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

In the Shen family courtyard.

Chu Ning's words made the prince feel very embarrassed, and for a moment he did not dare to agree easily.

Although Shen Wanying knew that Chu Ning's words were meant for the prince to hear, her face still blushed when she heard the word "bridal chamber".

However, Feng Mulan, whose attitude towards Chu Ning had changed, rolled her eyes.

This guy really wants to take Wanying down all the time!

Humph, as long as I’m here, Chu Ning won’t succeed.

While thinking, Chu Ning looked at the silent prince and chuckled, "Why are you silent, Prince? Do you think the money given by me and the Shen family is too little?

How about this, I will go and ask my father and other brothers to borrow as much as I can. Is this okay?"

After saying that, Chu Ning's face suddenly straightened, and he shouted to Zhao Yu: "Go and inform the emperor immediately, and tell him that I want to borrow 500,000 taels of silver. If the emperor asks, you tell him the truth about what happened here."

"Yes!" Zhao Yu bowed, turned around and rushed out of the mansion.

The prince's face changed drastically.

Once the emperor hears about this, he will be in big trouble!

It's obvious that this bastard Chu Ning wanted to bring this matter to the attention of my father!

The prince reacted and shouted angrily: "Stop him!"

The East Palace guards at the door immediately waved their weapons to block Zhao Yu's way.

Zhao Yu's face turned cold, and he swung the spear in his hand and was ready to attack.

But Chu Ning smiled and said, "Brother Crown Prince, why are you doing this? Didn't you say you wanted money? I am sending someone to lend you money, why are you stopping me?"

The prince looked unhappy. If he continued to argue, the matter might be heard by the emperor.

This matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

The prince narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Since Eighteenth Brother has this intention, it is not impossible for me to be flexible.

How about this, Eighteenth Brother, you pay one million taels of silver to the Shen family as a guarantee, and when you return from the front line, the silver will be returned to you, how about that? "

If you dare to sell my treasures, I will ask you to pay you back many times over!

Although there is no way to humiliate Shen Wanying today, once Chu Ning goes to the front line, there will be more opportunities to capture Shen Wanying.

There is plenty of time to humiliate Shen Wanying, so let’s get the money back first!

But when Feng Mulan heard this, she snorted: "Chu Ning's money is used to pay the soldiers on the front line. How dare the prince take his money?"

The prince's face darkened and he was about to scold, but Chu Ning took the lead.

"Ms. Feng!"

Chu Ning said with a serious face: "How can you say that about the prince brother? He is just being lenient and wants to protect the Shen family.

I will send someone to count the one million taels of silver and send them to the Crown Prince as soon as I return."

The prince sneered in his heart, but on the surface he looked selfless: "Very good, I believe that Eighteenth Brother can do what he says!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the guards of the East Palace immediately gathered together and left.

Shen Wanying breathed a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that Chu Ning would fight with the prince, which would be disadvantageous to all three parties.

Fortunately, Chu Ning made concessions and the matter came to an end.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Shen Wanying bowed to Chu Ning sincerely and said solemnly, "The one million taels of silver will be paid by my Shen family!"

After all, the prince came to cause trouble for the Shen family, and Chu Ning offered a helping hand, but the prince couldn't really ask Chu Ning to pay the money.

But Chu Ning smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, the prince can't get this one million taels of silver."

Shen Wanying was very smart and immediately understood that Chu Ning must have some tricks up his sleeve.

Feng Mulan, who was standing by, asked in surprise, "Why can't I get it?"

Chu Ning grinned: "You will know soon."

This guy is still keeping us in suspense!

Feng Mulan rolled her eyes: "Forget it, I don't want to know your plan!"

After saying that, she turned to look at Old Madam Shen and asked, "Aunt Shen, you weren't hurt just now, were you?"

Madam Shen smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, I have your protection..."

After a pause, she looked at Chu Ning again. Although she was not very satisfied with this future son-in-law, he had saved her today after all, so she should show some appreciation at this time.

