"This is outrageous! How could Tang San do this! Calling a thief his father, serving as a tiger's accomplice! How can he face our late father..."
Inside the pavilion, Vina stared at the letter in her trembling hands, her face visibly flushing with rage.
What was this supposed to mean? While she was working to restore their nation, her brother-the one with the strongest claim to the throne-had surrendered straight to the Sun Moon Empire?
Surrender if you must, but why slander their eldest brother and father? Their eldest brother had died on the battlefield. Wasn't that more honorable than being a turncoat?
"Pavilion Master! Please tell me what to do."
Vina took a deep breath, finally calming her heaving chest, and looked at Jiang Yi with bright, intent eyes.
Since Jiang Yi had brought it up, he surely had a way to respond. The emergence of a surrender faction would deal a devastating blow to their morale.
"Your Highness! What do you think?"
Jiang Yi did not probe further. He simply looked at Vina with a smile.
Vina: ...
Under Jiang Yi's gaze, Vina's heart could not help pounding. She guiltily looked away.
If the choice were hers, she would naturally support another emperor. With her mother and the imperial seal on their side, their legitimacy needed no explanation. The question was who would become the new sovereign.
"I..."
Vina pressed her lips together, hesitating to speak.
As a member of the imperial family, it was impossible for her to have no ambition, especially with Xu Jiujiu's shining example before her.
But she was a princess. Although she had won over quite a few commanders of the surviving forces lately, most of them followed her mother's name. She still fell a little short.
"Think it over carefully, Your Highness."