After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 426 - 313: Calamity (Requesting Monthly Votes)_2

Chapter 426: Chapter 313: Calamity (Requesting Monthly Votes)_2
"Your Majesty, I know General Pei has rendered meritorious services in pacifying the northwest, but his actions are unworthy of a great hero’s name! As a high-ranking official, he sows discord between Your Majesty and His Highness, the Crown Prince. What are his intentions? Is he truly seeking justice for the late eldest prince, attempting to solve the mystery of six years ago, or is he discontented with Your Majesty’s rewards, trying to use this to shake the foundation of the empire?
"Your Majesty! Empress! The timely death of Prince Rong and his son, is it possible that Pei Zhan plotted this to silence them in advance so that he could turn truths upside down before Your Majesty, spewing false accusations?
"Today, Pei Zhan can use the imperial concubine as leverage to abolish the Crown Prince; tomorrow, he could dominate the court, and it might not be impossible for him to give birth to ambitions of usurping the throne!"
If Pei Zhan didn’t know the essence beneath Xu Yin’s facade, he might have believed this act to be genuine!
Is this not the face of a murderer burdened with two lives?
Is this not the loyal retainer risking death to advise the sovereign sincerely?
Pei Zhan gazed deeply at him, unconcerned about his emotional performance, and began pondering a long-standing question swirling in his and Fu Zhen’s minds: What exactly does Xu Yin intend to do?
If what Tie Ying suspects is true, and Xu Yin, as the descendant of the once ambitious King Yi who aspired to be King of Dayue, follows in his grandfather’s wishes, it makes sense that he wants to bring down Great Zhou. The Crown Prince’s loss of virtue, even if he becomes emperor, he won’t win the people’s hearts. With evidence in Xu Yin’s hands, when the time is ripe, he will expose it all. The Crown Prince’s throne would be unstable, and then Xu Yin could manipulate things from the shadows, using Great Zhou’s military might to reclaim Dayue, and possibly ascend himself.
But the key is that Xu Yin is not foolish. The evidence is laid before the Emperor now; even if the Empress and Emperor don’t kill the Crown Prince, doubts have been planted. How can the founding Emperor who fought hard to establish the empire willingly hand it over to someone so callous and ruthless? Regardless of how they play this drama, the Crown Prince is certainly unfit to rule.
Moreover, Xu Yin must have already figured out that Tie Ying has fallen into his hands. If he is shrewd enough, he should be vigilant about Tanzhou as well. In such an almost certain situation against them, why does he still resolutely stand by the Crown Prince’s side, without seeking an opportunity to escape before entering the palace, instead of coming here voluntarily?
He certainly wouldn’t believe that under these circumstances, he can still help the Crown Prince secure his succession, and that his own secrets can be kept hidden?
Even if we were to take a step back, if Xu Yin’s alignment with the Crown Prince is to fulfill his ancestral ambition, after his Dayue identity is exposed, how could the Crown Prince tolerate him? The Crown Prince, treacherous as he is, would not willingly allow an heir of an enemy nation by his side. He wouldn’t let Xu Yin reach the point of realizing his ambition!
Moreover, if Xu Yin’s entrenchment in the Great Zhou Court is out of motives for Dayue, then what has he accomplished all these years apart from winning over He Qunying?
Tie Ying has investigated him for so long, only discovering a mere few hundred people around him.
Even if these hundreds are all elite, it’s not enough to reclaim Dayue.
With Dayue’s current weakened state, even if he becomes king, so what? It’s nothing more than a small vassal state trampled by Great Zhou’s iron hoofs!
Wouldn’t it be better for him to stay in Great Zhou as a powerful official, to be honored and remembered in history?
Why is he meddling in these affairs? Why is he rushing to slander the Emperor?
In that instant, Pei Zhan set aside Xu Yin’s slander, focusing entirely on the logic behind his actions!
The Empress, who has seen Pei Zhan grow up, has some measure of trust in him and can’t stand Xu Yin’s ranting: "You have talents aplenty, and I thought you would use them on the righteous path, not realizing you’re so eloquent and deceitful, with evidence so clear, yet you still turn truths upside down!"
As she spoke, she placed the folded fan and handkerchief from the eunuch’s tray onto the table, "Open your eyes wide and take a good look!
"What is this?
"Isn’t this the fan you initially instigated Yongping to look for in Prince Rong’s Mansion? Prince Rong and his son are dead, but Yongping isn’t!
"Do you want to explain why you knew Prince Rong possessed this fan? Or do you want to explain why you expended so much effort to obtain it?!"
This was the first time Xu Yin had seen this fan. He had only speculated earlier that Pei Zhan had taken it, and now it appeared before him, strongly confirming his suspicions, causing him to pause for a moment.
He quickly bowed again, "Your Majesty, please see clearly, I have never come into contact with these matters, nor have I been deeply involved in the affairs of Prince Rong’s Mansion.