CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“What if brother YiFang might know something? Your Majesty, we can ask him, right, he must know something more or less.” BaiYing held LuoXiang’s hand.

“Em, if he knew he should have told us from the start right?”

BaiYing looked excited.

“There must be something missing, I’m sure if brother YiFang doesn’t miss a detail it might be of use to us, that person must know the Hua family very well, right? And, that person must have a very big plan to kill Mother and back again after ten years, something big definitely happened”

LuoXiang also thought that, if the problem is not that big it is impossible for them to sacrifice the life of Princess WahYe which is likely was the last descendant of the WahYe palace, and now, someone who was also the last generation, who was now sitting in front of him was looking at him with a pair of hopeful eyes.

“YingYing”

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The Emperor frowned upon hearing the question of his son, who had come to see him this afternoon and had a one-on-one conversation with him while enjoying their small snack time.

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“WahYe? Um, why? Xiang’er asked about it? Does something pop up?” asked the Emperor back, LuoXiang pulled the corners of his lips, looking at his father with narrow eyes, from his demeanor it seemed that the person was indeed hiding something.

“Why? Is there something really important?”

The emperor held back annoyance, the rotten child in front of him playing ‘the questions and questions back’ with him.

“Ich this kid, are you really asking or just provoking anger?”

“Well Xiang’er obviously asked father, why did father even ask back? All you have to do is answer yes or no, then Xiang’er will ask again, Father is hiding something, right?”

The Emperor felt like want to lift his hand to hit his son, but he tried to contain his emotions.

“Insolent, you think what is your father hiding? This kid, WahYe, father used to hear your grandfather talk about it, but, not that often, I don’t really remember it either, your grandfather told me everything when I was little, em, if I’m not mistaken WahYe is a country located by the west of YueYang, bordering YiLi , but haven’t heard of it for a long time because the country has now mingled with YueYang and YiLi, many of its citizens have moved to the surrounding countries, for more details you may be able to find out in the state library, father doesn’t really remember much” said the emperor casually while lifting his teacup, inhaled the smell for a while and took a small sip.

LuoXiang thought.

“This father, always telling Xiang’er to learn about history, said it was good for mental development, while father himself did not even know about this matter.”

The Emperor looked at his son with wide eyes.

“It’s great that your father is still able to remember it, that country has disappeared from the face of the earth so for what reason father needs to study it again, after all, it’s not part of the history of YueYang so it’s no need to study it carefully”

LuoXiang looked at his father with sharp eyes, obviously, there was no need to study it, his father had other, much more important things to do, studying his concubines and Bai Ying, he was really a busy man.

“This father who doesn’t set a good example” LuoXiang grumbled.

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The next day, the Crown Prince ordered BeiYau and his men to bring all the documents related to WahYe seventy years ago to his work room in the Eagle pavilion, piles of document scrolls to thick books that were worn and partly dusty.

Phuk phuk phuk!

The big dusty books that BaiYing patted flew into his face.

“Cough cough”

LuoXiang who was already sitting in his work chair reading the scroll of documents in his hand could only shake his head at the little boy’s behavior, the pile of documents and books were so many, instead of reading them one by one he just kept on cleaning them, he said if they got dirty he would not be able to read seriously, it had been almost half a day the boy did it with the help of his two personal maids.

“Your Highness, it’s clean already,” said Yan, handing a large book that he had cleaned in front of BaiYing, the floor surface was barely visible as he separated the clean and dirty books.

“That too, all these books, not necessarily all WahYe, maybe only a few paragraphs, very troublesome, isn’t there a biography in one book, how long do you want to read it?” The young man grumbled while scratching his head, LuoXiang stifled a laugh because BaiYing’s face, which was dirty in some parts resembled a kitten playing in the chimney, and he was still grumbling.

“That kid”

Not long after,

LuoXiang and BaiYing were sitting side by side reading books that were almost the same height as him, and until then there had not been found a true history that fully discussed WahYe, trade relations, typical clothes, special dances, typical food, which had made BaiYing tempted, it seemed that the food from that country was very suitable for his taste.

“Wow delicious”

LuoXiang lightly thumped BaiYing’s head with his scroll when he saw the boy sticking out his tongue while reading WahYe’s signature dish.

“Hey”

BaiYing groaned, looking at the Crown Prince with a piercing gaze.

“Your Majesty, why hit servant?”

