LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

"If Xing is still in labour, her voice should be heard, if the baby is born already, the cries of the baby should be heard. Why is this awfully quiet?"

"Did something bad happen...?"

Hurrying his footsteps, he entered the building to see the entire place buzzing with activities and a thick stench of blood entered his nostrils making his scalp go numb. The maids were busy and he noted one of the maid bringing out a basin filled with... BLOOD?

Some other maids followed her carrying bloodied towels and other stuff making his heart almost stop.

"What happened?", Chenglei shouted and only then they noticed their master and they all fell on the floor kneeling.

Xiao Mei was the only one standing and she had a bundle in her hand.

"How is she?", he shouted at Xiao Mei and she bowed,

"Congratulations, your Highness, the Consort gave birth to a healthy Prince. The Consort is currently.... ", she approached him trying to show him the baby but Chenglei was in no mood to look at his son and dashed inside the bedroom, almost pus.h.i.+ng Xiao Mei . If not for for Lin Mubai holding his wife, she"d have kissed the floor along with the baby in her hands.

"Is this...", Lin Mubai who wasn"t surprised by his Brother Wolf"s actions, looked at the bundle where a little baby pink as a plum blossom was kept. His brother won"t care about anything else until he takes a look at his Consort.

"Yes, a boy", Xiao Mei was all smiles when Lin Mubai got the baby.

"He looks exactly like Sister-in-law...", he smiled uncontrollably. Those Amber eyes, dark hair and that nose... He looks just like her.

"Doesn"t he? Such a cute boy", Xiao Mei wrapped her arms around her husband"s.
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"I"ll bring Little Xinxin here to show him his little brother", Xiao Mei left the baby with her husband and went out.

Chenglei who entered the room saw the maids fervently cleaning the room, while his wife...

She is fine! My wife is fine. If she is fine our son would be fine too!

He didn"t even realise Xiao Mei was trying to show him his son because he was too focused on looking for Xing.

Xing was trying to get up from the birthing chair and it seemed like she was too tired to move.

Even in that cool climate, her entire face was sweaty and her hair stuck to her face, tacitly showing the pain she went through. The place was cleaned there were still lingering smell of blood and a mixture of other smells.

"Xing", he got to her and held her.

"You"re here. Did you see our son? ", Xing smiled. Even though her pain was severe for just an hour,she really felt exhausted. What she had could be considered a breeze considering it was her first child. There aren"t many women who gave birth to their first child in just a couple of hours, with no issues.

"Careful", Chenglei lifted her and kissed her forehead, "Ah, my moon! You gave me a scare..",he held her close to his chest for a while, trying to compose himself.

Xing in his embrace, could sense that he just came in first to see her and is yet to see their son. But after going through that excruciating pain that made her want to not deliver the baby and put him back in her belly, her husband"s gentle hug and caresses did help her a lot and she wanted to go to sleep...

A long one...

"I almost regretted not having you by my side", she said as he brought her to the bathroom to wash up. She knew even if she was tired, she won"t be able to sleep before was.h.i.+ng up. Everything was already readied by her maids and he sent everyone out since he wanted to do everything for her himself.

"Only almost?", he asked squeezing the towel dipped in the warm water and wiped her. His face was filled with complicated emotions.

"Yeah, only almost... A little..", she smiled and looking at her, his eyes brightened up.

" I really don"t want a next time... But, if there is a next time, I"m going to be by your side, Xing. I know I scared you by getting anxious a lot... But I will try and...", he placed his forehead over hers and spoke softly.

"There definitely is going to be a next time, another time and another time too. I want four kids. No more boys and only girls. And, you... Don"t try too much", she splashed some water on his face, "I really don"t want you to push yourself too hard. Even if you are by my side or not, it is something I have to go though myself and I"m fine doing it myself too. And husbands won"t be let inside anyway, the physicians won"t allow it".

Her man was with her in all her struggles and one thing he cannot watch is seeing her in pain. And she really didn"t want him by her side. Child birth is something brutal and painful and he won"t be able to bear to watch her go through it and will go and castrate himself before letting her go through it another time. He is silly that way. She really wanted a lot of children.

After getting her dressed, he tried to pick her up and she opted to walk by herself. It was not a great distance walking to her bedroom and she didn"t like feeling meek.

Chenglei was not pleased by her not accepting his help and also she couldn"t walk as she was too tired and in the end she ended up walking supported entirely by Chenglei.

"This woman!", Chenglei mumbled in displeasure by her stubbornness to depend on herself too much. But a sharp pain hit his heart. It"s because, all her live she had to take care of everything herself and she doesn"t want to feel weak.

