526 Little Guard
Drap Drap Drap.
The sound of horseshoes trodding on the grass of the Peony field.
On the second day of the Princesâ competition, that day was horseback riding shooting a round ball in the centre of the field into a hole twice the size of the ball. The iron ball is wrapped in cloth of various colours, usually, the players consist of two groups with groups of five people each, but now the Princes compete individually for the ball in the middle of the field.
âWow sis, it looks so fun, why has Ying never seen His Majesty play this before?â Bai Ying asked.
That day he and his two maidservants had prepared themselves well. Bai Yingâs two maids dressed in small guards complete with head covers, stand by the pole at the side of the field. He has to enter the field no matter what even though he had to disguise himself for that, the competition is too good for him to be missed out.
And, lucky for them, very kindly, the guards at the front of the field let the three in without bothering to check on them. The uniform of little guards who usually served as part of the cleaning up officer in the field area they got from the dormitory not far beside the field, those guards must be panicked when they found out the uniform was missing.
âYour Majesty, what if His Highness the Crown Prince sees us here? He will punish usâ whispered Yan who was standing very close behind Bai Ying.
Bai Ying looked around and found the Crown Prince sitting on the stage at the edge of the field, waiting for his turn to compete, he was sitting next to the Crown Prince of Tania, Hu Bo.
âRelax Sis, His Majesty looks quite busy to see us, he wonât notice our presence hereâ
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âHehehe today it is certain that Your Highness the Crown Prince will come out victorious, it seems I must know myself and retreat regularly,â said Hu Bo as he lifted his teacup.
Luo Xiang smiled, he looked at the centre of the field where the participants had started to compete. The round iron ball was quite heavy, even though it was wrapped in thick cloth so that it was larger than the actual iron ball.
âHehe Your Highness Prince takes too high on me, it was just a coincidence that I could win yesterdayâs match, today of course everyone has the same opportunityâ
The laughter of the two did not reach Bai Yingâs place because of the atmosphere of the field which was quite crowded, but of course, Bai Ying was already quite happy just seeing the Crown Princeâs face and laughter. An unimaginable pleasure is enough just to see his face. Bai Ying subconsciously smiled to himself.
But Bai Yingâs reverie was broken when there was a loud voice nearby.
âHey, you! Quickly clear the field! Soon the second half will begin!â cried a committee soldier who was standing on the sidelines. Bai Ying widened his eyes, and the guard looked at him and his maids.
âUm, me?â he asked.
The young soldier nodded, pointing towards the centre of the field that the participants had left after the first half.
âYeah, who else, clean up the dirt, canât you see that? What are you guys doing there, such a lazy, hurry up! You two go over there!â
Yan and Bi looked at each other, because their faces were covered with mud none of the guards recognised them, but that guard was already being rude.
âIch this guyâ
Yan was about to step forward but Bai Ying held her back.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSis donâtâ he whispered.
It could be bad if they were caught lying and found out by the Crown Prince, it could be a long story.
âBut Your Majesty, that person is so impudentâ whispered Yan.
Bai Ying looked at the centre of the field, how hard is it to pick up dirt in the middle of the field, back at his house, he also often cleaned the cages for his two little goats, wouldnât be so disgusting right?
Bi tried to hold back Bai Yingâs hand as he was about to advance.
âYour Majesty, let me do it.â
But Bai Ying had already headed to the centre of the field, at least just ordinary horse dung.
But when he arrived at the centre of the field Bai Yingâs eyes went wide, it wasnât just dung, it was a hill of dung! How could the horse defecate so much during a fight?
Bai Ying covered his nose with one hand, while the other hand stretched out long and poked the dung with a small shovel that had been in the small bag in the bucket he was carrying.
No wonder they were allowed to get in without being bothered to check, apparently, they were wearing the uniform belonged to the dung-cleaning little guard, and the three little guards must now be laughing happily because they are off of their duties today, this is outrageous!
âAh! Itâs really heavy.â
Luo Xiang who was enjoying his tea glanced at the centre of the field and saw the little guard who was still squatting picking up dirt in the middle of the field, while the referee had already allowed the big horses to re-enter for the second half round.
âThose little guards are so slow, arenât they afraid of the iron ball and the big horses?â Hu Bo said.
Luo Xiang blew hot steam from his tea, enjoying the fragrant smell of the tea.
âMaybe theyâre new,â he replied casually.
Bai Yingâs eyes widened, why did the second half start so quickly, he hadnât even cleaned up the dung in the middle of the field.
âYour Honour!â shouted Yan and BI in small voices, both of them trying to get closer to Bai Ying who was getting further and further into the centre of the field, while occasionally looking at the Crown Prince who was not looking at them.
âOh, your highness.â Bi finally pulled Yanâs hand and the two of them settled down towards the centre of the field.
Bai Ying was still struggling to shovel the last tallest dung he saw near the audience.
âWait a minute, this one is really hard.â
Without waiting for the three to leave the field, the referee sounded the gong to signal the start of the second half. The big ball had been lowered, and inevitably the three little guards had to run out of the field if they didnât want to die silly because of the heavy iron ball.
âSisâ Bai Ying got up from his crouch, together with his two servants rushed to the side of the field.
âYour Highness, be careful,â Bi said pulling Bai Yingâs hand tightly half running towards the sidelines.
The sound of the hooves of the big tall horses around Bai Ying was loud, of course, because the horses were surrounding Bai Ying and his maids.
âYour Majestyâ
âOuch why did they come out so fastâ Bai Ying complained.
The three of them ran quickly towards the edge of the field until they did not notice a large horse suddenly blocking their way.
âHeeee!!â
The big horse came to a sudden stop as the jockey pulled its reins tightly until its two front legs lifted in front of Yan and Bi who spontaneously gave their bodies to protect Bai Ying.
âYour Majesty watch out!â Yan shouted loudly.
Bai Ying who was behind was pushed so that he couldnât control his body to fall backwards.
âAh! Sister!â
Luo Xiang who was enjoying his tea opened his eyes wide, he recognized the voice and looked at the centre of the field where the three little guards were. Luo Xiang got up from his seat.
âYing Ying!â
Without a second thought, Luo Xiang folded his front clothes and stomped his feet towards the field, about to grab Bai Ying which was about to fall backwards, but, someone was already preceding him.
âAh!
Lo Yi, who was in the field already rushed to grab Bai Yingâs body to catch him before the young man hit the ground
âYour Majesty the Viceroy, what are you doing here?â whispered Lo Yi who had already grabbed Bai Yingâs waist and carried him to safety, his eyes wildly staring at Bai Ying with very wide smiles, but, something pushed him, a strong wind came from the audience seat direction where Crown Prince Luo Xiang had already shot towards him.
âInsolent!â
Luo Xiang pushed Lo Yiâs body away and pulled Bai Yingâs body towards him, pulling him fast enough that the head covers of the little guard fell off his head, instantly revealing his long flowing hair blowing with the wind.
âWoohoo!â
The audienceâs voice was shocked, the little guard clearly had very long and beautiful hair.
Luo Xiang caught Bai Yingâs body, held his waist tightly and brought him down to the centre of the field away from the crowd of large horses, for a moment, everyone held their breath seeing what happened in such a short time in the middle of the field.
Bai Ying gulped down his saliva, bad, what happened? He quickly lowered his face, raising one hand to cover his face, though, he was already too late.
âOuh no!â
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