CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

116 Faded Away

“Hehe look at this Sheng’er, this undeveloped city, I was here twenty years ago as an administrative official and the condition is still the same as now, not much has changed”

Along the way into the city, there were people walking around with shabby clothes and faces, maybe it’s some residents who work in the fields like most people there, even though they don’t produce much but at least the fields can provide a little food, although, there are still many people who are seen sitting on the side of the road lamenting their fate.

YueWang closed his carriage window, he took a deep breath.

“These fools, knew that there is no use but still surviving here, what is in their heads, is there no desire to advance at all?”

YueWang shook his head, he lifted the teacup that was on the table beside him, although the carriage swayed a bit due to the uneven road the shape of the table that had sides made the teacup not easy to fall.

“Em Sheng’er, have you found ErWang’s hideout yet?”

Eunuch Sheng lowered his head.

“Report GodFather, last time my man found traces of it on the east side of the Deep forest, not far from there, from the remnants of skin left it looks like ErWang is trying to cultivate himself to be able to transform”

YueWang put his teacup back down after taking a slow sip.

.....

“That stupid snake, instead of hiding in a dark place, why didn’t he go out looking for Bloodstone fragments? if it wasn’t for my stupid brother telling me his last whereabouts I wouldn’t be able to find him, heh, stupid brother, he should be able to use that stone to have eternal life, but he died silly like that.”

Eunuch Sheng looked at the senior advisor for a moment, he frowned.

“Em, GodFather, why, we’re not going to bring the boy here? If ErWang sees him he might come out of hiding soon, and by then we can kill it straight away.”

YueWang held his breath for a while, the slow and slightly swaying speed of the carriage made the old man lean back on his seat so as not to fall.

“Heh, we’ll take care of him later Sheng, he’s not going anywhere, we can give him some fun time first, after all, we’ll see how he reacts to the gift we just gave him,”

“That kid possibly won’t survive the bite. That snake is so venomous, father took a very big risk, and even if he survives, the child is in the Crown Prince’s protection, it will be very difficult to get close to him” continued eunuch Sheng, YueWang nodded.

“Well, that’s it, we can’t be careless, that young man is very smart and sharp, he can see deep into everyone around him, we can’t give him a chance to be alert, after all, they’ll come, without our need to go to great lengths.”

Eunuch Sheng lowered his head.

“Godfather is really wise, Sheng’er will follow all the plans”

YueWang stroked his beard, and the old man laughed in satisfaction.

“Hehehehehe really tastes dear, the child is so sweet”

.....

In the West Dragon pavilion.

LuoXiang opened his eyes wide hearing the answer of healer Wan who bowed his head in front of the Crown Prince.

“How can there be no antidote! Look for it as soon as possible, I don’t want to know where you got it from!” The Crown Prince’s loud voice made the healer Wan and the servants in the room kneeling down until their entire body fell to the floor.

“Please forgive us, Your Majesty, the antidote for Moon scale poison is only found around the borders of Kili, the medicinal leaves are so rare that I myself have difficulty getting them for medicine, the nearest town is two days away from the palace, I’m afraid...”

The healer stopped his speech, he could lose his head and see how anxious and angry the Crown Prince was at that time.

LuoXiang threw his hands away, his chest was pounding so fast earlier, the reaction of the snake venom which was known to be extremely venomous was extremely fast and now that BaiYing was on the verge of death, how could he calm down.

“Then what are you waiting for, immediately notify the guards with the fastest horse and bring the antidote as soon as possible, if anything happens to YingYing I don’t know what I will do to you guys!” shouted the Crown Prince to the guard standing not far behind him, the guard, the young man bowed his head.

“Yes Your Majesty!”

Physician Wan raised his head slowly.

“Your Majesty, in order to maintain concubine Hua’s condition, I will give him a medicine that puts him to deep sleep, to give him enough time for the poison to not work so fast”

“How, by pushing it out, that poison, can we do that?” asked the Crown Prince..” asked the Crown Prince.

Hearing the question, the healer Wan thought.

“I’m not sure Your Majesty, the Moon Scales poison works directly on the organs of the body, so, even if it pushes the poison out of the bloodstream, it will still be difficult for the poison that has entered the organs, unless Concubine Hua has internal power himself, it possible.”

