Important Guest's
When Concubine Lui was about to approach BaiYing, another unexpected person appeared from the door.
"How brazen! What are you doing here?" BeiYau who came with some guards with him. His eyes widened wide when he saw BaiYing who fell down on the ground of exhaustion. The back of his clothes was slightly torn with blood from the whip.
BeiYau glared at the guards who were holding whips.
"You want to die!" he exclaimed angrily, the guards lowered their bodies to their knees in unison.
"Please spare our life, sir!"
His men detained the guards.
BeiYau glanced at Concubine LuiFan who didn't move in her place.
Concubine LuiFan sat back in her chair, calmly enjoying her tea, while Tu helped BaiYing and the two little servants get up.
"Your Majesty, are you all right?" Tu asked. BaiYing shook his head, even though it so hurt like hell, he would try to endure it.
"Ekh, it hurts a little"
BeiYau lowered his head in front of Concubine Lui.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Lui. This matter is very serious, you shouldn't ask the prison guards to bring the prisoner to your residence. Something untoward could happen like the prisoner running away, or you could even become a victim. His Highness the Crown Prince will not so happy about. At all"
Fan'er knows he can't run away anymore. BeiYau's eyes that glanced at her made her swallow her saliva. As the Crown Prince's bodyguard Bei has the second command after the Crown Prince there, and at this time, there is no way any guards dare to fight the word -he said.
BaiYing groaned, his back hurt like crazy, his smooth back, how could he be this unlucky?
But, seeing his maids's faces who were in pain and had no other choice than to endure it, he became embarrassed. The two little girls were smaller and weaker than him, but they looked so strong. Even with all the torture they both tried to be strong and just cried because they were scared, they just endured the pain. They are not bad people, let alone people who have the heart to hurt him, and BaiYing trusts them.
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At the Imperial Palace.
That afternoon, after the official palace ceremony, the Emperor, entertained his important guests to have a meal together. Of course, LuoXiang as the Crown Prince was also present.
The laughter continued, as the Emperor entertained his guest that afternoon who was none other than his close friend of the former Prime Minister who had retired due to his age, YueWang. The former prime minister who is now in his eighties, has no children either because of his health condition or other reasons.
He was one of the prime ministers who served since the previous Emperor before LuoPai, so he had served two generations and could not continue his position due to his age and health condition. He had retired and lived outside the city in his former residence. But in the end, the Emperor decided to ask the old man to be a Special Advisor because of his experience and the old man's desire to return to work. Being an old man who did not have a job made him depressed. The old man whose hair almost turned white, came along with his bodyguard and personal advisor. A slightly old man with a round build, all parts of his body from his face downwards, he was the Eunuch Sheng, the eunuch who had followed the Prime Minister so faithfully since he was young.
LuoXiang sighed. He was so bored, and for some reason, he always turned his head towards his palace, he missed YingYing so much.
The voice of chatter and laughter of the Emperor and his new adviser did not interest him at all, why did he need to care about that person? That senile emperor, just wasting his precious time.
"Oh yeah, Your Majesty, I heard the rumors about His Majesty the Crown Prince leaving the palace yesterday. It said because of an incident outside the palace that was quite shocking to everyone, this, it is very rare." said old man YueWang while stroking his beard. Emperor nodded.
"Yeah, Xiang'er is indeed a tough guy, he can protect himself so I'm not worried about him, that was an unfortunate incident. Old man Yue must have heard about the massacre of a Hua family who lived on the border of Sanpo and ChangSan cities. One of the Crown Prince's concubines' family, so now that case is still a concern for him"
YueWang nodded.
"Oh yeah, poor kid, I heard that one family including their daughter were all killed?" said the old man glancing at the Crown Prince while lifting his teacup.
YueWang's words made LuoXiang raise his head, bad, does that person know what happened? Even though he had ordered his men to change the name on the HuaBaiYen headstone to HuaBaiYing.
The emperor frowned.
"Em old man Yue must be wrong. Old man Hua only has a daughter and son, his daughter is in this palace, and unfortunately, the victim is his son."
YueWang raised his eyebrows.
"Oh really? Forgive me for hearing the wrong news then."
The two of them laughed again.
"Hehehehe please enjoy the wine old man, Yue. You won't have time to enjoy it again next time because of our busy lives." The emperor raised his cup of toast with YueWang. Both chuckled.
"Your Majesty is right, let me give a toast to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty always live a long life."
Laughter came back. Those two strange people, were both just talking a little and just laughing. What exactly is on the senile Emperor's mind when he brings other senile people to the palace? That man is so old, and maybe soon he will blend with the ground. Wasn't he afraid that his senile mind would cause problems for the palace?
He didn't agree with his father's suggestion when he said he would bring that man back to the Palace. Luo Xiang knew a little about how that person was doing, but his father thought it was fine to think of YueWang as an old close friend. Did he think this palace was a nursing home? Aren't all officials over seventy already given pension payments and dismissed with respect?
LuoXiang glanced at the stocky man who sat not far beside YueWang, a man in his fifties who had been known to be YueWang's adviser for some time. That person had followed him so faithfully. The man raised his cup toast from afar after knowing his eyes were on him. LuoXiang's eyes widened. The ring, the ring that coiled around Eunuch Sheng's pinkie, the ring with a red eyes snake's head.
But, could it be him? That man looked very smart and had no special interest in making BaiYing's life suffer. However, anyone could be suspected at this time. That man, according to the traits YiFang told him, was big round, not too tall. Insolent! Cursed LuoXiang.That man looked openly challenging him, his eyes sharp as if to say he was not afraid, LuoXiang grabbed his teacup, grabbing it tight. Did he have any proof that it was eunuch Sheng? Just based on the words of a death row inmate who killed the Hua family with his gang, he didn't have any evidence at all now.
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