218 Back To the Palace
A while ago, after the Emperor received a letter from LuoXiang saying he would be home soon and bring BaiYing who is none other than the Viceroy of WahYe, imagine how shocked he would be to find out that the concubine he had admired so much is a boy, how come, a very sweet and cute concubine, who makes him sleepless, doesnât have an appetite to eat, is a boy? Imagine how angry he was.
âThat brat, just watches out when he comes home, I wonât allow him with Concubine Hua, no matter how I will separate them, what will the future of this country be if the Crown Prince does not have children, this canât be allowed!â
The Queen pursed her lips, she knew that the Emperor she knew would not be able to punish a child as sweet as Concubine Hua.
âIâll think about it later.â
âForgive this servant, Your Majesty, but, what will Your Majesty do? Then, in the meantime, how should I deal with that sweetie? Heh, this is going to be very awkward.â
The Emperor took a deep breath, actually, he wished he could hold the gentle hand of concubine Hua which he missed so much, actually, he was really angry that his beloved son didnât tell him, but that wasnât what annoyed him, he was annoyed about how could that rotten kid get such a sweet and adorable concubine like that.
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Meanwhile, LuoXiang was walking leisurely towards the Crown Princeâs palace, holding BaiYing who was being pulled behind him, the boy seemed to have a bit of difficulty walking because of his oversized clothes which made him almost trip over a few times.
âYour Majesty, what, His Majesty the Emperor and Queen already know about me?â
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âWhat do they know?â he asked.
âWell, what else, if servant is a boyâ
âEm, maybe they are, maybe they donât, just let it be, what can that old man do anyway?â
LuoXiang pulled BaiYingâs hand closer and hooked it on his arm.
âHemh, YingYing must be looking forward to taking a bath right? Erm Iâll rub your backâ
BaiYing smiled, his face blushing, the Crown Prince stared at him very closely with his mischievous smile.
âYour Majesty, they will hear usâ
âThen? Let it be, does YingYing still embarrassed?â
BaiYing tried to push LuoXiangâs head which was very close to him.
âYour Majesty please watch your stepsâ
âIndeed, I watched my steps, itâs on your heart right?â
That cheesy words could actually come out from this honorable Princeâs mouth.
LuoXiang was very happy, he couldnât hide his feelings, no matter what, he held onto BaiYingâs hand very tightly until now, no storm of any kind of disaster could separate them, he firmly believed that.
âHehehe my YingYing, Iâm so tired, letâs go back to our room and have a rest ok?â He coddled BaiYingâs waist and hugged him, BaiYing smiled.
âHeh, of course, Your Majesty, letâs go back and restâ
BeiYau and ShinYa who were walking behind the two took a glance, seeing the love that seemed to be showing from the heads of the two birds in front of them, making BeiYau remember about someone while holding the jade pendulum hanging from his waist, heh, when will he meet him again?
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Back at Plum Pavilion, all the maids had prepared a festive welcome for the Crown Prince and BaiYing, including Lanâer and Fanâer who didnât want to be left behind, BaiYing couldnât resist when his older sisters threw a small party for him, along with Yan and Bi who couldnât stop their cried to see their concubine finally come home safely.
âHuks Your Majesty, thank goodnessâ
Both of them looked normal, BaiYing thought, as they said they suffered a lot after heâs been missing, both of them and the other maids looked in very good state and even a little fatter since the last time.
âYou guys must be didnât do anything while Iâm gone, right? Just eat and sleep, sister Yan, look at your cheeks, itâs getting chubbyâ
Yan held her cheek, she and Bi looked at each other.
âYou too sister Bi, look at your belly!â continued BaiYing, he puffed his mouth seeing the fact that his maids werenât worried about him at all.
âHeh, said you guys were worried, I canât believe you guysâ
âYour Majesty, thatâs is the true, I and Bi are so worried about Your Majesty, every day we cooked Your Majestyâs favorite dishes, prepare them so that when Your Majesty comes back Your Majesty can immediately eat it, but Your Majesty did not, so we have to finish them offâ
Bi nodded with Yanâs words.
âThatâs right Your Majesty, Your Majesty has reminded us to we never waste food, but the other maids were very reluctant to eat it, so we had to finish it all, ems, Your Majesty doesnât know how much we suffer, we have to eat that much every dayâ
BaiYing glanced at the two with sharp eyes, do not believe their stories are too far-fetched.
âLies, how can that be, you must be so happy while Iâm not aroundâ
While BaiYingâs voice scolding his servants filled the room, Lanâer and Fanâer were busy unpacking the gifts BaiYing had brought for them.
