CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

442 Commotion

It was raining heavily on the outskirts of the small town of De Lu, a small town they could easily pass through if it weren’t for the heavy rain that covered the main road and made several roads subside and potholes. The group finally stopped at a small inn before continuing their journey the next day.

Crown Prince stood in front of the golden carriage while Bei Yau approached him after receiving the report from his men.

“Your Majesty, we can take the small road next to the Red Moss Mountains, it will probably take more than half a day but according to the locals, everyone is now using that road as it is much safer”

Luo Xiang clenched his fists, looking in front of him where the morning sky was already shining bright with a warm wind blowing, it didn’t look like there was going to be a storm or anything, but that was what had been happening all along. By the morning the air is so nice, towards noon suddenly it rains heavily and nonstop until it’s dark, anything can happen at that time.

“Let’s continue that way, Bei”

Bei Yau bowed his head nodding.

“Yes, Your Majesty”

Luo Xiang got into the carriage where Bai Ying was still enjoying his sleep because last night the boy could barely sleep, restless and sad. The boy had not been able to forget his nightmare which he thought was very real.

Just as Luo Xiang was about to get into the carriage, some commotion happen not far in front of them.

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“Who would be so presumptuous of blocking our Young Master’s path, step aside! Clear the way, no one is allowed to use the road when our young master is about to pass!” cried several men sitting on their tall horses, from their clothes they looked like some of the personal guards of local officials. About six people behind the two people sitting on horses tried to kick the little soldiers who were sitting resting on the side of the road.

Ge Lu hold one of the guards who was about to advance without caring about hurting anyone who got in his way.

“Please be careful, you guys can hurt people this way.”

The arrogant man sitting on the horse tried to push Ge Lu’s grip with his foot, but Ge Lu pushed him away.

“Ah! Insolent! How dare you?”

Seeing Ge Lu who seemed to have pushed his comrade and was about to fall, another man sitting on a horse ordered his other men to come forward and attack Ge Lu at the same time, but the palace guards were not their opponents. After going through the fierce battle against the beasts, the group of skinny men in front of him was nothing to him, he simply spread his arms wide, stomping his shoulders releasing his psychic power that made all the guards fall.

“Ah!”

All the bodyguards groaned in pain on the ground, the commotion certainly aroused the curiosity of passersby.

“Wow that’s great”

“Let them know how it feels, they are always bullying others”

Bei Yau pursed his lips, and Ge Lu made a commotion that blinded them to the spectacle.

“Heh bodyguard Ge, be humble,” said Bei Yau.

Ge Lu turned his head, he scratched his head, actually, he didn’t want to make a fuss either, but those people started it.

While Luo Xiang paid them no heed, he opened the curtains of the carriage where Bai Ying was already sitting awakened from his slumber due to all the commotion around him.

“Your Highness”

“You are awake, are you still very sleepy?” Luo Xiang asked.

Bai Ying shook his head, stretched out his hand to accept the Crown Prince’s hand to slowly get off the carriage.

“Your Majesty, what happened? Why so noisy?”

When he arrived outside, from a distance ahead, Bai Ying saw a large crowd of people blocking the view, where several people fell to the ground, all groaning in pain. From a corner, several people sitting on large and majestic horses appeared. A young man was at the front, with a sharp gaze and high eyebrows, a firm face and jaw, from his face and dignity alone one would know that he was the head of all the bodyguards behind him.

“Stop!”

The sharp-eyed man with high eyebrows stared at the middle of the road where the guards who were supposed to be opening the road were lying in front of them.

“Useless! What are you guys doing lying on the street like that, stand up quickly!” cried the head of the group loudly.

The guards who were lying in the middle of the road tried to get up.

“Akh, head of the guard, it’s because of them, they don’t want to give way and instead oppress us” one of the bodyguards exclaimed pointing at Ge Lu and Bei Yau who was standing casually on the side of the road.

