"... So if it is lies, the Chamber must find the liars and make an example; and if by some chance it is the truth, then ..."
Then Lord Naran would see many ~opportunities. The entire Chamber would, if The Sublime Stellar Presence really was dead, or vanished, or any of the other rumours.
She was still sincere, of course; Rene didn't doubt that. That was the problem.
The Chamber, and every lesser House, would scramble like rivvs before the corpse was even found.