153 The Crumb
LuoXiang glanced at BeiYau.
âBei, what did your men find out about the movement of the Black Water Clan?â he asked, BeiYau lowered his head.
âReport Your Majesty, as what Your Majesty had expected, my men found the movement of the Black Water clan in considerable numbers near the border of the SuiLian forest, although my subordinates did not succeed in following them to their destination the last sighting was seen in the depths of the SuiLian forest.
Shinya stroke his chin,
âAccording to your Majesty is ..
LuoXiang sat up.
âThat boy is from SuiLian, from his clothes and habits, he is not a child who is used to living in the city, but, judging by his demeanor, he is also not a stupid child, his eyes are sharp, his grasping ability is high, he is quite smart, and if true he admits as the Young Prince of WahYe, we can guess that somewhere in SuiLian there might still be a large group of Palace families, or their descendants gathering together and maybe planning a rebellion, at first, I didnât want to think about it just yet, bringing the Young Prince to stay while assuming he was part of the guests, however, hearing from Beiâs men, make me think about that WahYe Palace Descendant, is the person behind the Black Water Clan.â
Hearing the Crown Princeâs words, ShinYa nodded thoughtfully.
âHem, itâs true that there is a possibility, um, forgive servant, Your Majesty, although, I have no contact at all with the Palace family, but are Your Majesty sure that I am not part of the rebels?â asked ShinYa while lowering his head in front of LuoXiang.
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LuoXiang glanced at the young shaman, the Great shaman he didnât know how great was, why did they call him that?
âAre you one of them?â LuoXiang asked.
ShinYa was speechless for a moment until he bowed his head again to salute the Crown Prince.
âI only have the ability to find the pure heir of the WahYe kingdom, other else, I canât, even if servant master little martial arts, but, what does my ability compare to Guard Bei, let alone Your Highness the Crown Princeâ
LuoXiang stood up from his seat, linked his two hands behind his waist.
âHeh, whatever it is, Mr Shin, I am still not trusting you, but right now I might need you more, just think about what I can to keep my YingYing safe, just remember thatâ
ShinYa swallowed hard, no also raised his head until the Crown Prince headed to the exit.
âCome on Bei, itâs getting late, I want to go home and enjoy dinner with YingYing, you come along, I want you to take care of that boy so as not to get too close to Concubine Huaâ
BeiYau nodded, he followed behind the Crown Prince.
âYes Your Majestyâ
Arriving at the door.
âMaster Shin, how long are you going to stand there? YingYing also invited you to dinner today, the servants have cooked quite a lotâ LuoXiang exclaimed.
ShinYa, still standing in the middle of the room, straightened his body and followed the Crown Prince immediately.
âY-Yes Your Majestyâ
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Bruk. Brakk, prang!
A commotion sounded from BaiYingâs room as LuoXiang entered the Plum Pavilionâs living room together with ShinYa and BeiYau.
âHis Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!â cried the doorman.
But even though the shout was so loud it didnât make BaiYing who was in the room to come out, that boy, who said invited them to have dinner.
âYingYing!â he shouted entering the room,
BaiYingâs maids greet him when they saw the Crown Prince enter, while BaiYing seemed to be so busy looking for something on his desk that he didnât notice the Crown Princeâs presence.
âYour Highness.â
LuoXiangâs hand held BaiYingâs hand for the young man to straighten his body towards him.
âYingYing what are you looking for?â
BaiYing looked restless, he looked around, to the bottom of the bed all over the room.
âYour Majesty, I lost it, that thing, I clearly saw sister Yan put it in the drawer, but, now I canât find it anywhereâ
BaiYing who looked confused continued to search every corner, the Crown Prince was still trying to pull BaiYingâs arm to stand up but the young man who looked panicked and didnât stop looking non-stop, his eyes were red as if he were holding back tears.
âYingYing, what canât you find? What is that?â
LuoXiang glanced at the BaiYing maids who were standing next by the door.
âWhatâs missing?â he asked, his two maids looking at BaiYing and getting nervous too.
âMy majesty, Necklace, Your Highness Concubine Hua, this morning I helped put it in the drawer, but, while looking for it, Your Majesty canât find itâ said Yan
Hearing that ShinYaâs eyes widened, such an important object.
BaiYingâs two maids lowered their bodies to their knees together,
âForgive us Your Majesty, Iâm sure I still saw the thing when I put it and left the room this morning, but-but...â Yan continued nervously.
âIs it possible it fall in the valley? You went to the valley this morning right?â LuoXiang asked.
BaiYing approached, he shook his head.
