LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

What a pure person you are! Adorable!

Xing smirked seeing the Earth Emperor the same height as her, with his breath racing out of panic and licked her lower lip and bit it seductively making the Earth Emperor gasp.

There was only a single step between the Emperor and Xing and Xing was barely out of his comfort s.p.a.ce. Xing untied the ties of her cape and it poed by her feet like a lake of blood.

"Why are you fl.u.s.tered, your Majesty? I"m just going to tell you how similar we are... Especially... In between our.."

"Oh, really?" the Emperor took a deep breath and interjected her and wrapped his arms around Xing"s neck and pulled her closer.

Now it was Xing"s turn to be fl.u.s.tered as she didn"t expect that to happen.

Xing could not pull back as her neck was tightly wrapped by the Emperor and he was pulling her with his full strength. Xing placed her right hand on the wall to get some leverage to pull back and tried to get out of his grip by prying his hands with her other hand.

But the Emperor didn"t seem to mind Xing"s struggle, "Kiss me...", he said in a whisper that made a s.h.i.+ver pa.s.s through Xing"s spine.

Okay! Now what have I gotten into? Does this one that interested in men to a.s.sault a man in Broad daylight... But I"m not a man...! And I don"t want to kiss this one!

Before she reacted, she felt someone walking towards the inner room and the heavy footsteps indicated it should be that burly guard of the Earth Emperor.

"Ha ha... No! I"m not interested in...", Xing tried hard to get away from his grip but was tightly pulled towards his lips, "At least pretend to kiss me..", he said gritting his teeth in a hiss.

Xing could hear the footsteps paused right at the door which Xing was sure is open...

Wait! Is this sc.u.m of an Emperor trying to frame me for s.e.xual a.s.sault? Sc.u.m! Lowest of the lowliest sc.u.m! Ha... See if you succeed!

Xing used her full strength in both her arms to loosen his grip on her neck and used her foot to get him loose his balance and pushed his face against the wall holding his hand on his back twisted.

"Move, and I will break your arm...", Xing"s chest heaved up and down with her sudden movement combined with the extreme rage she was in.

" Stay right there! Or I will chomp off her throat", she shouted at Yi Kwan who had his halberd ready to attack and he paused seeing the serious look on Xing.

"Kouki! Get a sword", she shouted at the Emperor who enquired her, "What happened?"

"There is no need for violence... Let"s talk this through.. Let his majesty go...", Yi Kwan looked seriously worried and he didn"t even think of using the Emperor as a hostage or stop him from getting a weapon as he was solely focused on his Emperor held in an uncomfortable position by Xing.

"She was the one who tried to kiss me!" she shouted at Yi Kwan and at the same time, the Emperor disarmed the guards at the door and got two swords.

Did she mentioned the Earth Emperor as "She"?

" You sc.u.m, how could you? I lowered my guard around you because you are a woman and you dared to frame me for s.e.xual a.s.sault? How disgusting?", Xing tightened her grip on the Earth Emperor"s hands.

Kouki: "..."

There she did it again... Calling the Earth Emperor a woman! Is she going to start a war... Wait... Kiss...? Did the Earth Emperor try to a.s.sault Mingxia? How dare he?

" Why would I try to frame you? I agree... I was the one who tried to force you to kiss me... There... I told the truth... Now let go of my hand... It hurts",the Earth Emperor was nonchalant.

"How dare you?", the Emperor tried to get to the Earth Emperor when stopped by Yi Kwan.

"What...?", Xing was more confused and she relinquished the grip on the Earth Emperor"s hands as she noticed YI Kwan lowering his halberd.

What did she say?

"You know I am a woman! And so why did you not want to kiss me? Don"t you kiss other women without reservations?", the Earth Emperor mumbled, "Am I that disgusting to you too? ", she looked at Xing pitifully and Xing was extremely confused.

What the frigging h.e.l.l is going on?

THE EMPEROR OF THE EARTH KINGDOM IS A WOMAN!!!

The Emperor was frozen for a moment and he... No she wanted to kiss Mingxia...? Wait... Why is there a woman dressing up as a man being the Emperor in our neighbouring kingdom? And how the heck does he.. no, she has a son with the Empress? So is the Empress the father?

Whoa.... This is nuts!

But that"s not important.... A woman dressed up as a man sitting in the Dragon Throne as the Emperor.... Why didn"t we think of that? Mingxia would be the perfect Emperor!

Xing rolled her eyes at her Emperor who had his thoughts well written on his face....

