683 Confused
The sun shone brightly that afternoon, and warm air blew from the Pai Hua valley to the beautiful grounds of Plumâs villa. Full of beautiful flowers waving happily and dancing orderly.
Bai Ying sat enjoying his after-lunch snack, looking a bit bored as he wasnât allowed to leave the villa with his health condition. Yan and Bi accompany him to paint in his room facing the back pond. The two of them looked serious while Bai Ying felt that he had spent a lot of time sitting around doing nothing. While the air outside looks very tempting for him to miss.
âEm, sis, letâs go to the valley, the weather is so pretty today, letâs play kites and run with the rabbits, Ying er is so bored,â said Bai Ying.
Yan raised her head, she and Bi glanced at each other, before replying to Bai Ying who was still looking far ahead, observing the extremely clear sky.
âUm, itâs better not, Your Highness, according to His Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highnessâ current state of health does not allow Your Highness to leave the villa. How about we just paint and arrange flowers, Your Majesty, this is also funâ said Yan.
Bai Ying took a deep breath. Walking slowly back towards his two maids who were sitting on the couch with so much paper to paint on and ink on. Bai Ying frowned, the twoâs paintings looked so good, unlike usual they were.
âWow, this is great sis, is this a rabbit?â Bai Ying asked. It was obvious his two maids had progressed quite a bit after he had been away for so long.
Yan and Bi smiled sheepishly, Yan nodded.
âHehe yeah, this is the rabbit in the Pai Hua valley, Your Majesty, itâs pretty isnât it?â
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Bai Ying pursed his lips, his maids were now even better at painting than him.
âYeah, thatâs so goodâ
Bai Ying saw some flowers that his maid had prepared for him to arrange on the table and impatiently approached them as he had a pleasant thought in his head.
âCome on sis, letâs just make a beautiful flower arrangement, Ying er wants to visit grandma, she must really miss Ying er,â he said and happily sitting at the table, and grabbing some flower stems.
The maids looked at each other again. Their foreheads furrowed upon hearing Bai Yingâs words.
âYour Highness, who do Your Highness means, by âgrandmotherâ?â asked Bi.
Bai Ying turned his head, his eyes shining brightly at the thought of going to see his great-grandmother. It was strange that his grandmother didnât visit him when he was sick. Did she not feel well?
âWell, who else, my great-grandmother, Princess Wu Lanâ
His answer made his two maids look at him strangely.
âPrincess Wu Lan? Your Highness, you mean Her Highness Princess Wu Lan, the late sister of His Highness the Great King?â she asked.
This time it was Bai Ying who frowned confused, did his maids really not remember Princess Wu Lan, or were they just teasing him?
âWell, who else, indeed, is there another Princess Wu Lan?â
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The loud and hurried sound of footsteps entering the area of ??Plum Villa. The Crown Prince rushed into the room after hearing news about Bai Yingâs panic attacks.
âMy dear, Ying er!â he cried impatiently as he approached the bed where Bai Ying lay trembling with his back on him.
âWhat happened? Are you okay?â he asked in a panic. He grabbed Bai Yingâs trembling back and turned him. The young man is crying, he opened his arms and hugs the Crown Prince tightly. He cried so loud.
âYour Majestyâ
He was crying until his whole body was shaking. His cold hands hugged the Crown Princeâs neck so tight. Luo Xiang looked at the maids who were standing with their heads deeply bowed not far from the bed.
âWhat happened? Why is Ying er crying like this? Honey, tell me whatâs wrong, are you feeling not well?â he asked trying to let go of Bai Yingâs embrace and saw his face. He cried until his eyes were red and cheeks were wet, his lips trembled, and could barely speak.
âY-Your Highness, grandma, grandma and others, Mister Shin Ya, Elder Yi, where are they? Why they are all not here? What happened? Where are they?â he asked.
Luo Xiang frowned, he didnât understand what the young man in front of him said in a halting voice.
