The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

Yunzhou City!

The night in Yunzhou during the cold winter is colorful, even brighter than the daytime.

The city's streets and alleys crisscrossed, houses lined up one after another, and shops and taverns were everywhere. In the cold wind, there was a constant stream of people, and luxury cars, pearl curtains, jade and jade were interspersed among them.

In the restaurants and eateries, the moon was already at its zenith, and the drunken young men, scholars, and businessmen were still drinking and partying.

In front of the Qinlou and Chuguan, the prostitutes in red clothes, green sleeves and heavy makeup looked like fairies in the dim lights, making countless amorous young men linger.

The Lanyun River meanders around Yunzhou City, with hundreds of pleasure boats moored on its banks. Standing on the riverbank, the gently rippling water reflects the dazzling lights of the boats, creating a bizarre and beautiful painting in the night.

The painted boats were several levels higher than those brothels. Those who came here for entertainment were all people of high status in the city. Ordinary people and merchants could not get on the painted boats without a permit.

The Peony Boat is the largest and most luxurious flower boat here. It is three stories high, and the first and second floors are already crowded.

The top floor was completely different from the bottom floor. It was deserted with only a table full of banquets. There were only two men and one woman sitting at the table, and four beautiful maids stood behind them.

The man at the top was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a dark blue robe. He had a straight face and upright features, and even from where he was sitting, one could tell he was tall. This man was Lu Chengze.

On his left was the pleasure boat owner Lin Meir, and on his right was Lu Chengze's most capable subordinate Huang Tai.

Lin Mei'er was wearing a red, soft gauze that tightly wrapped around her slender figure. She bent her upper body and pressed against Lu Chengze.

Lu Chengze held her waist with one hand, and the soft and tender voice entered his ears, making him feel numb all over.

"Master Lu! I've already sent people to investigate. The entire mine has indeed collapsed, but Kang Shao and Yuan Shi'an are nowhere to be found."

Lu Chengze drank slowly, but his expression did not look good.

"Hmph! Just two losers. They wasted five whole years of my time and couldn't even crack the door. They also wasted so many of my manpower. They deserve to die!"

Huang Tai said with a worried look on his face: "We must see the body, alive or dead. We must give an explanation to Prince Yong's Mansion!"

Lu Chengze said nonchalantly, "What do you want to confess? They dare to make demands on me with their impoverished Yong Palace. If I hadn't shouldered all the blame back then, Yong Palace would have ceased to exist long ago."

Huang Tai nodded, thinking that what Lu Chengze said made sense: "Master Lu! Could this mine collapse be related to that person? Maybe it's also related to the Queen."

Lin Mei'er straightened up after hearing this. She flicked her handkerchief and said coquettishly, "I said all those years ago that there's no good person in the Imperial City. She must have deliberately leaked the jade pendant to us, asking us to dig her grave, and now what happened? She's demolishing the bridge before we even cross it."

Lu Chengze's expression was stern: "Cooperating with them was just a temporary solution."

Lu Chengze's eyes slowly grew eager. "They don't know we have the crown prince's descendants in our hands. As long as we get the jade pendant, we can naturally raise an army. Everyone in the world will support us, and our great cause will be within our grasp."

The eagerness in his eyes turned to anger. "The bad thing is that we hired two idiots, spent five years, and couldn't even open the door."

Lin Mei'er sighed and said, "I heard that the tomb of Crown Prince Shao Jun was designed and built by the three elders of Xuantian Palace. I can't blame them, they don't have the ability."

Huang Tai lowered his eyelids. "I really can't understand. The current crown prince is Queen Shang's biological son. Why would she want to sacrifice her eldest son's life in exchange for her youngest son's becoming the crown prince? This is too unusual. I'm afraid there must be a trick."

"Why?" Lu Chengze's eyes were cold, but a sarcastic smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "You don't understand the hearts of the women in the palace. Do you know why the women in the harem use all means and fight for favor? Why?"

Isn't it for power? To be able to rule the country as the mother, so that one day their sons can sit on the throne of the emperor, so that they can be queen mothers in glory.

But, she is already the queen, and her son is already the prince, so why is she still making such a fuss? The two looked at Lu Chengze in confusion.

Lu Chengze said with disgust, "They entered the palace so that their families could become extremely powerful, enjoy eternal wealth and splendor, and even control the court and hold all the power. So, what if they have biological sons? If they are disobedient and difficult to control, they are just abandoned children and must be eliminated as soon as possible."

So that's how it is. They both sighed. No wonder people say that the current crown prince is not close to his maternal family.

Therefore, what the queen wanted was a son who could bring benefits to her natal family.

As a woman, Lin Meir couldn't help but complain that this woman was so cruel and a complete vicious woman.

Huang Tai: "The current crown prince is indeed not someone who will be manipulated by others. We still underestimated him. Master Lu, have you ever thought about how he escaped from the mine? I have always suspected that he was not in a drunken dream at all."

"Impossible!" Lin Mei'er was furious at the mention of this. She pinched her slender waist and angrily scolded, "I personally administered the poison, how could it not work? I get angry just thinking about it. I sacrificed so many girls just to poison him. Humph! In the end, I could only bribe the secret guards around him to successfully poison him."

Lu Chengze patted Lin Mei'er's shoulders comfortingly. "I know, of course I know. The power behind this prince is unfathomable. Even though he was poisoned, he has someone protecting him. I also sent countless experts to kill him, but none of them returned."

"Master Lu, are you talking about the Dragon Shadow Guard?"

"Oh! Dragon Shadow Guards, I think they're just a bunch of wimps!" Lu Chengze said disdainfully, "They're just a few weaklings who can be bribed with just a little trick. If it were just these people, the Crown Prince wouldn't have needed us to poison him, he would have been killed by the Queen long ago."

"Why do you think the Queen asked us for help? Isn't it because she is helpless and can't kill him?"

Lin Mei'er's eyes flickered as she smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, Master Lu. As long as he's still alive, we at Mudanfang will be able to find out about him."

A deep cold light condensed in Lu Chengze's eyes: "I always feel that he has not left, and he must be hiding near Yongkang County."

He took another gulp of his wine. "Speaking of Yongkang County, why hasn't the epidemic spread to Yunzhou yet?"

Huang Tai frowned. "We released the poison in Chunshui Town. When I arrived, all the major pharmacies and clinics in Chunshui Town were overcrowded. It was hard to find medicine. I heard that several villages near Chunshui Town were in chaos."

Lin Mei'er said, "But I heard that many people went to Daxing Town to seek medical treatment, and some people there were infected. Unfortunately, the county magistrate quickly ordered Daxing Town to be sealed off, and the disease did not spread to Yongkang."

Lu Chengze: "Didn't the Yongkang County Magistrate just take office? He reacts quite quickly. Then let's send some poisonous people to Yongkang County."

Huang Tai: "Master Lu, Yongkang County might have already been sealed off. Why don't we just put it in Jiangzhou Prefecture? That way it will spread faster."

A stern look flashed across Lu Chengze's eyes. "How can a mere Jiangzhou attract the attention of the imperial court? I will make the entire land of Qinan plague rampant and corpses lie everywhere."

He took a big gulp of wine, his eyes were red, and he laughed maniacally like a bloodthirsty devil.

"Hahaha! I want to see if he can still sit on the throne. Hahaha, hahaha... I, Lu Chengze, will finally fight back."

He downed another glass of wine and said, "I'm going to Yongkang myself."