LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

Did she break the Heavenly rules? Yes

Did Zhu Rong broke the rules? Yes

But as you stand in trial, rules and laws doesn"t matter if the highest authority is manipulated to be biased.

The one with more charm will definitely win, in the end.

This is not a place where justice prevails but the place where the one who loves themselves more will survive.

This little one knows it!

That"s why she deliberately called him "Bleached Peac.o.c.k " to let the Emperor remember the little her whom he loved to have in his palace. She touched his heart string by reminding him that she was a really young human girl not so long ago and she is still the little girl, not the Prince of Heavens who is really powerful, even now. That she haven"t changed her att.i.tude towards him and she had no ill-will towards him.

She knew the Heavenly Emperor would only be wary of her if she used her power outright with him or used a tone of the equals and just reduced herself to that sweet little girl...Well, not so sweet but annoying yet adorable girl they all knew and loved!

The Emperor too fell for it. It might be a long time for her, but for him who lived for more than thousand years, what happened twenty years ago will be like the happenings of yesterday and immediately his eyes only saw the little girl he would bring to his palace.

But he still had a sense that she is the prince and that"s why he rebuked Zhu Rong for cussing at her.

Once the foundation was laid firmly, as the little one spoke more, she led the Heavenly Emperor by the nose and took him along with her emotions and he followed along. She proved the wrongdoings of Zhu Rong with evidence even making the Heavenly Emperor look stupid for not watching over his people properly although she was smart enough to be subtle about it.

And then as she spoke, she even blamed him for trying to kill her man making him feel more guilty towards her. And that"s when she already won. And when she spoke how she could have gotten molested, all the Emperor could think was the little girl and not the powerful person who might be a threat to him.

The rest she can breeze through. Now she just have to give a strong finish by standing firm by her decision and not be apologetic. If she gets apologetic, that would only prove her guilt.

Fei Lian looked at Xing with admiration. It really is a waste to let her live in the realm of the humans and let her die early.

" I did not kill the descendants of Zhu Rong", Xing answered calmly wiping her fake tears and her nose. Her face has a blush to it as she rubbed it too hard.

She put aside her kerchief and her eyes looking at the Heavenly Emperor was with no guilt.

"Explain",the Heavenly Emperor was now more intrigued. Even though he was swayed along with her emotions, he still has the need to at least appear neutral and give a proper reason if he let her go.

"I ended the Long Family line as I deemed them unsuitable to rule", her lips had a slight smile and her tone had the power she held as the divine ruler. She was not apologetic or showed herself to be regretting her decision - a complete contradiction to how she was moments ago, in tears, when she complained that she was treated unfairly by the Fire Emperor.

"We came here in peace for negotiations even when we had proof that the fire Kingdom is deliberately making those drugs and sells them to our people. We were asked to attend their celebration for their patron G.o.d and we attended it with open minds and we were offended by how the Emperor acted in front of us. Not only he was leering at me but also he insulted other women in front of me which I never would let go usually as you know it. And then we were forced to stay inside the palace and the crown prince used his a.s.sa.s.sins to attack my husband in an attempt to steal me for his father"s pleasure. Since that failed, the Emperor was even willing to take me in front of the entire court even though I was here on business. Tell me now, your Majesty, can such an Emperor could be allowed to rule a nation? A person who only has women in his mind day and night? "

She paused and looked at the Heavenly Emperor who seemed to agree to her point of view. He is the one who made her the Divine Ruler and it is well within her right to change the ruler if she saw it fit.

" So why not make one of his sons the next Emperor? Why eliminate the entire clan?" ,he really wanted to get out of here but he still wanted to be fair in judgment in case someone questions him.

"No one was worthy!", Xing she looked around and saw the officials all cowering as they wondered what was happening around them.

"They all saw their brother getting killed by their father unfairly and no one spoke a word. No one stood up for what is right. How can cowards lead a nation?

And your majesty knows that in the human realm, regime changes involves the elimination of the previous royal family members.

