LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

She remembered the words that came out of her mouth and felt a little embarra.s.sed for herself. Only a little because she knew Chenglei doesn"t like these kind of talks. But, What"s wrong being a wh.o.r.e to one"s husband only, right? Also it is not r*pe if there is consent, right?

Ah! Why can"t I keepy mouth shut! She cursed herself. That"s right.. It must be the effect of the drugs...! She comforted herself.

Chenglei on the other hand was in deep thoughts.

"R*pe me", "Treat me like a wh.o.r.e".... What kind of words are these, coming out of her mouth...? Such vile words.... Does she even realise what those words truly mean? This woman... How is she making me crazy..? The moment I think I know her well, she"d turn that around by doing or saying something out of my grasp.

If someone spoke the same words to him when he was in the inner palace, he"d have considered that woman vulgar and characterless and would have dismissed her as someone not worthy of him. But when those words came out of her.... Why did he feel more attracted towards her?

"Mmm", he took in the sweet smell from the small of her neck, "If someone told me I"d fall for a woman who tells me to treat her like a .., like a....", he couldn"t even say that word out loud to her, so he skipped it, " Think of r*pe when looking at torture tools and ask me to r*pe them, I"d have laughed in their face!"

"No you wouldn"t have...", she turned and kissed his hair as that was the only thing accessible to her since her hands were tied.

"The twelve year you didn"t know how to laugh!", she chuckled and Chenglei could feel her body shaking and wrapped his arms tightly around her to stop laughing too loud lest those two in the next room will hear it. She is supposed to be getting tortured by now.

But she is not wrong about me! I wouldn"t have laughed or learned to laugh if not for her....! This woman... How much did she change me?

He kissed her on the lips following her collar bone leaving marks and with her responding to him, he went further down and as he reached her chest, there it was.... The permanent mark he left on her. Every time he sees that awful scar in her chest, his heart would skip a beat out of that guilty feeling. Guilty that how he, with his own hands hurt her in the past!

Aww... How can I repay her for hurting her...? Wait! I almost forgot the important issue to talk with her!

"Xing! My Xing! Why can"t you be a bit more careful?", he sighed and leaned his head on her shoulder.

"What are you saying?", Xing hissed in his ears. She didn"t like him stopping what he was doing.

"I drugged you, I tied you and I had a dagger right at your heart and you..."

"So what? It"s you! ", Xing interrupted him and nudged her shoulder to prompt him to show his face. She trusted that he would not hurt him.

"You... stupid, dumb woman! You saw me about to kill my brother before and how could this time be any different? ", he sighed and hugged her around her waist.

Why has she become dumb again? That day when she avoided telling him how she would kill Old Rong, he was pleased that she has matured. But now...

He had brought s.h.i.+hong and Old Rong here since she mentioned about the cave in her dream. If something will happen to her in the cave he will not let her go to the cave and arrange a meeting in another place. What place will she feel more comfortable than her village right? He sent her the letter first hand through his people and then came here and as he expected she got the message and stopped any misfortune from happening.

But that is not the bigger issue now!

Old Rong was hidden all this time and s.h.i.+hong told him that he has cultivated a lot of his original strength back with the help of some underhanded means that are taboo for G.o.ds. He must be at least as powerful as he was when they met him in the Caijing library.

Old Rong also brought a lot of weird drugs that might affect her and the drug Chenglei gave her was bought from the Fire Kingdom along with its antidote and he gave it to her to make her realise the seriousness of this issue and to fool Old Rong while bringing her in.

Even now s.h.i.+hong and Old Rong are in the next room waiting for his signal. He was tasked to poison her to reduce her strength and then in front of them he is supposed to kill her and afterwards a series of events will unfold that would topple the entire capital city, s.h.i.+fting the power from his brother to him.

Many of the important figures who will implement those plans are securely kept in the Heavenly Flowers Palace who won"t interfere in the private affairs of their customers and once Xing is dead, the plans will be set to motion and everything is based on AoTian"s reaction to his daughter"s death. With him incapacited out of grief and the Empress dead, the court will freeze as their divine ruler is no more. That little time frame everyone will take to compose themselves will be rightly used by these small lords who always helped s.h.i.+hong and a rebellion will ensue resulting in a new regime.

Old Rong has already lost his interest in s.h.i.+hong and has now joined hands with him thanks to his careful behaviour around him. Old Rong now just wants a place in the Imperial Palace and he promised Chenglei a prosperous nation and a name for him better than the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor.

