Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

"You, you..." Yun Zhanfei watched the two of them singing hand in hand, and jumped in anger.

"Okay, Chu Zhuang, don't tease big brother."

Yu Wenhong looked at Yun Zhanfei who was anxious and annoyed to explain, sighed slightly in his heart, and opened his mouth to help him.

Chuzhuang and Yunmengxi let Yun Zhanfei go and did not continue this topic.

Yun Zhanfei wiped the sweat from his forehead and heaved a sigh of relief. Shangguan Shuang's face appeared in his mind, and the blush on his face that had finally dissipated could not help reappearing.

"How is the situation in the household department?" Yu Wenhong asked about the business.

They came to the door at this time because they knew that Chu Zhuang had finished handling the affairs of the household department, so they came here on purpose.

"It's all settled, the emperor should also send someone else to deal with the local affairs."

Chu Zhuang briefly talked about the situation of the household department.

Yunmengxi sat beside Chu Zhuang, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Before, he was worried that Chu Zhuang would be sent out by Yu Wenchang. There are so many prefectures and counties in the country. If Chu Zhuang really wanted to investigate, what year and month would he have to find out?

He was worried that Chu Zhuang would be exhausted.

"How is the situation in the court?" Chu Zhuang asked.

He stayed in the household department for two months and didn't come out. With such a big turmoil outside, he really didn't know the current situation.

"People in the eldest prince's party have been keeping a low profile recently. Those who used to be active in the court have been silent these days, and some of them have switched to the princeling party."

Yu Wenhong frowned and said: "The prince's power has grown rapidly recently."

The eldest prince's party has been hit hard now, and this is undoubtedly a very good opportunity for Yu Wenhong to rise up.

During this period of time, Yu Wenhong did not waste such an opportunity, he won over many courtiers, and his prestige in the court was faintly surpassing that of the eldest prince Yu Wenming.

"Chu Zhuang, we all know the prince's ambitions. Now that he is powerful, plus that secret path, if he succeeds in forcing the palace, the consequences..."

Yu Wenhong frowned, his eyes full of worry.

"Second brother, have you written down the distribution of the guards in the palace?" Chu Zhuang asked after thinking about it.

Earlier, Chu Zhuang asked Huiming to send a message to Yu Wenhong and Yunmengxi.

Let them investigate the distribution of guards in the palace, Yu Wenhong is in charge of the front court, and Yunmengxi is in charge of the harem.

"Well, although I don't know, I still know roughly."

Yu Wenhong and Yunmengxi looked at each other and nodded. Yu Wenhong took out a map from his purse.

Earlier, when they were exploring the palace at night from the tunnel, they had already drawn the topography of the palace.

On this basis, Yu Wenhong and the others marked the distribution of guards.

"Chu Zhuang, what do you want to do with this?"

Yun Zhanfei lay on the table, looked at the map, and suddenly thought of something, raised his eyes to look at Chu Zhuang in horror and asked: "Chu Zhuang, don't you also want to force the palace?"

Yunmengxi and Yuwenhong's complexion changed slightly when they heard the word forced palace, but neither of them said anything. Obviously, no matter what decision Chu Zhuang made, they would support it.

"Forcing the palace?"

Chu Zhuang frowned and said: "The situation is so good now, what should I force the palace to do? Isn't it more legitimate for the emperor to pass the throne to the second brother?"

The throne obtained by forcing the palace is not stable and will be criticized by others, why bother?

"Then you are?"

Hearing Chu Zhuang's answer, the three of them were slightly relieved.

If possible, they are really unwilling to go to that step.

"I suspect that the emperor knows the existence of the underground secret passage."

Chu Zhuang looked at the map on the table, and asked Yu Wenhong to take out the authentic distribution map. After comparing the two, he showed a thoughtful expression.

"The emperor knows the secret way?!"

The three of them were shocked when they heard this.

"Impossible, if the emperor really knew, how could he allow Jing Heng to dig a tunnel under his feet?!" Yun Zhanfei spoke quickly and immediately retorted.

"Because the emperor wants to stabilize the situation in the DPRK and China, and cannot make outlandish things."

Chu Zhuang understood this, the Sima family was the only one, if something happened to Yu Wenjing again, then he would have no way to check and balance the Sima family in the court.

"Looking at the distribution of troops, the Taihe Palace is so densely surrounded that there is no way to dig tunnels in."

Chu Zhuang pointed to the distribution of troops on the map. After some explanations from him, Yu Wenhong and others realized that something was wrong.

Except for the Prince's East Palace and the Queen's Xianfu Palace, the other exits of the tunnel are located in very remote places.

And I don't know whether it was intentional or not, there are heavy guards between Xianfu Palace and Taihe Palace. As for the East Palace, it is close to the palace wall and guarded by the Imperial Forest Army.

If you really come out of the tunnel, no matter which exit you take, you will have no way to rush into the Taihe Palace and force the palace.

