LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

I have Chenglei with me and he will take care of me!

The day before she left for the Fire Kingdom, she received two separate edicts from the Imperial Palace but both of them are sealed with the seals of the Water and the Earth Emperor. Also there were two small pouches that came along too.

"What is it?", Xing asked Chenglei who brought it to her and he shrugged nonchalantly and sat beside her picking her teacup and started to drink the tea silently.

Xing opened one pouch tied with green silk ribbon to see a green jade hairpin with a tiger head and the other pouch with blue ribbon contained a blue jade ring with a tiger carved in it.

Xing read the edicts and she could see that the two Emperors have given her the Tiger Tokens and also they"ve made her the amba.s.sador for negotiations on behalf of their Nations as she is meeting the Fire Emperor.

Xing knew the power of these tokens and t.i.tles and accepted it knowing the necessity of these items if she has to be treated properly in the Fire Kingdom.

So is this what he meant by making necessary arrangements?

Xing looked at Chenglei and he was looking at the hairpin and ring she placed on the table with a weird expression.

Did those two give her a hairpin and a ring even before I give her anything?

Chenglei was jealous. Although he has given all of his a.s.sets to her for maintenance, he is yet to gift her any jewellery.

If not for the fact that those are not something of Honorary value, he"d have thrown them away.

Wait for me, JiaXing! Once you become my wife, I"ll drape you with jade and gold!

Xing was sent off by her father and brother as she left with Chenglei in separate carriages. Their departure was kept secret in case the enemies might get alerted since Xing figured out someone in the Wind Kingdom is helping in the fast spreading of that drug.

Xing who thought she could handle the travel, felt her stomach churning all the way and she thought it would be better if she just ride a horse. Only with the help of the medicines she already got from the mountains was she able to function properly.

As they reached the borders of the Eastern Province, she could not handle the swaying and they made a stop.

Chenglei was helping her as she was throwing up by holding her hair and patting her back, "Why don"t you go back and rest? I can handle this issue. Why do you have to suffer?", he was really worried for her.

"You should have brought that feisty maid of yours to accompany you. These maids you brought don"t know how to take care of you", he added.
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This woman already looks weak. How could she handle another month of travel? She already lost weight... Won"t she be reduced to skin and bones by then?

"It won"t happen if I ride on a horse or if I travel in your carriage", she mumbled in guyu language and so he didn"t catch what she said well.

He insisted on travelling in carriages that too separate ones. This guy is going out of control in protecting her. Who knew one would catch a cold while travelling in a horseback? And she wondered why he is insistent on travelling in separate carriages.

And G.o.ds, why did you forsake me? Do you want me to use my powers as the Prince of Heavens? Do you want me by your side that much? I refuse to give in!

"I"m not going back", she was adamantly refusing for the fiftieth time in this short travel. "I"ll be fine after some good rest. Isn"t it going to be evening already? Let"s stay here for the night", she looked up the sun only slightly to the west making Chenglei sigh.

At this pace, it will take a year for us to reach the borders of the Fire Kingdom! This annoying woman! Look, how pathetic she looks! If only the Western Mountains stretches to the Fire Kingdom, we could have been there already! Wait...

" JiaXing! Let me take you somewhere... ", he held her hands and ordered the others to stay put until they return. After collecting their necessary things and placing them in her carriage including his clothes and other important doc.u.ments, he took only one of the guards with him as the driver and both of them rode in a horse as he took her somewhere with the carriage following them.

"Where are we going?", she asked as she could not bear the suspense. One of his hands was wrapping around her waist and another was holding the reins. This posture looked domineering and as if it was telling those who look at them that she belongs to him.

"You"ll see", he whispered in her ears as his hold in her waist tightened a bit.

Xing rolled her eyes and as she observed, she knew they were entering the Great Green forests and her eyes misted as she remembered the last time he brought her here.

The Secret Village!

She knew it would take a while to reach there and as the past memories flooded her mind, she fell asleep leaning on his firm chest as his strong arms enveloping her, protecting her.

"We are here", he whispered in her ears and gently woke her up as they reached the path to the village. He wanted to see her surprised expression to realise where she was.

