Did Yosef know the "Behind the Scenes?"

When Yosef was thrown into a pit and eventually sold as a slave, most people never stop to think about what he thought was going on. Did Yosef actually know what was happening? Surely he must have had mixed emotions. His father sent him out to check on his brothers, and then before he knew what was happening he was thrown in a pit. Perhpas he thought that his father had planned for this to happen all along; after all, he was the one who had told him to check on his brothers. Maybe Yosef thought his brothers and father were planning this all along. He might have also guessed that the brothers acted on their own.
On another note, when the brothers tell Yaakov that Yosef was killed, Yaakov mourns and plays the part rather convincingly. After the brothers come back the first time from Egypt and ask to being Binyamin, Yaakov's response hints that he may have known more than he let on before. He says that his son is  "not with him" with the same phrase that he uses to show that Shimon is not with them at the moment, because he is currently somewhere else. Yaakov very well may have sent Yosef to his brothers that day because he knew what was going to happen, and that in order to ensure their good future it had to. He may have also known that it was G-d's will and for the best.