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

"Don't move! That's gunpowder!"

Xu Hanyan appeared in the secret room at some point, and was shocked when she saw Zhou Chuxuan's actions.

"Crown Princess, you prepared so much gunpowder here, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Chuxuan had a meaningful smile on his face. "It seems that you are not very confident in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You have even prepared so many backup plans in private."

"If I'm not mistaken, this amount of gunpowder will be enough to blow down most of the East Palace!"

Xu Hanyan pursed her lips and remained silent, agreeing with Zhou Chuxuan's words.

"Go get me a furnace and some iron!"

"What do you want these for?"

Xu Hanyan was somewhat resistant to Zhou Chuxuan's orders.

"Haha, of course it has a magical effect!"

Zhou Chuxuan snorted coldly: "If you don't want to die at his hands, you'd better listen to me! Otherwise, you will die in a month!"

"If I move these in, the prince's men will find out!"

"Also, salt and iron are controlled by the Wu Dynasty. Hoarding them privately is a serious crime!"

Xu Hanyan frowned and gave an explanation with great resistance. She always felt that she could not let Zhou Chuxuan get what he wanted. She already knew what was happening in the palace, and she also knew that the second prince was punished by the emperor because of Zhou Chuxuan.

This man is dangerous.

"My Crown Princess, do you think I will believe what you say?"

Zhou Chuxuan rolled his eyes. "If the things in this secret room were to be shown to the Emperor, he would immediately convict you of treason. Since you were able to get these things in, then what I say must be no problem!"

As if he had thought of something, Zhou Chuxuan picked up a pen and paper from the desk and quickly wrote down a string of words.

"If you think it's troublesome to get iron in, these are also fine!"

"There are some things you haven't seen, so I drew patterns for you!"

After taking the paper, Xu Hanyan was stunned. She had no idea what Zhou Chuxuan wanted.

"what is this?"

“Don’t ask so many questions!”

Zhou Chuxuan smiled mysteriously. Those were all small parts for making muskets, so he naturally wouldn't say much to Xu Hanyan.

Although he had made Xu Hanyan his woman, this woman was not on the same page with him.

"Well, you can't disappear out there for too long!"

"Go back quickly!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand.

Xu Hanyan looked at him hatefully. Although she was very reluctant in her heart, she still read it through and memorized it.

Slowly close the door of the secret room.

"Well!"

Zhou Chuxuan took out a small bag of gunpowder and placed it on the ground.

"It's a bit damp, I don't know if it can still be used!"

Half an hour later.

There was a bang in the secret room.

Xu Hanyan had been keeping an eye on things outside. When she heard something faintly, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly ran into the secret room, only to find it filled with smoke. Zhou Chuxuan was sitting in the middle of the room, his fair cheeks turning black.

"What did you do? Ahem!"

Xu Hanyan coughed a few times and covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves.

"Nothing, try your gunpowder!"

"It still works!"

Zhou Chuxuan wiped the dust off his face nonchalantly and said, "There's nothing wrong here, just get out!"

"Are you looking for death? This is gunpowder, and it can cost someone's life if you're not careful!" Xu Hanyan said angrily. This was her secret, and she didn't want to attract other people's attention at this time.

"Make sure there won't be another explosion!"

Zhou Chuxuan laughed awkwardly and made a gesture of invitation: "But I still have some things to study, so I won't bother you, Crown Princess!"

"you!"

"Trust me, there won't be any problems!"

Zhou Chuxuan blinked.

"Hmph! You better not blow yourself up!"

Xu Hanyan angrily threw down a few words and left the secret room.

Zhou Chuxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The gunpowder was not pure. He spent a lot of effort to extract the impurities from the gunpowder. Now the power of the gunpowder was at least twice as strong as before.

Once he speeds up the production of the musket, his personal abilities will increase a lot, and even when facing the prince's killing move, he will not be very afraid.

After stretching his body, Zhou Chuxuan sighed.

This body was also extremely weak, and was utterly inadequate compared to the special forces body he had in his previous life.

It seems that I need to find time to train properly.

Otherwise, you will have martial arts skills but will not be able to display them.

evening.

Zhou Chuxuan returned to the ground, but did not change his dirty clothes. Instead, he lay directly on the bed.

Outside, the burly Erhu said softly.

"How is it?"

Xu Hanyan tried hard to control her nervousness and took out the powder: "So far, no abnormalities have been found!"

Erhu whispered, "We must remove all obstacles for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Put the powder in the tea and bring it to him!"

"it is good!"

"Let me confirm one last time. Are you sure you didn't pour tea for him before?"

Xu Hanyan tried hard to control her weak feet and looked directly into Erhu's eyes: "How could I possibly pour tea for him?"

"That's good, go ahead!"

An imperceptible gleam of brilliance flashed in Erhu's eyes.

Xu Hanyan nodded, added the medicine powder to the tea with slightly trembling hands, and pushed open the door.

"Your Highness, please have some tea!"

"Eh!"

"Sister Hanyan!"

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan rolling around on his bed in dirty clothes, Xu Hanyan did not feel much disgust in her heart. Instead, she handed the tea to Zhou Chuxuan with a trace of heartache.

"Why did Sister Hanyan pour tea for me today?" Zhou Chuxuan tilted his head back with a silly smile on his face, and even put his fingers into his mouth unconsciously.

"You have received a reward from the Emperor today. I will pour you a cup of tea as a reward!"

Xu Hanyan tried hard to control her emotions and keep her voice from trembling.

She and Zhou Chuxuan had already discussed this, so she was nervous at this moment not because she was afraid of being discovered by Zhou Chuxuan, but because she knew Erhu was still watching her secretly.

I don’t know what the effect of the medicine Erhu gave her is.

Don't just poison Zhou Chuxuan to death...

"Thank you, Sister Hanyan!"

Zhou Chuxuan took the tea from Xu Hanyan's hand and drank it all under the gaze of Xu Hanyan and Erhu in the dark.

Xu Hanyan's hands were clenched tightly together, and her whole body was cold.

There was a clang.

The teacup fell to the ground, and Zhou Chuxuan's body suddenly fell on the bed with his eyes closed.

"what!"

Xu Hanyan's voice had just burst out of her throat when she forcibly restrained it. She swallowed her saliva and her heartbeat instantly accelerated.

Dead?

Really dead?

Could she be the next one?

"Crench!"

Erhu pushed open the door and walked in. He glanced at Zhou Chuxuan on the bed and smiled.

"Fortunately, he really is a fool!"

"My feeling was wrong!"

Xu Hanyan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "What should we do? He's already dead! Have you found a replacement?"

"No need to find a substitute!"

Erhu curled his lips: "He's not dead!"

"Ok?"

Xu Hanyan looked at Erhu in disbelief for a moment.

"This isn't poison, it's just a knockout drug!" Erhu shrugged. "Just testing it out. I'm afraid I might make a mistake! But luckily, this guy can still live until the prince returns!"

"Remember, you must keep a close eye on him and don't let him get away!"

"Tell me if there's anything unusual!"

"Do not worry!"

Watching Erhu walk out of the room, Xu Hanyan's heart finally relaxed. She waited for a long time and was sure that the prince's men would not return. It was already very late and it was time to go to bed.

Look out the window and put out the candle.

Draw the curtains.

Sitting next to Zhou Chuxuan.

Under the moonlight, that fair face actually looked quite handsome...