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

"What, Ran Ming is breaking into the palace?"

Chu Ning's face changed drastically when he heard this. He immediately rushed to Zhao Ming and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Zhao Ming was about to answer, but the emperor, whose son had died, was furious. Upon hearing this, his eyes turned cold, a hint of murderous intent flashed across his face, and he said fiercely:

"Well, now anyone dares to cause trouble in Kyoto City. They simply don't take me seriously!"

"Come here, mobilize the imperial guards to shoot anyone who breaks into the palace!"

As soon as these words came out, Chu Ning realized that something was wrong.

"Father!"

Chu Ning did not bother to ask Zhao Ming, and immediately went to the emperor to bow and saluted: "This matter is strange, Ran Ming can't break into the palace without reason, please give him a chance to explain for the sake of his service to the country.

And I am willing to bring him to the Yangxin Palace, and I ask you to calm down your wrath for now."

The emperor looked at Chu Ning deeply, and after a moment's silence, he said in a cold voice: "Okay, for your sake, I will give him a chance, and you bring him here immediately!"

"Thank you, father!" Chu Ning turned around and ran towards the palace gate without waiting for the other princes to object.

Now he had no time to ask Zhao Ming, he had to stop Ran Ming's recklessness first.

Although he didn't know why Ran Ming would fight with the imperial guards and even break into the palace, something big must have happened, and Ran Ming must have come to the palace to find him.

The more Chu Ning thought about it, the gloomier his expression became.

Soon, Chu Ning arrived at the gate of the palace, and as he approached, he heard the clanging sound of weapons.

Chu Ning frowned and rushed over immediately.

What caught his eye was Ran Ming holding a spear, with his whole body full of vigor and power. His overwhelming power was enough to intimidate all the imperial guards and make them dare not take any action.

Around Ran Ming, more than a dozen imperial guards had fallen to the ground, wailing.

"stop!"

Chu Ning stepped forward, blocking the two sides, and said in a cold voice: "I am following the order of my father to bring General Ran Ming into the palace. All of you retreat!"

The imperial guards heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Faced with a peerless master like Ran Ming, they were extremely worried. Now that they had the emperor's order, they naturally did not dare to stop Ran Ming from entering the palace.

Ran Ming also retracted his momentum at this moment, and stepped forward and shouted: "Your Highness, it's bad, our silver has been robbed!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, and a strange look flashed across his eyes: "This king deliberately took this opportunity to transport the silver, but I didn't expect that it would still be robbed!"

"Forget it, let's talk about it in the palace."

Since the silver has been robbed, it is definitely too late to recover it now. The only thing we can do now is to exonerate Ran Ming.

Bringing Ran Ming to the Yangxin Palace, Chu Ning asked Ran Ming to kneel down.

"Father, my son's 10 million taels of silver were robbed. Ran Ming came to report the news, but was stopped by the imperial guards. He acted in anger. There is a reason for this. Please forgive me, Father."

Chu Ning took the initiative to explain for Ran Ming.

His words immediately made everyone at the scene look different.

The emperor's face was filled with astonishment, the crown prince's face was filled with confusion and surprise, and the other princes were either gloating or looking like they were watching a show.

For a moment, the hall fell silent.

After a long while, the emperor finally came to his senses and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Why was your silver robbed?"

Chu Ning looked dejected, lowered his head, and said slowly: "Seventh brother was killed last night, and the killers came and went without a trace. I was worried that they would target this batch of silver, so I shipped the silver out of the city in advance.

But now it seems that the other party seems to know what I am thinking and has arranged personnel outside the city in advance."

After that, Chu Ning looked at Ran Ming and said, "Tell me about the situation at that time."

Ran Ming's face was filled with anger, and he clenched his hands tightly. "Those of us who made it back alive said that they were attacked shortly after entering the city. The enemy was full of archers, and our people were unable to stop them. They had no choice but to abandon their vehicles and flee. In the end, all our silver was robbed by them."

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but ask in confusion, "The other party set up an ambush in advance? In that case, someone from your Chu Palace must have leaked the news."

But Chu Ning shook his head and said firmly, "It's impossible. The people in the Chu Palace have followed me through thick and thin. How could they betray me?"

"Father, this batch of silver is huge, and it is used to provide for the soldiers on the front line. It must not fall into the hands of the bad guys."

"Please allow me to investigate this matter and recover the silver as soon as possible, otherwise it will definitely affect the morale of the soldiers on the front line!"

The other princes who were watching the show reacted immediately after hearing what was said.

If the war situation on the front line is affected by the robbery of silver, then whether they can go to Zhao State will become a problem.

What's more, some of this silver was given to Chu Ning by them!

For both moral and legal reasons, and for both public and private reasons, they must recover the money.

The Ninth Prince was the first to step forward, and said with a righteous look on his face: "Father, what my Eighteenth Brother said makes sense. We must get the silver back as soon as possible. I am willing to send someone to help my Eighteenth Brother!"

The eleventh prince also quickly agreed, "I am also willing to send people to help."

The other princes who were going to Zhao State then stood up and expressed in unison that they were willing to send people to assist.

The emperor raised his eyebrows when he saw this: "Chu Ning, what do you mean?"

Chu Ning's face was full of murderous intent, and he said in a cold voice: "Father, the robbers may be the same group of people who killed Brother Seven!

How about this, the old King Qin and Lord Ling will be responsible for investigating the murder of the seventh brother, and I will investigate the robbery of the silver.

Of course, if I need manpower, I will definitely ask my brothers for help.

However, the robbery of silver is a serious matter and must not be spread out. I am afraid that the brothers' trip to Zhao State will have to be delayed."

The emperor understood Chu Ning's intention.

After all, Chu Ning still didn't want these princes to go to Zhao State!

However, the theft of 10 million taels of silver is no small matter and must not be reported to the front line.

When these princes go to Zhao State, they will definitely bring people with them. Who knows if these people will leak the news?

The best way, of course, is to not allow anyone to go to Zhao State at this moment!

Let's keep this matter secret for as long as possible!

Thinking of this, the emperor nodded slightly: "At this point, this is the only way, but that group of people is so powerful, you need to be careful when investigating this matter.

How about this, the City Defense Battalion was at fault this time, so it will be temporarily under your command and will be responsible for assisting you in investigating the robbery of the silver."

"Thank you, father!" Chu Ning bowed.

Afterwards, the emperor glanced at Ran Ming and snorted coldly: "This matter ends here, but there must not be a next time, otherwise I will never let you off easily, do you understand?"

"Yes!" Ran Ming knew that he had escaped a disaster and immediately kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Seeing that the matter was settled, the emperor stood up and waved his hand: "Okay, you can go down. By the way, the clan affairs office should speed up the funeral of the seventh brother."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will go down and tell people to deal with it." The old King of Qin responded, then waved his hand to signal the imperial guards to carry the seventh prince's body away.

The others also left, but when it was the prince's turn, the emperor suddenly called out to him:

"Prince, I have something to ask you!"