83 It Was Bad Dream
Soon after that.
At the Orchid pavilion.
âNo, Your Majesty is wasnât me! Iâm innocent!â concubine FuLan screamed as she was being led out by two guards after suddenly barged and found the kite string under her bed, the thin rope that caused BaiYingâs horse to fall.
The Crown Prince standing in front of the pavilion courtyard, he and BeiYau just stood watching Concubine Fu being led out along with the evidence, she was still struggling to rebel when she passed in front of the Crown Prince.
âItâs not me, I didnât mean to do it, Your Majesty has to believe me, Your Majesty.â
Lanâer was crying until her eyes were all red. She couldnât resist since the evidence had been found in her room, her servants could only cry for her who suddenly became a suspect.
âThen, So can you explain why you brought that string with you there? Youâve been planning all of this from the beginning, havenât you? And right now YingYing is lying still unconscious and who knows when he will wake up, why did you do that?â LuoXiangâs voice was loud even though it was shaking a bit from his unbearable emotions.
Concubine Fu shook her head.
âYour Majesty, I did intend to prank Yenâs sister but didnât mean to hurt her, I really didnât have that kind of intention, please Your Majesty listen to my explanation, I did use that string but, as I remember I already cut it off, itâs not me, itâs really not me, Your Majesty please believe meâ
.....
The Crown Prince turned his head, he glanced at BeiYau and let his subordinates take care of it, heâs very dizzy thinking about YingYingâs condition and couldnât think straight. He headed out to the gate followed by the guards.
âTake her to the detention room,â BeiYau said to his men, the two young guards escorted her out while she was still trying to struggle.
âYour Majesty! Please listen to my explanation, please have mercy, Your Majesty.â
BeiYau approached the Crown Prince who was now standing outside Concubine Fuâs Orchid pavilion.
âYour Majestyâ
âConcubine Fu is the daughter of a high-ranking official FuYa from logistics department, lest official Fu hear this news from others, immediately send someone to deliver this newsâ
BeiYau nodded.
âYes Your Majestyâ
.......
The wind blows gently.
The sound of the rustling of tall grass stalks filled the meadow with the sound of the wind passing by, a very clear sound because there was nothing else there but the vast nature with all the wide, limitless viewpoints. BaiYing swayed his feet, sitting on a boulder near a hundred-year-old tree whose roots were even protruding from the ground. Someone sat not far in front of him, smiling at BaiYingâs very bright face in the late afternoon.
âHow is it? Do you like it?â He is LuoXiang, the honorable Crown Prince.
Bai Ying nodded.
âYeah, I like itâ
BaiYing canât be happier than this, finally, the Crown Prince could take him for a walk alone in the valley, without any bodyguards around, just the two of them, the Crown Prince stood up from his seat about to come near him, but, just a step away, at his very beautiful and luxurious clothes, right at the chest which now oozing fresh blood, as the instant the clothes all wet by his own blood.
BaiYing stuttered, he couldnât move, right behind the Crown Prince was a man dressed in all black, wielding a longsword that pierced from the back through to the Crown Princeâs chest.
âY-Your Majestyâ
As like the air was sucked away from him, BaiYingâs chest hurt, his body stiffened as stone, and couldnât move at all, only seeing the Crown Prince who was spewing fresh blood from his mouth as the long sword was pulled out from his chest.
âNo, Your Majesty!â BaiYing threw himself off the rock and crawled over to the Crown Prince which was already lying motionless.
âYour Majesty.â
The tall man in black who was still holding the long sword full of the Crown Princeâs blood laughed loudly, so loudly that his voice echoed around the valley.
âHahahahaha!â
BaiYingâs hands trembled, the Crown Princeâs body didnât move, he shakes the man hard.
âYour Majesty, please wake up, Your Majestyâ
Glare.
The light snuck through the window and hit directly to BaiYingâs eyes which slowly opened.
His head hurt unbelievably, his body seemed to float with the bed constantly swaying, he felt like throwing up all his stomach contents, but maybe it was because he was too hungry.