LuoXiang took a deep breath, looked at the bed where BaiYing lay unconscious in a prone position with his back facing up, cold sweat not stopping even though his two maids frequently washed him.

“Your Majesty”

“Heh YingYing”

.......

Morning comes.

As if the Dragon Pavilion never sleeps, everyone is busy taking care of BaiYing who is in serious condition, even the Crown Prince doesn’t feel sleepy or tired at all, BaiYing’s face is lying pale in front of him as if the light is getting dimmer. He sat on the edge of the bed and since it was dark he only held BaiYing’s fingers and didn’t move an inch.

“YingYing, don’t you dare leave me, I swear I will chase you to the ends of the world, if you dare to leave me now, see what I will do when I catch you”

LuoXiang tried to restrain himself, he held himself back for quite a while since last night, but when he touched BaiYing’s cold cheeks, and eyes that were closed tightly with sighs that were barely audible to him, how could he restrain himself.

The Crown Prince kissed BaiYing’s hand, hugged him, and lowered his head deeply.

“YingYing”

Everything happened so fast, even though last night, on this bed he still had time to hug him tightly, hug him to sleep, he could still hear the sound of his screams when he tickled him.

“Your Majesty stop this tickling”

It was like a dream, he wished it was just a dream, but, a palm that was so cold when it touched his cheek, it belonged to BaiYing, a white face, pale lips. The Crown Prince lifted his body, tilted his head to kiss BaiYing’s lips gently, even those sweet soft lips felt very cold, what if he really was going to leave him, how could that happen, then, what would happen to him when there was no BaiYingYing in his life, what would happen to him? What can he do?

Tuk tuk.

A knock on the bedroom door.

LuoXiang still didn’t move in place when the person who was none other than BeiYau walked in, the young man lowered his head in salute before speaking.

“Your Majesty, regarding the suspect, the maid was found dead near the front gate, possibly murdered.”

The Crown Prince put BaiYing’s hand under the blanket, he took a deep breath trying to gather his energy.

“That servant is just victim Bei, the real culprit must have fled earlier”

The Crown Prince stood up from his seat hooking his hands behind his waist, looking far out the window where the morning sky was very clear, the gentle breeze carrying the scent of wet grass up to the room.

“Forgive me for not being able to catch him, Your Majesty, however, I got information from the men patrolling the city that there have been a group of black-clothed men secretly gathering in a restaurant or inn, I intend to go there to arrest some people, the suspects, who know, one of them is carrying the antidote,” said BeiYau.

The Crown Prince didn’t react much, he was still deep in thought.

“Prepare your best guards Bei, we are going to the border with YingYing, every second is precious, right now nothing is more important than saving his life first”

BeiYau lowered his head.

“Yes Your Majesty, I will prepare everything as soon as possible”

.....

Muddy ground.

The cold morning air after the heavy rain had just stopped, leaving small drizzles with the sky still dark.

The Crown Prince’s entourage arrived at DuAn, resting at a small villa in the last town before LiuYang, that was their next direction. In the group there were also concubine Fu who insisted on joining, two servants of BaiYing, and, Princess aYa and her entourage, this trip to Kili also took her back to her country, although that was not the main reason she joined the group.

A while ago in front of BaiYing’s room in the Dragon Pavilion, the Crown Prince widened his eyes at the sight of a person who was kneeling deeply in front of him, usually people always do that in front of him, but this person, since the first time he knew her that person had never lowered her knees for anyone.

She’s Princess aYa, who couldn’t stop herself from crying, she was a strong girl, before this, but, her meeting with BaiYing, a few days seeing how life was so sweet the young man who stole her first kiss, how could she feel her heart beating faster than usual, this was a difficult disease for her to cure, and especially, seeing that young man throwing his body to save her life, it should have been her who died, not BaiYing.

The Crown Prince glanced at BeiYau to help the girl up.

“Princess aYa”

However, her knees seem to stick to the floor.

“Let me come along, I can do martial arts, at least, I will be of use to protect Ying’er from enemy attacks, all of this, was my fault”

The Crown Prince could do nothing, but accept the princess’s request after a long kneeling, though it was risky, instead of waiting for the antidote to come which might be too late, LuoXiang needed to think about picking it up as soon as possible. No matter what, BaiYing’s life was more important than anything else in the world.

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