A Natural Womb Gives Birth to a Golden Tiger, Shocking the Entire Clan - Chapter 1
The Imperial Advisor predicted that the Lin family possessed a natural womb.
At the Tiger Clan’s selection ceremony for imperial consorts, Xing Tianye resolutely chose me to be the First Imperial Prince Consort.
However, three years into our marriage, I still hadn’t conceived.
I urged Xing Tianye to consider taking more concubines.
Yet, Xing Tianye embraced me, gently saying, “Qiuran, you saved my life. I swore an oath that until you bear me a white tiger, I will never favor any other woman.”
This remained true until my younger sister, who married the Second Imperial Prince, gave birth to a white tiger—a sight unseen for a hundred years.
On the day the Tiger King named the Second Imperial Prince as Crown Prince, Xing Tianye, his eyes bloodshot, slowly sliced me to death, piece by piece.
His eyes were filled with a frenzied hatred.
“I should have been the Crown Prince! The natural womb rightfully belonged to me! Only I can give birth to the strongest descendants!”
“You useless piece of *, if you hadn’t been unable to bear a white tiger, how could I have lost out on the throne!”
“Lin Qiuran, you deserve to *!”
After dying a tragic and resentful death, I returned to the day of the consort selection.
Watching Xing Tianye eagerly take my sister’s hands, I smiled.
He didn’t know that the one who couldn’t conceive had always been him.
Xing Tianye lunged at me like a madman, his bloodshot eyes filled with disdain.
“It’s all because of you, you useless *, if you hadn’t been barren, my position as Crown Prince wouldn’t have been abolished! The natural womb should belong to the strongest beastkin! Only I can birth the most powerful descendants!”
He slashed at my flesh again and again.
I died in despair amidst the pain of being sliced to death.
I thought my life would end like this, but when I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the Tiger Clan’s consort selection.
“I choose Lin Miaomiao!” Xing Tianye violently flung my hand away and rushed directly towards Lin Miaomiao, who was standing beside me, head bowed and looking timid.
I was violently knocked to the ground by the force. Looking at Xing Tianye’s gaze as he held Lin Miaomiao’s hands as if they were precious treasures, I suddenly understood.
Xing Tianye, he had also been reborn.
I instantly clenched my fists.
The Tiger Clan was the ruler of this continent; their powerful strength allowed the tiger beastkin to dominate the land.
But as time passed, the most powerful lineage of tiger overlords—the Golden Tiger line—became extinct and vanished.
Even the White Tiger lineage, second only to the Golden Tiger in strength, hadn’t been born for centuries.
Now, over half of the Tiger Clan consisted of the lowest-ranking Black Tigers.
Within the Tiger Clan, the purer the fur color, the stronger the beastkin.
Even the current Tiger King could only barely be called a “mixed white tiger.”
The First Imperial Prince, due to his nearly 80% pure white fur, had been favored by the Tiger King since childhood.
When my sister Lin Miaomiao and I were born, the Imperial Advisor saw through the heavenly secrets and calculated that the Lin manor would give birth to a natural womb, destined to conceive a white tiger, or even a stronger Tiger Clan beastkin.
Thus, upon coming of age, my sister and I both participated in the Tiger Clan’s imperial consort selection.
My mother was a Tiger Clan noble, but Lin Miaomiao’s mother was a courtesan.
Furthermore, I had been more beautiful than Lin Miaomiao since childhood, so the First Imperial Prince Xing Tianye intentionally approached me.
He pretended to be injured and claimed I saved his life. At the consort selection ceremony, he directly chose me to be his imperial consort.
He was confident that he would definitely give birth to a white tiger, but three years into our marriage, my belly remained silent.
I urged Xing Tianye to consider taking more concubines.
Yet, Xing Tianye embraced me, gently saying, “Qiuran, you saved my life. I swore an oath that until you bear me a white tiger, I will never favor any other woman.”
But then, Lin Miaomiao suddenly gave birth to a white tiger—a sight unseen for a hundred years—and declared herself to be the natural womb.
Xing Tianye was enraged and humiliated, convinced that I had deceived him.
For this, he cruelly and ruthlessly killed me.
The pain of being sliced to death in my previous life assailed me, making my entire body stiff.
A hand gently helped me up.
I looked back and saw it was the Second Imperial Prince, Xing Shiyun.
Xing Tianye’s face darkened when he saw my hand clasped with Xing Shiyun’s.
