CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

79 Just In Time

The queen sat back in her place since ChaiMa had other business in her village so the young maid replaced the old woman to serve the Queen temporarily.

“LoMa, what kind of question is that, didn’t you say that you know Miss HuaBaiYen well before? Said to be family acquaintances”

BaiYing swallowed hard, LoMa’s curious look made concubines, as well as the Queen, saw him strangely, the old lady definitely wouldn’t admit him, of course, he’s not his older sister HuaBaiYen.

LoMa narrowed her eyes, to see closely and clearer on BaiYing’s Faces.

“Em, that’s right Your Majesty, Servant just saying since it’s been a long time since servant last meet with Miss Hua, Your Highness Concubine Hua, which last time we meet she looks a little fatter than now, maybe it because of their family problems now”

“But..” The old lady look at him again, as she was so sure about what she saw.

“Pardon my impertinence Your Majesty Concubine Hua, but, your face is indeed unrecognizable since the last time, sorry to ask this, maybe it’s another miss Hua I knew”

LoMa’s words made everyone’s eyes widen, all eyes were on BaiYing who was already breaking out in cold sweat, here he is, his history is over, he glanced at Yan who was holding his hand tightly, both of them squeezed each other’s hands nervously.

The Queen straightened her seat, looked at LoMa, and saw BaiYing whose face was pale.

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“You old lady, don’t talk nonsense, there is no other miss Hua, she’s HuaBaiYen, if now then who is she?” asked the Queen, the concubines nodded, especially Mu’er who still held BaiYing’s hand tightly.

“Yeah Right, if not HuBaiYen then who is she?” Fan’er asked.

LoMa went forward again to take a closer look, she wondered if it was because of her troubled eyes or it was someone else’s, she rubbed her eyes to make it clearer, but she thought again, the face of the cute girl in front of her was not HuaBaiYen, could it be that she recognized it wrongly? But no, she sure she wasn’t, that Miss HuaBaiYen had a rounder face, while the girl in front of her had a face with a perfect oval shape, very beautiful eyes, full lips, she was much prettier than Miss Hua he had known before, or maybe because the life in the palace made her change?

“I’m sure Your Majesty if she is not...”

“Be careful with your tongue, who do you mean old madam?” suddenly a rather loud but steady voice coming from the gate, a tall, sturdy man with two hands behind his back who was walking leisurely approached.

“The Crown Prince arrived!” The doorman’s voice belatedly notified while the Crown Prince was already there.

All but the Queen lowered their bodies in greeting.
“Greetings Your Majesty”

LuoXiang immediately approached BaiYing and stood beside him, BaiYing’s heart almost jumped out of his chest until he could finally breathe calmly now, his hands still trembling as the Crown Prince gripped him.

“Yen’er are you okay? Your maid said you weren’t feeling well, see? you look pale” said LuoXiang, smoothing BaiYing’s front hair which was slightly wet with cold sweat.

BaiYing squeezed the Crown Prince’s hand tightly, that person didn’t know how relieved he was to see him there.

LoMa who slowly raised her head opened her eyes wide,

“Forgive this servant, Your Majesty”

LoMa glanced at BaiYing, she swallowed hard, the old woman was very sure that she wasn’t the Hua family lady, but, why is the Crown Prince holding her hand so tight? The Crown Prince’s gaze at her now, seemed to say that she could lose her head if she spoke the wrong way.

“Who is this old lady who said bad things about my BaiYen?”

The Crown Prince’s gaze made LoMa’s body tremble.

While the Queen was still waiting for an explanation from LoMa, who had been interrupted earlier.

“She said she was some kind of family acquaintance, Old madam, what did you want to say just now?” The Queen asked.

LoMa pulled her lips as if all the muscles in her face were pulled and made her speechless, she stuttered half to death.

“That, I said, it because my eyes have problems, so sometimes it’s a bit far-sighted when I see something too close, this is, because of my old age, forgive me, Your Majesty”

The Queen nodded her head, what a tacky person, always loves to draw attention, she glanced at the Crown Prince who was standing very close to concubine Hua who looked almost fainted earlier.

“Xiang’er, didn’t you have a meeting, why are you here all of a sudden? This is a women’s event, men are not allowed to join.”

The Crown Prince saw BaiYing’s face hiding behind his arm, he clung to him holding his hand tightly.

“Who said that Mother? Men also need to take care of themselves, right Yen’er?” LuoXiang asked, he knew how nervous BaiYing was that he couldn’t speak until he pressed his forehead against BaiYing’s.

“Shall we go home?” asked the Crown Prince in a soft voice to BaiYing.

BaiYing nodded.

“Well but this time we didn’t invite you, this should be our event, why are you here?” asked the Queen again.

“Xiang’er heard that concubine Hua had been a bit unwell since morning, so come to check on her, if Mother don’t mind, I will take her home, see, her face is so pale”

The Queen grumbled.

“She was still fine earlier, Yen’er how about all the masks you made for me? You said you wanted to help me put it on”

Another concubine also replied.

“Yes sister how about my mask?” Fan’er exclaimed.

“Mine too,” added Lan’er.

BaiYing looked at everyone in front of him, then looked up at LuoXiang beside him, while the Crown Prince gazed at him asking if he really wanted to continue? BaiYing nodded gently.

“Heh okay, then, I will also stay here,” said the Crown Prince, all silent and glanced at each other hearing his decision, they must be hearing it wrong.

“But Xiang’er, aren’t you very busy right now?” asked the Queen, seeing the Crown Prince approaching one of the sloping chairs and sitting down.

“Xiang’er also needs a massage Mother, how about this old lady massage my body first, after that I will leave all the women here, how about that?”

Hearing that LoMa raised her head quickly, terrible, what will the Crown Prince do to her? Why does she have a bad feeling?

The Queen who was standing with a slightly disturbed face glanced at LoMa, she shook her head.

“Old woman what are you waiting for, hurry up”

LoMa lowered her head, walking half-crouched towards the Crown Prince.

“Yes, Your Majesty”

Towards the afternoon.

The women’s mani-pedi went smoothly until late afternoon, of course, it was a very pleasant day for everyone, except BaiYing, who even though LoMa didn’t dare to say anything about him, so, when she massaged the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince threatened to cut off her head immediately if she talking nonsense about BaiYing, so the old woman didn’t move at all, she still trembled while massaging the Queen and other three concubines, except for BaiYing of course, it could be a problem if the old woman also found out that he was actually a boy, oh this really stressful.

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