CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“Guard Bei the one who felt anxious wanted to write a letter to the palace informing about Your Majesty’s condition, but Ying thought it would be best to wait since Elder Yi said Your majesty’s condition was in no grave danger. Until finally, Physician Ou found a solution, he said, somewhere in the deep forest of the Golden Buffalo there is a mystical plant that so great it can even wake the dying person up, though, it’s between true or just folks tale”

“What it means, between true or just folks tale?” asked LuoXiang.

BaiYing told the story until his mouth puffed up, so cute, Crown Prince’s hand brushed the young man’s front hair fall on his cheek which been blown by the wind, and tucked it behind his ear.

“Yes, he told us that, the truth was because Physician Ou and his disciple never found it, according to Elder Yi, he had found it once a long time ago and that was only one of it, then, Ying tried to go to the forest with Master Shin, didn’t take too long Ying manage to found the mushroom, and in quite a lot, it’s called Shadow Mushroom since its always gone when people come near it, it gathered in the deepest tree of the forest guarded by the mystical TaMo creature, the living root, and finally, Your Majesty wakes up.”

Crown Prince frowned. The young man spoke excitedly.

“Was this TaMo not attacking you?”

“TaMo turned out to be very cute and adorable His Majesty, the creature was like a puppy begging to be petted, Ying was confused why everyone was afraid of him”

“Of course, that creature recognizes my YingYing as the Ruler of Nature, of course, it’s only tame towards you, then, what about your injury? YingYing expended too much energy in that cave, wouldn’t that become a problem?”

.....

BaiYing smiled, he opened his palms in front of the Crown Prince, and in an instant appeared a small sphere resembling his own fire, in a very small size, Crown Prince’s eyes widened.

“Wow, that’s ....” he lost his words.

BaiYing nodded proudly, he could even move the small flame into his two palms.

“Yes, according to Elder Yi, Ying’s Meridian core has returned to its original state, even forming its own shield, so according to him I can control my power as I please, without fear of exploding and such.”

Crown Prince held BaiYing’s hand which instantly extinguished the white flame.

“Then, does that mean YingYing will become very strong and healthy?”

BaiYing nodded, Crown Prince’s face at that moment couldn’t hide the immense pleasure beyond anything he could think of, the burden that had been in his chest for so long.

Crown Prince looked at the young man in front of him with teary eyes and finally pulled the young man back into a tight hug.

“Oh YingYing thank goodness, thank God”

BaiYing smiled, he caressed Crown Prince’s cheek who lowered all heads on his shoulders.

“Hehehe Your Majesty, forgive Ying for making Your Majesty worry, all because of Ying’er, cause Your Majesty to always feel troubled”

Crown Prince lifted his head, saw BaiYing’s face very close, so he slowly stepped forward and kissed his lips.

“Chup, so, to make up for your mistakes, what will YingYing do for me?”

BaiYing thought for a while.

“Em, how about Ying cook Your Majesty’s favorite foods?.”

Crown Prince shook his head.

BaiYing thought again.

“Em, Ying help comb Your Majesty’s hair”

“Nope, YingYing always does that, what’s the difference about it now? It’s not a punishment, it has to be something heavy”

“But what is it, Your Majesty?”

Crown Prince stared at BaiYing, he smiled and laughed out loud seeing the young man’s face. Couldn’t let go of his embrace and felt like holding him tighter.

“Emmh this kid”

“Your Majesty it’s too tight!!”

....

Soon after that.

Crown Prince, BaiYing, and the others gathered in the living room.

“So, it means the agreement with Elder Yi, is over?” Chen Ming said.

BaiYing, who was enjoying the beans that Crown Prince had handed him, glanced at him while frowning.

“What’s the agreement Brother?” he asked.

Crown Prince opened his eyes wide, if only he could throw that Prince with a nut in his hand.

“Ehem, Prince Chen, yes what agreement?” asked the Crown Prince with his eyes glaring at ChenMing, the young prince realized that he had been talked too much, he waved his hand quickly.

“He, n-no, not agreement, Brother mean, uh, XiaoYing, won’t be his disciple right?”

Elder Yi stroked his chin.

