Rong Ning clutched her chest tightly, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing down on her heart, making her feel heavy and uncomfortable. She frowned, "We've been interrogating Prefect Zhu for so long, how come we haven't gotten any useful information out of him yet?"
The Crown Prince shook his head slightly, a hint of helplessness on his face, and slowly said, "That Prefect Zhu is a tough nut to crack. No matter how we interrogate him, he always grits his teeth and insists that he did everything by himself and that no one else has anything to do with him."
Seeing Rong Ning's worried expression, the Crown Prince felt a pang of heartache. He gently took Rong Ning's hand and comforted her, "A Ning, don't worry. The evidence you presented to Father regarding the prefect is already very complete. If that Prefect Zhu doesn't want to leave himself a way out, then no one can do anything to him."
After a pause, the Crown Prince continued, "Moreover, there are people in every department of the court under the Prime Minister's command. Before long, they will definitely collude with each other and jointly submit a memorial to the Emperor, requesting that the Emperor punish Prefect Zhu and put this matter to rest, so as not to implicate others."
“Then… it will be troublesome…” Rong Ning muttered to herself.
After thinking silently for a while, he said again, "It seems that we have already tacitly agreed that the Prime Minister is involved in these matters."
Upon hearing this, the crown prince was also somewhat taken aback, "It seems so..."
Because they were stumbling blocks on the road to new policies and reforms, they all tacitly agreed to pin these accusations on the prime minister.
He put down his chopsticks, lost in thought, and said, "Could it be... we're going in the wrong direction?"
"Does it matter?" Rong Ning's voice was very calm. "Regardless of whether the Prime Minister is related to the affairs of the North, he is not clean. As long as he is not clean, we can find flaws. Brother, the new policies have changed the previous court structure and have indeed affected the interests of civil officials."
Whenever there is a struggle for interests, it will inevitably be a life-or-death struggle.
So if he really has no connection with Prefect Zhu, then we should start from other places and investigate further; there will always be a breakthrough.
Regardless... the new policy must be implemented!
Rong Ning's voice was soft, yet full of meaning.
Even if Rong Ning doesn't ultimately gain control of the military in the north, the power to speak within the army must be placed in the hands of the military commanders.
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