LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS 261 The Real Reason

Xing heard a ring in her ear with those two screaming at each other and her head started to hurt and she just wanted to scram out of there.

Everything seemed surreal for her and in all that confusion, her rational brain started working and she knew that s.h.i.+hong is planning something more but what could that be?

She is the one supposed to kill Old Rong and why would the one who is currently benefiting from Old Rong asking for her child in exchange for Old Rong?

It surely cannot be for him wanting a family!

Then she realised from the story s.h.i.+hong told, when s.h.i.+hong tried to leave the palace Old Rong asked for his blood to leave the palace and that is probably because the blood with the G.o.d Essence is needed to break the strong spell the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor had put around the palace temporarily, for him to get out.

s.h.i.+hong said he got his periods after he left the palace and if that is the case, he'd have lost the G.o.d Essence after that as mentioned by the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor and Xing could see his blood is not glowing like Chenglie's blood.

But before this New year, Old Rong was able to enter the palace... And s.h.i.+hong put that blood spell on Chenglei to attack the Emperor too.... So may be they used Chenglie's blood for that...?

Even so, Old Rong couldn't have been able to leave the palace as Chenglei didn't help them out. If so... Then there is only one possibility.

Old Rong is getting too weaker and he is not having the strength of a G.o.d to be detected by the barrier.

Xing could confirm it because as Chenglie mentioned the incident from the Caijing Library, Old Rong could make shapes out of fire and made it attack them. But when Xing was attacked in her courtyard recently, he didn't do such things and only prompted s.h.i.+hong to act.

So Old Rong is too weak to be even considered a G.o.d! This is good!

But still, Old Rong is still dangerous because he is extremely smart and his brains is what to be feared more than his strength.

But why would they need my child?

Xing refused to believe even for a moment that s.h.i.+hong would betray Old Rong for her child. He could adopt other children without problem and the only reason he brought this up should be because...

Right...! That must be it!

Bai Li once rambled when he was drunk that like humans have soul, G.o.d's have something called 'Psyche'. Like soul is eternal, psyche is eternal too and does not lose it's strength, only the body of the G.o.d does. It is the same principle that the soul remains the same but the body becomes weaker as humans age.

So if Old Rong's form had lost its strength as it is stuck in this weapon form for centuries, he could transfer his psyche to another vessel and gain his old strength back...!

So who else could be a better vessel than the child of the one who is supposed to kill Old Rong, right?

Xing is said to have a special kind of blood which is different from the usual blood with G.o.d essence and so her child with another Lu with G.o.d essence has higher chance of inheriting it too and there is a possibility that her son might be more powerful than her. In that case, Old Rong could get a body as powerful as the body of a G.o.d.

Xing's body will work perfectly fine but Old Rong is not planning to have Xing's body because he believes that Xing's blood will kill him and he hates females. So he is opting for the next best thing... Her son!

How Manipulative!

So Old Rong is using s.h.i.+hong's Oh - so - sad past as a bait to make Xing fall for his antics. He is betting on Xing's kindness to anyone who is willing to make amends and help them with what they want.

So that's why s.h.i.+hong has brought her here baiting her with a little girl and let her know about the children and the illegal trade done by higher officials and also let the children escape to make her believe that he has a chance of redemption.

What a detailed drama enacted to fool me! Of course Chenglie has no possibility of knowing all these and he would have thought that everything will be over if Old Rong is found and killed today!

But wait .... If I could figure all about this with the probability of my child being more powerful than me, the G.o.ds must have known all about these too right?

Only after realising that I didn't lose my G.o.d Essence even after menstruating did they started to interfere more in my life. They knew I will only chose Chenglie to be the father of my children and as they had promised not to hurt him, they did their best to separate us but that didn't work.

So then I went and got myself get poisoned and hurt my womb while at it.

Could it be why I am being refused the medicines that could cure my womb? The G.o.ds think that my son would be too powerful for them to handle and so they made me barren?

It's not like I was the one who asked for these powers, right? They were the one who wanted someone with the blood of all the families they had blessed and by some probability I ended up the way I am now.

So why? Why am I being punished for something I didn't even have control over? Something I had no choice?

Did they think that just because I have powers, I will betray them? They don't trust me, right? If that is the case will they really let me go after I finish doing what they want me to do? After the said Love Trials are over will I be let to have a peaceful life with Chenglie?

Well, I shouldn't have gotten myself poisoned which is the root cause of my affliction. So what would the G.o.ds have done if I wasn't poisoned? Would they have hurt me intentionally?

Definitely!

And that Fei Lian trying to act the same way he acted with me from when I was younger... What a hypocrite!

I should never trust them with anything since they don't trust me!

I will trust no one!

And isn't this s.h.i.+hong and Old Rong who are responsible for my poisoning? Eunuch Xin... That guy who handed me the Poison... So s.h.i.+hong knew him from before...

Ha! But he did die a horrible death!

And now, The guts on these two to even suggest I give them my firstborn son!

I will let them pay!

Xing's heart ached with her deep wound reopened and with her anger towards everyone working against her, a tear rolled down her cheek which was noticed by Chenglie who was now arguing with s.h.i.+hong that he is straying too far from their original course.

Wasn't the original plan to make the ones in the palace suffer and make him the Emperor? Where is this taking a child in exchange for Old Rong narrative coming from?

Chenglie looked at Xing who seemed like she was in deep pain and he just wanted to throw everything away, get to her and hug her.

But when he saw the warm tear rolling down her cheek, he felt like a pot of hot oil splashed on him and he froze in his place not knowing what to do.

Isn't he the one who brought her here, without knowing s.h.i.+hong's intentions fully ? To think that he would let her reminded of the painful truth again!

Xing didn't pretend to be tied anymore and she wiped her face and looked at Chenglie with her reddened eyes and seeing him in pain made her feel sad.

"So for clarification, you just asked me to give you my firstborn son in exchange for Old Rong, right?", she asked and s.h.i.+hong who was looking at the floor, nodded and his hands were clenching his clothes really right showing his nervousness.

So you want to keep your secret and you are nervous that I will refuse? Wait to see how I answer you!

"Do you know the person who wants to raise my son with you is a woman? Also, your FATHER'S DAUGHTER? ", she asked without any expression to Chenglie and his already fair complexion lost the little colour he had and he looked pale as a sheet of paper.

"NO!!!", s.h.i.+hong screeched at her and Xing stood up rubbing her ears.

Wow! What an awful screech!

As expected s.h.i.+hong wanted to keep the fact that he is Chenglie's sister secret...Xing felt a little of her anger disposed not knowing now Chenglie is raging mad.