He sneered, “It seems Brother Second is smitten with Lin Qiuran at first sight. That’s good, we don’t have to fight over her.”
The Tiger King, seated at the head, frowned, “Tianye, are you truly choosing Miss Lin Second?”
After all, to outsiders, the possibility of me being the natural womb was much higher than Lin Miaomiao.
But with his experience from the previous life, how could Xing Tianye stand by and watch his “treasure” slip away again?
He gripped Lin Miaomiao’s hand and said firmly, “Father King, your son has chosen Miaomiao. Even if she isn’t the natural womb, your son accepts it.”
Hearing Xing Tianye say this, the Tiger King could only sigh helplessly.
“Once bonded, it cannot be changed, Tianye, have you thought it through clearly?”
“In this life, I, Xing Tianye, will marry no one but Lin Miaomiao!”
After the consort selection ended, Xing Tianye cautiously helped Lin Miaomiao leave.
As they passed me, Lin Miaomiao shot me a triumphant and provocative look.
After all, she had been overshadowed by me since childhood, but at the consort selection ceremony, she had thoroughly upstaged me.
The First Imperial Prince was undoubtedly the future Crown Prince, incomparable to the Second Imperial Prince.
She had become the First Imperial Prince Consort, which meant Crown Prince Consort, and furthermore, the future Tiger Queen.
From now on, she would be the most noble woman in the Tiger Clan.
How could she not be triumphant?
As they passed by, Xing Tianye suddenly stopped, turned to look at Xing Shiyun and me, and sneered.
“Brother Second, I wish you and your consort an early birth of noble descendants.”
His eyes were filled with malice, convinced that Xing Shiyun, by marrying me, was destined to be without heirs in this life.
I also smiled faintly, “Thank you, First Imperial Prince. I also wish you and my sister abundant descendants.”
“Heh, of course. In this life, Miaomiao and I will definitely have many powerful children!”
The two of them walked away triumphantly.
I watched their retreating figures, a sarcastic smile on my face.
After I hadn’t conceived for a long time, I had also advised him to take concubines. When he flatly refused, I was deeply moved.
So I went for a check-up. I never expected that the one who couldn’t conceive had never been me, but Xing Tianye.
In my previous life, for the sake of his reputation, and to help him ascend to the position of Tiger Clan Crown Prince, I had kept this secret deeply buried.
Even when outsiders mocked me for being barren, and the Tiger King was displeased with me because of it, I endured it all.
But my endurance was met with Xing Tianye’s disdain and loathing.
He resented me for deceiving him with the natural womb, and he resented me for making him heirless.
Since that was the case, I wanted to see what kind of thing he could produce without me in this life.
After the grand ceremony, I was sent to the Second Imperial Prince’s palace.
On the wedding night, the groom transforms back into his beast form to showcase his strength to the bride; this is a tradition of the Tiger Clan.
The Second Imperial Prince, Xing Shiyun, awkwardly said to me, “My fur is mottled, I hope you won’t mind, Consort.”
Then he transformed into a tiger with a black base, yellow stripes, and some interspersed white fur.
Black, yellow, and white were irregularly mixed all over his body, making him look not only not imposing, but rather unattractive.
I secretly thought to myself, no wonder the Tiger King had always been somewhat disdainful of the Second Imperial Prince, and the Second Imperial Prince had been unloved since childhood.
Looking at that white fur, it probably didn’t even have 20% purity.
However, the Second Imperial Prince’s beast form was only a bit ugly. He was still certainly better than Xing Tianye, that impotent useless *.
“Consort, you’re not despising me, are you?”
Looking up, I saw the huge tiger in front of me staring at me with wide, watery eyes, looking somewhat aggrieved.
I quickly reached out and stroked his head, “How could I? We are husband and wife; of course, I wouldn’t despise you.”
The giant tiger pounced on me, rubbing his head against my body.
I pushed him, “Stop messing around, go take a bath.”
As soon as Xing Shiyun left, I immediately dropped the expression on my face.
I brought my hand to my nose and lightly sniffed; there was a faint, sulfur-like medicinal smell.
It was a forbidden drug used to change beastkin fur.
How could the Second Imperial Prince have this kind of medicine on him?
In a flash of lightning, I suddenly understood. No wonder Lin Miaomiao, who wasn’t a natural womb, could give birth to a white tiger in the previous life.
That white tiger was completely fabricated using forbidden drugs!
This medicine had been lost for centuries and was impossible to find among common folk.
