"Chunmei was so unusual today because Su Ruowei was looking for her. When Qingzhu and I followed her secretly, we heard Su Ruowei mention that you were responsible for the Xuancheng corruption case."
"If you want to know the detailed process, let Qingzhu come in and talk to you."
After listening to Su Qianxi's explanation, Mo Zechen readily admitted his mistake.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to doubt you, but this matter is of great importance. I hope you can understand."
Then Mo Zechen frowned, "But - where did Su Ruowei know this news? Did Prime Minister Su tell her?"
The Xuancheng corruption case had a great impact. When His Majesty found out, he summoned him and Prime Minister Su to the palace overnight.
After His Majesty first learned about the affairs in Xuancheng, he sent someone to investigate the information and found that there were problems with the transfer of officials in Xuancheng.
In Yun Dynasty, the transfer of local officials usually lasted for three to five years. If they made merit, they could be promoted and transferred in advance.
However, none of the officials sent to Xuancheng have been transferred within the past five years.
If nothing else, if no one had covered up this matter for the Xuancheng officials, His Majesty would be the first to not believe it.
If one or two people forget to transfer, it can be said that the official responsible for the matter is negligent, but if they all forget to transfer, then it is definitely a deliberate act.
His Majesty suspects that there must be someone in the capital acting as a protective umbrella for Xuancheng officials, and anyone who can do this must have a prerequisite, and that is to be powerful.
But there are some powerful officials who are promoted by His Majesty’s own trust, and those who are not trusted by Your Majesty for various reasons, but their abilities are really outstanding and they have to be promoted. However, His Majesty has always sent people behind the scenes. Surveillance.
The former represents His Majesty's misunderstanding, and the latter represents the person who is feared by His Majesty. He has made many small moves secretly, but His Majesty has never noticed.
No matter what kind of problem it is, for His Majesty, it is no less than a slap in the face.
In this case, the only ones who will not be suspected by His Majesty are him and Prime Minister Su.
Your Majesty trusts him because of his dead parents, and Prime Minister Su - he is a pure minister.
Although Prime Minister Su is unclear about family affairs, he is a loyal supporter of His Majesty in the court.
Even if he becomes the Prime Minister who is the head of the officials, he will not win over the courtiers to become his influence, nor will he have any private contact with the adult prince, so His Majesty still trusts Prime Minister Su.
In the end, His Majesty decided that he would be responsible for going to Xuancheng to investigate official corruption, while Prime Minister Su wanted to conduct a secret investigation in the capital to see who had private contact with officials in Xuancheng.
Prime Minister Su was one of the very few people who knew that he was going to Xuancheng to investigate official corruption, so Mo Zechen's first reaction was that Su Honghe informed Su Ruowei of this matter.
"No, Prime Minister Su will not do this."
But before Su Qianxi could speak, Mo Zechen himself denied this possibility.
Even if Su Honghe dotes on Su Ruowei, he should have some restraint.
Your Majesty is currently very angry because of the corruption scandal involving Xuancheng officials. As long as officials from aristocratic families in the capital hold real power, in His Majesty's opinion, they may be accomplices of Xuancheng officials.
, As long as Su Honghe is in his right mind, it is impossible to tell Su Ruowei this matter.
"According to what you said, there are very few people who know about your investigation of corruption in Xuancheng. So Su Ruowei really shouldn't know about it."
"But she happened to know."
Su Qianxi paused for a moment, then said in a shallow voice, as if she was guessing casually, but also as if she was determined, "Tell me - could the person who told Su Ruowei this matter have secret connections with officials in Xuancheng?"
Mo Zechen nodded slightly, "It is indeed possible."
Seeing that Mo Zechen agreed with her guess, a faint smile flashed across Su Qianxi's eyes, and then she spoke.
"But Su Ruowei's circle is only so big. Recently, Su Ruowei was exposed by me that she had been expelled from the Su family a long time ago. The powerful people in the family are all very shrewd people, and they have basically drawn a clear line with her."
"As far as I know, apart from Wu Qilan of the Wu family, the only one who continues to be friends with her is probably her lover who cannot be known to others - His Highness Shen Jinchuan."
Su Qianxi deliberately emphasized the words Shen Jinchuan in her tone of voice.
Mo Zechen did not let down Su Qianxi's hard work. He frowned and looked at Su Qianxi with his dark eyes.
"Do you suspect that this matter has something to do with the third prince?"
"I wonder if the prince has ever heard of a saying called darkness under the lamp."
Su Qianxi smiled slightly. She was not doubtful. She was 100% sure that this matter was related to Shen Jinchuan!
“Sometimes, the most unlikely people are often the most likely ones.”
Mo Zechen didn't say anything else, he just narrowed his eyes slightly and unconsciously turned the jade ring in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Before, I would have never suspected that Shen Jinchuan was involved in this matter.
But Shen Jinchuan exposed his ambitions at the Princess Mansion a few days ago, and Mo Zechen had already sent people to secretly investigate everything Shen Jinchuan had done.
Although the time was short and not much could be found, judging from the information reported by his subordinates, Mo Zechen was certain that Shen Jinchuan was indeed not as indifferent to fame and fortune as he seemed in the past.
His ambition is not inferior to other princes in the court. He is even more greedy, wanting power and fame.
It is not scary for a person to pretend to be harmless for a period of time. What is scary is that he has been pretending to be harmless for more than ten years and deceived everyone. It is self-evident how deep the scheming of such a person is.
If Shen Jinchuan had already known about the corruption of Xuancheng officials and had intervened, he would not have been able to sit back and wait for death.
Based on Shen Jinchuan's understanding of the emperor, it was not difficult to guess that the emperor might ask him to handle this matter.
Su Ruowei and Shen Jinchuan were secretly communicating with each other behind the scenes. In order to help Shen Jinchuan, Su Ruowei could only let Chunmei, who was placed next to Su Qianxi, take action, which made sense.
Thinking like this, everything can be connected in series.
Su Qianxi watched the changes in Mo Zechen's expression. From the initial contemplation to the final understanding, she knew that Mo Zechen had listened to what she said.
"Your Majesty, I have already explained everything I need to explain. Now, can you agree to what I just said about going to Xuancheng with you?"
Su Qianxi asked Mo Zechen with a sweet look on her face if he could take her with him.
She didn't know much about the corruption of officials in Xuancheng. After all, she had no interest in these things in her previous life.
The only thing she knew was that Mo Zechen would end up seriously injured and almost lost because of going to Xuancheng.
When something happened to Mo Zechen, Shen Jinchuan got a big advantage.
