Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 549 The Prince is in Trouble
Yang Yuzhen had drunk a lot and kept pulling Chen Ce to drink. The businessmen nearby surrounded Chen Ce, as if Chen Ce couldn't leave today without drinking.

Chen Ce glanced at Yang Yuzhen coldly and said indifferently: "You've drunk too much."

Yang Yuzhen shuddered all over, and suddenly realized that he had gone too far. He quickly said awkwardly, "Yes, I drank a lot!"

"Haha."

Chen Ce put his hands behind his back, glanced at him coldly again, turned around and left. He looked up at the group of businessmen surrounding him, suppressed his unhappiness, and couldn't lose face for Yang Yuzhen, so he said politely: "I have something to do at home, I really can't stay here any longer, sorry."

Yang Yuzhen was a little worried, but he still forced himself to complete today's banquet and then went to Chen Ce to apologize as quickly as possible.

Chen Ce did not blame him too much, but just reminded Yang Yuzhen not to be too arrogant and to be down-to-earth in the future. With Yang Yuzhen's personality, Chen Ce can still be his support now, but what about the future?

Yang Yuzhen hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I just drank too much. I won't do this again in the future."

Chen Ce said earnestly: "I can no longer plan the future for you. You have to walk carefully and take every step carefully."

"Every step in life must be taken carefully, so that you can reach the other side."

Yang Yuzhen seemed to understand, and Chen Ce didn't say anything more, just said: "Also, don't invite me to such banquets in the future."

Yang Yuzhen hurriedly said: "Okay, okay!"

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Zhu Houzhao had been addicted to gambling with dice in the casino these days, but today he was tricked and lost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

When Zhu Houzhao realized what was happening, he broke out in a cold sweat. Even as the crown prince, he couldn't come up with so much money.

But he didn't dare tell Emperor Hongzhi about this, let alone use the people from the Eastern Palace to bully the casino. Otherwise, if his father and the civil servants from the six ministries of the cabinet found out, he didn't know how he would be scolded.

So he hurriedly asked Liu Jin to go to his uncle to borrow money first, and if that didn't work, he would mortgage the toy shop to his uncle.

Of course, he didn't dare tell Chen Ce about these things.

Liu Jin had long realized that his master had been tricked by someone else. Although Zhu Houzhao forbade Liu Jin to go find Chen Ce, Liu Jin still went to find Chen Ce without permission.

When Liu Jin told Chen Ce the news, Chen Ce stared at Liu Jin and said, "Didn't I tell you not to take the prince out to have too much fun?"

"If the emperor and the civil officials knew about this, have you considered what would happen to you?"

Liu Jin said tremblingly: "How could I not know? I thought the prince was just going to have some fun, it was nothing, who knew he would be set up."

"I just wanted to have fun... It's my fault, it's all my fault. Master Chen, you can punish me, but the Crown Prince's affairs must not be known by the Emperor and the civil officials. I'm not afraid of death, but the Crown Prince's reputation must not be tarnished!"

Chen Ce also knew that Liu Jin might not be to blame for this matter. Seeing Liu Jin's expression, Chen Ce didn't say anything in the end.

Isn't it that Liu Jin is kept as a scapegoat for the crown prince? Now he is scapegoating the crown prince, and in the future he will be scapegoating the emperor. This is Liu Jin's role.

Liu Jin had a clear understanding of his own position, so he did not put the blame on the prince, but honestly admitted his crimes in front of Chen Ce.

Chen Ce did not blame him, but said calmly: "I understand, you don't have to look for the Zhang brothers, go back to the casino first."

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Okay!"

He knew that if he went to find Chen Ce without telling Zhu Houzhao today, he would definitely be punished by the prince once Chen Ce went there, but he could no longer care about that.

After Liu Jin returned, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Did they give the money?"

Liu Jin whispered, "They are not in the mansion."

Several thugs from the casino surrounded Zhu Houzhao and said in a stern voice: "Did you get the money? If you don't get the money today, you can't leave the casino. Wait until your parents and family members come with the money!"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "I said, I will give you this money, let me go back first, otherwise you will not get a penny of this money!"

"Haha!" Several casino thugs walked towards Zhu Houzhao with unfriendly faces. Zhu Houzhao was not afraid at all. He was even eager to try fighting.

But soon, Chen Ce came in from outside and pretended to be curious and asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhu Houzhao was also very surprised when he saw Chen Ce. He looked at Liu Jin suspiciously and said, "Little brother, why are you here?"

Chen Ce said, "Come and have some fun when you have nothing to do."

Liu Jin looked grateful, he knew that Chen Ce was protecting him from being punished by the prince.

"how?"

Chen Ce looked at the casino thugs beside Zhu Houzhao.

The group of people said unkindly, "Since you are his friend, then it's easy to deal with. He owes us a lot of money. Please notify his family and ask him to pay back the money."

Zhu Houzhao angrily said: "Bullshit!"

Chen Ce pressed his hand and said, "Oh, so that's how it is. How much does he owe?"

"Not much, just ten thousand taels."

"Shut up!" Zhu Houzhao yelled.

Chen Ce said calmly: "Not much indeed."

"How about this, I'll notify my friends and family after I finish playing, is that okay with you guys?"

"Little brother..." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly tried to dissuade Chen Ce. He knew that Chen Ce did not know how to gamble, and he also understood that the casino was setting a trap for him.

He just didn't want to let his father know now. Once this matter was over, Zhu Houzhao would take down this casino!

"Yes, of course."

"What do you want to play, sir?"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "I play whatever my friends play."

Zhu Houzhao whispered in front of Chen Ce: "Little brother, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I won't dare to come next time."

"Don't play with them. There's something fishy going on. I got fooled."

Chen Ce patted his arm and said, "It's okay, I just lost some money, it's not a big deal."

The more Chen Ce said this, the more ashamed Zhu Houzhao felt.

He got into a lot of trouble, but his younger brother never blamed him. He always stepped in to help him settle the problems. He shouldn't cause trouble for Chen Ce anymore.

The younger brother is not in good health, and he has to worry about him all the time. How can Zhu Houzhao not feel ashamed?

"I, I..." Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a second before finally promising, "I won't play around anymore next time."

Chen Ce smiled and said, "It's really okay, don't blame yourself, just correct it next time if you know you made a mistake. It's just that I may not be able to help you too many times, you have to rely on yourself in the future."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, his eyes reddened, he lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake, clenched his hands in his sleeves, and whispered, "I'm sorry, little brother."

Chen Ce smiled, squinted his eyes and asked the casino staff: "How do we play?"

Um... after all this time you still don't know how to play? !

(End of this chapter)