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

"Your Highness, I have said everything you asked me to say."

As soon as Yang Yuntao left, Ran Ming came to the backyard of the palace to report to Chu Ning.

Chu Ning, who was practicing martial arts in the yard, raised his lips slightly and smiled: "What's Yang Yuntao's reaction?"

Ran thought for a moment and replied, "He seemed very happy, but he left immediately."

Chu Ning, who was practicing spearmanship, paused when he heard this, and immediately stopped the spear in his hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that he is going to destroy the East Palace. By the way, the prince sent something over."

Ran Ming waved his hand and shouted outside: "Someone, bring up the prince's treasure!"

Ten guards came into the courtyard carrying ten boxes.

"Your Highness, Yang Yuntao said these are elixirs that increase your power, and one million taels of silver have been transported to the warehouse."

Ran Ming said as he opened the box for Chu Ning.

Inside the box was a turquoise bottle. Chu Ning picked up the bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured out the pills inside.

I smelled it and a fragrance came towards me.

Just as he was about to swallow it, Ran Ming at the side quickly reached out to stop him: "Your Highness, be careful, it's poisonous!"

Chu Ning shook his head and chuckled, "Don't worry, the prince will not do anything to me at this time, otherwise who would recommend him?"

After saying this, he swallowed the pill in one gulp.

Suddenly, a warm current came from the abdomen.

It really works!

Chu Ning's eyes lit up: "Leave all the pills behind, and everyone leave immediately. I want to take the pills to increase my strength."

"Yes!" Ran Ming and others responded, and no one dared to disturb Chu Ning at this time.

In the yard, Chu Ning sat cross-legged, practicing Qigong to digest the pill he had just taken.

After the last battle in Yunzhou, he knew that with his own strength, it would be difficult to cope with a strong enemy if he really went to the battlefield, and he had to improve his skills!

Only if you are strong enough can you be invincible.

As for the matter of this fiefdom, he had already done what he was supposed to do, and even made arrangements in advance. Now it all depended on whether anyone would take the initiative to jump into the trap!

Just as Chu Ning was practicing, Yang Yuntao hurried back to the East Palace.

East Palace, Main Hall.

The prince, lying on the bench, listened to Yang Yuntao's narration with a thoughtful look on his face.

Upon hearing that the Seventh Prince's men were stopped, a smug look appeared on the Crown Prince's face.

"It seems that my seventh brother will not be able to obtain the fiefdom this time. That's good, as it means one less opponent!"

Yang Yuntao couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's unwise for the Seventh Prince to offend the King of Chu at this time!"

"Go on," the prince urged.

Afterwards, Yang Yuntao recounted his gift-giving and Ran Ming’s words.

The prince narrowed his eyes after hearing this, and a strange look flashed across his eyes: "Eighteenth brother, are you going to transport this batch of silver to Zhao after the Lantern Festival?"

"Not bad!"

Yang Yuntao said with a mocking look on his face: “Ran Ming is just a rough old man, and he accidentally leaked this matter to me.

Your Highness, if you have the chance, you must get this money."

This amount of silver is not small, not only does it come from the Chu Palace itself, but also from so many princes.

The total amount is at least 10 million taels!

If you can get it, it will be of great use in the future fight for the throne.

You want money to do anything. How can you win people's hearts and recruit talents without money?

The prince was very excited when he heard this!

But just as he was about to agree, a look of hesitation suddenly appeared on his face.

"No, if we rob Chu Ning of his money now, won't it affect the battle situation on the front line?"

The prince shook his head and said, "This silver is used by Chu Ning to boost morale. Once it is robbed, it will definitely affect the morale of Bingzhou's soldiers and horses, making it impossible for them to capture the capital of Zhao as soon as possible.

As long as the capital is not taken, Zhao will not belong to our dynasty, and the fiefdom will be delayed."

Although he really wanted to get the silver, the prince was afraid that it would affect his fiefdom.

I had finally gotten my woman to go to Chu Ning to ask for this, how could I just give up like that?

Although the silver was large, the prince chose the latter over getting a state of Zhao.

You can earn money if you lose it, but if you lose the fiefdom, it is really gone.

What's more, the other princes are all eyeing him covetously, and he doesn't want to make a mistake at this time and be caught!

How could Yang Yuntao not understand the prince's worries? But he still persuaded him: "Your Highness, if we can get this much silver, it will be worth it even if we don't have the fiefdom!"

"enough!"

The prince's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he glared at Yang Yuntao fiercely: "Do you really think that I don't know what you are thinking?"

"Humph, you are just jealous of Deng Hongwen, so you want to use this incident to drag him down and surpass him completely!"

"I don't want to get involved in the feud between you and Deng Hongwen, but don't even think about getting any credit for me. This matter ends here. If you do it again, I will punish you without mercy!"

Yang Yuntao's face changed. He didn't expect that his thoughts were seen through by the prince. He immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your forgiveness."

"If you have nothing else to do, please leave!"

"I am resigning."

Yang Yuntao saluted and turned to leave, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The prince didn't dare to take action at this time, but he didn't want to give up this opportunity.

If this news were to be known by other people, perhaps someone brave enough would take action!

Thinking of this, Yang Yuntao turned his head and looked at Dong Gong deeply, then left with a sneer.

With so much money, he didn't believe that no one would not be tempted!

Deng Hongwen, if the silver is robbed this time, I'm sure the King of Chu will not protect you, and that will be the day of your death!

With a strong sense of jealousy, Yang Yuntao began to secretly spread the news in the city that Chu Ning would transport silver to the front line after the Lantern Festival.

At this moment, the emperor was also watching the every move of the princes.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

The emperor listened to Zhao Ming's report with no expression of joy or sadness on his face, and seemed not surprised.

Everyone knows that Chu Ning likes to take advantage and loves money. In order to win the recommendation quota, the princes will of course give Chu Ning gifts.

However, the actions of the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince were beyond his expectations.

"I didn't expect Chu Ning to actually accept the prince's gift. Could it be that this guy really wants to recommend the prince?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "As for the seventh brother, he has offended Chu Ning, a vengeful guy, so he will definitely not be recommended this time."

After he finished speaking, the emperor suddenly chuckled: "Interesting, Chu Ning accepted money from so many people, but there are only ten places, how is he going to choose?"

Of course, the emperor was very curious about how the princes who were not recommended would deal with Chu Ning after the recommendation list came out.

Chu Ning clearly accepted their money but did not recommend them. Who could tolerate this?

Even the emperor couldn't think of how Chu Ning would solve the problem at this moment.

The emperor even felt that once the list was announced, Chu Ning would become the target of public criticism!

The emperor became more and more excited the more he thought about it, and he showed a playful look: "Things are getting more and more interesting. I am very curious about how Chu Ning will deal with it next!"

After thinking for a while, the emperor waved his hand and said, "Pass the order down. On the Lantern Festival the day after tomorrow, all the princes will bring their wives to the palace for a banquet!"

According to convention, there was no need to attend court on the Lantern Festival. Instead, the emperor would hold a grand banquet in the evening to entertain all his ministers.

This time, the emperor decided to announce the list of fiefs at the Lantern Festival banquet!