He left her when she was young and she tried her best to better herself and after her mother died, she went through a lot of troubles when the fate of nation and the human realm even depended on her. He wasn"t allowed to be with her those times. And after everything was finished, he left her again, out of his own stupidity and she had to pull herself up to stay sane. And even after marriage, he hurt her and even now he acted weak and she had to be strong to spare his anxiety.

All her life, she had to be strong because she had no choice. Like a cat who secluded itself to lick it"s wounds and heal itself, she"d just try to be alone everytime something happens.

And just like that both had different views of the past.Xing appreciated the thought of Chenglei, wis.h.i.+ng for her best and him trying his best to support her, even from apart was enough. His thoughts were enough for her and she mostly didn"t feel like he abandoned her. But for him, he wished to be physically by her side.

Seeing her still walking, he picked her up.

"Come on! I can walk by myself", she grunted.

"I know you can. But Xing, you just gave birth. You are allowed to take rest for a week or so. You can do everything by yourself after you are healed. No one will take anything from you", he kissed her lips not letting her refute him and placed her in the bed. He didn"t know what they did but their room was filled with a pleasant smell by now.

Xing who felt relaxed after was.h.i.+ng, sat leaning on the headboard while Chenglei placed a cus.h.i.+on to support her back.

"Does it hurt?", he asked placing his hand in her belly that still was big.

"Ah, it"s not much", she smiled, "And you still haven"t taken a look at our son...", she looked at him accusingly and only then Chenglei remembered that his wife went through all of this suffering just to get that b.u.g.g.e.r out.

"Yeah... I will. Just rest...do you want something? Soup or... ", he wanted to make her comfortable first.

"I can hear my father outside. Li Shusai looks exactly like me and my father will definitely kidnap him", Xing said and watched Chenglei"s face getting pale.

"You actually named him after the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor? It"s considered disrespectful to name one"s child after their ancestor. Why did..."

"He asked me to, didn"t he?", Xing just shrugged. Her master did want her to name her firstborn son after him and he even looked like him. So why not, right?

"But... It"s disrespectful. He is The Tians.h.i.+ Emperor! We cannot call him by his name... ", Chenglei still was hesitant. Tians.h.i.+ Emperor is revered as a deity in their kingdom.

"Oh, come on! Why not? I even call" The Tians.h.i.+ Emperor"s" GRANDFATHER by his name. And no one knows his name anyway. Even he forgot it and only told him his name the day he died!", she sneered.

Chenglei just rolled his eyes. There she is... Speaking personally with her ancestor who is supposed to be dead two centuries back and she really calls his grandfather by his name...

"Fei Lian"

This woman!

But how could everyone call him like that? Using the name of a great Emperor?

Seeing his confused and contemplating face, Xing decided to hide a fact. She was pretty sure that her son is actually the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor. He looked like him and she could feel it in her heart.

The Heavens mentioned Master Yuan had a life left and she was pretty sure the last thing he mumbled before he died was, "I want to be your son my next life, child!"

She had asked for a good life for her Master Yuan and him being the grandson of two great G.o.ds along with his contribution to the Heavens, he"d have been given an option.

Another thing she noticed was, her son"s blood didn"t have any glow of the G.o.d essence which was weird since she still had the glow even after childbirth and Chenglei has it too. She couldn"t figure out why it was.

"He looks like you?", Chenglei asked, his face brightened as what she said sank in.

"Bring him here. I think my father is planning to raise him ", she looked at him and he blinked.

" He is not! My personal army will stop him", Chenglei said with his chest puffed up.

"Really?", Xing smirked, " Which one of your guard has the guts to offend me by raising his weapon against my father?", she raised her eyebrows.

Seeing Chenglei running out of the room in panic, she chuckled but a wave of pain stuck her and with a small grunt she leaned back.

"Your father really tried to leave with the baby! He didn"t even visit you and tried to steal our baby, Xing!", Chenglei was plenty surprised as he entered the room with their baby in his hand and Xinxin in tow.

Xinxin ran and sat beside Xing and Chenglei held the baby carefully as he sat and took a good look at the baby.

" He does not look like you... He is all wrinkly and... Well, he has your eyes... And hair... But you are pretty, the most prettiest. I love you Xing! ", Chenglei said and Xing saw a single tear falling from his eyes.

She could say that he was really happy and filled with emotion and he is trying to be modest.

"We made him, Chenglei... He is ours. Part of you and me! Ours! ", Xing shed tears of joy too. She were times when she had thought, there would never be a day when she could give birth to a child .

But it happened! And I have a child of my own, I carried for ten months!