CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

Chapter 54: The Suspects

“Yan! Bi! ” exclaimed BaiYing, he tried to grab the guard’s hand.

“Let go of your hands.”

But the Crown Prince came and grabbed him.

“YingYing! Stop it! ” Although the stubborn BaiYing did not listen to the Crown Prince’s cry his strength was not strong enough, he still tried to pull the guard hand who’s holding his two maids, so that there was a tug of war between the Crown Prince and him, finally because of annoyed, LuoXiang pulled BaiYing’s hand harder and threw the young man to the ground.

“Akh!”

“Your Honour!” Yan and Bi exclaimed seeing the concubine Hua who fell to the ground violently, LuoXiang’s eyes widened wide, he had gone too far.

“YingYing!” realizing what he had done the Crown Prince approached him quickly.

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BaiYing couldn’t stop the guards from taking his two maids farther away, he was about to get up but the Crown Prince’s handheld his body.

“YingYing, I’m sorry”

BaiYing flung Luo Xiang’s hand who was about to help him.

“Let me go!” His eyes stared at the Crown Prince sharply, tried to get up then with a slight hobbling move towards his pavilion, the other pavilion servants helped him.

“Your Majesty”

The Crown Prince could only stand in his place, BaiYing’s gaze on him showed immense disappointment towards him, Luo Xiang took a deep breath, what can he do now?

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In the afternoon.

BeiYau approached LuoXiang who was still standing in front of BaiYing’s room. He had not moved there all day because he was worried about BaiYing’s condition, this is his day off as the Crown Prince’s administrative officer. He supposes to be able to accompany BaiYing all day freely until something untoward happened this morning.

“Your Majesty” he lowered his head and announced the results of his report.

“Just say it Bei”

BeiYau raised his head.

“Er, the powder in that package, it’s the Red Flower poison which also hurt Concubine Hua the other day.”

Luo Xiang took a deep breath, he couldn’t imagine how BaiYing would feel if he knew that two of his beloved maids would be sentenced to death because of this, while concubine Ye’s condition was getting worse and hadn’t shown any progress, she might die because of this.

“Then, do they admit it? Where do they get such a powerful poison from? ”

BeiYau shook his head.

“Both of them said that they did not know how the poison got in their room, I also thought, if the two maids looked honest, both of them kept crying throughout the interrogation until they could hardly speak”

“What about the other maids? Not only Yan, Bi, and San’er, also servants of concubine Lui and concubine Fu, you also have to open your eyes wide to them. ”

BeiYau nodded.

“Yes I understand Your Majesty”

BeiYau raised his head to see the Crown Prince who had not looked away from the door of the Concubine Hua room which was closed tightly.

“Eh Your Majesty, Concubine Hua..”

LuoXiang took a deep breath.

“Heh poor child, his two closest maids had to leave him at once, his heart must be devastated, while he just lost his entire family”

BeiYau didn’t know what to say, he was thinking hard too.

“Heh, you continue to investigate it Bei, for this time treat Concubine Hua servants well, I don’t want us to catch the wrong person and make whoever does this laugh out loud now,” LuoXiang said.

BeiYau nodded his head.

“Yess, Your Majesty”

Not long after BeiYau left.

In the room.

BaiYing sat daydreaming on his bed with a distant look out of the window, instead of feeling sorry for himself, he was thinking hard about how concubine Mu’er could be poisoned, while she only ate a little of the fruit, BaiYing thought he actually taste the fruit even though he took it out fast because it’s too sour, he should have been poisoned too, but, he felt fine.

BaiYing was still deep in thought until his door was opened from the outside, two young servants who were standing near the door lowered their knees when seeing the Crown Prince enter.

“Your Highness”

LuoXiang waved his hand ordering all the maids to leave the room, leaving the two of them there.

BaiYing didn’t turn his head even though the Crown Prince was already sitting behind him.

“YingYing, what, are you still angry?”

LuoXiang’s soft voice, BaiYing would just ignore him, it’s better if he kept thinking about how to get his two maids out of custody.

However, while BaiYing paid no heed to the Crown Prince, Luo Xiang still raised his hand and parted BaiYing’s collar until it showed his back.

“Your Majesty” BaiYing’s hand was about to hold him back, but he groaned when he realized the Crown Prince’s hand was touching his shoulder which had been scratched from the fall.

“Akh”

LuoXiang’s hand gently spread massage oil onto the young man’s shoulder, BaiYing couldn’t help but be quiet and obey, no matter what the madman tried to make amends for throwing him so hard earlier.

“I’m sorry for pulled you so hard, look at this bruise, heh, I’m so stupid”

The Crown Prince lowered his head to kiss BaiYing’s bruised shoulder that turned bluish.

BaiYing scrunched up his face.

“Your Majesty’s strength is indeed strong, I am nothing”

LuoXiang was very sorry, he was not unable to stop himself but his strength was a little stronger when he pulled BaiYing earlier, he reached BaiYing’s palm which was also scratched while trying to stop himself from falling earlier.

“Does this hurt too?”

BaiYing didn’t want to turn around, if he turned his head and saw the Crown Prince’s gaze he would definitely melt him, while Luo Xiang smiled as he massaged BaiYing’s palms.

“Ouch, my YingYing’s flawless skin has to be scratched all over, heh, I’m such a fool”

BaiYing finally turned his head, looking for a moment at the Crown Prince’s pitiful face, just like what he had expected, that man sometimes became so fierce and sometimes became so gentle in front of him, he did not know which are the real face of that person, maybe both of them, because as a Crown Prince he still had to maintain his dignity in front of others, but, in front of him, he turned into a very attentive boy with a cute face like a puppy.

“Your Majesty, do, Your Majesty believe, that my maids were the perpetrators who poisoned Concubine Ye? Also, as indirectly was the person who poisoned me in the first place? ” BaiYing asked.

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