Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 537 No Taboo

"There are no taboos."

When the Ninth Prince was ordered to investigate the case of Concubine Yu, he spread false information to the First Prince, saying that the Ninth Prince and the Second Princess were plotting to frame the First Prince for being unfilial and unjust, in order to sow discord between the First Prince and the Ninth Prince.

However, the eldest brother told him that as princes, they had no taboos as long as they did not rebel, and instigated him to be a pawn.

My eldest brother has become a monk. I wonder if his unlimited freedom now includes rebellion?

The twelfth prince Qin Mingfan bit the tip of his thumb and sneered.

He had originally intended to blame one of the two accidents that happened to his mother when she was pregnant with him on his eldest brother to show his loyalty to his ninth brother, but his mother designed a plan to test the poison on herself.

Then he and his mother, Concubine Shun, were poisoned by a lead-tin pot, and his eldest brother was forced to become a monk and go far away for the sake of his filial piety and reputation.

The twelfth prince put down his hand, lowered his eyes, and fell into memories.

When the eldest prince Qin Mingyu was imprisoned in the Zongzheng Temple, the twelfth prince Qin Mingfan went to visit him with a pale face, purple lips, and a look of being severely poisoned.

The sky was dark and foggy that day.

The twelfth prince took a sedan chair to the prison in Zongzheng Temple.

The first thing he said was a firm assurance to the eldest prince: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely rescue you."

At that time, the eldest prince smashed a teapot at his feet, and the broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere, almost cutting the back of the twelfth prince's hand.

The twelfth prince ignored the eldest prince's rage, and walked forward with his frail body. He knelt in front of the eldest prince and looked up at him intently.

After the eldest prince calmed down, the twelfth prince whispered amid the sobbing in the wind, "I know full well that my eldest brother was wronged. Now he has been poisoned and is barely alive. Only after my eldest brother was imprisoned did I realize that both my mother and I had been used as tools to frame him."

"I feel guilty for not being able to clear my elder brother's suspicion. Mother..."

There was pain in the eyes of the twelfth prince, and he continued in a hoarse voice:

"My younger brother is only willing to serve as a pawn for my elder brother. I am willing to serve you till death."

"Death by deception?" The eldest prince looked at the twelfth prince's pale, sweaty face and the cowardly look of someone who seemed to be dying. He sneered and said, "What's wrong with mother? How are you going to get me out?"

"Big brother, do you still remember what I told you earlier about the conspiracy between the Ninth Brother and the Second Sister to frame you? Their goal has been achieved. Big brother has damaged his reputation due to negligence, and he won't stay in prison for long."

"My father ordered the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to select a date to establish a crown prince, but he hasn't issued a clear decree. My eldest brother, as the eldest prince and the eldest brother of all the other princes, has been at court for many years, while my ninth brother, not even sixteen, is still wandering around the harem. My ninth brother has been ordered to investigate the case in Hanzhang Palace. Rumor has it that the disaster in Hanzhang Palace was caused by a feud between adoptive mother and son. I suspect that this is... the cause of the disaster for my eldest brother."

"I heard earlier that Ninth Brother and Second Sister were planning to frame Big Brother, but I didn't know exactly how they were going to do it. I never expected it to happen right here."

"My mother was coerced by the Pepper Palace to smear poison on the lead-tin pot that my younger brother sent me, and I also..." The twelfth prince's voice was choked with sobs, and his words were incoherent. He seemed to say whatever he thought of. At this point, a look of hurt flashed across his face.

The eldest prince raised an eyebrow.

"Wait, you said that Mother's poisoning was a self-staged act?" The eldest prince grasped the twelfth prince's neck. "Why?"

"The weakness of the lead-tin kettle's poison lies in the fact that it takes years to work. There's no way it could have caused both my mother and I to break out so quickly."

"The poison was given by the Pepper Palace. They said they wanted you to withdraw from the battle for the crown prince. The Pepper Palace was powerful, and mother was coerced, but she didn't want to harm my eldest brother's life. So she used the poison on herself and my younger brother. This roundabout way was to save my eldest brother's life and health. She thought that even if she lost her reputation, it would be better for her to be sick and bedridden in the future. Mother's painstaking efforts are all in vain. If I had known this earlier, I would have let my eldest brother know and then made a decision."

"Perhaps Mother didn't want to force Big Brother to make a choice, so she made her own decision. Mother is a woman in the palace, uneducated, and narrow-minded. I wonder if there are other options for us if I tell her the truth."

"It's pointless to say more now. Big brother has been imprisoned. With the great favor of the Pepper Palace, I ask that you temporarily stay out of the spotlight and wait for the future. There are truly no taboos!"

The twelfth prince's words were a mixture of true and false, which he used to coax the eldest prince and gave him all of Shunpin's savings over the years.

The eldest prince suppressed him, and wanted to encourage him with the words "no taboos" to charge into battle. Since he said "no taboos", why did he single out rebellion and exclude it?

There are no taboos. Why don't you show me how in person?

These days, no matter what happened in the palace in Beijing or in the East Palace, the twelfth prince would report every detail to the eldest prince as soon as he knew about it. When he left the palace to build his own residence, his eldest brother was so concerned about every little move in the palace. Now that he has left Beijing, he, as the younger brother, has become his elder brother's eyes and ears, making his elder brother more alert and more perceptive, which makes him appear loyal.

Alanruo, that woman, is a restless person. She wants to turn the accidental death of the Duke of Ying into an intentional assassination to provoke the eldest royal brother and arouse his resentment. It's really interesting.

The twelfth prince breathed a sigh of relief.

If the eldest prince did something taboo, it seems that there is someone to take the blame.