237 Being Distracted
LuoXiang chuckled, he took a sip of his tea and put it back on the table.
âHe, actually, I wanted to do that too, but, someone asked me to think with a cool head, finish off you, or your family, not a disgrace to my country, why should I hesitate to do it? However your foolish Prince dared touch my concubine with his dirty hands, the punishment for anyone who dared to harass the royal family was dead, thatâs for sure, but, that stupid child prevented me from killing him, and, you think, why would I bother killing him outside the palace? While I can do it very easily in the palace with all the crimes that your son has committed?â
King MeYa stuttered, he swallowed his saliva whole, although he must admit that the Crown Princeâs words made him realize something very important.
âThatâs because you donât want everyone to know that the palace killed him!â exclaimed King MeYa.
LuoXiang smirked.
âThatâs why King, if I really donât want people to know what Iâve done, why would I send my men, in full armor, soldiers from the Crown Princeâs palace to attack your entourage? What, does that mean I did it on purpose to let you know that the assailant was me?â
âWell, even if itâs true, I honorable Crown Prince wonât attack stealthily if I attack people, everyone should know that it was indeed done by me, but, this is ridiculous, why recapture the snake Iâve released from my trap, is this not the same as wasting my precious time?â
King MeYa looked at the Crown Prince with a sharp gaze.
âDonât talk much, you keep talking nonsense even after killing my son and still denied itâ
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âOld Man, I thought you were smart, but, donât you feel that you have been fooled by someone? Why am I the Crown Prince so bothered to kill someone who is no longer important to me? Do you really not know who this venerable Crown Prince really is?â
King MeYa swallowed his saliva, looked around, and didnât find the person who was the reason he sent his troops to die, and that person wasnât there.
âInsolent, that personâ
âWho do you mean by that person?â asked Bei Yau.
King MeYa saw his men as the high commanders who had also been arrested.
âThat bastard Yi, he said he would deploy reinforcements as soon as possible, if that fellow didnât run away thereâs no way I could lose so pitifully like thisâ
Hearing that LuoXiang straightened his seat, looked at King MeYa for a moment.
âWhat do you mean by reinforcements? Who is he who can give you so many reinforcements who can defeat my very formidable troops? I think he is just tricking you old manâ
King MeYa smirked.
âHehe, heâs not an ordinary person, Iâve seen one person of his clan defeat five tough warriors from NuMen who are basically very strong, you can see for yourself how my soldiers easily beat yours if it wasnât for their unbalanced numbers, we probably wonât lose, just imagine if one person can take down five NuMenâsâ
LuoXiang lowered his legs which had been crossed earlier, sitting seriously listening to the words of the NuMen King.
âClan? Which clan do you mean? How could the NuMen kingdom cooperate with the Clans from outside to attack YueYang?â
âCrown Prince, NuMen is a small kingdom, many are willing to ally with NuMen, everyone will be welcome, earlier, I thought that person was right when he said his help would come this afternoon to help with the attack, but, thatâs just bullshitâ
LuoXiang hit the table, his eyes wide.
âWhat do you mean to come this afternoon? Where does all that help go if they didnât help you?â
King MeYa just shook his head.
âHow could I know, that Lord Yi might give up his intention to help and run away.â
As bad thoughts and forebodings raced in LuoXiangâs heart, the little messenger guard entered the room quickly.
âReport!â
BeiYau told the little bodyguard to stand up.
âReport Your Majesty, there is an attack on the Imperial palace, the situation is very chaoticâ
LuoXiang stood up quickly, his guess was correct, that person distracted them with an attack outside SanPo city and they attacked the palace when there were no core troops guarding there.
âInsolent that person!â
Without thinking twice the Crown Prince rushed to the door and exited quickly.
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The fire had just been extinguished on the east side of the Imperial Palace in the Dragon Hall, a white flame that shouldnât have been extinguished before it had completely wiped out everything, but with ShinYaâs efforts, he managed to quell the flames even though it cost him his energy.
