"I wonder if the Crown Prince would be willing to cooperate with me?"

"You help me save people, and I'll help you rise to a high position."

As Chu Zhongyuan spoke, he pointed upwards with his finger.

Nan Yu was clearly taken aback, not expecting the prince of the Great Ming Kingdom to speak so directly.

"Your Highness is too kind. That position belongs to the Crown Prince. I have never had any improper thoughts about it."

Chu Zhongyuan took a sip of tea: "Has the Crown Prince resigned himself to his fate?"

"Does the Crown Prince not believe that the position of Crown Prince originally belonged to you?"

Nan Yu's face was grim, and he remained silent. It seemed that this prince had come prepared and had thoroughly investigated his background.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Chu Zhongyuan continued to say to himself, "This king never accepts fate."

"I will do everything in my power to get what the king wants. That position can be the crown prince's or it can be mine."

"It could even be any Tom, Dick, or Harry; otherwise, there would be no such thing as dynastic changes."

"What does the First Prince think?"

Nan Yu composed himself and asked, "Whom does Your Highness wish to save?"

"Why did you choose to cooperate with me, the prince?"

Chu Zhongyuan smiled and said firmly, "Because the Crown Prince will definitely help me."

How do you know?

Chu Zhongyuan countered, "Doesn't the Crown Prince think we're the same kind of people?"

Nan Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he asked again, "Whom does Your Highness wish to save?"

"I'm curious, who is it that deserves your utmost effort?"

"Chen Yunniang!"

Nan Yu was somewhat surprised: "That fake saintess?"

"Why did Your Highness save her?"

Chu Zhongyuan smiled and said, "It seems that the eldest prince doesn't have much information."

"Although she is a fake saint, she has some special qualities."

"Does the Crown Prince not know that she can also activate the Dragon-Serpent Jade?"

"The Crown Prince probably doesn't know that, apart from the true Holy Maiden who can activate the Dragon-Snake Jade, only this fake Holy Maiden can do so."

"Does the First Prince still think she's unimportant?"

"The true Holy Maiden is the Crown Prince's person. If the fake Holy Maiden is used by you, wouldn't the First Prince have even more bargaining chips?"

"After all, when the real saintess is gone, the fake saintess becomes the only one."

As Nan Yu listened to Chu Zhongyuan's words, a glint of shrewdness and ambition flashed in his eyes.

"From this perspective, rescuing Chen Yunniang would indeed be advantageous to this prince, but why does Your Highness wish to do so?"

"For love?"

Chu Zhongyuan shook his head: "My love is not here."

"And she's very disobedient."

"As long as Chen Yunniang can break the wings of my love and make her obedient!"

Nan Yu didn't understand: "Please explain, Your Highness, I'm completely confused."

“If Your Highness does not treat people with sincerity, then there is no point in discussing cooperation.”

Chu Zhongyuan sighed: "It seems that the eldest prince is not a man of strong emotions."

"The eldest prince probably doesn't have a girl he likes, right?"

Nan Yu remained silent.

Chu Zhongyuan smiled with a hint of helplessness mixed with a touch of doting affection.

"My love is the true Holy Maiden of the Southern Frontier Kingdom."

"Su Yujiao!?"

Nan Yu now understood that Su Yujiao's status and abilities were not to be underestimated, and that this prince could not simply force her into marriage.

Only by rescuing Chen Yunniang and letting her take everything that belongs to Su Yujiao can we succeed.

Only this prince could win the heart of the beauty!

Ha, what a romantic!

"It seems the prince is willing to sacrifice his kingdom for a beautiful woman."

"Wrong, I want both the empire and the beauty."

"Your Highness, don't forget that Chen Yunniang is my person. After she replaces Jiaojiao, she can not only help you, but also help me."

"Wouldn't it be better to have a win-win situation like this?"

"What does the First Prince think?"

How can I, the prince, trust Your Highness?

"This is the Crown Prince's own business."

"If the prince wishes to cooperate, he will naturally find a way to trust me."

Nan Yu disliked Chu Zhongyuan's arrogant attitude, but he really needed help right now.

Especially with the immense temptation of the saintess!

"If Your Highness is not in a hurry to leave, please allow me a few days to consider it."

"Three days, I want to go back for the New Year."

"OK."

Three days is enough for Nanyu to find out the truth or falsehood of all the information he has given.

In fact, Nan Yu acted even faster than he had anticipated.

He found out all the information about Chen Yunniang in just one night.

She was indeed the only person besides Su Yujiao who could unlock the Dragon-Snake Jade.

In other words, if Chen Yunniang obtains the Dragon-Snake Jade and Su Yujiao's blood, then she will be no different from the true Holy Maiden.

This news excited Nanyu all night.

If he could get the Holy Maiden to work for him, he wouldn't have to worry about failing.

Soon, Nan Yu received information from his informants and found Chen Yunniang's true hiding place.

So he went to Chu Zhongyuan to discuss a rescue plan.

It must be successful on the first try, otherwise the difficulty of the rescue will increase exponentially.

"Come out."

As soon as Chu Zhongyuan finished speaking, a masked woman appeared from behind the screen.

"Take off your veil and let the eldest prince see you."

The woman removed her veil, and her face was exactly the same as Chen Yunniang's.

Nan Yu's eyes widened: "Who is she?"

"Disguise!"

"The Crown Prince only needs to bring her into the palace, and the rest will be easy."

Looking at the disguised woman's face, Nan Yu was full of praise. The Great Ming Kingdom was indeed full of talented people, which was incomparable to their small place.

"She can only imitate Chen Yunniang's face?"

Can I imitate others?

Chu Zhongyuan said confidently, "As long as he has seen the other person's appearance, she can imitate anyone's face."

The eldest prince slammed his hand on the table excitedly: "That makes things much easier."

"Have her dress up as my attendant and go into the palace with me in a little while."

"Then I showed her around the palace layout and had her pretend to be a food-delivering guard..."

"By the way, we also need to find the key to the black iron chain, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed."

"Mysterious Iron Chains?"

Nan Yu nodded: "Yes, Nan Sheng went to great lengths to imprison Chen Yunniang."

"Not only were they heavily guarded, but they were also frequently moved to different cells, and their limbs, neck, and waist were chained with black iron chains."

"Each lock requires a different key, which means that six keys need to be found at the same time to rescue her and escape."

"Those black iron chains are forged from thousand-year-old black iron, and cannot be cut by swords, spears, axes, or halberds."

Chu Zhongyuan frowned; this was quite troublesome.

"Is the key easy to find?"

"I will do my best to search."

"Hmm, I'll also think of a way."

It would be best if he could find it, otherwise he would have to go find the world's number one thief, who is said to be able to open any chain.

However, this would mean sending another person into the palace, which would double the difficulty and danger.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and the eldest prince finally found the six keys.

After all, he had planted many spies around Nan Sheng, and all those years of work hadn't been in vain.

It really came in handy at a crucial moment!