CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

304 Enjoy the Walk

By noon.

After enjoying their lunch, the group relaxed for a while enjoying the warm air in the middle of ChangSan city.

The large and beautiful bridge that separates the market section from the residential area is one of the most sought-after places, for residents to enjoy the beautiful river water and views of the small town where BaiYing was born.

Crown Prince took BaiYing’s hand who was walking behind him up the bridge, it was an ordinary solid stone bridge, but everyone called it the Flowery Heart bridge because everyone who felt happiness would stop by there just to enjoy the view. BeiYau and ChenMing followed closely behind the two. along with a few palace guards who made everyone who was about to head to the bridge discourage themselves. However, with the appearance of LuoXiang and his guards, no one dared to approach.

And BaiYing actually wanted to go there for a long time ago because the bridge is so pretty, while carrying a small windmill in his hand, the kid was so eager to follow the steps of the Crown Prince who pulled him like a kid. Lastly, in his childhood, he still vividly remembers how his teenage sister Yen’er pulled a man’s hand running towards the bridge.

But, BaiYing’s steps stopped at the first step of the bridge, his facial expression changed, he remembered who his sister Yen’er pulled onto the bridge.

“Brother YiFang”

Crown Prince frowned, seeing BaiYing’s facial expression suddenly turned sad, the pinwheel in his hand almost fell off were it not for LuoXiang holding it, the kid would be very fussy if the colourful pinwheel he just bought fell out of nowhere.

“Ying what are you thinking?”

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“Your Majesty, lets, not cross this bridge okay, lastly, Sister Yen and Brother YiFang crossed this bridge, and they...” BaiYing held the Crown Prince’s hand tightly.

LuoXiang understood what was going on in the boy’s mind now. He grabbed BaiYing’s hand and reversed their path.

“Okay, then we don’t have to go through it okay, um, how about we just go to the park? let just see the flowers over there” LuoXiang took the young man’s hand in the opposite direction, while BeiYau and the others followed suit.

“What now? Changing mind so fast” ChenMing complained.

BeiYau shrugged his shoulders.

“Don’t know my Prince, maybe because the bridge is not as beautiful as it looks.”

ChenMing frowned, whether the guard’s words were true or he was just talking nonsense.

“Really? What does it mean? It just bridges, and it’s pretty”

“I mean the story behind it”

ChenMing puffs out his mouth.

“Oh Yeah?”

The atmosphere in the city park was not so crowded, calm and quiet, it was seen that some residents brought their families and enjoyed the fresh morning air.

There were crowds at some points, such as a place for selling melted glass candy, which at that time was surrounded by several young kids. And it was predictable that it was also the place where BaiYing was so eager to approach.

“Wow, it looks really good, want some sweets,” the young man took Crown Prince’s hand and stood behind the queue of children.

“Don’t fight, what shape do you want?” asked the seller who was none other than a rather old man with a black beard some of which was greying, the small man sat at the back of his cart with a very wide smiling face and painstaking little hands rolling colourful hot candy that was shaped in such shapes. Bai Ying’s eyes widened as the old man’s hand quickly rolled the candy into a bunny-like animal shape and handed it to a child who was waiting in front of him.

“Hehehe here you are”

“Wow, this is so cute, Ying wants that,” said BaiYing.

Crown Prince could not join the crowd, he could only see from his place where BaiYing mingled with the children who were half a height below him. LuoXiang just took a deep breath.

“heh this kid”

ChenMing approached, he joined BaiYing in line.

“Wow brother, what shape did you want?” Chen Ming exclaimed.

“I’m thinking about bunny too, look brother, this Old Man is so amazing”

BeiYau stopped beside the Crown Prince, clenching his two fists in front of his head.

“Report Your Majesty, the special guards from the palace have come all the way to ChangSan to greet us, according to His Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Crown Prince should return immediately because Her Majesty Queen’s birthday will be held in two days”

Crown Prince folded his arms behind his waist, looking closely paying attention to what BaiYing did by lowering his body into a squat with the children in front of the cotton candy seller.

“Yes I am aware that Bei, we will arrive as soon as this afternoon, SanPo city is just at the end of the road, why is the old man so impatient”

“Your Majesty, actually this is Her Majesty’s message because Her Majesty the Queen misses His Majesty King so much, that according to her there would be no real feast if His Majesty the Viceroy had not arrived at the palace”

“Is that really the reason or just because YingYing is the Viceroy of WahYe? And this year there is an official envoy from WahYe among the invited guests if they don’t see BaiYing in the palace in good condition, of course, this, will be a big problem, YueYang cant handle WahYe as our opponent, they are our biggest ally” said the Crown Prince.

Not long after, BaiYing approached while carrying his ready-made candy, his face smiling like a child’s.

“Look, Your Majesty, this is so cute, Ying can’t bear to eat it, oh I’ll keep this”

while BeiYau handed a large number of coins to the cotton candy seller who didn’t expect such a big fortune that day.

“Old man, here, to buy all your sweets for all these kids”

“Wow thank you customer”

While LuoXiang was already holding BaiYing they continued their leisurely walk.

“Come on Ying, let’s continue our walk.”

When everyone returned to continue their path, suddenly there was a commotion from the front of the long road.

“Stop! Wait!” some of the large men, chasing someone who had limped and fell several times in front of him, a young girl whose clothes had been slightly torn with some blood spots on her white clothes.

The girl whose long clothes were already dirty with blood and dirt when she fell tried to get up quickly and run back, her face was familiar, the young girl also seemed to have some injuries near her smooth face.

“Master, please help servant, please help me!” she cried asking for help, while many of the citizens on the street had fled because the big men chasing the defenseless young girl were carrying machetes and large blades of sharp weapons, they were more like someone’s personal bodyguard because of the uniforms they were wearing.

The girl finally fell not far in front of BaiYing’s feet, Crown Prince immediately pulled BaiYing back at him while BeiYau and several of his men advanced in unison, dispelling the men who were about to charge to the Crown Prince and BaiYing, to pull the girl.

“Stop there!”

BeiYau widen his eyes alert, his hands ready on his sword, as well as the palace guards standing lined up behind him, anyone would think a hundred times before going forward and dealing with them.

The girl fell at the feet of BaiYing and the Crown Prince, she looked weak and was out of breath from running so far, BaiYing’s eyes widened, it seemed he had seen the girl somewhere, and he realized it quickly.

“Your Majesty, this is the girl from that time” BaiYing exclaimed.

Crown Prince didn’t budge, he don’t care at all, his hand still tightly gripped BaiYing’s hand not letting the child get any closer to the girl.

“Ying, don’t move closer, we don’t know who they are, don’t deal with trivial and unimportant things like this”

But BaiYing felt pity to see the semi-conscious girl with arms outstretched towards her, while BeiYau and his men finally stepped forward and instantly hit them. retreat the fierce men who were chasing the weak girl.

“Back off or don’t regret if we will take the next step,” said BeiYau, one man was in the very front, who was the leader of the big stout men gulped, it was clear from BeiYau and others’ movements and shiny weapons, as well as from the clothes they were wearing, BeiYau and his men looked very elite like special guards from important officials, and they would not want to deal with officials. The man briefly looked at the girl who had fallen on the ground and raised his hands up, inviting everyone to back off.

“Back off!”

BaiYing was about to move closer to the girl, but LuoXiang’s hand held him back.

“Come on Ying, let’s finish our walk, this is too much”

BaiYing stuttered, would the Crown Prince just let the girl just lie on the ground?

“But Your Majesty”