314 Time to Parted
âEm, what, isnât this too much Your Majesty? Grandma will be very surprised to receive all of this, she is so modest, I think Grandma will be reluctant to accept itâ
âWhy to have to feel unease, letâs just say this is a pending dowry, em, these are all new items, not the second hand, there are gifts from the officials, some are specially ordered, for Her Highness Princess WuLan, of course, it must be the best stuff, please accept it, will you?â
BaiYing stuttered, he saw the Queenâs eyes looking at him with her kitty eyes, the young man lowered his eyes, he admitted, he was still a little hurt with what the Queen said yesterday, however, from the beginning what the Queen and her friends said was true, so he couldnât be angry either.
Just when BaiYing looked confused, the Queen suddenly grabbed his hand, gripping it tightly.
âThis mother is senile, sometimes my mouth when talks do not catch up with my, this is due to the oldness, please understand if any of this old ladyâs words make Ying sad, but, itâs all just words, whatâs in the heart is the most important, um, the Queen admits she was wrong, Ying, donât be angry anymore okay?â Queen coaxed holding BaiYingâs hand and looked at the face of the young man who was downcast not wanting to look at her.
BaiYing stuttered, he didnât expect the Queen to behave like that to him after he thought badly of her.
âYour Majesty, servant, not angry, hehe why I have to be mad? Your Majesty has not done anything wrongâ
The Queen still held BaiYingâs hand tightly.
âOf course this old granny is wrong, heh, women, if we gather there will be a lot of words spoken that lead to other bad things, I will reduce my time spend with them from now on, however, the Queen Mother never doubted Ying with the Crown Prince, so, this sweetie, please donât be angry, okay, donât think about it too much, Mother admits sheâs wrong, okay?â
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BaiYing finally raised his head, seeing the Queenâs pair of cat eyes looking at him with a sulky look, the young man finally smiled.
âHehe, Her Majesty the Queenâ
ChenMing who heard Lanâerâs story gave BaiYing a sharp glance.
âThis kid, so easy to bribe on, just a few words and you give up already.â
BaiYing smiled so widely that his eyes disappeared.
âHehehehe this is all good stuff Brother, Yingâer wasnât easily swayed at first, but, what can I do, seeing how many gifts there are, ouch, grandma will definitely like it.â
ShinYa and others, including old man Pai, laughed at BaiYingâs face at that time.
âHehehehe of course Your Majesty, Her Highness the Princess must really like all these giftsâ
They finally arrived not far from the big gate of SanPo city.
Several city guards in full uniform approached the group, checking the stamps and pass-letter from Old Pai and the young XinHua officials.
BaiYing looked at old man Pai for a moment, finally, their brief meeting was about to end, old man Pai and the others couldnât stay in the Capital for too long as XinHua is currently still short of staff to build the palace, so everyone should return immediately.
âOld Paiâ
Old Pai and the young officials bowed their heads deeply in front of BaiYing, all saluting in unison.
âYour Majesty the Viceroy, we ask permission to leave no, may Your Majesty always be in good health and be happy,â said old man Pai.
BaiYing smiled, he tried to hold back his tears, ChenMing came closer and put his arm around BaiYingâs shoulder,
âOld Pai, please do tell Grandma, as long as ChenMing is here, no one will be able to bully our BaiYing, tell her so she doesnât have to worry about this innocent childâ
BaiYing tried to let go of ChenMingâs embrace.
âBrotherâ
Old man Pai laughed.
âHehehe of course Your Highness Prince Chen, I will convey all that directly to herâ
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BaiYing was still standing in front of the gate watching the XinHua Palace entourage leave the city. He took a deep breath.
âHehâ
ChenMing approached.
âWhatâs wrong brother? Why are you sighing like that, this kid, acting like an old man.â
BaiYing glanced at ChenMing sharply, his older brother was always teasing him, he turned his body, just ignore him.
âThis brotherâ
BaiYing continued his way back towards the main street of SanPo city, away from the city gate. The air was getting hotter, the sun was already higher overhead, towards noon, BaiYing pat his sore shoulder.