âWow, this one is really good, look at this sis, the pattern is so delicate.â Lanâer took out a large red dress which BaiYing thought was for her, while Fanâer also got another beautiful dress, in light purple, and yellow.
âThis too, very beautiful, Yenâs sister knows our taste very well.â
Lanâer smiled, she almost choked with her laughter realizing that now it was only Fanâer who didnât know that Concubine Hua was a boy, well, who told her?
âHehehe yeah, little Yenâer does have a very good tasteâ
Yan and Bi were busy persuading BaiYing who had an annoyed face, circling after him around the room.
âYour Majesty, tonight, let Bi massage your feet, well, you must be very tired after having a long walk.â
âNo need, I have someone to massage me alreadyâ
âEm, how about Yan make red sweet potato ginseng soup, it must be very healthy for the body, servant also had prepared very good herbs from the palace health experts specifically for Your Majesty, later I will make a little bit sweeter for Your Majestyâ
âNo, Iâm not in the mood to eat red sweet potatoesâ
âYour Majesty!â
âWhatâs wrong with little Yen? Sulked like thatâ asked Fanâer who saw BaiYing and his maids circling around in the room.
âWell, whatâs more, itâs like you donât even know XiaoYing, heâs still a kid, always gets so easy to grumpyâ
âHey, that kidâ
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While LuoXiang had to report on the results of his journey, to save BaiYing and the stories about the revival of WahYe, which initially greatly disturbed the Emperor and others, because according to history, WahYe was a magical country with extraordinary mystical abilities, who could have guessed that one of the Crown Princeâs concubines turned out to be the Viceroy of that country.
And whatâs more, that little concubine had been deceiving everyone for almost this year as a girl.
âCan not! I donât agree!â said the Emperor in a high tone, his voice somewhat startled LuoXiang and the Empress who were enjoying their tea and almost spew the tea which already in their mouths.
âOh startling me, Your Majesty.â The Queen put her teacup slowly on the table. Glancing at LuoXiang whoâs looking at the Emperor with his very sharp eyes.
âWhat do you mean Father? Whatâs makes Father disagree?â
The emperor turned to his son, not expecting his sonâs gaze to be so sharp as if he was ready to chew on him.
âAhem, well, because, your sweet concubine has been deceiving us all this time, while I thought he was a very sweet gentle little girlâ
The Queen rolled her eyes, Emperor really deserves an award for his acting this time, he even put his innocent face while talking about how he become the victim, heâs ainât like he before the Crown Prince and His sweet Concubine come home.
âHehâ
LuoXiang lifted his teacup, stirring it slowly to absorb the fragrance.
âWell, then it canât be helped, my YingYing is really cute right?â
âDoes, he really is Viceroy of WahYe?â asked the Emperor.
âAccording to Father? What could be faked out of that?â
âEm, so, he also, what is the legend of WahYe said, as a Master of the Dragon?â
LuoXiang frowned thinking, well, it could say that since BaiYing holds so much power over the ErWang Dragon.
âEm yeah, I think soâ
The Emperor widened his eyes, stroking his chin couldnât hide his admiration.
âWow, this is great, with your little concubine alone that country can rule the land, this is so greatâ
But, the Emperor put on his serious face again.
âBut I still donât agreeâ
âWhat will Father do about it? If with YingYingâs current position, Father still doesnât agree? Then, Father wants to throw him back to WahYe? Are you willing to take the risk that will happen next? I saw it myself, with my own eyes, how great the country is, to be honest, with all the strength that YueYang currently has, and maybe later, still wonât be able to defeat the small country that dragon ErWangâs protected.â LuoXiang said it while keep rolling his eyes.
âEh I see..â
LuoXiang nodded.
âEh well, but, even so, I still disagree, um, what if, for a while, at least until I agree, concubine Hua, stay in the Emperorâs palace, there is still an empty pavilion in the palace, he will be very comfortable in his detention with lots of maids and good food accompanied him, so...â
Ceklek.
LuoXiang put his teacup a little hard on the table, stopped the Emperorâs word,
He realizes LuoXiangâs gaze getting sharper on him.
âThis perverted Emperorâ
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The Empress grabbed her teacup back while enjoying some of the snacks LuoXiang had brought as hand carry, all very delicious dried fruit candied.
âThis is delicious Xiangâer, did you bring it more?â
Luo Xiang nodded.
âOf course Mother, YingYing brought a lot, he said that Mother will like itâ
âIch that very sweet kidâ
The Emperor glanced at his son and Queen who seemed to ignore him.
âEhem, Xiangâer, what do you think? Does my idea is acceptable?â
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