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

Yang Li ran up in two steps and said with a smile, "Today, I have fine wine and delicious food in my mansion. It's for the Crown Princess and me. Why don't you come with us, Your Highness? We can catch up with the Crown Princess and chat about the past."

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head and said with a smile, "There's no need to reminisce about the past. This is a happy occasion for you two, so just be happy! I have other things to do, so I won't be accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for now!"

After saying that, Zhou Chuxuan walked away, leaving Yang Li standing there alone.

Just after returning to his mansion, he saw a man standing in front of his yard from a distance. He was wearing a black robe, with his head lowered, and holding two boxes of fruit in his hands. Murong Xue stood at the door and looked at him vigilantly.

"General Murong, who is this?"

Zhou Chuxuan walked up quickly and asked curiously.

Murong Xue shook her head: "I don't know either. Not long after you left, he stood here without saying a word. I hit him but he didn't fight back!"

Zhou Chuxuan's mouth twitched. What the hell is wrong with this woman? How could she just come up and attack him?

"I'm here to see the prince!"

At this time, the man in the black robe spoke in a muffled voice, without any expression on his face, which was different from Murong Xue.

Murong Xue is just serious, but this guy, Chun Chun, has a blank expression!

"come in!"

Zhou Chuxuan was deeply surprised, but still led the other party into the yard: "Who are you, and what do you want to see me for?"

"King Wei's special envoy, Wei Gong!"

After the man in black robe announced his name, Zhou Chuxuan's hand that was sipping tea was suspended in mid-air, his eyes became extremely surprised, and he looked up and down at Engineer Wei.

"The King of Wei's special envoy? Coming to see me? Haha, you're really well-informed!"

Zhou Chuxuan put down his teacup and smiled softly, feeling that something was a little unusual. "Tell me, what did the King of Wei send you here for? Alliance? Cooperation? Or do you want me to provide you with intelligence?"

Engineer Wei opened the fruit box slowly, but Zhou Chuxuan discovered that what was inside was not fruit at all, but bright yellow gold.

Even Murong Xue, who was unmoved by the treasure behind her, took a deep breath. This amount of money was probably enough for a vassal king to pay tribute to the imperial court in a year, right?

Zhou Chuxuan smiled softly. "It seems the King of Wei is truly willing to put in the effort! However, I am powerless and have few soldiers under my command. How can I help you?"

Wei Gong said in a deep voice, "The King of Wei said that as long as the prince is willing to provide the defense map of the capital and the number of defenders, all this gold will be his!"

"I have to admit, I'm still really short of money!" Zhou Chuxuan smiled slightly, gently picked up a piece of gold and weighed it in his hand, then said with a smile: "Go back, come and get it whenever you need it!"

Wei Gong did not move, still sitting there: "The King of Wei has an order, and it is needed now!"

"Okay!" Zhou Chuxuan hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "General Murong, take him to the woodshed in the backyard to rest. We don't have any extra rooms here! Tomorrow, I'll give you the defense map!"

Wei Gong was startled, then looked around the simple courtyard. How could it look like a royal palace? Even some ordinary wealthy families would probably be much better off than this.

Back in the room, Murong Xue followed closely behind him and asked coldly, "Are you really going to hand over the defense map of the capital to them?"

Zhou Chuxuan was stunned. "Someone is offering me money, why don't you take it? How can I build my palace without money? How can I support the Fuling Army? Money is needed everywhere. My great General Murong, you really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are until you run the household!"

Murong Xue frowned, "You are a prince of the Wu Dynasty, how can you collude with a vassal king?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't say such harsh words!" Zhou Chuxuan touched the two boxes of gold and said with a smile: "I only said I would give them the defense map, but I'm not responsible for whether it's true or not!"

"You!" Murong Xue blinked her beautiful eyes, then slowly realized what Zhou Chuxuan meant. After a long silence, she slowly said, "I really have to be extremely careful when I'm with you!"

"Ah! What are you doing?"

Suddenly, Qiao'er's voice came from the yard. Zhou Chuxuan and Murong Xue looked at each other and rushed out the door, but saw Wei Gong pressing Su Qiao'er against the wall and was about to do something indecent.

"stop!"

Zhou Chuxuan shouted angrily, and Murong Xue had already taken action. She grabbed Wei Gong's clothes from behind and threw him over her shoulder, throwing him to the ground.

"what!"

Engineer Wei grimaced in pain and angrily cried, "Who are you? I'm the King of Wei's special envoy! How dare you hit me? She's just a maid, so what if I play with her?"

"What the hell is this, you idiot envoy of the King of Wei? You're a scoundrel! I'm going to destroy you today!" Murong Xue said as she grabbed Wei Gong's neck and was about to attack him, but suddenly she heard Zhou Chuxuan shout, "Stop!"

Murong Xue stopped what she was doing, puzzled. "If we hadn't discovered this playboy in time, Qiao'er would have been in trouble. Do you still want to keep him?"

Zhou Chuxuan didn't explain too much, but gently pulled Murong Xue over and said, "He is the special envoy of the King of Wei!"

Wei Gong's face on the ground suddenly lit up with ecstasy. He climbed up and shouted, "I am the King of Wei's special envoy! The King of Wei's special envoy! You can't touch me!"

"hehe!"

Engineer Wei glanced at Zhou Chuxuan and grinned, "Your Highness is truly righteous and understands the bigger picture! I've come so far across mountains and rivers to the capital, so naturally I deserve some spiritual compensation!"

As he spoke, under Su Qiaoer's shocked and panicked gaze, Engineer Wei pounced on her again.

"Ah! My lord, help me!"

The next moment, Zhou Chuxuan attacked boldly, grabbing Wei Gong's neck from behind. A cold voice rang out in his ears: "I just gave you a chance, but you really don't want to cherish it?"

Wei Gong suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. His voice was as emotionless as the god of death crawling out of hell: "You, you, you, my Lord, what do you want to do?"

"Don't you know that I am the special envoy of the King of Wei? If you attack me, the King of Wei will..."

"I was planning to give you a chance, but you didn't cherish it! Go to hell with your last words!" Zhou Chuxuan didn't give Wei Gong a chance to explain. He directly pulled out the sharp blade and stabbed it into Wei Gong's throat.

In an instant, blood spurted out. Su Qiaoer screamed and hurriedly ran behind Zhou Chuxuan, her petite body trembling slightly.

"Don't be afraid, Qiao'er, I'm here!"

Murong Xue gently embraced Qiao'er from behind and patted her shoulder with concern.

At the same time, he looked at Zhou Chuxuan: "You kill him, then what?"