Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Bastard thing!"

Inside the Yangxin Hall.

The emperor was so shocked by Chu Ning's words that he stood there in a daze for a long time without coming back to his senses.

It was not until Chu Ning disappeared from his sight that he reacted. In frustration, he slammed the table.

Zhao Ming outside the hall heard the noise and hurried inside.

"Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of your health."

"Dragon body?"

The King of Chu suddenly laughed out loud: "What dragon body do I have? Now the true dragon emperor of my Great Chu should be him, Chu Ning!"

Zhao Ming was so frightened when he heard this that he immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you must not say such things."

But the King of Chu continued to laugh crazily: "Do you really think I don't know? Now everyone in the world is laughing at me!"

"They all think that the present state of Chu is all thanks to Chu Ning."

"I am nothing but a puppet, an incompetent puppet, hahahaha!"

The laughter was deafening, and there was a hint of sadness in the voice.

But Zhao Ming heard a different meaning from it.

"Your Majesty, in just four years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince conquered Zhao and Yan for our dynasty, and even defeated the powerful Qin. Naturally, the eyes of the people of the world will be focused on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhao Ming carefully persuaded: "But your majesty, you are the prince's father. Without you, there would be no prince today."

"is it?"

The King of Chu was not excited at all when he heard this. Instead, he sneered and said, "But you also saw today that Chu Ning disobeyed my order in public!"

"His wings have grown stronger, and he feels that he is capable again."

"Since he wants to make trouble, then let him make trouble!"

"I want to see if you can tear the Chu Kingdom apart this time!"

After saying this, Emperor Chu turned and left.

Zhao Ming stood there with a look of fear on his face, looking at the departing back of Emperor Chu, at a loss as to what to do.

After a long while, Zhao Ming let out a long sigh, knowing that the State of Chu was about to face another bloody storm.

He only hoped that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would show mercy this time and kill fewer people.

In his mind, those people who spread rumors and caused trouble were no match for the prince.

At the same time, Chu Ning also returned to the East Palace.

The hall was brightly lit, with two rows of candles lit, making the entire hall as bright as day.

Inside the hall, several ministers were whispering.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the hall.

Everyone turned to look, only to see Chu Ning with a serious look on his face, walking towards him with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Everyone bowed and saluted.

Chu Ning glanced at everyone present; Deng Hongwen, Lu Xiuwen and Yun Jianye were all there.

Frowning, Chu Ning asked, "Where are the others?"

Deng Hongwen bowed and replied, "When the news of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's return came back, Prince Anding wrote to Your Majesty, asking Lord Liu Shouren to go to Jiangnan to check on the tax revenue, and Lord Jia Yu to go to Yizhou to provide disaster relief!"

King of An Ding?

Chu Ning was a little surprised and asked, "Who is this King Anding?"

Although he is a prince, he has too many royal relatives, and he is often not in Kyoto, so he is not very familiar with them.

As the Minister of Rites, Deng Hongwen was very familiar with everyone in the court.

Deng Hongwen explained: "Prince Anding is a relative of the royal family, of the same generation as Your Majesty, and a little older than Your Majesty."

"His fiefdom is in Youzhou, which is far from the capital city and is located in a remote area, so he rarely interacts with the imperial court. As long as he pays enough taxes every year, the imperial court will not care about Youzhou's affairs."

"Your Majesty transferred Prince Anding to the capital this time because Prince Zhao took the troops around Kyoto City to Liuye City, leaving Kyoto City empty."

"In order to strengthen the defense of Kyoto, His Majesty thought of Prince Anding."

"Now, the capital city of Kyoto is guarded by 30,000 Youzhou soldiers and horses!"

After hearing what Deng Hongwen said, Chu Ning's expression remained unchanged. He looked up at the three people and asked, "Before Lord Jia left Beijing, who did you leave the Jinyiwei here to?"

Yun Jianye took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Highness, I am currently in charge of the Imperial Guards."

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "Who is behind the recent rumors about me in the country?"

Before returning home, he had heard about this matter from the State of Chu. Another purpose of his return this time was to deal with this matter.

But Yun Jianye smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, please forgive my incompetence. I haven't found out yet."

"The Royal Guards have conducted a lot of investigations, but every time they reach a critical moment, the clues are cut off."

"Moreover, these rumors did not spread from Kyoto City, but first spread from the three states of Jiangnan!"

This answer made Chu Ning raise his eyebrows, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He thought about many possibilities.

For example, the emperor sent people to spread it.

Or maybe it was King Anding, who had just arrived in Kyoto and was eager to establish his authority, who ordered people to spread the news from Youzhou.

He never expected that this would spread from the three states in the south of the Yangtze River.

After he conquered the Ling family, the three states in the south of the Yangtze River have been obedient and honest.

This time the rumor came from there, could it be the work of the Jiangnan family?

"It seems that I will have to meet Master Ling tomorrow!"

Chu Ning said in a deep voice: "This time the opponent seems to be not simple. He actually knows how to start with public opinion to destroy my prestige and reputation!"

"And every time the Royal Guards are about to find out the key, the clues are cut off. This shows that there is a traitor in the Royal Guards!"

"The other party chose to attack during the period when Jia Yu was not in Jingdu City. They came prepared."

"Humph, I'm fighting on the front line, and someone is stabbing me in the back. This shows that they don't take me seriously!"

"Check, continue checking for me."

"No matter who it is, I will execute his entire family this time!"

He is not afraid of being dealt with directly.

But if you use this kind of public opinion means, your opponent will definitely be a sinister and cunning person.

He will show no mercy to such people!

Deng Hongwen and the other two immediately bowed and said, "As you command!"

Chu Ning waved his hand: "Okay, it's late, you all go down and rest."

When he came back this time, he was physically and mentally exhausted and wanted to find Shen Wanying to talk as soon as possible.

After finishing his business, he came to where Shen Wanying lived.

inside the house.

Shen Wanying looked at the candlelight in front of her, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.

Suddenly, a door opened and footsteps were heard.

Shen Wanying turned around and saw that if it wasn't Chu Ning, who else would dare to come in without notifying others?

"Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Shen Wanying bowed.

Chu Ning looked helpless, stretched out his hands to hold her hands, and said: "Didn't I tell you that we don't need to perform formalities when there are no outsiders between us?"

After saying that, he pulled Shen Wanying to sit down.

The firelight reflected on Shen Wanying's face at this moment, revealing a face full of sorrow.

Chu Ning, who rarely saw her with such an expression, was slightly stunned: "Wanying, why do you look so sad?"

Shen Wanying looked up, hesitated for a moment, bit her lips, and said slowly:

"I have something to ask of you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Such a formal look and tone made Chu Ning realize that what Shen Wanying wanted to say was not ordinary!