LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS
/ LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS 476 The Accident That Was Not One
Those two days, it was fun to watch that boy who usually is composed, wandering around banging his head on walls and getting himself splattered with ink.
Whatever my wife touches, prospers!
Chenglei was in a pretty good mood as he went home. Ah Xuan is dear to him and he always seems detached and mechanical
For him to able to realise his feelings towards a girl, Chenglei was truly happy and proud.
But as he reached home, looking at his wife staring through the window with her hands holding her cheeks, in deep thoughts, he sighed.
She really is deeply affected by deaths. And the sudden death of Haru... It broke her.
"Xing", he hugged her from behind and gently nibbled her ear. "let's take a bath together"
Without even expecting her reply, he picked her up and walked to the bath area.
"You are going to pull your back, old man!", Xing giggled pounding on his chest playfully. His chest was firm as she always remembered and he had a strong abdominal muscles and his jaw was sharp and defined. She was jealous of this man who gets more and more handsome as he ages.
"Never!", he pinched her waist. She never gains weight! She became a bit plumper after the birth if the twins but she felt uncomfortable in her own body and she reduced her weight by the time they were two and now, she still weighs the same as she weighed when they got married. As she aged, her eyes became softer with maturity but it still has the spunk and she became more and more enticing, he doesn't want to leave the bed.
"I thought we were going to take a bath?" Xing asked amidst the kisses that tried in her back as she was pressed under him on the couch in the bathroom.
"Yeah, we will", he hugged her from her back and entered, making her gasp.
After their tumbling exercise, both of them soaked in the warm water and she was held closer by him and leaning on his chest, listening to his heartbeat, she felt relaxed as always.
His heartbeat is always the rhythm of her being.
"Haru... Was that really an accident?", she asked playing with his fingers. His big hands had become more coarse and strong, like a dependable man's.
She knew he was looking into it even though all the preliminary investigations proved that it was an accident. The carriage driver lost control of the horse for a second before it clashed with the other carriage resulting in both the carriage falling off into the river taking everyone's life.
But, She had this nagging feeling in the bottom of her heart that it might be planned by someone. But even after investigation, she couldn't find any proof.
His carriage clashed with another merchant's carriage on route to the Earth Kingdom, and both Haru and the Merchant died. Both of them are big shots in their own businesses and both will have many enemies. So she pondered over the idea that it might be a plot. But on whose side?
Chenglei stiffened by her question and he knew she realised it too. So he decided to tell her what he came to find out just a couple days back.
"Wu Han moved all the Yun silk threads to Guijing the past week", Chenglei took a deep breath.
Wu Han was the one who was always with Haru and the one he trusted. Like Lin Mubai was for Chenglei, Wu Han stuck together with Haru. And Yun threads are the topmost quality threads that are pretty rare and expensive. Haru always bought them in bulk when they are available and would not use it for sales but to Dress family. It was like a tradition with him to get the best threads and use it for the women of his family. There are a lot of girls now, with Xing, her girls, Shurei and their daughter.
And the workers in Guijiang specialised in weaving and working with Yun threads.
Haru, the last time she met him, mentioned that Wu Han was suggesting to use some of those threads to make dresses for others since it gets sold for twice the amount of gold as the next grade silk they make dresses of usually, but of course Haru refused explaining that his business will never sell dresses made of Yun thread for others and Haru thought that issue was over with his refusal.
But now, just after two months after Haru's passing, him moving it to Guijing city, Wu Han's native place, something is wrong.
But the most important issue here is..
"And, I asked to collect the debris of the carriage and investigate. I found out that the axel bearing of the wheel was tampered with that lead to the accident. The accident didn't break the bearing but the broken bearing caused the accident", Chenglei added.
"Is that so?", Xing was silent for a long time and Chenglei could feel the air getting colder.
"Isn't Baobei engaged with Wu Han's daughter?", Xing sighed. If Wu Han is involved in Haru's death, it is going to complicate a lot of things.
"Hmm", Chenglei replied and his eyes flickered with darkness. If it was not for that engagement, Wu Han would be currently 'played' with, in his torture chamber for truths while his entire family is eliminated.
But his kind-hearted, silly wife would not let the daughter get affected by a speculation about her father and so he brought it up to her. It would be her decision from here on.
Baobei accepted the marriage because Haru made the arrangement. And as to his feelings, they aren't that deep towards her.
"Do my hair," Chenglei urged Xing who was emitting a dangerous aura. He knew she won't let it go if her friends death is not really an accident and everyone involved will be weeded out and punished. She is better at punishing than him, who only knows to kill. So he let that decision with her.
