Chen Wei had obtained the confession he wanted. It lay on the table.
It faithfully recorded how Li Zhenji had acted on the Star of Literary Excellence's instructions and deceived the living beings of the Mortal Realm.
With this in hand, he could, in theory, go to the Lunar Mansions Government Office and arrest the Star of Literary Excellence right now.
But Chen Wei did not move.
Why not?
Because his head was clear. The Star of Literary Excellence was no ordinary fledgling Immortal Official.
Ever since Lian Zhen Star's downfall, the Lunar Mansions Government Office had been stripped of every shred of dignity. The Star of Literary Excellence was the gleaming new signboard the Southern Dipper and Big Dipper had just erected.
That signboard represented their faction's prestige.
And now, on the word of a low-ranking errand-running Immortal Official, he was supposed to charge over and smash it?
Too rash.
Once the Southern Dipper and Big Dipper were driven into a rage, they would inevitably mobilize their entire faction to strike back. They could easily claim that Li Zhenji's confession had been extracted under torture, that the Discipline Inspection Court had deliberately framed them, and even turn around and bite back.
Fail to kill the snake, and it would turn around and bite you.
If he was going to act, he had to lay an inescapable trap that would uproot them entirely and silence every mighty figure.
Chen Wei lowered his eyes slightly, watching the tea leaves rise and sink in his cup. His face betrayed nothing, but he had already gone through the entire hierarchy of the Lunar Mansions Government Office in his mind.
Since he said nothing, Xiao Yan and Ma Muzhi naturally kept quiet too, simply standing with their arms folded.
This put Li Zhenji through