NOVEL NEXT Light of the kingdom
“Prince Chundeng wants us to judge this man?”
“That’s right,” Gu Yang answered. “He’d actually asked me about it earlier, but it’s probably better to have more discerning eyes and ears. You see, the prince from the northern kingdom is warrior prince. I know martial arts too, but I have the feeling that he’s very, very different.”
“He’s almost the Sun Ying-shidi type, then,” Min Yi said, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. “Or perhaps like Xin Long-shixiong
.”“Hmm. A practitioner of the wild arts,” said Hu Die. “Li-Li and I can cultivate this aesthetic and from the wild perspective. Right, Li-Li?”
Li Mei remembered the tiger brother in her first manual and nodded.
“See?” Gu Yang grinned. “I knew calling you would be helpful. Sister Hu and Li-Li may share your perspectives me with afterwards for an understanding. Anyway, come along now – I’ll show you where to position yourselves in the inner courtyard. Remember to stay hidden and professional. Don’t move no matter what you see.”
The girls agreed and followed Gu Yang. Before they entered the palace, he took them down a series of walkways underground and came up upon a picturesque little private courtyard layered with fruit trees and herbs. Gu Yang showed each of the girls a spot and instructed them to hide their qi emissions.
When the prince arrived at the courtyard, Gu Yang whispered a few things into his ear. Nodding with a smile, the pristine and elegant Prince Chundeng took a seat at the marble table and poured himself some tea. Gu Yang jumped into the eaves of the building nearby and hid his presence.
Presently, a large young man came into the courtyard.
“Prince Yongqi, you’ve arrived,” the crown prince rose up to greet him. Prince Yongqi nodded gruffly back.
“Prince Chundeng,” he greeted curtly. “What did you call me here for today?”
“Now, don’t be so antsy,” laughed Prince Chundeng, his gorgeous face lighting up as he strolled closer to the other prince. “Prince Yongqi, have you given what I asked of you half a month ago any thought? I’ve called you here today for an answer.”
Prince Yongqi went white.
“In… In broad daylight?”
Prince Chundeng smiled. For a moment, the young man three times his size seemed to shrink into the size of a mouse. Prince Yongqi coughed nervously, cold sweat dripping down his temples.
“I-I mean, it’s not that I hadn’t thought of it,” he stammered. “Rather, err, I was thinking of other ways we could…”
“Prince Yongqi, could it be that your kingdom doesn’t want a relationship with mine?” Prince Chundeng looked up, hurt. “Are we too weak and small that we are of no use to you? I’ve thought of so many ways to bring us together. You and I get along. Perhaps I was wrong to think you liked me, even if it’s just a little.”
“It’s not that! I just… well…!!!” Prince Yongqi went even whiter. “Are you crying!? Oh my god, don’t cry… ah… help… somebody… anybody…”
In the trees, the girls looked at one another. That’s right, Prince Yongqi could fight brutal wars and destroy twenty-five thousand warriors in one go, but when it came to Prince Chundeng, he was helpless! Even his gruff fighter’s exterior had quickly melted away. There was nothing warrior-like left.
“Anyway, it’s not that I don’t like you,” said Prince Yongqi, looking stranded. “When we met through Prince Chunfeng’s banquet, I knew we’d be friends at once. It’s just… Prince Chundeng, just what do you see in a man like me? Look at my hands, compared to yours, they’re…”
“They’re so big and mighty,” breathed Prince Chundeng, reaching out to caress them. “Prince Yongqi, can you just imagine it? These large hands plucking two cherries—”
“Nghah!” Prince Yongqi squealed, electrified.
“What’s with that expression?” asked Prince Chundeng innocently. “Have you never plucked a man’s cherries before?”
“Puh-puh-puh-puh-pluck…!!!” choked Prince Yongqi, running behind a chair, red in the face and breathless. “Of course not! The men in my kingdom have no cherries, it’s tamarinds that they have! Tamarinds!”
At this, Prince Chundeng laughed.
“Prince Yongqi, you’re so adorable,” he said, mischievously. “Anyway, my offer still stands. If you don’t want to pluck, you can do other things that are more hidden. Surely we can come to some sort of agreement?”
The crown prince sauntered towards the table and climbed up on it. Spreading his legs, he lifted the hem of his robes.
Looking at the exposed inner robes, Prince Yongqi could see a phoenix already half-rising. Gulping down his saliva, his dark eyes followed the crown prince’s beautiful hand, which was moving towards it.
“Hmm, ah…” Prince Chundeng gasped softly as he began to stroke himself. One could see that he wasn’t wearing any underwear at all. As his outer robes were large, heavy and ornate, they covered almost everything. However, once they were lifted up, it was a completely different story. His tip began to leak a bit.
“Prince Yongqi, hurry up…”
Clang!
Prince Yongqi suddenly stood to full height, dropping the chair he was gripping for support. Advancing towards the table where Prince Chundeng lay, it was as if something had just snapped inside the warrior prince’s head. He lifted the ornate outer robes and dove his face right in!
“Oh ah…!!” Unable to help himself, the crown prince moaned as he let go of the hem of his own robes. They fell down with a loud rustle, several pieces of the encrusted jewels hitting the marbled surface of the table with a soft clink.
Hidden below the heavy ornate layers, Prince Yongqi began to suck vigorously. His large, rough hands kept Prince Chundeng’s arms anchored to the table like iron shackles. Only the silhouette of the warrior prince’s head could be seen through the thick fabric as it bobbed up and down underneath. No matter how Prince Chundeng shouted, it didn’t slow down.
The furious noises from beneath the clothing got wetter and wetter, when suddenly there was an exceptionally strong, loud suck.
“Ah… agghhh!” Prince Chundeng jerked suddenly. Grabbing on to the shape of the man’s head beneath his robes, he came.
Things went quiet for a while before Prince Yongqi slowly withdrew and emerged from under the crown prince’s robes. Coughing nervously, the warrior prince helped his companion up, unsure of where to look.
Prince Chundeng smiled up towards the sky. It was getting dark, and from the trees several flecks of light, like that of fireflies, flew in and out of the surrounding foliage. Slowly and silently, they all disappeared.
With a sated face, Prince Chundeng held Prince Yongqi’s hand.
“Let’s go inside,” he said quietly, and Prince Yongqi nodded shyly. The large man with a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist1虎背熊腰 - A powerful physique followed the crown prince from behind, hand in his, almost like a lost puppy.
After a while, a group of people slid down from the trees. Gu Yang came towards the girls and smiled.
“So,” he chuckled. “How was it? What do you think of Prince Yongqi?”
“He’s not a tiger,” came Hu Die’s swift and merciless reply. “He’s a fully domesticated cat.”
The girls laughed softly. Li Mei, however, was a bit pensive.
“I feel a bit bad,” she said. “I thought the crown prince knew we were coming, but I guess he didn’t, after all. Otherwise he wouldn’t have done all that.”
“Ah, well, this…” Gu Yang coughed into the back of his hand. “He did know you were here. Actually, it’s because of this that he’d gotten more excited than usual…”
“……” Li Mei had no words.
It turned out that Prince Chundeng, the light of the kingdom, was a pervert.