"Moreover, I heard that the emperor has never left the Taiji Palace in these years, and even worshiped the ancestors, he was replaced by the prince." Chu Zhuang looked at the crowd and said.

"This……"

Yu Wenhong was stunned, and said: "But, everyone said that the father wanted to save the state treasury, so he didn't want to work hard."

For the emperor to travel, it must require a large amount of expenses. The treasury has no money, and Yu Wenchang is unwilling to waste money, so he is unwilling to leave the palace.

Chu Zhuang smiled when he heard the words, wouldn't it cost much for the prince to travel instead?

And if it's really that poor, how come there are so many guards in this palace?

And I heard that Yu Wenchang still has a shadow guard in his hand, no one knows how many people are there, and those around Yu Wenhong were all given to him by Yu Wenchang.

Raising bodyguards and shadow guards is a huge expense, so Yu Wenchang won't feel bad about money now?

"This……"

Yunmengxi thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Actually, I feel that the Queen Mother also knows."

"Ok?"

Several people looked at Yunmengxi in surprise.

"Didn't Chuzhuang ask me to inquire about the guards in the harem? I told the queen mother that I wanted to wander around the palace. Aunt Xuan was with me at the time. My aunt stopped me..."

Yunmengxi didn't notice anything at the time, and even if he had a good personality, he wouldn't go if Aunt Xuan told him not to go.

But now hearing what Chu Zhuang said, Yunmengxi immediately noticed something was wrong.

How could it be such a coincidence?

After going there twice in a row, Aunt Xuan stopped him?

"Then do you think the emperor knows about the empress and Jing Heng?" Yun Zhanfei asked suddenly.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, without speaking.

If it is said that Yu Wenchang can endure even this, then it has to be said that Yu Wenchang's city mansion is too deep.

"There is no need to worry about the prince's affairs for the time being."

Chu Zhuang coughed slightly, breaking the calm.

Once the matter between the queen and Jing Heng is exposed, the throne and the crown prince Yu Wenjing will be completely out of luck.

So as long as Yu Wenjing can't force the palace, then he is not someone Yu Wenhong needs to be afraid of.

Compared to Yu Wenjing, Chu Zhuang was more worried about the Sima family.

"How is the Sima family doing? Is there any movement?" Chu Zhuang asked.

"I found out that the Sima family is transferring property from Dongfeng Mansion."

When Chu Zhuang asked about this, Yu Wenhong immediately brought it up.

"Where did you go?" Chu Zhuang immediately asked after hearing the words.

"The shadow guard followed them. There is no news yet, but they are going south." Yu Wenhong responded.

"Going to the south..."

Chu Zhuang frowned, not understanding what the Sima family meant by doing so.

"Where's Sima Jincheng? Did they make any moves?" Chu Zhuang asked again.

"No, I had people watch Sima Jincheng all day long, and the Sima family didn't send anyone to contact him." Yu Wenhong shook his head.

"Not right."

Chu Zhuang narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and asked, "Second brother, do you have a map of the whole country?"

"Here, we have a map of the north."

Yun Tingfeng is the champion, he needs to march and fight, of course he has a map in his hand.

It's just that their land is mainly in the north, so most of the maps are also in the north.

Yun Zhan flew back to the mansion and took out the map.

Chu Zhuang looked at the map in his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Did you find anything else?" Yun Zhanfei didn't understand, and asked Yu Wenhong and Yun Mengxi.

The two shook their heads. If they could see clearly, they would not have come to ask Chu Zhuang now.

"Who do these border cities belong to?"

Suddenly, Chu Zhuang's mind moved, and he looked at the two of them and asked.

"It's from the First Prince's faction." Yun Zhanfei said immediately.

They are extremely disgusted with these people, because these civil servants always do not cooperate with them and often make trouble.

Because they also missed the military situation many times.

Fortunately, Yu Wenchang supported Yun Tingfeng very much, gave Yun Tingfeng a lot of power, and even allowed him to cut first and play later, so the situation stabilized.

"Are all the people here from the eldest prince's party?"

Chu Zhuang pointed to a route, and suddenly asked.

"Yes, the crown prince has no one in his hands. The emperor's people are all in the central government. Even if the local officials are not from the eldest prince's party, they are biased towards them." Yu Wenhong explained.

Otherwise, why do you say that the Sima family has power over the government?

So much so that even if the Sima family had suffered such a fatal blow, Yu Wenchang didn't touch them.

"what happened?"

Seeing Chu Zhuang's increasingly dignified expression, Yu Wenhong's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly asked.

"If it's really what I think, then the situation may be more dangerous than we imagined."

Chu Zhuang frowned.

"How to say?"

The three looked at Chu Zhuang nervously.

"The Sima family is hurt, will they be willing to do nothing like this? Once they interpret it, they can definitely fight back."

Chu Zhuang squinted his eyes, looked solemnly, looked at the few people and said, "The calmer you are now, the bigger the chessboard they are planning!"

There might be some terrifying conspiracy hidden behind this!