LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

But if Xu Mama was still with her father, would he have ended up in such a state? Impossible!

"What happened to Xu mama?", Xing directed the same question at Chenglei. She asked him to find it out last night and she knew he"d have the answer by now.

Rijun was confused why in the Imperial Study, an unknown woman is so obsessed about a servant of their family.

Could Xu mama be in any danger?

" She was told she"s misplacing things around the Manor and also was accused of losing some jewellery of the lady. She was forced to leave", Chenglei replied. He still couldn"t understand what she is planning to do.
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One moment she was crying like she won"t see the next day and the next moment she smirked and started doing weird things. Just how impressive is she? And she didn"t forget to ask for his help! Good girl!

"Forced to leave?", Rijun was surprised. He personally talked to Xu Mama asking her to not leave and stay in the Manor even if she doesn"t work there. But she was so confused and looked so apologetic that she might cause bigger problems if she stayed there. So how was she forced to leave?

Xing had a clear idea what might have happened. A bunch of people hiding and misplacing things under Xu mama and then making even Xu mama believe she is messing up! Worthless trashy people! To make a loyal old woman doubt herself and forcing her to leave her years of extraordinary service with a black mark and her heart filled with regrets....

You"ll pay!

"Why are we talking about Xu mama now?",Rijun asked. Xing noticed a flicker of doubt pa.s.sing through his eyes and wondered if he is doubting the right person. But then again now is not the right time to shake the bush to alert the snake.

"Nothing!", Xing gave her best plastered smile and pushed him out of the study, "Someone she once knew asked about her... That"s it!"

Rijun left with his heart filled with doubts of what happened just then but then he shrugged and left to take care of his work that"s piled up.

The Emperor was confused by the actions of Xing and looked at her for answers. Chenglei was leaning on the table with his hands folded on his chest focusing on her.

" Last night I found a bunch of weird things my father won"t usually let near him, in his bedroom. And to top it off, they were arranged in the formation of some spell I"ve came to contact with in my time in the Sky Kingdom this past year. They believe such spells could even kill a person depending on the strength of the arrangements and they also calculate the moon and all... But the spells are useless. It"s the products used in the spell that are poisonous if they are placed together in the same place. And that affected father"s mental stability making him delirious", Xing started to make tea.

" What? Spells from the Sky Kingdom? So Huang AoTian is not sick but being poisoned? See... This is why we need you. No doctor could figure out what"s wrong with him and you did with just a glance... ", the Emperor was shocked and Chenglei stood up straight too.

If what she saying is true, There is only one person from the Sky Kingdom who has access to Huang AoTian and she is now the Lady of the Zhong family. But...

"Who else knows that she is Maya Arsalan?",she asked the Emperor. She knew he"d be having a good account of the gossips in the kingdom.

" Chu Weiye, Kei Takano, Huang MingXue and Chu Zhilan.... Those women are a gang and call themselves, " The Elegant Five" and they are the women with the highest social standing and other women have to bow to them. Nothing escapes their eyes and women revere them to have a good life and also to be part of their social gatherings and circles", the Emperor"s face twitched and Chenglei looked at his brother with awe.

Wow! How does he has time to learn about women"s gossips?

"So, Maya... Who"s in her gang? ", she asked the Emperor as she served him a cup of tea and she poured another cup of tea for Chenglei and after getting herself a cup found a chair to sit. Her casual actions in the place where even the higher officials of the court could not help but have their knees tremble made Chenglei more surprised.

"Lady Zhong... She has no gang! In those women - only banquets, she usually sits alone or with Matroness Zhong", the Emperor replied after taking a sip of her tea.

Still the best tea!

"Mmm", she sipped the tea and leaned on her chair. She could understand that everyone keeps Maya at a distance. She not only looks different but also has entirely different character from these superficial women. They will only get along as well as oil and water.

Chenglei who already finished his tea wondered how this woman could make such an amazing tea and his lips curved up in approval.

"So, do you think it was Lady Huang LiMing who poisoned your father?", he asked her who was in some deep thought. He"d have placed the bet on Kei Takano. He is hearing a lot about Kei Takanas.h.i.+ these days and wondered how he Can"t be involved.

"No it is Kei Takano", both Xing and the Emperor said at the same time and Chenglei rolled his eyes.

What"s up with the misleading then?

He could understand that.... With the women hating each other, they tried to blame their common enemy for their plots.

"What are you planning to do next?", the Emperor asked pouring some more of tea.

"I"m going to stay here... But first, Lord Li, please find a way to kidnap my father for a couple of days. We"ll have to treat him." her eyes were focused as she looked at Chenglei and he nodded.

"Wait... Why kidnap him? Shouldn"t we inform Rijun and he"ll definitely get to the bottom of it...", the Emperor was confused.

