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

"Your Highness, this is bad, our money has been robbed again!"

The living room of the Prince of Chu's mansion.

The guard who escaped back was full of shame and knelt on the ground to apologize.

Chu Ning, who had just finished examining Su Wenguang's body, looked gloomy: "What happened? Tell me clearly!"

The palace guards quickly recounted what had just happened.

Chu Ning was about to speak when Ran Ming couldn't help but yelled, "What's wrong with you? How could you let them rob you of your money so easily?"

"Your Highness!"

Ran Ming bowed and said, "Let me take some people to get the silver back!"

But Chu Ning glanced at the sky outside and shook his head, saying, "No, it's getting late. The other party must have already transferred the silver. It's too late for you to take people out of the city now."

Ran Ming was not convinced: "Are we just going to let them take the silver and do nothing?"

That’s 10 million taels of silver, which is not a small amount!

In order to raise this sum of money, the Prince of Chu's Mansion almost emptied out its family assets, and even had to add the money sent by other princes to barely raise the amount.

How can I give up such a huge sum of money so easily?

Ran Ming followed Chu Ning through mountains of swords and seas of fire, and he would never allow anyone to harm the Chu Palace at this time.

Looking at Ran Ming's angry face, Chu Ning couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "You are still so reckless."

"It's getting late. If the enemy is ambushing outside the city, you might never come back if you go there with your men."

"As for the silver, such a large amount of silver being transported away will definitely leave clues. Tomorrow, I will personally bring people from the Ministry of Justice to check it out."

"Now, inform the emperor immediately of this matter, and also tell Lord Ling from the Ministry of Justice to meet at the city gate tomorrow."

After saying that, Chu Ning stood up and left without waiting for Ran Ming to speak.

Although Ran Ming was reluctant, he did not dare to disobey Chu Ning's order, so he had to immediately arrange someone to send a message.

On the other hand, Chu Ning finished his work outside and returned to the house in the backyard.

Pushing open the door, the candlelight illuminated the figure of the beautiful woman. After taking a bath, Shen Wanying's long hair fluttered like a lotus emerging from the water, exuding fragrance.

Chu Ning's eyes lit up, he closed the door, and walked forward to hug her slender waist.

Feeling the warmth on her palm, Shen Wanying's body trembled, and she quickly reached out to hold down Chu Ning's mischievous hand.

"It's already this late, and you still want it!"

Shen Wanying frowned, turned around and stared at Chu Ning seriously: "The silver has been robbed again, this will affect the battle situation on the front line, why are you not anxious at all?"

Chu Ning shrugged: "It's useless for me to worry, and I plan to go to the scene to check it out myself tomorrow."

As he spoke, he reached out and picked up Shen Wanying: "You don't have to worry about this matter. I will handle it myself."

Shen Wanying was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that Chu Ning still had the mind to be intimate with her at this time.

This is not like Chu Ning's character!

unless……

"Do you have a way to find the silver?" Shen Wanying asked curiously, her bright eyes flashing.

Chu Ning smiled mysteriously: "You will understand when I get the silver back!"

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves to extinguish the candle, and soon beautiful sounds were heard from the house.

Half an hour later, in the Imperial Palace, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened by the eunuch chief Zhao Ming.

"Your Majesty, there is news from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu that his 10 million silver was robbed again while being transported back to the city."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor's face changed: "What's going on? Haven't they already captured Su Wenguang and Wei Kangping? Why would anyone dare to rob Chu Ning of his money?"

That's 10 million taels of silver, which is the military pay for the Bingzhou troops. Once something happens to this batch of silver, it will directly affect the battle situation on the front line.

More importantly, the two generals were captured and the two armies were investigated, so how could someone still rob Chu Ning of his money?

Zhao Ming shook his head: "This matter is strange, there is no news from the Shadow Guards."

The emperor's eyes turned cold: "All the princes' troops are not making any moves? What about the crown prince?"

In Kyoto City, the only ones who had the ability to mobilize so many people to rob silver were of course the Crown Prince and a group of princes.

But Zhao Ming shook his head: "There is no movement from the Crown Prince's side. Although the princes have moved around, their people have not been transferred."

The emperor's face suddenly looked a little ugly.

The princes did not take any action, indicating that there was a force in Kyoto that he was unaware of.

Moreover, this force is so powerful that it can actually snatch silver from the guards of the Prince of Chu's Palace.

However, given Chu Ning's character, he will not let this matter go easily!

"What did Chu Ning do?"

"According to the information from the messenger, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has decided to go with Lord Ling to check it out tomorrow."

The emperor was stunned. "Such a big thing, he wants to investigate it tomorrow? Why not now?"

"This...I don't know."

The hall fell silent at this moment.

The emperor stood up and walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, a thoughtful look on his face.

The footsteps disturbed the peace and made the emperor more irritated.

Things have been going on more and more beyond his control lately.

Be it the power of Kyoto City, the task he assigned to the Crown Prince, the fiefdoms of the princes, or the battle situation in Yunzhou, nothing goes as planned!

And all of this, except for the battle situation in Yunzhou, is related to Chu Ning.

"Could it be that I am wrong?"

The emperor couldn't help but ask himself: "If I had agreed to Chu Ning's request from the beginning and not given him a fief, wouldn't there be so many problems?"

Zhao Ming lowered his head and dared not answer.

The emperor glanced at Zhao Ming and snorted coldly: "You old man are so smart, you don't care about anything!"

Zhao Ming smiled awkwardly but still didn't dare to speak.

"Do you think Chu Ning did all this himself?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold voice: "He doesn't seem to care about the 10 million taels of silver at all. Any normal person would not be like this!"

The first time the silver was robbed, the emperor suspected that Chu Ning did it himself.

After being robbed again, the emperor still suspected that Chu Ning was the culprit.

Otherwise, how to explain why Chu Ning is not in a hurry at all?

But Zhao Ming asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, if you were the King of Chu, would you want the silver to be found?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

Yes, why is Chu Ning so eager to find that batch of silver?

After finding the silver and sending it to the front line and taking the capital of Zhao, the princes will go to the Zhao fiefdom and seize the fruits of Chu Ning's victory.

Rather than this, it would be better to let the silver be robbed and not allow the princes to go to the Zhao State’s fiefdom.

Chu Ning could even take this opportunity to send Bingzhou officials to Zhao State to govern first!

Thinking of this, the emperor raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice: "Immediately let Bingzhou's shadow guards investigate the movements of the officials over there!"

"Also, inform Ling Haoran and tell him to find a way to find the stolen silver as soon as possible."

"Also, notify the ten princes who have been granted fiefdoms and ask them to prepare to go to Zhao State tomorrow. I will announce this matter at the court tomorrow morning!"

The emperor doesn't want to wait any longer!

He felt as if he was caught in a whirlpool. Even if the capital of Zhao was not captured, he would still let the ten princes get their fiefs.

As for Chu Ning...

Let Chu Ning investigate the stolen silver. This will distract Chu Ning's attention and also prevent him from knowing that the ten princes are going to Zhao State tomorrow!

Kill two birds with one stone!