CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“That’s the reality they have to face, little brother, those children have been orphaned since they were very small and don’t know how to survive in this cruel world. They have to learn how to survive or else circumstances will sink them” Chen Ming replied.

Bai Ying took a bite of his extremely delicious boiled sweet potato. He’s really hungry so he can’t feel it anymore, maybe, this is called survival mode at a time like this.

“Did almost all citizens in Pai Hua are like this? What about in and around Sui Lian?”

Chen Ming turned around.

“Sui Lian? Where’s that? I’ve never heard of that before.”

Bai Ying stuttered, not even Sui Lian? Could he have remembered wrongly? He thought while scratching his head.

“Eh well, a small city around here”

Chen Ming pulled his lips.

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“Surely, who knows what will happen to this country, I, it is very shameful to claim to be from the court of the Great Wah Ye. All countries consider this country great due to the influence of the strong female priest, besides, many other countries think our country is a black cult country.”

Bai Ying widened his eyes. Didn’t he hear it wrong?

“A priestess? You mean, the Priestess clan, headed by Queen Yu Yan?” he asked.

Chen Ming nodded.

“Yeah, did you forget? That is the history of our country, was your injury so bad that you forgot all about it?”

Bai Ying widened his eyes and held Chen Ming’s hand tightly.

“Brother, that can’t have happened, right? So, Lord Shin Ya, and grandfather Po, Brother, how about grandfather Po, son of General Song, why didn’t you ask him for help?” he asked.

Chen Ming looked at Bai Ying’s hand that was tightly holding his hand.

“Brother, I don’t understand who you are referring to, there is no such thing as Shin Ya, or, uh grandpa Po, or who just now, Elder Yi. The person with the surname Shin that I know is the Shaman Shin Lei, who died after being beheaded by Empress Yu Yan, hundreds of years ago. And, General Song, I don’t know if there is a General Song in our palace, where did you get all those names from?”

Chen Ming checked Bai Ying’s forehead to see if he had a fever or not and spoke strangely

“Brother, what’s wrong with you? Your face looks so pale.”

Bai Ying looked at Chen Ming with big eyes, of course, he was pale, after hearing all the stories from Chen Ming, what happened? He was so shocked that the yams fell from his hand onto the dirty, dusty floor.

Chen Ming widened his eyes seeing the sweet potatoes that were dirty and could no longer be eaten.

“Little brother, what are you doing?”

“Really, they, are all gone, master Shin, grandfather Po, then, what about Xiao Hong? Brother, tell me what happened to Xiao Hong?” he cried holding his brother’s hand tightly.

Chen Ming held Bai Ying’s hand who looked panicked.

“Brother, what happened to you? Who is Xiao Hong? Why have you been talking strangely since earlier?”

Bai Ying’s chest hurt. His head felt like it was going to explode, was this just a dream? How could this be a dream? This was all real, even his hand was very sore and throbbing from the torn wound he had suffered, this was all, not a dream right?

“Ah” he gripped Chen Ming’s hand tightly to keep himself from having a very painful headache.

“Brother”

“Little brother, what happened to you?”

Chen Ming held Bai Ying’s suddenly limp body in his arms when a loud sound came from the doorway.

“Break!”

Accompanied by the sound of screaming children.

“Please spare our lives!”

Chen Ming, who held Bai Ying widened his eyes seeing that so many people had already appeared in front of the old temple’s rickety gate. Those people, are from the palace?

“Bei Yau!” he shouted, his eyes widening as he saw Bei Yau’s body flying far away and hit the stone table in the middle of the garden so hard as if he could hear some of his bones breaking. Someone had already beaten him.

“Ah!” Bei Yau fell down very hard on the ground, the impact was so hard that he spit out fresh red blood from his mouth.

“Eulk” even so his eyes still saw sharply, a large figure that hit him hard without him having time to prepare.

That large man was Eunuch Sheng, the Great King Wu Yi’s advisor. He can’t be defeated by that lecher, Bei Yau cursed. He spits the blood aside and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

“Damn it!”