âWho? Grandmother? Erm, Mister Shin, Elder Yi? Who are they? Ying er, what are you saying?â
Bai Ying struggled to catch his breath to gather his words. Luo Xiang looked at the two maids and asked if they understood Bai Yingâs meaning and what make him so panicked.
Yan lowered his knees before answering.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âReport, Your Highness, His Highness the Young King, just asked about the late Princess Wu Lan, and he suddenly asked about the others as well, Servants, also not knowing who those people areâ
Luo Xiang looked back at Bai Ying, stroking his back trying to calm him down.
âPrincess Wu Lan, do you mean, your great-grandmother?â
Bai Ying nodded, his heart aching so much thinking about how sad he is now, how can he lose his great-grandmother who he just meets not long ago? is this just a dream? What happened? he grab The Crown Princeâs hand so tight.
âThis child, have you forgotten? As far as I can remember Her Highness Princess Wu Lan passed away long before you were born, how can you suddenly ask about her? She was fifteen years old when her illness struck and the Princess died overnight, did you hear something that made you think about her?â asked Luo Xiang.
Bai Ying raised his head, holding Luo Xiangâs hand.
âThis canât be Your Highness, a while ago we still met grandma right? The grandmother who gathered all the survivors of Wah Ye and built the village of Lo Hua, couldnât be absent. Then, where is Mr. Shin Ya? Elder Yi, um, what about Xiao Hong, why arenât they all around? Your Highness, what exactly happened?â
âWhat survivors? There was nothing wrong at Wah Ye why there are survivors? Do you just have a bad dream about that?â
âT-then, what about Mister Shin, em, Elder Yi, and Xiao Hong, where are they now? how come theyâre not here?â
Luo Xiang holds Bai Yingâs cold hands and looks into his eyes to try to calm him down. He just has delirium because of his high fever.
âYing er, youâre just confused now, letâs calm down and take a deep breath, itâs fineâ
Bai Ying saw the Crown Prince with his eyes big.
âY-Your Majesty, whatâs wrong with me?â
Luo Xiang looked at Bai Yingâs panicked face and raised his hand to touch Bai Yingâs forehead.
âHeh, there is nothing wrong with you, youâre just feeling unwell and have a fever again, brother told you not to sit outside for too long, why donât you obey? Miss Yan, please call the healer to come here immediatelyâ he said turning to Yan. The young maid nodded.
âReady, Your Majestyâ
Bai Ying holds Luo Xiangâs hand.
âYour Highness, I want to go out, I want to see brother Ming Ming, where is brother Chen Ming now?â he asked.
Luo Xiang looked back at Bai Ying with a deep frown.
âPrince Chen Ming? What do you want to see him for? Is he still worth seeing you? That prince didnât do anything well, sitting all day in the bedroom and roaming around the city at night, getting drunk, playing with women, and gambling. I told you didnât I, you shouldnât have to see him again. Do you want to give him more money this time?â he asked.
Luo Xiangâs answer made Bai Ying even more confused, he wiped away his tears looking at Luo Xiang with big eyes. Didnât he hear wrong?
âYour Highness, what, Your Highness mean? How can Brother Ming Ming, be like that? My brother Ming Ming is a very smart Prince, dedicated, and always manages all his time very well, he canât possibly do anything in vain all his life. Your Highness, where is my brother now?â
Luo Xiang pulled his lips, held Bai Yingâs two shoulders, and helped him to lie down.
âAlright, this is it, you got to lie down now, calm down, and wait for the Physician to come to check on you, and when youâre feeling better, Iâll take you to meet your brother, Yingâer just listen to me for now, okayâ
Bai Ying couldnât refuse as the Crown Prince helped him to lower his body down. His eyes were suddenly drowsy, and the heat in his body also made his chest tight so it was difficult to breathe. He may be so sick that all his thoughts overlap and fall apart, who knows whatâs going on in his head now? Bai Ying held the Crown Princeâs hand tightly.
âYour Highness, donât leave me, please stay here, donât goâ
Luo Xiang smiled. He caressed Bai Yingâs hair gently and kissed his forehead.
âOf course my sweet child. I will always be here, just take a rest, okay?â
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