It turned out that Xu Yi had no connections at all in the Evil Court's central government. Once he arrived, he was completely in the dark, and he had sought out Chen Tingjun precisely to get himself up to speed.
Chen Tingjun had thought it was something serious. He was eager to befriend Suijie.
So he led Suijie around the Western Imperial Mansion, explaining things as they went.
At the end, he even took Suijie out of the Western Imperial Mansion to stroll around Green Hill Plains.
It turned out that, aside from the Two Saints' Immortal Palace, the Evil Court's central government was mainly divided into five Imperial Mansions.
These five Imperial Mansions were equivalent to the Three Provinces and Nine Divisions of the Northern and Southern Heavenly Courts.
The Central Imperial Mansion was directly responsible for the Two Saints' Immortal Palace.
The Eastern Imperial Mansion oversaw personnel, the Southern Imperial Mansion controlled financial authority, the Western Imperial Mansion managed law and discipline, and the Northern Imperial Mansion handled military affairs.
Chen Tingjun was a staff officer in the Western Imperial Mansion, ranking above the Director but below the Senior Official.
His status was roughly comparable to that of the Eight Heavenly Kings, but he had the advantage of serving at the center of power. When he visited the territories of local lords, he was often treated with greater deference than the Eight Heavenly Kings.
After they had wandered around for a while, evening fell, and Xu Yi took his leave. Chen Tingjun quietly slipped him a Ruyi Pearl and sent him a thought: "It contains basic information on the central government and the major officials in each region.
"Giving you this thing is a serious breach of protocol. Keep it safe and don't let it get out."
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