A Crown for a Tail

Conditions

Qing Qiu.

Ye Huas mouth visibly dropped.  Though unsure of what her one condition would be, he had thought that perhaps it would a be simple thing, maybe to do with their marriage, a separate Palace maybe, or knowing how much she liked alcohol then perhaps ease of access to their wine cellars or maybe one of her own, but he should have known by the mischief that was still evident in her eyes, her smile and the still rising blush.

"I beg your pardon?" he asked stunned, but the look in her eyes, told him very clearly, he had not misheard her request.

Keeping the sweet smile on her face, her eyes blatantly and very slowly raked his body.  It was painstakingly slow that Ye Hua began to feel very self conscious, but he stayed where he was not moving an inch, waiting.  But when her eyes lingered longer than necessary on his groin area he couldn't help but snicker until her tongue seductively ran the full length of her partially open lips, then his eyes widened significantly.  Oh this girl is trouble, he thought to himself.

He had heard many stories of her naughtiness from his brother Mo Yuan, who had on occasion, had not only seen it for himself when she was little, but the stories The High Gods shared with him regarding her reckless and at times outrageous behavior were always a source of entertainment when Mo Yuan shared them with him.  Though if his brother could see what situation this girl had him in now, he might actually demand punishment, maybe even suggest she be arrested for indecency towards The Crown Prince.

"I want to see your naked body, or I will decline your request." she said once she had finished mentally disrobing him.  "And I suggest you hurry before my mother comes in, because if she does, this arrangement will be over before it begins." she added smiling up brightly at him.

He began to realize there was no way out of this mess, and seeing as she was not going to retract her demand, he began to mentally plot a good comeback when this was over.  And not being one to back away from a challenge nor willing to give in so easily, Ye Hua began the bargaining immediately.  "Alright.  Since I saw your breasts, which are very beautiful I might add, I will show you my chest." he said smirking down at her,

"Mmm tempting.  But no.  I want to see it all." she smiled back.

"Come now Bai Qian, I merely saw your breasts, if you are to see all of me, then I demand to see all of you." he said suddenly taking a step forward and making her jump.

Throwing her hand up in the air she looked at him in shock, but the mischief was still there.  "Don't you come any closer Ye Hua." she cried out in alarm.  Then thinking very quickly, she mentally conceded that, yes, he had only seen her breasts, so she would settle for one thing only.  

"Being male, you have only one main physical attraction hidden beneath those robes, so drop your pants, and we're even." she said, but the urge to giggle was almost bursting from her, but she held it in.

The audacity!  Ye Hua thought to himself, but the hilarity of it all, had him thinking very hard and not to be outdone, his mind flicked through every possible way out or even a way that would still leave him with his dignity intact, but there was no way around this unless he backed out and left, which he would not do, not when he himself had brought the arrangement to her doorstep.

To quit now, would be even more embarrassing than disrobing in front of her,  and they both knew it.  Though under any other circumstances, he would not have hesitated to get his clothes off for her, but this was not a normal situation, and he had no choice but to concede.

But it would be on his terms, because after all, she was wrong when she said he had only one physical attraction hidden under his robes and since she did not specify exactly what she wanted to see, Ye Hua began removing his top two robes until he was down to just his undergarments, then smirking at her, he spun around quickly and dropped his pants.