Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 405 Targeting

The frost is cold and the air is heavy. The fallen leaves are covered with moss. All the trees are withered and only the yellow flowers are blooming.

There was a hint of warmth in the eyes of the third prince Qin Mingjin, as if he could tolerate anything. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a smile that made people feel like spring breeze.

He bent down and plucked a smiling golden orchid. He held the flower in his hand and turned it carelessly. With a flick of his fingers, the flower turned faster, and the petals flew out and scattered all over the ground.

"Han Jingyang, who do you think is targeting me?"

Qin Mingjin took the Smiling Gold, which had only an intact flower stem and a few pitiful petals left, and threw it to a young man behind him who was wearing a light blue robe and had a posture as straight as a pine tree.

The current Princess Qin Rongyin of Korea is the eldest daughter of the late emperor's first wife and the elder sister of Qin Zhi. She is about ten years older than Qin Zhi and is the oldest member of the royal family after the death of the Grand Princess of Jin.

Han Jingyang is her eldest grandson. Although he is one generation younger than the prince, he is of similar age to the prince, so Qin Zhi chose him as Qin Mingjin's study partner.

The two have known each other for more than ten years now.

"I feel that each of your brothers and each of their mothers are possible." Han Jingyang took the Smiling Gold from the third prince Qin Mingjin, walked slowly to the pavilion, sat down without any hesitation, raised his eyes and looked at him with burning gaze.

"By the way, maybe there is also...Empress Shu Guipin." Han Jingyang joked.

"Has Lord Li really never asked you about Concubine Shu Gui in the palace since he returned to the capital? After all, you have been taught a lesson, but he didn't even say hello. If Concubine Shu Gui knew about it, she might be upset and jealous of you."

The Lord Li that Han Jingyang mentioned was Li Ren'an. He returned to Beijing to report on his work at the beginning of the year. He rekindled his relationship with his old friends in Beijing and presented them with various specialties from his place of residence. However, he left behind Concubine Shu Bai Liangyu, whom he had raised since childhood, and the Tenth Princess Qin Tianlu, which caused people to talk about it in private.

“Be it jealousy or anger, I have no right to meddle in my grandfather’s affairs.” The third prince sat down leisurely, looking calm and composed.

"I know you have hated Concubine Shu since childhood, so I won't mention her anymore." Han Jingyang smiled and approached Qin Mingjin, but Qin Mingjin pinched his chin and pushed him aside.

"Don't be disrespectful, just call me uncle."

"Oh, no, I won't."

After laughing, Han Jingyang became serious and took the Smiling Nightmare Gold with only a few petals left in his hand. He plucked the petals one by one and placed them on the stone table.

"Before the Thirteenth Prince drowned, the First Prince gathered several other princes. According to you, he wanted to reiterate his authority as the eldest prince and suppress the Ninth Prince with his status as an elder brother."

"Then the Thirteenth Prince drowned. His Highness the Ninth Prince stayed completely out of the matter. It was like the first rumor, that the First Prince deliberately killed the Thirteenth Prince to show his loyalty to his legitimate brother."

"However, in my opinion, the death of the Thirteenth Prince has nothing to do with you, Your Highnesses. But the method of manipulating rumors is worth talking about."

It would be better to kill the princes who pose the greatest threat directly than to kill the Thirteenth Prince and then frame the other princes indirectly.

Or kill all the other princes and leave only one choice for Your Majesty, and gamble whether Your Majesty will compromise.

It has come to the point of killing brothers. The princes don't seem stupid, so why would they kill the thirteenth prince who is less than ten years old? Are they courting death?

"The cause of this rumor is simple, but I can't sleep when I think of a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, staring at me, waiting for an opportunity to bite me.

Mother Yu is kindhearted, and she doesn’t get along with Concubine Shu, who entered the palace at the same time as her. She has been frustrated all the time, but she has never really retaliated.”

Qin Mingjin's eyes seemed to be filled with heartache for his adoptive mother Yu Sheyue.