"Being naughty again!"
Jian Shang paused as he walked with his eyes closed. Without opening them, he tilted his head and chided her in an indulgent tone.
Xiao Dieyi could not help sticking out her little pink tongue. She hurriedly composed herself, lowered her head, and walked on with graceful obedience...
Hua Qiandai cast a pitying glance at Poison-Hand Vajra, who still felt shaken yet looked rather pleased with himself, her expression odd.
Xiao Dieyi had never been someone to trifle with. Now that the Huan King had bestowed a title upon her and granted her a special ability, quite a few people throughout the Huan Kingdom had fallen victim to her pranks. Since she never took them too far, and given her strength and status as a princess, they could only count themselves unlucky and laugh bitterly. Still, the experience was anything but pleasant.
With his eyes closed, Jian Shang walked to the Huan Kingdom's seats and sat down as though no one else were there.
The Huan King remained seated solemnly with his eyes shut, his bearing majestic and noble, like an inviolable deity enthroned upon a divine seat, or a sovereign seated upon his throne overlooking all beneath heaven. His increasingly potent presence and unfathomably mysterious aura left many hearts trembling.
Such a fine opportunity to strike at the Huan King lay before them, yet only Poison-Hand Vajra from his own side had spoken up, and Princess Dieyi had shaken his confidence with a mere feint. Liu Bang grew anxious, repeatedly signaling with his eyes to Xiang Yu at the neighboring table and the leaders of the Imperial Residence.
Feeling Liu Bang's angry gaze, Cao Wuyin of the Imperial Residence hesitated, then began to rise to speak...
"Don't act rashly!" The moment Cao Wuyin moved, Yan Wuji