CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

Two young men approached, BaiYing who was drinking his tea immediately straightened his seat when someone suddenly approached and lowered his head to salute him.

“Eh, yeah.”

ChenMing looked at the two youths who were lowering their bodies behind him.

BaiYing opened his eyes wide when he saw the youth who was holding his head up looking at him, he seemed to know the young man.

“Eh Y-you, young master Feng? Feng Han?” Bai Ying asked.

The youth at the front was none other than FengHan, the son of Governor FengXi, who was also one of the successors of the four pillars bowed his head back and smiled at BaiYing.

“Please forgive Servant, Your Majesty, for disturbing Your Majesty and others’ meal, servant, just wanted to give you my utmost respect and gratitude, after our last meeting, I haven’t had time to do anything to express my deepest gratitude”

BaiYing waved his hand, it was good to see people he knew among the young officials whose faces were all strangers.

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“Hehehe nothing, just happened to be able to help, er what, earlier, didn’t see young master Feng inside for the coronation,” BaiYing asked seeing the clothes FengHan was wearing were the clothes for young XinHua officials, did he miss the young man coronation as one of the young officials?

FengHan smiled, the young man who came with him was also dressed as a young official, and BaiYing saw the young man at the inauguration ceremony as one of the young ministers, then, what position does FengHan occupy? He didn’t see the emblems given to every young official, which meant that FengHan had not occupied any position at this time.

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Actually, since arriving in XinHua, Elder Yi already had a very important agenda.

Inside one of the palace family rooms within the large building of the XinHua palace.

“Klekk”

The door was opened by the maid from inside, the morning sun was shining bright enough with its light coming straight into the room.

The atmosphere in the room of one of the palace families was quite calm, not much noise, in fact there was almost no other sound other than the sound of small birds dancing and singing on the branches that were clearly visible in front of the window, where someone was sitting on a chair looking out, towards the incredibly beautiful scenery, the tall plum blossoms with flowers that have bloomed with beautiful colours, and the boundless blue sky with a few clumping clouds, a gentle breeze blows a little blanket covering a person sitting in a rocking chair not far from the bed, seen several maids ready to serve him.

Elder Yi approached, taking a few steps until he stopped in front of someone sitting on a chair, ignoring him. Elder Yi smiled.

“Heh, long time no see little brother Yi, you look old” Elder Yi greeted someone who was no longer YueWang, or prince WuYi.

The old man whose face already looked very tired due to his age his hair had all turned white, with a blank look as if he wasn’t there, however, Elder Yi’s touch on his hand made the old man turn his head, because of his injury YueWang had become senile, according to his age which had almost ninety, he did look old, that’s how it supposed to be. But the old man smiled seeing Elder Yi’s bright smiling face with the right sunlight shining on his face.

“Hehe big brother Man, big brother come, look Brother, this is Yi’er’s house, it’s so pretty isn’t it? Yi’er already said that one day I will take brother back to PaiHua to visit my house, heh, it’s a very nice view.”

And as if he really recognized him, YueWang’s eyes did see Elder Yi as what he really was, and in his mind, he indeed his Big Brother, as he was, as if time had turned back to sixty years ago where he was still in the Valley of Medicine, before all his ambitions crushed him, and believe it or not, Prince WuYi regretted it very much, all ending very sadly.

Elder Yi pulled out a chair not far behind him and sat beside YueWang.

“Heh yeah, your palace is very beautiful, brother, it’s nice to be here, the air outside is very beautiful and fresh, do you want to go out for a walk?” he asked.

Elder Yi spent a lot of time talking to Prince WuYi, during the few days in the palace he visited Prince WuYi’s room every time to talk to him about the past, even though, it was actually Prince WuYi who betrayed him, make him lose his inner strength and almost died in the Cold Cave. But, he never held a grudge against him, in fact, the meditation and practices in the Cold cave for forty years made his mind go cold, all the grudges disappeared with time. Now he actually felt sorry for Prince WuYi’s condition, unlike himself who got a lot of luck, the fate of Prince WuYi who was none other than his younger brother disciples at the Valley had become quite sad, he got his family back, his palace, the life that was so hard for him to pursue, but , what’s the point of it all, if he can’t enjoy it. His ambition made him blind to the point of killing his two younger siblings’ families, including BaiYing’s parents and whole family, however, his crimes could not be forgiven just like that.

“Heh brother, look at that bird, it’s so beautiful”

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Nguungggg!

Trumpets sounded, the event for the appointment of The Minister of Foreign and Minister of Defense was unlike any others, those two positions were very popular, many clans from outside PaiHua city came to occupy the new country’s highest position, just like what ChenMing said, WahYe did have many clans that grew quite rapidly even though WahYe had disappeared for a very long time. Clans belonging to the same generations clan thrived, some even became landlords in a wealthy area and some became local rulers.

Some of these classy clans have already occupied their positions bringing candidates for the position of Minister of Defense, of course, the criteria for being the Minister of Defense of the very strong small country as WahYe it wasn’t very easy, mastering high martial arts, analytical skills and wisdom, it will be difficult considering the position of Minister of Defense is indeed very important.

The written test was given beforehand, and three candidates passed for the final stage of the test, namely martial arts skills, and of course for the test it had to be done outdoors.

Peacock Square, a wide field with green grass and tall trees surrounding a fairly large field, several grandstands have been provided for other officials to sit and watch, including the judges from the best people in the palace, led by Advisor Pai. The royal family, including the King, sat on a higher stand with Prince ChenMing, ShinYa and Elder Yi are sit behind BaiYing who is sitting majestically on his big chair, here it is, the ministerial selection ceremony is about to start, it will be very exciting because each candidate brought out the best in combat.

Seen on the sidelines, the commander of the day, MeMa being the referee, the small but agile girl was standing on the sidelines to observe and warn if any candidate commits cheating, however, the palace will not tolerate any cheating happening, that is the most undesirable trait for XinHua’s young officials have.

Sitting in their respective places, the candidates were getting ready, one of them was a young man with shoulder-length brown curls, sunken brown eyes with a large pointed nose, slightly dark skin, he came from the NoRon tribe, one of the WahYe sub-tribes which is one of the fighting tribe that produced the most formidable soldiers and officials in WahYe, High Commander FaLu is coming from that tribe.

The young man had looked at the King who was sitting on a chair with a slightly elevated position, from a distance, he only saw a young man, slim body and white skin sitting on his oversized chair, not what he imagined the figure of the King of XinHua country who’s rumoured to be so great.

“Heh, father has tricked me, what kind of country is this? Is this position worth fighting for? Just wasting my time” complained the young man, the middle-aged man standing behind him approached and whispered.

“Young master, this is obviously very important, Young master has gone through the process so far, just win today’s battle and young master will be able to become this Young Minister of Defense, the highest and important position in the ranks of XinHua’s new cabinet” whispered the man.

“Old man, this palace is indeed very majestic, but it is a very small country, even this city is nothing compared to SuChou let alone this palace with YueYang, why didn’t that senile old man send me to the capital of SanPo to become an official of YueYang instead? My youth will be wasted here, it’s so classless”

“Young master watch your mouth, don’t let others hear it” the old man whispered a little worriedly.

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