The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

"They can't get close to the Grand Council, but we don't have the troubles of the Imperial Guard." In the pavilion of the garden outside Beijing, Lu Sheng smiled and shook his head while holding the teacup.

On the fifth day after Sheng Yuan returned to Beijing, the three of them finally got together.

Lu Sheng put down the teacup and looked at Sheng Yuan seriously: "The Nine City Military Office has been acting more and more recklessly recently. It has stretched its hand too far, which will inevitably make all parties in the court think too much."

Sheng Yuan casually picked up a chess piece from the chess jar and fiddled with it silently for a while.

The "recently" that Lu Sheng mentioned probably started from the time when his uncle Sheng Xiangya took over as the chief of the Jiucheng Military Force.

Although my uncle's position as the chief of the Jiucheng Military Force was given by the emperor, to outsiders, it seemed that this was closely related to the queen.

Many people only see the relationship between the Queen and the uncle, and only think that the uncle's indulgence of the Nine Cities Military Mansion was instructed by the Queen.

"If it is really the Queen who is behind this, then it is fine. I am afraid..." Lu Sheng paused and gently shook the clear teacup. "Although we should not make random guesses, if it is for the good of the Queen and the princess, the Military Affairs Camp, the Internal Guards, and the Nine Cities Military Affairs Office should help each other and cooperate for mutual benefit, so as not to give outsiders an opportunity to take advantage of it, and also be worthy of the Emperor."

At this point, he looked at Sheng Yuan who was in deep thought, and added: "I don't think the Queen would ask you to serve as the first deputy governor of the Five Military Command Office for no reason."

"So, the most urgent task is to actually control the five armies as soon as possible!" Sheng Yuan nodded, holding the chess piece firmly with his index and middle fingers, and placed it hard on the chessboard. In an instant, the originally stalemate chess game suddenly became clear.

When An Yu saw this, he hurriedly picked out the black pieces that had been eaten by the white pieces one by one.

"If you ask me, you two are overthinking it. Although Duke Sheng has some small ideas, he is not stupid and has not become senile! Although my old Taishan is annoyed by him, he also knows that the Yongxing Marquis's Mansion and the Sheng's Mansion cannot be torn apart, and the Queen and the Sheng family will rise and fall together. Right now, the most beneficial thing for the two mansions is that the little princess can become the crown prince... So why would Duke Sheng destroy his own future?"

"This is what I can't understand." Lu Sheng agreed with An Yu's statement, but he trusted his own judgment more. "Maybe Duke Sheng failed to control the troops of Jiucheng... Otherwise, it is totally unreasonable that his behavior is contrary to his purpose." "How about I take some time out in the next few days to visit him? Let's talk straight to the point? Maybe the other party has good intentions, but just messed up the matter?" An Yu volunteered, patting his chest.

“It’s not impossible.”

"You will be fooled even if you go there."

Lu Sheng and Sheng Yuan spoke almost at the same time, but what they said were completely different.

An Yu was a little confused: "..."

  So, is he going or not?

Lu Sheng suddenly laughed and suggested to Sheng Yuan: "Yu Ge'er may look eccentric, but he is actually very honest and rarely thinks the worst of others. Let him go and see what's going on."

Sheng Yuan suppressed his laughter and turned to look at the "silly and innocent" in Lu Sheng's eyes: "If you feel it is necessary, then go ahead. The two governments haven't openly fallen out with each other. There's nothing wrong with you, the nephew-in-law, going to see your uncle."

An Yu wanted to protest against these two people, but facing two pairs of smiling eyes, he couldn't help it. He scratched his head and started to smile foolishly.

At this moment, none of the three took the next day's visit seriously.

But no one could have imagined that An Yu, who was thought to have returned empty-handed, actually made some discoveries! (End of this chapter)