CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

525 The Field

Bai Ying keeps reading the rest of the very long decree no matter what number it is.

Wiggle his legs while reading the silly agreements that he wrote, about what he and the Crown Prince should do to maintain their stable relationship between them, he vaguely remembers how he got the idea to write all of that, but is so sweet.

“Hehe, this is so cute”

Yan and Bi glanced at each other, both couldn’t help but smile seeing Consort Hua’s beaming face which had been unable to stop smiling, the young man is in good mood.

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Peony Field.

The field has been closed for access from in and out to the Crown Prince’s palace and is ready with an arena for the competitions.

On daily basis, the Peony field was also used as a training ground, of course, it was suited for any kind of agility events there. The difference is now the palace also added some additional buildings such as tents for the princes to rest and relax or practice while they were on the field all day. There is also an outbuilding for the Emperor and other courtiers and guests, or spectators to rest.

Crown Prince Luo Xiang himself was among the participants, as he always does every year.

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The handsome Crown Prince was already wearing his training suit, with a practical shape and fits the body, a rather short bottom part that length was just above the knees. Clothing with a predominance of white and dark blue and light blue outer layers on the trim, gold embroidery on the body, a magnificent dark blue velvet back robe and hair tied up all in a bun wrapped in a blue ribbon with silver thread. He looks so strong and handsome, with a bright face like the sun.

Bei Yau helped Luo Xiang put on his golden cuff.

“The first match is archery, Your Majesty, this year the committee put the target at the back of the sack twice longer as was in last year”

Luo Xiang twisted his cuff tighter.

“Last year I didn’t join, Bei, do you think I could hit the target three times in a row?” he asked.

Bei Yau smiled, he helped the Crown Prince put on his robes and tied them at the front.

“Your Majesty, I only hope Your Majesty gives them a chance, because, with Your Majesty’s current ability, no one can beat Your Majesty, if that happens then this match will not be as exciting, Your Majesty”

Luo Xiang tightened his belt. The jade hanger in the shape of an animal figure that Bai Ying had given him long ago hung from his waist, and he always wore it whenever he competed or fought his enemy.

“Don’t mock me Bei, how can I put my skills here? This is just a match for fun, nothing serious here”

Bei Yau looked outside the Crown Prince’s tent, where from a distance could be seen the large tent belonging to the Crown Prince of Dai Yang, Lo Yi, who had been looking so serious ever since got on his horse and practised archery at high speed.

“Yes, Your Majesty, but for some people, this is quite a serious match.”

Luo Xiang held his breath as he watched Lo Yi from a distance. Follow current s on (f)ir(e).net

“That ignorant person, what is he thinking? Taking Ying Ying from me? It’s ridiculous.”

Meanwhile, behind tall trees not far from the arena, there were several people in beautiful clothes hiding behind the trees.

Bai Ying and his two maids. Bai Ying’s clothes, which were quite large and attracted attention, made it difficult for him to sneak in without being noticed by others, he should have been choosing other clothes for this event.

“Ouch, do we have to go back to change, Sis? Ying can’t see anything from here, ouch it’s really troublesome” Bai Ying whispered, popping his head from behind the tree.

Yan and Bi, who couldn’t help but follow Bai Ying’s idea to watch the match, couldn’t resist the young man’s wish. The two of them even prepared a lot of snacks in the baskets that were already in their hands because Bai Ying wanted to watch the match while enjoying the food.

“Your Majesty, we’d better go back to the palace, the air here is hot, and also dirty, there is a lot of dust flying around, and if His Highness the Crown Prince finds out that we are here, we can be punished” whispered Bi.

Bai Ying waved his hand at his two cowardly maids

“Don’t worry sis, we won’t be caught, erm, after all, Ying is also an envoy from Xin Hua, why can’t Ying join the match? That is not fair. Emm, but, Ying can’t hold a sword, let alone arrows, but I can still ride a horse, Xiao Hei will definitely obey me, hmm, what’s the match anyway? Come, sis, we have to find the nicest spot to watch the games, next time we should wear a rather simple one, it’s so difficult to move with this”

Bai Ying thought hard to find them a place to seat nearby, his forehead wrinkled, he look at the big tree he was holding now, the trunk was not that high, and the bottom was slightly sloping, looks easy for him to climb, maybe they can enjoy the match from there.

“Come on sis, let’s go up”

Yan and Bi widened their eyes when they saw Bai Ying who was preparing to climb up.

“Your Majesty, don’t”

And the competition starts at the fields, where the Princes are already lined up with their big arrows ready in their hands. The first match for that morning is archery.

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The sound of the night birds from the Peony valley could be heard all the way to the West Dragon pavilion. Towards midnight when the Crown Prince finally back to his pavilion, all day warm-up to preliminary matches on the Peony field from sunrise to sunset. He was very tired.

“Heh”

Luo Xiang glanced into the room where the lights had been turned off and saw Bai Ying lying on their bed, he didn’t wait for him to come back and go to sleep, of course, it was already very late.

At first, the Crown Prince was about to just go to his bed and lie down until morning before cleaning himself up. That was back then when he was still sleeping alone in his bed, after getting back from the field, sometimes he was too tired to clean himself up and just go to sleep, but now, there is Bai Ying with him, and the kid will definitely won’t comfortable with his smell now.

Finally, the Crown Prince cleaned himself up in the restroom, as fast as lightning, as he couldn’t wait to hug Bai Ying whom he had missed so much for hadn’t seen him all day.

Luo Xiang climbed onto the bed and hugged Bai Ying, grabbing his waist from behind.

“My Ying Ying, Brother misses you so much, why don’t you wait for me to come home?” Luo Xiang whispered while putting his head on Bai Ying’s shoulder and kissing his cheek.

“Emh, Your Majesty, Ying er is tired,” The young man says a word faintly half-asleep with one hand raised to hold the Crown Prince’s cheek that rested on his shoulder.

Luo Xiang kissed the hand, kissed it many times until he kissed Bai Ying’s cheek again, but, the young man was really fast asleep, he looked very tired.

“Em, my dear, did sitting all day in the pavilion so tiring, what are you doing all day anyway?” Luo Xiang whispered, didn’t wait for the answer, he closed his eyes as he hugged Bai Ying tightly.

“Come on Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awesome!” Bai Ying was delirious.

Luo Xiang furrowed his brow, and opened his eyes to see that Bai Ying is really talking in his sleep, he was delirious.

“Hey, do you miss me so much that you always think about Brother all day long? Poor kid, forgive me, Brother will be very busy on these couple of days, so I can’t accompany you for a while, you must be so bored”

Bai Ying, who closed his eyes tightly asleep smiling, apparently he was having a very beautiful dream that makes him smile widely.

This afternoon in front of the Peony training ground where the preliminary round match took place. Bai Ying and his two maids were sitting on a not-so-tall tree branch near the Peony field.

They were so relaxed watching the match that women and children were forbidden to watch it. And the match was indeed quite exciting, Bai Ying who watched the match while enjoying the snacks brought by his two servants couldn’t stop his excitement seeing the Crown Prince from a distance.

“Your Highness, you can do it!”

The Crown Prince who was riding his horse in the centre of the field gets ready to spur his horse while aiming his arrow at the target turned his head as if he heard someone calling him, but, there were no spectators there, spectators like the Emperor and the guests of the palace would only see the match at the final later, maybe its just some wind sounds that passed thought the big training ground.

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