CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

The Emperor and Crown Prince Luo Xiang were busy welcoming guests by walking around the courtyard next to the garden where the dining and leisure events were being held.

“Hehehe welcome, welcome”

The guests are the Viceroy, the Crown Prince to the Prince, for the annual event at that time, the Palace deliberately invited young men because there would be a competition in the following days, and an event that lasted for more than five days consisted some agility events such as horse riding, archery, to hunting.

“Welcome to Yue Yang palace, Your Highness the Crown Prince, how are you today?” Luo Xiang asked Crown Prince Tania who was standing enjoying the food that had been served.

The Crown Prince of Tania, Hu Bo, was a tall young man with pale skin and a pair of bluish eyes, a firm jawline with a few hairs that were deliberately grown over his jaw.

The young man clenched his two fists in front of seeing Luo Xiang approaching him.

“Oh, greetings Your Highness the Crown Prince, really good, I’m very happy to still be invited to this beautiful palace, and the air in Yue Yang is so warm, it’s nice to be here”

Luo Xiang smiled, Hu Bo was his opponent in the annual competition, last year the Crown Prince won the competition because Luo Xiang was busy with other business, this year Luo Xiang would take the trophy back.

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“Hehehe, I heard that yesterday there was a big landslide at the border of Tania, how is the situation now?” he asked.

Hu Bo smiled, and he nodded slowly.

“True, two months ago to be exact, but His Highness the Crown Prince would have known, not only in Tania but even in other areas there are also frequent disasters, so conditions in all places are very chaotic. Fortunately, it has been handled well. Shortly after the landslides and earthquakes stopped, the palace has already channelled as much aid as possible although there’s needs to do some repairs to the damaged buildings.”

Luo Xiang nodded his head.

“Hmm that’s good news Your Highness the Crown Prince, if there’s anything Yue Yang can help you with, please don’t hesitate”

Hu Bo chuckled at Luo Xiang’s words, he nodded.

“Hehehe of course Your Majesty, I already knew that”

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Meanwhile on the other side of the field.

Bai Ying was seen walking with Yan and Bi who accompanied him around the field in search of all the good food, as he always did. His eyes did not stop seeing the amount of food served on the table waiting for him to eat it.

“Wow, Sis, this looks delicious, look at the candied fruit”

The two maids couldn’t help but smile seeing Bai Ying who looked the happiest among all the guests there seeing all the snacks served, pastries, cakes, pickles, candied fruit, confectionery, to fruit made fresh drinks.

“Your Majesty, I heard that this year Her Majesty the Queen deliberately invited a cook from Sui Lian to help the palace chef, and she said, this cook got a recommendation from Her Majesty Princess Wu Lan herself,” said Bi.

Bai Ying widened his eyes, with his mouth busy chewing and looking at the maids for a long time.

“Really sis? How come grandma never told Ying er about this? Which cook? Has He ever come and cooked in Xin Hua’s kitchen?” Bai Ying asked.

Yan and Bi looked at each other, both furrowed their brows in thought.

“Em, I don’t think he did, Your Majesty, the cook said was about to retire, but Her Highness the Princess said this was only temporary, after it’s done, the cook could back to Sui Lian, just think of it as a short trip, and of course, he agreed.”

Bai Ying pursed his lips.

“Ooh, Ying er wants to meet the person, how about inviting him to the pavilion to cook after the event is over, is that okay?” he asked. The maids nodded while lowering their knees slightly.

“Of course, you can, Your Majesty, he will feel very honoured if Your Majesty calls him, I will convey this news to him immediately,” said Bi.

Bai Ying smiled broadly, and couldn’t wait to enjoy Wah Ye’s signature dish which he loved so much.

Yan pointed at one of the tables with empty chairs not far from where they were standing.

“Your Majesty, I will find a chair for Your Majesty to sit, wait for a moment” exclaimed Yan who was so excited that he ran to the chair beside the small table a bit far from them.

The little maid was almost holding the chair when suddenly another young girl came.

“Eh excuse me, this is for His Majesty Concubine Hua,” said Yan, the young girl that Yan had never seen before was dressed as her, like any other maid, firmly holding the chair.

“Oh, this is for Her Majesty the Princess, I saw it first,” said the young girl.

Yan widened her eyes, the little girl is clueless, who does she think she is?

“Don’t be impudent, I come first, this is for my highness, you can still find another place, just who is your princess more important than our highness?”

The young girl opened her eyes wide glaring at Yan.

“Of course she is, our Majesty Princess is the beloved daughter of His Majesty the Emperor and the most beautiful princess in our country, she is more important than any concubine”

Yan couldn’t believe what she was hearing, how could a little maid speak so impudently in another country’s palace as it’s theirs? Even though they were quite far from the Golden Dragon hall where the event was being held, it didn’t mean that no one would notice the insolent servant’s behaviour. She pushed the young girl’s shoulders away from the chair.

“Insolent! How dare you talk like that?”

The two maids almost got into a fight if not for a voice coming from behind the servant girl.

“Nu er, why are you making such a fuss?” The little maid glanced, knowing her Princess was coming the girl suddenly dropped to the ground as if it was Yan who pushed her down.

“Ah!”

Yan widened his eyes, what was she’s doing?

The Princess’s group, the maid was referring approached and one of the maids in front helped the little girl up from the ground.

“Nu er, what happened?” she asked.

The servant girl called Nu er pointed to Yan who was standing frozen in place.

“She, she pushed me earlier, she said our ugly princess doesn’t deserve to sit in this chair” cried the maid with eyes that looked like they were about to cry.

Yan stuttered, the little girl was glaring at her so fiercely a moment ago but how come she look so weak now?

The princess that the servant girl was referring to was approaching, several maids followed the beautiful princess in a majestic gleaming dress adorned with gemstones down to her long hair. It was none other than Chai Ni who was now looking at Yan. A personal maid who was standing closest to Princess Chai Ni approached Yan, looking at her with a pair of large, sharp eyes.

“Wow, is this how the little maid in this palace treats the guests? How insolent, don’t you know who our Princess is? How can you bully people in such bright daylight?” cried the young servant.

Yan was confused, she was at a loss for words and didn’t know what to say in a situation where she didn’t understand what she has done wrong.

“Eh, that’s...”

The princess turned to her servant who was limping.

“Nu er, what happened?” she asked.

The young maid called Nu er got up with the help of her partner and lowered her head in front of Princess Chai Ni.

“Please forgive me, Your Majesty, Servant was just trying to hold the chair for Your Majesty to sit in, Servant came first but this servant said that Your Majesty does not deserve to sit on that chair, and said that I had been rude to her, then she pushed me down”

Yan scratched her head, she was so innocent that she didn’t know that the little girl might have slandered her. Princess Chai Ni observed her, from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head.

“Hey, this little maid? What’s your name? If Her Majesty the Queen finds out that one of her maids is this insolent, you could be beheaded,” said Chai Ni.

Yan looked at the princess with a pale face, her words were quite sinister. She’s clueless.

“Who dares to behead Concubine Hua’s maid?” a voice from behind Yan.

It was Concubine Lui Fan er’s voice, she and Lan er had approached with their servants.

Fan er and Lan er stopped near the entourage of the Princess who felt the most beautiful among else. Looked her over from head to toe, and also the lines of the maids, how come a single Princess needs lots of maids up to dozen?

“Woow Lan er, do we have the big ceremony here? How come lots of people gathered?”

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