CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“Sister Mu Mu!” running with teary eyes toward her.

“Lu er, is it really you? Oh my brother, is this really Xiao Lu?”

Ye Lu nodded, hugging his sister tightly he nodded.

“That’s right sis, this is Lu er, this is your Lu Lu, sis, oh finally Lu’er found you, Lu er really misses you, sister”

Ye Mu couldn’t hold back her tears, which fell unstoppably at that moment, her chest became warm, with a hot stomach, because of her longing for her brother so much all this time.

“Huks, my brother, my Lu Lu”

Bai Ying and the Crown Prince stopped in front of the alley, and both of them watched from atop Ye Mu and Ye Lu’s horses who finally met, Bai Ying couldn’t hold back his tears when he saw the two siblings finally meet again.

“Ems, sister Mu’er”

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The sun that sparks from the higher beam turn to orange when the group arrived in front of the Xin Hua palace grounds, where Princess Wu Lan and the others welcomed them.

“Owh my Ying’er, you’re home my grandson”

“Yes Grandma, Ying’er is back”

“Sincerely Your Highness the King, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highnes The Second prince, welcome back to Xin Hua” shouted old man Pai and the other officials lowered their bodies they were in front of Bai Ying and Luo Xiang.

Bai Ying smiled broadly, he just lifted his foot to approach but Chen Ming’s eyes widened at him so that the young man could only speak from his place.

“Eh yes, old man Pai, everyone, please raise up.”

The second Prince Smiles broadly at Princess Wu Lan who welcomes him.

“Your Majesty The Princess, as it’s been told, Your Majesty looks so pretty even in this age, This Prince is so lucky enough to be able to meet you in person, finally”

Princess Wu Lan laugh, she also heard about The Second Prince who was told to be very sweet mouthed and lovely.

“Hehehe Your Highness Second Prince, this old lady also heard a very great story from Ying er about Prince, it’s indeed my pleasure to be able to see Your Highness in person too”

Both of them laugh harder.

“Hehehehe”

While Shin Ya and Elder Yi later appeared from inside the palace, with happy faces Shin Ya immediately ran over. The shaman happens to be late.

“Your Majesty the King, you are back, please forgive this ignorant Servant for welcoming Your Majesty,” said Shin Ya who lowered his body in front of Bai Ying.

Bai Ying smiled, it felt like it had been a very long time since he had last seen Shin Ya, and also Elder Yi who stood up and clenched his fists bowed his head deeply at Bai Ying.

“Master Shin, Elder Yi, he, Ying come home”

Before long, all gathered in the great hall of Xin Hua palace, sitting around a large round table where everyone sat together.

The Crown Prince sat down with Bai Ying, Princess Wu Lan, Second Prince and Chen Ming.

While Bei Yau and Su Lang sat at another table with Guard Pang, Ge Lu, Shin Ya, elder Yo and Xiao Hong. While Ye Lu, sitting separately with Mu at the other table.

Princess Wu Lan and Luo Xiang repeatedly spooned side dishes into Bai Ying’s bowl which was getting full of food because of the two of them.

“Ouch, this is Ying how do you eat?”

Princess Wu Lan chuckled, she was very happy to see her grandchildren back after such a long separation, of course, she would spoil them a lot.

“Hehehe forgive this old granny, but all this food is delicious Ying er, eat more, look at your cheekbones, ouch my dear why are you getting thinner”

Bai Ying touched his cheek.

“No granny, someone said Ying ‘er’s cheeks are even a bit chubby”

The Crown Prince turned his gaze towards the side dish in front of him, pretending not to know that the person Bai Ying was referring to was him.

Princess Wu Lan laughed again, and really couldn’t help but look at Bai Ying’s adorable face.

“Hehehe, is that right? Maybe it’s because grandma’s eyes are getting blurry, so maybe my Ying er is really getting a little chubby.”

Bai Ying pursed his lips, his grandmother seems to tease him.

“Ah granma”

“Hahahaha”

Even Luo Xiang was secretly stifling a laugh by putting a lot of food in his mouth at once, he started to imitate Bai Ying who was chewing with his mouth full.

