CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

305 The Capital City

Head to the Capital. The sky was getting dark when the Crown Prince’s entourage just entered the capital’s gates, at the first steps at the gate there was already a group of palace guards waiting to escort the entourage back to the palace, along the road was very crowded, all bowed their heads in as the horse carriage with the Crown Prince and BaiYing in it passed the main road.

XuYi who rode in the back with Elder Yi opened his eyes and mouth wide, all this great reception, it was clear that this Young Master Lu he had known all along was not just an ordinary petty official.

“Wow, this is the capital, it’s very beautiful”

The main street is clean, the residents in beautiful and bright clothes, the sturdy and towering buildings, the shiny signboards on every big door of the commercial street where big shops are neatly lined up, to the two-story inn houses at the end of the road leading to the next corner, SanPo city is indeed extraordinarily advanced compared to other cities like KuiZang of course.

While in the horse carriage.

BaiYing was seen sitting with his face sulked since they start to hit the road earlier, looking out of the way ignoring the Crown Prince who was sitting very close beside him.

“Ying what now?”

LuoXiang was about to hold BaiYing’s hand but the young man quickly withdrew his hand, crossing it in front of his chest.

“Nothing”

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“Don’t lie, it’s written so clearly on your face from earlier, is YingYing still upset about that girl?” Luo Xiang asked. BaiYing didn’t answer immediately, the boy let out a breath that sounded very heavy. Crown Prince pulled BaiYing’s shoulders closer to him.

“Come on, my sweet Ying, why are you like old ladies who are always sulking all the time, aren’t you tired of putting on a frowning face like that, you will feel a headache from frowning too much later” Crown Prince stroked BaiYing’s frowning forehead until The young man held the Crown Prince’s hand lowering it down.

“Your Majesty, I’m still mad now.” His eyes stared intently at the Crown Prince, but LuoXiang hugged BaiYing from behind instead.

“Emh, even though YingYing is mad, he still looks cute, after all, why is this little kid always angry about everything? We head back to the palace now, is it that’s what YingYing really wants right now, right?”

BaiYing lowered the Crown Prince’s hand that was hugging his chest and turned his gaze, his eyes seriously looking at the Crown Prince’s which couldn’t stop smiling at him.

“Your Majesty, did, Your Majesty doesn’t feel the slightest pity for that poor girl? She was injured, alone, and seemed to have cried until her eyes were bloodshot, didn’t His Majesty was stunned to see her face the first time, although, YingYing didn’t really like her, but, seeing her in such condition, that, was very worrying”

Crown Prince pursed his lips, thinking as he smoothed BaiYing’s front hair, bringing his head closer to sniff the young man’s neck.

“Erm, you smell so good”

“Your Majesty, Ying is being serious now”

Crown Prince took BaiYing’s two hands and squeezed them in his wide palms, resting his chin on the young man’s shoulders.

“Em, is YingYing sure you know that girl?”

BaiYing frowned.

“Yeah, she’s the girl His Majesty saved from falling off the horse the other day right? Also, according to Master ShinYa, judging by the colour of her aura, it’s likely that girl was also the one who passed by our party when we first departed from the Wind Valley desert”

“Oh Yeah? Then, according to YingYing, that means we know her?”

“Em it’s not like that, Your Majesty, this, maybe it means fate if we get to know her because by chance we have met her several times, especially when Your Majesty saved her from falling, that means there is something right?”

LuoXiang watched BaiYIng from a very close distance for a while, the young man’s round eyes watched him intently and blinked a few times as he waited for the Crown Prince to answer his question.

“Then, YingYing think it means that we match to each other? What if that really happened? Does Ying is willing to share your heart with others?”

Hearing the question, BaiYing stuttered, he was speechless.

“Eh I that, um, well, if, if that were to happen, well, it can’t be helped, Ying can’t resist fate, can I? Who told His Highness the Crown Prince to be the Crown Prince who would later become Emperor, it was fate that the Emperor, had more than one spouse or concubine, that, it was unavoidable, heh, at the very least, Ying would sit alone watching the parrots sing every morning in the pavilion garden, at the very back of the palace”

LuoXiang ruffled BaiYing’s hair, grabbed the young man’s chin and lifted his downcast face, so that he couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of the youth’s lacklustre face, flicked on BaiYing’s forehead exasperatedly.