All the bodyguards immediately got up, hobbled and stood behind the horse of the head of the troupe, who was looking intently at Ge Lu and Bei Yau.

“Heh Ge Lu, look what you’re doing? His Majesty would be so furious about this.” Bei Yau grumbled.

Ge Lu scratched his head.

“Ouch, how about that, I even haven’t made any moves yet.”

The head guard smirked.

“Hey, just ignorant travellers, you guys are such great martial artists, why are you bullying people in the middle of the road like this?”

Bei Yau and Ge Lu looked at each other, both furrowing their brows deeply.

“We? He said us bullying them?”

Ge Lu nodded.

“I heard him say that.”

Bei Yau pursed his lips. Cross both arms in front of his chest.

“Heh, this is going to be a big problem.”

Bei Yau and Ge Lu would just ignore them and make way for the carriage to pass, but apparently, the head of the group wouldn’t let them off that easily. Unexpectedly the young man standing on his horse threw the chain at Bei Yau and Ge Lu attacked them.

“Sreenggg!”

Bei Yau’s eyes went wide, he and Ge Lu dodged just in time as the pitch-black chain attacked the two and slammed the tree trunk behind them.

Brukk!

The chain pulled back towards the head of the bodyguard, he smirked to see Bei Yau and Ge Lu finally notice him after both of them looked so arrogant and ignored him.

“You think only you guys who can bully other people?”

The head of the Guard darted off his horse and charged toward Bei Yau and Ge Lu, without hesitating to extend the black chain that stretched and shortened towards the two skilled palace guards.

Before long the trio’s fight was unavoidable, making everyone give way.

Meanwhile on the chariot. Luo Xiang who couldn’t clearly see what was happening due to the large crowd of people frowned, he heard the sound of a fierce battle.

“What the fuss does Bei Yau doing there?”

Bai Ying turned his head, Xiao Hong who had been waiting in another carriage was approaching, the young man was curious as to what had happened.

“Wow, that looks like fun, come, Your Majesty, let’s have a look.”

Bai Ying was surprised when Xiao Hong’s hand took him away, the young bird didn’t even look at the Crown Prince who was holding Bai Ying’s hand.

“Eits, Hong Hong where are we going?”

Luo Xiang pursed his lips in annoyance, he belatedly prevented the two youths from running towards the crowd.

“Ying Ying!”

Bai Ying thought that also seemed quite exciting, recently he’s not been in a good mood which made him forget himself who loves all crowds so much, he smiled seeing Xiao Hong’s hand holding him towards the crowd.

“Wow, someone’s fighting, it looks like Guard Bei and Guard Ge Lu fighting with someone, so excited ”

In the crowd, Bei Yau and Ge Lu were seen fighting half-heartedly against a young man holding a long chain. Bei Yau seemed to recognize the black chain, but, how could that be?

The fight was so intense that even the flexible chains were flung toward Bai Ying who was still standing stupefied where he was.

“Your Honour!” Xiao Hong exclaimed.

Bai Ying raised his head, just as the chain was heading for the front of his head, but instantly melted down before even coming near him.

“Woooh” everyone around Bai Ying opened their eyes wide in disbelief at what they saw, at a moment Bai Ying’s pair of eyes lit up bright red and burned the black chains easily.

The head of the guard was stunned in his position, his eyes widened as he saw his flagship weapon fade to the ground, and disappeared without a trace, the life chain that he threw from his hand and he could control using his internal energy had now become a black liquid that fell to the dusty ground.

“T-this”

Luo Xiang approached from behind and saw Bei Yau and Ge Lu who was making a fuss with sharp gazes, both of them knew wrong and immediately approached while lowering their heads deeply.

“Your Majesty”

Luo Xiang looked at the head of the group who was still lamenting his useless chains.

“Oh my chain”

Bai Ying scratched his head, he felt guilty too after seeing the young man.

“Eh, sorry about that.”

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