The Crown Prince, BaiYing, General PoYang, and BeiYau are already seated at the dining table to enjoy the dinner. General Po laughs haven't stopped seeing the adorable cute face of Baiying who enjoys his food. Even when BaiYing scrunched his face when LuoXiang kept teasing him.
"This brat, look how you eat. It's so messy"
BaiYing brushed off Luo Xiang's hand which was blocking his hand from picking up another delicious meal on the table. BaiYing kept pushing all the food into his hungry stomach as he hadn't eaten properly for a very long time.
"Your Majesty please remove your hand"
"Don't eat too much, you'll get a stomach ache later"
"No, not with all of this delicious food"
General Po chuckled as he stroked his beard.
"Hehehehe Concubine Hua eat slowly, you'll choke later"
BaiYing glanced at General Po who seemed to be mocking him.
"Ah Grandfather, who is concubine Hua? This is BaiYing grandpa, Xiao BaiYing, please don't call me like that"
General Po chuckled again.
"Hehehehe, what can I say, His Highness said that this cute, adorable, and sweet young kid is his concubine. What can I do other than obey His Highness Crown Prince's word, or otherwise I would be in trouble"
BaiYing glanced at Luo Xiang who pretended not to look at him. He busied himself taking the side dish and putting it in his mouth until he lifted his head and found BaiYing's gaze on him.
"Umm?" Look at the kid with his goofy face.
BaiYing waved his hand in front of him.
"Your Majesty, please tell Grandpa Po that this servant is just a fake concubine. Grandpa Po will always misunderstand. Your Majesty's concubine should be my sister, HuaBaiYen, and not me, HuaBaiYing. Please tell him, Your Highness, you have to clear up the misunderstanding"
LuoXiang just glanced at him and did not stop him from filling his mouth with the food.
"Umm?"
General Po finally couldn't stop himself and laughed out loud.
"Hahahaha"
BaiYing kept tugging at the Crown Prince's sleeve.
"Your Majesty, just say it, don't just eat like that, you've been eating too much now"
Luo Xiang was still furrowing his brows because his mouth was so full that it was hard to talk at this time.
"Uummmm"
"Your Majesty!" sulking BaiYing.
General Po laughed loudly. He is one of the most powerful Generals in the country. His laughter could be heard on the second floor where the guards were still busy on guard.
"Ha ha ha ha"
...…..
Night's getting late.
BaiYing fell asleep on his bed while LuoXiang and General Po were still talking at the front. LuoXiang wanted to just rest right away but General Po met him and delivered the news he forgot to tell earlier.
General Po poured tea into LuoXiang's cup.
"Sluuurpp"
"So, maybe the puppeteer is really in the palace? But who is so brave? And why now? What made them attack YingYing now? " LuoXiang was marked with a question.
General Po also took a soft sip of his tea.
The two of them spoke in small voices and didn't want to disturb BaiYing who was fast asleep until the blankets were scattered.
"Heh, I don't know for sure. But, my hunch is that anyone who is eyeing XiaoYing won't just stop before getting what they looking for the first time. Don't know what the kid has but it's worth it when XiaoYing is alive than killing him." said Crown Prince.
LuoXiang clenched his fists.
"General Po, I would be very grateful if the General did not reveal YingYing's identity to the palace first. I will find a way out of this later, but now YingYing will be much safer in the palace. At least many guards will always be on standby when the attacker manages to infiltrate the palace. As for now, let everyone think HuaBaiYing was the one who was killed in the massacre of the Hua family."
General Po nodded while stroking his beard, he glanced at BaiYing who was fast asleep innocently inside the small room.
"Heh poor kid, he's suffered since he was a kid from many attempts of murder. He almost died with very serious injuries when he even didn't understand what happened yet. Now, has to be the target of assault whose motive is still unknown. Your Majesty, I have thought about this, one day, I will come and take XiaoYing out of the palace and live with me in my house outside the city, so when I retire I can enjoy my old age with Xiao Ying by my side. This is not bad either. So, I beg you, don't let anything bad happen to Xiao Ying."
The general looked at LuoXiang deeply,
He might be a general who was under the Emperor's orders. But as a great General who has led the troops for decades, the number of his men is countless. Even if he intended to rebel he could mobilize many troops loyal to him.
And his words were not just words that he just blurted out, LuoXiang knew that he lifted his teacup and took a slow sip again before answering General Po. In his heart wanted to tell the General that YingYing business is not that he's, he just talks like that as if he could just take YingYing from him, he wanted to die. But the Crown Prince held his throat from talking loudly. The kid's thing becomes torn in his flesh since everybody seems to be trying to take him away from him. Nor YiFang and now the senile old man in front of him. How dare he? But he is BaiYing's relative. Counts as a relative, so he has to be patient with him.
"Ahem, YingYing is my concubine, one day, maybe I will take him to visit General Po in your retirement home, just wait there patiently. But for now, until don't know when YingYing will always stay by my side. General no need to worry about that."
General Po put his teacup on top of the table, holding it firmly, and had eye-to-eye with the Crown Prince who was known to be so stubborn and firm with his stance. He smiles.
"Hehe, I just want to take my grandson home. If he doesn't feel at home in the palace he can come back to my house anytime, he won't feel lonely."
LuoXiang took a deep breath.
"How could YingYing feel lonely, I would always be there for him"
Both have 'stares war', pretty intense between them.
"Well, of course, Your Majesty also has other concubines, well who knows that one day XiaoYing will be naughty and Your Majesty might be bored with him. At that time, you can immediately tell me about it" General Po still had time to raise his cup while saluting, but LuoXiang continued to pour the tea into the cup and drink it up in one gulp.
"I think it won't be happened shortly General Po. Until then maybe it would be too difficult for me to get bored with YingYing. He will feel at home in the palace that he might forget to go to your house later"
General Po finally chuckled at Luo Xiang's words.
"Heheheh of course Your Highness, I only say if, I believe that Xiao Ying is so cute and fun that no one will feel bored with him, he is such a cute and sweet kid"
Finally, the two same stubborn stone-headed men laugh and enjoy their tea again. Their voices are quite loud which makes BaiYing who's sleeping a little bit annoyed and covers his ear with a pillow.
"Ach I want to sleep"
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