ShinYa was exhausted, his energy was almost completely drained, he was injured even though it wasnât that bad but exerting too much energy made his body weaker.
âHehâ
Commander Liu who was standing behind him caught him before he fell.
âHey Master Shinâ
ShinYa smiled, apparently, he was indeed tired, the battles that could only be muffled until the sun rose again made everyone tired, some wounded soldiers being taken to the room to be treated, and YueYangâs banners that had fallen were secured.
Smoke still seemed to be billowing after being left in a state of disrepair, they suffered defeat, many YueYang soldiers fell injured and even died, had it not been for BaiYing, the casualties would have been even greater, and he had already sacrificed himself for everyone.
ShinYa and others turned their heads when they heard the sound of galloping horses approaching from the gate, the Crown Princeâs troop had already returned. LuoXiang sat on his white horse looking at the Dragon field which was covered in blood almost everywhere, his eyes widened wide looking at ShinYa, his heart was pounding, He knew something bad had happened when he didnât see BaiYing near the divine shaman.
Everyone, including the injured one, lowered their bodies when they saw the Crown Prince jump down from his horse, straight to ShinYa.
âMaster Shin, where is YingYing!â
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âNo!â
Loud screams, splattered blood, even pooled like a pool under his motherâs majestic clothes, and now, the same pool of blood beneath Lanâerâs defenseless body.
âSister Lanâer donât goâ
BaiYing crying so hard, his tears wouldnât stop, Lanâerâs hands were already limp when he didnât have the time to help her, sheâs already lifeless.
âNo sister, donât leave Yingâer, sister Lanâerâ
The dark night sky seemed to be spinning very fast, all of BaiYingâs sorrow and tears were unstoppable, his heart ached so much that he could not bear the pain so great that it made his body weak.
Even because of his weak body he didnât get to see concubine Fuâs cremation which everyone was crying about, including his own father, old man Fu.
âHuks Lanâer, what a poor fate of you, poor child, ems, why did you leave your father like this? Lanâerâ
BaiYing was cold, a chill swept him into his bones, he could only stand near the Cold pavilion building where family cremations usually take place, the pavilion hadnât been opened for a long time, and he knew how cold it was in there. The fire from the cremation blazed enormously in the center of the field.
Someone approached from behind and wrapped his body.
âYingâer, the air is very cold, your body is still weak, letâs just go inside.â
The Crown Princeâs voice, BaiYing touched the Crown Princeâs hand which touched his shoulders, feeling the warmth of the big hand which made the cold slightly lessen, though, he still felt it. Even that luxurious long fur coat couldnât keep out the cold air. The pavilion was filled only with long white and black paper and other funeral ornaments, pale white flowers in every corner, white curtains that floated in the wind, this was another funeral after he buried his whole family, and the hurt still exists.
It feels like thousands of knives are stuck in his heart but doesnât let him die because of it, he endured even though the pain was so great, and when he tried to draw air, there was just the cold air that actually blocked his throat and making him harder to breathe.
âEkh Your Majesty, why not just be me? Why does it have to be sister Lanâer who got nothing to do with this?â
The Crown Prince who was standing behind him hugged BaiYing tightly, trying to get the cold air away from him.
âBecause, youâre so precious to everyone, thatâs why Yingâerâ
BaiYing frowned, he had never heard the Crown Prince addressing him as Yingâer before, just like Consort Hua, that wasnât his nickname.
BaiYing turned his body to see the Crown Prince who was standing tall behind him, who was smiling broadly looking at him, BaiYing wiped his tears, that person, that smile, he was not like the Crown Prince he knew.
âY-you, who are you?â
Laughter sounded loud.
In an instant, everything in BaiYingâs sight was changed, the Crown Princeâs face disappeared in the wind as well as all the buildings where he stood, so did the large courtyard of the Cold Pavilion, all suddenly just scattered with the wind.
âEkhâ
âHahahahaha, you are indeed a very smart kid Xingâer, itâs not in vain to let you live all this time.â
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