After all he was the only outsider allowed in and he never brought anyone here!

Xing walked thorough the thick trees blanketing the sky, holding his hands as she feared she"d get lost and Chenglei looked at her looking around like a little child and was pleased. But he could still see the little sadness in her eyes and she wasn"t that surprised as he hoped her to be.

Don"t tell me... She"s been here already! Did her lover bring her here before? Is that why she is sad reminiscing?

He felt an indescribable sadness in his heart because he wanted there to be a place where he brought her to for the first time. Seems like this is not such a place. But he still had a little hope that she is sad because of something else and not because she missed her lover.

" This is such an amazing place", she smiled looking at him as they reached the village.

Wish you remembered that night we stayed here, My Prince!

But even in the gloomy place, Chenglei could see the little sadness in her heart.

Wish I could not read your expressions like a book! Then I would have actually believed you are really that ecstatic to be here as you try to show yourself to be.

"Your Highness", the chief of the village welcomed the both of them and only then Xing noticed the people here were actually demiG.o.ds and their descendants as they could see their blood glowing in various colours.

"Welcome back!", they greeted them and the Chief sighed as he saw the pair of lovers now going through the trials unable to profess their love to each other.

The day both of them profess their love, one of their trials would end. But more importantly, they need to be careful since the Heavenly Emperor have let loose of Zhu Rong.

According to what he"d heard from the chatter of those Heavenly beings, Zhu Rong would be the one who"ll decide their last trial and who knows what she is planning?

Also from what he had heard, the Heavenly Emperor is planning on bringing down Zhu Rong as she has gone too rogue and is planning to use their Prince for that.

Another one with strong fire attributes has born in the Heavenly Realm and older, unmanageable ones will be replaced. This is the fate of all beings in all the realms. No one is too valuable!

But the Prince cannot kill Zhu Rong as it would bring her down somehow. She is not entirely a G.o.d or a human. She is both in a way. But that puts her in a sticky situation. Usually G.o.ds cannot kill other G.o.ds and will be sent to eternal d.a.m.nation and humans will be punished severely if they kill a G.o.d.

So how will one decide her punishment? Will she be put to trial as a G.o.d or a human?

By keeping Fei Lian and Mazu away from the Prince, could the Heavenly Emperor be planning something?

Judging by what he had heard about the powers of the Prince, she seems too powerful for the Heavenly Emperor to handle.

Is the Heavenly Emperor letting Zhu Rong and the Prince fight each other to bring down both of those who are a nuisance to him? Letting his enemies fight each other and destroy each other...? Possibly!

He is a tricky person who held on to his throne for this long after all!

Of course he wished to tell all of these to the Prince but he Cannot! He is forbidden! Everyone must take care of themselves first!

Be safe!

Chenglei asked for their stay in their village for the night and and they agreed. After cleaning up, they went for dinner and as they were eating Xing saw the entire village together and everyone had different glow in their blood.

Xing searched for someone with golden glow in their blood like her and Master Yuan but she couldn"t find even a single person.

She saw some red glow who were the descendent of Old Rong and some having purple glow and they were said to be the descendant of the previous G.o.d of wind.

If so, Fei Lian"s children will have purple glow too right? Then, Master Yuan really is not Fei Lian"s son!

Wow! Then which G.o.d"s Descendant are we?

After dinner, Xing was surprised to see Chenglei arranging separate rooms for her and him. He even told the Chief that they weren"t married.

When she previously came here, he didn"t refuse them when they a.s.sumed they were married and even in the Ouyang Island, he professed her as his wife.

What changed now, my Prince?

Xing was heart broken and all she could remember was that morning when he left without even informing her after doubting her.

So he decided to stay away from me since he thinks I am tainted.? He is willing to keep me at a distance, like a friend? Is that why he asked me to take a separate carriage? But... I love Him! What should I do when he pushes me away? How can I express my love to him if he cannot remember my words?

Xing laid in her big comfortable bed they arranged for her and sipped the exquisite wine they gave her.

Tears streamed down her face as she could not stop herself from weeping.

No way! If he pushes me away, I will force my way towards him! Unless he plucks my beating heart out of my body, he cannot stop me!