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

Chapter 254 Qingtian Academy

Looking at Zhou Shaxuan's murderous eyes, Xu Hanyan couldn't help but take a few steps back again. Even her rosy lips began to turn pale. This fear was engraved in her soul.

It had been a long time since she had seen Zhou Shaxuan, and with Zhou Chuxuan by her side, taking care of her, Xu Hanyan had forgotten a lot about Zhou Shaxuan. However, she would never forget the things that were engraved in her bones.

At the critical moment, Zhou Chuxuan took two steps forward, walked to Xu Hanyan's side, gently stretched out his hand to hold Xu Hanyan in his arms, with a gentle look in his eyes: "Hanyan, I'm here, don't be afraid!"

After these words were spoken, even though Xu Hanyan was still afraid of Zhou Shaxuan, she seemed to feel a warm current flowing in her heart. Gradually, she became bolder and seemed to have more confidence in her heart.

Zhou Shaxuan sneered: "A fake is a fake, and a fake is fake. It can never be real! You can only use what I have left! Haha!"

"Zhou Shaxuan, do you think you won't die?"

Zhou Chuxuan snorted coldly, came to Zhou Shaxuan with the Emperor's Sword in his hand, and put it on the other's neck.

Feeling the chill on his neck, Zhou Shaxuan sneered: "Zhou Chuxuan, I'll give you the courage, do you dare to do it? Don't think that what Zhou Wuhen said is right! Do you know who Zhou Wuhen is? Do you know what we are doing?"

"You don't know, you know nothing! If you kill me, you will never know! Moreover, this ignorance will lead to your death, and then the entire Wu Dynasty will fall back into our hands! All these people under your command, whether it's Nangong Yanling or the Fuling Army, will die!"

Hearing the increasingly rampant words coming out of Zhou Shaxuan's mouth, Zhou Chuxuan directly stabbed the Emperor's Sword into the opponent's body. Blood flowed out and a sharp pain was transmitted into Zhou Shaxuan's body.

"Haha, Zhou Chuxuan, is this all you have? Come on, kill me!"

Zhou Shaxuan seemed to not care about the pain in his body at all, and was still madly provoking Zhou Chuxuan.

Zhou Chuxuan snorted coldly, as if he had thought of something, and pulled the Emperor Sword out of Zhou Shaxuan's body. Then he waved his hand and said, "Take him away and keep him under strict guard!"

Hongyue and Canxue received the order and immediately stepped forward, escorting Zhou Shaxuan to the backyard and putting on Zhou Shaxuan the handcuffs that Zhou Chuxuan had just made.

When this thing was first made, everyone was shocked. They were just two thin pieces of iron, so why did they have such a binding ability?

Even Nangong Yanling tried to break free for a long time but failed.

"Your Highness, what do you want to do?"

Nangong Yanling naturally noticed Zhou Chuxuan's mood change and hurried forward to ask.

Zhou Chuxuan pondered for a long moment: "Zhou Shaxuan can't die now, at least not now! I can feel that he has a backup plan! He must have a backup plan, and this backup plan is enough to bring us down!"

Murong Xue, who was relatively simple-minded and straightforward, didn't care about many things. She scratched her long hair and said puzzledly, "Your Highness, he's already in our hands. What other cards does he have to deal with us?"

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head: "Don't forget our identities!"

Everyone was instantly shocked and suddenly realized that the people here were all Zhou Chuxuan's confidants, and they naturally knew that Zhou Shaxuan was the real prince. If someone took advantage of this to make a big fuss, they would be in big trouble.

"If you want to use this information to bring me down, or to threaten us, then the speaker must be someone with weight!"

Zhou Chuxuan's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "But, now that Lord Xu is gone, who else has the power to speak with weight?"

Just as Zhou Chuxuan was thinking hard, Xu Hanyan beside him whispered, "Perhaps, this person is not in the court!"

"Ok?"

Everyone was stunned, and then Murong Xue retorted, "Crown Princess, how is this possible? In the current Wu Dynasty, is there anyone whose words carry more weight than those in the court?"

"The Wu Dynasty advocates Confucianism!"

Xu Hanyan said softly, "Many officials and young students of the Wu Dynasty actually studied in the same place! Even the late emperor once praised that place, calling it the Holy Land of the Wu Dynasty!"

"Hmm? The Holy Land of the Wu Dynasty? Could it be that the Crown Princess is talking about the Qingtian Academy?"

Murong Xue was the first to react.

Xu Hanyan nodded. "Twenty miles outside the capital, there's a Qingtian Academy. It covers an area equivalent to half the size of the capital. However, it's hidden in the mountains and only accepts students from all over the world. It's a holy place in everyone's heart!"

"Even many common people believe in it. When they're undecided about something, besides reporting it to the court, they'll go to the Qingtian Academy and talk to the three sages there!"

"These three sages are all Confucian and Taoist masters, proficient in both civil and military affairs. They can even enter and exit the Taiji Palace freely. However, since Zhou Wanjiang came to power, the Qingtian Academy has been closed. Apart from the daily recruitment of students from the public, they have no further dealings with the royal family!"

Zhang Wu, who was playing with copper coins nearby, chuckled and said, "The world is not clean, so clean people naturally don't want to come in!"

The casual words sounded like thunder in Zhou Chuxuan's ears.

If everyone's previous statements were just guesses, Zhang Wu's seemingly casual words now directly confirmed it.

Zhou Chuxuan calmed himself down and said in a deep voice, "We will set off for Qingtian Academy tomorrow! Miss Nangong, Taoist Zhang Wu, please come with me!"

Nangong Yanling naturally had no problem with this, but Zhang Wu waved his hand: "Your Highness, I don't like that kind of place, so I'd better not go!"

Just as Zhou Chuxuan was about to say something, Zhang Wu continued, "I'm at home, so I can help Your Highness look after the house, right?"

Zhou Chuxuan instantly understood what the other party meant. He wanted to watch Zhou Shaxuan and not worry about anyone else.

"That's fine! Then, Hongyue Canxue, the two of you come with me!"

Zhang Wu objected again. "Your Highness, these two girls are burdened with blood debts. Are you sure you want them to go together? If they go together, I'm sure those three sages will beat you out!"

"Forehead!"

Zhou Chuxuan's tone paused slightly, but he had to admit this fact and nodded: "Then, Miss Nangong, please come with me!"

After pondering for a while, Zhou Chuxuan seemed to have thought of something and looked at Taoist Zhang Wu: "Master, could you please come with me?"