Bei Yau got up from the fall, ready to attack when another person appeared from behind the crowd of warriors of the Wah Ye palace, that is, the great Crown Prince of Yue Yang, Luo Xiang.

“Your Majesty” seemed to have guessed, that this day would eventually some.

Luo Xiang appeared from behind. Looking around until his eyes widened at Chen Ming who was supporting the unconscious Bai Ying.

“Insolent!” he slapped his wide shirt sleeve which instantly pushed Chen Ming so hard.

“Ah!” he almost fell down with Bai Ying in his arms when suddenly the Crown Prince was already in front of him holding Bai Ying.

“Xiao Ying!” He held his body and tried to grab Bai Ying, but Luo Xiang twisted his body to slap Chen Ming’s hand hard, and even with a single kick pushed backward and fall heavily.

“Damn, you rotten Crown Prince!” Chen Ming tried to get up again ready to attack but that’s when the soldiers were already standing behind him drawing swords to his neck.

“What are you doing? I am your Prince, not that rotten man!” Chen Ming exclaimed glaring at the Wah Ye warriors who were actually pointing their swords at him.

Luo Xiang carried the limp Bai Ying. Looking at Chen Ming sharply.

“How dare you kidnap my concubine and hide here, who do you think you are?” Luo Xiang’s voice boomed. His loud voice woke Bai Ying who was in his arms. Slowly, faintly he think he saw someone he had missed so much, was this just a dream?

“Y-Your Highness?”

“My dear, you are awake, let’s go home, don’t you know how much Brother missed?”

Luo Xiang smiled. He carried Bai Ying out of the old temple complex area. While his soldiers behind caught everyone there. Without exception, the kids were all pushed into the old shrine.

“No, we beg you for mercy, please spare our lives!” the young girl who was the caretaker of the children tried to prevent the soldiers from pushing them in. Some of the soldiers are seen collecting dry straws and lighting a fire on the sticks in their hands.

The scream made Bai Ying widen his eyes, what happened? He tried to get down from the Crown Prince’s arms which took him further away from the temple.

“Your Majesty, what happened? They are Ying er’s helpers”

Bei Yau who was already heavily injured tried to fight back against the soldiers, but several soldiers pushed him to the ground. Even pointing their long swords at the young bodyguard even as he was already crashing to the ground.

“God damn it!” pointed its sharp end at Bei Yau’s hand that was raised to protect his face.

Bai Ying’s eyes widened at the fresh blood that spurted out as the sword slashed through Bei Yau’s hand.

“No!”

Bai Ying pushed against the Crown Prince’s back and managed to escape. He was about to run towards Bei Yau who had fallen on the ground with a hand that was almost cut off by a sharp sword,

“Guard Bei!” but Luo Xiang garb his waist from behind preventing him from running any closer while the soldiers pulled Bei Yau’s helpless body into the old temple building.

“What are you guys waiting for? Quickly burn them all!” shouted Eunuch Sheng who was standing near the exit gate.

Bai Ying couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Struggling to let go of Luo Xiang’s hand that was holding him so tight. They even held Prince Chen Ming who had his hands tied behind his back and gagged his mouth.

Chen Ming is angry, his eyes were bloodshot unable to see Bei Yau end so pitifully like that.

“Umpp!”

The soldiers pushed everyone away, threw Bei Yau’s unconscious body, and closed all the exits of the temple. Put lots of dry straw around the walls and the exit and start a fire.

“No! Your Majesty, don’t do this!” Bai Ying couldn’t believe what he was seeing, what was the Crown Prince doing?

“Your Highness” he turned his body to see Luo Xiang’s cold face, tugging at his clothes. Unable to hold back the tears that came out of shock and sadness mixed into one.

“Your Highness, take them out, please, they all will die in there, they are just kids. Your Highness, no, I beg you not” His chest constricted and his voice barely managed to get out, but even though he was crying the Crown Prince didn’t seem to budge.

Chen Ming tried to struggle, he kicked his legs trying to fight back. The flames burned more and more, and he could hear the screams of innocent children inside the burning temple.

“Please Master, let us go!”

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