CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

464 Joining In

The group arrived at the Ku Chang town square, where the line of soldiers of General Lin Mo and the Cold Water Clan already standing waiting for them, all shielding them with thick clothes and hood cover which had been partially white from snows.

“Sincerely Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Royal Highness the Viceroy, Your Highness the Second Prince, welcome to Ku Chang!” exclaimed Lin Mo and the others, including the Cold Water clan leader, Xi Lei, a middle-aged man with very though figure and face, it’s could clearly visible from his deep looking sunken eyes that he is the man in charge.

The large and stout horses that had travelled quite a distance looked exhausted, Bei Yau who was at the very front stopped the group.

The grey fur that wrapped around the hood, the Crown Prince was wearing long coat with velvet robe which was blowing by the wind, his sharp eyes looked at everyone who was already in front of him, they had arrived, and their great battle was about to begin.

Luo Xiang took a deep breath which left a gust of cold steam clearly visible as he released it.

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The Cold Water Clan headquarters hall is located at the very front of the Xi family residence compound.

“Sincerely Your Highness the Crown Prince, wish Your Majesty good health and a long life!” shouted the whole hall lowering its knees to salute Luo Xiang who was standing at the very front.

Slowly the young man with an aura of majesty that radiated to the corner of the room shook off his long robe and sat down on the large chair that was specially prepared for him.

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“Please raise up”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

Before long,

The Crown Prince raised his teacup. Glancing over at the Second Prince who was sitting beside him after listening to the newest situation from the chief of Cold Water Clan, Xi Lei and General Lin Mo.

“Brother, what do you think? You were the first to follow the development of Xue Hua palace from the beginning right?” Luo Xiang asked.

Luo Yan turned his head, pulled his lips and nodded slowly in thought.

“That’s right, shortly after His Majesty King Yue Liaw passed away, Father had ordered several officials to come to pay last respects, though the Palace didn’t accept many guesses, it’s been a while, around five months ago since the Crown Prince started the journey to Pai Hua for the first time, the situation was so chaotic that time so Father didn’t really pay much attention to what was really going on. The official who’s back from Xue Hua was nothing unusual, so it was a surprise when Queen Bo Yan suddenly appeared, whereas before, she was just an ordinary little concubine.” Luo Yan said.

Mu Chun, the old advisor of the Cold Water clan nodded slowly while stroking his beard.

“That’s right, Your Majesty, Queen Bo Yan used to be one of King Yue Liaw’s favourite concubines, it is said that after the King passed away, the little concubine started to grit her teeth, many more than half of the palace officials and troops sided with her. She does not hesitate to kill anyone who opposes her, and there are rumours, that if she is the one who threw the King’s concubines into the Black Tortoise’s cage, it is possible that he feeds the turtles with the bodies and bloods of her enemies.”

A surprised voice sounded in the room, Luo Xiang and others opened their eyes wide, including Ye Lu who was standing beside his young master, Xi Hu.

Bei Yau lowered his head before joining in on the conversation.

“Please forgive me for interrupting, Advisor, but, is it possible that the black tortoise consumes human flesh and blood? It is a mystical creature.”

Mu Chun stroked his beard while taking a deep breath.

“Heh, that’s what happened, Guard Bei, the black tortoise may no longer be a mystical creature that guards the winter, the black snake’s entanglement makes it uncontrollable, worried, if this continues, the balance in Ku Chang and its surroundings will be disturbed, Queen Bo Yan’s power is so tremendous, she’s not what she looks like”

Luo Xiang raised his head to look at Mu Chun, a thin old man with greying hair and wrinkled skin, but with a sharp look in his eyes with a gaze that seemed to be able to see deep into the eyes of everyone he saw.

“That is to say, is it true that Queen Bo Yan, was the black snake that used to inhabit the Black forest?” he asked.

Bei Yau widened his eyes.

