The Prince's Predicament 2: The Princess's Predicament

Cadance could not believe what she was looking at. The whole reason she'd done anything to begin with was that Shining had refused to allow another stallion into his bed. He was always ready for another mare, but he was always ready to refuse a stallion. And now, here he was, presumably taking five cocks at once. It was astounding, to say the very least.

There was only one cut of stallion sausage that she could see that wasn't buried in her husband. Shining was buried in that guard's throat; she could see the shape protruding from his neck. This stallion; this guard was rubbing his own cock while sucking on Shining's.

The reason her attention was on him was because he was personally very close to finishing, and mere seconds after she noticed that, his grip tightened around himself, and he fired a long, white rope across the room that splattered on Luna's shoe.

That was enough spectating for Luna. "Attention!" she bellowed.

As if they were outright trained to do so, which they were, the guards leapt to their hooves and saluted. This was a fair bit of struggle, as they were in a fairly compromised position, and one in particular had a pained look on his face, and was struggling to stand. In the scramble, he'd been kicked in the balls by accident, and was exerting extreme effort to not crumble.

"P-princess Luna," panted Shining Armor. "I take full responsibility for this mess, and for not greeting you when you came in. "I must have misread the time, ma'am. Please, my men are not responsible; do not blame them for my actions, ma'am."

Luna nodded. "At ease, Captain. Your men shall not be punished any further than they already have," she assured him. "I shall also forgive you that your sense of time management is also not to blame. I had informed you that we would not be arriving for the next three hours, and we have arrived early."

Shining's eyes darted to the stallion that had been injured in the rush, and Luna nodded to him. "Fish, Pawn, please escort Rabbit to the infirmary."

With a salute, the two guards that had been sharing Shining's arse grabbed the one that had been kicked in the balls and carried him off. The one that had hit Luna's hoof could not pull his eyes away from his mistake, and was shaking.

"Blast, go prepare a bath for Princess Luna, and a cleaner for her shoes." commanded Shining, prompting him to run out of the room, partially out of terror and partially to do as he was ordered, his only hope being that doing so would lessen Luna's punishment for his actions should she change her mind. "Please accept my sincerest apologies for your shoe, Princess."

Luna grinned. "Certainly, Prince Shining Armor. Your boost to the morale of your guards is quite beautiful, and if I may say so myself, it is wonderful to see that you take such good care of them." She lifted her hoof. "We could do without the mess, though..."

Shining stepped forward and gingerly removed her shoe, using a towel that had specifically been designated for cleanup after the session to wipe away the bulk of the semen. "I personally invite you to have a bath in our most luxurious bathroom, and to avail yourself of our finest soaps. Afterwards, our staff of aestheticians shall have you shining like the Crystal Heart. Not that you would need it of course..."

Luna chuckled. Shining Armor was truly a master of charm. Cadance was proud to be married to him, if he could even make Princess Luna blush.

That evening, a large banquet was held in honour of Cadance's return. After charming Princess Luna out of her bad mood and seeing her to the bathroom, Shining had directed his attention to setting it up. Rather, he'd planned it all out weeks ago, and all he had to do now was put everything in place. Cadance tried to speak with him a few times, but he had almost always dismissed her in favour of setting up. Even as the guests were arriving, he was more preoccupied with greeting them than anything she had to say. He would begin to answer her, of course, but then he'd turn his attention to his subjects, inviting them to the dinner party.

Luna was in attendance, of course, and she noticed the looks on both of their faces. Shining's feelings were well-known to her by this point, and she spent a bit of time directing Cadance to ponies of import throughout the Empire that she should be aware of, taking her attention away from her husband. She couldn't keep Cadance away forever, of course, but that was never her intent. She just wanted to ensure that Shining kept his good mood in dealing with his subjects.

As dinner was served, Shining stood and raised his glass in toast. The crowd settled to relative silence as they turned to face him.

"Fillies and gentlecolts of the Crystal Empire, we gather here today to celebrate the return of Princess Cadance from her time overseas. I hardly need to remind you that her mission was of the utmost secrecy and importance, as you should all be well aware by now. I would like to congratulate her on her success, as well as her safe return to our glorious empire."

There was a fair bit of applause from the crowd as she waved, brought back to silence as Shining motioned for it.

"It is with no small amount of pleasure that I welcome her back onto the throne, that she may partake in the many great pleasures that the Empire has to offer. From the bakeries that have arisen, along with their dough, to the dance clubs that now dot the corners of our streets, to our very own music label, the empire has thrived. We now have three successful haberdasheries, as opposed to just one, we have doubled our tailors, and tourism has increased by such a degree that we are currently expanding our train station to be able to accommodate more guests."

Another cheer rang out.

Shining raised his glass all the way up. "We toast to you all, the great ponies of this fabulous Empire! Without your support, none of this would have been possible, and with your continued efforts, all of Equestria will be the envy of world! In your honour, we feast!"

With another eruption of cheers, the guests all began serving themselves and each other, hungrily devouring the food and excitedly conversing with each other. A more beautiful sight, Shining Armor could not ask for.