CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“Emperor ordered us to return to the palace, at least attend the annual palace event, what a hassle, I don’t like the palace annual event at all”

Bei Yau and Elder Yi could only glance at each other.

“Um, looks like it will be exciting, Your Majesty, the annual palace event is held once a year, and usually will discuss the agenda of the palace and its surroundings, over the past few months many things have happened in Yue Yang, of course, His Majesty the Emperor wants to re-establish the chain that had a shake and spread a message of peace to all countries,” said Elder Yi.

Luo Xiang knew that, he looked far ahead. He still remembered a year ago, sometime after the annual palace event he met Bai Ying in the palace, the young man was deliberately smuggled in by his parents to avoid Wu Yi’s attack who was about to kill him. All the events that caused the young man’s life to change drastically. Luo Xiang lowered his crossed legs onto the ground. Get up slowly from his seat.

“Heh, we’ll see what happens.”

The Crown Prince walked gracefully, his hands behind his waist and took a fairly wide stride towards the bungalow when suddenly there was the sound of footsteps coming from the stairs.

“Your Honour! Please forgive us, His Majesty...” The two maids who had just entered Bai Ying’s room came down in a hurry, both of them visibly shaking on their knees in front of the Crown Prince.

Luo Xiang widened his eyes, what happened? Without thinking he immediately ran towards the stairs up to their room above.

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“Ying Ying!”

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The bustling city of Sui Lian.

“Candied fruit! One tael for three, candied fruit!” exclaimed the sweets vendor who mingled with the many residents who filled the street.

“Come on come on, the hot steamed meat bun, fresh from the steamer! Tastes really good, come and buy it!” exclaimed the bun seller who lift the steamed bun’s lid which smoke immediately spread to all areas, its large and soft size so appetizing for anyone who saw it.

“Boss, three buns please!” cried a young woman who’s taking her child with her. The bouncy merchant nodded.

“Ready! Three buns right away!”

After a day, the residents of Sui Lian who also celebrated the kite festival continued, even though the sky was getting dark. Residents seem reluctant to end their holiday just like that.

Residents take their families with them to the market to buy something or just enjoy the holidays, one of which is through a young man dressed in black, wearing a wide hat and leading his big black horse and in his right hand holding a shiny black sword, his face shining with a pair of eyes with a sharp glare. However, he was probably one of the many travellers passing through Sui Lian city.

In a corner of the market which is in the alley between the residents’ shop houses.

Unlike the atmosphere on the street, in the alley several people gathered around something, almost no one made a sound looking at something in the middle very seriously, even holding their breath. Apparently, there is a marbles competition in the middle of the circle, between a big man and a slender young man, a wind passed gently wave his beautiful hair and white clothes with red trim spread on the ground while focusing on aiming his index finger to shoot the marbles belonging to the big ugly dirty man, shabby dressed and fierce-looking. Which seemed impatient because the young man who wore a half-face mask and only showed his lips did not launch his attack either.

“Come on, hurry up!”

The young man wearing the mask finally shot his index finger at the marble, which slid swiftly against the black marble, however, the marble didn’t move, on the contrary, it was his that went out of line.

His eyes widened when he saw the marble that came out even though it had hit the man’s marble. Simultaneously, the people behind the man cheered loudly.

“Yeah, boss wins!”

But the young man raised his head, saw the man with sharp eyes, he went forward and took the man’s marble, as he had expected, the black marble was very heavy, more than the weight of ordinary marbles.

“This is called cheating! How can I hit yours when your marbles are this heavy? This cannot be tolerated!” exclaimed the young man took the marble and showed it to the seller sitting on the edge of the circle.

The old man who made money by trading just looked at the young man and smirked.

“Hehe then, what does this young master want? Lost, is lost”

“Still it’s cheating! You’re a cheater!” cried the young man.

The young man threw the black marble at the feet of the owner who was still cheering with his men. Until the man turned and looked at him with big eyes.

“This kid, damn it!”

Soon after that.

Bokk bokk bokkk!

The sound of feet running fast, the dust of the road between the alleys of residents’ houses flying when the legs of one or two people passed, then a lot of them passed at once.

“Chase him! Don’t let him go! That brat!” cried the ugly man as he ran around the streets, in and out screaming in annoyance.

Behind the wall, the masked youth hid as the men passed.

“Where is he!” exclaimed the man looking at his men with big eyes.

“Boss, there’s someone with similar clothes in the front alley over there! Maybe it’s him, boss!” exclaimed his men who ran over.

The masked youth was just about to come out when someone’s hand held his hand back against the wall and covered his mouth as he was startled and almost screamed.

“Ump” and hid behind the wall until the group of thugs passed again in front of the alley. They come back so fast there.

“Stupid, what similar! That person is fat and ugly, he’s not even wearing a mask and looks ugly, while the young man just has a very good lip, do you have a problem with your eyes!” cried the head of the thugs after being satisfied with tapping the heads of his men.

“Sorry boss, I just saw him from afar”

The thugs left. The tall black-clothed man’s hand still covered the mouth of the masked youth who was looking at him with his big eyes. Blinking a number of times with a sweep of his long, curly eyelashes instantly attracted the man in black. He almost lowered his head very close to the face of the masked two if it weren’t for the screams from afar.

“Your Majesty! Where are you?”

Appearing Yan from the front of the alley, he widened his eyes looking at the masked youth, who of course, who else but Hua Bai Ying who immediately pushed the black-clothed man who was still covering his body.

The maid immediately ran over, checking Bai Ying’s body from head to toe.

“Oh, Your Majesty thank Godness, where have you been? I was just turning my head for a while and Your Majesty is gone, oh, I am so scared” the maid girl was about to cry after a long day of searching around the city.

Bai Ying was about to speak but came a loud voice from the front of the opposite alley.

“There he is!”

Without a second thought, Yan immediately grabbed Bai Ying’s hand and dashed away, while the man in black was ready with his sword to attack anyone who approached. However, something grabbed his hand.

“Let’s run, what are you thinking”

The masked youth’s hand was already holding his hand and pulling him away, even though he could take down all the thugs very easily.

“Attack them, brat, I have to give him a lesson!” shouted the chief of the thugs who ran at the very front.

While Bai Ying pulled the black-clothed man’s hand away as fast as they could, he was seen embracing the bundle in his other hand, occasionally glancing behind him where the people who had gone berserk were chasing them like crazy.

“Run!”

After a long and tiring run, finally, Bai Ying, Yan and the black-clothed man stopped outside the city limits, close to the valley. The three of them looked exhausted, especially Yan who had already lowered her body to the ground out of breath.

“Hoh hoh hoh, Your Majesty, we’ve been running for a long time, servant is so tired”

Bai Ying smiled, he sat on the fallen tree trunk gasping for breath.

“Yeah, me too”

The man in black clothed still stood tall while holding his sword, looking at Bai Ying with sharp eyes, the sweet-lipped youth in front of him didn’t look like a naughty boy, but how could he provoke such a big fuss. He glanced at what was in the young man’s arms, most likely the young man might have stolen something from the market thugs.

“Did you take their stuff?” he asked.

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