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

"His Majesty's word!"

The eunuch chief Zhao Ming brought a team of imperial guards to the barracks yard and said with a serious face.

Chu Ning bowed and saluted, and the others also saluted.

"I heard that there was a rebellion in the city defense camp. I ordered the King of Chu to bring the mastermind to the Yangxin Palace. I want to interrogate him personally."

"My son obeys the order!"

Chu Ning was not surprised by this, and immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Come here, take Su Tingmei to the palace!"

"Lord Liu, Lord Deng, I will leave the aftermath to you. Ran Ming will come to the palace with me."

At the command, everyone went their separate ways.

At this moment, there is no need to investigate why the emperor did not send troops to support and why he classified this matter as a rebellion.

Now we should think about how to save Su Tingmei!

Keeping this person can win over many military generals!

Moreover, Su Tingmei is a very capable person, and keeping her might be of great use in the future.

Strictly speaking, he and Su Tingmei had no personal grudges. Su Tingmei planned this series of actions just to avenge the Xiahou family.

Speaking of which, this person is a man of affection and righteousness.

Being able to avenge a destroyed family is something that most people cannot do.

What's more, this person also has a list of other generals involved in this incident, and this list must be obtained!

It would be fine if Su Tingmei was sensible, he wouldn't mind keeping this person.

But if this person doesn't know what's good for him, then don't blame him for being cruel and ruthless!

However, we have to find a way to plead for mercy from the emperor.

Along the way, Chu Ning frowned, thinking about how to persuade the emperor.

Ran Ming, who was following behind him, was full of indignation, muttering in a low voice: "The emperor is really something, he didn't send anyone earlier, but waited until the end to send people to snatch people."

This made Chu Ning come back to his senses. He frowned and glared at him: "What are you talking about?"

Ran Ming pouted: "Your Highness, I think this is too unfair."

"fair?"

Chu Ning glanced at Zhao Ming who was leading the way in front, and seeing that he was not paying attention to this side, he shook his head and said calmly:

"There is no absolute fairness in the world. Whoever has the most power has the final say."

But this made Ran Ming even more dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, you have so many soldiers at your disposal. If you could mobilize all of them..."

"Do you think I can mobilize all the troops?"

Chu Ning glared at him and said, "The Bingzhou troops are in Zhao State. The journey is long. It will take at least a month to get here."

"As for the troops from Liang Province, they just started trading with the Zhou Dynasty, so they need to leave troops there to deter merchants and robbers."

"And if I mobilize troops on a large scale, it will definitely attract the attention of my father. Maybe before the troops reach Kyoto, my father will execute me for treason."

Ran Ming touched his head, laughed awkwardly, and dared not speak any more.

As the two talked, the imperial city came into view clearly.

Riding his horse to the palace gate, Chu Ning dismounted and asked the soldiers to stay outside the palace. He took Ran Ming and two soldiers to escort Su Tingmei into the palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu has arrived." Zhao Ming shouted outside the palace.

"Come in!" The emperor's cold voice came from the hall.

Chu Ning went in alone, and what he saw was the mess on the ground, and the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince kneeling on the ground.

On the main seat, the emperor's face was ashen and his chest was heaving, obviously he was angry.

Chu Ning stepped forward and bowed: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father!"

The emperor took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, then he stared at Chu Ning and said coldly:

"You are really good at this. You can even mobilize your brothers' guards!"

As soon as he arrived, he brought an army to hold him accountable.

It seems that the emperor was in a bad mood, which was related to the failure of Zhou Lecheng's plan.

Chu Ning laughed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he looked terrified and explained with his head down:

"Your Majesty, I am sorry for what you said. The situation is urgent and my reinforcements have not arrived yet. I can only send someone to the Ministry of Justice to transfer some people."

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for these three thousand palace guards today, I'm afraid I would be in great danger. I hope that Father will give me a reward."

Not only did he lightly ignore the fact that he had transferred other guards from the palace without authorization, but he even asked the emperor for a reward.

This bold move made the prince and others who were kneeling on the ground drop their jaws in shock.

Can't you see that father is very angry?

How dare you ask for reward at this time!

Do you really think that your father will do whatever you want?

The Crown Prince was the first to be unable to bear it. He raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Eighteenth Brother, such a big thing happened today. Father is worried about it. How can you mention the reward here?"

The Fourth Prince also pretended to be displeased: "The Crown Prince is right. Eighteenth brother, you should think before you act!"

The third prince and the fifth prince looked at each other but did not speak.

They thought that Chu Ning was too stupid. How could the emperor agree to reward him at this time?

But Chu Ning looked calm: "My two brothers, those guards saved my life after all. If I don't strive for rewards for them, I'm afraid I will be criticized."

"okay!"

The emperor snorted coldly and glared at Chu Ning fiercely: "If you hadn't stopped Zhou Lecheng from taking over the city defense camp today, how could he have rebelled?"

"You are the one who caused all of this. How dare you ask me for a reward?"

The emperor became angrier as he spoke.

He just scolded the prince and others for not living up to expectations, and now here comes someone who lives up to expectations and makes him even angrier.

Among the eighteen princes, not one could give him peace of mind.

Especially Chu Ning!

This bastard killed so many Sizhou soldiers today, and now you want to ask him for a reward?

If it weren't for the overall situation, he would have come down and chopped the bastard to pieces long ago.

Chu Ning looked at the extremely angry emperor, but there was no panic on his face. He said calmly:

"Your Majesty, you are wrongly accusing me. Zhou Lecheng conspired to kill my seventh brother and had long been rebellious. How can you say that I forced him to do that?"

"Alas~" Chu Ning pretended to sigh: "If your Majesty does not want to give me a reward, just say so. I don't have to ask for it."

"you……"

The emperor was so angry that he pointed at Chu Ning. He wanted to refute but didn't know how.

But then, the emperor seemed to realize something, and a cold look flashed across his eyes: "You said that the death of the seventh brother was related to Zhou Lecheng?"

Chu Ning shrugged, looking noncommittal but not wanting to talk.

The prince saw this and couldn't help but urge: "Eighteenth brother, the emperor is asking you a question!"

Chu Ning grinned but said nothing.

The emperor knew that this kid still wanted a reward, so he would not say anything unless he gave him the reward!

Just when the emperor was thinking of giving him some rewards, Chu Ning suddenly said:

"If your Majesty does not want to give me a reward, then please agree to pardon one person. Otherwise, I will have something on my mind and I am afraid I will not be able to explain clearly how Zhou Lecheng planned to kill my seventh brother."

Threat, this is a naked threat!

But when the emperor heard that he didn't need to give any reward or pay any money, but just pardon one person, he immediately became interested.

He prefers pardons to rewards.

Reward is a real benefit, while pardon is just a word from him!

"Okay, okay, okay, I promise you, just tell me how Zhou Lecheng murdered Old Seven!"

"Father, don't worry. It might be better to let the pardoned person come in person to handle this matter!"

Chu Ning shouted outside the palace: "Ran Ming, bring Su Tingmei up!"