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

"Snapped!"

"You bastard woman, you've ruined my plans. I really want to chop you to death!"

Three days later in the Eastern Palace, Yang Li slapped Xu Hanyan in the face, and her fair and delicate cheeks immediately became red and swollen.

Xu Hanyan's eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Yang Li with burning eyes, but she said nothing and clenched her teeth. She only knew that she had completed the task assigned to her by Zhou Chuxuan!

One day, she will be able to take revenge for the humiliation Yang Li has brought her!

Yang Li paced back and forth in front of Xu Hanyan angrily, his eyes filled with rage: "You bastard, do you know that because of you, I have ruined a big thing?"

When he went to Qingzhou to look for the governor, he was told that the former governor had been taken away half an incense stick before he arrived.

He informed the current governor of Qingzhou and dispatched troops to conduct a thorough search in Qingzhou, but found nothing and had to return. This meant that the former governor of Qingzhou was likely to have fallen into Zhou Chuxuan's hands, and the innocence of those women would likely be confirmed.

According to reliable intelligence, those women are extremely skilled in martial arts. If they all join Zhou Chuxuan's army, it will be a great benefit to him.

By then, the power under Zhou Chuxuan's command will become increasingly powerful, and one day, it will pose a huge threat to himself.

Xu Hanyan lowered her head, knelt on the ground, and said nothing. Her delicate hands were gently clasped together, and her long eyelashes kept blinking, as if she was a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Please speak!"

Yang Li didn't care about the baby in Xu Hanyan's belly at this time, and slapped her again. If the guards next to him hadn't stopped him, he almost kicked her.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Yang Li, who was called out by the captain of the guards, was slightly startled and looked at him strangely: "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness, on the day we set out, the guards at the door said that Prince Xiaoyao came to see the Crown Princess..." The captain of the guards did not hide anything and told Yang Li everything that happened that day.

In an instant, Yang Li's face darkened, his eyes flashing with anger. He strode back into the room, grabbed Xu Hanyan's clothes and pulled her up, staring at her with cold eyes.

"You bastard, have you been on the same side with Zhou Chuxuan for a long time? Tell me! Why did he come to you that day?"

Xu Hanyan sneered and did not choose to obey Yang Li: "Why, is it not okay if we still have feelings for each other? He still thinks about me and wants to see me. What's wrong with that?"

"Haha, Xu Hanyan, do you believe this?"

Yang Li roughly pushed Xu Hanyan to the ground, pointed at her and roared, "From today on, you are not allowed to set foot outside the East Palace. If you dare to leave the East Palace again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"What? Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you going to kill me? Do you want to kill the dragon son and grandson in my belly as well?" Xu Hanyan was not afraid at all. She slowly stood up from the ground, staring at Yang Li with her beautiful eyes, emitting a light of unwillingness to admit defeat.

"you!"

Yang Li was so frightened by Xu Hanyan's gaze that he was almost speechless. He stormed off in anger, "Humph, crazy woman! Just stay in the house!"

"You two, keep watch over this room for me. If she dares to run out, I'll beat her back! As long as you don't kill her, you can do whatever you want!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

On the other side, Zhou Chuxuan looked at Murong Xue who had returned in shock: "What did you say? The former governor of Qingzhou was taken away by someone?"

"Yes!"

Murong Xue sat breathlessly in a chair, drinking three bowls of tea in a row before wiping her lips and saying, "Your Highness, I just found the residence of the former Qingzhou governor and discovered that it had been massacred! From his descendants to the maids and servants, they were all killed in the courtyard!"

"But the former governor of Qingzhou is the only one missing!"

Zhou Chuxuan slammed his fist on the table. "Damn it! Is Yang Li so disregarding of life? He just wantonly slaughters people in the Wu Dynasty?"

"Your Highness, it wasn't Yang Li who did it!"

Murong Xue's next words left Zhou Chuxuan stunned: "What? It wasn't Yang Li who did it. How did you know?"

"Just as I was about to leave, I saw Yang Li hurriedly leading his men there. I guess he was also going to look for the former governor of Qingzhou, but he also returned empty-handed. Moreover, Yang Li even asked the current governor to dispatch troops and conduct a thorough search of Qingzhou!"

"If it's not him, then who could it be?" Zhou Chuxuan clenched his fists slightly. It seems that there is a more secret power in the court!

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Murong Xue felt a little guilty. She was not fast enough. If she had gone a step earlier, she might have been able to prevent all this from happening.

"Did you find any clues when you went there?" Zhou Chuxuan quickly calmed down, sat on the chair, and began to think about countermeasures with a frown.

"Discovered?" Murong Xue's eyes rolled around, and soon they lit up. She said, "I can see that those maids and servants were killed with a single knife. And judging by the situation at the scene, they were all stabbed in the throat without even knowing it!"

"There's no expression of fear on their faces, which means they haven't discovered the murderer at all! The weirdest thing is, they all look exactly the same! This means the murderer killed them all without anyone knowing. This is extremely terrifying!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded. To achieve this, he had to ensure his absolute strength and speed, and be very familiar with the entire mansion and the distribution of personnel.

"By the way, have you asked the neighbors nearby if they heard anything?"

Murong Xue shook her head: "Yang Li asked, but the neighbors obviously didn't know. Before we went there, the gate of the mansion was closed and there was no movement inside!"

"Looking at the bloodstains, they were only half an incense stick ahead of me!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chuxuan stood up suddenly and said, "General Murong, please take good care of Qiao'er at home. Don't go out!"

"My Lord, where are you going?"

"Tongfu Inn!"

......

"Your Highness, our Tongfu Inn is a place for business, not a professional intelligence assassination organization!"

The chief leader poured Zhou Chuxuan a bowl of tea and said with a smile.

Zhou Chuxuan said nothing, pulling out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and placing them on the table. However, the chief leader merely glanced at them and shook his head, saying, "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I can't do anything about it!"

"The murderer who killed the family of the former Qingzhou governor seemed to appear out of thin air. To this day, I still don't know the specific circumstances!"

Zhou Chuxuan was surprised: "You don't know either?"