CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

The cool air in the cold winter, with the warm sun shining on the front yard of the Hua family house which was very quiet, only there was the faint sound of a broom rubbing against the ground and grass.

Several new servants were hired after all the inhabitants of the Hua mansion were killed. All new faces that BaiYing, his own home, did not recognize at all, unfamiliar faces. Slowly, the blue shoes with silver thread embroidery stepped into the front yard of the mansion, accompanied by LuoXiang who was standing very close behind him, of course, there was also BeiYau and a few trusted guards accompanying them there.

Tears could not be held back, BaiYing’s clear eyes finally shed tears that flowed down his smooth cheeks, eyes full of sadness, as he looked around his house, which was back to how it used to be before it burned down. However, the house was very cold, even though he could hear the echoes of his mother’s screams. and his father around the house.

“Ying’er, naughty quickly take a bath and eat!” cried his mother while carrying the rattan ready to beat him, his father who was afraid of his first wife could not stop when his mother threw the rattan on his buttocks after little BaiYing had played kites all day and came home dirty.

“Mother is hurt! Ying’er is just playing in the water, it’s not dirty!”

“Brat, how can the honorable merchant HuaLie’s son be this slovenly, Master, why don’t you scold him?” cried his mother glaring at his father who was sitting relaxed while enjoying his tea, the stocky man just took a sip of his tea slowly.

“Madam, leave it alone, he’s a boy, it’s fine to be dirty once a while”

“What’s a boy or not a boy? Do you know what he’s done? This kid even took Mr. Pang’s son to play until the night and his family had to look for him all day for fear he was lost, they wouldn’t buy cloth from us again if something bad happened to his only son, this child”

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“Ying’er didn’t take him Mother, PoPo just keeps following me, I told him to go home but he doesn’t want to.”

Hearing BaiYing answer, Madam Hua was getting angrier, she lifted her feather duster high and chased a child of about eleven years old who was looking at her sharply.

“Ich this kid, still argue with me”

LuoXiang’s hand grabbed BaiYing’s arm, snapping the boy out of his daydream.

“YingYing”

BaiYing quickly wiped away his tears, looking at the Crown Prince who smiled at him,

“Your Majesty, sorry, it’s as Your Majesty said, if I can’t help myself,

LuoXiang smiled, wiping away the tears on BaiYing’s cheeks gently, then opened his palm holding BaiYing’s hand, tightly.

“Come on, let’s go in, YingYing has to deal with it, you can definitely do it.”

BaiYing nodded. He and the Crown Prince then slowly walk in the large entrance of the house, a beautiful residence consisting of the main mansion in the middle, and several bungalows not far in the side and back yard, a bit far away, the house which also has a fairly large backyard has a garden, small shed for animals such as horses and BaiYing’s pets, several chicks following their mother around a fairly large yard, a few rabbits jumping not far besides, a fish pond, to several turtles that are quite large, all look quite free to play on the green grassy ground with refreshing cool air, the Hua family’s home is very comfortable indeed. He still can hear bamboos sticks which make a sound from swaying by the wind, his favorite sounds.

Arriving at a room, a small bungalow behind the big house which directly faces to the garden, HuaBaiYing’s room.

‘Kreekk’ Two young maids open the door.

It’s been a long time since someone entered the room which was tightly closed, the room looks so clean and neat, the little maids lowered their knees to greet when they saw the Crown Prince and BaiYing enter the room.

For a sec, BaiYing stood in front of the door looking into the room he had lived in all his life before he forcibly moved into the palace. He just realized that in his life he had almost never left that place, a place that according to his childhood memories would be his residence until he’s growing old.

BaiYing smiled as he recalled some of the good memories in that room.

“Here’s the picture here, then, give ear like this” a young kid, sitting on the floor with another kid, a little child who may be much bigger than him, round in shape with white cheeks flushed like a bun who laughed so loudly that made his two eyes disappear. The big boy actually has a pretty handsome face for his age, but his body size increases because he loves to eat his mother’s delicious cook.

