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

In the bathroom.

In the steamy and smoke-filled bathtub, Chu Ning kept rubbing the dirt off his body.

After four days of training, he has completely absorbed the medicinal power of the Bu Tian Pill and his physical strength is far beyond what it was before.

Although he has not yet entered the realm of a first-class master, his strength has greatly improved.

To measure a person's combat power, we should not only look at his realm, but also his overall combat power.

Some people can reach the level of first-rate masters by relying on natural resources and treasures, but their actual combat power may not even be as good as that of second-rate masters.

Soon, Chu Ning asked someone to change the water.

He has changed five buckets of water in a row.

But, it's still not enough.

After washing seven buckets of water, Chu Ning was finally satisfied. He changed into a set of clean clothes and came to the living room in high spirits.

"Greetings, Your Highness!" Deng Hongwen and Ran Ming bowed in the hall.

Chu Ning strode to the main seat, waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, you two are so anxious, has something serious happened?"

Deng Hongwen had a stern face and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, someone is betting on you to win, and the number is huge!"

As he spoke, he handed over the account book.

Chu Ning took the account book and his eyes naturally fell on the column where he won.

"More than three million taels of silver, of which three million taels were pledged by three people?"

Chu Ning raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully: "There are still many smart people in the world."

His eyes moved upwards and landed on the tie column.

"Oh? There are more than 20 million? What are these people thinking?"

Chu Ning chuckled: "There are so many people betting on a tie, so wouldn't there be more people betting on me to lose?"

His eyes finally fell on the losing column, and the number of 87 million made his eyes light up!

"Hahahaha, not bad, not bad, that adds up to 100 million!"

Chu Ning laughed and said, "Although I have to pay out more than 30 million, it is enough for me to make a net profit of more than 70 million!"

The purpose of opening a business is to use reputation to absorb money from all parties.

It's a big gamble.

If you win the bet, of course you will make some money!

If you lose the bet, you will definitely have to pay the money.

Chu Ning has absolute confidence in himself and of course is not worried about losing money.

But Deng Hongwen still frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, do you have any plan for tomorrow's competition?"

Although he knew that Chu Ning was not very talented, and also knew that Chu Ning was actually talented, Deng Hongwen did not dare to be careless when facing the most talented man in the world.

He didn't expect Chu Ning to ask him for advice, he just wanted to know how Chu Ning would respond.

Ran Ming, who was standing by, also pricked up his ears, looking as if he was listening.

Chu Ning grinned and said, "A countermeasure? I don't need one. If an enemy comes, we will stop him with our troops and if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."

"No matter how strong Cao Zhi is, I can still win. Lord Deng, don't worry."

Deng Hongwen was stunned.

He thought of many answers, but this was the only one he hadn't thought of.

But, isn’t this answer something that only the King of Chu, whom he knows, can give?

"Since Your Highness is confident, I will not say any more."

Chu Ning nodded slightly, turned to look at Ran Ming and said, "We will go to celebrate the birthday tomorrow, but we must also send people to guard this place to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation and breaking in."

The people he brought with him were not many, and he would need to take some of them to the palace tomorrow, so those who stayed here had to be properly arranged.

After all, there are hundreds of millions of silver bills in the yard, who wouldn't be tempted?

Having experienced two robberies of his silver, Chu Ning of course had to make arrangements in advance.

Ran Ming grinned and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will make sure it's arranged!"

Chu Ning nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Tomorrow you will also compete with Dian Wei. He is also a top-notch expert. Are you confident?"

Ran Ming patted his chest, looking very confident: "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will definitely take down that guy within 300 rounds."

Three hundred rounds!

Chu Ning's mouth twitched: "This will take half an hour, right?"

Ran Ming touched his huge bald head shyly and said with a wry smile: "I can't help it, that guy is really powerful, I can only compete with him in strength."

Chu Ning's eyes rolled, and a hint of amusement appeared on his face: "Come closer, I have a clever plan to help you win in advance."

Ran Ming's eyes lit up and he quickly moved over. Chu Ning whispered his plan.

After hearing the plan, Ran Ming laughed out loud: "I understand. If this is true, I will definitely win in advance tomorrow."

Although Deng Hongwen didn't know what they were talking about, he was a civil servant and was not good at martial arts, so he didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, Chu Ning looked at the sky, stood up and said with a smile: "It's getting late, you two should go to bed early."

"Your Highness, our gift tomorrow..." Deng Hongwen quickly said the most important thing.

Chu Ning reacted and realized that he had already eaten the gift from the State of Chu.

He patted his head and said, "Look at my memory. I almost forgot about this matter."

After thinking for a while, Chu Ning smiled and said, "Let's be a little more vulgar this time!"

Then he told his plan.

After hearing this, Deng Hongwen and Ran Ming opened their mouths wide in disbelief.

After a long while, Deng Hongwen finally reacted and smiled bitterly: "In the whole world, I'm afraid only Your Highness can think of using this as a gift."

Even Ran Ming couldn't help but imitate Chu Ning and gave a thumbs up, offering a flattering gesture: "As expected of His Highness!"

Chu Ning laughed and waved his hand to signal the two to go down and rest.

Nothing happened that night, and time flew by until the next day.

At daybreak, Chu Ning finished washing up and headed straight for the palace with Deng Hongwen, Ran Ming and a team of white horse cavalry.

The majestic imperial palace towers into the sky and is magnificent.

But this place, which should have been quiet, was now bustling with noise, and carriages, war horses and sedan chairs were coming and going in an endless stream.

To celebrate the Empress Dowager's 70th birthday, not only princes and ministers were invited, but also prominent families in the Han Dynasty.

It is precisely because there are so many noble families that Chu Ning was able to have so much money to bet this time.

It’s simple, it’s just that wealthy families have a lot of money!

Chu Ning rode his horse to the front of the palace, and the imperial guards immediately came forward and saluted: "Please leave the warhorse here, we will keep it for you."

Chu Ning nodded slightly, then dismounted and let Ran Ming take the horse and the other party over together.

But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard.

Chu Ning turned around and saw that it was Cao Zhi who came with his men.

Seeing Chu Ning dismounting, Cao Zhi actually sat on the horse, looking down at him, and said calmly:

"Isn't this the King of Chu? I didn't expect you to actually dare to come here. I thought you would be a coward!"

"Hahahaha~" The Wei soldiers behind him suddenly burst into laughter.

Seeing this, the White Horse Cavalry became furious and was about to rush forward to attack.

But Chu Ning stretched out his hand to stop them and said calmly: "Why bother with such a person? He is just good at talking."

"Wait a minute, he loses, let's see how he talks!"

Cao Zhi almost laughed out loud at this remark.

Talking nonsense?

Is there anyone in this world who is better at talking than you, Chu Ning?

"Hmph, you are so sharp-tongued. Wait and see how I will deal with you!"

Cao Zhi sneered: "Today, I will ruin your reputation!"

"We must also let Shen Wanying know that it was a mistake for her to choose you!"

After saying this, without waiting for Chu Ning to refute, he immediately dismounted and walked towards the palace gate.