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

Looking at the gunpowder that filled the entire secret room, Xu Hanyan's eyes widened instantly, and she looked at Zhou Chuxuan as if he were a fool: "This is under our bedroom. Why are you piling up so much gunpowder? Do you think you can't die quickly enough?"

"Cough cough!"

Zhou Chuxuan spat out the tea he had just drunk and gave Xu Hanyan a speechless look: "Your secret room is so cool, how could it explode?"

"Then you can't get so much gunpowder here... Hey, that's not right, where did you get the gunpowder?" Xu Hanyan suddenly reacted, looking Zhou Chuxuan up and down with a suspicious look.

"In the capital, the only places with gunpowder are the royal gunpowder factories. There may be a few small workshops among the people, but small workshops definitely don't have such a large supply of gunpowder. Could you have stolen the gunpowder from the gunpowder factory?"

Seeing Xu Hanyan's shocked look, Zhou Chuxuan walked around behind her and slapped her hips in anger: "What do you mean by stealing? How can you call it stealing something that belongs to you?"

"I just remembered that the gunpowder you asked me for before was far from enough for you to use so lavishly. So, this isn't your first time?"

"Ahem, these are my own things. I'm just borrowing them!" Zhou Chuxuan looked at the roof, pretending to think. He pinched his chin with two fingers and smiled, "Even if the emperor knew, I used them for legitimate purposes and he wouldn't blame me!"

As they were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door: "Your Highness, General Murong from the Royal Gunpowder Factory is here! She seems... furious. Many of our brothers have been scolded by her!"

"General Murong?"

Zhou Chuxuan and Xu Hanyan exchanged a glance, and then Xu Hanyan smiled softly and said, "Let's go and take a look. General Murong is a great beauty!"

"What's wrong with beauty? I've always been indifferent to beauty!" Zhou Chuxuan shrugged his nose and said seriously, "Crown Princess, please don't make random assumptions!"

"you......"

At this time, Murong Xue was sitting in the reception hall of the East Palace with an angry look on her face. Her eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and her cold face did not have a trace of emotion, as if she was a natural iceberg.

The cold aura made the maids serving tea and water around tremble, fearing that if they were not careful, they would not see the sun tomorrow.

This General Murong had fought on the battlefield in the past, but later he offended Emperor Wu in the court, was stripped of his hat and feather, and was demoted to guard the gunpowder factory.

It is said that although Murong Xue is a woman, she is unparalleled in martial arts and is smart, but she has a cold personality and is extremely strict with her soldiers in the military camp.

Once anyone is found escaping or violating military regulations, he will be beaten with a stick at the very least, or beheaded at the worst, with no leniency. Over the years, his reputation still frightens countless soldiers in the barracks.

When Zhou Chuxuan stepped into the hall, he immediately saw the woman sitting on the chair in the middle of the hall. His eyes lit up and he stopped to look at her.

She is in her early thirties, which is the age of a mature woman. Her plump and round figure is enough to make any man in the world fall in love with her. Her legs are straight and long.

Her face was handsome and delicate, like a fairy descending from the heavens, but she was so cold that no one dared to approach her.

"General Murong, I've kept you waiting for a long time! I'm really sorry. The Crown Princess and I had some important things to do just now. Sorry!" Zhou Chuxuan was stunned for two seconds before stepping into the hall.

Hearing Zhou Chuxuan's voice, Murong Xue stood up suddenly, with two cold rays of light in her eyes, not hiding Zhou Chuxuan's identity as the Crown Prince at all.

"Your Highness, I have come here for no other reason than one thing! As the crown prince of the dynasty, don't you know that gunpowder is a nationally prohibited item? Private possession is forbidden!"

Zhou Chuxuan sat down in a chair leisurely, picked up the teapot and gently poured a cup of tea. He took a sip and smiled, "Of course I know, but this gunpowder is very useful to me! General Murong is very strict, so I can only resort to this last resort!"

"you!"

Murong Xue's beautiful eyes widened instantly, and a chilling aura rushed towards her. "Your Highness, this is theft! Theft! Do you know what the consequences will be if the gunpowder is not handled properly?"

In the five years since she took charge of the gunpowder factory, there has been almost no mistake. Only in the past month or so, there have been frequent cases of gunpowder theft.

The most crucial thing is that as time went on, the thieves became less and less willing to conceal their identity. They simply treated the guards as fools and made a fake note, saying it was a handwritten order from His Majesty!

Zhou Chuxuan coughed lightly a few times to hide his embarrassment, then waved his hand, signaling all the maids in the room to leave. These palace maids immediately left the hall as if they had been pardoned.

"Of course I know! But, I had no choice but to do this! I hope General Murong can be lenient and not tell my father!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan still sitting in a chair drinking tea as if nothing had happened, Murong Xue said angrily, "You are the crown prince of the Wu Dynasty. You're fiddling with something as dangerous as gunpowder every day. What would happen to the Wu Dynasty if you got hurt or met with an accident?"

"Pfft! Cough cough cough!"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of tea, coughed violently a few times, looked at Murong Xue as if she were an idiot, the corners of his mouth twitched wildly, and he put down the teacup helplessly.

I finally understand why this girl was demoted to the gunpowder factory. The problem lies in her mouth. She really can't beat around the bush!

"General Murong, since you don't want my men to frequently enter and exit the gunpowder factory, then I have only one condition. As long as you get me a thousand kilograms of gunpowder, I promise that I will never enter again within a year!" Zhou Chuxuan said with a smile.

"What? Your Highness, you are kidding, right?" Murong Xue's eyes slowly widened and she looked at Zhou Chuxuan in disbelief.

A thousand kilograms of gunpowder?

Let’s not talk about whether the gunpowder factory can produce a thousand kilograms of gunpowder within a year. Even if it can, it can only guarantee that Zhou Chuxuan will not come to steal for a year!

"This thousand kilograms of gunpowder is..."

Before Murong Xue could finish, Zhou Chuxuan stood up and handed her the half-finished tea. "General Murong, I have only one request! If you really don't agree, you can go talk to my father!"

"Of course, I don't recommend you go!"

After saying that, Zhou Chuxuan strode out of the reception hall and waved to the maid beside him: "Go, prepare a bucket of hot water for General Murong, and take a bath in the East Palace!"

“It smells a bit!”

"Yes!"

Murong Xue stared outside the door with wide eyes, then lowered her head and sniffed in disbelief.

"Smell?"