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

Chu Ning cleaned up the Ministry of Revenue and offended the wealthy families, and the two sides fought against each other and the situation became chaotic.

All the forces in Kyoto were watching both sides.

On the first day, Chu Ning summoned the wealthy families to discuss the return of the silver, but to no avail. He then killed the wealthy families' accomplices who stayed in the palace and the Shen family to serve as a warning to others.

But the aristocratic and wealthy families were not easy to deal with. They simply stopped supplying funds, making it difficult for the Chu Palace and the Shen family to move forward.

Although the Ling family's defection surprised everyone, the Ling family alone could not change the determination of the aristocratic families to confront Chu Ning.

However, after the prince learned about this, he immediately summoned Ling Haoran and Ling Lixuan.

East Palace.

The prince stared at the Ling brothers who bowed and saluted with a gloomy face, and asked coldly: "Such a big thing, why didn't you inform me in advance?"

"Do you know that if we defect to the Chu Palace, we will be on the opposite side of the aristocratic families? After they deal with Chu Ning, the next one will be the Ling family, and then this palace!"

The prince became more and more angry as he spoke, and he slammed the table, causing the teacups and teapots on the table to fall to the ground and break into pieces.

Ling Haoran sighed and said, "Your Highness, as the Minister of Justice, I have been nominated by His Majesty to participate in this matter. I have no choice but to do it. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

"Hmph, even if you had to do it, why didn't you tell me in advance, and why did you let the Ling family turn against you?"

The prince stared at him with eagle eyes and sneered: "You obviously don't take me seriously!"

Ling Haoran hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, to be honest, this matter is related to His Highness the King of Chu."

The prince's face was as gloomy as water: "You were convinced by him?"

Ling Haoran nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes, it was indeed His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu who persuaded me. He said that he was sure that within three days, all the noble families would kneel down in front of the palace and beg him."

The prince was stunned.

All the noble families knelt down in front of the palace to beg Chu Ning?

"You believe this kind of nonsense!"

The prince was furious: "He is clearly deceiving you. You have been an official in the court for so many years. How could you believe such words?"

As he spoke, the prince looked at Ling Lixuan, who had been silent, and angrily said, "It's fine if he believes it, but why do you believe it too?"

Ling Lixuan looked terrified: "Your Highness, if someone else said this, I would not believe it, but he is the King of Chu."

After hearing the word "King of Chu", the prince was completely speechless.

Since when could Chu Ning's name alone be enough to scare people?

However, thinking of Chu Ning's previous actions, the prince couldn't help but waver.

With Chu Ning's character, if he was not sure, he would naturally not dare to fight against all the wealthy families on his own.

Maybe Chu Ning really has a solution.

Besides, now is not the time to hold the Ling family accountable.

Besides, Chu Ning said that he could make the wealthy families kneel down and beg him in the palace within three days. Three days is not a long time, and it is already the second day!

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the prince's face: "Three days, right? After tomorrow, I want to see how Chu Ning ends up!"

Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall.

The Minister of Industry, He Peng, rushed in with a bag of white stuff in his hands, looking nervous.

"Your Highness, something big has happened...something big has happened!"

He Peng, who was out of breath, held the thing in his hand and shouted: "The Chu Palace suddenly sold refined salt today!"

"Salt?"

The prince looked stunned: "What is refined salt?"

He Peng handed over the refined salt in his hand and said excitedly: "This is it. According to the King of Chu, we usually use coarse salt for cooking, and the taste is too strong.

This refined salt is specially refined by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. It is said that it tastes a hundred or a thousand times better than coarse salt. Anyone who has tasted refined salt will never use coarse salt again in their life. "

After these words were spoken, the prince and the other two looked at each other, and then they understood what Chu Ning's trump card was.

"I see!"

The prince sneered as he took the refined salt: "Just based on this thing, Chu Ning thinks he can compete with the aristocratic families? How naive!"

But Ling Haoran frowned and said, "Your Highness, since the King of Chu has such confidence, this thing must be extraordinary. Why not try it?"

Ling Lixuan also quickly persuaded, "It's not a bad idea to give it a try."

Even He Peng, the prince's confidant, was somewhat tempted at this moment, and whispered: "Your Highness, the Prince of Chu's Palace has already sent out a lot of refined salt. It is said that those who have tasted it praised it very much and have lined up in front of the palace to buy refined salt."

The prince's curiosity was aroused.

I don’t believe there is such a thing in the world!

It's just salt, why do we need to differentiate between refined salt and coarse salt?

Humph, I just don’t believe it!

"Someone, come here, use this salt to cook some dishes!" the prince shouted outside the palace.

Half an hour later, a table of wine and food was placed in front of the prince and others.

Looking at the fragrant food and wine, the prince sneered: "I want to see how powerful this refined salt is to make my eighteenth brother so confident!"

As he spoke, the prince picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

Then, the prince's eyes widened and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

He picked up food with chopsticks faster and kept chewing, unable to stop.

Seeing this, Ling Haoran and the other two looked at each other, then picked up their chopsticks to pick up the food.

After a moment, the three people had the same expression as the prince, and they couldn't stop picking up food with their chopsticks.

"too delicious!"

He Peng said while eating: "No wonder so many people line up to buy refined salt at Wangfu. After eating dishes made with refined salt, coarse salt will not be used in the future."

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. As soon as he said this, the prince immediately reacted, the smile on his face disappeared, and the hand that was picking up the food stopped in mid-air.

It’s over, Chu Ning might really succeed this time.

This refined salt is indeed a rare thing. It can actually adjust the taste of dishes and increase appetite.

Chu Ning was a cunning guy. He actually gave some away for free and used these people to help him promote.

The more people know about it, the more valuable this refined salt will be.

It looks like the aristocratic family is going to lose in this matter involving the Ministry of Revenue!

That being the case...

The prince narrowed his eyes, a hint of amusement flashed across his face: "This refined salt is so magical, the East Palace wants all of it!

Lord He, you should go to the Chu Palace immediately to buy refined salt. The more you buy, the better. "

Who would complain about having too little of this kind of thing?

Anyway, the Eastern Palace did not intervene in the matter of the Ministry of Revenue, so Chu Ning would probably not refuse to sell refined salt.

Buy more, maybe you can resell them!

Chu Ning fought with the wealthy families for a long time, but in the end, the Eastern Palace won!

The prince was very excited and was also glad that the Ling family changed sides in time.

However, some are happy while others are sad, as there is news that the wealthy and powerful families have also offended the refined salt industry.

Huangfu Gao immediately summoned all the noble families to discuss the matter.

The huge living room was filled with the heads of aristocratic families. Huangfu Gao sat in the main seat with a gloomy face. When he saw everyone was present, he said in a cold voice:

"I'm sure you all know about the matter of the palace's refined salt. What do you think?"