The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

"Sister Yuan?"

Seeing that Sheng Yuan had fallen silent since he repeated the nursery rhyme, An Yu suppressed his curiosity and waited for a moment before calling out softly.

"..." Sheng Yuan gently rubbed his thumb and index finger, looking at it without knowing what he was trying to figure out. It was not until he heard An Yu talking that he paused and looked over, "Yu'er, how long have you thought this nursery rhyme has been around?"

An Yu thought about Cheng Dong's report and said, "It's hard to tell exactly when this song came out, but... it's been sung by children in the streets for about half a month."

Sheng Yuan nodded: "Half a month? I have been in office in the Five Military Command Office for more than half a month."

"Huh? Could it be aimed at you?" When An Yu thought of this possibility, his anger suddenly surged.

"Aiming at me? You probably overestimated me this time! I think it's just Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword to target Pei Gong!" Sheng Yuan tapped the table with two fingers, "I'm afraid the sword is aimed at the queen and the princess."

She bit her lip lightly. "However, with the capabilities of the Internal Guards, the palace should have known about this nursery rhyme long ago...but why are they letting it go now?"

"Well, who can tell what the palace is thinking?" An Yu was stunned, shook his head, and then muttered irritably, "If you ask me, those old men in the cabinet are really worthless! This Jiangchu country belongs to the royal family. What does the emperor choosing an heir to his throne have to do with them?

Throughout the dynasties, no minister had ever dared to openly challenge the emperor on the issue of succession to the throne!

It's totally incomprehensible! It's just that the emperor has a good temper. If it were me, I would have grabbed those old braids and interfered with their inheritance issues!"

"But this method is neither too light nor too heavy, and it doesn't look like the methods used by those in the cabinet!" Sheng Yuan shook his head. "Besides, the imperial power has never been lost, and the Sheng family has never abused power. How much influence can a mere nursery rhyme have? It's just nonsense! If this absurd nursery rhyme can also stir up a storm, I'm afraid the old gentlemen in the cabinet will be restless!"

"It seems to be right!" An Yu was convinced by Sheng Yuan again.

Of course, he still knew nothing about the origin of the nursery rhyme. But Sheng Yuan suddenly had a picture in his mind: "By the way, Yu Ge'er, Cheng Dong didn't know about the nursery rhyme before, how did you know?"

"On my way out, I passed by a teahouse, and my uncle happened to be drinking tea there. When he saw me, he sent someone to call me over to chat for a while."

Sheng Yuan couldn't help rubbing his forehead when he heard this: "Recently, the probability of Duke Sheng's Mansion and Uncle appearing in our ears is too frequent, right?"

An Yu had never really thought about this question before, but after Sheng Yuan reminded him, he laughed out loud: "It's true! But... this couldn't have been done by my uncle and the Shengguo Mansion, right?"

"Who knows?... Forget it! Let's take it one step at a time!" Sheng Yuan pondered for a moment and decided to give up.

She never liked wasting energy on issues that she had no clue about. "I'll submit a memorial to the palace later to remind them."

"That's fine... But we shouldn't let our guard down. Let Chengdong arrange some people to keep a close eye on them, so that we won't be caught off guard if they make a move."

Having said this, they reached a tacit consensus.

Afterwards, one was busy sorting out the government affairs brochures of the Governor's Office, and the other was helping to take notes. No one took the nursery rhyme seriously.

But I didn't expect that some of the listeners were unintentional while others were intentional.

Just as Sheng Yuan was preparing her speech for the upcoming Five Armies Competition, the Censor of the Censorate, who had not bothered her for a long time, could not hold back his excitement after hearing the news and wanted to impeach her. (End of this chapter)