The only possibility was that Xing Shiyun had given it to her.
It seemed Xing Shiyun was not as harmless as he appeared on the surface.
In this life, I decided to overthrow Xing Tianye, and Xing Shiyun was in the same boat as me.
When Xing Shiyun came out after his bath, I directly asked, “Did you use forbidden drugs on yourself?”
Xing Shiyun froze, his previously gentle and harmless eyes instantly becoming sharp.
I quickly spoke first, “I said before, now that we are bonded, we are one. You used forbidden drugs to appear weak in front of Xing Tianye, to lower his guard, didn’t you?”
“Perfect. I also can’t stand Xing Tianye’s arrogant and overbearing manner. Why don’t we join forces and overthrow him together?”
Xing Shiyun stared at me for a while, then reverted to his harmless appearance.
“Alright, whatever the Consort says.”
At the dinner table, I dry heaved a few times, and Lin Miaomiao, across from me, immediately became wary.
“Sister, you’re not pregnant, are you?”
Before I could reply, Xing Tianye immediately retorted, “How could she be? She can’t get pregnant.”
Seeing the Tiger King at the head frowning and glaring at him, he reluctantly explained, “I just think Miaomiao is the true natural womb. If anyone’s going to get pregnant, it’ll definitely be Miaomiao with my child first. Brother Second, heh, it’ll be a long time for him.”
I didn’t offer much explanation.
After dinner, I had someone spread a rumor: whoever conceived first would be the true natural womb.
Sure enough, within a few days, news came from Lin Miaomiao’s side that she was pregnant.
Because the Tiger Clan was powerful, offspring were generally difficult to conceive.
Now, less than ten days after their marriage, Lin Miaomiao was pregnant.
As soon as this news spread, all the clan members believed she was the legendary natural womb.
And Xing Tianye, who hadn’t had a single descendant in his previous life until his death, was so excited he almost wept.
When Xing Shiyun and I went to visit Lin Miaomiao, Xing Tianye was holding Lin Miaomiao, cautiously stroking her belly.
“My child, I finally have a child.” His eyes shimmered with light, a powerful ambition to seize power.
I stared at Lin Miaomiao’s belly, watching Xing Tianye’s treasured expression, and almost burst out laughing.
At this point, Lin Miaomiao still didn’t know that Xing Tianye was infertile, nor did she have the courage to have an affair.
Her so-called pregnancy was probably a complete fabrication.
Xing Tianye saw me staring intently at Lin Miaomiao’s belly, suspected I had bad intentions, and immediately shielded Lin Miaomiao behind him.
“Lin Qiuran, I warn you not to harm Miaomiao!”
I just smiled and said, “Miaomiao is my sister, why would I harm her? I’m just thinking, since the Imperial Advisor predicted that my Lin family has a natural womb, we’ll know if she’s truly the natural womb if Miaomiao gives birth to a white tiger this time, won’t we?”
Lin Miaomiao’s eyes flickered, “Since the Imperial Advisor predicted I am the natural womb, I’m sure he’s not mistaken. This child will definitely be a white tiger.”
Xing Tianye was full of vigor and declared arrogantly, “Yes, this child will definitely be a white tiger!”
Lin Miaomiao didn’t dare to elaborate, quickly changing the subject, “Enough about me, Sister. You and the Second Imperial Prince have been married for a month now; why is there no sign in your belly?”
“How can I compare to your natural womb, Sister, to conceive so quickly?”
Complimented like this, Lin Miaomiao’s expression became even more triumphant.
Initially, the Tiger King was somewhat displeased with Lin Miaomiao’s background, but now, seeing her growing belly, that displeasure vanished into thin air.
All sorts of precious treasures flowed into Lin Miaomiao’s palace.
At first, Lin Miaomiao was a bit timid, but as the deception continued, she became more confident and increasingly arrogant and overbearing towards me.
Soon, the day of labor arrived.
I had already taken action and confiscated the newborn beastkin she had secretly bought from outside the palace.
No matter how much she cried and screamed hoarsely in the birthing room all night, the child wouldn’t come out.
Xing Tianye paced anxiously outside.
The Tiger King had also been waiting outside the birthing room for a long time, as this was very likely the first white tiger born in centuries.
“Giving birth is like passing through the gates of hell for a woman. My sister won’t have fainted from exhaustion and excessive blood loss, will she? Why don’t we go in and check?”
