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

"Your Majesty, you understand what I mean. No need to say more!" Zhou Chuxuan looked at Li Nian with a smile, his eyes full of cunning.

"Boy, I'm giving you a chance! If you're so arrogant, I can let someone else take your place!"

Li Nian stood up, his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed: "I just need to let another confidant replace you, and everything will be safe!"

"You have to remember that the true identity doesn't only cooperate with you! You are just a fake with no background or foundation!"

"If the Prime Minister really thinks so, then please come!"

Zhou Chuxuan opened the door directly. This scene made Xu Hanyan, who was standing next to him, break into a sweat and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"Okay, you're good! I hope you remember what you did today!" Li Nian snorted and left the East Palace directly.

"Are you crazy? He is Li Nian, the man second only to His Majesty in power in the entire Wu Dynasty. How dare you offend him like this?"

Xu Hanyan rushed over, grabbed Zhou Chuxuan's clothes, and asked harshly.

"I told you, the Prime Minister is a smart man! He will definitely figure it out!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled faintly, seemingly not taking what had just happened to heart. When he reached the door, he turned around and said, "By the way, I'll have to trouble you to get some more gunpowder!"

"It was dangerous enough to hide it from the Royal Guards last time. Where can I get enough for you? Hey, you..."

Before Xu Hanyan could finish her words, Zhou Chuxuan had already left the bedroom, leaving her standing there alone, resentful and complaining in her heart.

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"Your Highness, I want to see Your Highness!"

The crying and shouting early in the morning woke Zhou Chuxuan and Xu Hanyan who were sleeping soundly.

"Who's shouting outside? Come in and talk!" Zhou Chuxuan got up, put on his clothes, and pulled the curtain beside Xu Hanyan's bed.

"Your Highness, it's me!" The person who came in was Lao Yang. As soon as he entered the bedroom, he knelt down on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Lao Yang, get up first! Tell me what happened slowly!" Zhou Chuxuan stepped forward and helped Lao Yang to the chair.

"Your Highness, a neighbor just sent a message saying that our three sons disappeared overnight and their whereabouts are unknown! I, I want to go back!"

Zhou Chuxuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "All disappeared overnight? How old are your three sons?"

"My eldest son is already fifteen, and my youngest is only five! I was born in my old age, and his mother died soon after! I am left with only these three sons to depend on each other!"

"They are usually the most obedient, how come they are suddenly nowhere to be found? Without them, what is the meaning of my life..."

As the old sheep spoke, tears began to fall from his eyes, and he became increasingly sad. "Your Highness, I only beg you to give me three days' leave. I will go back to find my son and return immediately!"

Zhou Chuxuan's eyes flashed with brilliance: "Old Sheep, I'll ask Erhu to go with you!"

"Your Highness, this, this is not appropriate, right? How dare I trouble His Royal Highness to send someone..."

"You don't have to say anything. I have my own plan for this matter!" Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand and went outside to find Erhu to explain the matter.

"You mean, this matter is related to the prince?" There was a flash of surprise in Erhu's eyes, and his hands clenched unconsciously.

"That's right!" Zhou Chuxuan nodded. "Go with Lao Yang and investigate, but don't do anything no matter what you see!"

"understand!"

Lao Yang's home was not far from the capital. In the evening, Erhu had returned and knocked on the door of the bedroom.

"How is it?"

"As you said, this is a letter left at the scene! Judging from the mark on it, it must have been left there by someone sent by the prince. I haven't opened it yet!"

Erhu handed an envelope to Zhou Chuxuan, with faint traces of blood on it.

Zhou Chuxuan quickly opened it and saw six big words written on it: "Don't take chances, don't try!"

"hehe!"

After handing the envelope to Erhu, Zhou Chuxuan sat alone at the desk, tapping his knuckles on the table.

"Is this... a warning?" Erhu's pupils suddenly shrank. "Could it be that the Crown Prince has already arrived near the capital? Otherwise, how could he have targeted Lao Yang's home so quickly?"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded: "That should be the case!"

"Hiss! The prince's actions are too fast. If he comes to the capital at this time, how should we respond?" Erhu took a breath of cold air and suddenly felt that a storm was about to come.

"No!" Zhou Chuxuan shook his head: "If he wanted to go directly to the capital and catch us off guard, he wouldn't have done this!"

"This is a warning, a threat, and a test! Given his ruthless nature, he must have tripped up something!"

"Stumbled? But what else is difficult for him to solve?" Erhu scratched his head: "With his intelligence network, he probably knows everything about the entire Wu Dynasty now!"

Zhou Chuxuan's lips curled up into a smile, and then he stretched lazily: "Did you forget someone?"

"Who? You mean... Prime Minister Li Nian?"

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan nod, Erhu frowned slightly: "How did he know...the prince is not far from the capital?"

"Haha, this old fox, he broke up with me in broad daylight today, but in fact he still doesn't want to give up this puppet of mine!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled helplessly, and then a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "One wants to train me into a puppet, and the other wants my life!"

"Okay! Then let's see who's more ruthless!"

"What do you want to do?" Erhu put away the envelope, lit a candle and burned it to ashes, and looked at Zhou Chuxuan with burning eyes.

"Pass on my order. Soldiers, stand guard around the East Palace. If you spot anyone sneaking around, kill them!"

Zhou Chuxuan said in a deep voice, "Also, I will submit a letter to my father, saying that I have had nightmares for the past two days, and I have been dreaming that someone wants to kill me!"

"I can't rest day or night. I beg for your protection, Father!"

As long as he succeeded in attracting Emperor Wu's attention, the Crown Prince would never dare to act rashly.

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand: "You go take care of these two things first! I will take care of the rest!"

"it is good!"

Erhu looked at Zhou Chuxuan deeply, and an inexplicable excitement surged in his heart. He seemed to be very sure that the person in front of him could really bring down the prince.

"Any other questions?" Zhou Chuxuan was stunned and glanced at the dazed Erhu.

"No more! The lives of us brothers are in your hands, I hope you won't take it lightly!"

"Haha, of course not, my life is involved in it!"

Not long after Erhu left, Xu Hanyan came in, sat in front of the bronze mirror, took off her makeup, and prepared to go to bed.

Zhou Chuxuan gently came to sit next to Xu Hanyan. Now she no longer resisted because it was useless to resist.

She glanced at Zhou Chuxuan and continued to comb her long hair.

"Sister Hanyan, tell me, if I ask the Xu family to divorce me, what will the Xu family do?"