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

"Oh? Did that old fellow Huangfu Gao go to look for Chu Ning?"

Imperial Palace, Yingwu Hall.

The emperor, who was sitting at the table and having his meal, raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The shadow guard who came to report nodded and said, "It seems that the two of them did not reach an agreement. The old Patriarch Huangfu left in anger."

The emperor stopped holding the chopsticks in mid-air, with a playful look on his face: "Leaving in anger? Haha, it seems that Chu Ning has angered old Patriarch Huangfu again.

However, I am very curious, given Huangfu Gao's temper and the background of a wealthy family, how will they handle this matter?"

The emperor glanced at the table full of dishes cooked with refined salt and chuckled, "This refined salt is really magical. I haven't eaten so much food for a long time. No wonder Huangfu Gao is so anxious."

The shadow guard was a little worried, his eyes locked tightly, and he said in a deep voice: “Your Majesty, tomorrow is the third day, and I am worried that the noble families will take action.

As soon as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's refined salt came out, the conspiracies against the palace and the Shen family were shattered, and now no one mentioned the matter of canceling the lease.

The people in the city are obsessed with refined salt. Now they all gather at the gate of the Prince of Chu's palace. They have completely abandoned coarse salt and switched to refined salt.

The wealthy family has not been able to sell a single bag of coarse salt today, and now they are as anxious as an ant on a hot pan!

Your Majesty, should we send someone to the palace to prevent the noble families from taking desperate measures?"

The emperor raised his lips slightly when he heard this, revealing a strange look: "Why should I send troops? This matter has been handed over to Chu Ning to handle. I believe he can handle it!"

After saying this, the emperor shouted outside the palace: "Zhao Ming, tell the imperial kitchen to make another pot of chicken soup. I want to turn over the cards tonight!

Remember, no matter who comes to see me tonight, I will not see them!"

For some reason, the emperor was in a very good mood and actually wanted to favor the concubines in the harem and would not allow anyone to disturb him.

As the chief eunuch of the imperial court, Zhao Ming naturally did not dare to ask any more questions and could only obey orders.

At this moment, the Chu Palace was becoming more and more lively, and people who came to buy refined salt surrounded the entire palace.

The day passed quickly, and as the sun set, the sky gradually darkened, and lanterns were hung in the palace.

But the people who came to buy refined salt outside the palace still did not leave, and those who failed to buy were still queuing.

They were afraid that if they left, more people would come to buy tomorrow, so they had to buy overnight.

In order to deal with this situation, the palace could only send people to sell at the door.

At the gate of the palace, which was as bright as day, many people came with torches to buy refined salt. The scene was very lively and almost no different from daytime.

The night wind in May was a little chilly, and the torches swayed constantly in the wind.

At this moment, the people queuing outside the palace wall suddenly cried out: "Oh no, there's a fire!"

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a ball of fire in the crowd roaring towards the palace.

With the help of the night wind, the fireball grew bigger and bigger, frightening the surrounding people into panic, causing them to scream and flee.

For a moment, the streets that were originally dedicated and orderly became chaotic.

But at this moment, many torches were thrown into the palace!

"Oh no! The palace is on fire!" someone shouted.

The people who were fleeing in panic became even more terrified after hearing this. They didn't even dare to look at the palace and fled desperately to the streets.

But there were too many people at the scene, many people were crowded on the streets, and the scene was chaotic.

While the palace guards were putting out the fire, they sent someone to report to Chu Ning.

"Your Highness, it's bad. Someone threw torches into the mansion, causing the situation to get out of control!" The soldier came to the living room and reported with a nervous look on his face.

In the hall, Chu Ning, who was playing chess with Shen Wanying, raised the corner of his mouth slightly with a hint of amusement.

"They really took action!"

After saying that, he touched the chessboard with his right hand and pretended to be serious: "My beloved, I will go out and take a look!"

Shen Wanying looked at the chess game that she was about to win and couldn't help shaking her head: "I was about to win, but you ruined the game..."

Chu Ning laughed: "Next time, next time I will definitely let you win, my beloved concubine!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Shen Wanying to speak and walked quickly out of the hall.

Shen Wanying looked at his receding back without saying much, but just told Xiaoqing to put away the chess pieces.

Chu Ning, who came to the yard, looked at the servants who were putting out the fire with water and couldn't help laughing: "The fire must be put out, but traces of the burn must also be left!"

Everyone was stunned, not understanding why His Royal Highness the King of Chu would make such a request.

But they didn't dare to say much and could only follow Chu Ning's orders.

Chu Ning looked at the fire that was being deliberately controlled, with a hint of amusement appearing at the corners of his mouth.

You want to play, right? I’ll trick you to death!

Judging from the time, Ran Ming should have caught up with those guys. With these people in hand, let's see how the noble family will argue this time!

Just as Chu Ning smiled, the white horse cavalry hidden in the crowd on the street outside the palace took action!

"catch him!"

Ran Ming, wearing a black gown, appeared on the street at some point and shouted at a citizen who was trying to escape not far away.

Suddenly, two people around him rushed forward.

"Why did you arrest me?" The man was unconvinced and asked angrily.

Ran Ming glared at him and slapped him!

"Bang!" The man was knocked unconscious before he could react.

"Humph, if His Highness hadn't said that keeping you would be useful, I would have smashed your head into pieces with one slap!"

Ran Ming snorted coldly: "Catch all those guys who set the fire just now. Remember, they must be captured alive!"

At the command, the white horse cavalry, as fierce as wolves and tigers, began to capture people crazily.

Although the arsonists wanted to escape the scene under the cover of darkness and the people, there were too many people and they were blocked in the street.

Realizing that someone was chasing them, they climbed over the wall and onto the roof, trying to escape through the eaves.

But they were no match for the well-trained White Horse Cavalry and were all captured in no time.

Chu Ning, who learned the news, came to the outside of the mansion.

Looking at the people who were still fleeing, Chu Ning said loudly: "Everyone, please listen to what I have to say."

When they heard that the King of Chu was coming out, the panicked people suddenly felt more confident and stopped.

The originally noisy street was surprisingly quiet.

Chu Ning said in a deep voice: "I accidentally refined refined salt and wanted to benefit the people, but I didn't expect that it would block some people's wealth. This is why there is such a disaster tonight!

But don't worry, although a lot of refined salt was burned tonight, the next batch of refined salt will arrive soon!

Please go back and wait for five days. After five days, I guarantee that everyone can buy a pound of refined salt."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people reacted.

The emergence of refined salt has blocked the financial path of the wealthy families, so the fire tonight must have been set by the wealthy families.

Some of the people who reacted immediately refused to accept it.

"The wealthy family is so overbearing. In order to maintain their business, they actually set fire to the palace!"

"Do they still have the law in their eyes?"

"These people are so abominable. They actually prevented me from buying refined salt. No, I want to go to the Huangfu family to ask for an explanation!"

"Yes, let's go to the Huangfu family to ask for an explanation."

"Let's all go together!"

Suddenly, the indignant people rushed towards the Huangfu family.

Chu Ning's mouth curled up with a hint of amusement.

As expected, everything depends on entrustment!

Only with Tuo's leadership did these people dare to go to the Huangfu family.

Next, the pressure is placed on the wealthy families.

Let’s see how you explain yourself to the people’s anger!

Chu Ning chuckled and said, "Ran Ming, have the brothers stand by, and send someone to notify the Minister of Justice, Lord Ling, and ask him to gather all the officials of the Ministry of Justice."

There's a big show tonight!