to the public!

This is the attitude of the five ancient families, which allows the imperial court to have no worries.

This undoubtedly tells the whole world that Zhou Zheng must die!

This undoubtedly tells everyone that this time the five ancient families will protect the imperial court and Emperor Tianjing at all costs and stand on their side!

This alone is a great support to the imperial court.

Because there will no longer be any indecisive people in the world, and those who once had the illusion of joining Zhou Zheng's camp will think carefully and know the consequences.

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

Three consecutive words "good" are enough to explain Emperor Tianjing's inner fluctuations at this moment.

His face flushed, and he could no longer hold back and stood up.

"Your Majesty, there is more..."

The Prime Minister took a deep breath, and there was a hint of heat in his eyes.

Everyone looked sideways and fell silent for a moment.

"speak!"

Emperor Tianjing was also very excited and signaled the prime minister to continue speaking.

"Someone from Penglai Fairy Island sent us 30 million taels of silver and 5 million taels of gold."

"They say, win at all costs!"

Hiss, hiss! ! !

It is worthy of being the Penglai Fairy Island and worthy of being one of the five great ancient families. This move is simply jaw-dropping.

Thirty million taels of silver and five million taels of gold, what a crazy amount of financial support.

Even though Emperor Tianjing had been an emperor for so many years, he couldn't help but feel his heart shrink.

With such a huge sum of money, why worry about not having an army and assassins? !

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be responsible for the expenditure of this sum of money."

Chen Duo stepped out with a smile on his face.

This sentence made the other officials who were originally very excited frown, and their eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

You know, as long as this huge amount of money flows out, anyone who gets it will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and can even become rich and have inexhaustible money.

But Chen Duo stood up at this time.

You know, even though Chen Duo was favored by the emperor, he was only the Minister of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is not qualified to manage money.

As expected, Emperor Tianjing was a little surprised when he saw Chen Duo speak, and was in a dilemma for a moment.

He trusted Chen Duo, and even thought that the court could reach its current situation today thanks to Chen Duo's efforts to turn the tide.

Otherwise, the five ancient families would not have stood on the side of a surrendering court seeking peace.

But at the same time, the promotion of Chen Duo was already unprecedented. If such a large amount of funds were to be given to Chen Duo now, it would probably cause dissatisfaction among the civil and military officials in the court.

"Your Majesty, I only want 10 million taels!"

As if he had sensed Emperor Tianjing's dilemma, Chen Duo's heart sank, but he finally changed his approach.

"Only ten million taels?!"

"Humph! Minister Chen, you are so arrogant."

Some officials couldn't help but mock and ridicule.

If someone stands out, others will naturally follow.

Soon, Chen Duo became the target of public criticism. Everyone had been unhappy with him for a long time, so naturally they would not tolerate him at this time.

In the past, Chen Duo’s presence could bring people together.

But now, with the support of the five ancient families, they would not care about Chen Duo’s existence at all.

Faced with everyone's attitude, Chen Duo was not panicked at all, and did not even feel angry.

It seemed that everything was under Chen Duo's control.

"Because this 10 million will not go into my pocket."

"Instead, I am willing to serve as a hostage and take 10 million taels with me to go to King Zhou Yong."

I have to say that Chen Duo's train of thought is really a bit confusing.

However, this inappropriate remark once again silenced all the civil and military officials in the court.

King Zhou Yong?!

This was already a somewhat unfamiliar name, but no one present dared to underestimate it.

Because, this once mediocre King Yong of Zhou has long become extraordinary.

He also has elite soldiers and generals, and is a powerful faction of his own. His strength should not be underestimated.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that although the court summoned him before, King Zhou Yong has not entered the palace until now.

Along the way, he delayed as much as possible. This was no longer something that the former King Yong of Zhou could do.

Everyone knew that King Zhou Yong had probably already known about the relationship between Zhou Zheng and the imperial court.

He was waiting, waiting for Zhou Zheng's call, and then he would betray the court.

By then, the imperial court would have to face not only Zhou Zheng in the north, but also King Zhou Yong in the south.

One in the south and one in the north, the two of them working together can be a real headache.

Thinking of this, many people took a deep breath.

They had once ignored King Zhou Yong, but they had unexpectedly grown to such a level without them noticing.

And Chen Duo was able to think of King Zhou Yong at this time and was even willing to go with 10 million taels of silver.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Chen Duo's thinking process is different from that of most officials.

"What do you want to do?!"

Emperor Tianjing was also a little surprised, and then asked in a low voice.

"Recruitment!"

"Use 10 million taels of silver, plus some conditions, to get King Zhou Yong to stand on the side of the court again."

Chen Duo straightened his chest, his words full of heroism!

As long as King Zhou Yong stands on the side of the court, Zhou Zheng will collapse!