“Focus, don’t just think about eating, since earlier, what results did YingYing get already?”

BaiYing pulled his lips in annoyance.

“Your Majesty, this servant also was reading it, guard Bei brings all of the books here since the earlier content is just food, servant is so hungry”

“What’s about the food? this crazy eater, aren’t you just finishing the whole plate of potato cakes? You haven’t got the result but thinking about food only”

“This is important Your Majesty, if my stomach is empty I won’t be able to focus on thinking”

“Stop your excuses, hurry up, work, it’s already late at night if you found it, the meal will be postponed until it’s finished”

Hearing the Crown Prince’s words, BaiYing screeched.

“Akh Your Majesty, I may starve to death later”

“Noisy hurry to work”

The voices of the two filled the Crown Prince’s study, Yan and Bi who was also busy reading among the old books in front of them couldn’t stop smiling, their two masters just kept fighting each other.

“Your Majesty!” BaiYing exclaimed in annoyance as LuoXiang put back the many scrolls in front of BaiYing’s feet.

“Why? Since earlier YingYing has only read a few books, there are still a lot.”

BaiYing was annoyed, not that he wanted to linger, but some of the writings in the books and scrolls were ancient letters which were difficult for him to understand, so he had to read it slowly, and HuaBaiYing too, not a young man who likes to read, his eyes get sleepy quickly seeing all the writings that are neatly lined up with the same portion and size, this is boring! he exclaimed in his heart.

“Hey,” he took a deep breath.

By nightfall, LuoXiang had finally found the information he needed, a scroll that had almost fallen off and some of the writing had been blackened with mildew making it difficult to read.

He was so excited to find it and immediately patted BaiYing who was beside him.

“YingYing here it is, I’ll ask the maid to clean it, it’s a bit dirty because of mildew, eh” He was about to pat BaiYing’s back but the young man was already sitting asleep with his head on the pile of books in front of him.

“Um, the food is delicious,” he mumbled.

LuoXiang pulled his lips, the boy, instead of helping him now just fall asleep, it was already quite the night, and he must also be starving because they had only eaten a few pieces of mantau since earlier. LuoXiang lowered the scroll of documents in his hand and handed it to Yan and Bi who were also sitting almost asleep not far in front of them.

“You guys, clean this up, make sure the letters stay intact.”

The two maids gasped when suddenly the Crown Prince, who still had a lot of energy, handed them a scroll of documents.

“Y-Yes, Your Majesty” but the maids had to sit up straight again, no matter how tired they were receiving the scroll.

LuoXiang brushed away the hair that covered BaiYing’s face, seeing that the young man had really closed his eyes and was sleeping very soundly.

“Heh this kid, ich” he raised his hand to touch the young man’s innocent forehead, but LuoXiang held it, smiling at how cute the young man’s face was especially when he was sleeping like this.

“YingYing, you, work until you fall asleep, how can I pay you with food, you haven’t eaten yet, let’s get up” he whispered, LuoXiang raised BaiYing’s hand to make the child open his eyes, but instead of getting up, BaiYing who was very tired put his hand around LuoXiang’s neck and sleep with his head on his chest.

“Ach Ying’er is sleepy.”

LuoXiang tried to straighten the boy’s body to sit properly, but the young man clung to him even more, as if there was no spine he was clinging heavily to him.

“This child, YingYing”

Tired of trying to wake him up, finally LuoXiang turned his back on BaiYing and let the boy climb onto his back, standing to carry him out of his study.

“You brat, instead of helping you sleep like a baby, how can I make you work like this.”

BaiYing tightened his grip on LuoXiang’s chest, burying his head deep into LuoXiang’s firm neck.

“Your Majesty, I’m hungry, what if I’m thin? Your highness is bad, Ying’er can’t eat” he continued to ramble.

LuoXiang smiled, this kid is really cute and adorable, how could he be mad at him. BaiYing’s two maids followed closely behind followed by BeiYau and his men all the way out of the Eagle pavilion, the sky was getting darker, the cold air gently blew swaying the dense leaves on the trees around the pavilion, today was indeed very tiring, because since morning just sitting in the study all day reading, but, for LuoXiang it was nothing, when he felt very sleepy he would see BaiYing’s face busy cleaning books and laughing with his servants as if the study was a place to relieve his other boredom until his energy was gathered again, the boy, is really the light for him.

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