CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

344 Beautiful Day to go out

ShinYa turned his head, the young shaman looked a little deep in thought.

“Em, servant, it’s a bit difficult to determine the colour of the youth’s aura, but certainly Your Majesty, this young man has a strong aura, he has a great will, and a fairly good level of intelligence, and maybe because he is still young, to the aura that he has still not very clear.”

BaiYing pulled his lips together.

“Is it brother? Ying also thinks that young man is a bit strange.”

ChenMing waved his wide sleeves, tidying up his front clothes, a very beautiful dress in shimmering blue and gold, complete with ornaments of the ancient WahYe emblem that adorned the front and bottom the clothes of the Prince who was also the Chief Advisor of the King.

“Well, at least we still have time, we’ll see what happens, the young man will only be officially appointed as Minister of Defense after a period of several months, that’s why they are still called Junior Ministers, we will still have time to assess his performance, that’s according to old man Pai”

BaiYing puffed out his mouth.

“Oh, I see, well, if the chosen Minister is incompetent, the palace can decide to appoint him or not, at least we won’t choose the wrong one, right, brother? That’s the point.”

ChenMing nodded, he again reached for his teacup which had been fully refilled by the maid standing near them.

.....

“Well, that’s how it is”

Towards evening, and the future Minister ShiShen managed to bring a yellow parrot that was already in a cage, his face and body were dirty, hair was messy, clothes were torn here and there, the young man was still smiling handing the birdcage into the servant’s hands. who gave it to Advisor Pai. BaiYing and ChenMing had a hard time believing what they saw, the young man in front of them looked so excited, what else was lacking for him to become a Minister of Defense? BaiYing thought and ChenMing turned to look at each other.

“Eh brother, the bird, it’s beautiful, isn’t it?” BaiYing didn’t know what to say, even though ShiShen’s face was dirty and looked a bit scuffed here and there, but he seemed satisfied with his achievement, especially when the Viceroy looked at him, ChenMing nodded.

“Yes, the bird is very beautiful, you have good eyes, brother”

“Well indeed, the plan is to take the bird back to the Peony Valley, it seems that it will be happy to live there”

ChenMing narrowed his eyes at BaiYing, the young man had a certain purpose.

“Heh, yeah, no doubt about that, he must be very happy, as long as he doesn’t just pounce on the Crown Prince’s pet eagle”

“No brother, even the rabbits in the valley can thrive, the Crown Prince’s eagle is a pet, don’t just pounce on its food,” added BaiYing.

“Stupid Eagle”

......

Another bright day.

The sun is shining brightly, the weather in PaiHua plains and its surroundings is indeed very volatile, the nights are strong winds and rainy, the mornings are bright and the afternoons are hot.

SuiLian city, located not too far from the city gate of PaiHua, passed through a forest which ever since PaiHua revived has become quite busy with passersby, including merchant’s carriage and large horses belonging to immigrants.

One of the freight carriages that just came out of PaiHua city gate, a small carriage belonging to a silk cloth merchant, a rather young male coachman holding the reins of two medium-sized horses in front while beside him sat an older man, who was probably the merchant, his face beaming with joy. The series went on while greeting several passersby who were also using the only road in and out of SuiLian city from PaiHua, they had arrived at the SuiLian city gate. And from inside the small carriage, a person appeared, who pushed aside the window blinds looking out with a pair of big eyes.

“Wow, so crowded.”

Naughty HuaBaiYing, that young man sneaked out of the palace even from PaiHua, he took a merchant carriage to SuiLian city, what was he thinking? For sure, the young man looks so happy that he couldn’t hide a big smile from his sweet and shining face. He was not wearing his royal attire as the King at that time, but his commoner’s clothes were no less beautiful, light yellow with golden streaks, the lower part of a lighter colour, long hair tied up in a long golden yellow ribbon, complete with a jade hairpin that did he had never forgotten to wear, he really looked like a kid on his age who was so shining.

“Wow, this is so fun.”

Of course, it was fun, don’t know how many days his chest was so full of pressing things that it was hard for him to breathe, his movements were very limited, he felt like running away for a while until last night he overheard a report from the Commander FaLu regarding the problem that happens at the border.

“Landslide? Hasn’t it stopped since a few months ago?” asked old man Pai, as the state advisor who received reports from officials regarding all the things that happened around the palace and city of PaiHua. Princess WuLan is also still actively following the news.

“The landslide at the border of CuiAn city, once when the palace was revived, that area was one of the worst affected, after the residents fled and found safer places to live, the area near the new village experienced another landslide, lots of news circulating, Your Majesty, starting from the rise of XiaoWu, the giant hare that became the legend of the CuiAn valley, to the curse of the dragon because the city is the golden route from SuiLian to the western city which has always been famous for its immoral business,” continued FaLu.

Advisor Pai looked at the commander of his main force for a moment.

“Heh, this is troublesome, indirectly, no matter what stories are circulating in the citizens, still everyone will always think that the rise of the XinHua palace affected all regions, however, we must resolve this matter properly”

“That’s right, old man Pai, but a new cabinet hasn’t been formed yet, meanwhile, we might need to bother Commander FaLu to bring some people to check on the situation over there” added Princess WuLan.

“I will carry out Your Highness, then...”

FaLu raised his head, he glanced at Old Man Pai and then Princess WuLan for a while.

“Eh, actually, eh, Your Majesty the Princess, Chief Advisor.”

“Anything else Commander? You look a little doubtful” asked old man Pai.

Commander FaLu did look a bit hesitant to deliver further news.

“Eh, I don’t know if it’s true or not, but there’s a rumour growing in the CuiAn residents if there’s a party from YueYang Palace who trapped in the landslide area and unable to get out, servant, haven’t dared to report this because this might just be a rumour, but, it’s most likely maybe because the valley of CuiAn city is one of the alternative roads from the capital to SuiLian”

BaiYing who heard from behind the wall closed his mouth, the party from YueYang palace? Is it the Crown Prince? He couldn’t wait to get out of his place when someone grabbed his hand, ChenMing who was already standing behind him.

“XiaoYing!”

“Brother, could it be the Crown Prince’s entourage? Ying has to know.”

ChenMing covered BaiYing’s mouth and pulled him away from the hall.

“Brother”

ChenMing pulled him to his room and said that it was just a rumour, it was impossible for the palace entourage to pass through CuiAn because of its quite vulnerable location, although at first, they did pass through the area in pursuit of time to save BaiYing, since the palace appeared the city was often closed due to the very dangerous conditions, like them, when the group have to find a way around the valley which stretch too far for almost two days gap when they returned.

But, still, it was a burden on BaiYing’s mind, the Crown Prince said he would follow in a few days, but it’s been a long time and he hasn’t come yet, could something really happen to him? He couldn’t stay still, and didn’t do anything, though, he didn’t know what to do either, at least, he didn’t stay still.

“Come on brother we have to go to CuiAn, at least make sure that whoever is trapped there is safe” BaiYing visited ChenMing’s room early in the morning when ChenMing hadn’t even woken up.

“Commande FaLu has brought his troops there, let’s just wait for news from him, and besides, you can’t leave the palace yet, after the ministerial candidates return to their hometowns to prepare for a welcoming ceremony in the near future, you will be very busy, how far you can go? CuiAn is at least a day or two drive from PaiHua”

“Brother, how can Ying work when I always think about something bad happened to His Highness the Crown Prince, Ying, uh, Ying, heh”

“No way, big brother won’t allow you, no is no, let’s just wait for news, Commander FaLu is very experienced he knows what he can do, compared to you who don’t have any experience at all”

“Brother!”

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