Shen Ruhui knew Liu Xuan too well. Even though he had Su Juan in his heart, the family's success or failure was more important. He was the eldest son of the family and had no choice.

Su Juan is no longer the daughter of the Su family of yesterday. She is a princess of the current dynasty who will soon be canonized as the Crown Princess. Since ancient times, the harem cannot interfere in the political affairs of the previous dynasty. Not to mention the current emperor, even the officials in the future court will not let her go.

Therefore, Liu Xuan had feelings for Su Juan, but he had never made it clear in front of Su Juan over the years.

But she will have to marry a husband sooner or later, so it is better to choose now, and choose someone who is suitable and familiar, and who does not have too much power behind him. This way, she will not be restrained and can treat him with respect.

Shen Ruhui analyzed for Su Juan, "Among other aristocratic families, those who have not yet entered the government are just those playboys. Their character is not pleasing to your majesty, and those who want to enter the government will never give up their future. Looking at all of them, Yu Zhong is indeed suitable for someone with good character, talent and appearance, who is worthy of you, Princess Jinyang, and who is willing to marry him."

Seeing that Shen Ruhui had analyzed all the pros and cons for her, Su Juan's forehead twitched, "Sir, you are really conscientious and responsible."

Shen Ruhui: "I work for His Highness, so I must consider His Highness in everything I do."

Su Juan shook her head. "Let's not think about this for now. Has Yan Zizhan found out anything else?"

Shen Ruhui smiled, "I was just about to tell you about this. I found out that Yan Zizhan originally came from Qingzhou, so I asked someone to go to Qingzhou. After a long search, I found out that he was exiled there. Guess who he was exiled with?"

Su Juan was slightly stunned. It turned out that those who were exiled to Qingzhou should be some aristocratic families or royal nobles. Looking at Yan Zizhan, he should be in his thirties. Many people have been exiled there in recent decades. It was hard to guess how old he was.

"Stop playing dumb."

Shen Ruhui smiled, "The Chu family in the capital was implicated by the second prince's rebellion. It was said that he was the son of a cousin of the Chu family. I asked someone to check. The Chu family did have a cousin's son who was staying in the Chu Mansion, but he died of illness a long time ago. This Yan Zizhan was obviously an imposter who was among the exiled people."

"What kind of identity would allow you to impersonate an exiled person?"

Su Juan's eyes darkened, "Death penalty."

Only a person sentenced to death would replace a dead person and be exiled away from the capital to save his life.

"Shen speculates that this person may be related to the Second Prince or others who conspired with him to commit treason and were sentenced to death. Now he is deliberately stirring up trouble in the court and selling Dajin to the Southern Kingdom. I am afraid it is for revenge."

Therefore, this person first surrendered to the King of Han and deceived him into trusting him. When he saw that this was not working, he turned to Song Qianfan. While working for these two people, he stole the secrets of the Great Jin Dynasty and sold them to the Southern Kingdom.

Su Juan clenched the chess piece in her hand. She had always regarded Yan Zizhan as an insignificant person. After all, he had no power and no status. Little did she know that this kind of person who stirred up the situation behind the scenes was the most important culprit who caused the civil strife in the Great Jin Dynasty.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was a close call.

"How is your highness going to deal with this person?"

Su Juan threw the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box. "Check to see if there are any other people who have conspired with him in the past few years, and how many people are working for him. Find out and deal with them all."

I didn't expect Su Juan to be so straightforward. I thought she would at least let someone investigate further. Shen Ruhui was slightly stunned. "Your Highness, don't you want to know his true identity?"

Being related to the Second Prince's treason case and being placed in the exiled Chu family with so much effort, he must be no ordinary person. It is said that the Second Prince had many female confidantes. Maybe Yan Zizhan is the Second Prince's confidante.

Su Juan said in a cold voice: "There's no need to know."

He is a dying man anyway. No matter what identity he has, it cannot change the outcome of his death. What's more, this man is very scheming and has connections with the Southern Country. If he stays for one more day, he will be an endless disaster.

Shen Ruhui curled his lips and smiled, "Shen understands."

He was really worried that Su Juan would continue the investigation. After all, they were now reopening the Pei family case. However, some things were in the past and were not suitable to be dug up again. The Pei family case could be investigated, but no matter whether Yan Zizhan was the orphan of the second prince or not, he must die, and those in the Chu family who knew about it could not survive.

With the letter and evidence given by King Han that day, the Pei family case soon had new clues. The Ministry of Justice found more people who knew about the incident, and the events of that year gradually became clear. Various evidences and witnesses could prove that the Pei family did not rebel, let alone have the intention of treason. It was all the result of the suspicion of the previous emperor and the frame-up of the Tao family.

Su Juan entered the palace and reported the case to the old emperor in detail. After hesitating, the old emperor said, "I can issue an edict to pardon the Pei family, but the matter of the previous emperor is over, so don't pursue it any further."

After all, he was the late emperor. If the descendants were to hold their ancestors accountable for their mistakes, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the royal family?

The old emperor spoke tactfully, hoping that Su Juan understood this truth in her heart: the Pei family was not guilty, but the late emperor could not be wrong.

Su Juan said in a deep voice, "Grandfather, I think that if the late emperor made a mistake, he should be held accountable. The injustice of the Pei family should be made known to the world. All those who spoke for the Pei family were implicated. Now they should be given justice. If we don't make it clear, people will laugh at our royal family for not being able to take responsibility for the crime."

[In the eyes of the common people, it would be truly laughable if the royal family didn’t even dare to admit their mistakes.]

The imperial censor on the side disagreed, "Your Highness, what you said is too much. The late emperor was such a wise ruler, and everyone in the world saw it. How dare you speak nonsense?"

It is ridiculous for later generations to speak out and blame the former emperor for his mistakes. It will completely disgrace the royal family and the court.

Su Juan: "Since you know that everyone in the world is watching, you should be more clear. Some things cannot be vague."

“Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. If you can’t even take responsibility for your own mistakes, how can you convince the people of the world, and how can you take responsibility for the world?”

[Don't say those pedantic things of yours at this time. Why are you coming up to me eagerly? It's not your reputation that's at stake.]

Censor: "I am doing this for your majesty's sake!"

How can a son hold his parents accountable for their mistakes?! This is unfilial!

[Being unfilial only makes me feel bad for the late emperor, but the old emperor is also the ruler of a country. If he cannot clear the names of those who died unjustly and cannot give the truth to the people of the world, then he is truly ashamed of the world. ]

[It also chilled the hearts of soldiers all over the world. 】

After hearing Su Juan's words, several ministers in the palace lowered their eyes. Indeed, it was unprecedented to open up the mistakes of the previous emperor.

The old emperor was also conflicted. If he protected the late emperor and concealed the truth, he would feel guilty towards those who had died unjustly or been demoted and exiled, and even more so towards all the soldiers in the world.

But if we don't do this, it will damage the reputation of the late emperor and the royal family.

He looked at Su Juan and sighed, "This girl really knows how to give me problems."