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

After thinking about it clearly, Cheng Jin felt that his idea was funny.

How could she ask whether Chu Chengye believed what she said.

Cheng Jin shook his head secretly.

It didn't matter whether she believed it or not. Even if she said she believed it now and changed her story later, she had nothing to do.

He is the emperor, and what he says is the imperial decree.

What ability does she have to change Chu Chengye's mind?

She admitted that she didn't have faith in Chu Chengye, and it was really illusory to place her life on another person.

She must find another way out for herself besides staying with Chu Chengye.

Chu Chengye looked at Cheng Jin, but his eyes were quite meaningful. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Cheng Jin.

"It's too late, go to bed."

She didn't know what words would come out of Chu Chengye's mouth, and suddenly she didn't want to know at all.

Cheng Jin's head felt a little dizzy. She didn't know if it was because she stayed up late for too long. She squinted her eyes and looked at Chu Chengye and lay down directly.

Chu Chengye withdrew, leaving a space for Cheng Jin to sleep. He sat on the edge of the bed and covered Cheng Jin with the quilt.

There was silence in the room for a long time.

He was obviously very sleepy before, but now he is really calm and ready to sleep, but Cheng Jin doesn't feel sleepy at all.

She didn't know what she meant by asking those words.

Do you want to hear a word of affirmation from Chu Chengye's mouth?

What kind of promise do you want to get?

What was she expecting?

Cheng Jin couldn't figure it out.

She used to think that everything had to do with herself. She just wanted to survive with her entire family, who was originally a villain. But now she couldn't escape or she didn't want to escape at all.

She couldn't figure out why she got on a pirate ship with Chu Chengye now, and now she couldn't get off. She asked Chu Chengye inexplicably like a child if he believed in her.

【nerve. 】

Cheng Jin turned over and cursed himself

Chu Chengye, who was sitting by the bed, had no idea that Cheng Jin was going through so many thoughts in his heart. He just stared at Cheng Jin's figure with his back turned to him and suddenly heard Cheng Jin's insult.

Chu Chengye wanted to laugh helplessly, thinking that Cheng Jin was scolding him.

He raised his hand to hold the hair on the back of Cheng Jin's head and said softly, "Thank you."

Cheng Jin suddenly turned his head, stretched out his hand towards Chu Chengye and said, "Just give me some money if you want to thank me. No amount is too much."

"I have done such a great favor to the emperor, so it would make me happy if the emperor rewards me with anything."

Cheng Jin put his hands in front of Chu Chengye.

No matter what nonsense you think about, it is not as real as our money.

Chu Chengye smiled and patted Cheng Jin's palm, tucking her hand into the quilt.

"Cai Fan, I'll be indispensable for you when the time comes."

Chu Chengye said this, but he took off his ring finger and stuffed it into Cheng Jin's hand.

"That's all I have now. If you still want it, I can only take off my clothes here."

Cheng Jin curled his lips in disgust, "No, let's go."

[Don’t let you freeze to death outside. 】

Chu Chengye did not stay in Jingyang Palace for long, and left soon after leaving his things.

This matter is not easy to implement. If he wants to be foolproof, he must make plans in advance.

Regarding the banquet for the ministers, Chu Chengye quickly contacted those extremely wealthy ministers privately.

The thing was that they were trying to bring it up to cause trouble for Chu Chengye. How could they not know what Chu Chengye meant.

At this juncture, a table was set up for no reason, and even a fool would know what was going on.

Naturally, those people were unwilling to pay for Chu Chengye, so they acted openly and secretly as if they couldn't take the blame at home. Even the court clothes they wore in court were patched, deliberately for Chu Chengye to see.

Chu Chengye turned a blind eye and never mentioned asking them for money.

Seeing that Chu Chengye didn't accept this trick, those people became even more exaggerated when the day of the banquet came.

The dozen or so officials were all dressed simply, sitting in the main hall looking at Chu Chengye.

Chu Chengye didn't say anything, so they kept pretending to be stupid.

Seeing how cunning these old guys were, Chu Chengye didn't even know how to get angry. He just knocked on the table and looked around at everyone in the room.

Those people avoided Chu Chengye's eyes as soon as they met his eyes.

But procrastinating like this was not an option, Chu Chengye could only take the lead and said: "I am hosting a banquet for you all dear friends today. I believe everyone has heard that there is a war here, and the national finances are tight, but for the sake of the people of Southern Qi, this war must be fought. "

"My dear friends, please understand my difficulties. I will set an example and give you ten million taels."

The matter was brought up by the Minister of Household Affairs, so he was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

I saw him wearing a pair of coarse linen clothes and walking out of his seat. Those who walked a few steps were all in a daze, and they wanted to fall in front of Chu Chengye.

He bowed towards Chu Chengye and saluted.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to give you five..."

Chu Chengye stared at him closely and clenched his fists, as if he wanted to hear the answer he wanted to hear.

Unexpectedly, the minister of household affairs gasped heavily and took a long time to speak.

"I am willing to give you five hundred taels."

Chu Chengye: "..."

It's better not to say anything.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they were still thinking that this minister of household affairs was a standard member of the Five Princes Party, how could he suddenly give so much money to the emperor.

If the Minister of Household Affairs came up with a large sum of money, then they would naturally compare it with the number of the Minister of Household Affairs.

But since the Minister of Household Affairs said five hundred taels first, they would not take more than this number.

Chu Chengye clenched the hand on his lap and looked at the cold expression on the face of the Minister of Household Affairs.

He said in a deep voice: "Master Zhou, are you kidding me?"

Zhou Lu immediately knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, I don't dare."

"How dare I joke with the emperor? The emperor wants me to contribute a share of the money for the border war. Since it is for the emperor and Southern Qi, I will naturally die without mercy."

"But I really have more than enough ambition but not enough power. I have been an official in the court for many years and received a salary from the court. These are all stipulated."

"I have seniors and juniors, and the expenses in the mansion are quite high. In order to collect these five hundred taels in the past few days, I have tried my best. I have sold all the valuable things in the mansion, even if I am hungry It took several meals to get it together.”

"I really have no choice."

Chu Chengye held his forehead with one hand and pinched his temples. He had a headache and closed his eyes to listen to the nonsense in front of him.

Zhou Lu said that he was about to faint from hunger.

Chu Chengye waved his hand and quickly asked someone to lead Zhou Lu down.

Seeing that this trick was effective and could save five hundred taels, the group of people began to follow suit.

Some ate haphazardly and stuffed food into their mouths, looking like starving ghosts, and some used force to make their tattered clothes even more tattered.

Chu Chengye looked at everything in front of him and his headache became even worse.

I originally planned to prepare some simple things to complain to these old guys, but I didn't expect that these people were more cunning than I expected.

So good, so good.

After a while, the ground was full of people kneeling.

"I am willing to contribute three hundred taels to serve the country."

"I can give you two hundred taels."

"I have fifty taels."

"I have twenty taels."