You might remember how when the Long clan took the throne, everyone with the Lu blood and their servants and even their dogs were all exterminated. They even banned the guyu language and burnt all the books so that no one even remembers the great Emperors who ruled these lands who hailed from the Lu Family", Xing subtly reminded the Heavenly Emperor how Zhu Rong"s descendants eliminated his descendants some centuries back.

Noticing the Heavenly Emperor"s eyes swirling with emotions as he reminisced the past, Xing continued.

"Thankfully, one with the Lu blood was saved from extinction and his descendant survived to live to this day and I am going to give a chance for him to take the throne"

Xing had a satisfied smile in her lips as she saw the Heavenly Emperor in deep thoughts .

Come on, bleached peac.o.c.k! I"m going to place the one with your blood on the throne. You must be happy.

Yay to nepotism!

Come on! Get pleased and wake my husband up, dear peac.o.c.k!

"If you rejected everyone, why choose Long Zhaochen who was silent himself too? He isn"t principled either, is he? Didn"t he protect himself by being silent just like others too? ", the sweet voice refres.h.i.+ng as cold water on hot summer day, shattered Xing"s smile.

Who is this Long Zhaochen? Is that Prince Kang?

With her lips twitching, Xing looked at Mazu who was grinning widely in happiness. She was so happy to see this little child pa.s.sed with flying colours. Her efforts on switching the antidote bottle to give clues that there was no antidote, worked. Mazu was really ecstatic.

"Great G.o.d of water, Prince Kang was silent too but he was not silent because of cowardice but he was being smart. Instead of bas.h.i.+ng head on without any plans and die, he was carefully planning a coup to overturn that unsuitable Emperor having the welfare of the people in his mind. And he did stand up for me since he knew the Envoy cannot be treated like other women in their kingdom. So I know he is different. Even now I only give him a chance to take the throne and it would be entirely upto him to sit on the throne. But, of course I know he is capable! ", Xing spoke in a affirming tone as she believed everything she said and she could hear Mazu cheering and rolled her eyes.

But her mouth tasted weird hearing herself talking good about her supposed brother.

" Well, that"s settled then! ", the Heavenly Emperor turned to leave.

"You"ll be investigated Zhu Rong...", he looked at Zhu Rong who was now pale as a sheet and uttered in a condescending tone.

All the revelations about her made him wonder how much more she is hiding and he doubted even the regime change in the Fire Kingdom was implemented by her too.

" Uh... Um... Chenglei... When...", Xing saw them about to leave and stopped them.

"He is already awake",the Heavenly Emperor replied and fireworks burst in Xing"s face and she could not help but grin. She hid her face in her palms as she found herself crying out of happiness and Mazu looking at her smiled gently.

"Get back to him!", she said and Fei Lian standing beside her nodded at her with gentleness dropping from his gaze.

Finally!

"Wait... So we are free..? All our trials are over? We won? ", Xing asked sniffing and rubbing her nose in the back of her hands.

She doesn"t want to go through such ordeal again and she wanted her happy life with her prince, uninterrupted.

The Heavenly Emperor paused and looked at her with her eyes exhausted but still glimmering with hope and felt a bit bad to reveal it to her.

"Look, little radis.h.!.+", he hardened his tone by clearing his throat. " Your husband is supposed to sleep for twelve days for this trial but since you were wronged I changed it to twelve hours. But you still have one more trial left. Only after....", he paused as he felt his heart squeeze seeing the grin in her face reducing gradually to a frown and her lips quivering with sorrow.

" Look at me, little radis.h.!.+ ", he spoke in a commanding tone seeing her downtrodden expression and Xing forced herself to look at him. She clearly was exhausted... Too exhausted.

When will I finally be happy.?

"Do you feel like you suffer a lot?", he asked after he met her eyes. "Remember it is only because you are powerful enough to handle it. Are you still not willing to take your role as the Prince of our Realm? Everything will stop", he spoke in a soothing tone, which was so unlike him.

"No, never!", she replied and there still was the fire in her eyes burning amidst the exhaustion apparent in her eyes.

Sigh!

This One! But it is better this way to! I don"t have to worry about a possible rival to be wary of all the time.

" One year! It was original time set for your second trial. I hereby nullify it! There won"t be any time limit for the second trial", he said and left.