“B-black snake? Your Majesty, didn’t His Majesty the Viceroy already destroy the black serpent energy while in Yang Chou? What, it’s not the same snake?” he asked.

Luo Xiang turned to Mu Chun at the bodyguard’s question.

The old man nodded.

“Yes, that’s right, the black snake’s energy was destroyed in the body of its victim in Yang Chou city, but it was only a small part of its energy, the black snake itself couldn’t be destroyed just like that, it was a mystical creature that fell from the sky after swallowing all the pills made by a God, but its too greedy and cause the heaven to curse it, since they have no other choice to kill it while it’s here, to exterminate it would be extremely difficult, unless...”

Luo Xiang and others waited for what the old advisor who was holding back his words to say, looked at everything for a moment as if he was hesitating.

“Unless, what, old adviser?” Luo Xiang asked.

Mu Chun lowered his head, with two fists clenched in front of his deeply bowed head.

“Please forgive this old man, Your Majesty, up until now, I couldn’t think of anyone who could defeat him, but, according to the legend from the heavens, the black snake can only be defeated by the blood of a human child who masters the five elements, that blood will make all its strength restrained in its mortal vessel so that the great power can kill it easily, and the one who can kill it is only the owner of golden energy of the fifth element that appears at the last crucial moment”

Everyone, including Luo Xiang, held their breath at Mu Chun’s words.

Luo Xiang clenched his fists, but he tried to calm down.

“Heh, a child who mastered the five elements, you mean, King of Realm? But, what does the blood mean? What, Ying Ying has to give his blood for the snake?” Luo Xiang asked.

Mu Chun nodded.

“Servant, think it’s like that, Your Majesty”

Luo Xiang took a deep breath.

“heh, gathering all the elements into his body, weakened it with his blood, what, this isn’t too much for the King of Realm King, he just a young kid, heh”

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Bai Ying didn’t take part in the meeting, as usual, the kid really didn’t like sitting and listening to strategy or anything like that, he was already soaking in the hot tub enjoying the bath he had been waiting for. The hot steam from the water in the bathtub that he had deliberately heated by himself up to the entire room.

Water with flowers and fragrance soaked up to the top of his chest, he would soak all night while relaxing his very tense and tired veins and body after travelling on these few days.

“Hah, this is so comfortable.”

He looked at the Savior coin hanging from his neck, which was getting shinier by the day, the coin really suited him.

“Em, Elder Yi, what, is there a possibility, that Ying can give this coin to someone other than the core family?” he asked Elder Yi who was standing by the pond feeding his pet fish.

Elder Yi turned his body, he thought until he furrowed his brow deeply.

“Hem, I don’t think it possible, Your Majesty, these coins belong to the Wah Ye palace’s core family, passed down from tens of generations before, only blood-related people can possess and use its power, otherwise it will only become an ordinary coin.”

Bai Ying took a deep breath, looking at the coin in his hand for a long time.

“Heh, what a shame, I wish His Highness the Crown Prince had it.”

Ying pursed his lips.

“If only everyone could use you”

Bai Ying turned his head when he heard the sound of the restroom door being opened before long the Crown Prince appeared already wearing his bathrobe.

“My Ying Ying, how long have you been soaking? Since the meeting started until it ended, you said you were sleepy?”

Bai Ying smiled broadly at the Crown Prince who lowered his body into the bath with him.

“Your Majesty, has the meeting finished?” Bai Ying asked.

Luo Xiang nodded, he brushed Bai Ying’s hair which had flowed in the water behind his neck, pulled his body closer to Bai Ying and held his back neck, while his other hand went down behind Bai Ying’s smooth and innocent waist, pulling him closer to him.

“Well, throughout the meeting, I’ve been missing my concubine so much, how can I focus, I really can’t wait to touching you”

Bai Ying squirmed in amusement as the Crown Prince’s mischievous hand touched his slender waist, while he tilted his head to kiss his soft fluffy lips.

“Chup chup, your lips taste so sweet, my love.”

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