"No... Brother need not know", Xing sighed, "He loves father too much and if he knew his wife poisoned his father right under his nose, he"ll kill himself. And also we need to not disturb the bush now and alert the snake hiding"

"Hmm... What a Dilemma!", the Emperor sighed. She is right to not tell Rijun. Also who knows what those people might do to him if he learns the truth. For now it is important to treat Huang AoTian first and then try to find all the connections that are trying to ruin the kingdom.

" Oh, Mingxia! Wish Rijun listened to you back then when you said he is letting a snake into the eagle"s nest. Who knew you were right and who guessed that snake came straight for the Eagle?", the Emperor sighed.

"Mingxia? Did you call her Mingxia? Isn"t that the name of her twin sister who pa.s.sed?", Chenglei asked confused to the Emperor and the Emperor looked at Xing confused.

Xing chocked on her own saliva and got up to leave. Last night when Chenglei walked her back to the Inn, he tried to comfort her and she could infer from his words that he thought her father cheated on her mother and she didn"t like it. So she made up a heartwarming story of how the twin sisters were separated during birth and one grew up as a n.o.ble lady and other as a commoner and only recently did she found out about her true family and she came to find her father and so she sneaked inside the Manor and so on and so forth. Xing didn"t know her lies would be outed this soon.

Xing who tried to sneak out behind Chenglei was caught by her waistband by Chenglei and fearing her waistband may open, she stood still since Chenglei"s grip was so tight.

"Tell me! Isn"t Huang Mingxia the name of the previous Empress?", he shouted at the Emperor and Xing bit her lips and closed her eyes.

It"s over, everything is over! Now he"s going to think of me as someone else"s wife when I am his wife... What should I do? Why does these things keep happening to me?

The Emperor realised the blunder he made and understood why she made up such a blatant lie. She didn"t want to be misunderstood by his brother. But he was more surprised that how she was able to comvince such lies as truth to his brother who has a knack on finding the truth.

"Brother! She was the Empress! She was forced to be what she didn"t want to be and I had no such feeling towards her and in the end, she served as my Empress by name and what we share is pure friends.h.i.+p and nothing more",the Emperor spoke in a firm tone with his chin up and no guilt in his eyes.

Chenglei who felt cheated by this exposed truth wondered if his brother lied when he said previously that she was not his woman. Also she has someone in her heart and he wanted to know who that is. Could that be his brother?

But after hearing his brother"s explanation he felt his doubts fly away.

He trusted his brother saying that she"s not his woman and he knew the relations.h.i.+p between the two is not something of romantic nature judging by the way they interact with each other.

But this woman... What"s in her heart? Who is in her heart? He wanted to tear her heart open and drag the one in her heart out as he wanted to be the only person in her heart.

"Look at me", he pulled the waistband closer and she turned with her eyes on the floor. Xing feared to look him in the eyes because she didn"t have the guts to see the coldness in his eyes.

Her man trusted her explicitly in the past. Even when she herself said that she cheated on him, he refused to believe that and trusted her. So will he trust me, now?

"The Emperor is right! We are friends", she said after gathering her courage to look him in the eyes and the eyes looking back at her were filled with tenderness.

"You are one annoying woman, do you know that?", he smiled tenderly and he gripped her waistband firmly and pulled her towards him and planted a kiss on her lips that were plump and cherry-like.

Mmm! Tasty!

He had already decided to pursue her. He sees no man near her and even with his vigorous investigation, he didn"t find out about her man... So she must be free to be pursued, right?

He"ll make her forget the man in her heart and fall for him! He is better anyway! Who can be compared to him?

Xing who was a victim of the sudden attack, realised that this shameless guy kissed her in front of the Emperor and closed her mouth with the back of her hand, "What did you do that for?", she asked with her entire face blushed red.

When did he become this shameless?

Chenglei found her reaction amusing and he let go of her waistband and chuckled. Hearing that mesmerising laughter , Xing didn"t know how to react and her blush spread to her neck.

This guy! Is he making fun of me?

The Emperor found it amusing too and shook his head smiling, "Guys, get a room!" and that only increased Chenglei"s laughter.

Xing pouted and felt her entire face burning up with embarss.e.m.e.nt and wanted to leave.

Both are shameless!

"Mingxia, here", the Emperor stopped her from leaving and gave her a key and Xing wondered what that was about.

"Keys to the Rui w.a.n.g Manor.... Since you decided to stay here for a while, don"t stay in inns... I"ve already arranged for cleaning and furnis.h.i.+ng the place. Just move in there", he said and Xing knew it was an order. She also felt it would be more comfortable for her in a Manor than in an Inn so she accepted the gesture.

She thanked the Emperor and gave a glare at Chenglei for his brazen act and he licked his lower lip seductive and she rolled her eyes and turned to leave.

What"s with this sudden change?