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

"Cheating money?"

"Impossible, there is absolutely no way such a thing could happen in Kyoto!"

Inside the Yingwu Hall.

Chu Ning's voice suddenly rose.

Of course, I would never admit to such a thing even if I were beaten to death.

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Personnel Zhou Chengyi's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. He pointed at Chu Ning and trembled as he said, "Your Highness, you cheated a million taels of silver this time. Do you still want to deny it?"

Chu Ning turned his head and glanced at the man, a hint of amusement on his face. He walked up to the man and asked, "I wonder who this gentleman is..."

"I am the Minister of Personnel Zhou Chengyi!"

"It turned out to be Master Zhou!"

Chu Ning suddenly understood, "I remember your grandson's name is Zhou Wei, he has a nice jade pendant, which he wanted to give to me, but he went back on his word and wanted to take it back.

This king does not want to take away someone's love, but he also cannot let your grandson break his promise, so he asked him to redeem it with silver.

Of course, if Lord Zhou feels that I did something wrong, I can return the money to Mr. Zhou, but if I do that, Mr. Zhou will probably be known as someone who has lost his credibility."

Chu Ning had originally expected these ministers to complain.

After receiving the order from the palace, he was already prepared.

Do the ministers think they can win by having more people?

Go dream!

How could he possibly spit out the silver in Chu Ning's pocket!

Zhou Chengyi was immediately confused by Chu Ning's words.

If you take back the money, your reputation will be gone.

But I can't take the money back. This loss is really unbearable.

Zhou Chengyi was furious. He looked up at the emperor on the throne and said in anger, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Penglai still has this attitude. This is really too much!"

The emperor frowned and glared at Chu Ning: "Lord Zhou is an old minister of our dynasty for two dynasties. Chu Ning, how can you be so rude? Why don't you apologize to Lord Zhou?"

Chu Ning's face straightened, and he bowed to Zhou Chengyi and said, "Sir Zhou, I speak the truth. Please forgive me if I have offended you!"

Zhou Chengyi's face changed slightly. He didn't expect Chu Ning to actually apologize to him.

Now, he couldn't say much.

But at this time, an old man with a burly figure, sharp eyes and a murderous face stood up.

"Your Highness, you have designed to deceive so many people. If you don't hand over the silver, we will never agree."

Chu Ning looked the man up and down and said calmly, "This must be the Lord Protector of the Country, Nangong Kangping, who was so powerful outside the Great Wall back then?"

"It is me!" Nangong Kangping said coldly, "Your Highness, you have gone too far this time. You must return the silver."

Although the 70,000 taels of silver were nothing to the Nangong family, it was a matter of face and they had to seek justice.

As the Duke of Protectorate, if his grandson was cheated of money and he remained indifferent, people would think that he was afraid of Chu Ning when the news got out!

Chu Ning looked at the angry Nangong Kangping in front of him and said calmly: "I still say the same thing, this silver is used to redeem their own things!

If you want to get the silver back, let them send all those things back to the palace.

I promise that as long as they send the things back, I will return every penny of the money."

After a pause, Chu Ning looked at Nangong Kangping and said with a smile: “By the way, I remember that your grandson, the young Marquis Nangong Chuan, redeemed the golden sword!

In fact, I like that sword very much. If I take it to the front line and let the soldiers see it, it might even boost morale."

Boost morale?

Are you trying to piss me off on purpose?

If I take this sword to the front line, those soldiers will definitely think that I have accomplished my mission and retired to enjoy a good life in Kyoto.

By then, my reputation will be completely ruined!

This bastard is so cruel!

Nangong Kangping was so angry at these words that his hands were shaking and his face was red. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know how.

At this moment, Chu Ning suddenly turned to look at the other ministers and sighed, "I guess you all want the money back just like you two do, right?"

"Yes, that was originally my Wang family's money!"

"Your Highness, it's better not to take things that don't belong to you."

"If Your Highness hands over the silver today, we will forgive you for what happened."

"Your Highness, you must think carefully about this huge sum of money. If you don't hand it over, we will not let it go!"

For a moment, everyone's criticism was directed at Chu Ning.

Since no one can defeat Chu Ning individually, let’s attack together!

There is strength in numbers, let’s see how Chu Ning will deal with it.

Sitting on the main seat, the emperor raised his lips slightly.

Today I finally saw Chu Ning get humiliated!

Chu Ning definitely cannot deal with so many ministers.

But before the emperor's mouth could fully rise, Chu Ning sighed and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

"Father!"

Suddenly, Chu Ning turned around and looked at the emperor, then suddenly knelt down!

This action made everyone's face change slightly, and all eyes were focused on Chu Ning.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

As expected, Chu Ning said in a deep voice: "I originally thought that these young men were all men of our Great Chu, and they donated so much money to stabilize the frontline situation of our Great Chu!

I didn't expect that you gentlemen would take back the silver now. It seems that I was wrong. In order to calm your anger, I am willing to take fifty military sticks!"

All the ministers were stunned.

If Chu Ning is beaten with these fifty military sticks, he will be crippled if not killed.

No matter if he is dead or disabled, how can he go to the front line?

The emperor was also dumbfounded.

Fifty military sticks, are you so cruel to yourself?

Wait, that's not right. How could anyone punish themselves so severely?

The emperor's eyes rolled and he immediately understood what Chu Ning meant.

The ministers must be given an explanation for this matter, otherwise the matter cannot be resolved peacefully. And the best explanation is to let these ministers stop making trouble themselves!

Anyway, it is impossible for this group of ministers to really let Chu Ning receive fifty military sticks, otherwise the candidates to go to the front line will have to be re-selected!

By then, these ministers will have the opportunity to go to the front line.

But who of these cowardly guys dares to go to the front line?

Thinking of this, the emperor snorted coldly: "Since Chu Ning has realized his mistake and is willing to accept the punishment, then as you said, I will punish you with fifty military sticks!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the ministers changed drastically.

If these fifty military sticks are really used, the candidates going to the front line will definitely be replaced!

They don't want to go to the front lines!

The Minister of Personnel Zhou Chengyi's mouth twitched, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, this... this punishment seems too severe."

"Is it heavy?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "I don't think so!"

Turning to look at Chu Ning: "Do you think this punishment is too heavy?"

Chu Ning shook his head, looking resigned to his fate: "My Lords, if you think that I have cheated a million taels of silver, according to the laws of the Great Chu, it would not be too much to kill me!

Now it is only fifty military sticks, which is already a pardon outside the law.

However, after these fifty military sticks, I will definitely not be able to go to the front line. At that time, I will ask Your Majesty to choose one person from these dozen ministers to lead the troops to the front line!

It just so happens that I am about to get engaged to Princess Shen. This way, I don’t have to go to the front line and can just spend my honeymoon with Princess Shen~"

As soon as these words were spoken, more than a dozen ministers suddenly panicked.

It turns out that this is what Chu Ning was planning!

No, we must not let Chu Ning succeed!