CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

“Who do you mean? Who looks like me?” he asked.

Prince Li Hua smiled. Bai Ying’s pair of big round eyes looking at him made him unable to stop thinking about whoever was in his head right now.

“Hey, who else, of course, Hui er, Great King Yen Hui”

His answer surprised Bai Ying, and so did Luo Xiang and the others, was this person just joking? If he did know his great-grandfather Yen Hui, then how old would he be?

“Who are you?” Bai Ying asked.

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It didn’t take long.

Evening. In the Viceroy’s study.

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Luo Xiang and the others brought Prince Li Hua who had been secured by Bai Ying into the room so they could talk more freely.

What Prince Li Hua said shocked everyone in the room. Elder Yi and Shin Ya looked at each other.

Bai Ying looked at Prince Li Hua with his sharp eyes, even though he tried to see through his inner eye he still didn’t see anything strange about Prince Li Hua other than the profound strength and dense aura he possessed.

Prince Li Hua smiled. He glanced at his hand which was wrapped in Bai Ying’s protective energy which obviously made him unable to move.

“Your Highness, with the strength that Your Highness has, even though I’m not tied up, I’m still not your opponent, is Your Highness willing to untie this bond?” he asked.

Bai Ying pursed his lips, glancing at the Crown Prince briefly as if seeking his approval. Luo Xiang looked at the man who claimed to be hundred and fifty years old, even more. There was no human who could live that long with an appearance that had not changed since he was young. However, he is not an ordinary human.

“So you’re saying you’re a white tiger turned human? What, you want us to believe that?” asked Luo Xiang.

Prince Li Hua smiled. He lowered his head to hold back a smile because he thought it was natural. But not for these humans.

Prince Li Hua looked at Xiao Hong.

“Then, what did Your Highness think about this fiery red bird here, he is also the incarnation of a firebird and possesses a perfect human body. Like this bird, someone also gave my power to this humanoid body. But, I’m not an ordinary human, I think, everyone here already knows about it” said Prince Li Hua looking around.

Chen Ming held Xiao Hong’s arm.

“What do you mean by someone giving you the power? What are you saying? If great-grandfather gave this body to you?” he asked.

Prince Li Hua chuckled. He looked at Chen Ming, then Bai Ying. The Young King’s gentle and beautiful face made him unable to stop looking at him. Luo Xiang shifted his body to stand in front of Bai Ying blocking the man’s insolent gaze at his concubine.

“Stop staring, Prince Li or I’ll gouge your eyes out, whoever you are but you can’t be so impudent towards a Realm King, especially my concubine”

Prince Li Hua looked at Luo Xiang. It took a long time before he finally laughed.

“Hahaha, please pardon me, this is really an unexpected coincidence, even after his death, Hui er still couldn’t run away from you, this is really fate”

Prince Li Hua’s words made Luo Xiang swallow his saliva, it was obvious that those gazes and words were meant for him.

“What do you mean, can’t run away? What fate? Don’t talk nonsense.”

Prince Li Hua stopped his laughter. Keeping eyes fixed on Luo Xiang, looking at him from head to toe.

“You, truly are the descendant of that rotten Emperor, even at the end of his death he still tried to chase Hui er into the next life, you did exactly what you said, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Luo Xiang widened his eyes seeing Prince Li Hua who didn’t seem to be messing around with what he said.

One hundred and fifty years ago.

“Xiao Hu!” exclaimed a young man with a very attractive face who at first glance looked very much like Bai Ying.

The young man who was maybe in his teen was tracing an unspoilt path in the Pai Hua valley. Where tall and dense plants grow around it that cover the ground and also the sky. Not long after walking some distance, the young man’s eyes widened, finding what he was looking for earlier.

“Oh here you are, naughty tiger, why didn’t you answer me when I called you?” he lowered his body lifting a very adorable white tiger cub.

“Where have you been, I was looking for you earlier. Have you eaten? Um, do you want to play in the river again? You like rivers, right? Em, you stink, let’s take a bath in the river, okay?”

With a very cheerful face, the young man brought a very tiny tiger cub in his hand back to the path he had passed earlier.

“Today Mother cooks bamboo shoots, do you like bamboo shoots? Oh yeah, today there is a knitting lesson. It’s weird, why does Hui er have to learn to knit too? That’s for the Princess sisters. Come on, old man Li just cooked chicken, you will definitely like it. Actually, I am very sad that an old chicken has to be slaughtered and cooked, it has been with me since childhood, Xiao Hu, you have to promise not to get caught and cooked, remember that”

“His Royal Highness Prince Yen Hui took care of me since I was very young. And when he grew up, Yen Hui assumed the position he was born with, Great King Wah Ye. The power and knowledge possessed by the royal family of Wah Ye is a power that cannot be possessed by anyone so many countries are interested in coming and studying, or even, more than that” said Prince Li Hua.

Bai Ying and Chen Ming looked at each other. This was clearly a story they were hearing for the first time in their lives. Maybe even their great-grandmother didn’t know about this.

“Then, how did you incarnate into the human, Prince Li Hua?” Bai Ying asked.

Prince Li Hua smiled.

“Hehe, please, Your Majesty, just call me Bai Hu, Li Hua is the name I got because it’s Yen Hui’s favourite cook, he often calls me Li Hua’s fan, so I get to used that name until now”

“We have no interest in your story, just how did you become a human from a cub that His Majesty King Yen Hui found so adorable?” asked Luo Xiang in a sharp tone.

Prince Li Hua or Bai Hu smiled again, it seemed that the young man really couldn’t get angry even with all the Crown Prince’s sarcastic words.

“Hehe, pardon me, Your Majesty, but this is part of the story. Em, His Highness Great King Yen Hui didn’t know that I had such a high level of consciousness that I decided to cultivate to gather my strength to become whatever I desire. And because Yen Hui has saved me since I was a baby, I will forever be by his side helping him when he needs it. Unfortunately, my strength is only limited to being human, when the commotion occurred, I fell into the abyss of the Pai Hua valley and was buried for tens of years under a pile of rocks. When I wake up, everything is not as it used to be.”

Bai Ying looked at the old Prince Li Hua.

“So, you must know what really happened until this palace was buried for eighty years? What caused Emperor Luo Wang to suddenly decide to attack?” asked Bai Ying, he said that while turning towards Luo Xiang who was also looking at him at that time.

Prince Li Hua looked at Bai Ying, then at the Crown Prince in turn.

“That is, because Emperor Luo Wang forced his will on Yen Hui, from the start, since Yen Hui had not married Princess Mao and had children with her, Luo Wang had already set his heart on him, urging Yen Hui to come with him to Yue Yang’s palace and live with him. But, Yen Hui couldn’t do it, for the sake of his people, he had to stay in the palace no matter what. Until to avoid casualties from Luo Wang’s rage, Yen Hui decided to temporarily submerge the palace and evacuate everyone away from this place, at least that was the plan. I don’t know what happened next, to find out the truth, only Your Highness the Young King can.”

Bai Ying frowned when Prince Li Hua stopped what he was saying and looked at him with a serious face.

“What, do you mean, that only I can know? How?”

Prince Li Hua looked at Bai Ying’s chest, Luo Xiang prepared to push Prince Li Hua who was getting more and more impudent to stare at Bai Ying without blinking.

“Prince Li Hua, watch your eyes.”

Prince Li Hua raised his hand to point at Bai Ying’s chest.

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