Chu Sheng's Frame-Up

The Secret Investigation Institute Chief Adjudicator's study.

Gongsun Yan paced back and forth through the room with his hands clasped behind his back, muttering to himself.

"Hell, why can't I put my mind at ease...?"

To be honest, he was not actually afraid that Chu Sheng would be unable to handle a case.

In fact, it would have been better if he could not. At worst, Gongsun Yan could teach him slowly and keep matters within a controllable range.

But Chu Sheng had outright said that he had extensive experience handling cases.

That had become the biggest weight on Gongsun Yan's mind.

He saw things very clearly. His Majesty's true intention in making an issue of the human pill case this time was merely to give the Third Prince and Eighth Prince a slight warning and balance the forces at court, not to wipe them out completely.

Otherwise, with Chen Kai's testimony implicating dozens of noble families sitting right there, how could His Majesty have only chosen a few of them to act against?

If they truly investigated all the way according to that testimony, not only would the Eighth Prince fall, but even the forces behind him would be uprooted.

What Gongsun Yan feared most was that Chu Sheng had been telling the truth—that he really was skilled at investigating cases.

If he ended up implicating people who should not be implicated, or even directly exposing the Eighth Prince, then it would all be over.

That was right. In Gongsun Yan's eyes, the greatest disaster Chu Sheng could cause while handling this case was dragging the Eighth Prince into it.

But he never imagined that he had still been far too optimistic.

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.

A secret agent rushed in.

Gongsun Yan stopped