LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

The long red curtains bellowed in the wind along with the rows of torches that flickered with the strong wind echoing the mood of the most powerful human in the history of all the five kingdoms who was currently held back by her man.

No one speaks up! No one is brave enough to stand up for what is right!

It was at that moment Xing realised why Prince Kang kept his wife at a distance. His marriage was arranged by their Emperor. Their Emperor is a lecher and is under constant suspicion that his brother will rebel against him. If he speaks up, it would only kine his suspicion and he would end up getting hurt dragging his wife along with him, although her fate would be worse considering how the Emperor is.

The moment he realises Prince Kang has feelings for his wife, he"d hurt Su Yunxi to humiliate Prince Kang and he"d lose all credibility in the court and won"t be able to keep his head high anymore.

But that won"t be the primary reason as far as Xing could say. It must be because he loves her too much to see her being humiliated in front of others.

And so her impression about Prince Kang skyrocketed in her heart.

By keeping her aside he is protecting her! That is n.o.ble! And that"s why he is careful in planning before he rebels. Because, if he gets caught or failed, Su Yunxi is going who gets hurt more.

Good work brother! She praised him in her heart. But the pitiful pleading voice resounding in the hall brought her back.

I don"t belong to this Kingdom and I can speak up!

"Let go, Chenglei", Xing tried to get out of the grip of Chenglei but he was glaring back at her gritting his teeth. Her arms hurt by his grip on her as she tried to get up but he held her tightly.

"You cannot be there", he hissed.

There are a lot of guards of the Fire Emperor and It"s not going to end up well if she tried to help that woman. It would end up as a big mess and with no one from their own kingdom helping them, why must she? It is better if it is some other woman than her. Why can"t she just pretend she cannot see it just like everyone else?

It is not her problem!

And I highly doubt I can protect her here!

Chenglei forgot who she is and in turn forgot himself in many ways too. If he remembered, he"d have known the extent of her sword skills and her powers and she could handle even an army of ten thousand alone. If it was like before, he"d have let her do her thing and watched her annihilating evil with admiration in his face.

But all he now is a man who is in love with a woman who cries a lot and gets fever and sleeps for days together and the one who throws up ten times a day because of motion sickness.

A weak and frail woman, the woman who stole his heart and the woman he found the need to protect and chose to protect because he fell in love with her.

"Let go!", Xing"s eyes glowed amber as she glared at Chenglei and a thin layer of glaze formed in her eyes seeing his indifference towards that other woman.

Who are you?

Where is the one who laid on my lap and cried that he couldn"t help some woman who was molested by s.h.i.+hong and his gang?

Where is the one who put everything at risk and gave me clues to find Chu Weiye when she was about to get hurt?

Where are you, my Prince?

Realising she cannot get out of his grip without hurting him, Xing decided to use her powers. Now was not the time to worry about other things.

I"ll use my powers if I cannot get up!

"No!"

The Princess Consort"s scream resounded in that hall as a couple of guards of the Emperor tried to grab her.

"Father! Please let her go!", the Prince pleaded and tried to get to his wife but he was firmly held back.

As Xing turned to look at the Consort, she plunged her hairpin in her throat and blood sprayed out and it dirtied the pure white robes the crown prince was wearing and he flinched in response.

" Yanyan! No... ", the Prince screamed seeing his wife on the floor convulsing as blood started pooling around her. Xing could see that her jugular vein got cut and she has no chance of survival. Even King Yan"s people were already there to take her life.

There is no hope!

"Help! Someone... Please help...", the seventh Prince crawled towards her as the guards holding him let him down and placed her head in his lap as her blood starred to spread on his pale green robes.

No one moved!

Only his screams got intensified as he saw the life draining out of his wife"s eyes and she died with her husbands image frozen on her eyes.

"No... No...", his sobbing was the only sound heard inside the hall.
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Xing saw that... Two lives... A mother"s and a child"s taken by King Yan"s people and she could not hold back her tears and she could not bear to see it and closed her eyes to turn to the side and a tear escaped her eyes and it fell on the hand that was holding her arm.

Chenglei felt the warmth in his hand and he felt a squeeze in his heart.

She is crying?

"JiaXing...", he whispered but the eyes that met his made him wish for death. Xing"s eyes were filled with scorn, helplessness and sorrow and it broke his heart.

