A Crown for a Tail

The Entertainment

Filling her wine cup himself, Ye Hua did not care one bit that his actions would be construed as unfitting for The Celestials Crown Prince, in fact he had not even given it any thought as his hand reached down to pick up the cup and place it into her hand.

Their conversation was an instant hit with Ye Hua.  Not only was she playful and somewhat mischievous in nature, but her mind was exceptionally sharp.  Her obvious high intelligence for subjects no other woman he knew had an interest in, had her joining in with ease, and her very sharp wit had them all genuinely laughing.  For the first time in his life, Ye Hua was actually enjoying himself and though he had tried on numerous occasions to hold in the light chuckling, not being an emotion he showed publicly he could not help himself.  This woman next to him had him displaying more than just open amusement, but he was also assisting her with the food when the trays arrived, dishing her meal onto her plate himself.

"Is he planning on feeding her too?" Princess Mei fumed quietly to herself as she watched them from the lower floor while stabbing her food with no thought to the mess she was making on her small table, and being at the front, she had a very good view and what she was seeing had her anger rising the more he fussed over her.

And she wasn't the only one taking in the free show.  Laughing quietly to himself, Die Feng almost choked when Ye Hua filled Bai Qians wine cup himself half expecting to see him lift it to her mouth, an act he had never done for any woman. And nor did he miss the rage on Princess Meis face, it was plainly obvious to everyone in the Hall but Ye Hua,  whos' mind was fully occupied with the Queen of Qing Qiu.  Though you'd have to be daft not to be, the woman was exquisite.  "You lucky bastard." he swore softly to himself as he too stabbed at his food.

But no sooner had the thought passed through his head, than the doors were suddenly thrown wide and a group of women entered.  Four women dressed in black and yellow lace and silk with a hip high split down each side and  an over abundance of gold adornments that hung about their necks, ears, wrists and the waists of their skirt and surrounded by a troupe of women dressed all in white.  The four women shimmied, spun and pranced seductively forward as the girls in white fluttered gracefully among the guests who had swiftly turned to take in the entertainment. 

To the sound of several zithers, flutes and drums, the four main dancers had the full attention of every man and woman in the Hall as they gyrated and twirled provocatively before them all.  Down the center of the aisle they went before spreading out into a single line before the podium, their dance meant solely for The Crown Prince, and as Bai Qian watched on with growing interest, she began to snicker as their movements became more seductive with each flick of their hips.

Turning to the East Seas King, she could see his attention was fully taken with the dancing ladies that she had to lean lightly over Ye Yua to talk to him.  Placing her hand lightly on his shoulder and the other on his thigh, she leaned across to get the Kings attention causing him to jump at her raised voice, which she had to yell over the loud music, and Ye Hua to suddenly gasp at the gentle touch of her hands, not to mention her lack of shyness at placing her hand on his thigh. 

 For a split second, both of them felt a surge of electrifying power pass between them as their bodies touched, but keeping his face calm and unresponsive, his heart was almost exploding from his chest as the rest of her body brushed against his. She was so close, he could smell the sweet scent of peach blossoms wafting up from her hair.

Raising his brows, the East Seas King smiled.  "Did you hire the Ghost Realms Harem women?" she asked with a smirk.

Gasping at the innocent question, Ye Hua almost burst out laughing and not being the one to want to explain, he held his tongue, instead waiting for the East Seas King to answer her, and though his gaze remained straight ahead, it took every ounce of his will power to stop himself from turning to see the expression on the Kings face.