LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS 279 Trust Rewarded

Xing and the Emperor reached the Hailu Town before the end of the day without even stopping for water in the way. The entire town was buzzing with activities of the Zhong army in their streets and a curfew was enacted to ensure the safety of the Emperor and the Empress arriving there.

Xing walked straight through passing through the security into the Inn where they were keeping the body of 'Seiren'. The Emperor tried to stop her, Bai Li tried to stop her but she didn't listen.

"Your Highness! Please consider....", the guard by the foot tried to stop her but she walked in larger strides into the room...

"You bitch! With what face are you here?", Huojin who was weeping sitting beside the body lunged towards her and she moved aside and at the same time, put a shield around the room to not let the noises from leaking out.

As much as Xing does not like Huojin, he has recently lost his father and his child, his mother is sick and now he thinks his brother is dead... He is allowed to lose his mind at her and call her names and not get punished for it.

Xing looked at the body on the bed almost starting to decay with deep cuts in the face making it unrecognisable. The complexion of the skin and the height and even the body type did resemble Seiren's. He had the palest, milky white skin Xing had ever seen that is almost like her skin.

She tried to undress the corpse when Huojin who was held back by the Emperor got out from his hold and tried to stab Xing with his sword but was stopped by Bai Li.

"Can't you let him rest even after this, bitch?", Huojin was screaming at her.

Xing didn't even listen to him and checked the lower back of the corpse holding her breath fearing if she might be disappointed but after looking, a smile crept up her lips.

"There is no crescent moon birthmark on his lower back! This is not Seiren!", she said as she breathed out.

Thank goodness! Thank goodness!

"Why must you be this rude to us? Or are you just crazy? We found the token of our family with him. And... My brother has no birthmark on his back! Do you think you know better about him than me, his brother?", Huojin screamed at the top of his lungs trying to at least slap her and even the Emperor and Bai Li found her smug face a bit rude. No one can deny the fact that there is a dead person in the room, afterall!

Xing ignored him as she still remembered the night they fought for Lady Camomile... Both of them were drunk... He placed a bet to find the secret location he has a birthmark in exchange for Lady chamomile ... Xing accepted the bet and she could see him flinching slightly when she looked at his lower back and she knew and placed a bet... And so... Seiren lost as usual...

Lady Camomile even stripped him and checked if it was true and she was the one who said that it was shaped as a crescent moon.

So Xing was one hundred percentage sure that the dead person in the room is not Seiren. But to find such a pale skinned person in the middle of the desert and even framing him to look like Seiren... Who...?

Chenglei! This must be a message...

Or simply to spread the rumours that the Lord of Zhong family is dead to make sure the Zhong army under performs... A plan of Old Rong...

Or... Who cares! Seiren is alive!

If Seiren is alive, then where is he?

Xing strode out of the room leaving Huojin squatting on the floor weeping, "Why is she this cruel..?", he was trembling and was consoled by the Emperor.

Has she gone crazy thinking too much? Even the Emperor wondered.

"Spread out and look out for anything suspicious", Xing ordered the soldiers and they left without knowing what they must be looking for.

Xing sat in a stool by the entrance of the town folding her hands and closing her eyes and tried to see if she could sense something unusual. She did have unknown abilities which could be useful.

The evening sun disappeared in the distant horizon of the vast wilderness and the dark night came. Bai Li by her side tried to make her move and eat something or at least drink water but Xing was in a deep meditating state seeing through her senses ignoring any other disturbances.

The soldiers who have sent first returned and another shift of soldiers were sent to look around. The wind in the wilderness got really chilly in the night but Xing was sitting there like a statue when the Emperor tried to put his overcoat over her shoulders when she suddenly stood up and shouted,

"There! There... That direction... A group of people are coming. Go... ", before she finished her sentence Xing felt something wet on her face and she could see on the pink kerchief she wiped... Blood!

She had a terrible nosebleed because of all the stress and tiredness but that didn't stop her from ordering the soldiers to look for the caravan and the soldiers made a move after the Emperor ordered them to.

"Get inside and have dinner and take some rest until the soldiers return... That could be anyone, right?", Bai Li tried to get her to move but Xing was there staring in the direction.

Did she lose her mind? Bai Li wondered but kept his thoughts. This is not good for her!

"Well! The soldiers reached to them.... They got them!.. Ah! A fight.... Another man appeared... He is winning... Amazing...! " ,she shouted using her ability again and her nose started to bleed again.

"Wow! Using my ability could put a strain on my body it seems", she chuckled making the Emperor who was standing by her side frown with displeasure.

Must she exert herself this much? She really has gone nuts!
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Some time passed and from the distance, in the bright moonlight, she could see the figure riding a horse towards them...

Seiren! Good... He really is alive... Chenglei didn't kill him! I knew! I knew!

See, my love! I never doubted you! Hope you know that.

Before Xing could say anything, she fainted and Bai Li carried her to a room in the Inn arranged for their stay. The Emperor wanted to stay by her side but Bai Li tactfully sent him away, when the Tianshi Emperor made an appearance.

He was in the attire of Lord Táng and he explained to them that he had found the slave traders just today and since they were on route to their kingdom he just followed them. He also doubted that the slave traders has a lot of connections that helped them escape till now.

And in the future, investigations revealed that a spices merchant from the Sky Kingdom is colluding with the Liang family of the Southern Province who are trading illegal slaves. They had some patrol guards under their control who had skillfully led the Zhong army who had asked for their help since they knew the area to lead them away from the slave Caravan and sent them on a wild goose chase which led to the delay in finding Seiren.

All those who were found guilty were executed publicly similar to the way Official kong responsible for the sufferings of the children was executed to instill fear upon those who hurt the people and break the law.

These incidents made them realise that even though the overall review of the Southern Province was good, only the area governed by the Huang family was good and there were certain darker parts of the province where the people were suffering. So necessary arrangements were made to find such areas and help those people.

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The Tianshi Emperor saw Xing in a deep sleep and felt like she is too depressed and asked Bai Li to stay by her side all the time. It would be worse if she started acting self-destructive. He was worried to see her body extremely weak. For someone like her holding great powers, if she is not of good mental and physical state, it might cause severe destruction, either to her or others.

If push comes to shove, he'd prefer the latter!

A little later Fei Lian made his appearance making Bai Li wonder if he deliberately missed his Little Yuan. If he sees him, hell have to kill him!., doesn't he?

Fei Lian chewed a pill and gave it to Xing from his mouth to hers making Bai Li shake his head.

Isn't this unhealthy?

And that immediately improved Xing's condition and her skin regained it's color. He sat there watching her for a while and he gently caressed her furrowed brows to soothe her as he felt like she was in pain.

If Bai Li didn't know who Fei Lian is to her, his actions would have made him look like a pervert and Bai Li would have drove Fei Lian away.

But his concern for her is acceptable!

The next morning, Xing woke up refreshed and Bai Li forced her to eat breakfast before leaving. Xing also asked for a bath and after changing she went out to look for Seiren. She needed answers...

Chapter end

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