After listening to my voice, the villain became addicted to the plot

Chapter 44: Gold will always shine, but I am iron

Cheng Jin heard what Chu Chengye said and dismissed them casually, and suddenly remembered that the book said that Chu Chengye did not actually kill these people, but handed them over to his subordinates to deal with them.

The servant seemed to think that Chu Chengye's arrangement was too cruel, so he sent all of them to the late emperor's mausoleum to work.

Later, when the fifth prince Chu Huai'an went to pay homage to the late emperor, the eunuchs and maids such as Ti Xie worked hard and showed kindness and sent some of them out of the mausoleum.

Those eunuchs and maids were naturally very grateful to Chu Huai'an, and told Chu Huai'an everything they knew about the layout of the palace and its secret passages.

Chu Chengye did not grow up in the capital. After returning to the capital, the late emperor randomly sent him to live in a palace. He had no idea what was in the palace.

Chu Chengye had just become emperor and was arrogant, but he didn't care about such trivial matters, so he gave Chu Huai'an the opportunity to rebel.

Chu Huaian secretly recruited troops and secretly hid the guards he trained in a secret passage.

Chu Chengye's ruthless behavior had long made people in the palace dissatisfied with him, and they cooperated with Chu Huaian, which caught Chu Chengye off guard.

Chu Chengye turned his head and looked at Cheng Jin, thinking about Cheng Jin's thoughts.

He only knew that ruthless means could make others surrender to him, but he never thought that those people were dissatisfied and it might not be Chu Huai'an who killed him, but those little people he never paid attention to.

"Since the Emperor said he dismissed them casually, why not send someone to check where those people were taken."

After Cheng Jin thought clearly, he hit Chu Chengye left and right, "Your Majesty, although those maids and eunuchs in the palace are the Emperor's people, they are human lives after all."

"Today's incident is a warning. The emperor thought that only a few people were killed, but a thread can pull out thousands of clues. You never know when an unprepared person will stumble on those clues that are ignored."

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."

Chu Chengye rarely listened so seriously and didn't say anything for a long time.

he was thinking.

After being the emperor for so many years, have I always believed in wrong ideas?

Chu Chengye was born in a defeat. He was sent as a hostage for the sake of the peace of the two countries, and then fought back from a pool of blood. He had seen too many dangers in the world.

And if you want to survive in this troubled world, you must be ruthless.

But now, I am telling Chu Chengye everything about these things.

It seems he was wrong.

It's not a big mistake.

Seeing that Chu Chengye didn't answer for a long time, Cheng Jin couldn't help but secretly complain.

[You shouldn’t have any illusions about Chu Chengye. You are really sick to tell these things to Chu Chengye, a murderous maniac. 】

[Look, look, a tyrant is a tyrant, he only thinks about himself. 】

Chu Chengye ignored Cheng Jin's disrespectful words and patted Cheng Jin on the shoulder.

"Concubine Rong, you are right."

Cheng Jin smiled shyly, "It is my blessing to be able to help the Emperor."

[Yes, what I said is not wrong. 】

[But did this tyrant just praise me? 】

Chu Chengye directly called Wei An in and ordered: "Go and pass on my will and see where the maids and eunuchs of the previous dynasty who I sent at will are now."

"Those who have passed away find their living family members to comfort them, and some family members ask them if they are still willing to work in the late emperor's cemetery. Those who are in grade and want to go home will go home, and those who are still willing to enter the palace will take them back. .”

Wei An knelt on the ground and agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

When Wei An was about to leave, Chu Chengye suddenly stopped him, "You must find Xiao Shunzi's sister. You have to see her alive or dead. You have to handle this matter personally. I won't worry about others."

Wei An agreed and went out, leaving only Chu Chengye and Cheng Jin in the room.

Seeing that everything was done, Cheng Jin also wanted to leave. She bowed slightly and saluted Chu Chengye.

"Now that everything has been resolved, I will return to the palace first."

Now we are waiting for Wei An to bring the news back.

Chu Chengye nodded and sent someone to send Cheng Jin back.Early the next morning, as soon as Cheng Jin opened his eyes, he found that Chunhe Palace was very lively.

Cheng Jin called Ziying and Cuizhu, and after entering the house, they congratulated each other first.

"The emperor sent a lot of things early in the morning. They were placed all over the courtyard. After counting them for a long time, I couldn't even count them all."

Cheng Jin poked his head to look out the door with gleaming eyes, and couldn't hide the excitement in his tone.

"What are there?"

Cuizhu responded one by one, "The fashionable items just presented as tribute, the best Shu brocade..."

Cheng Jin frowned slightly, not hearing what he wanted to hear.

"The things the emperor gave me are the same as others. He sent them to me. I don't want them anymore."

Cheng Jin stamped his feet angrily, spending those days with Chu Chengye, and this was all he got.

His face looked a little depressed.

Only then did Cuizhu and Ziying laugh out loud.

"Instead of sending the empress away, the emperor also rewarded our palace with a hundred taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver. Doesn't the empress want it too?"

Cheng Jin immediately beamed, "If the gift is money, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Cheng Jin hurriedly went out to check the money rewarded by Chu Chengye. As soon as he went out, he ran into the young eunuch who was beside Chu Chengye in the palace at some time.

Cheng Jin suddenly felt that it would not be easy to hold this money.

As expected, the little eunuch spoke, "The emperor said that the empress had made great contributions to what happened yesterday, and these are all for the empress. However, the emperor also said that if the empress accepts them, she will often go to the Yangxin Palace to serve her."

Cheng Jin shook his head after hearing this.

[This Chu Chengye is indeed an old fox. 】

[If you go, it will be equivalent to surrendering to Chu Chengye and losing your dignity. 】

But if not.

Cheng Jin looked around, wondering how she could give up the money.

In the end, Cheng Jin nodded fiercely, "Okay, thank the emperor for me."

[You can’t even give up money for the sake of dignity. 】

Chu Chengye asked her to go to the Nourishing Heart Hall because he thought what she said yesterday made sense. He thought Cheng Jin could help him and thought she was a piece of gold that would always shine.

Cheng Jin raised his lips and smiled softly.

[Chu Chengye, you made a mistake. 】

[Gold will always shine, but I am an old man. 】

[If you don’t try, you don’t know how many things I can mess up. If you don’t believe it, you will still feel good about me being around. 】

[At that time, I will also take the money, pat my butt and leave. 】

Cheng Jin tidied up a little and went to the Nourishing Heart Hall with others.

When he went there, Chu Chengye was carefully reviewing the papers. He only nodded slightly when the little eunuch said, "The imperial concubine has arrived."

After the young eunuch went down, Chu Chengye asked Cheng Jin to polish his ink for him.

Cheng Jin promised well, but when standing next to Chu Chengye, he either spilled the tea or knocked over the pen holder.

It was obviously intentional, but he still pretended to be innocent when Chu Chengye looked over.

"Your Majesty, I did not do this intentionally."

Chu Chengye, who was supposed to have an attack, just nodded calmly, "Nothing, just go and sit next to him."

(End of this chapter)