Princess Wu Lan turns to Second Prince who gracefully eats his meal.

“Your Majesty Second Prince, hope you don’t mind, it’s all just simple dishes of Xin Hua, can’t compare this to Yue Yang’s dishes”

Luo Yan smiled, he can’t help himself from drowning in all the food since he was so hungry.

“Hehehe don’t be like that Princess, this food is very tasty, indeed have a very different taste from Yue Yang’s, but that’s what makes it interesting, I really enjoy this”

“Oh hehe I’m glad Your Highness like this, please eat more”

Bai Ying holds his laugh, seeing how Luo Xiang’s gaze is as if he is jealous of Princess Wu Lan’s attention on the Second Prince. He thrust the meat into The Crown Prince’s bowl.

“Here Your Majesty, please eat more”

Luo Xiang smiled widely, he turns to Bai Ying and raise his hand to clean up the little crumbs left on the boy’s lips.

“Oh look at you, my dear King, why you always eat so carelessly”

and the boy only smiles so wide from ear to ear, can’t hide his excitement.

“Hehehehe”

Meanwhile at another table.

Xiao Hong sat between Shin Ya and Su Lang who kept thrusting food into his bowl.

“Here, Young Master Hong, eat more, Xin Hua palace chef’s cooking is very tasteful and delicious, surely Young Master will like all of the food here”

Xiao Hong’s eyes widened seeing all the glittering food on the table, if not for Bai Ying who always reminded him of table manners, he would definitely take all the food with his hands, and, fortunately, Bai Ying had taught him how to hold chopsticks properly.

Shin Ya and Su Lang didn’t stop serving Xiao Hong, both of them were definitely hit by the red bird’s charm to see Xiao Hong endlessly. But there’s no way Shin Ya’s powerful shaman can be cast by a spell even if it’s the spell of the Red Bird, he has magical eyes that can clearly see the color of the aura inside Xiao Hong’s body, a hot red aura, as the name implies, a red bird.

Elder Yi who was sitting beside Shin Ya chuckled, he grabbed his teacup.

“Hehehehe today’s young people are very interesting indeed.”

“Young Master Hong, The King has summoned this Servant to accompany Young Master while here in the Palace, our rooms will so close to each other. We have another small building beside the main Palace where all the officials and guesses stay. I’ll take you there after this, you must be so tired now”

Xiao Hong widened his eyes.

“Really? So, can Hong have a nice bath too? His Majesty the King said everybody should try to soak in the tub to relax our body and mind, Hong really wants to try that”

Shin Ya nodded.

“Of course Young Master, we have everything here, you certainly will love it”

Su Lang narrowed his eyes towards Shin Ya, who acted like he know Xiao Hong already.

“Ehem, Master Shin, His Majesty the King also order me to serve Xiao Hong while he was here, so what should I do about that now?”

Shin Ya and Su Lang look like the enemy who fights for the border flags.

“Eh, I don’t know about that Guard Su, I just carry out His Majesty’s order”

Su Lang takes a deep breath, still staring at Shin Ya annoyed.

“Heh. I’ll ask the King for this matter later”

Returned to Bai Ying’s table.

Bai Ying turned his head towards the table where Ye Lu was already sitting with his brother Ye Mu.

“Em, grandma, since when did you let Mu er out of the palace? Even if she doesn’t go out from the gate, but, doesn’t it rule out the possibility that she will run away, who knows that she will give up her blood vessels to burst and bleed to death in order to escape?” asked Bai Ying.

Wu Lan held her breath for a while, before continuing her story.

“Heh, grandma decided to let her out because it’s so pitiful, her pretty face sits in the dark doing nothing, Ye Mu won’t come out of the palace, she promised this old granny and grandma believed her, trying to run away meant she would kill herself, and Grandma saw that this sweet girl’s zest for life was so great, so couldn’t bear to see her wither.”

Luo Xiang put his teacup on the table again.

“But Princess, you haven’t forgotten that Ye Mu is Du Gu San’s favourite daughter, the poison king of Gao Shan valley, that girl could have devised a way to escape to rejoin her clan.”

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