LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

Xing knew it was an urgent call for her to visit there but she didn"t believe the children were in any danger. Xing strongly believed it because the letter was in Chenglei"s handwriting and he will never allow for children to get hurt.

She placed a letter she has already written over her study table. The thick stack of letter was neatly folded and she placed her phoenix seal over the letter as a paper weight.

She changed from her golden empress robes to her usual Crimson robes and she tightly bound her chest to give the appearance of a male. She then applied the oil she usually used a long time ago to change her hair colour and braided it in her usual way. She also didn"t forget to apply her skin darkening makeup.

She thought while entering the palace that she"d be able to live without her ident.i.ty of Lord Táng but that ident.i.ty helped her a lot more than the ident.i.ty of a Huang. Who"d have known, right?

Xing gave a dry smile... Guess my entire being is only for this purpose alone.... But I"ll take charge of my life once I finish this....

Xing also didn"t forget to take the two hairpins Chenglei gave her and also the ring and the bracelet. Those are the only things she"d take with her always and those are the things that are irreplaceable. She also took the red jade earrings her mother gave her.

She took a good look at the bracelet and a smile crept in her lips remembering him giving it to her after being separated for ten years. And it"s been a couple months more than a year since she received it from Chenglei. Then she remembered Tians.h.i.+ Emperor"s words that every woman who received this bracelet will die within an year and she could not help but snort...

Master Yuan! I outlived the curse by two months...

Xing looked around her room that looked perfect and she wanted to take the swing in the middle of the room that brought her great comfort in the absence of Chenglei.

But then, I"m going to have the man himself for me... I won"t be needing the swing anymore...!

Xing turned to leave the courtyard protected by various spells that were put by her ancestor who brought her troubles but also protected her but was interrupted by the Fox Prince who protected her... Or claimed to protect her... She never realised any instance where he actually protected her but... She never had keen sense towards demons and who knows how many tried to get her who were stopped by him? There is that possibility!

"You sure he is not baiting you?", Bai Li asked that made Xing"s face contort.

Is he doubting that Chenglei has turned against me? Impossible!

"Pretend to be me staying here until I solve this. I"ve written instructions on how to handle everything in any case", she pa.s.sed him and walked towards the mountains that would get her to her village really easily.

In any case..?

That word stuck like a lighting in Bai Li"s heart. If anything happens to this la.s.s, her ancestor would sink to a deep abyss of self-blaming. He cannot let that happen.

"La.s.s, I"ll be joining you!", he was determined.

Xing took a deep breath and looked at Bai Li. She knew she won"t enter the palace again and her father would kick up a fuzz if he could not find her now. She was pretty sure her father will come looking for her soon. So until she finishes everything and returns to the capital city, she wanted the inner palace to be peaceful and her father to rest a.s.sured.

"My father... Try and contain him", she said, "And Bai Li, thank you for your support till now in this place. I wouldn"t have survived this place if not for you", she said with a genuine smile in her lips. He really gave her good company and helped her a lot in dealing with the inner palace issues.

"Hey, la.s.s! Save your grat.i.tude for later", Bai Li said with a slightly trembling voice. He had a feeling something is going to go wrong.

Xing nodded with a divine smile and ran towards the mountains leaving the palace behind her. If not for the fact that her family and most of her friends are in the capital city, she"d never ever think of returning here.

When Xing reached her village through the mountains within an hour, as she expected there was nothing that looked out of place and everyone were doing their own thing as usual. When she was spotted, the entire village gathered around her as usual engaging in small talks and she told them to guard their common well. The only way to get an entire village suck is by affecting their basic needs.

After advising the villagers to be vigilant, she decided to go to the Crimson Jade Manor to look for the children. Even thought she"d been supporting these kids for months now, this was the first time she"s actually visiting the place after it is turned to the Crimson Jade Manor.

That"s when she noticed the familiar footprints on the ground... The large but shallow prints as if the person just floated over the ground... She saw the footprints leading up to the Crimson Jade Manor and knew she was in the right place. But it made her heart skip that what s.h.i.+hong might do to the kids in the Manor. But she had a lot of faith in Chenglei that he"d never let the kids get hurt.

Just as she was about to leave, the villagers got a couple of men trying to throw a bag containing a weird powder into the common well. The villagers were furious and started to beat them for them to spill the beans about the one who made them do this.

