Just then, the Liu clan’s Liu Guang and Liu Yao, as well as the other people who were close to the Meng clan, spoke up for Meng Yi and King Dai. After all, this matter had been dealt with too cleverly, so they naturally had to help them voice their support.0

Now, it was the Eastern Palace’s people who were full of indignation at the injustice. However, they couldn't do anything against these old foxes’ cunning. They didn’t know what to say at all.0

Ye Ping and the others’ faces paled.0

We’re finished, we’re done for! This time, King Dai and Meng Yi turned defeat into victory. They’ll definitely get revenge on us after the fact!0

When he saw the situation had been reversed, King Dai immediately became extremely happy. He said, “Sir Zu, this is why all things require proof! You cannot just slander one’s innocence with a mouth empty of white teeth!0

“Furthermore, even taking ten thousand steps back, even if I had been the one to send someone to do all of that, so what? My father was murdered on Violet Mountain precisely because of Murong Tong’s incompetence. The Qin clan’s brothers also secretly supported that traitor, so it’s perfectly reasonable for us to get revenge for him!0

"Even King Jin knew to get revenge for his father. As brothers who share the same father emperor, how could I just let them be?0

“My Great Zhou Dynasty is ruled by filial piety! Filial piety is the most important national policy! If we had done such a thing, not only would it be undeserving of punishment, it would be worthy of a great reward from the court, followed by being recorded as a classic of filial piety to be spread throughout the world for the common people to read and learn from us as an example!5

“Of course, everything I just said was just an ‘if’. Naturally, that never happened.”1

Meng Yi nodded inwardly when he heard that. This son-in-law of his wasn’t completely stupid. What had been the purpose of doing...1