CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

466 The Black Pearl

Bai Ying widened his eyes.

The sun was shining again warmly on his face. It’s morning already.

“Heh” and there was no Crown Prince beside him, he always woke up earlier than usual.

Bai Ying raised his hand to cover the dazzling sunlight when he turned his head, however, there was something inside his fist.

“This is” a small round, shiny black thing, that, was Hei Wu’s black pearl.

“Old man”

Bai Ying woke up and looked at his palm where the tiny shining pearl was, faintly, he could feel the black tortoise’s energy flows from the little pearl which was no more than a regular pearl size.

He turned his head when the Crown Prince approached him. He had just finished cleaning up.

“Ying, are you awake? How was your sleep, how is it? It’s warm right?” said Luo Xiang caressing Bai Ying’s cheek gently.

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Bai Ying nodded, he smiled broadly at the Crown Prince who was ready with his attire.

“Your Majesty.”

The object in Bai Ying’s palm catch his attention, frowning at the object he had seen for the first time.

“What is this? Did Ying Ying just buy it yesterday?” Luo Xiang was about to touch it but something stung his finger so he pulled it quickly.

“Ah, what is this?”

Bai Ying stretched out his hand in front of the Crown Prince.

“This is the spirit pearl belonging to the Black Tortoise, Your Majesty, this is part of the heavenly revelation, last night, Ying dreamed of meeting the old man and he said what about had happened all this time”

Luo Xiang looked at Bai Ying seriously.

“Meet him? The ugly turtle came to you in a dream? Did you let him touch you? That old man”

Bai Ying almost laughed at the Crown Prince’s reaction, who instead checked his body, making sure he was fine.

“Hehe no Your Majesty, how could that old man touch me? He’s so huge, Ying even has to look up very far to talk to him.”

Luo Xiang pursed his lips, pinching Bai Ying’s cheeks exasperatedly.

“This kid, next time take me if you want to see him”

Bai Ying laughed at the Crown Prince’s words which he knew were only joking.

“Hehehe Your Majesty, how can that be”

Luo Xiang held Bai Ying’s hand with the black pearl in the palm of his hand, unlike him, maybe only the King of Realm King could hold it.

“Then what did the ugly old man say?” he asked.

The Viceroy looked at the pearl in his hand for a moment, then looked at the Crown Prince.

“He said that Queen Bo Yan really was the human form of the black snake, that creature took his energy and transformed herself into human form to fulfil her ambitions, that Queen was extremely ruthless, she didn’t hesitate to kill anyone who got in her way, and, Your Majesty, it’s Wah Ye’s lost city revival that made the creature escape its captivity, all of this, happened because of Ying er” Bai Ying’s voice sounded unenthusiastic in his last sentence. He saw the little pearl and gripped it tightly.

The Crown Prince stroked Bai Ying’s forehead.

“Hey, stupid kid, no matter how all this will happen, sooner or later, Wah Ye’s awakening only makes things happen a little faster, it’s not my Ying Ying’s fault that the snake escaped from the shackles that weren’t strong enough to withstand the fracture caused by the earth movement because of Wah Ye palace, all of this is predetermined to happen.”

Bai Ying raised his head, seeing the Crown Prince who was smiling and looking at him always trying to calm him down.

The young man wrapped his arms behind the Crown Prince’s waist, hugged him and rested his head on the young man’s chest who was always there for him, any time.

“Your Majesty, Ying just doesn’t want anything bad to happen later, what if Ying really disappears from this earth? Where is Ying going?”

Luo Xiang stroked Bai Ying’s hair, took a breath, rested his chin on the boy’s crown, and hugged him tightly, so tight.

“I will never let you go, if that happens, big brother will go looking for you to the ends of the world, as we agreed.” The Crown Prince kissed Bai Ying’s forehead and cheeks gently.

“Em, how about now, my Ying Ying cleans up, we will go down and have breakfast with the others, the sky is quite clear today, would Ying want to see the snow under the sun?”

Bai Ying nodded.

“Sure Your Highness, that seems like a very good idea”

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Heeee!

Drap Drap Drap!

The sound of the neighing of horses, several horses with young soldiers just rushed towards the largest tent in the temporary base compound of Yue Yang’s army under General Lin Mo, which was located in an empty field beside the Cold Water Clan compound.

The few young warriors in Yue Yang’s armour dismounted quickly and lowered their bodies in front of the red army leader led by Ke Wang, Lin Mo’s subordinate.

“Report head Ke! The troops who tried to break through the east side of the white mushroom mountain were repulsed, the enemy pushed all to the other side of the frozen river.”

Ke Wang turned his head, some of the soldiers were messengers from each division who went to the field to keep the enemy from approaching the foot of the white mushroom mountain, they were new just returned from the blue division troop led by his comrade Chief Hu Bai.

“Then what about Head Hu, why doesn’t he come back with you guys? How many casualties fell?” asked Ke Wang.

“Report, Head Ke, Head Hu together with others standby on to the last post point and waiting for further orders, at least twenty soldiers have already been killed”

Ke Wang looked at the young soldier for a moment, thinking until his eyebrows rose sharply, and he clenched his fists.

“They are not to be taken lightly.”

Just as Ke Wang was deep in thought, from the main road appeared a group of Generals Lin Mo and Bei Yau, who were ready in their battle clothes walked towards them. Immediately the army chief came out of his tent and greeted the great general.

Bei Yau looked at Ke Wang and the others after the troop chief explained the current situation on the ground. The Crown Prince’s personal bodyguard crossed his arms across his chest while thinking. He has a mandate from the Crown Prince that he can decide anything according to his hunches, Bei Yau got that trust not without reason, the young guard knows the Crown Prince far more than anyone, his mind is more less the same as what the Crown Prince thought.

Bei Yau turned to General Lin Mo beside him.

“General Lin, what do you think?” he asked.

The middle-aged man with a stern face with minimal expression looked at his men for a moment, then turned his head back to Bei Yau, lowering his head.

“Report, Guard Bei, Xue Hua’s troops are trying to seize every point there is, they are slowly descending and taking one by one guard posts down the mountain, there is a possibility that they will continue to advance until they arrive at the foot of the mountain and head to the centre of Ku Chang city”

“Which post with the most men? Xue Hua’s army has a strength that is far above average, it would be better to gather all the available forces and defend in large numbers at once” said Bei Yau.

General Lin Mo nodded slowly, it’s true what Bei Yau thought. Bei Yau straight his head to look at General Lin Mo and Head Ke.

“Send a message to the army chief Hu Bai to withdraw and join the Yellow division troops at the foot of the mountain, Xue Hua’s strength now cannot be underestimated but fighting it alone will cost more victims,” ??said Bei Yau.

Ke Wang lowered his head nodding.

“Ready Guard Bei!”

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The birds just fly and perch on the highest tree branches which are partially covered by white snow. The sound of their voice is cheerful, playing with their partner with a sweet love song that fills the surroundings.

The backyard of the Xi family mansion residence.

The garden that was previously overgrown with greenery and all the colourful flowers was now almost completely covered with snow. Bai Ying and Chen Ming, as well as Xiao Hong, were seen enjoying their time at noon walking along the path warming their bodies under the bright sunlight. The weather was quite sunny that day.

“Brother, look at this, the flowers are so pretty, they can bloom even the weather is so cold like this,” Chen Ming said pointing to a plum tree trunk with several flowers growing on its snow-covered trunk.

“Yes, brother, that’s so pretty.”

As Bai Ying was walking leisurely, suddenly a beautiful transparent white butterfly flew and landed on his knuckle.

“Wow, this, where do the butterflies come from?” Bai Ying asked.

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