Upon hearing this, Xing Tianye immediately kicked the door open violently.
Entering the room, he saw blood everywhere.
Lin Miaomiao lay on the bed, her face covered in tears, and said to Xing Tianye, “Husband, I’m sorry, I lost too much blood, the child couldn’t be saved.”
The child he had longed for day and night, hoping for so long, was gone just like that.
Upon hearing this devastating news, Xing Tianye’s eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
I heard some clan members whispering.
“To miscarry so close to delivery, perhaps the First Imperial Prince Consort isn’t a natural womb at all. Even ordinary women don’t miscarry that easily.”
“Yeah, it’s really bizarre. How could a perfectly fine child just disappear?”
“Beastkin cubs are usually very strong; how could she miscarry? Such an easy miscarriage suggests that the First Imperial Prince Consort’s baby was too weak in this pregnancy.”
Hearing these discussions, the Tiger King frowned deeply, his face filled with irritation.
Thinking of his hopes in recent days, he felt he had been played by Xing Tianye and Lin Miaomiao.
He didn’t even bother with the unconscious Xing Tianye, merely flicking his sleeve and walking away.
Because of the miscarriage before delivery, Lin Miaomiao’s identity as a natural womb was severely questioned by the beastkin.
Even if Xing Tianye believed her, he couldn’t help but feel some resentment.
So Lin Miaomiao was temporarily confined under the guise of recuperation.
Although the bond couldn’t be broken, this didn’t prevent Xing Tianye from favoring other women.
While Lin Miaomiao was going crazy in her confinement, I also took the opportunity to announce my pregnancy.
Lin Miaomiao’s and my treatment immediately reversed.
All delicacies and precious artifacts were sent to my palace. Even for cold drinks in summer, I got to choose first, and the leftovers were sent to the First Imperial Prince’s side.
The Tiger King spoke softly to me, and even showed a bit more of a smile towards the Second Imperial Prince.
Other clan members, seeing this, began to discuss whether the statuses of the First Imperial Prince and Second Imperial Prince were about to change.
As I was strolling in the garden, I encountered Xing Tianye angrily approaching to question me.
“Lin Qiuran, how could you be pregnant? In the last life, you used the identity of the natural womb to deceive me, and in this life, you’re using a fake pregnancy to deceive Xing Shiyun. You truly are deeply manipulative!”
“First Imperial Prince, what nonsense are you talking about? I don’t understand. Although your child is gone, there’s no need to maliciously speculate about my and the Second Imperial Prince’s child, is there?”
Xing Tianye sneered, “Still stubborn? You won’t give in until I expose your fake belly, will you?”
He reached out and touched my belly.
The child in my belly seemed to sense me being bullied and suddenly kicked.
Xing Tianye felt the distinct fetal movement and froze completely.
Suddenly, Xing Shiyun walked up from behind and kicked him over.
“Brother, I don’t need to explain my and the Consort’s affairs to you, do I? You’d better stay away from your consort; if Father King finds out, he might be displeased.”
Xing Tianye was kicked over but didn’t bother to get angry. He just stared at me blankly, murmuring, “How can you be pregnant? Aren’t you infertile? You shouldn’t be pregnant…”
I kindly reminded him, “My body is perfectly fine, of course I can get pregnant.”
Xing Tianye stared at me blankly for a long time, then suddenly his eyes filled with hatred.
“So, in the previous life, you deliberately didn’t want to get pregnant with my child, is that it?”
I rolled my eyes, pulled Xing Shiyun, and left.
That same evening, Lin Miaomiao was unconfined.
However, no matter how hard they tried, Lin Miaomiao couldn’t conceive.
Over the years, Xing Shiyun had placed many informants around Xing Tianye.
I merely had someone casually mention to Lin Miaomiao, hinting that Xing Tianye was infertile.
And I subtly revealed that while Lin Miaomiao was confined, Xing Tianye had been frequenting courtesans.
A few days later, the informant reported back that Lin Miaomiao had secretly met with another Tiger Clan beastkin.
I marveled.
My sister truly had the guts to cheat on Xing Tianye.
Not long after, Lin Miaomiao became pregnant again.
When Xing Tianye brought Lin Miaomiao to my palace, his tone was openly triumphant, and his gaze at my belly was utterly malicious.
“So what if you’re pregnant? You’re destined to only give birth to a useless *, maybe not even a mixed white tiger. Miaomiao is the natural womb; only she is worthy to bear my children!”
