CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

This annoyed, Luo Xiang thought, he just hugged his lover so happily and they have arrived, couldn’t the journey be further? They should have said it was this close. Bai Ying who looks so delicious in front of him, clenched his two hands in front of Luo Xiang’s chest trying to push him without causing the carriage to sway, everyone would have strange thoughts about what they were doing inside.

“Your Highness”

Luo Xiang rolled his eyes.

“Heh, wait for a little longer uncle!” Luo Xiang exclaimed.

Li Mo seemed to hear the word wait, he glanced at Bei Yau who nodded as he could hear more clearly from his position.

“Yes, Your Majesty, then shall we wait”

Everyone turned their bodies from the carriage, and stood in their positions, apart from old man Lo who was old and had to sit in his chair which his personal servant A Cu brought out.

Chen Ming finally got off his horse, the young Prince approached the carriage and parted the curtains while the others turned their faces away.

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Chen Ming swallowed hard, sure enough, the perverted Crown Prince hugged his brother so tight in his arms. Both were shocked to see the curtain being opened from the outside, if not the impudent Chen Ming who else would dare to do so, would they want their heads off their bodies? Luo Xiang grumbled.

“Ahem, Xiao Ying, come on, we already arrived.”

Luo Xiang pulled his lips in annoyance. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to let Ying Ying go, but he couldn’t help but want to hug his concubine, since the boy made his lower body tense up so that he couldn’t move much, he was really dying to hold the boy and enjoy him, and the rotten Prince ruined him.

“Brother”

Bai Ying cheerfully rushed downstairs with her brother’s help.

While Chen Ming’s eyes still looked at the Crown Prince sharp.

“You pervert” he still had time to curse.

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Not long after, in the living room of old man Lo’s house, who lived alone with his loyal servant.

“Greeting Your Majesty Crown Prince and Your Majesty Young King, what a true honour that this old servant can still be welcoming both Your highness in this old man’s shabby hut,” said old man Lo, who was unable to kneel because of his old bones so he could only bow his body as best as he could while standing holding on to his servant a Cu.

Luo Xiang who was standing in the centre of the room while observing the surroundings waved his hand. Meanwhile, Bai Ying walked over to old man Lo and helped him to sit on his chair.

“Old man Lo please sit down, you don’t have to bother paying respects, please take care of your own body,” Bai Ying said softly, Old Man Lo chuckled, Bai Ying’s soft and smooth hands still did not hesitate to hold his wrinkled and rough hand.

“Hehehe Your Majesty, Servant was very grateful can have a chance to welcome very honourable guests at this old age, of course, Servant will do whatever it takes, thank you, Your Majesty the King, your face is indeed very shining, so bright and full of majesty”

Luo Xiang turned his head and saw Bai Ying who was still holding hands the old man helped him sit up.

“Ahem, Ying Ying” he called out to Bai Ying, it was too good for that old man still had a chance to be held by his beloved concubine, his very soft and delicate concubine hands.

Luo Xiang came closer and grabbed Bai Ying’s hand.

“Come on my dear, you said you are tired, come and sit here.”

Bai Ying couldn’t resist when Luo Xiang pulled him towards the chair.

“Your Majesty”

After a while,

Luo Xiang sat with his legs crossed listening to old man Lo’s story which was getting boring, about the legend of Xi Yang city and its surroundings, the red bird that inhabits the now inactive Red Bird volcano. The harvest is not good because the weather is erratic, sometimes it rains heavily, sometimes it’s too hot, and sometimes it’s too cold.

The vermilion is known to be the controller of the summer weather, of course, it doesn’t have much effect on the lives of the residents, most of whom are seekers of precious stones and medicinal leaves at the foot of the Red Bird mountain. They can still get all that apart from farming which does not guarantee their daily life.

All of those stories were already known to Luo Xiang, nothing is new.

Luo Xiang glanced at Li Mo. The old man seemed to know what the Crown Prince’s lyrics meant as he slowly placed his rather delicious teacup on the saucer.

“Oh well Uncle, according to Ne Ma, uncle might know about A Er, the girl that father found in the spider forest long ago, he said shortly after father found the girl, uncle applied for retirement, did, something that made uncle retire, related to that girl?” Li Mo asked.

Old man Lo didn’t seem to expect to get that question from Li Mo. The old man stroked his all-white beard, looked at Li Mo for a moment, and then took a deep breath before answering his question.

“Heh, that, the story is a long time ago, whether this old man can remember it or not, why did Mo er suddenly ask about that girl? Really, what is she’s done?” asked old man Lo.

Hearing the old man’s answer, Luo Xiang turned his head. This is just starting to get his attention.

“Indeed, what can a weak girl like her do? Old man, Why do you ask like that?”

Old man Lo held his breath for a moment, he glanced at a Cu who nodded and turned his body towards the room which was not far from the living room.

Old man Lo stroked his beard.

“Heh, the story is quite complicated, but, so far no one has trusted me so I can only keep it to myself, I don’t know, Your Majesty, will also believe it”

Luo Xiang looked at Old Man Lo with sharp eyes.

“Yeah, just give it a try old man, what can I possibly not believe?”

“Hemh, I can’t believe it myself, what I heard from A Cu who often brought crops to the Li family’s house, that girl, isn’t ageing at all, but, after thinking about it, it might not be an oddity. The big master found the beautiful girl alone in the middle of the Spider Forest, confused and aimless, she also couldn’t speak so he felt pity for her and took her home. I don’t really know what really happened because when Master found the girl, Servant didn’t go with him, because at that time there will be a big event at home and I can’t go anywhere, so that afternoon another servant, A Bu who accompanied Master ”

Li Mo listened seriously, he didn’t really know how the story was about finding the girl because at that time he was still wandering in the capital.

“Um, yes, Uncle Bu hasn’t been seen for a long time, I forgot about him”

“That’s because, a Bu, as soon after Master found the girl, a Bu was reportedly given permission to go home and didn’t come back again, Master gave him a lot of pension money it’s, a bit strange because it’s not usually for a Bu to leave without saying anything.”

Bai Ying nodded, even though he didn’t really follow the story.

Chen Ming put his teacup down on the table.

“I don’t know why, but I don’t think it’s that simple.” Chen Ming’s words made Li Mo and old man Lo turn their heads, but old man Lo continued his story.

“Heh, I don’t really know because a Bu lives quite far outside Xi Yang city, close to the border, I’ve tried to visit him but the neighbours say that his family has moved long ago, so I don’t get much news from him, hmm” the old man looks thoughtful.

“Then old man, what caused you to also leave Master Li in the first place?” Luo Xiang asked.

Old man Lo thought, quite seriously with his wrinkled eyes glaring.

“Heh, servant, made a very big mistake, which made Master angry and made Servant choose between admitting my fault, or leaving the house, and, I chose to leave the house”

Old man Lo’s answer made Li Mo turn his head, he straightened his seat, all this time he thought that old man Lo left because he had entered retirement age, of course at that time he was seventy years old and probably old and tired so he decided to take a break, not thinking that the reason was more than he thought.

“Uncle, what does Uncle mean by making you have to choose? What made father so angry at that time?”

Li Mo’s question made Old Man Lo think, remembering his past, twenty years ago when he was still working in the Li family mansion.

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