BaiYing got up from his bed, heâs better to get up to find some food, he must have slept too long and now was starving.
With his head still spinning BaiYing got up holding onto whatever he could reach by his hand because he couldnât rely on his wobbly body.
âEhâ
...
Plum Pavilion went into a frenzy because of Concubine Huaâs disappearance, as soon as the Crown Prince arrived at the pavilion and couldnât find BaiYing anywhere, everyone was busy looking for him.
âWhat just all of you up to? how did Concubine Hua disappear without anyone seeing him?â cried the Crown Prince, he was worried to death, he rushed up his work to be able to meet BaiYing and couldnât wait to see him that afternoon but his bed was empty and no one sees him, right until the Crown Prince turned his head towards the back door, where someone was already standing next by the door with his innocent face holding food in his both hands.
âThis bratâ without waiting the Crown Prince immediately approached him, opened his arms wide, and hugged BaiYing who was only wearing his white clothes with a slightly dirty face from the charcoal and two hands holding rice cakes.
âYingYing, where have you been?â
Yan and Bi approached quickly.
âYour Majestyâ
BaiYing hugged back the Crown Prince, he smiled broadly feeling the warmth of the big bodyâs embrace, it happens that the weather was so cold now.
âHehe Your Majesty, I was only looking for food just now because I was hungry, why everybody is so noisy?â
The Crown Prince let go of his embrace, his watery eyes as like he was about to cry, he raised his hand to clean the charcoal stains on BaiYingâs cheeks and nose, the boy didnât know how much he missed him, he canât let go BaiYing and hugged him tightly, such a lame Crown Prince, he just realized how weakly heâs now.
âThis kid, youâve been unconscious for three days, donât you know that?â
BaiYing opened his eyes wide, three days? Unconscious? No wonder he was so hungry, and no wonder Yan and Bi, as well as the other servants, saw him with bloodshot eyes and wept.
âEms Your Majesty, thank goodnessâ
But BaiYing didnât feel anything, the last thing he remembers was the night he went to sleep after being too tired of writing decrees and fell into a deep sleep since the Crown Prince was no longer attached to him, is it really, heâs been sleeping for five days?
âWhere have you been? Why not ask your maid for help if you need anything?â said the Crown Prince holding BaiYingâs hand towards the room.
BaiYing smiled awkwardly.
âEh hehe, Iâm just looking for foodâ
The Crown Prince looked at Yan and Bi who followed the two into the room.
âYou guys prepare dinner, just make something light because YingYing just woke upâ
Yan and Bi lowered their knees.
âYes, Your Majesty.â
The Crown Prince gently pulled BaiYingâs hand and sat on the bed, brushing BaiYingâs messy front hair, touching his cheek, looking at the face very close with all his heartâs content.
BaiYing grabbed the Crown Princeâs hand.
âYour Majesty, earlier, I had a bad dream, it was so bad, Your Majesty, you have to promise that you will always take care and not get yourself hurt.â
The Crown Prince stopped his hand movements, seeing BaiYingâs serious face, he smiled and grabbed BaiYingâs hand.
âSo does YingYing, you must also promise not to get hurt again, let alone to leave me, because, when that happens, I, might die too.â
BaiYing lowered his head to the Crown Princeâs chest, just silently looking the other way.
âErm, Your Majesty, I donât mind, if I canât give anything to Your Majesty.â
The Crown Prince caressed and kissed BaiYingâs forehead.
âWhat else do I need, if I already have YingYing by my side, other things, is not so importantâ
BaiYing then raised his arms, wrapped around the Crown Princeâs waist, taking a deep breath, put his head at the man wide shoulder.
âOne day, Your Majesty will definitely find my weakness, and when that happens, Your Majesty will definitely not want any more servants, so...â
The Crown Prince held BaiYingâs back when the boy said that but and raised his head and stare at him, LuoXiang swallowed hard, he never wished for any separation, whatever the form is, he will not be able to accept it, not in this life or forever.
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