I merely looked at him with pity. How pathetic, to be cheated on and yet display his “hat” everywhere.
Xing Tianye didn’t understand my pity, only thinking I was provoking him, and became even more furious.
To prove herself as the natural womb, Lin Miaomiao, who became pregnant nearly a month later than me, took many medicines and managed to give birth before me.
This time, the Tiger King, fearing another disappointment, didn’t wait early in front of the birthing room.
He sat in his palace when a subordinate suddenly reported.
“Congratulations, Great King! The First Imperial Prince Consort has given birth to a white tiger, a rare sight in a hundred years!”
“What?” The Tiger King stood up in shock, rushing towards the door.
Seeing the pure white tiger cub held in Xing Tianye’s arms, the Tiger King was so emotional that old tears streamed down his face.
“A white tiger… Heaven bless our Tiger Clan, a white tiger has finally been born!”
He looked at the frail Lin Miaomiao and said gently, “Miaomiao, you are truly a great contributor to our Tiger Clan. Haha, truly a natural womb, well-deserved! Tianye, from today onwards, you are the Crown Prince of our Tiger Clan.”
Light instantly blazed in Xing Tianye’s eyes.
He extremely restrained the surging ambition in his eyes, and affectionately kissed Lin Miaomiao’s forehead, “Miaomiao, you’ve worked hard.”
Lin Miaomiao smiled gently, “Bearing children for my husband is not hard at all.”
Seeming to notice me staring at them, Xing Tianye deliberately leaned into Lin Miaomiao’s ear and spoke ambiguously.
“We’ll have more children in the future. Since you are the natural womb, you should naturally bear more powerful white tigers for our Tiger Clan.”
Lin Miaomiao lowered her head, feeling a bit guilty.
My gaze swept over the newborn white tiger.
The forbidden drug was indeed powerful, applied to the beastkin, it completely concealed its original black base and yellow stripes.
But Lin Miaomiao was truly ruthless. The forbidden drug’s effects were strong, and its side effects were equally severe.
Even many adult beastkin couldn’t withstand the backlash from the forbidden drug.
Not to mention a mere child.
This newborn beastkin was her own child, after all, yet she completely disregarded whether the forbidden drug would completely ruin the child.
I smiled and stepped forward, “Sister, congratulations.”
Upon seeing me, the initial guilt slowly faded from Lin Miaomiao’s face.
She couldn’t help but reveal an arrogant expression, lifting her chin towards me.
“Sister, oh, no, it should be Second Imperial Prince Consort. You should address me as Crown Prince Consort. If you call me by the wrong title, outsiders will think our Lin family doesn’t understand etiquette.”
“Alright, greetings, Crown Prince Consort.”
Now, Xing Tianye and Lin Miaomiao were merely like grasshoppers in autumn, nothing to fear.
It was just a title; let her be proud for a while.
The higher one is lifted, the harder one falls.
“Father King, your daughter-in-law also wishes to hold the white tiger and share in the good fortune.”
Father King generously handed the child to me.
“No!” Lin Miaomiao subconsciously cried out.
But Xing Tianye was quicker, taking the child from the Tiger King’s hands and placing it in my arms.
“She’s destined not to bear a white tiger in this life; it doesn’t matter if she sees it.”
Xing Tianye stared straight at me.
His eyes held a mix of showing off and triumph. His gaze then shifted to my belly, and those eyes became hazy and resentful.
I ignored him, merely holding the white tiger cub and playing with it.
Poor child, born into deceit, destined to be nothing but a pawn.
Lin Miaomiao was afraid I would notice something amiss, so she nervously stared at me, awkwardly taking the child back from the Tiger King.
“The child needs to drink milk, Sister, please give him back to me first.”
After Lin Miaomiao carried the white tiger cub back inside, I rubbed my nose and said confusedly, “Why is there a smell of sulfur?”
“Sulfur?” The Tiger King was in a good mood and asked with a smile.
He took a deep breath and sniffed; his expression suddenly changed drastically.
“Father King, what’s wrong?” Xing Tianye was still immersed in joy and hadn’t reacted.
The Tiger King merely gave him a deep look, turned, and left.
The next day, Xing Shiyun woke me from my bed. “Aren’t you going to watch the good show? If you’re late, it’ll be over.”
I quickly got dressed and followed him to Xing Tianye’s sleeping quarters.
Tiger Clan guards surrounded Xing Tianye’s palace, and the Tiger King stood at the main entrance with a somber face.
