Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Zhou Chuxuan did not answer directly. Instead, he looked left and right in Xu Qinglong's secret room, fiddling with the strange little gadgets in it. After a while, he picked up a fist-sized night pearl.

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan's actions, Xu Qinglong's face suddenly changed. He hurried forward to take the night pearl from his hand and put it back. "Your Highness, please tell me what you want me to do for you."

Zhou Chuxuan smiled slightly, patted Xu Qinglong on the shoulder and said, "Master Xu has a really good eye. I remember that no one in the royal family seemed to have such a large night-shining pearl! Not bad, not bad!"

Xu Qinglong smiled awkwardly. This night-shining pearl was indeed a tribute from an overseas country many years ago, but he secretly withheld it. The ones he gave to the royal family were all small night-shining pearls.

"Master Xu, I'm going to the coastal area, which is very dangerous, so I need to borrow those thousands of cavalrymen under your command again!"

Zhou Chuxuan slowly suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice that after the matter here was settled, those thousands of cavalrymen were secretly transferred back to the Xiangma Town by Xu Qinglong. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why they stayed near the capital.

Or if he is discovered by someone with ulterior motives, he will definitely be charged with the crime of intending to rebel!

Xu Qinglong hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile: "Your Highness, my several thousand cavalrymen are the elite of the elite. Compared with the cavalrymen from other parts of the court, the difference can be seen at a glance. If you..."

"Don't worry, Master Xu! You can tell them not to take the official road. Instead, they can break up into smaller groups and head along smaller roads. They only need to follow my main force! If needed, I'll be able to mobilize them at any time!"

Xu Qinglong gritted his teeth. He and Zhou Chuxuan were now on the same boat. All they had to do was to push Yang Li down.

"Sir Xu, don't you want to talk to me about the prince consort?" After getting Xu Qinglong's consent, Zhou Chuxuan continued to wander around the house, flipping through the classics on the bookshelf and poking at the map on the wall from time to time.

In the past few days, according to Zhou Chuxuan's instructions, Xu Qinglong and Yang Li formed an alliance to obtain intelligence.

Xu Qinglong looked at Zhou Chuxuan, who had a calm expression on his face. He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I feel that this Prince Consort is not as simple as he appears to be. Although I have formed an alliance with him, he has never actively discussed anything with me. For example, he never told me about what happened at the court this morning!"

"It seems that he is wary of me!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded: "It's normal for him to be wary of you, but when you went to his mansion, didn't you find anything unusual?"

"Abnormal situation... let me think about it!" Xu Qinglong frowned, stood up, paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

After pondering for about a dozen breaths, Xu Qinglong's eyes flashed: "It is true that he has some unusual behavior. I have gone to his mansion to look for him before, but every time he came out from his bedroom, and the door to the bedroom was tightly closed. Even some maids have never entered!"

"That day, at noon, he was still in the bedroom. Some maids were discussing privately that Yang Li wouldn't let them into the bedroom, not even to clean it. But they could often hear two voices coming from inside in the dead of night!"

Zhou Chuxuan was suddenly startled, a terrifying thought suddenly occurred to him, and he slowly clenched his fists: "If this is really the case, then it can verify my previous thoughts!"

"What was your previous thought?" Xu Qinglong asked with a frown, "What was it?"

"Yang Li is not a human being! He's more like a puppet! A puppet being manipulated by someone. The person who truly controls him is hiding behind the scenes, and there's a huge conspiracy going on!"

"hiss!"

Xu Qinglong took a deep breath. "Your Highness, then, who is behind him? Do you have any idea? Or, what do they want to do?"

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head: "No! That person is too secretive, so I let Han Yan go to his side, hoping to find out some information one day!"

"But Han Yan has always slept in the side hall. Even though Yang Li seems lustful and lecherous, he rarely touches Han Yan! At night, they have never slept together in the palace!"

Zhou Chuxuan sneered: "Lust and greed may be his nature, but the person behind him won't allow him to do so! This is my guess!"

"Your Highness, what should we do?" Xu Qinglong frowned. "There's this person hiding in the dark, while we're out in the open, constantly battling his puppets. We're really at a disadvantage!"

Zhou Chuxuan pondered for a long time, and his brows finally relaxed: "Since he can have a puppet, why can't we have one?"

"Hmm?" Xu Qinglong was stunned. "Your Highness, what do you mean? Do you also want to come up with a substitute?"

"Well, that's what I think for now. I'll have to discuss this with Erhu when I get back. After all, he's the best at disguises!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded: "Moreover, this trip to the coastal area to investigate the Fuling Army will definitely involve the interests of all parties, so no one will sit idly by and watch. Many people will be involved. The more muddy the water, the more likely we are to fish in troubled waters!"

Looking at the cunning and deep light in Zhou Chuxuan's eyes, Xu Qinglong nodded slowly, feeling more and more fearful in his heart. He was even more terrifying than the Crown Prince back then!

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also good at strategizing back then, he focused more on killing, and every three moves would result in bloodshed. Zhou Chuxuan, on the other hand, appeared very calm, taking every step carefully, but was unusually steady.

......

At dusk, Zhou Chuxuan and Murong Xue met at the gate of the courtyard.

"General Murong seems to have recovered well!"

When Murong Xue saw Zhou Chuxuan, she nodded slightly, and an embarrassed look flashed across her face: "Thank you so much this time!"

Zhou Chuxuan was startled, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said jokingly: "I didn't expect that the usually cold General Murong would also say thank you!"

"you!"

Murong Xue clenched her teeth tightly, but her body was still weak. The power of this cartilage powder was extraordinary!

"Take a rest. We are leaving for the coastal area today. You must take good care of yourself. There are many dangers along the way. You must protect me!"

As Zhou Chuxuan walked into the courtyard, he tossed the candy figure he had just bought to Murong Xue: "Here, it's for you! This thing is so sticky!"

Murong Xue glared at Zhou Chuxuan's back fiercely and bit the candy man.

It’s quite sweet!

But the way this kid speaks and his tone are really annoying. When I was his age, he was already fighting on the battlefield!

"Oh yeah, do you want to be a man?"