CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

LuiFan and FuLan covered their mouths with their eyes wide open, looking at the figure that had fallen and burned alive in front of him, BaiYing himself was no less shocked, staring at his palms, and the motionless figure in front of him who was still tightly gripping the hilt of his longsword, his hand trembling.

“Ying’er” Lan’er pulled BaiYing close to her and hug him, while their eyes can’t avoid the horrible sight in front of them.

“Sister”

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Thump thump thump!

The stomping feet ran into Plum’s pavilion.

“His Highness the Crown Prince arrived!” shouted the guard,

LuoXiang hurriedly ran into BaiYing’s room seeing several people in it, and BaiYing who was sitting curled up on his bed.

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“YingYing!”

BaiYing’s face was pale, sitting with his knees crossed blankly, there was ShinYa nearby with Concubine Fu and Concubine Lui.

“YingYing what happened?”

The Crown Prince hurried away in the middle of the meeting when he heard from the Crown Prince’s palace guards about what had happened in the Peony Valley, he grabbed BaiYing’s two hands which were shaking and cold with bloodshot eyes like he had been crying. The Crown Prince shifted BaiYing’s trembling head trying to hug him.

“Ying”

LuoXiang turned to BeiYau who entered the room later, the bodyguard lowered his head to report.

“Report Your Majesty, the remainder of the body has been secured, it might be the attacker as he is not from within the palace, there is a tattoo on his hand which is still holding the scimitar, which is not YueYang’s weapon”

The Crown Prince looked at BeiYau with big eyes.

“How is there an intruder inside such a tight palace! What do the guards do? How can that person enter carelessly!” his voice was very loud with eyes bulging with anger, he was so angry that he was ready to kill anyone right now.

BeiYau lowered his head deeply, all the guards in the room dared not raise their heads, the Crown Prince’s anger could shake the building of the Pavilion.

BaiYing clenched his fists holding LuoXiang’s clothes.

“Your Majesty, s-servant, I killed him, that person, servant, a-accidentally took out my fire, Your Majesty, I killed him”

LuoXiang pulled BaiYing’s head and hugged him.

“Calm down, YingYing did the right thing, that person will indeed attack you, it’s not your fault”

LuoXiang looked at Lan’er.

“It happened so fast Your Majesty, we don’t even know what happened that suddenly that person fell in front of us, but, he was really going to attack us, his sword was drawn very long, little brother Ying was only trying to protect us until he has no choice and has to deploy his fire out, poor little brother Ying”

“Your Majesty, since yesterday there have been a number of foreigners visiting the palace, we don’t understand how these people got in, however, this might just be a coincidence,” said Fan’er.

Hearing Fan’er LuoXiang’s words he looked at her with wide eyes.

“What do you mean some foreigners visiting the palace? Who do you mean? Bei, how did a foreigner get into my palace? Haven’t I ordered everyone to be on guard? This is my palace not a palace for foreign guests or anyone trespassing without my permission?”

BeiYau stuttered, he didn’t seem to understand what was going on himself.

“Eh, I have been negligent Your Majesty, I will investigate”

LuoXiang hugged BaiYing who was still in shock, he held back his anger, right now, BaiYing’s psyche was more important than anything else, he stroked BaiYing’s hair trying to calm him down.

“Heh Ying, try to get some rest, don’t think about it again okay? We will find out who the attacker was, YingYing must have done the right thing if you didn’t, either one of you could be injured, it could be YingYing, or concubine Fu, concubine Lui, or even your bodyguards and servants, does YingYing wish that to happen?”

BaiYing raised his head, though his hands were still shaking, but, what the Crown Prince said is true, if he didn’t release his white flames, he and the others could be injured, or even killed.

“Your Majesty”

LuoXiang smiled, holding BaiYing’s cheeks covering them with his two wide palms, looking at the pair of eyes that were looking at him with big watery eyes.

“Well, let’s go take a bath first, then we’ll have dinner”

“Servant, not hungry Your Highness”

“Then just take a shower, let Yan and Bi help you take a bath, I’ll be back after taking care of some things”

BaiYing looked at LuoXiang for a moment, and slowly nodded his head.

“Yes, Your Majesty, I will wait.”

LuoXiang glanced at the maids who were standing behind everyone and ask them to approach.

The Crown Prince stood up from his seat, folded his wide sleeves with his hands tucked behind his waist, he glared at BeiYau and ShinYa to follow him out of the room.