Chenglei had to agree and plan for all these since that is the only way to make Old Rong lose his guard and only his agreement to that elaborate plan to change the monarch has enabled this meeting between Xing and Old Rong.

If anything happens to Xing, the plan Old Rong put forth will start to unravel resulting in the destruction of everything she has built over in the past months and send the kingdom to chaos.

Chenglei still made efforts to put a hole in Old Rong"s plans by sending a letter to Lady Shaoyao the names of the people who will be acting against the Emperor staying in her business place and asked for her help in eliminating them. But he had no firm hope that the Heavenly Flowers Palace will give up their centuries old rule and help one faction of the political aisle.

So, with the entire kingdom is in a precarious position right this instant, Chenglei wanted to give Xing a warning to make her realise that she is vulnerable to poisons and still could be defeated. And here she is... even after his warning still not acting serious.

What if her arrogance and carelessness cost her life...? His entire body s.h.i.+vered thinking of that.

Xing could feel him s.h.i.+vering as he was wrapped around her..

"Chenglei... Are you fine...?", she asked, pressing her cheek on his head. "What are you so worried of?", she took a deep breath. She knew what he was worried of...

"Chenglei, untie me! Let me hug you", she asked in a pleading tone but he shook his head, stood straight and took a deep breath.

"They"ll be here soon", he said and dishevelled her hair and Xing could feel his cold fingertips on her forehead and winced a little.

"Old Rong is more powerful now and Xing... Please be careful!", he cupped her cheek with his hand and Xing closed her eyes and gently digged her cheek in his hands as she could feel his fear seeping through.

Xing didn"t feel any different probably because Chenglei was with her but she could understand why he must be this worried.

This is it! Her chance to finish it all! And anything may go wrong and then it might lead to victory or irreversible damages.

She kissed his hand, "I promised you I"ll be safe, didn"t I? I sure will keep my promise. So don"t worry, my Prince!", she spoke in a gentle tone with her lips curved up slightly. She really wanted everything to be fine.

"Xing...", he cupped her cheeks inside his hands and gave a peck in her lips, "Xing... My moon!", he kissed her forehead and then her eyes and her cheeks and gently nudged her nose with his, "Xing...", he had a lot of things to say to her but all the words trapped in his throat.. He wanted to tell her the future he planned for them... The home he planed to build for them... With only one courtyard and a room entirely in gold for her... With a place for stables and for other farm animals she wants to raise... The beaches, mountains and forests surrounding them...Filled with the chirping sound of birds she likes and the gentle stream flowing right through the garden with rows and rows of plum blossoms and other flowering plants for every season... Everything peaceful, beautiful and extravagant... Just for them!

"I love you, my Prince..!", Xing whispered as she could sense a footstep approaching which could be s.h.i.+hong.

"Ahhhh!", she then let out a painful scream to make it legible that she"s being tortured and Chenglei sensed the approaching footsteps and fixed her s.h.i.+rt he previously untied and splashed some chicken blood on her to look like she was tortured.

"I cannot stop loving you, no matter what happens", Chenglei said and kissed her on her forehead.

BAM!

The door opened and Xing saw s.h.i.+hong walking in with a halberd in his hands and Xing could sense the power emitting from the halberd has significantly increased. She just pretended to be weak and concealed her own power to throw Old Rong off guard.

Xing was surprised to see s.h.i.+hong look fragile as if he"s been deprived of basic needs as he looked malnourished. His face had become more thinner and only his big eyes that were protruding, looked at her with spite and was darting like they were purposeless. His hair hadn"t grown much and he was hugging the halberd like he was a child holding his favourite toy.
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All in all, he looked pitiful and... Out of sorts? What happened?

Xing looked at Chenglei and he walked towards s.h.i.+hong when he gave a smile from the bottom of his heart and Xing could feel the happiness in that shrunken face of s.h.i.+hong. He really looked pure like a little child, who knows no evil.

Oh, Xing! Don"t pity him... He is your enemy! Xing forced herself to hate him.

"You got her... Or is it her brother?... Oh! It is Lord Táng! ", s.h.i.+hong said and started walking with a slight limp towards Xing and Chenei wasn"t pleased.

"No, I can feel this is the Divine ruler!", the eerie voice of Old Rong was heard.

"No, no! This is Lord Táng", s.h.i.+hong said with a pout and he even stomped his feet in the ground.

Did Chenglei turn s.h.i.+hong to this pitiful mess of a human? Xing wondered. But he deserves it!

And what Chenglei did next, sent s.h.i.+vers down her bones and her eyes widened in shock.