LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

What will happen to the honour of our nation of we let the a.s.sa.s.sin who murdered out Imperial Family go peacefully? Even if we all have to give up our lives, we will have to fight for our honour and persecute justly the a.s.sa.s.sin.

Captain Nian who was an honourable man stood guarding, waiting.

The wind that blew raised a veiled curtain of the dust on the ground making the surroundings look like it was covered with yellow mist. Even though the ground was paved with stone bricks, the debris from the Audience Hall had made a layer of dust settle on the ground which was disturbed by the wind.

Who knew if it was all dust or the members of the Imperial family?

What a shame to this powerful nation!

No one knew what happened and some people of higher post started crumbling down to ashes. They all seemed to be related to the Royal family even though some didn"t bear the "Long" name.

Their Audience Hall is crumbled and it looked like it will fall off anytime now and the captain of the Imperial Guards knew it is all connected to this woman who came from the Wind Kingdom.

He was told by those who"ve seen her that she beared unmatched beauty and elegance that anyone who glanced at her once will fall for her immediately. He highly doubted that.

Somehow only Prince Kang was the only one left with the Long name and could it be that he colluded with those from the Wind Kingdom and arranged for a rebellion? Isn"t that treason?

No one could get in the Charming Bliss Courtyard he was in as it seemed like it was protected by an invisible wall.

I will avenge the death of my Emperor!

He stood there brave and courageous as the righteous man he is.

Xing got out of the Audience Hall with a skip in her steps, hoping to meet Chenglei soon. But when she got to the stairs, she saw the entire place was covered with dust and some of it got into her eyes already misted with tears of joy.

Come on!

Xing frowned and with a wave of her hand, she saw the dust settling and what she saw made her stomp her feet in frustration.
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Can"t I be left alone?

There was an entire army, wielding weapons in front of her and she could see hundreds of archers pointing their arrows at her and there was even a halberd wielding cavalry on one side.

Come on now! Do you even know what you are doing?

Xing rolled her eyes and got down from the stairs.

Captain Ning saw the pet.i.te silhouette of the woman with her Crimson robes fluttering in the wind standing above the platform. Even amidst the dust, her creamy complexion contrasting with her crimson robes and her hair dark as a raven"s made a beautiful picture. And as he saw, with a wave of her hand, the wind stopped and the dust settled.

I"ll be d.a.m.ned! Captain Nian thought. The woman who came to his view was beyond comprehension. She definitely cannot be of the human realm.

That"s when he heard the gasp from everyone behind him and his eyes widened with shock as he looked up in the sky. A black dragon, a blue dragon and a big tiger ascended to the heavens behind her.

Are those G.o.ds?

Everyone muttered among themselves.

"Draw", Captain Nian composed himself and gave the orders and immediate an arrow from each of the five hundred archers flew towards that woman.

No matter what, she is the enemy of our nation and she must be brought to justice!

Xing saw all those arrows coming at her and sighed deeply.

"Enough", she shouted and all the arrows fell on the ground. " This is the day you got freed from a slimy ruler. Be merry and go home to your family", she waved her hands shooing them away.

The foot soldiers saw little whirlwinds forming and everyone dropped their weapons and ran away as they saw those whirlwinds coming towards them.

The archers seeing their arrows rendered useless ran away too.

No way! We cannot die to avenge that sc.u.m!

Xing on the other hand who was joyous in her heart, was in no mood to spill more blood and scared all the men away.

As she tried to walk away, she heard the cavalry marching towards her.

Seriously guys? Can"t you just go home to your wives? And how come the horses aren"t spooked?

"Get home, safe", Xing spoke in the Guyu language to the horses, waving her hand as she spoke.

The soldiers couldn"t understand her but the horses did and what followed was the soldiers falling off from the horses and the horses running away.

The horses got their command from her after all. They all went to their home obeying Xing.

Xing saw the fallen soldiers getting up making funny gestures as they hurt their backs and no one was seriously injured.

When they saw that woman who looked like she was sculpted from the full moon walking towards them, they all scampered away.

Who knows what else she could do? Let"s run while we are still intact!

They all muttered to themselves and ran away.

"Cowards!", Captain Nian"s voice echoed through the empty s.p.a.ce.

"Stop!"