“YingYing, here’s a flower for you” the fat kid handed a piece of paper that he had drawn in front of cute BaiYing, who received the paper with the flower image in front of him, the boy cheered loudly.

“Wow, that’s great, Ying’er likes it.”

The chubby little kid was none other than little LuoXiang, who couldn’t help but smile as he watched the little boy receive his gift with a pair of sparkling eyes as if it were a gemstone, a flower image, on a white paper, which was now in BaiYing’s hands.

The young man pulled out a small box from between the wood on the floor under the table, carried it over to the table, stood up to look at its contents, which was where BaiYing’s secret treasure kept all his valuables, including all the gifts his biological mother, little LuoXiang, his sister, some unique objects he found around the house.

Since his weak body, BaiYing was very bored, apart from playing in the valley he couldn’t go anywhere, almost had no friends because all his friends would forget to come home when playing with him until their parents didn’t allow their children to play there anymore .

LuoXiang smiled, looked at the contents of the shabby little box that had survived the fire because it was placed beneath the floor, and saw that its contents were not worth more than anything but very precious too little BaiYing.

“This, your treasure box?” LuoXiang asked.

Bai Ying nodded.

“Yeah, I always keep any stuff in here, hehe, all these strange things, look, these are my teeth, how disgusting” BaiYing himself was disgusted by the sight of some worn-out strange things, LuoXiang chuckled.

“Hehe, this is cute, adorable.”

He held up a few folded sheets of paper that had turned yellow from taking too long, however, he frowned when he saw a folded sheet of paper that was still white and took it up.

“Em, this”

BaiYing frowned, looking at the patterned paper, it seemed like it didn’t belong to him, and besides, he hadn’t seen the box or kept anything for years because he was so busy studying that he had forgotten about it. The young man took the folded paper out of LuoXiang’s hand, slowly opened it, there was handwriting on it, the handwriting that he thought he was quite familiar with.

BaiYing covered his mouth, holding his breath realizing whose handwriting was on the paper.

“Ying’er, this is father, father know, that Ying’er likes to keep things in your room, so, I think, this letter will surely arrive in your hands someday...”

BaiYing lowered his body and sat down, LuoXiang also sat beside him realizing BaiYing’s expression changed as if he was holding back tears.

“Perhaps, at that time, your father is no longer by your side, you know, sooner or later everything will happen, those people will come looking for you, that’s why, father urged you to enter the palace because father believed that the Crown Prince would be able to protect you, as father has entrusted you to him since you were little, he will definitely be able to protect you...”

BaiYing couldn’t hold back the tears that fell down his cheeks again, he’s trembled, LuoXiang held him from behind.

“YingYing”

BaiYing continued to read the long letter, every stroke of his father’s handwriting.

“Your sister, was very angry when she found out that your father and mother replaced her with you, forgive her, she does not know what happened, if she knew she might as well do it for you, that night, ten years ago, father saw several people dressed in black who were rushing into the house, to kill your mother, because your mother knew something important that could take her life, at first just wanted to kill her, but, coincidentally Concubine Lu came to visit and she also became a victim, you, are still too young to remember what happened, that night...”

Di Hua family living room.

Thump thump thump!

Footsteps running, SanNiang, HuaLie’s second wife who has a very beautiful face with a small body and a pair of big round eyes, she was only twenty-four years old at the time, she gave birth to BaiYing when she was eighteen, she carried little BaiYing running into the room and hide behind the desk.

Several people dressed in black came in and attacked, the palace guards escorting concubine Lu finally tried to restrain a large number of people, SanNiang saw little BaiYing who was in her arms, lowered him under the table, the two of them were just running to avoid being chased by the dressed people. Black saw BaiYing sneaking behind the building, without thinking about her life SanNiang grabbed BaiYing’s small body and ran as fast as she could into BaiYing’s room.

“Sweet child, Ying’er sits here quietly, don’t make any sound, remember no matter what happens don’t ever leave the room.”

SanNiang was about to stand up, but BaiYing’s small hands clenched into his mother’s clothes, his pair of round eyes stared at his mother for a long time.

“No, no Mother, please don’t leave Ying’er”

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