“Aww, Your Majesty its hurt”

“This brat, why are you so unmotivated like that, have no desire to fight for your right, what, this brother of yours is not worth keeping?”

BaiYing touched his forehead.

“Your Majesty, what does that mean?”

“Heh this kid, well, no matter what, YingYing can’t possibly live alone in the cold pavilion, shouldn’t this Big Brother of yours live with you? We’ll see parrots or any other birds singing together in the morning, enjoying the warm sun, basking in the garden.”

BaiYing who had been keeping a wry face on his face finally couldn’t help but smile, the Crown Prince’s warm embrace covered his body from behind.

“Hehe, yes, that, it will be very lovely”

“Heh, even though in the future, an Emperor will have many concubines and empresses, at the end of the day, this Emperor will return to his beloved HuaBaiYing’s pavilion, that, will happen until we grow old and ugly, that’s the agreement right?”

BaiYing nodded, Crown Prince’s gentle voice in his ear could make him feel much better.

“Yeah, that’s the agreement, hehe” However, the young man changed his facial expression quickly.

“But still, Your Majesty, we were talking about that girl earlier,” BaiYing continued quickly.

“Ugh this kid, why are you still thinking about that girl, get over it”

“It’s not that Your Majesty, she’s so unfortunate, we haven’t even heard her story about how she got injured like that, and, what if the crowd who chased after her come back, and, what if someone else disturbs her, she is so poor Your Majesty, such a weak little girl.”

Crown Prince let go of his embrace but didn’t let go of his grip on BaiYing’s hand.

“This kid, do you know her so well that you say she is very poor? Did she tell you anything?”

BaiYing thought for a while, he shook his head.

“Em no, she didn’t say anything anyway”

“That’s it, she just didn’t say anything, how can you be so sure if she’s so poor?”

The large golden carriage had already started to enter the main street of SanPo city leading to the palace, the sky slowly began to darken as the sun lazily descended on its bed.

“Well she didn’t say it, but Your Majesty can see for yourself right?”

“How many times has that girl crossed us, doesn’t YIngYing feel suspicious about something?”

BaiYing frowned.

“Suspicious of what? Did she follow us on purpose, huh?”

“You think? Otherwise how could it be so coincidental?” Luo Xiang asked.

“Well, who knows, it’s just a coincidence”

“There’s no such as coincidence, whether it’s because that girl is in the same direction as us or she’s deliberately following us, Brother doesn’t believe her, Big Brother has a hunch like that”

BaiYing widened his eyes, deep in thought.

“Then, why did His Majesty stare at her for so long then? To be stunned like that”

“No, who has stared at her? It just so happened that I saw that his eyes resembled YingYing’s, so I was a bit distracted for a moment.”

BaiYing pursed his lips.

“Another excuse, what a smart talker, well, after all, as a real gentleman His Majesty should have helped her earlier”

“BeiYau has already taken care of it, just let it go, why does YingYing always have to talk about that person again? Sit still, we will soon arrive at the palace.”

The voices of the two were faintly heard outside the carriage.

“Your Majesty, please don’t pull my hair hard, it hurts”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to pull it, it was an accident, this fussy granny”

“This majesty”

While in the carriage section, ChenMing rode with BeiYau beside him, BeiYau was already wearing red dominant official clothes and black glistening with the emblem of the Crown Prince’s special guard, he looked very dashing. While ChenMing wore a beautiful, distinctive WahYe outfit with dominant light blue and white colours with a combination of sparkling silver, complete with a long, wide robe that covered the body of the horse he was riding, the aura of an esteemed Great Prince WahYe could be seen very clearly on his face.

While ShinYa and Elder Yi were at the back of the group, XuYi who was riding at the back was a bit hesitant to take his horse along with the group which was not what he expected, who had he been with all this time? Why, he feel these people, not just ordinary officials?

“Em, master Yi, what, shall we head straight to young master Lu’s official residence?” XuYi whispered.

Elder Yi furrowed his brows in thought for a while.

“Em, that’s, you could say that, we will arrive before nightfall, I can’t wait to enjoy that very delicious palace wine, ouch, it’s been a long time”

XuYi frowned.

“Palace wine?”

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