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As soon as Emperor Lin said the second half of the sentence, he wanted to bite off his tongue, and some long-lost memories came to his mind.

But the emperor's dignity had to be maintained, so he remained expressionless and sat firmly on the dragon throne.

"I feel wronged. I just hoped that Your Majesty would accept my sincere filial piety, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. And I have put a lot of effort into this filial piety..." Zhou Chang's eyes widened, and he looked around and pursed his lips, "And these people only laugh at me."

Wherever his eyes went, there was a chill in the air. Everyone felt insecure and avoided looking.

"What do you want? I will grant you everything except what you mentioned the day before yesterday." The Emperor's beard drooped.

It seems that we should appoint a crown prince early, so that the other princes can be sent out of Jindu to their fiefdoms and out of sight, out of mind.

"Really? Anything is possible?" Zhou Chang almost jumped up.

Emperor Lin wiped his forehead fiercely. What happened today? Did he have a fever again?

Why are you speaking so carelessly? I quickly tried to make up for it: "Uh, I was talking about the things in this room."

Suddenly, the air in the imperial study dropped to freezing point.

Stingy, miserly, and miserly, there is no emperor more petty than Emperor Lin.

Zhou Chang wiped away another handful of non-existent tears. There was not a single item in the imperial study that could be moved around easily, not even an inkstone on the imperial desk.

I came here twice, but no customers placed any orders.

All the good things were hidden by Emperor Lin in his private treasure house.

Prince Duan's undisguised voice of contempt came out again: "Humph, why are you still pretending to be filial? Why are you crazy? You are obviously here to exchange for something."

"Brother Prince Duan is wrong. If you must say it is an exchange, it is not an exchange of golden turtles." Zhou Chang looked at Prince Duan as if he were a fool.

You must be kidding. There is nothing more valuable than this golden turtle in the imperial study. She is clearly losing money on this deal.

"Why else can you do that?" Prince Duan curled his lips.

Emperor Lin looked at the two people arguing and shook his head silently in his heart.

Sometimes Prince Duan's brain is really not as good as Prince Yi's.

Zhou Chang glanced at Prince Duan with pity, and then said to Emperor Lin: "Father, Prince Duan said this is an exchange, so how dare I take the things in your study. However, my filial piety cannot be wasted like this..."

Instead, alarm bells began to ring in Emperor Lin's heart.

"How about giving me a chance, father?" Zhou Chang's voice was powerful. "A chance to make a bet."

Emperor Lin didn't understand, and the others were also stunned.

"I bet that my Lin Kingdom will win the war with the Mirage Kingdom this time." Zhou Chang said loudly, "If I win, father will fulfill my wish. If I lose, I am willing to pay a hundred thousand... not one million taels of silver."

"Tsk..." Prince Duan laughed out loud, "Gambling again? You've always been stingy, where did you get one million taels of silver?"

Zhou Chang was fed up with Prince Duan's condescending attitude: "Brother Prince Duan, how can you be sure that I will lose? Or do you hope that we will lose the war in Lin State?"

Prince Duan was choked again and couldn't speak.

Zhou Chang gave him a look that said "Your brain is not working properly", and his phoenix eyes narrowed into a crescent moon again: "How about I make a bet with Brother Duan, if Lin State loses, I am willing to demote myself out of Jindu and never return. If I win, it will be Brother Duan, the Prince, who will demote himself out of the imperial city. Do you dare to bet?"

When Prince Duan saw Prince Yi's mouth corners raised, he felt a cool breeze blowing behind his head.

The reason why King Xian asked for war was that he thought he had a 70% chance of winning, in order to earn some military merit. This had been analyzed with King Xian before he set out on the expedition.

Then betting on Lin Guo's victory will give you a better chance of winning, but given the current situation, it's hard to say.

However, he didn't dare to gamble no matter what. Prince Yi would be exiled sooner or later, but he was different.

But is Prince Yi crazy today to dare to make such a big bet?

"Do you dare to bet?" Zhou Chang pressed on step by step, just wanting to have fun.

Prince Duan lowered his chin unconsciously, but did not dare to say anything.

Everyone looked at Prince Yi with surprise.

In this round, Zhou Chang finally put Prince Duan at a disadvantage, but his attention was always on Emperor Lin.

Emperor Lin, however, remained expressionless and did not express his opinion easily.

Zhou Chang could only add more chips: "Father, if Lin State wins, I will win, and I will only ask for one wish. If I lose, I will give you one million taels of silver, plus I will be demoted from Jindu. With such conditions, Father will not lose anything."

After thinking about it, it seems that this is indeed a business that can only make money and not lose money.

Emperor Lin then spoke: "Ming'er said that if you win, I will grant you a wish. What is that wish?"

"If I win, Father will agree to release someone." Zhou Chang said bluntly, "A person who is currently imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice's Heavenly Prison and has been sentenced to death."

All the ministers looked at each other.

"It's a national affair, how can we joke about it like this?" Gu Yan's left arm was weak, but it did not stop him from waving his right hand.

Zhou Chang didn't even bother to move his eyebrows and ignored it.

"Who is it?" When Emperor Lin heard the answer, he felt relieved. As long as they didn't want his throne and treasures, everything else was no problem.

Zhou Chang didn't beat around the bush: "Danxi City Longyu Yuan Family Yuanyu."

Emperor Lin's face changed from gloomy to sad.

Shangshu Ling Ding Mao jumped out again and said, "It's not right. The Ministry of Justice has already made a judgment on this case, and His Majesty has already written the final verdict in his own handwriting. It's a joke for Your Highness Prince Yi to make a bet on this."

Zhou Chang's eyes were firm and his tone was calm: "Yuan Yu was wrongly accused. His crime does not deserve the death penalty."

"I second the motion. Your Majesty, this is a matter of national importance, how can we treat it as a joke?" Gu Yan also shouted.

"Yuan Yu is innocent." Zhou Chang's heart was surging, but his tone was calmer. "He did trade in Kabuki, but he did not commit treason. The most a person who trades in Kabuki should be fined and given hard labor. If the fine is higher, he wouldn't even have to do hard labor, right? Why sentence him to death?"

"Ninth brother, how do you know he is innocent? You have always ignored government affairs, so don't make things more complicated today." Prince Rong always spoke in a gentle tone.

Zhou Chang smiled indifferently at Prince Rong, and then looked at the ministers: "Perhaps you think that merchants value profit over loyalty, but even so, he has no motive to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. What is he after? No matter how much the Mirage Kingdom can give, I'm afraid that his Long Yuyuan family will not take it seriously."

The Mirage Kingdom is a tiny country. If Yuan Yu wanted to, he could probably buy the entire country in one go.

"Ninth brother, you are speaking for Yuan Yu not for the money, right?" Prince Duan's mind began to go astray again.

"That's right." Zhou Chang said proudly and resolutely.

Ok?

Everyone was startled.

Prince Duan did not expect Zhou Chang to admit it so generously, and before he could think of the next sentence, he said, "You, you, how much benefit did you receive from Yuan Yu?"

Zhou Chang's eyes fell on the huge golden tortoise placed on the imperial desk of Emperor Lin: "Isn't it that one?"

Now it is self-evident where this golden tortoise came from, whether it is real, and why Prince Yi is so generous today. "In life, you should have the best love affair with yourself; when you are alone, you are dating yourself."