CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

LuoXiang approached, stretched out his hand to help BaiYing sit on his chair.

“YingYing”

“Your Majesty, I seem to have heard screams, what, Your Majesty scolded someone? Where did all the maids go?” BaiYing asked looking around his room.

Luo Xiang smiled.

“No, I didn’t scream, um, I was just testing my voice, why is YingYing dressed so beautifully, look at this face of yours, how if anyone falls in love with you? This kid”

Hearing the Crown Prince’s voice, which sounded ecstatic, BaiYing chuckled.

“Hehehe that won’t happen, Your Majesty, um, Guard Bei, are there so many guests? Why hasn’t Big brother the one who picks up Ying’er? It’s not like him usually”

BeiYau nodded.

.....

“Report Your Majesty, the hall is already filled with many invited guests, and indeed even Her Highness did not expect that there would be quite a number of guests, and, most of them are... uh” BeiYau stopped his speech, seeing the Crown Prince’s eyes that were already looking at him sharply. BaiYing frowned as he waited for the guard to continue, who remained silent.

“Eh, mostly.. what Guard Bei?”

LuoXiang shifted BaiYing’s head towards him.

“There’s no need to ask too many questions, Ying, we’d better get out and come back as soon as possible, make it over quickly,” said the Crown Prince.

BaiYing nodded, standing as the Crown Prince’s hand tugged at him, his large eyes blinking a few times as he watched the Crown Prince’s face from a very close distance as the man helped him put on his big robe, tying the ribbon on the front.

“Hehe, Your Highness”

LuoXiang smiled, lowering his head tilting him to kiss BaiYing’s lips.

“Chup”

“You look perfectly stunning”

Then grabbed the young man’s hand and led him out of the room.

“Come on, let’s go out.”

BaiYing stretched out his hand to his servant.

“Sis, where is my mask?”

Bi followed him.

“Your Majesty, wait.”

.....

The atmosphere in the Eagle’s hall was quite lively, the sounds of chatter and laughter became one, several performances had already started to pamper the guests, from dance to magic and acrobatics. The sound of applause is often heard shortly after the show ends.

“Great”

Princess WuLan and old man Pai were seen standing around serving some of the guests who often came to pay their respects, while ChenMing looked quite bored sitting on his tea and snacks. Everyone turned their heads when the sound of a long trumpet sounded, welcoming the arrival of the King into the room.

“His Highness the King, and His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!!” cried the doorman. All the guests rushed to their feet to greet anyone who entered from the direction of the large door.

Big and sturdy steps, beautiful shiny clothes that waved with his steps, sweet clanging sounds at the bottom of the King’s clothes, and the Crown Prince who entered so majestic while holding BaiYing’s hand tightly. The young man was wearing a half-face mask that only showed his lips and chin, even so, the aura he gave off as he walked truly amazed everyone who saw him, however, the Crown Prince walked beside him, holding his hand tightly, showing his position as the King’s consort.

The entire hall immediately lowered their bodies to their knees as they saw the King and Crown Prince enter the room.

“Sincerely Your Highness the King, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, may you always be blessed and long live, long live!”

The King and Crown Prince entered the room followed by BeiYau and SuLang in gold armour as the King’s personal bodyguards, as personal guards both were allowed to carry their weapons, SuLang’s long shiny sword and spear.

SuLang had a chance to glance at one of the ministers, young master ShiShen, of course since he was received back by the palace, the Young Master looked calmer and tried to control his bad temper, trying to change it so that he didn’t seem to hold a grudge when he saw SuLang passing by.

ChenMing rolled his eyes upwards, seeing the Crown Prince who was openly holding BaiYing’s hand tightly, thus directly telling everyone that Great King of XinHua, belonged to him, only his.

“Hey, that guy”

....

Shortly after XinHua’s first state event had to end, several state guests withdrew to go home immediately after the closing ceremony. Everyone returned empty-handed, previously the event that day was scheduled to be continued the next day, but it seems that it will not be possible to do that after the Crown Prince’s statement earlier.

“YingYing, King of XinHua is my concubine, Crown Prince YueYang’s first Concubine, this means that XinHua palace and its contents belong to YueYang, the Emperor has decreed, for the time being until this country can stand alone, all the responsibilities are still under YueYang, and that includes the King and his officials.”

LuoXiang gripped BaiYing’s hand tightly. Everyone held their breath listening to the Crown Prince’s sudden statement in the middle of the event.

ChenMing looked at his grandmother who seemed to have known about it beforehand.

Last night in Princess WuLan’s study.

The old woman’s wrinkled eyes widened when she saw the scroll of Emperor’s edict that the YueYang warrior had left this afternoon, just in time, thought LuoXiang as he slowly lifted his teacup.

“Your Majesty, what does this mean?” Wu Lan asked.

The Crown Prince took a sip of his tea, slowly putting his cup back on the saucer before explaining the contents of the warrant that came long after LuoXiang departed from YueYang.

“It’s very clear Princess, that, although WahYe has appeared after a long absence, complete with all the palaces and its contents, still, the time has passed long enough for everyone to know who WahYe’s really is, and Father thought, this country will only get so many problems in the future, it is impossible to be independent in a very short time, YueYang palace has obligation to protect it at all costs.”

Hearing that WuLan smiled, the old lady certainly knew what the real purpose of the Emperor gave the order was, not only because WahYe couldn’t stand on its own, the great power of this palace and especially the King made YueYang a little afraid that this small country would be easily exploited by others.

“Turn out that, His Majesty really pays so much attention to WahYe” Wu Lan asked.

LuoXiang looked at the old woman for a moment, the woman who was the only remaining royal family to have seen the greatness of that country before, even though, at that time she was still too young to understand many things.

“You know what His Majesty mean, Princess, no matter what, you can’t deny that WahYe still has a lot to learn, still far to go let alone to be independent, and YueYang gave you that opportunity, this country is great, more than anything else, however, it’s still too young and doesn’t have much experienced to be able to stand alone, and for me personally, what makes this country worth to protect at all cost is because my beloved concubine becomes the King here, I have promised YingYing to solve our very complicated problem, to the best that I can, and when WahYe can standing firmly on its own feet, YingYing and I may have enjoyed our retirement peacefully, whether it’s in YueYang, or in XinHua, together.”

WuLan lowered the scroll from the Emperor slowly. Roll it up and put it back in the tube.

“I understand that Your Majesty, but for this matter, this old lady will leave it to the younger generation, Ying’er and Ming’er, they will decide.”

The Crown Prince stood up from his seat, walking slowly and gracefully with two hands folded behind his waist.

“Emperor is not in a hurry in this matter, as Princess has already read in the edict, it takes many steps to be carried out, the first is that the cabinet that has been elected must report to YueYang palace, advisors and junior ministers, all will learn at YueYang to the appointed time”

LuoXiang turned his body to look at Princess WuLan who looked confused.

“Princess, this is a very good offer, no matter how strong WahYe is now, he is still a child who needs the attention of a more mature parent to guide its way, you know that more than anyone else.”

Amidst LuoXiang’s statement, several Kings from small countries asked questions.

“Forgive me, Your Majesty, then, how about the concubine selection event for the King? Is it still valid?” asked BuYe, the King of the Gao.

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