But everyone looked at their captain apologetically and made a run for it.

Life lost cannot be returned.

Seeing none in front of her, Xing sighed in relief.

Good! Let me get to my Prince!

Xing walked to her front but then she suddenly realised....

I don"t know the way!

She hit her head with her palms and it hurt.

Oww.... That hurts, She rubbed her forehead.

But, how will I get back?

She felt someone following her and looked back to see a tall burly man with dark hair and eyes, pointing a halberd that seemed to be heavy yet he carried that with ease.

He must be well trained. And he reminded her of Zhong Huojin.

"Can you take me to the Charming Bliss Courtyard?", Xing looked at him lazily and asked scratching the back of her head.

Captain Nian was surprised to see her turning suddenly. He was following her to attack her as she seemed to be planning something.

But to his surprise... This woman was extremely weird.

He wondered what she was doing, walking towards the barracks but then she suddenly stopped and hit herself.

And then she is looking at him with no fear in her eyes and asking him who is in an attack stance to lead her somewhere?

She.... Is.... Intriguing!

As he looked at her carefully, she seemed to be so out of this world and divine. She had the aura of a superior being who doesn"t care about him or his little halberd.

No!

He shook his head to compose himself. He must bring her to justice!

"Surrender", he pointed the tip of his halberd right at her neck and she rolled her eyes at him and sighed.

What?

He had no words to say.

"I"ll find someone else!", Xing who was too tired to engage with him, turned to leave but he joined her. He wanted to know a little more about her and he just followed her unconsciously.

And so the two who had never met before and might never meet again, walked together towards the inner palace.

"Why are you loyal to such an Emperor?", she asked as he lead her. She felt too tired and thought she might end up fainting if she doesn"t concentrate on something.

"Our family has served the Empire as long as it was formed, for five centuries. Three centuries we served the Lu clan and Long Clan for two centuries. Of course it is my duty to protect the Monarch against rebellions but..."

"Why did your family stood by when the Long clan rebelled against the Lu clan? Shouldn"t you have supported the then Emperor?", she asked and he paused his steps for a moment when Xing caught up to him.

"The last Emperor of the Lu clan was..."

"Just like how this Shengs.h.i.+ Emperor was, am I right?", Xing interrupted him. She had heard that last Lu Emperor was a wastrel spending time in brothels and having drinking parties.

She knew this story because there was a story she read about the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor and the then fire Emperor having a drinking match when they met accidentally and the Fire Emperor ended up losing the Heavenly Relic Sword, to the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor.

Who"d play with something that important? That"s like pawing his own Empire.

He shouldn"t have been any good and that"s why there was a regime change but it all happened too perfect and that arouse Xing"s suspicion of it had Zhu Rong"s hand was in it.

"Umm....", Captain Nian didn"t know how to answer. She is not wrong. His family did help in the rebellion and played a part in the regime change.

" Rather than being loyal to a particular clan, loyalties should be based on the welfare of the people of the kingdom... Being loyal to the Empire is superior than being loyal to the Emperor, right? Isn"t that what your ancestors thought when they helped with the rebellion? It makes sense if thought that way, right? Shouldn"t you stand by the side of the people in this dark times and support the one who has the people in his heart? May be the kingdom will see light and prosper under his rule. You"ll know only when you try, right? ", Xing turned to look at that man in his eyes and gave a polite smile.

Captain Nian nodded in approval unconsciously. Somehow talking to this woman felt like he was talking to some wise elder. Her gentle tone and her elegant demeanour made him feel at ease and her words were almost hypnotising for him. She has a gentle aura to her that was really pleasing to him and made him want to listen to her.

" Are you married?", Xing asked as she could see the Charming Bliss Courtyard.

Seeing him nod, she continued, " Go home and tell your wife she can he free in her own kingdom. That she can move around freely and dress up as she pleases without worrying that she might catch the lecherous eyes of someone"s power none can deny. Tell her, your daughters will be safe.

And then think through to see who deserves your support and can avenging for the previous monarch will do any good for your Empire or supporting the new monarch would"

Captain Nian stood rooted to the spot watching the elegant woman walking in the front, with her back straight and smiled to himself.

Well, if she knows who I am and the military strength of my Nian family... I don"t know. But she does have a good point.

