The Princess And The Lord

It was a cold night through his bones, the sound of dripping water was clear as his wet clothes clung to his body, he wanted to open his eyes but it felt like stones were hanging on his eyelids she couldn't open his eyes.

he groaned impatiently at his own weakness, he raised his hand trying to touch his face but suddenly his movement was restrained then he heard the sound of chains clinking.

A bad premonition flashed in his mind and all the previous memories rushed to his mind, he remembered his beasty friends desperately trying to save him.

"Sh…sh*t, Gao Di, Bai Zi, Qin Qin!" he held back her tears.

The boy who lay on the cold ground was Shin Jiu, as expected he was kidnapped when he was running a mission from Zhao Li Xin. This supposed to be an easy task all he had to do was pass Zhao Li Xin's message to the leader of the Shadow Tiger tribe, Hwang Lo, and if necessary Shin Jiu had to persuade Hwang Lo to cooperate with them.

Because he was the 'Blessed Child', Zhao Li Xin thought the shadow tiger would be more receptive to his request if they met Shin Jiu rather than if he send the Mong brothers or the four King's palace, and Zhao Li Xin was not wrong.

On his way back from the territory of the Shadow Tiger tribe Shin Jiu was ambushed by a mysterious group, unfortunately, because he didn't think it was a dangerous mission he didn't bring enough reinforcements after all he was accompanied by three celestial beasts, and his cultivation has increased tremendously so he was rather conceited with his own ability thus he made a grave mistake in the end.

His master said that pride is every man's greatest enemy, he never thought how right his master's words were, Shin Jiu sighed in regret if he survived this ordeal he would never dare to ignore his master's words ever again.

Shin Jiu winced as the pain finally caught him, his dantian nearly shattered by that woman's heavy punch, just a little bit more she would cripple him. Shin Jiu gritted his teeth as he swallowed his frustration.

"Looks like you're awake"

Shin Jiu was surprised, he narrowed his eyes to sharpen his vision in the dark cell. When his vision became clearer Shin Jiu was bewildered, he clearly heard a male voice but why was the person in front of her a woman and she was the same woman who killed his beasty friends and almost killed him too.

"IT'S YOU!"

The woman was wearing a silk robe embroidered with red roses, she had long black hair that was intricately styled and decorated with several golden hairpins covered with diamonds and rubies, her plump red lips curled upwards as she looked at Shin Jiu in amusement. 

"You look better than I expected" she quipped.

The woman's baritone voice made Shin Jiu feel uncomfortable but he didn't have time to bother with small things, Shin Jiu glared and asked in a muffled voice, "My beasts….did you kill them all?" Shin Jiu clenched his fists.

"Oh, you mean the beast?" she tilted her head as ifs she just remembered "Well it was my pets that killed your animals though it's true that I gave the orders, but your animals were so persistent that I had no choice but to kill them, if only they agreed to be my pets, they don't have to die….what a shame" she sighed regretfully.

"So you killed them all!" his anger exploded like molten lava, he lunged towards the mysterious woman but unfortunately the chains restrained his movement.

Even though Shin Jiu had expected this answer but somewhere deep down he still hoped that his beasty friends were still alive. The three beasts had accompanied him and protected him since he was a child, they are more than friends for him so how could his heart not be broken.

"If I leave this cell the first thing I will do is kill you, YOU HEAR THAT!" he swore as his eyes reddened from anger and sadness.

The woman gave a small grin, "You really are an energetic kid, it's so funny you think you can get out of here... do you know where you are now?" she mocked how Shin Jiu didn't realize his situation yet.

Shin Jiu instantly shut his mouth, even though he was still a child but he was smart enough to realize there must be a reason why they didn't kill him and just kidnapped him "What do you want from me?" Shin Jiu's heart skipped a beat but he braced himself as he tried to look as calm as she could

"You?" the woman look at him with mocking gaze "Even though you are a 'blessed child' but it is not you that we are after"

"Our?" Shin Jiu's probe further, "Who are you, what place is this?"

The woman suddenly look bored she waved her hands dismissively "You'll know soon enough" the woman then walked away but before leaving she sneered "stay here and don't go anywhere...the party has just started"

when the woman left, Shin Jiu slumped to the floor, and the chains that bound his hands shook. Alone in the cold dark cell, Shin Jiu couldn't deny that he was afraid, in fact, she was very afraid. However, Shin Jiu was sure that Zhao Li Xin and his men should know about his disappearance, they must be very worried, what Shin Jiu mean by 'they' was Lory and Lu Jiang Yi he wasn't so sure about Zhao Li Xin though.

The man was too cool and level-headed no matter what kind of trouble he was in as long as it didn't involve Lory but he couldn't say the same about Lory.

suddenly something hit him, could it be it was his master that they wanted? But why? except… Zhao Li Xin they real target. Shin Jiu rubbed her forehead worriedly, how could he not be aware of this simple plan, these people would use him to get Lory, and then they will use Lory to get Zhao Li Xin because Lory was the only person Zhao Li Xin cared about, and there were very few people who dared to provoke Zhao Li Xin blatantly like this, and they were Wei Zu Tian and Lao Min Na, judging by the strange beast that attacks them it was obvious Lao Min Na involve with this.

  After he finishes his conclusion Shin Jiu's face turns pale.

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"Lory, are you sure about this?" Ming Yue Yin pouted her lips tightly.

"Yes," Lory nodded, "We can't drag this any longer," Lory said firmly.

"But it's your wedding day, it's the most important day in a woman's life!" Ming Yue Yin still couldn't let go.

Lory smiled, she took a sip of her tea quietly then gently lowered her hand on the table "The most important day of my life was when I found Zhao Li Xin in that forest"

Ming Yue Yin blew her cheek "I know...but"

"It's just a party if I want, I can have a wedding party every year" Lory laughed "We can't forget what's more important here"

Ming Yue Yin clicked her tongue knowing Lory was right as usual, still, she felt bad for Lory, "What does scary uncle think of this?"

"He obviously didn't like it, but he relented...." Lory grinned mischievously.

"As usual?" Ming Yue Yin rolled her eyes.

"Yes," Lory chuckles lightly.

"And what did you say to Xi Ying?" Ming Yue Yin asked.

"Uhm...nothing" Lory stated that fact casually.

Ming Yue Yin widened her eyes, "You're going to make him very angry you know?!"

"She's pregnant, what do you want me to do?" Lori helplessly opens her arms.

Ming Yue Yin propped her chin and sighed "Yes, you right" 

Lory took the mooncake from the plate then asked before taking a bite, "Enough about me, how about yourself, the Xiao family if I'm not mistaken, how far did your investigation go?" then Lory casually chewed on her cake.