âYan! Bi! â exclaimed BaiYing, he tried to grab the guardâs hand.
âLet go of your hands.â
But the Crown Prince came and grabbed him.
âYingYing! Stop it! â Although the stubborn BaiYing did not listen to the Crown Princeâs cry his strength was not strong enough, he still tried to pull the guard hand whoâs holding his two maids, so that there was a tug of war between the Crown Prince and him, finally because of annoyed, LuoXiang pulled BaiYingâs hand harder and threw the young man to the ground.
âAkh!â
âYour Honour!â Yan and Bi exclaimed seeing the concubine Hua who fell to the ground violently, LuoXiangâs eyes widened wide, he had gone too far.
âYingYing!â realizing what he had done the Crown Prince approached him quickly.
.....
BaiYing couldnât stop the guards from taking his two maids farther away, he was about to get up but the Crown Princeâs handheld his body.
âYingYing, Iâm sorryâ
BaiYing flung Luo Xiangâs hand who was about to help him.
âLet me go!â His eyes stared at the Crown Prince sharply, tried to get up then with a slight hobbling move towards his pavilion, the other pavilion servants helped him.
âYour Majestyâ
The Crown Prince could only stand in his place, BaiYingâs gaze on him showed immense disappointment towards him, Luo Xiang took a deep breath, what can he do now?
....
In the afternoon.
BeiYau approached LuoXiang who was still standing in front of BaiYingâs room. He had not moved there all day because he was worried about BaiYingâs condition, this is his day off as the Crown Princeâs administrative officer. He supposes to be able to accompany BaiYing all day freely until something untoward happened this morning.
âYour Majestyâ he lowered his head and announced the results of his report.
âJust say it Beiâ
BeiYau raised his head.
âEr, the powder in that package, itâs the Red Flower poison which also hurt Concubine Hua the other day.â
Luo Xiang took a deep breath, he couldnât imagine how BaiYing would feel if he knew that two of his beloved maids would be sentenced to death because of this, while concubine Yeâs condition was getting worse and hadnât shown any progress, she might die because of this.
âThen, do they admit it? Where do they get such a powerful poison from? â
BeiYau shook his head.
âBoth of them said that they did not know how the poison got in their room, I also thought, if the two maids looked honest, both of them kept crying throughout the interrogation until they could hardly speakâ
âWhat about the other maids? Not only Yan, Bi, and Sanâer, also servants of concubine Lui and concubine Fu, you also have to open your eyes wide to them. â
BeiYau nodded.
âYes I understand Your Majestyâ
BeiYau raised his head to see the Crown Prince who had not looked away from the door of the Concubine Hua room which was closed tightly.
âEh Your Majesty, Concubine Hua..â
LuoXiang took a deep breath.
âHeh poor child, his two closest maids had to leave him at once, his heart must be devastated, while he just lost his entire familyâ
BeiYau didnât know what to say, he was thinking hard too.
âHeh, you continue to investigate it Bei, for this time treat Concubine Hua servants well, I donât want us to catch the wrong person and make whoever does this laugh out loud now,â LuoXiang said.
BeiYau nodded his head.
âYess, Your Majestyâ
Not long after BeiYau left.
In the room.
BaiYing sat daydreaming on his bed with a distant look out of the window, instead of feeling sorry for himself, he was thinking hard about how concubine Muâer could be poisoned, while she only ate a little of the fruit, BaiYing thought he actually taste the fruit even though he took it out fast because itâs too sour, he should have been poisoned too, but, he felt fine.
BaiYing was still deep in thought until his door was opened from the outside, two young servants who were standing near the door lowered their knees when seeing the Crown Prince enter.
âYour Highnessâ
LuoXiang waved his hand ordering all the maids to leave the room, leaving the two of them there.
BaiYing didnât turn his head even though the Crown Prince was already sitting behind him.
âYingYing, what, are you still angry?â
LuoXiangâs soft voice, BaiYing would just ignore him, itâs better if he kept thinking about how to get his two maids out of custody.
However, while BaiYing paid no heed to the Crown Prince, Luo Xiang still raised his hand and parted BaiYingâs collar until it showed his back.
âYour Majestyâ BaiYingâs hand was about to hold him back, but he groaned when he realized the Crown Princeâs hand was touching his shoulder which had been scratched from the fall.
âAkhâ
LuoXiangâs hand gently spread massage oil onto the young manâs shoulder, BaiYing couldnât help but be quiet and obey, no matter what the madman tried to make amends for throwing him so hard earlier.
âIâm sorry for pulled you so hard, look at this bruise, heh, Iâm so stupidâ
The Crown Prince lowered his head to kiss BaiYingâs bruised shoulder that turned bluish.
BaiYing scrunched up his face.
âYour Majestyâs strength is indeed strong, I am nothingâ
LuoXiang was very sorry, he was not unable to stop himself but his strength was a little stronger when he pulled BaiYing earlier, he reached BaiYingâs palm which was also scratched while trying to stop himself from falling earlier.
âDoes this hurt too?â
BaiYing didnât want to turn around, if he turned his head and saw the Crown Princeâs gaze he would definitely melt him, while Luo Xiang smiled as he massaged BaiYingâs palms.
âOuch, my YingYingâs flawless skin has to be scratched all over, heh, Iâm such a foolâ
BaiYing finally turned his head, looking for a moment at the Crown Princeâs pitiful face, just like what he had expected, that man sometimes became so fierce and sometimes became so gentle in front of him, he did not know which are the real face of that person, maybe both of them, because as a Crown Prince he still had to maintain his dignity in front of others, but, in front of him, he turned into a very attentive boy with a cute face like a puppy.
âYour Majesty, do, Your Majesty believe, that my maids were the perpetrators who poisoned Concubine Ye? Also, as indirectly was the person who poisoned me in the first place? â BaiYing asked.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
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