CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

After eating dinner and taking a bath, Bai Ying was getting ready to get his comfortable rest. There was Chen Ming standing behind him brushing his long, still slightly wet hair.

“Little brother, your hair is getting a little rough, this trip has made it worse, grandma will definitely be angry when she finds out you don’t take good care of your hair. Look at this, tangled like this” Chen Ming grumbled while combing Bai Ying’s long hair.

Bai Ying puffed out his mouth.

“I always take care of it Brother, don’t you see that I always carry hair oil and other things wherever I go? It’s just that lately there’s no sister Yan and sister Bi to help me wash my hair, it gets a bit messy like this”

Chen Ming frowned mouth, twitching Bai Ying’s ear in delight.

“You, why are you always relying on your maids? Can’t you do anything by yourself? Great King Realm.”

Bai Ying turned to his brother with a sharp gaze.

“What does that have to do with being a Realm King with that? After all, why should I do everything myself, right? There’s Sister Yan and Sister Bi?”

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“Well, then where are they now?”

“They’re not coming Brother, because this trip is dangerous, don’t you know about that?”

Chen Ming was still trying to patiently serve his brother’s very innocent answer.

“This kid, yeah that’s what I mean, when it’s dangerous like this you should be able to do anything by yourself, don’t always rely on others.”

But it wasn’t Bai Ying if he was willing to give in to other people’s words, even his own brother.

Chen Ming finally pulled Bai Ying’s back hair out of exasperation.

“Akh brother, please be careful, it’s hurt!” Bai Ying protested.

“Your hair is too thick and troublesome, how about cutting it tomorrow?” hearing that Bai Ying widened his eyes in surprise.

“Older brother! How can you talk like that? Don’t you know the rule of the country that forbids boys from cutting their hair, if I do that His Majesty the Emperor will punish me so hard”

“Which His Majesty the Emperor? Xiao Ying is now a Viceroy and a Realm King, who would dare to punish you? Are they tired of living?”

Bai Ying thought that was true, why did he forget that? But he still looked at his older brother with big eyes.

“Still it can’t, Brother, after all, rules are rules, how can you ever think that way? It’s not allowed!” Bai Ying exclaimed in a shrill voice.

“Why are you so fussy?”

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The sky is blue with a few chubby clouds drifting orderly. Some of them even look like adorable white sheep grazing in the middle of the meadow.

“Oh look at them YourMajesty, they’re so cute” shouts Bai Ying who walks on foot with Crown Prince and others.

The party arrived outside the borders of Dai Yang country after resting overnight inside the east gate fortress. General Mu Yi himself escorted the entourage out of the gate where from a distance the Yue Yang’s border troops approached.

Mu Yi lowered his body to his knees in front of the Crown Prince and Bai Ying.

“General, what are you doing?” Bai Ying didn’t expect that after sending them to go, the General and a few of his men would drop their knees on the grass again.

“Servant, Mu Yi, a lifetime of indebtedness to Your Majesty the Crown Prince and the Viceroy, would not even be able to repay it with anything, because Your Highness and my army escaped His Majesty the Emperor’s death sentence and can still occupy our positions now, this, a debt that I will carry onto my death” the voice of the sixty-year-old General who will be retiring early in a few years sounded trembling. So did the soldiers who lined up behind him.

Bai Ying stuttered, he glanced at the Crown Prince who was actually giving the decision to him.

“Er, General Mu, please stand up, none of this was General Mu Yi and the other’s intention on going rebelled, so His Imperial Majesty definitely cannot punish you no matter what. I and His Highness the Crown Prince have confirmed that your position will be safe, you were just victims, so there is nothing to be regretful about in this matter”

General Mu Yi raised his head. As a great general, of course, he never cried, but there were thin tears stuck in the corners of his eyes.

Everyone slowly stood up, as the head of the Yue Yang border city gate troops were approaching. Young general Li Ping and his men were coming on big horses after learning about the arrival of the Crown Prince and Viceroy in the middle of the border area. Everyone immediately dismounted from their horses and knelt neatly in front of the two.

“Sincerely your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Viceroy, please forgive us for the late noticed about Your Royal Highnesses arrival here.”

The Crown Prince pursed his lips, this was because of Bei Yau who ordered his men to come half a day ahead of them to inform them of their arrival. Before, when they crossed the border, no one knew about their presence. Of course, with the currently eye-catching number of Xin Hua troops, who could miss them? And certainly, there is no more peaceful anymore after this.

Luo Xiang pulled Bai Ying’s hand.

“Come on Ying Ying, we can’t waste too much time here”

Bai Ying was like a child who had to be pulled home by the Crown Prince who led him past General Mu Yi and also General Li Ping. He still had time to wave his hand at Mu Yi and the others.

“By, General Mu, thank you for the delicious banquet last night.”

The two of them followed the others on a leisurely stroll as they led their horses through the beautiful meadows.

Meanwhile, Chen Ming and Xiao Hong walked beside their horses.

Xiao Hong pulled Chen Ming’s hand and walked side by side with a smile that never left his face. Chen Ming frowned confused to see what made the bird so happy since waking up this morning. He’s very suspicious.

Bei Yau walked behind the two. The young bodyguard could not stop looking at the two people who could clearly see the love birds flying above their heads, not stopping nudging each other. He pulled his lips.

“Show off”

Last night.

Chen Ming had just arrived in front of his room to rest. He just appeared from behind a corner and almost fell because he bumped into someone who was already standing in front of him.

“Oh my, Guard Bei”

It seemed Bei Yau had been standing there for quite a while, purposely waiting for him.

“Prince”

Chen Ming frowned, it was already evening, if Bei Yau was already there it meant that the Crown Prince had probably returned to his room to accompany Bai Ying.

“What are you doing here? Why not head straight to your room?” Chen Ming asked, even though he knew more or less what Bei Yau meant there.

Soon after that.

Chen Ming saw Bei Yau for a long time, the young man who had once filled the void in his heart, and, perhaps, he was still in his heart now. He knew it would be very difficult to get him out of there. But, he also couldn’t deny that Xiao Hong’s share was bigger than his. He couldn’t deny his own feelings.

“You know, in the future, maybe there will only be Xiao Hong in my heart, and maybe, slowly I will forget you, that, I can’t control, bodyguard Bei,” Chen Ming said.

The two of them stood atop the tall battlements enjoying the night breeze and the dark expanse below them. Several soldiers guarding the gate look busy patrolling.

Bei Yau took a deep breath, trying not to make a sound but Chen Ming could hear it quite clearly.

“Servant, it is also impossible to forget my love, Prince knows that right? So, please don’t ask me to do that.”

Chen Ming realized that what he had done made himself, Bei Yau and Xiao Hong go around in a triangle that was difficult to find a way out of. Although, he never regretted it all.

Chen Ming looked far ahead. He felt the wind blowing colder and colder to the point that it made his neck slightly shiver. Bei Yau took off his robe and slipped it over Chen Ming’s back gently.

“Prince, it’s very cold here, we better go back inside and rest for tomorrow’s journey. Please forgive me to brought Prince out here”

Bei Yau said grabbing Chen Ming’s hand. Chen Ming let the young Guard pull him away from the fort. When he got closer to the stairs, Chen Ming slowly pulled his hand from Bei Yau’s grip.

“Guard Bei, me and Xiao Hong will never change, you know that right? Our love is predestined by heaven. Xiao Hong will only have one love in his entire life, you know that means, forever, he and I will always be together, I can never leave him”

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