Xing left those two under the care of the villagers and walked towards the Manor. The Manor was just outside the village and as she was walking through the lonely pathway she felt like someone creeping behind her and before she reacted, she felt a blow in the back of her head.

The blow did not hurt that much but she smelt a strong odour and before she knew, she fainted and even though she felt everything was blacked out, she could feel the familiar hands wrapping around her and carrying her princess style and she could hear the rhythmic heart beat of the one who said, "You are the only one in my heart".

When Xing came to, her hands were tied in iron chains to the rafters with her back to the wall and her legs felt weak and unable to stay in a standing position.

She still was groggy as if she was drugged and yet she could recognise this place as Haru"s bedroom. She had left Haru"s courtyard untouched since she felt like he might need this place if he wants to stay in the village in the future.

Xing squinted her eyes to look around to see if someone was here and she could see the familiar silhouette with his silver hair s.h.i.+ning in the bright sunlight streaming in through the windows and he seemed to be arranging something on the table nearby. The window beside him was open and Xing could sense that not much time has pa.s.sed since she blacked out and it must be noon.

Xing focused hard to see the items on the table were... Torture tools!
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Okay! What is that for?

"Hmpf! What"s with this drug?", she snorted and gathered her strength to speak but her speech slurred due to the effect of the drug.

So where did he find a drug that could affect me? Xing wondered.

"You"re awake...", the magnetic voice was heard right next to her ears and his rough hands held her chin roughly and looked into her eyes, "Still under the influence", he muttered and let go and he went back to arranging the tools.

"The kids...", she asked. She wanted to know if the kids are safe.

"Shouldn"t you worry about yourself first?", his voice was heard as a sneer and only then Xing realised she was being held.... But why?

"Are you going to **** me?", her voice sounded enthusiastic. Is this some kind of play he is enacting..? What is going on?

She didn"t even doubt that he might be compromised using spells and is actually intending to harm her.

Xing tried to look into his eyes but her sight wasn"t that clear probably because her eyes were dilated. She could sense his close proximity as she could hear his breathkng and she could even smell the tea he drank as he tried to get near her making all her emotions get surged.

All she could do was use her sense of hearing and she could hear the strong and rhythmic heartbeat of Chenglei and she wanted to lean on him as her head drooped down as she couldn"t hold her head up because of the effects of the drugs and the coldness she felt.

As if he"d understood what she needed, Xing felt a firm chest supporting her forehead and a warm hand enveloped around her waist and she adjusted herself to be closer to her and her entire body tried to rub on him for warmth,

"You WANT to be raped?", that sultry voice had a bit of danger and surprise mixed in it. A little inconvenience too.

"Mmm... If it is you...", Xing mumbled out. She wasn"t scared of doing it now.

She felt weird unable to see properly and all her senses felt heightened as she felt cold and the grip on her waist tightened. What Xing didn"t know was the other hand of the one holding her is gripping a sharp lancet.

"Do you realise what you are saying...?", Chenglei asked in a whisper in her ears and bit her earlobe that made her gasp.

Xing"s senses were muddled by the scent of her man entering her nose and the short sharp pain from the bite turned her on as the sharp sensation spread through her entire body.

"Untie me...", she said and her voice became husky by his provocation and as she could feel his hand untying her s.h.i.+rt and she could feel a sharp cold blade in her skin that descended down from her neck oner the wraps she put around her supple bossom.

"What if I don"t want to? Do you not want to be raped by me...?", he licked her neck under her ear and started to plant short and wet kisses on her neck inching down sending s.h.i.+vers through her.

"Yeah! Treat me like a wh.o.r.e!", she whispered and bit her lower lip as his hand descended down from her waist to her right thigh and lifted it up and wrapped it around his waist. Both of their lower bodies were tightly held together with some clothings stopping them from joining together and Xing could feel the hot member of him, pressing on her.

"You vixen!", his voice was cold as he bit her lips and she winced in pain. He rubbed his hand on her entire body while the lancet in his other hand sank onto the fabrics of the bandage, right over her heart and cut through the fibres of the cloth and got dangerously close to her heart.

But what Xing felt was her lips being enveloped by his warm lips and she could feel something being slipped into her mouth.

The moment she swallowed the fluid in her mouth, she felt her entire body warming up and her body jolted for a second and suddenly she felt really refreshed and her eye sight got proper and her hearing too.

Xing could see his eyes clearly and was surprised to see him looking at her like .....