The emperor faked his death? Never mind, I will ascend the throne directly!

In the imperial study, the scent of ambergris curled up, and its faint fragrance lingered at the tip of the nose.

Song Yuwei walked in quickly with the newly acquired information in her hand, bowing slightly: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

The silence in the hall was broken. Li Chengfeng put down the memorial in his hand and looked up at her: "Yuwei, what did you find out?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the business tax case handled by Lord Chen Yousheng when the late emperor was still alive?"

Carefully recalling the plot in the game, Li Chengfeng replied, "Of course. After Lord Chen finished this case, he retired and returned home. He passed away two years ago."

Song Yuwei spoke quickly and clearly, reporting the investigation results concisely.

"The messages now are basically concentrated in the Qiucheng Commercial Bank in the south of the city, and the case that Mr. Chen was in charge of at the time was related to the Qiucheng Commercial Bank."

This is strange. How could such a small business cause so many problems?

Could it be that someone is behind this?

There was a stack of documents on the table, and Li Chengfeng was flipping through them.

Song Yuwei in front of him continued to talk about her discoveries.

"Your Majesty, I sent someone to visit someone at Lord Chen's former residence. One person said that while Lord Chen was handling this case, he had private contact with an official in the capital."

"I asked that person to look through the portraits of all the current officials in the capital."

The page of information in front of him was turned, and Qin Ruzhuo's face was clearly displayed on it.

Li Cheng stared at the face for a while, and after a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Qin Ruzhuo... I remember that this person has a close relationship with Qin Feng."

"That's right. As far as I know, Qin Ruzhuo is a member of the Qin family and the illegitimate son of Qin Feng's father." Song Yuwei added.

She hesitated slightly.

Seeing her entanglement, Li Chengfeng took the initiative to ask: "Is there anything you want to say?"

This matter was not easy to explain. Song Yuwei was silent for a moment before she said, "I think this matter may be related to Qin Feng."

"But at present, apart from their identities, I have not found any contact between Qin Ruzhuo and Qin Feng."

After that, she turned another page.

Pointing at the content above, she said: "This is what I found out about Qin Ruzhuo's financial transactions. Everything about Qin Feng is normal."

The details of this business actually match Qin Ruzhuo's.

Li Chengfeng looked carefully at the words on the two pieces of paper. At first glance, something seemed wrong with the account books.

"Pass on my order to thoroughly investigate Qin Ruzhuo and Qiucheng Trading Company!"

"Yuwei, there have been a lot of things going on recently. Thank you for your hard work in investigating." He turned around and spoke softly to Song Yuwei.

"I will obey your order and devote myself to serving Your Majesty and the country of Qian until my death." Song Yuwei bowed again and respectfully left the imperial study.

……

The Qin Mansion was shrouded in silence under the cover of night.

A dark shadow shuttled between the eaves and sneaked into the mansion silently.

This was the polar night when I was ordered to investigate the rumors.

After knowing who was behind the plot, Li Chengfeng sent Ji Ye to monitor Qin Feng.

He hid in the shadows, observing every move of the Qin Mansion.

In the study, the lights were dim, Qin Feng and Qin Ruzhuo sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Qin Feng frowned and asked.

"How are things going with Liu Xu?"

"Everything is going according to plan, except..." Qin Ruzhuo hesitated to speak, as if he had something to hide.

"Just what?" Qin Feng's tone became a little heavier, asking Qin Ruzhuo not to keep him in suspense and to speak frankly.

Qin Ruzhuo took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid His Majesty has already suspected me."

In recent days, someone has been loitering around Qiucheng Commercial Bank.

Some people even ask the waiters questions in the name of doing business.

"When the time comes, you know what to do." Qin Feng said coldly.

Qin Ruzhuo's face froze. He was full of resentment, but he could only accept it helplessly.

Hiding in the dark, Ji Ye heard every word of their conversation.

"Liu Xu", this name made him realize that there might be other people involved.

He left quietly and quickly reported the news back to the palace.

……

In the imperial study, Li Chengfeng's eyes lit up slightly after listening to Ji Ye's report.

Liu Xu, this name was not familiar to him, he thought about it for a moment.

This style of behavior reminded him of someone, the one hiding between the sea sharks and the stolen goods dealers.

The same mysterious whereabouts, coming and going without a trace.

Could it be that Qin Feng was colluding with the sea shark? He wondered in his heart.

"It seems that I need to add fuel to the fire..." A gleam of light flashed in Li Chengfeng's eyes.

He picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the paper, then called the guards: "Send this information to Qin Feng."

……

At the Qin Mansion, Qin Feng looked at the information in his hand and his face suddenly changed.

These materials list in detail all the illegal operations of Qiucheng Commercial Bank and its financial transactions with Qin Ruzhuo. The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable.

Damn it! This was Li Chengfeng putting pressure on him. It looked like he had to come up with a plan to deal with it quickly.

Li Chengfeng couldn't be allowed to take the initiative: "We must strike first!"

He called over the guards: "Come here, erase all information about Qin Ruzhuo and Liu Xu."

"Liu Xu can't be kept here."

Unexpectedly, the emperor even discovered him.

Liu Xu's existence would expose himself too much. If the emperor discovered him, his position as the commander of the Shen Ce Camp would probably be over.

This is a game.

Qin Feng took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He thought carefully about how to break the deadlock.

The information Li Chengfeng sent was just the beginning. What follows will probably be even more intense and complicated.

……

Inside the palace.

In the imperial study, the scent of ambergris wafted through the air.

Li Chengfeng was discussing political affairs with Song Yuwei.

"Your Majesty, I believe that clean governance is the cornerstone of a nation's prosperity. We must strengthen supervision of officials and eradicate corruption."

Li Chengfeng glanced at her approvingly. "Minister Song, what you say is absolutely correct. This is exactly what I'm thinking. Civil service reform is imperative, but it involves so many issues that we need to consider it carefully."

After saying this, the guard hurried into the imperial study and whispered a few words in Li Chengfeng's ear.

After hearing this, Li Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "It seems that our Commander Qin can no longer hold back."

Putting down the memorial in her hand, Song Yuwei said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to keep an eye on Qin Feng's actions?"

"No need. If he really kills that so-called Liu Xu, we can catch him red-handed." Li Chengfeng leaned back on the dragon throne with a relaxed look.

This method is good, you can endure it, but I force you to do it, see if you can still endure it.

Li Chengfeng stood up and walked to the window, gazing at the night sky in the distance. "Ji Ye, continue to monitor Qin Feng's every move. I want to see what other tricks he has up his sleeve."