Lan’er approached BaiYing, stroked the young man’s hair, and hugged him.

“Sweet child, it’s not your fault”

“Sis, Ying’er killed that person, Ying’er didn’t mean to”

Lan’er stroked BaiYing’s back.

“Stupid child, you saved us all, if you did not kill him, does Ying’er want us the one who get hurt?”

BaiYing shook his head.

“No.”

“Then Ying’er has to do it, it’s called self-defense.” ”

“Yes, Ying, that person deserves to be burned like that, if necessary, I stabbed him again with a spear, how could he attack us in the middle of the day like this? After all, who are they? How can they enter the Crown Prince’s palace at will?” continued Fan’er.

Lan’er who was still stroking BaiYing’s back furrowed her brows, she was also deep in thought, does this have something to do with the palace guests who came recently? And, yesterday, how could the Prince’s entourage easily enter the Crown Prince’s palace while according to the Crown Prince himself all the guards had been warned that no one should enter without his permission.

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The Crown Prince’s palace was on alert, the security was increased and everyone entering through the gates was strictly checked, but, even with the very strict conditions attackers could still enter the palace, it was the same as when YeMu was still around the palace and stationed her mingled people among the guards, servants and palace workers, anyone could be suspected.

The Crown Prince, BeiYau, and ShinYa were discussing in the Plum Pavilion’s living room, while the Crown Prince couldn’t leave BaiYing who was still in a state of shock.

“Your Majesty, there is a possibility that the assailant was indeed aiming for His Majesty Concubine Hua, but this attack was so rash, in daylight and in an open state, as if the attacker was deliberately testing the situation, this was a kind of suicide attack,” BeiYau said.

ShinYa agreed.

“I think so, Your Majesty, whoever the attacker is they don’t know what His Majesty’s real ability is, so it’s a kind of trial”

“But, who’s looking for trouble now? YingYing’s dealings with the followers of the Blackwater Clan should be over, they’ve already lost and even though attacking YingYing right now is useless, it’s just a playful attack” LuoXiang said.

BeiYau thought, frowning deeply.

“Whoever it is they have the upper hand and think they are in control of the situation, by attacking at this time shows how confident that person is in their actions, not afraid that the palace tightens guard after this,” he continued.

LuoXiang glanced at ShinYa.

“Master Shin, do you have any idea who the attacker was?”

ShinYa thought, his eyes flashed with a yellowish glow for a moment.

“I saw the aura that remained of that body, and, it’s all deep black, whoever they were, these attackers were quite strong Your Majesty, and the number, perhaps not small, this, maybe just the beginning, as the Bei guards said if they’re just doing this as the testing attack only.”

The Crown Prince took a deep breath, thinking till his forehead furrowed deeply.

“Hem, whoever they are, they don’t know who are they dealing with, heh, all of this seems like it won’t stop just like that”

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Night fell, very calm in the Pulm pavilion, although the sounds of owls and other nature animals could be heard from a distance.

Creck.

The door opened from the outside, the maids who guarding the door lowered their knees when they saw the Crown Prince enter the room, LuoXiang waved his hand asking all servants to leave the room, left him and BaiYing alone.

LuoXiang slowly approached the bed, where the young man had fallen asleep on his side, lowered his body to sit on the edge of the bed, stroking BaiYing’s hair that fell on his forehead, the young man fell asleep exhausted after feeling guilty all day, how couldn’t he? He never hurt anyone all his life, what he had just abundant love for all, and, now accepting the fact that he took someone’s life, it made him so devastated.

LuoXiang smiled, stroked BaiYing’s hair, and lowered his head to kiss his forehead.

“Heh sweet boy”

BaiYing opened his eyes, just stared at the Crown Prince’s face, until he slowly pulled his body and wrapped his arms around the Crown Prince’s waist, hugging him and burying his head in the young man’s lap.

“Your Highness”

LuoXiang smiled, he kissed BaiYing’s forehead again and stroked his hair.

“You’re not hungry?”

BaiYing shook his head.

“No”

“You’ll have a stomach ache later from not eating, do you want something? Cake, or sweets? Anything that can enter your mouth”

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The Crown Prince’s flat voice made BaiYing feel at ease, he just simply wrapped his arms around the man’s waist and rested his head on his warm lap, and the pain in his chest would lessen.

“I’m not hungry Your Majesty, I ate a bit earlier”

“Heh, fine then” LuoXiang took BaiYing’s hand, looked at the palm for a long time, then lifted it up and kissed it gently.

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