Haru was his brother and the one who loved his wife dearly. He's family and his death should be avenged.
"Look.... Your first grey hair, Chenglei!", Xing shouted and showed a hair to Chenglei and he rolled his eyes.
"All my hair is grey! What do you mean by my first grey hair?"
"No, your hair is silver and this is grey. See... Can you see the difference?" she compared his other hair with the grey hair and he still couldn't find any difference.
Seriously, who cares about a grey hair?
"Look, one is shining and lustrous while the other is dull and...." she paused seeing him uninterested.
"Don't tell me your eyesight is lost too, old man!", she mocked him and that stirred some reaction in him..
"Who are you calling an old man? Come to bed and I'll prove you how young I am! Let's see if you could keep up....."
"Shh"
Xing shushed Chenglei realising someone entering their room. There is only one person who'd enter their room any time they want.
"Baobei!", Xing got out and Baobei had a dark presence, Xing never seen on him before.
"I want to kill Wu Han and his entire family, mother. I asked my mother but she refused to give me money to hire assassins. If you are not going to help me, then I will go and kill him myself", he was emitting a killing aura.
After Xing calmed him down, he revealed, "He killed father, mother. I was doubtful but now I confirmed it! He is joining the workers of Guijiang and demanding that I hand over the business over to him! 'Why should you handle the business just because you are his son? I am the one with more experience', he said right to my face and I am pretty sure, father's death is not an accident. He was supposed to travel with father and he backed off at the last moment. Apparently he's been talking with the workers for a long time too. Only now some people are informing me. That bastard! He stole my father's heart! I want to slice him up and feed him to pigs!", Baobei was puffing in anger.
Xing hugged him and patted his back. She could now very well confirm Wu Han is responsible for Haru's death.
Not only he killed his boss who trusted him, he took advantage of the grievance of the family to steal from them what is rightfully theirs!
And so, he will suffer the worst suffering before he dies.
" He is right, Baobei! Just because you are his son, doesn't grant you the right to inherit your father's business! You'll have to prove your worth", she spoke calmly to Baobei.
"But, I'm with father for more than five years. I know everything my father does!", he didn't expect his mother to take that murderer's side.
His father is teaching him the nuances of business and he likes to learn too. But from now on, what will he do? His heart filled with fear and sorrow.
" Listen to me, Baobei. Mother will go with you to help you get your business back, okay? Revenge is not important. Getting your business back is. Don't worry, your father started with nothing. But you already have a lot and you will get the Yun threads back soon", she spoke softly and assured him.
Of course she will avenge her friend! Little children should not be let to bloody their hands. That's what adults are for. And those around him have a lot of blood on their hands and know how to deal with traitors.
In the next few days, Xing left with Baobei to Guijiang.
Chenglei although was not happy with her departure, still let her go. He knew why she decided to go herself. Haru's death needs to be avenged. He'd join her, but he couldn't leave the city now that Ah Xuan's wedding is being planed. There are some people who don't like the idea of next Empress being a Huang and he needed to handle the court along with AoTian.
Only Lian Lian and Little Zhu stayed with him. Feifei stayed in the Prime Minister's Manor most days and visit once or twice a month as if the Jin Manor is his relative's place.
Little Yu joined Lord Huang and left for the Southern Province. She threw a big tantrum., just like her mother would in the past and succeeded in the end.
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Within a month, Xing arrived at Guijiang, Wu Han was eliminated, she got the entire Yun thread business back and all those who opposed Baobei started to see his potential.
Xing did all that without her title of Princess Consort and the white tiger token, just by interacting with those people and letting them see the passion Baobei had for the business, just like his father.
Wu Han in the end, lost his family, ended up being a beggar, begging for food in the streets of the same city he grew up in.
But soon, the family of the other merchant who died in the same accident as Haru, got news about Wu Han and they kidnapped, tortured and tore him to pieces to avenge the death of their father.
Xing cancelled Baobei's wedding even though that girl begged and pleaded claiming her innocence. But Xing firmly refused and sent her away with enough compensation.
Xing knew letting in enemies daughter will never be good. She had a bad experience letting Lord Chu's girls leave and they brought her a lot of troubles. All the betrayals she faced made her wise to decide for the future.
Baobei didn't want to marry for a long time and only concentrated on developing their silk business. The Ming family made a collaboration with the Huang family and opened high-end boutiques in major cities to attract rich ladies where they sold designer sets of dresses of the Mings, paired with exquisite jade jewellery of the Huangs.
Of course Xing and her daughters were the models for those products and their brands became more and more popular and a status symbol.
Chapter end
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