CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

148 Memory of SanNiang

The sun shone very brightly, the air that blew violently flew the grass as high as a human head in the vast meadow as far as the eye could see, the slim legs in the white dress that was so lightly running with the wind, letting her long brown hair fly naturally freely, the white smooth face, with a pair of large round eyes with a light brown eye color that shone brilliantly, the sound of incessant laughter could be heard from far away.

“Hahahaha this is great, this place is great, I like it”

She is young SanNiang, she was seventeen years old at the time when she first set foot into the beautiful city of ChangSan, to enjoy her life full of light.

The first step was entering the Hua family mansion, wearing red clothes with a red veil, becoming the second little wife of merchant HuaLie, because that very friendly man knew well about SanNiang extended family who mostly came from the merchant same as him.

SanNiang’s beautiful shining face that attracted the admiration of everyone who saw her, became the second wife of HuaLie merchant at the age of seventeen, and Madam Hua at that time, HuaLie’s first wife, ManLi who accepted it with a very big smile in front of the invited guests, even though in her heart was resentful.

“Hehe Mr. Hua, sister Man, thank you for accepting Niang’er into this house,” said SanNiang one afternoon when the family gathered to eat together, ManLi just nodded, she fed her first child to eat and only occasionally glanced at the beautiful girl that made her husband’s eyes as if it was about to pop out of his head from keep looking at her.

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The swishing sound of water flowing from the fish pond in the backyard of the Plum pavilion filled the silence. The sound of water ripples when colorful fish swim here and there cheerfully, the sound of the tinkling of wind chimes hanging from the ceiling of the terrace that sounds when the wind caresses it.

“ting..ting..ting”

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LuoXiang brought a small snack on a plate and a pot of tea approached BaiYing who was sitting dreamily on the deck by the pool, slowly sitting beside him, the young man was very serious with his daydream, bending his legs, resting his head on his knees with infinite foresight.

Click.

LuoXiang put the plate and teapot on the wooden floor, later Yan and Bi put two small cups beside the teapot and left.

The Crown Prince took a deep breath, raising his hand to stroke the hair on BaiYing’s forehead which was messy in the passing wind.

“Hey, what are you thinking of?” he asked in a soft voice,

BaiYing took a deep breath, he raised his head to look at the face of the Crown Prince who was so close to him, took LuoXiang’s hand on his cheek and dropped his head onto the man’s big shoulder, LuoXiang was silent, BaiYing’s face now was really not excited, how could him not? For knowing how hard his mother tried to get out of the shadows as Princess WahYe, and when she succeeded, her life did not go as well as she wanted, how he could not think about how unfortunate it was for his mother, who had to die at such a young age.

LuoXiang raised his hand to stroke BaiYing’s back hair.

“YingYing, thinking about your mother? Whatever it is, she said she was very happy to have brought YingYing into the world, so, she had been very happy in her short life.”

BaiYing held his breath for a while.

“Mother didn’t say clearly who carried out the attack that night because, at the time of the incident, this coin was in my hands, but, she mentioned As for someone from his family who came to persuade her to rebel, Your Majesty, why, that person also killed my entire family ten years after killing Mother? What does that person want?”

LuoXiang shook his head.

“I also don’t know, Ying, that person, either because he just want to find the Blood Stone or something else, BeiYau and I are still investigating until now, it would be nice if your Mother told who that person really is”

BaiYing raised his head, looking at the Crown Prince with a pair of big round eyes that were now staring at him.

“Your Majesty, Mother once said that that person, works in the YueYang imperial palace, so it is true that the person behind it is still in the palace, just, according to Your Majesty, who is that person?” he asked, LuoXiang saw BaiYing’s pair of eyes which were now seeing him intently waiting for his answer.

“Eh that” LuoXiang was about to let go of his grip but BaiYing’s hand held him back.

“Your Majesty, please tell me, I can endure it, whatever it is, servant, promise not to take any foolish steps before it is proven.”

LuoXiang held his breath, for a moment looked at BaiYing’s gentle face, slowly, he pulled BaiYing’s face closer to him and kissed his forehead, allowing the young man to place his head back to his shoulder.

“That person, possible is senior advisor YueWang, but, what the real motive is, that we haven’t been able to find out yet.”

BaiYing clenched his fists, somehow he also felt that the person was hiding something from his friendly and charismatic face, but, what is that person’s relationship with his mother?

