Chapter 31 Kneeling to Apologize

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy and oppressive.

The inner hall suddenly became silent, making people feel inexplicably short of breath.

The Duke of Song and the aristocratic families lowered their heads slightly, but were ecstatic in their hearts.

…

Chu Jiuning clenched her fingers tightly in her sleeves and looked at the emperor quietly, as if she didn't know this person. It took a while before she said it in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, you have always been a god-like existence in my heart. When I was ten years old, I built a temple for you outside the city. Now the temple is bustling with incense every day and is deeply loved by the people. I even wrote a book and painted a picture of your heroic image on the battlefield for everyone to worship. But...but how could you be such an emperor?"

She seemed very disappointed, as if the sky had suddenly collapsed. She knelt down in front of the emperor with red eyes and choked with sobs.

"Is the Emperor's lifetime of wisdom going to be exploited by these people with ulterior motives? The Emperor is not only their Emperor, but also the Emperor of us, the people. How could the Emperor be so biased? Wouldn't the faith of the millions of people in our great dynasty collapse?"

After saying that.

Chu Jiuning's eyes were filled with despair, and his forehead hit the cold ground heavily.

With a thud.

Upon hearing this, the prince's long eyelashes raised fiercely, and his dark eyes turned dark.

Trembling.

Chu Jiuning stared at the cold ground, pursed her red lips, and murderous intent rushed out along the ground.

If she had not made some preparations two years ago, she would have been suppressed by the emperor and unable to move.

The emperor was stunned!

He stood up and stared blankly at the crying Chu Jiuning.

Is he the god in the hearts of the people? Is he their faith? Why does he suppress such people instead of praising them?

These words pleased the emperor greatly, but also made him feel a lot of guilt.

"Father."

The Third Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Yun, and the Princess hurried in. After bowing, they looked at Chu Jiuning who was kneeling on the ground. The Third Prince raised his eyebrows and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, has Chu Jiuning really agreed to pay five million taels of silver so that we can resolve the Jiangzhou issue? If so, hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangzhou will have a better life. This would be a great achievement."

You have to know that Jiangzhou is a vast country with rich resources and a large population. If it hadn't suffered from floods every year, it would have developed very prosperously.

"kindness."

The prince nodded.

"Five million taels?"

The emperor was so excited that he walked down two steps. This Chu Jiuning is really... He frowned and said hurriedly to Eunuch Yu.

"What are you standing there for? Help Jiu Ning up."

Prince Yun and Princess Yun looked at each other, and their eyes were relieved. See, this is what father is like. He even calls him Jiu Ning. It seems that Song Jinhuai’s position as the crown prince is gone.

"Chu Jiuning, are you really willing?"

"Your Majesty, if you are willing, instead of letting someone harm you, why not use it to do some good deeds? Perhaps good people will be rewarded."

Perhaps it was because Chu often did good deeds and accumulated countless merits that she was able to be reborn and live a new life.

In this life.

She plans to expand her business, make more money, and do more good deeds.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Song Jinhuai reacted suddenly, his face turned pale, and he shouted angrily. Chu Jiuning stepped back and said to the emperor in some fear.

"Your Majesty, he has been treating me like this since I was at the gate of the Song Mansion. He forced me to agree to Yinyin as his concubine and forced me to agree to their son as the legitimate wife. He planned that as long as I died, the child would naturally inherit all my property. That way, the Song Mansion would have everything."

Finished.

Chu Jiuning looked at Minister An coldly again.

"Minister An is truly fascinating. He abandoned his own daughter to be raised by others, and even turned a blind eye to such shameless acts as unmarried pregnancy. The Duke's wife dotes on them, and the Song prince becomes even more shameless. He relies on his status as the crown prince to do whatever he wants, and even dares to humiliate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"I don't."

Song Jinhuai's chest was heaving with anxiety. Chu Jiuning had a sharp tongue, and if she said a few more words, their Song family would be finished.

"If you ask me, His Highness stripping you of your title as Crown Prince and demoting you to Minister An are the punishments you deserve. It's your fault for letting An Yinyin act recklessly."

Finished.

Chu Jiuning saluted the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, five million taels of silver. Your Highness can send someone to receive it at any time. It's best to do it quickly, otherwise I won't be able to protect it."

The words were so blunt that he almost said that the Song father and son were going to rob it.

The emperor leaned back and suddenly realized that he had lost the Duke of Song and gained the Chu family. Comparing the two, the Chu family was still more useful.

After all, the national treasury was not full, and his desire to build a dance hall for his beloved beauty was opposed by the ministers. He had been very troubled over the years.

"What kind of person is this An Yinyin?"

The emperor frowned.

"It sounds like she is very scheming and has good methods. She has harmed the Song and An families so badly by herself."

"No, Your Majesty."

Chu Jiuning shook her head.

"They won't think it was An Yinyin who did it, they will only think it was this girl who did it. They think she should be more sensible and take the initiative to hand over all the family property to them, and then find a shabby house to live as a widow. When they kill her one day, they will all be happy."

These words made the Duke of Song and Minister An feel a rush of blood in their throats, and they almost fell down.

"Absolutely not."

Duke Song was so anxious that veins on his forehead bulged, and his voice became hoarse when he roared.

"Duke, you really don't think so?"

Chu Jiuning stepped forward to interrogate him, and Duke Song blew his beard and glared at him.

"Of course not."

"Okay, then the Duke swears that if you try to seize my property or take my life, your Song family will not have a good death!"

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

The Duke of Song was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and walked away two steps, his face almost twisted with anger.

Of course, this oath cannot be sworn. Others may not know what their purpose is, but don’t they themselves know it?

and.

As the day of that incident drew closer, their troubles also grew closer, and they needed a large amount of silver to solve the problem.

"Song Qing, what's wrong?"

Seeing him hesitate, the emperor couldn't help but feel suspicious. Duke Song was forced into a corner and could only raise his hand with a dark face.

"Okay, I swear, we Song family will never covet Chu's dowry, nor will we harm her life, otherwise the Song family will not have a good end!"

Finished.

Duke Song secretly cursed Chu Jiuning in his heart for being so vicious. He just said it casually and it should not be taken seriously.

"Your Majesty, Chu Jiuning has slandered the Song family. I beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for me."

"It's not slander."

The emperor took over the conversation, then took the tea handed to him by Eunuch Yu, slowly drank a few sips, and looked at the prince.

"Prince, how do you want to handle this matter?"

This is to shift the blame to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and make him offend others. Chu Jiuning's eyes were slightly cold, and he thought to himself that the Emperor was very cunning.

The prince knew it very well, but he didn't care and said coldly.

"I'm afraid the entire capital is watching this matter. The Duke's wife was stripped of her first-rank imperial edict for failing to raise her son properly. The Crown Prince Song was stripped of his title for being ignorant and shameless. Minister An was demoted to a doctor for not raising his daughter properly. And that An Yinyin was given fifty slaps on the face and taken to the downtown area, where she was forced to kneel and kowtow to Chu Jiuning to apologize."