CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

526 Little Guard

Drap Drap Drap.

The sound of horseshoes trodding on the grass of the Peony field.

On the second day of the Princes’ competition, that day was horseback riding shooting a round ball in the centre of the field into a hole twice the size of the ball. The iron ball is wrapped in cloth of various colours, usually, the players consist of two groups with groups of five people each, but now the Princes compete individually for the ball in the middle of the field.

“Wow sis, it looks so fun, why has Ying never seen His Majesty play this before?” Bai Ying asked.

That day he and his two maidservants had prepared themselves well. Bai Ying’s two maids dressed in small guards complete with head covers, stand by the pole at the side of the field. He has to enter the field no matter what even though he had to disguise himself for that, the competition is too good for him to be missed out.

And, lucky for them, very kindly, the guards at the front of the field let the three in without bothering to check on them. The uniform of little guards who usually served as part of the cleaning up officer in the field area they got from the dormitory not far beside the field, those guards must be panicked when they found out the uniform was missing.

“Your Majesty, what if His Highness the Crown Prince sees us here? He will punish us” whispered Yan who was standing very close behind Bai Ying.

Bai Ying looked around and found the Crown Prince sitting on the stage at the edge of the field, waiting for his turn to compete, he was sitting next to the Crown Prince of Tania, Hu Bo.

“Relax Sis, His Majesty looks quite busy to see us, he won’t notice our presence here”

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“Hehehe today it is certain that Your Highness the Crown Prince will come out victorious, it seems I must know myself and retreat regularly,” said Hu Bo as he lifted his teacup.

Luo Xiang smiled, he looked at the centre of the field where the participants had started to compete. The round iron ball was quite heavy, even though it was wrapped in thick cloth so that it was larger than the actual iron ball.

“Hehe Your Highness Prince takes too high on me, it was just a coincidence that I could win yesterday’s match, today of course everyone has the same opportunity”

The laughter of the two did not reach Bai Ying’s place because of the atmosphere of the field which was quite crowded, but of course, Bai Ying was already quite happy just seeing the Crown Prince’s face and laughter. An unimaginable pleasure is enough just to see his face. Bai Ying subconsciously smiled to himself.

But Bai Ying’s reverie was broken when there was a loud voice nearby.

“Hey, you! Quickly clear the field! Soon the second half will begin!” cried a committee soldier who was standing on the sidelines. Bai Ying widened his eyes, and the guard looked at him and his maids.

“Um, me?” he asked.

The young soldier nodded, pointing towards the centre of the field that the participants had left after the first half.

“Yeah, who else, clean up the dirt, can’t you see that? What are you guys doing there, such a lazy, hurry up! You two go over there!”

Yan and Bi looked at each other, because their faces were covered with mud none of the guards recognised them, but that guard was already being rude.

“Ich this guy”

Yan was about to step forward but Bai Ying held her back.

“Sis don’t” he whispered.

It could be bad if they were caught lying and found out by the Crown Prince, it could be a long story.

“But Your Majesty, that person is so impudent” whispered Yan.

Bai Ying looked at the centre of the field, how hard is it to pick up dirt in the middle of the field, back at his house, he also often cleaned the cages for his two little goats, wouldn’t be so disgusting right?

Bi tried to hold back Bai Ying’s hand as he was about to advance.

“Your Majesty, let me do it.”

But Bai Ying had already headed to the centre of the field, at least just ordinary horse dung.

But when he arrived at the centre of the field Bai Ying’s eyes went wide, it wasn’t just dung, it was a hill of dung! How could the horse defecate so much during a fight?

Bai Ying covered his nose with one hand, while the other hand stretched out long and poked the dung with a small shovel that had been in the small bag in the bucket he was carrying.

No wonder they were allowed to get in without being bothered to check, apparently, they were wearing the uniform belonged to the dung-cleaning little guard, and the three little guards must now be laughing happily because they are off of their duties today, this is outrageous!

“Ah! It’s really heavy.”

Luo Xiang who was enjoying his tea glanced at the centre of the field and saw the little guard who was still squatting picking up dirt in the middle of the field, while the referee had already allowed the big horses to re-enter for the second half round.

“Those little guards are so slow, aren’t they afraid of the iron ball and the big horses?” Hu Bo said.

Luo Xiang blew hot steam from his tea, enjoying the fragrant smell of the tea.

“Maybe they’re new,” he replied casually.

Bai Ying’s eyes widened, why did the second half start so quickly, he hadn’t even cleaned up the dung in the middle of the field.

“Your Honour!” shouted Yan and BI in small voices, both of them trying to get closer to Bai Ying who was getting further and further into the centre of the field, while occasionally looking at the Crown Prince who was not looking at them.

“Oh, your highness.” Bi finally pulled Yan’s hand and the two of them settled down towards the centre of the field.

Bai Ying was still struggling to shovel the last tallest dung he saw near the audience.

“Wait a minute, this one is really hard.”

Without waiting for the three to leave the field, the referee sounded the gong to signal the start of the second half. The big ball had been lowered, and inevitably the three little guards had to run out of the field if they didn’t want to die silly because of the heavy iron ball.

“Sis” Bai Ying got up from his crouch, together with his two servants rushed to the side of the field.

“Your Highness, be careful,” Bi said pulling Bai Ying’s hand tightly half running towards the sidelines.

The sound of the hooves of the big tall horses around Bai Ying was loud, of course, because the horses were surrounding Bai Ying and his maids.

“Your Majesty”

“Ouch why did they come out so fast” Bai Ying complained.

The three of them ran quickly towards the edge of the field until they did not notice a large horse suddenly blocking their way.

“Heeee!!’

The big horse came to a sudden stop as the jockey pulled its reins tightly until its two front legs lifted in front of Yan and Bi who spontaneously gave their bodies to protect Bai Ying.

“Your Majesty watch out!” Yan shouted loudly.

Bai Ying who was behind was pushed so that he couldn’t control his body to fall backwards.

“Ah! Sister!”

Luo Xiang who was enjoying his tea opened his eyes wide, he recognized the voice and looked at the centre of the field where the three little guards were. Luo Xiang got up from his seat.

“Ying Ying!” ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ (f)ir(e).net

Without a second thought, Luo Xiang folded his front clothes and stomped his feet towards the field, about to grab Bai Ying which was about to fall backwards, but, someone was already preceding him.

“Ah!

Lo Yi, who was in the field already rushed to grab Bai Ying’s body to catch him before the young man hit the ground

“Your Majesty the Viceroy, what are you doing here?” whispered Lo Yi who had already grabbed Bai Ying’s waist and carried him to safety, his eyes wildly staring at Bai Ying with very wide smiles, but, something pushed him, a strong wind came from the audience seat direction where Crown Prince Luo Xiang had already shot towards him.

“Insolent!”

Luo Xiang pushed Lo Yi’s body away and pulled Bai Ying’s body towards him, pulling him fast enough that the head covers of the little guard fell off his head, instantly revealing his long flowing hair blowing with the wind.

“Woohoo!”

The audience’s voice was shocked, the little guard clearly had very long and beautiful hair.

Luo Xiang caught Bai Ying’s body, held his waist tightly and brought him down to the centre of the field away from the crowd of large horses, for a moment, everyone held their breath seeing what happened in such a short time in the middle of the field.

Bai Ying gulped down his saliva, bad, what happened? He quickly lowered his face, raising one hand to cover his face, though, he was already too late.

“Ouh no!”

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