âOh so tired, are we going back to the palace now? Em, Brother MingMing, how about we find something to eat at downtown? Ying really wants to enjoy the red bean soup that is sold in the middle of the city, Iâve been thinking that suddenly, um, sis Yan, where is the shop?â he asked turning to Yan.
Bi approached, she looked around carefully, they went to a small shop which was quite busy when BaiYing first sneaked out of the palace, but at that time they were in a hurry for fear of being chased by bad people, they have no time remember.
âEm please forgive me, Your Majesty, I donât remember either.â
BaiYing put on an annoyed face.
âWhat the hell are you guys doing, then what now? Ying is in the mood to eat itâ
ChenMing approached, he grabbed BaiYingâs hand.
âCome on, letâs just find any stall, eat and go home soon, big brother has a bad feeling for being outside the palace for too longâ
BaiYing had no choice but to follow his older brother who pulled him like a kid.
âBrother, what are we going to eat?â
âAnything is fine, the air is getting hot itâs better to end our trip soonâ
Lanâer walked beside ShinYa, the concubine was waving her fan as the air was getting hotter.
âHey little brother, why donât we just go home, it wasnât this hot this morning, weâre sweating like this, letâs just go homeâ
Lanâer exclaimed as she followed BaiYing.
ChenMing was just about to pull BaiYing into the small lane in front of the main road when he heard a commotion in the alley.
âHiatt! God damn it!â the sound of several people who were seen fighting, around dozens of people dressed like personal guards with several men dressed in black in front of a large building, residents ran for their lives.
ChenMing immediately stood in front of BaiYing, they had gone the wrong way, he thought.
âWho are they, brother? Why would anyone fight at noon like this?â BaiYing asked.
Just as ChenMing was about to turn back to the main road, another group came from behind, which was probably friends of the black-clothed thugs around there, a large number of them moving all at once towards BaiYing and the others.
âWho are they?â
Those people passed BaiYing and the others joined in the fight against the other camps. In an instant, the Crown Princeâs palace soldiers in ordinary clothes had gathered in front of BaiYing and the others protecting them.
âWhoâs their brother?â asked Lanâer who was afraid to hold BaiYingâs hand tightly.
BaiYing shook his head, it was certain that those people didnât attack them.
âI donât know, Brother Ming Ming, letâs just go home, forget about looking something to eat.â
ChenMing nodded, he thought that too, SanPo city wasnât as safe as before lately, is it really that something bad is going to happen? Somehow ChenMing has a bad feeling.
Just as the group was about to walk back towards the main road, suddenly more people appeared in front of the road, people in personal bodyguard uniforms, they might just help their friends fight at the end of the road, ChenMing thought.
However,
ChenMing felt something strange, he sure saw one of those people looking at them, he tightened his grip on BaiYing.
âMaster Shin, the first thing you have to do, is protected concubine Fu and the maids, we still have to be vigilant no matter whatâ ChenMing whispered.
ShinYa who was standing beside ChenMing nodded, he opened his palm ready to cast a protective spell if something bad were to happen, he also thought those people were suspicious, their grey aura spreading in the air, itâs not a good thing.
ChenMing pulled BaiYing slowly past the crowd of maybe around fifteen people, the palace guards were around twenty people, they definitely won in terms of numbers, but...
âHiaaat!â
Sure enough, suddenly several people who had been fighting at the end of the road ran towards them, all surrounding them in the middle of the road.
âNo this isnât happeningâ ChenMingâs hunch was right, in an instant, they were surrounded by a very large number of people.
ShinYa immediately pulled Lanâer and BaiYingâs maids into a protective circle, they moved away from the group retreating towards the building while the soldiers were busy serving the sudden attacks of those people.
ChenMing took out his sword which had been hanging from his waist from the start, even though BaiYing had mastered a high level of power, he still didnât know what risk the boy would take if he took out his power now.
âInsolent who are they?â
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