Chapter 60: Drawing Attention (2/2)

A blast of cold current instantaneously rolled in When this wind rushed into the hall, it swayed the candlelight and blew the wo them float like lotus leaves Immediately, tens of hundreds of beautiful wo and blosso in the air It was a scene straight fro his hands as he said to the crowd at large: “Gentlemen, even immortality does not compare to the pleasure we have here”

All the h with him

Meanwhile, Advisor Xu squinted his eyes and leered at these women from head to toe Soon, he pointed toward a few inside and said, “Your Highness, even though beautiful women are like the clouds, there are five that particularly rese stars, a red flower surrounded by green leaves One glance and I cannot move my eyes away”

The prince also narrowed his puffy eyes to stare with interest in the direction his advisor was pointing to Soon, his eyes fell upon Chen Rong

Watching her slightly bowed head, full bosoms, round buttocks on the jade block, and thin, slender waist, all culure, the prince licked his pluht”

He hooked a finger toward Chen Rong and bade, “Pretty one, co

She slowly looked up toapparently didn’t expect it to be her He first widened his eyes, then laughed, “So it’s this young lady? You look so beautiful tonight, my dear, that you’ve made me very pleased Come, come”

His tone was disrespectful, his s like a part of his hare slowly rose to her feet

She very slowly straightened her back and walked toward hie open hall, cool wind swirled her dress like a lotus flower in full bloo her small waist even lued to her body, unable to move away co’s expression Under her wide sleeves, her right hand slightly olden hairpin had fallen into her palm

The prince squinted his eyes as he ade: “This young lady comes on waves and steps on silks…”

His eyes shi+fted to her feet He stroked his short graying beard and pleasantly said, “Next, I will send her to go barefoot on the gravel path She’ll certainly sway side to side like a rose in the wind”

They all unanihness’s literary talent is Every word you speak beco side to side like a rose in the wind,’ even Zuo Si’s Odes to the Three Capitals pale in comparison to this line” (1)

Zuo Si is a poet in the Western Jin period, his Three Capital Odes include ‘Ode to the Capital of Shu’, ‘Ode to the Capital of Wu’, and ‘Ode to the Capital of Wei’

“Precisely so; such beautiful words would overshadow even Cao Zijian’s ‘Ode to Luoyang’” (2)

Cao Zijian is better known as Cao Zhi, prince and son of Cao Cao in the Three Kingdo appeared to enjoy the flattery heaped upon him; he raised his head, stroked his short beard, and nodded his head in pleasure

In the noisy , powerful footsteps thuuard came within ten steps of the front hall, clasped his hands, and said, “Your Highness, General Wen requests an audience”

The prince scowled, waved his hand and barked: “I don’t want to see hi audience at this tiuard answered and then turned around to go

With the guard gone, Advisor Xu saw Ah Rong pausing and not taking another step He said, “Miss, what are you still standing there for? Hurry over here”

The Prince of Nan’yang also turned his head to look at her, s pleasantly “Pretty one, don’t be afraid There are two things I’ood at in my life, wherein the first is that I treasure beautiful woe with hi slowly looked up, lifted her soles, and started in the direction of the musicians

She had barely taken a step by the tiuard raised his voice to report: “Your Highness, General Sun Yan requests an audience!”