The Gentle Couple

Seduce

The following morning Yn woke up refreshed.

In contrast Taehyung woke up frustrated. Yn 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,' Taehyung said.

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

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

Yn remembered everyone inside Taehyung's manor were within control of his palm, she realised she worried pointlessly. 'Oppa, what do you think?'

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

'Anyone is possible,' Yn said.

'Why?' Taehyung asked.

'The assassins attacked the emperor and the princes,' Yn 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?'

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

'But there's a flaw in that logic,' Yn 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,' Taehyung 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.'

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

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

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

'Who else?' Taehyung said.

Yn thought Taehyung looked like he was in deep thought. 'Oppa, I think you know who the suspects are.'

Taehyung 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,' Yn 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 oppa. But the assassins didn't attack him. It's possible he wants to earn the emperor's gratitude and if the crown prince and oppa died during the attack then he'll have less threats.'

Taehyung 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,' Yn 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,' Taehyung said. 'Mixing truths and lies together is a tactic seventh brother likes to use to fool others.'

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