âI didnât bring it, Your Majesty, thatâs why I put it in the room, but, could it fall outside, what, I forgot to pick it up earlier? Sister Yan has clearly put it in the drawer, oh, where is it?â BaiYing was restless and was right on the verge of tears, right now all his worst feelings were rising, it was so precious, it was the last relic from his mother, how could I neglect and being so careless.â
When everyone lowered their bodies trying to find the floor, a voice came from the door.
âEh sorry, but, what, you guys looking for this?â hearing that voice, all heads turned towards the door, where ChenMing was already standing holding a chain with a pendulum hanging from his hand. BaiYing widened his eyes, without a second thought he immediately approached.
âYes it is, oh, thank goodnessâ BaiYing grabbed the coin quickly and held it, seeing ChenMingâs face standing in front of him as if to say that he should thank him, he then hugged the young man.
âYoung Master Chen, thank you for finding it, oh this is a very valuable item.â
Crown Prince approached, he immediately pulled BaiYing from hugging the young man, his eyes sharp at the young man standing straight in front of him as if nothing happened, ChenMing who now suddenly showed his broad smile in front of the Crown Prince and bowed his head.
âHehe Your Majestyâ
LuoXiang pulled BaiYing behind him away from the young man, while BaiYing was so happy to show the necklace to his two maids, LuoXiang actually felt very strange.
âYoung master Chen, where did you find the necklace?â he asked.
ChenMing pointed towards the outside of the house.
âEm in the front garden, while walking, my foot accidentally stepped on something hard, when I looked it turned out to be a necklace, uh, itâs really belonged to Concubine Hua?â
While Yan and Bi glanced at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
LuoXiang looked at the young man, as if he didnât want to take it too long, he approached BaiYing again,
âHow did you drop it in the garden? Isnât this the most precious thing to you? Why donât you wear it around your neck?â LuoXiang asked, he raised his hand to brush BaiYingâs front hair, bending the corner of his sleeve to wipe the tears from BaiYingâs eyes who were now smiling at him.
âHeh, I donât remember how it got there Your Majesty.â
âHeh look at your face, red like thisâ LuoXiang pulled BaiYing in his arms, gently stroking his back.
âThis kidâ
ChenMing who had been smiling widely since then tried to keep smiling, though, he clenched his fists tightly.
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Throughout dinner.
FuLan seemed to be busy serving ShinYa happily, several times always offering side dishes to the young man sitting not far beside her, while AYa didnât want to be far from BaiYing, she sat right beside him while the Crown Prince was on his left, both of them were busy handing food to BaiYing,n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHere, eat more, this soup is your favorite,â said LuoXiang, filling BaiYingâs bowl with fish soup. BaiYing nodded cheerfully.
âSure, Yingâer likes everything, Brother Tu is good at picking out the fish, itâs so fresh.â
Meanwhile, AYa also chops grilled meat into BaiYingâs bowl.
âYingâer, this is delicious, not too spicy, try it, this is Kiliâs recipeâ
BaiYingâs eyes widened,
âReally? Wow, this is a new taste, I want to try it.â
The Crown Prince looked at aYa with sharp eyes, he took the rice bowl right in front of BaiYing and replaced it with the soup bowl he just filled.
âDrink the soup first, it has ginger to keep you warm, eat that laterâ
Hearing that aYa He narrowed her eyes at LuoXiang who was also glaring at her, that person is such annoying.
BaiYing smiled until his eyes disappeared, all his favorite foods were right in front of him, he could out of hand.
âWow, itâs all look delicious, Yingâer canât wait to eat them allâ
âHow can you eat them all your stomach is about to explode,â FuLan said, all laughing at BaiYingâs ridiculous face, the young man could only scratch his head clumsy.
âHeheheheâ
LuoXiangâs hand was raised closer to BaiYing who opened his eyes and almost jumped to see the Crown Prince was very close to him.
In LuoXiangâs view, BaiYingâs soft red lips were so seductive, and there were rice flakes on the edges of his lips, flakes that seemed to be calling his name to get closer at, owh, too bad to miss, that crumb looks very tempting.
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âYour Majesty, please move a bitâ BaiYing whispered.
LuoXiang brought his face closer, held BaiYingâs hand, tilted his head, let his soft hair fall aside, and picking up the leftover food on the edge of BaiYingâs lips, with his lips.
âUmmpâ
Everyone held their breath looking at it, including aYa who suddenly became hot with anger.
âIch that personâ FuLanâs hand quickly closed the girlâs eyes, whoâs about to explode because the scene was too romantic in front of her.
âAYa, aYa, try to calm down, take a deep breath, donât be emotional,â
BaiYingâs eyes widened, he didnât expect the Crown Prince to do so too, he stuttered and push the manâs chest away.
âUmm, Your Majesty what are you doing? There are so many people here, why is Your Majesty kissing me?â Bai Ying whispered.
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