Chapter 60: Darkness Under the Light
"Chunmei is so abnormal today, it is Su Ruowei looking for her, and when Qingzhu and I secretly followed, we all heard Su Ruowei mention that you are responsible for the Xuancheng corruption case."
"If you want to know the detailed process, let Qingzhu come in and tell you."
After listening to Su Qianxi's explanation, Mo Zechen also simply admitted his mistake.
"I'm sorry, this king didn't mean to doubt you, it's just that this matter is very important, I hope you can understand."
Immediately, Mo Zechen frowned, "But-where did Su Ruowei know about this news?" What did Prime Minister Su tell her? ”
The Xuancheng corruption case had a great impact, and His Majesty summoned him and Prime Minister Su Cheng to enter the palace overnight after knowing about it.
After His Majesty first learned about Xuancheng, he asked people to investigate the information and found that there were problems with the transfer of officials in Xuancheng.
In the Yun Dynasty, the transfer of local officials was generally three to five years, and if they made meritorious achievements, they could be promoted and transferred in advance.
However, none of the officials sent to Xuancheng have been transferred in the past five years.
If nothing else is said, let's just say that if no one covers up this matter for the officials of Xuancheng, His Majesty will be the first to believe it.
One or two forgot to be transferred, and it can be said that the officials in charge of this matter were negligent, but all of them forgot to be transferred, then it was definitely intentional.
His Majesty suspects that there must be someone in the capital who acts as the protective umbrella of the Xuancheng officials, and those who can do this must have a premise, that is, they are powerful and powerful.
But powerful officials, one is promoted by His Majesty's own trust, and the other is not trusted by His Majesty for various reasons, but the other party's ability is really outstanding and has to be promoted, but behind the scenes, His Majesty has always sent people to monitor.
The former represents His Majesty's eyes, and the latter represents the people who are feared by His Majesty, and there are a lot of small movements in secret, but His Majesty has never found out.
Whichever one went wrong, for His Majesty, it was no less than being slapped in the face.
In this case, the only ones who will not be suspected by His Majesty are him and Prime Minister Su.
His Majesty trusts him because of his dead parents, and Prime Minister Su - he is a pure minister.
Although Prime Minister Su Cheng is not clear about family affairs, he is a loyal supporter of His Majesty above the court.
Even if he becomes the prime minister of the head of the hundred officials, he will not win over the courtiers to become his power, let alone have any private contact with the adult prince, so His Majesty still trusts Prime Minister Su very much.
In the end, His Majesty decided that he would be responsible for going to Xuancheng to investigate the corruption of officials, and Prime Minister Su Cheng would secretly investigate in the capital to see if anyone had contact with Xuancheng officials in private.
Prime Minister Su Cheng was one of the very few people who knew that he was going to Xuancheng to investigate the corruption of officials, so Mo Zechen's first reaction was that Su Honghe informed Su Ruowei about this matter.
"No, Prime Minister Su won't do that."
didn't wait for Su Qianxi to speak, Mo Zechen himself denied this possibility.
Even if Su Honghe loves Su Ruowei again, he should have a degree.
Your Majesty is annoyed at this moment because of the cooperation and corruption of Xuancheng officials, and the officials of the family in the capital, as long as they hold real power, in Your Majesty's opinion, they may be accomplices of Xuancheng officials.
, as long as Su Honghe has no problem with his brain, it is impossible to tell Su Ruowei about it.
"According to what you said, there are very few people who know that you went to investigate the corruption in Xuancheng, so Su Ruowei really shouldn't know about it."
"But she knows."
Su Qianxi paused, her voice was shallow, as if she was guessing casually, and she seemed to be determined, "You say-will the person who told Su Ruowei about this matter have a connection with the officials of Xuancheng behind his back." ”
Mo Zechen nodded slightly, "There is indeed a possibility." ”
Seeing that Mo Zechen recognized her guess, a shallow smile crossed Su Qianxi's eyes, and then spoke.
"But Su Ruowei's circle is so big, recently Su Ruowei was exposed by me that she had already been removed from the Su family, and the powerful people of the family are all shrewd people, and they basically draw a line with her."
"As far as I know, in addition to Wu Qilan of the Wu family, the only one who continues to be good friends with her is probably the lover she can't let others know - Shen Jinchuan, the third highness."
Su Qianxi deliberately accentuated his tone, emphasizing the three words Shen Jinchuan.
Mo Zechen did not live up to Su Qianxi's intentions, frowning, and looking at Su Qianxi with dark eyes.
"Do you suspect that this matter has something to do with the Third Prince?"
"I don't know if the prince has ever heard a saying, called black under the lamp."
Su Qianxi smiled slightly, she was not suspicious, she was 100% sure that this matter was related to Shen Jinchuan!
"Sometimes, the people who seem the most unlikely are often the most likely people."
Mo Zechen didn't say anything more, just narrowed his eyes slightly, and unconsciously turned the jade wrench in his hand, with a pensive expression.
In other words, he would definitely not suspect that Shen Jinchuan had something to do with this matter.
But Shen Jinchuan exposed his ambitions in the princess's mansion a few days ago, and Mo Zechen had already sent someone to secretly investigate everything Shen Jinchuan had done.
Although the time is short and there are not many things to find, judging from the news reported by his subordinates, Mo Zechen is still sure that Shen Jinchuan is indeed not as indifferent to fame and fortune as he seemed in the past.
His ambition is not lost to other princes in the court at all, he is even more greedy, wants power, and fame.
It is not terrible for a person to disguise for a short period of time, but what is terrible is that he has been disguising himself as harmless for more than ten years to deceive everyone, and it is self-evident how deep the scheming of such a person is.
If Shen Jinchuan had known about the corruption of Xuancheng officials and intervened, he would not have been able to sit idly by.
With Shen Jinchuan's understanding of the emperor, it was not difficult to guess that the emperor might let him deal with this matter.
And Su Ruowei and Shen Jinchuan taught each other privately behind their backs, and in order to help Shen Jinchuan, Su Ruowei could only let Chunmei, who was placed next to Su Qianxi, make a move, which was reasonable.
When you think about it, everything can be connected.
Su Qianxi watched Mo Zechen's expression change, from the beginning of her contemplation to the final understanding, she knew that Mo Zechen listened to what she said.
"Lord Wang, everything I should explain has been explained, then what I just said about going to Xuancheng with you, can you agree?"
Su Qianxi asked Mo Zechen if she could take her with her.
She didn't know much about the corruption of Xuancheng officials, after all, she had no interest in these things in her previous life.
The only thing she knew was that Mo Zechen would be seriously injured and almost lost because he went to Xuancheng.
Mo Zechen had an accident, but Shen Jinchuan picked up a big bargain.