Chapter 216: Their Love Story
Xing followed to read the journal and Empress Shu mentioned how nervous she was to meet this grotesque beast that only knew how to kill. But when she first met him at the gate of the palace as the Priestess must as per traditions dictate, she was shocked to see that unearthly being standing in front of her.
She wrote, ’He was not at all like I imagined. I froze in my place forgetting who I was for a moment seeing the face of a god. His obsidian coloured hair that flew like silk threads in the wind made him look like a fairy descending from the heaven and that crimson robes he was wearing added his allure. His burning eyes that shone like the sun showed the power he held and yet it felt like it hid a deep sorrow within. His silky smooth skin was not tanned and rugged as that of a warrior but was pale and even better than mine and his face was that of a well bred gentleman, not that of a beast. His voice was authoritative as the god he was and his posture that of a warrior who knew no fear. And... He hates me! His eyes are going to burn me..But how beautiful are they...! ’
"Oh, come on lady!", Xing shouted suddenly waking up the Emperor who was half asleep on the couch in surprise. But seeing her still reading, he went back to sleep.
Can’t she just read like a normal human being?
"How could you fall for a man you hated your whole life at first sight?" Xing was furious, "I had hopes for you! You value beauty that much?", Thought the one who told her lover she fell for him because he was a handsome Prince.
Upon further reading Xing learnt that was not when Empress Shu fell in love with him. She was just admiring beauty!
Good girl!
But few days passed without her meeting the Tianshi Emperor more like she was hiding from him and that morning Empress Shu was in the temple doing the alter arrangement as usual when that domineering footsteps were heard. She had really changed the hearts of the officials against the war. He should be furious!
Although her heart was beating in her throat, Empress Shu put on a brave face and greeted the Emperor when his cold voice echoed inside the temple, " Do you think the Gods will stop me if I do something to you ’the Priestess who hears the voice of gods’ , right in this temple... ? Should we try... ? You think your little stunts will do anything to me? "
Whoa! Scarlet Tiger... What a jerk you are? So unbecoming of my hero! Do not do anything... No... No...! Not my hero...