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

Everyone in the audience was shocked by the slightly hoarse and vicissitudes of life voice, and looked sideways.

A gray-haired veteran, holding a spear, stood under the flagpole, his eyes fixed on Zhou Chuxuan. "I only ask that Your Highness the Crown Prince send the resettlement allowance as soon as possible. I have three children at home who need support!"

"Old Sheep, are you crazy? Where can he get the money? Now that he can't come up with it, he can only write an IOU!"

"Yes, Old Sheep, whether this can be fulfilled in the future is another matter. Who knows his brain..."

Many soldiers still don't believe Zhou Chuxuan. If he becomes mad again one day, all their IOUs will be wasted.

"I believe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never lie to me! I'm old now, and this life has been lived anyway. From now on, I'll leave it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The old sheep remained unmoved, still standing under the flagpole with his spear in hand, his body standing straight.

"Your Highness, I am willing to go too!"

"And me, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

For a moment, hundreds of people gathered under the flagpole, but without exception, they were either elderly or injured or disabled.

These people usually serve as logistics soldiers in the Yulin Army camp and can only do some odd jobs. It is basically not their turn to go to the battlefield.

"Hahahaha! Sixth brother, if we take these people to Liang Country, I'm afraid we won't be able to enhance our country's prestige, and will only be embarrassed, right?"

Zhou Heguan couldn't suppress the smile on his face, and laughed at Zhou Chuxuan madly, pointing at the old, weak and sick soldiers whose bodies couldn't help trembling.

The other elite Royal Guards looked at each other with disdain. It seemed that the Crown Prince's stupidity had not yet been cured.

Bringing a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people to a marriage proposal will only make people laugh.

Zhou Chuxuan slowly stood up and walked to the front of the flagpole, gazing at the aged faces. "Everyone, you were all good men of the Wu Dynasty. You fought and shed blood for the Wu Dynasty. I will never treat you unfairly!"

"Everyone's resettlement allowance has increased to ten taels of silver, and the monthly military pay has increased to twenty taels of silver!"

Zhou Chuxuan's words immediately made Zhou Heguan jump up from where he was standing. He stared at him with a frown, "Sixth brother, where did you get so much silver? Are you really going to ask for money from the emperor?"

"Second brother, you don't have to worry about these!" Zhou Chuxuan smiled slightly and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone, follow me back to the East Palace. I will give you military pay and resettlement allowances!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness!"

Although the veterans were old, their willpower remained as strong as ever. Their uniform shouts resounded through the sky, and they strode away amid the astonished gazes of the elite Royal Guards.

"What? He picked a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to go?"

Looking at Zhou Heguan who was bowing and reporting in front of him, Emperor Wu frowned, and for a moment he was a little confused about what Zhou Chuxuan wanted to do.

"Father, if we allow these old, weak, sick, and disabled soldiers to go to Liang, wouldn't that be a disgrace to our Wu Dynasty? Liang would think our Wu Dynasty only has this kind of people, wouldn't that be a disdain for us?"

A hint of pride flashed in Zhou Heguan's eyes. "I also ask Father to retract your order and not let Sixth Brother do anything reckless! Otherwise, it will delay the important affairs of the Wu Dynasty and it will be too late to regret it!"

Emperor Wu's knuckles tapped lightly on the table, his eyes flickering. "Well, since I've already given this matter full authority to Old Six, I'll just let him do it!"

"But, Father, this..."

Zhou Heguan wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Emperor Wu: "No need to say more!"

......

On the other side, Zhou Chuxuan, who had just returned to the East Palace, found that the atmosphere in the East Palace was unusual.

There were fewer guards than before, and Erhu was standing in front of the bedroom with a knife slung over his waist, looking at Zhou Chuxuan with a serious expression.

"Old Sheep, take them to the back to rest. I will distribute the silver to you later!"

Zhou Chuxuan gave an order, and Lao Yang immediately called on the other soldiers to line up neatly and stand behind the bedroom.

"Prime Minister Li Nian's men are here!"

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan approach, Erhu came up to him and whispered, pointing inside: "It's a man in black clothes, with good martial arts skills, and he has the Prime Minister's token in his hand!"

"He hasn't come out since he entered the bedroom. He has been talking with the Crown Princess inside. I tried to listen several times, but I didn't hear anything!"

"That's fine. Go collect the money from the East Palace and I'll take care of the things inside!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand, pushed the door open and walked in without further explanation.

As soon as he entered the door, a sound of breaking air was heard. Zhou Chuxuan dodged it with his instinctive reaction.

A dart with a red tassel was stuck in the door frame. If Zhou Chuxuan had not dodged it in time, it would have taken his life.

At this time, Xu Hanyan had her hands tied and a towel stuffed in her mouth. She was sitting next to the stove, making indistinct whimpering sounds.

"Tsk tsk tsk! Your Highness the Crown Prince has been playing dumb for so many years, it seems he's biding his time! Excellent skills, I admire you!"

The man in black stood up and bowed slightly: "Secretary of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Feng! Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Although his words were polite, his actions and eyes revealed endless perverseness and rebelliousness.

"Haha, the Prime Minister's gift is really unique!" Zhou Chuxuan closed the door calmly, took the dart off the door frame, and played with it over and over in his hand.

"Your Highness, do you really not know why I'm here? How could you still be so careless?"

Li Feng sneered, slowly pulled out a sharp blade from his waist, and placed it on the stove to heat it. "Today, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I come to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for an explanation!"

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Zhou Chuxuan didn't seem to care about Li Feng. He poured some clean water from the kettle and washed the dust and blood on the dart bit by bit.

"You were originally a fake, yet now you're trying to steal the truth and replace the real Crown Prince! Do you know what you're doing?"

Li Feng's tone gradually became harsher: "You are facing only one way out, death! You have no idea what kind of plan you are destroying!"

"Oh!"

Zhou Chuxuan took out a towel and wiped the water stains on the dart, then looked at it carefully in front of his eyes, and exclaimed in admiration.

"Are you listening to me?" Li Feng frowned. He always felt that Zhou Chuxuan did not respect him and seemed to be unaware of his situation.

"You continue!" Zhou Chuxuan's calm look almost made Li Feng vomit blood.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to return to the throne, and he has sent his assassin husband and wife to kill you! This assassin husband and wife is so powerful that they can walk all over the palace!"

Li Feng stood up, walked in front of Zhou Chuxuan, lowered his head, and stuck the sharp knife into the table: "Aren't you afraid of death?"

Zhou Chuxuan slowly raised his head, his expression calm and composed: "Li Nian sent you here to tell me more than just this, right?"