Husband, Be A Gentleman 『Liskook』

Chapter 21

The following morning Lisa woke up refreshed.

In contrast jungkook woke up frustrated. Lisa was smiling mockingly at him and his frustrations calmed.

'Wife, you can hide at the start of a month but you'll be caught before the middle of a month,' jungkook said.

Lisa didn't refute jungkook's words. Instead she glanced in all four directions. She was satisfied they were alone and spoke softly. 'Big brother, who do you think sent the assassins?'

'Wife, you're home,' jungkook said. 'You don't need to be weary at home.'

Lisa remembered everyone inside jungkook's manor were within control of his palm, she realised she worried pointlessly. 'Big brother, what do you think?'

'Wife, what do you think?' Jungkook asked.

'Anyone is possible,' Lisa said.

'Why?' Jungkook asked.

'The assassins attacked the emperor and the princes,' Lisa said. 'It looks like they wanted to kill the Dian Kingdom's emperor and heirs and cause chaos throughout the Dian Kingdom. If that's true then who are the Dian Kingdom's strongest enemies?'

Jungkook nodded in agreement. 'That's a possibility.'

'But there's a flaw in that logic,' Lisa said. 'Diplomats from Dian Kingdom's strongest enemy kingdoms attended the banquet. If they sent the assassins then there's no reason for them to risk sending their most talented ministers and warriors.'

'Um, you're right,' jungkook said. 'Besides imperial father wouldn't allow diplomats from enemy kingdoms to enter the palace without having them followed to find out if they were planning an ambush.'

Lisa glanced in all directions and she smiled. 'You and your father share that same trait.'

'Of course, we're father and son after all,' jungkook said. 'If they won't sent by an enemy kingdom then who do you think is the culprit?'

Lisa shook her head. 'I'm not certain. But I think that anyone else is a possibility.'

'Who else?' Jungkook said.

Lisa thought jungkook looked like he was in deep thought. 'Big brother, I think you know who the suspects are.'

Jungkook nodded his head. 'But I want to hear your thoughts since my little lion loves to solve mysteries the most.'

'I think the first suspect is seventh prince,' Lisa said. 'Even if he saved the emperor, who can be certain it's not a ruse to escape suspicion? He and the crown prince are the strongest candidate to become emperor. If he saves the emperor then his bond with the emperor would be stronger than the emperor's bond with the crown prince. Also, the assassins attacked the emperor, the crown prince and big brother. But the assassins didn't attack him. It's possible he wants to earn the emperor's gratitude and if the crown prince and big brother died during the attack then he'll have less threats.'

Jungkook poured tea into two cups. 'Indeed seventh brother is a suspect. But if they were sent by seventh brother, he wouldn't leave a trail to trace back to him.'

'I thought about that too,' Lisa said. 'It's also a possibility someone wants to frame seventh prince.'

'Alternately, he purposely ordered them not to attack him to make him less suspicious,' jungkook said. 'Mixing truths and lies together is a tactic seventh brother likes to use to fool others.'

Lisa remembered when she attended her first banquet in the palace, she wasn't familiar with the surroundings and accidently bumped into Pei Zhang. He looked at her condescendingly and his cold arrogance made him hateful.