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

Zhou Chuxuan let go of Xu Hanyan and slowly walked to the door of the secret room. The moment he was about to enter, he turned around and grinned: "You will definitely do it! Crown Princess!"

Looking at Zhou Chuxuan's disappearing figure, Xu Hanyan's beautiful eyes flickered, as if she was having a fierce struggle with herself.

After a long time, Xu Hanyan loosened her tightly clenched hands, looked at the fireworks in her hands, and a relieved smile inadvertently appeared at the corners of her mouth.

At this time, Zhou Chuxuan returned to the secret room, hid several small crossbows and muskets on his body, and selected several sharp daggers to put on his waist.

Wearing a tight-fitting outfit with ropes tied around the cuffs, he looks smart and casual.

Zhou Chuxuan slowly breathed a sigh of relief. With these things and the recovered strength, he was confident that he could kill hundreds of people back and forth.

At the same time, dozens of people gathered in the guard hall of the East Palace.

Xu Hanyan and Erhu sat at the top, while the others gathered below, their faces looking extremely solemn.

"Crown Princess, you will go in later and make him let his guard down. We will then surround the palace and take it down in one fell swoop!"

The kitchen knife in Lao Chai's hand had been replaced with a sharp blade. His kind expression was gone, and he was grinning like the god of death who was reaping human lives.

"As long as we are not discovered by His Majesty's men, we still have a chance to disguise ourselves as someone else!"

Erhu changed the subject: "But among the eunuchs sent by His Majesty to monitor us, there are still a few who are not ours. If we attract their attention, we must not stay and must evacuate immediately!"

"But if we withdraw, won't His Majesty know about the Crown Prince's death?" At this time, a guard stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already prepared the words for us!" Erhu took out a letter with a special mark on it.

"The higher-ups, using our own words, claimed that this Crown Prince was a fake, plotting to usurp the throne. We discovered and executed him. To prove our innocence, we've gone in search of the real Crown Prince!"

"When the time comes, we will just need to return to the court with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already made all the arrangements for the rest of the matter!"

Erhu glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, this fake has been playing dumb until now, and even fooled us. Although he now appears to be greedy and lustful, can you really be sure that he is not pretending?"

"Repeating Crossbow, what a miraculous weapon! It's simply unprecedented and unparalleled! So many weapon masters of the Wu Dynasty have never designed it, yet it came out of his hands. Don't you find it strange?"

"People like this, who bide their time and endure humiliation, are definitely not good people! They must be eradicated!"

"The crossbow in his hand is extremely powerful. You must not take it lightly!"

Everyone stood up and looked at Xu Hanyan: "Crown Princess, please go first!"

"it is good!"

Xu Hanyan nodded and took the lead to leave the guard hall. He clenched and unclenched the fireworks in his sleeves, with a trace of sadness in his heart.

How could she not understand that they did not completely trust her, otherwise why would they let her leave first?

Sure enough, just after Xu Hanyan left, everyone in the room exchanged glances, and murderous intent burst out, instantly filling the entire room.

"Everyone, this is the Crown Prince's final order!" Erhu slowly pulled out a golden handkerchief from his bosom and unfolded it: "Kill the Crown Princess!"

Everyone gasped in shock. Erhu had revealed some of this news to them before, but they had never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually planned this.

"Commander-in-chief, do we really have to do this? The Crown Princess is one of us!" One of the guards said hesitantly.

"Hehe, she's not one of us! She's from the Xu family, and she's different from those of us who loyally follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Erhu's teeth shone brightly in the dim candlelight. "What she wants is the position of Crown Princess, and eventually the position of Queen! As for who the Crown Prince is, it really doesn't matter!"

Everyone fell silent for a moment, and clenched their weapons tightly.

"Everyone, if anyone is afraid, you can withdraw now. I will give him some small change and let him go home!"

Looking at Erhu's eyes, no one retreated, and no one stood up. They knew very well that if they retreated at this time, they would be eliminated.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never allow anyone who leaks his plan to live in this world. That is a hidden danger!

"Okay! Then let's get started!"

"Yes!"

The bedroom was exceptionally quiet late at night. There were fewer guards today, and the patrolling guards were nowhere to be seen. The entire East Palace was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere.

Xu Hanyan walked into the room with mixed feelings. Looking at Zhou Chuxuan, who was sitting at the table drinking tea, she whispered, "They're coming!"

Zhou Chuxuan took a sip of tea, wiped the corner of his mouth, and sighed: "Alas, the water is a little cold!"

"You!" Xu Hanyan's pupils shrank slightly. She really didn't know whether he was confident or had given up struggling.

"Haha, Your Highness the Crown Prince is such a refined person! Even when facing death, he still has the mind to drink tea?"

As he spoke, Erhu strode into the bedroom, followed by Lao Chai and others. The rest of the guards had already surrounded and controlled the area around the bedroom.

"You really betrayed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Erhu looked at Xu Hanyan with a playful smile on his lips.

Xu Hanyan's eyes were slightly flustered, and her right hand tightly grasped the fireworks in her sleeve.

"Erhu, I think we can talk!" Zhou Chuxuan slowly stood up in the astonished eyes of several people, picked up the kettle in the corner and put it back on the stove.

"Talk? You were going to die anyway, it was just a few days early. You've been the prince's substitute for such a long time, enjoying wealth and glory. Your life is worth it!"

Erhu drew the sword from his waist and walked towards Zhou Chuxuan.

"Stop!" Zhou Chuxuan suddenly pulled out the musket from his waist and aimed it at Erhu. The dark muzzle made Erhu feel inexplicably nervous.

"What kind of weapon is this?" Erhu felt a pang of fear for no reason and didn't dare to act rashly.

"You just need to remember that if I can kill you, that's all!" Zhou Chuxuan sneered and looked at the people in the room: "Anyone who wants to give it a try, just come up!"

"Hmph, just bluffing! Die!"

A guard behind Erhu shouted, drew out his steel knife and rushed forward. The steel knife flashed with a cold light in the dim candlelight.

"Oh!"

A muffled sound rang out in the room, shaking the entire room. The guard's body fell straight to the ground, and the steel knife hung limply.

Erhu was shocked and rushed forward to check, only to find a huge bloody hole on the guard's forehead. His entire head exploded and his brains were soaked on the ground. It was extremely horrifying.

"This, this is..."

Erhu's pupils suddenly shrank, and his body bounced back quickly as if he had been electrocuted. He took a few steps back and looked at the musket in Zhou Chuxuan's hand vigilantly.

"What the hell is this?"