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Buk buk buk buk!!

Footsteps ran through the market,

“Hey!’ crashed into a merchandise cart on the side of the road until all the fruit fell, a tall, skinny young man wearing shabby clothes like a tramp with a dirty face everywhere, in his mouth biting a fairly large size bread, and in his hands holding several small fruits. Seen several large men who were none other than the palace patrol chasing him.

“Stop! Thief!” exclaimed the officer who ran with his partner chasing the young man who had fallen several times but got back up and ran as fast as he could.

“Wow, there’s a thief” several residents who were on the side of the road witnessed the chase scene, which is very rare in downtown SanPo, so they seemed to enjoy it, but not with the merchant whose merchandise was damaged by the young man in order to avoid being chased by the officers.

“Hey don’t break it ouch!”

The young man with a pair of big eyes with a clear light brown color turned to the officer who was still tightly chasing him until he didn’t notice the fruit cart in front of him and finally fell over.

“Ah!”

The young man tried to stand back up but two officers had already held him to the ground.

“Let go! Let me go, you guys!” shouted the young man hysterically.

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There was a commotion outside Plum Pavilion as BaiYing and his two maids were enjoying their morning walk.

“Wow, so handsome!” shouted a group of maidservants who passed not far in front of BaiYing who stopped his steps in the middle of the road, the maids who were mostly young women rushed to the road not far in front of BaiYing, arriving at the turn where the LuiHe lake was.

BaiYing frowned asking his maid, but the two girls also shrugged their shoulders.

“Don’t know Your Majesty”

BaiYing was just about to continue when he saw someone he was quite familiar with passing by with his maid.

“Let’s hurry or we’ll miss it.” Lan’er who was also heading to the same place, before that concubine passed him BaiYing immediately held her hand.

“What is it, sister? Why are there so many people?” he asked, Lan’er who seemed to be a bit surprised by BaiYing who she didn’t get to see because she was in too much of a hurry earlier looking stuttered, she smiled shyly.

“Hehehe Ying’er, um, that, there’s something over there, hehe little brother don’t have to come and just stay here okay?”

BaiYing was still about to ask but Lan’er quickly walked away and continued on her way, like the other maids, the concubine seemed so eager to go to the direction of the lake.

“Si-sister”

Curious, BaiYing glanced at his two maids and followed them towards the direction where the people were gathered.

Not far ahead, where LuiHe’s lake was, all the maids who flocked there were standing by the lake, Concubine LuiFan and her maidservant were also seen who didn’t want to be left behind, as well as AYa who was actually just standing from the distance who was also a bit curious about the crowd as was BaiYing. When the girl saw BaiYing there without thinking she approached.

“Ying’er”

BaiYing frowned to see what could make the servants and concubines blindly and attract crowds there.

“Something happens? Why are they all here?” Bai Ying asked.

AYa pointed towards the lake, where it appeared in the middle of the lake not far from the roadside, someone had just emerged from the water wagging long hair that made the girls scream excitedly, his clean body, strong back, broad chest, to a flat’s stomach with muscles sticking out clearly, the person who was none other than ShinYa, smiled so sweetly at the girls he didn’t realize had gathered so much watching him take a shower that morning.

“Wow he’s handsome, he’s really handsome” exclaimed the girls, including Fan’er and Lan’er who watched until their mouths opened wide.

While BaiYing couldn’t see anything from his position, but from the excitement, he seemed to have to see it because this might be a very exciting spectacle, just as he was about to approach, a voice heard from the other end road.

“His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!” shouted the guards loudly, the sudden arrival of the Crown Prince caused the crowd to disperse, all the maids lowered their bodies to salute the Crown Prince who had come with BeiYau and his servants behind him.

“Greetings Your Highness the Crown Prince”

LuoXiang’s brows rose high as if holding back anger, seeing his fierce face the servants were frightened and didn’t dare to stand up until BeiYau ordered everyone to disperse.

“Quickly disperse”

Inevitably everyone ran away like ants doused in water, including Fan’er and Lan’er who couldn’t hide their embarrassed faces as the Crown Prince glanced at the two, immediately after lowering their body to salute the two concubines excused themselves.

“We excuse ourselves, Your Majesty.”

BaiYing held back a laugh, the faces of his two older sisters were so funny, it was like being caught red-handed for making a silly mistake, wonder what made everyone so excited that morning.

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