“Ahem, of course, he will, we already made a pact, don’t you think so XiaoYing?”

BaiYing lifted his chin.

“I don’t know about that, Ying’er will think about it later.”

Elder Yi stuttered, BaiYing’s eyes looked at him sharply.

“This brat, do you still hold grudges with what has passed?”

“It’s not a passed yet Elder Yi, Ying is still felt so angry”

Lan’er who was sitting next to BaiYing and the maids standing behind him covered their mouths holding back laughter, Elder Yi’s face contorted due to the look in BaiYing’s eyes, of course, it was very exciting because even Elder Yi now was no match for BaiYing.

“Elder Yi, are you still thinking about leaving this Medicine Valley?” asked Crown Prince.

Elder Yi turned his head, he frowned.

“Em, I think so, after all, I can’t always stay here, right? Your Majesty can’t take back the words you had spoken yesterday, as an esteemed Crown Prince...”

Crown Prince clenched his fists in restraint, while BaiYing watched with wide eyes listening intently to the conversation between them which he didn’t understand.

“Where did this shameless person come from?” Crown Prince mutters.

Elder Yi flicked his wide sleeves and hooked his two hands behind his waist.

“Well and regarding this Medicine Valley College uniform, according to our agreement...”

“Elder Yi, you are aware that the agreement is no longer valid, this fellow is really ignorant” ChenMing interrupted.

BaiYing chuckled at the ridiculous look on Elder Yi’s face.

“Hahaha Elder Yi is so funny”

“Ahem, Your Majesty, this is a very important matter, even though XiaoYing has regained the inner strength he still needs to practice to be able to control it well, all abilities don’t come naturally, they all need regular practice.”

Crown Prince reached for a cup of tea, sipped a little after blowing steam heat, and put it back on its saucer.

“Heh, Elder Yi, the Palace is a very big place, it is not difficult to give you a small villa placed in the Palace’s corner, just do whatever you want”

“Your Majesty, can’t really give this Servant a villa in the corner of the palace right?” asked Elder Yi with a sad face.

Lan’er thought.

“Em, there is a villa that was built but has never been occupied until now, I heard from Her Majesty the Queen’s story that it was built to be a house for servants, but because it was too far from the main pavilion, there were no servants stationed there, I heard even heard rumors about ghosts there.”

BaiYing widens his eyes after hearing Lan’er’s story.

“Really sis? What ghost? How come Ying’er just heard it? ouch it’s indeed scary”

Lan’er raised her hand to whisper to BaiYing who was waiting with a very curious face.

“They say that because it’s been left empty for too long, there’s a lot of ghosts living there.”

BeiYau who was standing not far behind the Crown Prince couldn’t help but laugh.

Elder Yi looked on with sharp eyes.

“Ehm there’s no way this very handsome old man is placed there, what if one of those ghosts likes me? This will be a big problem”

Crown Prince tried not to laugh, Elder Yi’s face did look funny, that very dignified man looked like a young man who lost a valuable item already in his hands.

“Eh, Elder Yi, I think the villa is not so bad, its quite spacious and has a large enough fish pond, lastly heard that the lotus plant in the pond is also growing quite thick, I think it’s a suitable place for Elder Yi to train and meditate, ” said Crown Prince

BaiYing nodded.

“That’s right! Old man, you are indeed looking for a calm and quiet place to stay, being in the middle of the palace is crowded and you might not feel at home”

Elder Yi rolled his eyes upwards as he took a deep breath.

“Hey well, it can’t be helped then”

“Oh yeah, about the uniform, I’ve thought about the design and color if you may I’ll ask the tailor to start working on it so that it can be finished before we leave for the palace”

BaiYing opened his eyes wide, he turned quickly to Yan and Bi who stood behind him.

“Sis, give me the pictures quickly.”

.....

Crown Prince and others frowned as they waited to see what the young man would do, one of BaiYing’s servants took out several folded sheets of paper in his cloth bag.

“Here, Ying’er has prepared some designs for the uniforms, Elder Yi can choose from here” the youth excitedly asked Yan to hand the sheets of paper into Elder Yi’s hands, before Elder Yi who was still confused saw clearly what was the maid had given to him, ChenMing stood up from his seat.

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