Prince Kang... Is not bad... In fact his fief is doing exceptionally well. He will take good care of the Empire if he is handed over the responsibility. Guess I have to send some letters and rally people to support the new Emperor!

So this is what a divine ruler is, huh! I must be fortunate to meet her!

-

Xing had no idea that the man she chatted with hailed from the most powerful military family in the fire Kingdom similar to the Zhong family in their kingdom.

She also didn"t know that by talking to him, she had gained a new powerful ally for her supposed brother and the most loyal one too.

She also didn"t know that, this captain Nian who became Great General Nian in the future will become the greatest support for the most dearest person of her heart and protected them like how the Oldman protected her till his last breath.

-

Xing ran inside the courtyard and went straight into their bedroom and paused at the door panting and patted her chest to calm herself.

Chenglei is awake.... Chenglei is awake....

My Prince is fine...

Bai Li had a soft smile in his face. Prince Kang looked at her relieved and he was also surprised to see her coming back fine and he had a lot to ask of her but paused when his wife stopped him pointing at her with his eyes flowing with tears focused solely on Chenglei.

"JiaXing!", Chenglei stood up and tried to walk to her but because of the string tied on his wrist, he could not.

Prince Kang and Yunxi silently left the room while Bai Li shamelessly stayed.

"Untie this", Chenglei saw tears in her eyes and he could not bear it.

She is crying for me, right?

Xing ran towards him and untied the silk thread herself. She did that to hold him back from coming behind her as she didn"t know what might happen to her. She wanted at least him to survive. Or he might make stupid deals like before with G.o.ds who might hate her.

Still she didn"t have much hope that he"d actually listen to her and stay inside. Her heart overflowed with joy as she thought how he valued her trust and stayed inside when she knew how hard it must have been for him to not run out looking for her.

"You are awake!", she hugged him around the waist and buried her head in his st.u.r.dy chest as his scent enveloped her and so did his strong protective arms.

"I"m fine... I don"t know how it is possible. But I am fine... Don"t cry", Chenglei spoke gently as he patted her in the back to coax her.

Poor woman! Did I scare you this much?

She cried for a while as he patted her and soon he realised her breathing got even.

Did she fell asleep?

"JiaXing?", he lifted her chin up to see her already asleep.

"I"m sleeping.... Not dead....", she slurred a bit as she mumbled and she even made a sucking motion with her lips.

She was too tired and even then she wanted to tell him that because she was scared someone might manipulate him again. Also she was hungry too.

"Silly kitten!", he muttered and placed her on the bed and removed her shoes.

"Poor la.s.s! Didn"t sleep a wink last night", Bai Li added and he realised the barrier she had put up has come down. She must have gone to a deep sleep.

"Eat something and feed her something too", Bai Li said and prepared to leave. He wanted to know what happened out there as he was curious.

"Demon Lord!", Chenglei covered Xing with a blanket and stopped Bai Li and his face was eager and hesitant as if he was contemplating whether he should ask it or not.

"What is it?", Bai Li took a deep breath.

"You know her for long.... Do you...", Chenglei shook his head, "No.. I"m sorry. It is nothing." he then sat back by her side.

Bai Li looked at Chenglei gazing at the deeply asleep Xing holding her hands and he sighed.

"Do you want to ask me if she has someone else in her heart?", Bai Li smiled shaking his head.

These two... And the Trials...

Bai Li knew a little about their struggles and he guessed what their trial might be....

They should profess their love to each other even though they won"t be allowed too.

This has a broad meaning and this trial is the one that is used by a lot of G.o.ds to mess with them. Zhu Rong made advantage of this and gave them the ultimate hurdle of Chenglei"s amnesia. And even now there are other G.o.ds preventing them from confessing to each other.

Poor children!

"She only has you in her heart for now", Bai Li said knowing Chenglei won"t remember even if he explained her past to him.

"Just don"t worry about other things and look after her. She needs you"

Saying this Bai Li disappeared.

"That"s enough for me", Chenglei looked at Xing with a gentle expression and held her hands that were clutching his robes tightly as if she"d lose him if she let go.

"JiaXing... Be only mine!", he kissed her forehead and laid next to her holding her.

Let"s get married as soon as we reach our Kingdom.