LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

Xing looked at the boy, with his dark brown eyes and black hair who resembled his father slightly and realised he must be Yunxi"s first son and the Crown Prince of the Fire Kingdom.
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The Fire Emperor has been sending letters to Xing for a couple of years asking for the hand in marriage of her daughter for his son and she"s been constantly refusing. She is not going to send her daughter that far away. But this time he has come directly and he even had the nerve to bring his son along.

Immediately after the Fire Emperor spoke, Long JunTing knelt with his forehead touching the floor and bowed to Xing.

"Get up boy," Xing said without flinching and her family was flabbergasted. She looked at the nannies of her grandchildren and they picked them up and left the dining hall.

Chenglei knew this is not going to go smoothly and sat in his host seat silently sipping tea.

" If that one has the Long surname, he should be the Prince of Fire Kingdom and why is he kneeling in front of mother? " Mizuki whispered to Lian Lian and he shook his head in the negative. He didn"t know either.

Who is our mother? Why is everyone respecting her this much?

"He is handsome, isn"t he? Wonder who is the lucky one, MingYu or MingZhu, " Shuang whispered to Feifei and he looked at her with his eyes filled with jealousy.

"What? I"m telling the truth though, " She chuckled. Others may get scared of him but she never will. "But," she smiled heartily making him go soft, "My husband is the most handsome husband." She locked his arms and he sat straight pleased. His wife knows how to behave.

"I"m your mother"s brother and she saved JunTing a long time ago and we owe her, " the Fire Emperor explained to Xing"s children talking among themselves and they all looked at their mother for answer.

How is the Fire Emperor their mother"s brother?

The Fire Emperor took a good look at Little Zhu and was pleased. "She really is pretty and suitable for my son. No one in out kingdom can match her beauty. Yunxi will definitely be pleased"

" No, you are not my brother, idiot! " Xing was not going to let him lie.

How annoying!

Xing furrowed her brows but then an idea dawned on her head,

"Ha! I"m sorry for lying, Brother!" Xing grinned and Chenglei looked at her wondering what she had planned now.

Xing continued with a pleased smile, "You know I don"t like marriage among close cousins.So I cannot agree to your proposal of marriage among our children"

"Sister by heart" The Fire Emperor corrected realising how she is trying to turn it.

"We are not related by blood but our hearts are that of a lovely brother and sister, don"t you agree, dear little sister?" he smiled while glancing at Xing"s children, subtly urging Xing to behave in front of her children.

"But I won"t let little Zai marry my daughter either. His father is my brother by heart too." Xing gritted her teeth and glared at Chenglei.

Why did he invite him here? He is trying to steal our daughter!

As everyone was preoccupied, no one noticed the tinge of disappointment in Little Zhu"s face, except Chenglei.

"So this is how it is?" his heart clenched and he took a deep breath.

"If I may, Imperial father...," Long JunTing interjected politely among the commotion, his voice shook out of fear for his father but still his eyes were determinant.

"I cannot marry the one you chose for me. I met a girl and fell in love at first sight" his voice was clear and decisive and his eyes looked straight at his father, like a person who is willing to face anything that comes at him. Xing liked his courage to stand up for himself. Yunxi raised him right.

"How dare you! You made an oath!" the Fire Emperor got furious and pulled out a whip he had in his belt, to hit his son.

Xing was pleased by this sudden development and probed the boy further stopping his angered father from whipping him. The dining hall was filled with chaos and no one knew what was happening and Chenglei who is used to Xing"s behaviour silently sipped tea. The tea wasn"t that tasty since his wife didn"t brew it but still... He needed something to do. He definitely will not interfere his wife. She is a mother tiger trying to protect her cub and anyone by her side will be torn up. Even him. He can only wait for help to arrive. There is only one person who could handle her for now since she is angry at him for bringing in the Fire Emperor.

Long JunTing was not keen on telling Xing everything and wanted to accept his father"s punishment but Xing was petting his hair and that annoyed him. He is not a four year old boy but a twenty four year old man. His mother always does that and he"d push her hands away, but this Princess Consort cannot be treated like his mother since he knew he"d be killed by her father then and there.

Unable to bear being treated as a little boy, he spilled the truth so she"d get her hands off of him.

Xing knew JunTing was uncomfortable getting patted in the head. She have raised boys too and they don"t like it either. But she did it anyway since she actually cannot torture a Crown Prince for information and this is the next best thing.

Apparently the Fire Emperor told him not to fall in love with anyone else since he has made a promise to get him marry a girl from the Wind Kingdom since her mother saved his life.

The Fire Emperor was furious and called his son unsuitable for the throne since he cannot keep his word.

But JunTing was firm in his decision. He already has a woman in his heart and he didn"t want to betray her and wanted to make her his Consort and the Empress in the future. He wasn"t willing to give up the throne either.

Both the father and son were in a stalemate not backing down from their decision and Xing was the happiest person in the hall then.

How lucky that the marriage plans got ruined by itself.

"So who is it?" Xing asked happily. Her entire face was bright and cheery while the Fire Emperor was dark and moody.

"I met a girl on my way here, " he replied politely to Xing.

"Here? So she is from here?" she asked and JunTing nodded.

"Good then, your Aunty Xing will find you that girl and then you can be happy" Xing said happily.

Just then, Little Zhu felt uncomfortable in the commotion and she excused herself. She always was a girl with gentle disposition and soft spoken. She didn"t like Confrontations and commotion. She gets scared easily.

