Empress Tantai Zijun's eyes widened at once.
Su Yanxing did not even dare meet her gaze. Lowering his eyes, he forced himself to continue. "Your Majesty... this succession is the first in Beichen Empire history that has not gone through the process of being passed down orally."
"Because Your Majesty never experienced the stage of being Crown Princess, and when the Late Emperor died, you were not by his side..."
"I fear that much of the Imperial Family's secret information may be at risk of being lost."
"Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty immediately go to Special Security Bureau Headquarters and have them retrieve all information related to the Late Emperor Tantai Hongyuan, then copy it into your Mechanical Intelligence storage."
Empress Tantai Zijun was shocked. "What?! The succession to the Throne comes with secret information passed down orally?! Is it related to the Royal Clan, or to the Emperor himself?"
Su Yanxing shook his head regretfully. "Unfortunately, I do not know the specific details."
"If I knew, there would be no need for Your Majesty to seek out the Special Security Bureau. I would have reported it directly to Your Majesty."
"But does Your Majesty believe that such information—secret information that has always been passed down orally from Emperor to Emperor—could be known by a third party?"
Empress Tantai Zijun's face nearly fell out of her control.
She finally understood why the Imperial Family's Mechanical Intelligence had determined that Huo Yushen's third Chief Inspector Order was beyond her authority to handle and had submitted it for manual review!
And her own staff...
That secretarial staff that believed it had carved "checks and balances" into its bones had also trampled efficiency and priority underfoot!
The result of absolute checks and balances was that nothing could get done, and no one