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

After the morning court session, the ministers withdrew.

Only the emperor and Zhao Ming were left in the hall.

Looking at the empty hall, the emperor had a blank expression on his face.

Zhao Ming stood bent over, not daring to speak.

After a long while, the emperor frowned and asked, "What's going on with Liu Shouren?"

Zhao Ming shook his head: "The shadow guards have sent news that after Liu Shouren returned home yesterday, there have been no more teachers or doctors entering and leaving the mansion."

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Is he really sick?"

Shaking his head, the emperor snorted coldly: "We must investigate this matter thoroughly. If the imperial physician comes back, let him report Liu Shouren's condition to me as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Zhao Ming responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

The emperor was the only one left in the palace.

It was beyond his expectation that the ten princes could go to Zhao State's fiefdom so smoothly today.

I thought that Chu Ning's confidants and officials from the Ministry of Revenue would all stand up to oppose and put pressure on him, but I didn't expect that Liu Shouren didn't come!

Without Liu Shouren taking the lead, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were leaderless and no one stood up to oppose.

But the more this happened, the more the emperor dared not be careless.

He always felt that Chu Ning seemed to be hiding something from him.

"Will Chu Ning really let these ten people go to Zhao's fiefdom?"

The emperor muttered to himself: "If Chu Ning attacks them, I will have a reason to deal with him. It's just right to take them all down and clear the obstacles for the prince!"

After all, the throne will still belong to the prince from now on.

Originally, he wanted to support the prince to compete with Chu Ning, but now it seems that the prince is no match for Chu Ning.

There was no other way, he could only do it himself and weaken Chu Ning's influence in Zhao State first.

But he understood that Chu Ning would never let these ten people go to Zhao State easily.

Even though these ten people had already set off, he still felt a little uneasy.

"Humph, I want to see what means you, Chu Ning, have to stop them at this moment!"

The emperor didn't believe it and thought Chu Ning had no idea what happened in the morning court today. Even if he wanted to stop him, it would be too late.

With a cold snort, the emperor regained his confidence on his face and then turned and left.

At the same time, the ten princes had packed their bags and gathered at the city gate with their troops.

They were not fools and knew that there would be many obstacles in going to Zhao State, so they discussed in advance and decided to leave together.

There is strength in numbers!

Ten princes gathered together, each of them brought three hundred guards, a total of three thousand people!

The huge army was divided into square formations and stood outside the city. In the cold wind, the flags fluttered and the spears stood in rows, which looked very spectacular.

After the ten princes gathered together, they saluted each other and then ordered to go to Zhao State.

The team of 3,000 people was so powerful that it attracted the people at the city gate to watch.

But they had no idea what the ten princes were going to do. When they disappeared from their sight, the people who came to watch the fun also dispersed.

The 3,000-man team accelerated their march after leaving the city. They wanted to resist the State of Zhao as quickly as possible.

Everyone knows that the biggest obstacle on the way to Zhao State is Chu Ning. Now that Chu Ning doesn't know their whereabouts, they must leave as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble.

After two hours, the team had advanced more than thirty miles and entered a dense forest.

Just then, a fast horse came. It was the spy they sent out!

"Your Highnesses, there seems to be a troop of soldiers in the woods. They are moving boxes. I found that the boxes are all filled with silver. Judging from the situation, there are probably 10 million taels of silver!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the ten princes were immediately furious!

"Ten million taels of silver? Could this be the silver that was robbed from my Eighteenth Brother again last night?"

"It's possible. I didn't expect that group of people would actually transport the silver here."

"Everyone, the money is right in front of us now, are we going to turn a blind eye to it?"

"What do you mean, Eleventh Brother?"

"What else could it mean? That's 10 million taels of silver. If we can capture it, each of us can get 1 million taels of silver!"

The Eleventh Prince's words made the other princes happy, and a fiery look flashed in their eyes.

Last time, each of them gave Chu Ning hundreds of thousands of silver coins, and they were already very short of money.

If I don't have money to buy people's hearts when I go to Zhao State's fiefdom this time, how can I take control of my fiefdom as soon as possible?

Now the silver is right in front of them. As long as they lead their men to fight, they will be able to get the 10 million taels of silver.

Everyone looked at each other and saw the answer from each other's eyes.

The oldest Sixth Prince was the most cautious. Seeing that everyone wanted to take action, he suddenly looked at the spy and asked:

"Have you found out how many people are on the other side?"

"There are about 500 people, and they are transporting silver. They let down their guard, otherwise I would not be able to track down their whereabouts so easily."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's determination was strengthened.

Three thousand versus five hundred. With careful planning, the battle can be resolved in less than an hour.

The Sixth Prince made a prompt decision: "In this case, we will surround them from all sides and kill them by surprise as soon as possible, without giving them any chance to react."

"Okay, my eleventh brother and I will go to the east!"

"The two of us are going west!"

"The two of us are going north!"

"Sixth brother and I are going to the south!"

After dividing the work, everyone took immediate action and surrounded the place with their troops.

Immediately, a rocket took off into the sky, and guards from all directions rushed up.

Instantly, the sound of killing shook the sky!

The robbers who were carrying silver were caught off guard. Although they fought hard, in just half an hour, the group was compressed into a small area.

This group of people had low fighting ability and were no match for the palace guards.

The battle was originally scheduled to end in an hour, but it only took half an hour to kill most of the people.

This made the princes excited but also a little surprised.

Aren’t those robbers said to be very powerful?

How come we are powerless against them?

"Your Highness, the silver is here!"

A shout interrupted the princes' thoughts.

When they heard there was silver, everyone's eyes lit up and they gathered around.

"Hahahaha, so much silver, at least 10 million taels!"

"We're going to get rich this time!"

"Without further ado, each of you will receive one million taels. Take them away. Do not mention this matter again!"

The Sixth Prince was very cautious and immediately asked everyone to divide the silver.

But at this moment, a soldier came to report: "Your Highnesses, it's bad, there is a troop coming from a distance, flying the banner of His Highness the Prince of Chu, and there seem to be people from the Ministry of Justice behind them!"

The Sixth Prince's face changed drastically when he heard this: "If Chu Ning saw the silver in our hands, he would definitely suspect that we robbed it."

The Eleventh Prince's face changed drastically: "This... What should we do? Are we supposed to give up the silver we have obtained?"

It's already this late, and he is still thinking about this batch of silver.

After all, it’s ten million taels, who wouldn’t be tempted!

At this time, the twelfth prince suddenly said: "Let's go together to stop Chu Ning, and at the same time tell the people below to transport the silver away!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

No one wanted to see the silver fly away, so now they could only hold Chu Ning back and let the soldiers secretly transport the silver away.