“Father King, what exactly happened? Miaomiao just gave birth; be careful not to scare her.”
Lin Miaomiao stood trembling beside them, reaching out to hug the white tiger cub, but was directly stopped by a guard.
“Tiger King, forbidden drugs were found in the Crown Prince’s palace.”
Looking at the forbidden drugs presented by the guard, the Tiger King closed his eyes.
“Have the imperial physician examine the tiger cub to see if drugs were used on it.”
The imperial physician used rice wine to wipe the cub, and the white color on the white tiger cub indeed slowly disappeared, revealing the black base and yellow stripes underneath.
Looking at the cub whose true appearance was revealed, Xing Tianye felt his world spinning.
Wasn’t his child a white tiger? How could it be the lowest-ranking black tiger?
“Rebellious son! What more do you have to say?” The Tiger King was completely enraged.
A slap was fiercely delivered to Xing Tianye’s face. Xing Tianye turned to see the furious Tiger King and knelt on the ground with a thud.
“Father King, your son truly didn’t know. Isn’t my son a white tiger? How could he be an ordinary beastkin?”
Seeing Xing Tianye’s face full of disbelief, the Tiger King confirmed that he was indeed unaware.
He instantly turned around and fiercely grabbed Lin Miaomiao’s neck. “How dare you deceive me with forbidden drugs? Are you tired of living?”
Lin Miaomiao’s cheeks were flushed with blood; her desperate struggles were futile.
“No!” Xing Tianye subconsciously rushed forward and embraced the Tiger King’s leg.
“Father King, Lin Miaomiao gave birth to her second child so quickly; she must be the natural womb. Please spare her life for the sake of her being the natural womb. Even if we didn’t give birth to a white tiger this time, we definitely can next time!”
Hearing the words “natural womb,” the Tiger King hesitated for a moment.
After all, only Lin Miaomiao and I were the two women from the Lin family who fit the prophecy.
And it was currently uncertain whether I was the natural womb, so rashly executing Lin Miaomiao carried too great a risk.
Seeing the Tiger King soften, I stepped forward at the opportune moment to fan the flames.
“Strange, the First Imperial Prince is nearly 80% mixed white tiger, yet the cub he gave birth to is a pure black tiger.”
Xing Tianye, who was holding the Tiger King’s leg and begging for mercy, immediately shifted his gaze to the tiger cub.
Previously, he had been too shocked by the white tiger’s “discoloration” to examine it closely.
Now, looking closely, the tiger cub indeed had no trace of white whatsoever.
Even if the bloodline were diluted, he couldn’t possibly give birth to a pure black tiger.
His mind buzzed, and an unbelievable, yet highly probable, truth emerged in his thoughts.
“You *, how dare you betray me?!”
Extreme rage caused Xing Tianye to suddenly erupt, directly snatching Lin Miaomiao from the Tiger King’s grasp.
He savagely slapped Lin Miaomiao’s face.
“Was I not good enough to you, you *, why did you have to be so cheap and secretly * with the lowest-ranking black tiger? I’ll kill you!”
Consorting with an outsider and adulterating the imperial bloodline was a grave crime punishable by death.
Not only would the Tiger King not spare her, but even Xing Tianye, who had previously pleaded for her, now wished to kill her with his own hands.
Seeing the genuine killing intent in Xing Tianye’s eyes, Lin Miaomiao’s legs trembled with fear.
She knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
“It’s not my fault, it’s not my fault! You kept forcing me to give birth to a white tiger, you forced me!”
Xing Tianye laughed in extreme anger, “I forced you? Did I force you to commit adultery? Wasn’t it also you who wanted to give birth to a white tiger to prove you were the natural womb and to overshadow Lin Qiuran?”
“No! No!”
Lin Miaomiao shook her head frantically, screaming, “It’s because you have no fertility! You’re a useless man, how could I get pregnant? You kept forcing me, so I had to find other Tiger Clan beastkin. This isn’t my fault!”
Lin Miaomiao’s words were like a clap of thunder, resounding through the entire hall.
The room instantly became silent.
Only Xing Tianye cursed furiously, “You *, how can I have no fertility?!”
“Not only did you commit adultery, but you also tried to push the blame onto me. I must have been blind to choose a cheap, promiscuous *, like you!”
Lin Miaomiao suddenly lunged at the dazed Tiger King’s feet, “Tiger King, if you don’t believe me, have the imperial physician examine the Crown Prince to see if he truly can’t perform.”
