Together, they had survived battles, investigations, political campaigns, and the occasional family argument in which their daughter had somehow managed to make both of them look unreasonable.
"Bring the original records to the council," Gu Mojin said. "If someone has changed them, I want to know who had access."
"And if the change was made by someone who sits in that room?"
"Then they will have to explain themselves in front of everyone."
Su Nanxin gave her a small, affectionate look. "You make that sound very simple."
"It is simple. They lie, I ask questions, they grow irritated, and eventually one of them says something foolish."
"You have forgotten the part where three other people begin shouting before you reach the second question."
"That is when I ask them to be quiet."
"And they are quiet because they are afraid of you, not because you have convinced them."
