[Fine, fine, fine. Even if Xue Ye figured out you killed his two sons, you were preparing to force the palace and wanted to be ruthless!]
[Then why did you spare Xue Beng just because he played dumb a little? In the end, the plan failed, and the throne still went to Xue Beng!]
[Damn it, either be smarter and deal only with the greatest threat, or don't kill anyone at all! Or be completely ruthless and finish the job—eliminate every last problem!]
[You disguised yourself as the Crown Prince while intending to use political means to obtain the throne! Yet you only ever did things halfway, neither securing absolute stability nor daring to be ruthless enough!]
[In the end, you pleased neither side and gained nothing! Is that the mind a politician should have?]
[You say you didn't kill Xue Beng because you were afraid that killing too many would make the Emperor suspicious?]
[Then after you killed the first two and happily became Crown Prince, the Emperor wasn't suspicious?]
[Killing two arouses suspicion, and killing three also arouses suspicion. But if you killed three, they would have had no choice but to let you inherit the throne. Wouldn't that have been better than killing two?]
[Either! Kill none of them, do your job well, become a Crown Prince recognized by everyone, and the throne will naturally be yours!]
[Or! Kill all the remaining opponents. If you're going to be ruthless, be ruthless to the end. No matter how unwilling Xue Ye is, he won't have any sons left. You'd still be the best choice!]
[Who kills only halfway... You were suspected, and your succession to the throne wasn't secure either...]
[What a brain-dead idiot! That kind of strategy would rank at the bottom even among those Westerners with