Shen Wan couldn't understand, "Why did the Empress Dowager and the Duke of Mao let the Empress go?"

She understands the principle of eliminating problems at their root.

It wasn't that the Empress Dowager and the Duke of Mao didn't want to, but that they couldn't.

Xie Jingyan said, "Because the Prince of Jin has irrefutable evidence that the Duke of Mao and the First Prince privately sold the Meizhou granary."

Shen Wan had already forgotten about this. She said, "Didn't Prince Jin and the First Prince suppress this matter under Prince Cheng's coordination?"

At the time, it was suppressed, but now that the Prince of Jin has committed a capital crime, it doesn't matter whether there is evidence of corruption in the Xizhou Dam case or not. But the eldest prince is different.

Xie Jingyin's attempt to murder the eldest prince backfired, leading to his own demise. With no Prince Jin as an adversary and Xie Jingyan's mother's case remaining unresolved, the eldest prince has a high chance of being named crown prince.

If the case involving the Meizhou granary is brought to light again, it would be tantamount to jeopardizing the Crown Prince's almost-secure position as heir apparent.

When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one.

Once Xie Jingyin is dead, Empress Song will have no children and won't be able to cause any trouble. Besides, there's no shortage of people who will kick someone when they're down. Empress Song will have a hard time in the palace from now on, and she'll have to give up her position sooner or later. It's not worth risking the bright future of the eldest prince for a moment of anger.

Xie Jingyin presented the evidence in his hand, demanding that Duke Mao not implicate Empress Song and the Left Prime Minister in his plot to murder the eldest prince. Duke Mao, fearing the consequences, could only target Xie Jingyin alone.

Shen Wan was somewhat annoyed. "Such a big matter, who would believe that the Empress and the Left Prime Minister were unaware of it?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Whether you and I believe it or not is not important. What is important is that the Crown Prince believes it, and the Empress Dowager and the Duke of Mao also believe it."

She thought she had avenged her past life's great grudge, but she was too optimistic.

If Empress Song doesn't die, her revenge cannot be considered complete.