Meilin pov

It didn't take long to catch up to the group and when I did I simply started walking next to Hong as if the last two minutes never happened, but unfortunately my new friend noticed my not so stealthy return to the group. So, she took the chance to ask me "so what was with the staring contest you and the prince were having?" she smirked as if she knew something.

"We weren't staring at each other are eyes just met for a moment." At least it only felt like a moment.

"Ya if a moment is the entire time the emperor was speaking and if I'm not mistaken you two just has a little alone time together in the throne room. So, what happened?" She asked with the same smirk on her face.

"Nothing just drop it ok." I said as I looked at the ground with embarrassment. As if I could ever tell her what he said in there.

She seemed to notice my discomfort, so she said "Fine I'll change the subject for know but trust me we will continue this conversation at a later date. Anyway, what do you plan on doing for your performance?"

"Performance? What do you mean?" I'm glad she dropped the prince topic for know but I feel as if I'm missing something and Hong seems to think this is hilarious because she starts to laugh.

"O my god you didn't hear a single word the emperor said, did you? You are just too precious Meilin." Hong continues to snicker to herself for a minute then finally explains. "The emperor told us that each night one of us will perform for him, his wife, and the prince."

"What?! Perform in front of the royal family." Ow god what am I going to do, and she asked what I was doing does that mean I'm first? "Who performs tonight?"

I think Hong could tell I was panicking because she quickly said, "don't worry the empress is performing for us tonight then we go in the order in which we were chosen to stay over the next month."

"I see so that means I'm last, I can't tell if that's good or bad but at least that means I have some time." Know all I need to do is figure out what I'm going to do. I was born and raised on a farm with Mulan and we were never tote anything that interesting. Mulan would always help dad with farming and I would help mom with things like cooking and cleaning as well as both of us working on are studies. I'm not sure how any of that will help in a performing situation but I guess I'll just have to figure something out. For now, I guess I should figure out where we are all going "um so where are we going know?"

"Cheung the right-hand man" Hong said with the most sass I have ever heard in my life "is taking us to are rooms for the next month."

"Really, that's great I'm exhausted. Maybe when we get there I'll take a nap."

"If you want I'll wake you up when its time to start getting ready for dinner."

"Thank you, I think I'll take you up on your offer."

Hong reaches over and ruffled my hair smiling sweetly as she says "no problem, I understand the need for a nap sometimes I think everyone does."

With that we were interrupted by Cheung saying "Ok lady's there are 30 rooms in this hallway you will find your names on 25 of them and your belongings have already been moved into them. Know if you will excuse me I must return to my other duties." Cheung then walked off in the direction we had come from to do who knows what. Leaving us to find are rooms on are own. I walked down the hall to find that my room is the last room on the right side. I look down the hall to see Hong is in the middle right between Chunhua and one of her worker bees which I personally think was a bad idea. I was next to a girl named Jun who seemed to be vary shy by first glance. I think I would like to talk to her later but for know I'm going to take a nap because it has been one hell of a day and its only just begone. I gesture to Hong that I'm going to sleep, and she gives me a thumbs up. I head into my room and walk straight to the bed to lay down and as soon as I did my world faded into black.

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Princes pov

I stay in the throne room to wait for Cheung after Meilin had left. My good mood slowly worsens as I remember all the work I still must do before dinner. "Why such a sour face did you not just get some alone time with the girl you desire?" Sin can't help but notice a smirk on Chaung's face as he speaks. "Was she not what you expected."

"No, she was exactly what I expected, a shy ordinary girl with simple but elegant beauty. My mood is sour because our time together was much to short and my list of duties today much to long." Sin turned to leave the throne room with Cheung right behind him" Speaking of which what should we start with?"

Cheung looked at his planer then spoke "First you must look through all the tax reports for the land you control as well as the crop reports then sword practice with master Cheng followed by your weekly Go game with your father we will then proceed to . . . . . . are you even listening to me?"

"Yes, I'm listening just dreading the mountain of paperwork awaiting me in my office."

"Indeed, it is a vary large amount of paperwork. We should start as soon as possible you do have a very busy schedule today."

Sin couldn't help noting Chaung's smile "How is it I consider you a friend when you fined my misfortune so amusing?"

"I'm a very charming person."

"Yes, as charming as the devil himself." Cheung and sin proceeded to enter his office laughing before starting a vary long day.