With the financial support of the Xu family, the crown prince's position will be stable.
It was also because of the support of the Xu family that the princes of the Zhao family acquiesced in letting Shen Linglong succeed him.
The prince did so with his own careful consideration.
But what he never expected was that Lu Yu would emerge from nowhere and become the first in the literary test.
"Fortunately, Zhang Xuance is the invigilator. If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid the prince would have been really frightened."
In Pei Tianguang's previous information, all the main officials of the six departments were introduced, and Lu Yu also knew about Zhang Xuance.
This is an upright and almost stubborn minister. With him around, it is absolutely impossible for the prince to succeed.
After reading the secret letter, Lu Yu frowned slightly.
In this way, he seemed to be the opposite of the prince.
However, he was not worried about the prince. Even his father, the mighty Emperor Taigan, was defeated by him, and he did not care about the prince.
He was worried about the entire royal family's attitude towards the Xu family.
Lu Yu originally thought that this was just a simple family, and the clan leader was only at the Realm Lord level.
But now it seems that the Xu family can not only force the royal family to take the throne, but also make the royal family spare no effort to win them over in order to take the throne.
It seems that the royal family is not the Zhao family, but the Xu family.
"Since when have there been more families like the Xu family in this world? Xu Guizong, I have underestimated you."
Lu Yu shook his head and burned the secret message in his hand.
The ninth day of March, Imperial Capital!
This day is the imperial martial arts examination and the last round of assessment in the general examination.
Juren who stand out from various places in the heaven, as well as geniuses recommended by the Imperial College and the five major academies, will gather here on this day to take part in the martial arts test.
Compared to the deserted literary examination, the martial arts examination was much more lively. Before daybreak, the entire Tianwu Long Street was packed with people standing shoulder to shoulder.
The Royal Guards had been stationed on both sides of the road early to maintain order.
These people are different from the soldiers in the four major camps outside. Those who can be selected to join the Forbidden Army are all elites in the army. Here, from generals to soldiers, they have experienced hundreds of battles and are filled with evil spirits.
In line with the strict and cold armor on his body, he stood there, even if he didn't say anything, he was not angry and intimidated, and he didn't dare to have anyone else approach him.
Most of those who can walk on the streets are those who have passed the martial arts test.
After a group of people were eliminated from the literary examination, there are still 300,000 people taking part in the martial arts examination. As long as they can successfully pass the martial arts examination, they can obtain the status of tribute soldiers and participate in the next palace examination.
Different from the literary test, the martial test takes place in only one place, and that is the Pointing Field located directly east of the Imperial Capital.
This is the place where the emperor personally inspects the army and dispatches troops. It covers an extremely large area, with war flags fluttering around it, and can accommodate millions of people gathered here.
At this time, the military field has been surrounded by the forbidden army, and it is so watertight that outsiders cannot easily detect it even with their spiritual sense.
Around the military field, there was also a group of dragon guards in golden robes, who were specially designed to monitor the imperial army and officials.
At this time, Shen Linglong was still on the front line, conducting the military expedition in person. When the emperor was away, they acted as the prince. If a powerful person dared to invade without authorization, they could kill him first and report later.
It was at this time that Lu Yu came outside the military field.