Xing asked a maid to help her back to her courtyard and she bowed to everyone and looked at JunTing with no expression in her face. She definitely didn"t have any feeling for him and Xing was too pleased.

But she saw JunTing pointing her finger at Little Zhu and he was shocked. He only noticed her just now.

"She... She is the one I met," he said making Xing"s heart skip a beat and she stood up and the Fire Emperor who was scowling till then turned to look at his son.

"No..." Xing smiled awkwardly, "She is not" Xing gritted her teeth.

She never left our home, if so.... Little Yu?

"Yes, she is not the one I met, but she looked exactly like her. But she was more.... Lively and lovely. Yes, that"s the one I want to marry!" he added making Xing freeze in shock.

No way!

"HAHAHA!" The Fire Emperor"s laugh brought Xing back. By now the Emperor was the one cheery and Xing was the one gloomy.

"My son fell for your other daughter after all. Good boy!" the Fire Emperor appreciated his son.

"You b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You know I have twins and you two are trying to enact a drama in front of me, aren"t you? I won"t allow it! "

How is it possible that this boy met my girl, out of all the others in this place? This must be a conspiracy, a plot! Yes! That must be it! They definitely are not fated to be together.

Xing lunged towards the Fire Emperor and she scratched her finger and the divine sword appeared in her hand startling her children. No one knew of the divine sword their mother had till then.

"Idiot, what are you..." the Fire Emperor tried to defend himself with his whip. The tables got toppled over spilling everything on them and clattering noise of the dishes were heard inside the dining hall making it seem like a Warfield.

Her sons got up from the table protecting their wives behind them and looked at their father who saved himself a cup of tea in that commotion.

Really, father? You are still drinking tea? Mother is going berserk!

JunTing saw his father struggling to keep up with the lady carrying sword. As much as he was happy he get to find a love, he was more confused now by what he was seeing. His father is having his a.s.s kicked by his mother-in-law.

But he cannot let her kill his father. That would be inconvenient for his plans to marry the one he met.

JunTing tried to join the fight but his father ordered him not to move and he was more surprised and so was Xing"s sons and daughter-in-laws.

Who is mother? Why is she allowed to raise her sword at an Emperor for a silly reason?

"Well, well! What is going on here?" a familiar voice was heard behind Xing and she wiped her forehead wet with perspiration with her sleeves and looked at Baobei.

"He is trying to steal my daughter and your dirty uncle is in on it! " Xing was furious and complained to Baobei and he snorted.

"Mummy! What are you saying? Stealing? Isn"t he here asking for the hand of sister? How is that stealing? If so, didn"t you steal two daughters from their parents too? One is my sister, " he pointed at Shuang .

"That.." Xing had no refutal and she mumbled curses in her mouth.

"Whatever! I won"t let my daughters get stolen from me. I will steal..uh, bring two boys for my daughters and we all will live together" Xing proclaimed.

"Just like her father!" Chenglei mumbled inaudible. Her father threw this same tantrum when he asked for her hand too.

"Mummy, let"s talk abut this later. Go have some rest" Baobei coaxed Xing and tried to get her out of the dining hall and just then Little Yu made her entry.

With her dark blue robes dirtied with the red sand and her hair dishevelled, she looked like how Xing looked at her age. Her green eyes were lively and dark hair cut to her waist was tied in a ponytail. Akira, the white tiger was by her side.

"W-why is he here?" the first person she noticed was JunTing and he had a pleased smile in his face and Xing noticed her daughter"s face go red.

This is not happening!

But soon Little Yu composed herself, "Mother, he tried to hurt Akira and so I responded in kind. I shot his hand that tried to shoot Akira" her tone was jovial and there was a trace of sadness in there too and Xing picked it up.

"I though that tiger was going to hurt you. Who walks around with a full grown tiger by the side?" JunTing asked.

"You saw a girl walk around with a tiger and she hurt you but you fell in love with her?" Xing asked mockingly while Chenglei almost choked on his tea.

Why can"t he? People don"t usually play with tigers! It is attractive to some!

"Is his hand treated?" Little Yu asked worriedly.

"You want to marry him?" Xing was blunt and she saw her daughter go red to her ears and neck. She looked awfully pretty and with that blush she was adorable. This is the first time Xing saw her daughter this way.

She fell in love too?

"W-what? Why? How?" Xing really couldn"t fathom how this could have happened. She attacked him and fell in love with him? How?

Poor Xing who was too involved to not let her daughter leave her, forgot her own love story.

"No way! I refuse this union!" Xing shook her head and didn"t change her mind even when everyone pleaded and even after her sons" advice.

"You don"t know him enough to get married" Xing bellowed and left the dining hall in long strides.

Chenglei was calm throughout. He knew his wife is throwing a tantrum and in the end she"ll decide well for her children and there is no need to panic.

"Wrong way, Xing" he ran behind her after telling Lian Lian to arrange for their guests" stay.

"My way is the right way!" she screamed back and ended up running in the wrong way and Chenglei chased behind her.

"Come on! Don"t make this old man run for long. My heart might give up" he said amidst pants and she stopped and walked towards him. He is already fifty four.

"Oh, don"t exaggerate" she hooked her arm around his, "You are fine"

"Want to take a bath?" he asked and she nodded and both entered their courtyard.