This is better, little radish. I like you and I don"t want you as my enemy! Be happy with that mortal in the realm of humans. You already destroyed the two G.o.ds I commissioned to take care of your trials. I don"t want to join the ranks!

Fei Lian looked back at her and nodded with a little smile on his tiger face which looked really odd and Mazu waved her blue scaly arms happily before they disappeared.

What"s so joyous about it! Xing frowned. But only after a while did it seep into her brain.

If the time limit for a challenge is cancelled, then it is almost as nullifying the challenge itself. So the second trial is not valid anymore?

So it is over?

IT IS OVER!

Finally, my Prince... It is Over!

Xing hugged around her abdomen and bent forward as tears dropped in the floor filled with dust and debris.

Tears of happiness...

It is almost time for all my sufferings to end!

She took a deep breath and stood straight. Her eyes darkened a bit as blood rushed to her head by her sudden movement. She was tired too as she didn"t sleep an entire night.

My Prince, I am coming...!

Xing left those men sprawled on the floor alone and ran out of the exit.

Oh, come on!

She frowned by what she saw in front of her.

Come on, now! Can"t I be left alone already?

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Meanwhile, in the Charming Bliss Courtyard, Chenglei woke up as if he had a deep sleep. The unfamiliar yet beautifully carved canopy bed was the first thing he saw as he woke up.

It took a minute for him to register where he was and when he realised he was in the inner palace of the Fire Kingdom, his memories flooded in.

The last he remembered was an arrow coming at his heart and the sorrowful cry of...

"JiaXing!", he screamed as he pulled away the blanket over him and tried to stand up, startling Bai Li who was watching the outside sitting in the windowsill.

"You are awake!", Bai Li was pleasantly surprised. So her plan worked? Good for her!

Chenglei tried to stand up and that"s when he felt a tug in her wrist and he noticed this silk thread tied on his wrist.

Hearing the noise inside, Prince Kang ran inside and seeing Chenglei awake, he was relieved. Everyone were waiting for her wondering what was going on outside. Just some time ago he heard a commotion outside and he might be wrong but he heard that the Emperor is dead. He was worried about the future and at the same time he had already planned for his actions in case the Emperor is really dead.

"Is she safe? And what is this?", Chenglei tried to break the thread off.

Who ties a thread on the wrist? And the other end is tied to the headboard? Was it to stop me?
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"Don"t break it!", Bai Li said unhurried but his eyes were focused.

"That la.s.s said that thread is the trust she has in you and told me to ask you not to break it.", Bai Li continued.

She Really prepared for war when she left and she knew he would wake up and would run towards her but she wanted him to be safe in the little safe s.p.a.ce she built for him. And he knew only this mortal could pa.s.s through the barrier she built.

But will a little thread be enough to bind this man who was willing to make a deal with a G.o.d for her?

Tsk!

Chenglei clicked his tongue as he saw the thread around his wrist.

This woman! Why did she do this? What if she is in danger?

"Where is she?", Chenglei asked, his brows furrowed with impatience.

"Audience Hall. I tried to stop her but she didn"t listen...", Prince Kang was the one replied.

He knew she will need help and he knew a little thread cannot stop this man who was willing to jump into the cold sea for her during the Sea Battle.

"Sh*t", Chenglei tried to take a step and the thread was stressed by his act.

Would she be in danger? I should go and take a look! But...

Chenglei looked at the thread. Should I snap it and go for her?

He really wanted to go stand by her side and face the dangers together. The time he saw the arrow coming at him, he was not fearing for his death or after life. He was sad leaving that lovely woman back without even making her his wife. He wouldn"t want that again.

Should I just break this thread?

Her mischievous face came to his view.

Should I break her trust?

"Ahhh!", he screamed in frustration and sat on the bed with his eyes closed.

Prince Kang smiled softly.

A man who could break even iron chains can be bound with a silk thread of a woman in the end!

Love is weird!

In his case, the aloof him who never wanted anyone close to him, let a woman inside his heart with open arms and let her rule his thoughts and actions.

Love changes people!

Love is amazing!