Seriously even now he thinks about giving the throne to others?

Yi Kwan tried to get near the Earth Emperor and she pushed him away, "Get lost!" and Yi Kwan had a guilty expression that Xing didn"t notice because she was fl.u.s.tered. Even her hands were shaking slightly as she his it in her sleeves.

That moment another fast paced footsteps approached and entered the room...

"Xiao Xing...? It is you right? Xiao Xing?"

Xing looked at the source of that excited voice and recognised him immediately,

"Brother Lee!", she grinned and the pounding in her heart reduced immediately.

"It is you... Ah, the moment I heard about the commotion in the streets with the royal Elephant solves by someone, I knew in my heart it must be you.... How right was I? Oh, dear! How much have you grown! Its been years alright.... Come here, I really wanted to meet you", Lee Daejung walked towards her extending his arms with his face full of smile that reached his eyes extravagantly revealing the happiness he has in meeting her.

"Oh dear, Xiao Xing", he hugged her and patted her back surprising the Emperor as she was hugging him back too.

Why Mingxia? Why are you cheating on my brother, right in front of me!

But he realised that guy is a Eunuch now because that was the punishment he received for killing his uncle, the previous Emperor and then felt good.

"Brother Lee", Xing grinned, "Now I"m almost the same height as you! I really drink a lot of milk like you said ", she said placing her hand above her head and dewing line in the air with her hand towards his head level.

"Yes, you are tall!", he patted her head, "But I"m still taller...", he smiled.

"Wait...! Sorry to intrude on your happy reunion, but did you call him Xiao Xing? Isn"t he Lord Táng?", the Earth Emperor enquired.

"Xiao Xing is Lord Táng of the Wind Kingdom", Lee Daejung answered nonchalantly and without willing to answer further questions looked around to see the messy room.

" What happened here?", Lee Daejung"s time was cold and dangerous making the to go colder.

Xing didn"t waste her time and complained her grievances like a wronged child to her Brother Lee and he listened to her intently.

Now that got the Emperor confused. Whenever Mingxia wants to act like a spoiled child, she goes for the one with the highest power in the room. She always complained to Lord Zhong everytime she wants something done since even her father listened to him. So now in a room with two Emperors, why is she complaining to an Eunuch?

Are there more secrets here?

"You really crossed the limit...", Lee Daejung gave the look of a disappointed parent to the Earth Emperor and looked at Yi Kwan accusingly making him snort and turn his head away.

Wait! So the Emperor likes this Yi Kwan and so he tried to use me to get him jealous...? Is that what happened?

Xing realised why the Emperor did what she did... Still... You cannot scare people like that!

"To go as far as to try to kiss another girl... !", Lee Daejung still was so disappointed in the Earth Emperor as he clichéd his tongue.

"What girl?", the Earth Emperor shouted and Lee Daejung looked at her like she was a dumb person.

"Lord Táng"s a girl?", the Earth Emperor was surprised. He had heard all these stories from many travellers about this amazing person who many young boys aspired to be in the future and it is a girl? How amazing!

"Brother Lee, how did you know?", Xing was surprised.

"I always knew", he smiled. His expression turned to a doting big brother in an instant.

"But how?", Xing whined.

Lee Daejung didn"t answer. How could he say he accidentally saw her peeing sitting down when they were together that day! He"ll die with that secret.

"You are a genius,brother Lee", Xing was ecstatic.

The Emperor was still confused, why is the Eunuch disciplining the Emperor? Just what is going on here?

"How did you find out I"m a woman?", the Earth Emperor asked. She was curious.

"Well, for one you are good... As good as me in hiding your gender but that"s exactly I found out! For one, we women miss one important bodypart men usually have"

"Don"t...", the Emperor tried to stop her. She will speak without reservations. Now what topic is she bringing..!

"Adam"s apple.... That"s what I wanted to say! I don"t have it, she don"t have it.. ", Xing rolled her eyes at the Emperor. "As if I could clearly find out what"s between the legs", she thought."That"s one of the many reasons why I coil my hair around my neck trying to conceal the fact and she is using different cut of collar to hide that fact. Also your skin is too soft and your face is too pretty to be a man!"

"Wow! You really are smart!", the Earth Emperor was genuinely impressed by Xing.

"Yes I am smart... I know the answer to this riddle too.... If a child"s father is his aunt and his mother is also his aunt, who is the father of the child?"

The entire room went silent with her question and only Xing had a smirk on her face.