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

"Ok?"

"Your Highness, what do you mean? Don't you want our people from Jiulong Mountain to serve you?" Nangong Yanling was slightly stunned, not understanding what Zhou Chuxuan meant.

After all, at this critical juncture, only by madly expanding one's own strength can one intimidate other people in the Wu Dynasty.

Zhou Chuxuan smiled softly: "Miss Nangong, I want your Jiulongshan troops to become a force under my command that exists in the dark. Don't show them to the public easily!"

"Think about it. If you train in secret and then suddenly appear on the battlefield or in a necessary place one day, it will be a greater threat to the enemy!"

"I will slowly equip your army with weapons like Equality of All, muskets, grenades, and more, but you have to take me to meet them!"

"It's impossible that I don't even know who is in this army?"

Nangong Yanling nodded slightly: "Of course!"

"Your Highness, there is one more thing. Su Hongye and the one hundred men under her command have disappeared. Ever since Your Highness told them to find their own way out, they ignored General Han's dissuasion and left on their own. As for when they left or where they went, we have no idea."

"Hmph, in my opinion, these guys are just a bunch of ungrateful wolves. Can't they really see the current situation? If they really ran into the imperial army, they might just be wiped out like bandits!"

Murong Xue snorted indignantly, "Your Highness, you shouldn't have saved them in the first place. If they want to die, let them die!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it. Their hearts are not here. They don't want to be completely loyal to me. Even if I force them to stay, it won't make much difference!"

"The most important thing for us now is to stabilize the situation in the court as quickly as possible, eliminate the traitors in the Liao Kingdom, and guard against attacks from the Western Regions and the Liao Kingdom!"

The mastermind behind Zhou Heng and Yang Li are still alive. This is a time bomb that may explode at any time.

Murong Xue scratched her hair and said, "Your Highness, the civil and military officials in the court are basically all subordinates of Lord Xu Qinglong. Lord Xu Qinglong listens to you. Isn't this stable?"

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head slightly: "General Murong, the situation in the court is not as simple as you think. Now Zhou Wanjiang is just a puppet in the court and basically has no real power!"

"Therefore, I will take this opportunity to kill all the officials who are inactive and those who are corrupt in the court!"

Over the past few hundred years, the Wu Dynasty had become extremely corrupt. If it wanted to continue to develop or return to its peak, it was imperative to reform its internal affairs.

The most important thing in reforming domestic affairs is to destroy before to build!

While everyone was talking, a figure covered in blood rushed into the yard.

Everyone looked carefully and was surprised to find that it was Canglang.

Zhou Chuxuan quickly stepped forward and helped him up: "Canglang, what happened to you?"

He sent Canglang to watch over Zhou Wanjiang, and Zhou Chuxuan knew Canglang's skills. There was only one explanation for this situation, that is, Zhou Wanjiang had an accident.

As expected, Canglang gasped and said, "Zhou Wanjiang ran away!"

"what?"

Murong Xue was shocked, her brows furrowed. "With your skills, how could he possibly get away?"

"Yes, it's the Thousand-Faced Young Master Zhou Wuhen! He, he's back!"

Canglang's eyes were filled with solemnity: "Moreover, he was holding Equality of All Beings in his hand. I was caught off guard for a moment and was seriously injured by him!"

Zhou Chuxuan checked Canglang's wounds. Luckily, none of them hit his vital parts. "Quick, call the imperial physician immediately. There's a booklet under the bed. I've written down how to remove the bullet and how to bandage it!"

Having said that, Zhou Chuxuan was about to leave.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"Enter the palace!"

Zhou Chuxuan rushed to the inner courtyard of the palace without looking back. The place where Zhou Wanjiang was taken away was the harem. At this time, there were more than a dozen concubines squatting there, and each of them had panic in their eyes.

Wan Hao, with the Imperial Guards, had already surrounded the area. Upon seeing Zhou Chuxuan, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, "Your Highness, it was here that the Thousand-Faced Young Master Zhou Wuhen, disguised as a Black Armored Guard, took Zhou Wanjiang away!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded and looked at the dozen concubines squatting on the ground with a frown: "What's wrong with these people?"

Wan Hao scratched his head, puzzled, "Your Highness, Zhou Wanjiang has always been aloof from women, but today, for some reason, he came to the harem in an unusual way and called a group of concubines to get intimate with him!"

Zhou Chuxuan pondered for a moment: "Is there a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace?"

Wan Hao hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Your Highness, this does exist. I've heard of it! But, as to where it is, we have no right to know!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded, turned his gaze to the concubines, and said in a deep voice: "Who knows where Zhou Wanjiang's secret passage is? Tell me, and I will spare your lives!"

The concubines just lowered their heads and sobbed, and no one paid any attention to Zhou Chuxuan.

Just as Zhou Chuxuan was thinking about his next response, a female voice came from behind the crowd: "Zhou Wanjiang escaped from me!"

Everyone was startled and turned around, only to see a woman in her thirties walking towards them gracefully, without even a palace maid following her.

"Your Highness, this is Concubine De, the mother of the second prince!" Wan Hao whispered in Zhou Chuxuan's ear.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chuxuan slowly stepped forward and looked into Empress Defei's eyes: "Zhou Wanjiang, did he escape from you?"

"Take me there!"

Empress Defei did not refuse, but took Zhou Chuxuan directly to her bedroom. Looking at the secret passage inside the closet, Zhou Chuxuan stepped forward and reached out to open it.

But they found that it had collapsed. They didn't know what caused it, but it was filled with rubble, completely blocking the secret passage.

"Why did you let him go?"

Facing Zhou Chuxuan's fierce gaze, Concubine De was not afraid at all, as if she had anticipated this moment long ago.

Concubine De glanced at Zhou Chuxuan and said softly, "He is my husband. I can't just watch him die!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled and said, "I am the crown prince of the dynasty. How could I possibly want him to die?"

"haha, really?"

Concubine De's eyes were filled with mockery and ridicule: "You, the so-called Crown Prince, now have the support of the people, control the court, and control the army. However, it seems that you want Zhou Wanjiang dead more than anyone else, right?"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled and said, "Your Highness, Concubine De is very sharp-tongued. I won't argue with you. I just want to know where he went and how many people were around him."

"I won't tell you!"