"I would also like to thank His Royal Highness the Prince. If you hadn't arrived in time, my Shen family would have been..."

"Mother-in-law, you are too kind. We are a family. When something like this happens, I will naturally step forward."

The word "family" made Old Madam Shen look unhappy, but she still extended her hand to signal for the sake of face: "Your Highness is right, please come in and have a chat."

"no need."

Chu Ning chuckled and said, "I still have to prepare one million taels of silver, and my mother-in-law was also frightened today, so I won't bother her anymore."

After saying that, Chu Ning took Zhao Yu and others away.

Feng Mulan waited until Chu Ning left before she tugged at Shen Wanying's clothes and asked in a low voice, "What on earth is this guy going to do?"

Shen Wanying frowned slightly and shook her head, "He has many tricks up his sleeve. I can't guess what he wants to do, but he's probably going to trick the prince."

Feng Mulan's eyes lit up at this: "I'll go over and take a look!"

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Shen Wanying to speak, he disappeared in a flash.

Shen Wanying shook her head slightly, turned around and helped her mother walk into the house.

Old Madam Shen was worried and frowned, "Do you trust him so much?"

Shen Wanying smiled bitterly: "Mother, who else can we trust now except him?"

These words made Old Madam Shen silent.

In the entire Kyoto city, who wouldn't covet the Shen family's grain business and wealth?

It’s just that due to reputation and face, he has never taken action against the Shen family.

But this time the prince has set a precedent, and there is no guarantee that someone will not do the same as the prince and take action against the Shen family in the future.

The only person the Shen family can rely on in Kyoto City is Chu Ning, whom she looks down upon.

"Alas, I never thought that my Shen family would fall to this point!"

Old Madam Shen sighed deeply, feeling extremely powerless.

On this side, after leaving the Shen family, Chu Ning took Zhao Yu and others and went straight to the inn.

Yes, he did not go to the palace, but went to the inn to find Zhao Feiyan!

Just as Chu Ning was on his way, the emperor in the palace was listening to the shadow guard's report with a gloomy face.

When the emperor heard that the prince was going to cause trouble for the Shen family and forced Chu Ning to agree to hand over one million taels of silver as a guarantee, his anger instantly rushed to his head!

"Bang!"

The emperor swept his right hand across the table, and the exquisite vase was instantly smashed to pieces. The shadow guard and Zhao Ming were so frightened that they knelt down and shouted to His Majesty to calm down.

"Calm down?"

The emperor was so angry that his face turned red: "This rebellious son actually attacked the Shen family and forced Chu Ning to hand over one million taels of silver!

Doesn't he know that the Shen family is the descendant of the previous dynasty and cannot be easily touched? Doesn't he know that the silver in Chu Ning's hand is used for military pay? "

The emperor became more and more angry as he spoke: "Go and call the prince to me!"

Today, he must teach the prince a lesson and let him know that the city of Kyoto is not something he can do whatever he wants.

Zhao Ming did not dare to be negligent, so he responded and went to invite the prince in person.

But the emperor was still angry not only with the prince, he asked the shadow guard: "Where is Chu Ning, did he really go to get the silver?"

The shadow guard shook his head; "His Royal Highness seems to be heading towards the posthouse."

"To the post house?" The emperor was stunned. "Why would he go to the post house at this time?"

The shadow guard hesitated for a moment and answered cautiously: "Your Majesty, Zhao Feiyan seems to still owe the Prince of Penglai 100,000 taels of silver."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and came to his senses: "Could it be that he wants to use this incident to force Zhao Feiyan to return the 100,000 taels?"

The emperor, who had wanted to call Chu Ning over and give him a scolding, immediately gave up the idea.

If Chu Ning could really get Zhao Feiyan to take out 100,000 taels of silver, it would be a blessing in disguise.

As for the Crown Prince, of course I am the one who is putting pressure on him!

How could Chu Ning give the silver that he used for military pay to the prince?