"The blood of those two are on your hands!", she spoke through her teeth as her eyes were burning with rage.

What? Why is she looking at me like that?

She hates me... She hates me....

For trying to protect her? Why?

Chenglei"s grip on her hand loosened and it fell on the cus.h.i.+on he was sitting ,without any strength in it.

Hmpf! She hates me...

Xing in her fury said something she didn"t mean, unknowingly scaring the person who she loved more than anything.

"You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!", the seventh Prince stood up and ran towards the Emperor picking up the hairpin his wife used to kill herself. And that caused a mild commotion.

Xing looked at the Emperor who had no remorse or a slight bit of pity looking at his son in front of him and he even smirked looking at his son trying to kill him and he waved his hand.

And before the seventh Prince took a couple of steps towards the Emperor Xing saw a hundred arrows from crossbows wielded by the guards piercing the prince and he died in front of his father and his little family he built ended with his last breath.

"Behold... The fate of anyone who opposes me... Even my son!", The Emperor stood up from the throne and laughed haughtily. As he waved his hand, some servants came and cleaned the place and replaced the carpet that was soaked in the blood of a little family and the entire place became as it was before... As if nothing happened.

The musicians started playing and the dancers started dancing and the entire hall returned to how it was before they saw the death of three people in front of their lives.

Xing fisted her hand and glared at the Emperor who killed his own son and is drinking as if he didn"t suffer any loss.

"Lower your head, sister!", Xing heard Prince Kang poking with his chopsticks on her back urging her but she was too enraged to listen to him and Chenglei tried to hold her hand to calm her down and she slapped his hand off.

The Emperor sensed the burning glare on him and looked at Xing with wine dripping though his face. His nasty face twisted to a lecherous smile as he saw that beautiful woman glaring at him and he wanted to tame her in his bed.

Xing on the other hand, have met a lot of perverts in her life but none of them had this much power in their hands to change the lives of others this easily. All the Emperors she knows have their own shortcomings but none of them are trash like the one in front of her. He made her so enraged, she wanted to snap his neck right then and there.

The Emperor was about to open his mouth but,

" Imperial Brother! Allow me to give you a toast", the voice came from behind and his usual indifferent voice had a slight tremble to it as recognised by Xing.

Is he trying to put himself to the front to swift the attention of that pervert?

"Ah, brother!", the fire Emperor bit the bait and Xing could hear Prince Kang sighing in relief and she decided to let that irksome man on the throne alone since she want to not involve her supposed brother anymore.

"I"ll accept your toast if made by your wife!", the Fire Emperor could see his brother who hides a lot trying to stand up for this woman from another kingdom and he wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Xing winced as he said that and she could hear Yunxi gasping.

Well, this is it!

Xing concentrated on the Emperor and he held his chest and coughed as he became out of breath. She wanted to make his suffocate and die in front of everyone. Chenglei who was still in shock saw her eyes glowing gold and he could feel the surge of power from her and he could deduce she is the one suffocating the Emperor.

A bunch of physicians who were near ran towards the Emperor trying to figure out what has gone wrong but they couldn"t find any reason and his face ready started to turn blue out of the lack of oxygen.

At that time Xing felt the strong presence of Zhu Rong and her lips curled to a smirk.

Come at me Zhu Rong! Let"s finish what"s between us now!

But contrary to what Xing had expected, Zhu Rong didn"t try to stop her but the big gold chandelier in the middle of the high roofed banquet Hall fell down right into the ceremonial pyre making a blaze all around and the fire caught up on the carpets and the curtains spreading everywhere inside the hall.

Xing"s concentration on the Fire Emperor broke and everyone left the hall hurriedly. Luckily there were many large doors to escape so a stampede was avoided.

Everyone left murmering among themselves how ominous this festival has been and even prayed to Zhu Rong to protect them.

Hmpf! Isn"t she the one who started the fire!

Xing looked back and she could see the big fire phoenix stretching her wings as if she was taunting her and Xing gritted her teeth and turned.

But she felt her feet off the ground and that"s when she realised Chenglei sweeping her off her feet and he exited the hall carrying her realising her unwillingness to leave.

This got more dangerous!

She was still mad at Chenglei but she remembered Bai Li"s warning and let him carry her away from Zu Rong.