CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

85 The Cold Pavilion

BaiYing headed towards the detention house where usually they locked palace resident who made a mistake there, it had not been used up until now, BaiYing stopped in front of the building as guards held him not to get closer.

“Your Majesty”

BaiYing looked at the two tall young men guarding the main house.

“Please let me in, I want to meet sister Lan’er.”

The guards lowered their heads.

“Pardon Your Majesty, but His Majesty the Crown Prince ordered that no one could visit Concubine Fu, until the trial arrives.”

BaiYing tried to push the two away but the two giant men didn’t budge at all.

“But I just want to see her, please let me see her, sister Lan’er!” he cried, not long after a voice came from inside the house.

“Yen’er? Sister, get me out of here, I’m innocent, sister it wasn’t me who harmed you, please help me, I’m scared here, it is so scary here, huks”

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Lan’er voice sounded pitiful, BaiYing tried to approach the door but it was very impossible with two guards standing by and blocking it.

“Sister, Yen’er will get you out of here, sister just hang in there”

“Huks hu, I’m afraid, It’s scary here”

A loud cry from the house that was sealed with almost no holes even for the sun to come in, Baiying opened his eyes wide, he rushed towards the exit, almost falling because of his speed.

“Your Highness be careful,” Yan said and Bi helped BaiYing rush out.

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In the Eagle pavilion.

CiaoTi explained the work plan he had prepared which is now on the table in front of the Crown Prince.

“Your Majesty, it’s like this, the plan is that team one will go first to review the location, write down some shortcomings in the area and make a land scheme, then the second team will come to build the dam”

The Crown Prince raised his hand, stopping his advisor’s explanation.

“How long does it take between team one and team two to work?” he asked.

CiaoTi thought.

“Em two to three days”

“No, it would be too long, let them go together and do the work at the same time”

CiaoTi little stutter.

“Er, that’s the problem Your Majesty, the second team is busy planning the eastern area...”

The Crown Prince glanced at CiaoTi sharply, his advisor immediately knew that he might have said something wrong.

“Eastern work? So are there no other teams? I don’t want to rely too much on one team, this palace has a lot of talented young officials, you gather them right away and send them there. I don’t want any delays due to busy waiting for the other team, you know how I work old man, don’t waste my precious time.”

CiaoTi nodded his head.

“Yes Majesty”

The Crown Prince again reads the report in front of him.

“Then what about the third team, after the dam is made I also want someone to record the number of residents around who are willing to clear the land, don’t let the time gap be too far”

“That has also been prepared, Your Majesty”

When the two were so serious, there was a loud noise from outside the building.

“Let me in!”

The Crown Prince recognized the voice, it was BaiYing’s, how did he get there at this hour?

“Your Honour!”

That’s right it was BaiYing who rushed in after his guards didn’t manage to restrain him, his face looked worried, he approached the Crown Prince quickly.

“Your Majesty, please take Lan’er out of the Cold Pavilion.”

BaiYing’s voice was loud, CiaoTi who had time to salute BaiYing straightened up his seat, slowly turned his head to the Crown Prince’s face who looked quite surprised to know that BaiYing was looking for him there, The Crown Prince still managed to glance at the two maids standing behind BaiYing as if scolding the two.

“Please forgive us Your Majesty” The two maids immediately lowered their bodies to their knees, BaiYing turned his body and helped the two maids up.

“They’re not guilty, they did not say anything, I find out by myself”

“YingYing, didn’t you see now that I’m working, what are you doing here screaming like that?”

The Crown Prince’s voice was flat, BaiYing didn’t like the Crown Prince’s voice the most, his attitude was indeed very strict when there were other people in the room beside him, of course, his authority as the Crown Prince was immediately shown. CiaoTi slowly backed away, standing with BeiYau behind the Crown Prince’s seat,

“Your Majesty didn’t say that Lan’er sister was there, Lan’er sister did nothing wrong. Why did Your Majesty treat her as a prisoner?”

“YingYing, go back to the pavilion, we will talk about this later tonight”

“No Your Highness, it has to now, poor Lan’er sister, she was scared in the Cold pavilion, she thinks there are many ghosts there, Your Majesty must get her out of there, only Your Majesty who can do that.”

The Crown Prince restrained himself, but he couldn’t.

“Concubine Fu is proven to have harmed you, she acted out of line, if I don’t punish her what will she do tomorrow? He could have killed you!”

BaiYing clenched his fists, although that might be according to the Crown Prince, his heart said that Lan’er sister is not that cruel, she couldn’t possibly commit crimes that could harm others, her mouth is indeed sharp, she is also very spoiled and treats her servants as servants, but he knows Lan’er’s nature wasn’t that rotten, or, he didn’t know it at all?

“At least, please let me see her, Your Majesty”

The Crown Prince held his breath for a moment.

The Crown Prince raised his hand ordering everyone, including BeiYau to get out.

Once in the room, there was only the Crown Prince and BaiYing alone.

The Crown Prince pushed the teacup for BaiYing to drink it and tried to calm himself who was overly depressed when he learned of the fact that it was Concubine FuLan who had caused the horse to fall over with him on it.

“All the evidence is there, BeiYau’s men found the rest of the strings hidden under her bed, the same string used to set the trap, and also, a servant claimed to be ordered by Lan’er to tie the rope between two trees in the valley, all the evidence is incriminating so it’s only a matter of time before the trial.”

BaiYing took a sip of his tea, his chest still ached at the thought of one of the concubines he admired so much hurt him, but he still didn’t want to just believe it, BaiYing tried to look into the Crown Prince’s eyes.

“Did, Your Majesty have asked Sis Fan’er? The two of them were always together, a-and, if it was true that Lan’er was the culprit, why did Lan’er go there? At that time, eh Ying’er remembered that sister Lan’er and sister Fan’er was standing near the tree shade to avoid the heat, and, eh” BaiYing tried to remember what happened that day, there must be something important he could remember to help Lan’er, whether she was the culprit or not, he felt something was missing.

The Crown Prince lowered BaiYing’s hand which was holding his head trying hard to remember.

“YingYing, don’t push yourself, remember your health condition, you fell with a severe head injury, according to the physician it may cause you to suffer some memory loss, let me take care of it.”

BaiYing looked at the Crown Prince, who was now holding his cheek gently, he still thought something was wrong, he had to know what it was.

“Your Majesty, please let me see Lan’er sister, at the very least, I want to ask why she did it,” BaiYing said quietly.

The Crown Prince was silent for a moment, he didn’t think it would be a good idea for BaiYing to meet Lan’er at this time, whatever the concubine would say to ward off her evil deeds, however, BaiYing looked at him, with hope.

“Your Majesty”

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