The Prince Consort's Beloved

Chapter 152 I Don’t Need It

A woman's voice was heard outside the palace asking for an audience. Qing Feng said helplessly, "The four concubines are crying again. You should go and send them away. They come every three or five days. It's endless and annoying."

Xiao Luobai remained silent, concentrating on writing a reply to Li Yuanrou. After he finished writing and sealed the letter, he put on his outer robe, stood up slowly, opened the door of the palace, and called out softly to the void: "Kunpeng."

Kunpeng appeared: "Master."

The four beautiful women kneeling outside the hall started crying when they saw Xiao Luobai coming out.

Xiao Luobai ignored the four beautiful women, handed the letter in his hand to Kunpeng and was about to turn around and go into the house.

Qingfeng ran out of the hall and put the cloak in his hand on Xiao Luobai, whispering: "It's still dark, and the dew is heavy. These girls are all daughters of powerful officials in the court, and you just don't care..."

When the four women saw Xiao Luobai was about to turn around and go back to the bedroom, they immediately cried even louder. One of them raised her voice and shouted, "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Xiao Luobai frowned slightly, he turned around, his brows were cold, his expression was aloof, and he exuded an unchallengeable prestige that made people afraid.

He looked indifferently at the woman who called him. He didn't know the woman's name, or even who she was from. He just felt annoyed and disgusted.

The woman was stunned by his powerful aura for a moment, but after all, she was a noble lady carefully cultivated by a big family, so she quickly regained her senses. She spoke in an orderly manner: "Your Highness, the four of us are daughters of noble families and can help Your Highness achieve great things. Why don't you want to accept the four of us into the palace?"

Xiao Luobai looked down coldly at the people kneeling down below. He opened his thin lips slightly, his voice was unmistakable but full of unquestionable majesty, and he slowly uttered four words: "I don't need it."

The woman saw him turning around again and hurriedly called out to him, "Your Highness, please stay!"

Xiao Luobai paused, his tall and straight figure exuding a chill. He frowned slightly, with a hint of impatience on his face, and said coldly, "What else?"

The woman raised her head and looked directly at Xiao Luobai. She was attracted by his dignified temperament and handsome face. She was a little startled, but soon she calmed down and said, "Your Highness, since we have entered the East Palace, there is no reason for us to leave. I hope Your Highness will have mercy on us."

Xiao Luobai's expression was indifferent, and his cold gaze swept over the four people below, finally settling on the woman who was speaking.

He looked down at the woman from above, and said in a cold voice: "I have already made it clear before that I already have a true love in my heart. She is the only one in my life, and I will not accept any other woman."

The woman said confidently: "But the person your highness loves is the princess of the enemy country!"

She emphasized the word "enemy country" deliberately.

Xiao Luobai's face was cold and distant, and he looked unimpressed. He said lightly, "So what?"

When the woman heard this, a trace of reluctance flashed across her pretty face. She said boldly, "Even so, Your Highness is the crown prince of a country and will soon ascend to the throne. It is impossible for Your Highness to have only one person in his harem."

Xiao Luobai sneered contemptuously, exuding a dangerous aura that made people afraid to approach him.

Except for the woman who was speaking, the other three bowed their heads even lower. The person kneeling next to the woman reached out and secretly pulled her clothes, and whispered a reminder: "Sister Pinting..."

Xiao Luobai stared at the woman named Pinting with a serious look. He put his hands behind his back, slowly took a step forward and stood in front of the woman. His tall figure loomed over the woman, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

The woman suddenly felt a little timid and lowered her eyes uncontrollably, not daring to look directly at the person in front of her.

Xiao Luobai's expression became increasingly cold, and his tone contained a warning: "It is not your turn to make decisions about my harem. The four of you have been making trouble for so long, and I have not pursued you. I have already let you off the hook. Don't push your luck and challenge my bottom line again and again."

Pinting still refused to give up and shouted, "Your Highness!"

Xiao Luobai frowned, as if he was extremely displeased, and his deep eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of ice. His voice was indifferent but contained a chilling deterrent force: "I don't care which noble lady you are from. If you continue to be unreasonable and do not know how to advance or retreat, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Pinting was shocked. She actually saw murderous intent in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She was the daughter of the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. Even His Majesty had to be courteous to his father. How could the Crown Prince want to kill her?

But she had no doubt that the murderous intent in the prince's eyes was fake. After all, this prince had almost killed all of his brothers. He was a true killing god!

Even though the faction of Concubine Xian was as powerful as it was, it was still eradicated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with ease.

Pinting gritted her teeth. This Crown Prince had been living away from home since he was young and had just returned to the Helian Imperial Family not long ago. However, he had an innate aura of dominating the world. He would surely achieve great things in the future. In addition, he was born handsome and unforgettable. Pinting fell in love with him at first sight. If she left at this point, it would be tantamount to automatically giving up the opportunity to enter the palace to accompany the emperor. It would be a real pity.

It's not just a pity, it's also something I'm unwilling to accept!

She was secretly annoyed. She, Chu Pinting, claimed to be the most noble lady in Beiluo. She had seen everything since she was a child and had everything she wanted. However, there was one person she loved, but she could not have him.

The women kneeling on both sides of her pulled her clothes from underneath and whispered to her, "Stop talking and let's go."

Then, the other three stood up with their heads down and pulled her arm together. Chu Pinting's eyes darkened and she stood up reluctantly and left with the three women.

Xiao Luobai stood steadily outside the hall. A cool breeze blew, ruffling the scattered black hair on his temples and bringing a feeling of loneliness and coldness.

Qing Feng advised in a low voice: "Master, please go inside. It's winter now and it's cold outside."

Xiao Luobai's face was as cold as ever. He sighed quietly, "Yes, it's winter now, and she is most afraid of the cold..."

He couldn't help but think of the winter when Li Yuanrou would sleep very close to him at night, saying that he was a heater, but in the summer she would feel that he was too hot and stay away from him.

The night faded, the sky began to whiten, and the dawn gradually appeared.

Xiao Luobai looked at the bare sycamore tree outside the palace and couldn't help but sigh: "It's been a year..."

Qing Feng asked in confusion: "What?"

Xiao Luobai murmured, "We've been together for a year... Only a year..."

He suddenly changed his tone and said, "No, it's not even a year yet..."

He sighed again: "It's been less than a year, and we've already separated..."

Qing Feng also sighed: "Master, don't be sentimental, it's already past the Mao hour, go to court quickly, those ministers should have arrived by now."

Xiao Luobai said slowly: "No hurry, let them wait."

After he finished speaking, he stood there enjoying the cold wind for a while before he slowly walked into the bedroom.

Qingfeng followed behind, he lowered his head to hide his red eyes, and sighed in his heart: Xiaomeng, have you missed me...