“Please spare me, if the Crown Prince hadn’t kept forcing me to give birth to a white tiger, I would never have done such a thing.”
The Tiger King waved his hand, and the imperial physician, with a heavy heart, had no choice but to examine Xing Tianye.
After examining him for a long time, he didn’t dare to utter a single word.
Under the Tiger King’s interrogation, the imperial physician finally wiped cold sweat and stammered, “The Crown Prince seems… seems indeed to have infertility.”
This news was a greater blow than the tiger cub not being a white tiger.
Xing Tianye, who had been violently beating Lin Miaomiao moments before, suddenly deflated completely.
He slumped onto the ground.
“Impossible… How can I have infertility?…”
Seeing Xing Tianye’s diagnosis confirmed, Lin Miaomiao, believing herself saved, continued to beg for mercy relentlessly.
“Tiger King, this truly isn’t my fault, please spare me, I won’t dare again. Even if the Crown Prince is infertile, I will still dutifully be the Crown Prince Consort in the future, and I would never dare—”
Before she could finish her loyal words, a sharp pain shot through her abdomen.
Slowly looking down, she saw a knife piercing through her entire belly.
“You *, hahaha, you think you can still live?” Xing Tianye’s face was covered in blood, he laughed wildly, then violently kicked Lin Miaomiao.
“You *, why didn’t you die earlier! I’m not sick, it’s your problem, you’re the one who’s barren, yes, it must be you who framed me!”
Lin Miaomiao lay on the ground, covered in blood, her eyes open as she lost her breath.
Unwillingness, regret, pain—all clearly intertwined in her eyes.
Xing Tianye, madly cursing and laughing at Lin Miaomiao’s corpse, suddenly looked up and met my sarcastic gaze. His whole body shuddered, and he suddenly snapped out of his frenzied state.
“Qiuran…” He walked towards me step by step, looking at me with humility and agitation.
“Qiuran, tell them, was I fine in the last life? I can’t be sick.”
I looked at him with pity and mockery, and said softly, “No, you’ve always been sick. Xing Tianye, in the last life, the one who couldn’t conceive was always you.”
These words were like a sharp sword, completely shattering Xing Tianye’s psychological defenses.
He shrieked, then laughed maniacally.
“You must have been enjoying my misfortune all these days, weren’t you?! Hahaha, and I even brought Lin Miaomiao to show off in front of you. You must have been laughing to death inside.”
Then, all his furious anger shifted to me.
“Why? You knew about this long ago, why didn’t you tell me? Why did you watch me being toyed with by Lin Miaomiao like this? You did it on purpose, didn’t you?”
I looked at him expressionlessly, “Someone like you truly doesn’t deserve sympathy. In the last life, for your reputation, I willingly bore the stigma of infertility my entire life. But you showed no gratitude whatsoever, instead blaming me for delaying you, and finally mercilessly killing me.”
“I even dared to hope that you would feel sorry for what you did to me in the last life after knowing the truth. Indeed, I thought too kindly of you; you’re fundamentally a selfish *, a beast.”
Xing Tianye, however, just stared fiercely at my belly, his eyes filled with insane obsession, as if he wanted to brutally cut open my belly.
“You conceived a child as soon as you left me; I should have realized this sooner. So you deliberately chose that useless Xing Shiyun in this life, is that it? You also despise me, how can you despise me!”
“You can only bear my children! I have no children, so this ** in your belly must die too!”
He suddenly lunged forward, intending to use the bloodstained knife to cut open my belly.
Xing Shiyun shielded me behind him, and with a flying kick, sent Xing Tianye sprawling to the ground.
The Tiger King trembled with rage. “Seize this *”!
The surrounding beastkin swarmed over, pressing Xing Tianye firmly to the ground.
Xing Tianye lay on the ground, still screaming maniacally, “You *, all of you are *, hahaha, you think just because you’re pregnant in this life, you can give birth to a white tiger? Dream on!”
“Xing Shiyun is a useless *, you won’t even be able to give birth to the lowest-ranking black tiger!”
The Tiger King finally couldn’t hold back, releasing his immense aura, suppressing Xing Tianye until he trembled and spat blood.
“Rebellious scoundrel! You can’t even have children yourself, yet you maliciously curse your own brother like this. How could I have appointed a fool like you as Crown Prince?”
“From today onwards, your position as Crown Prince is abolished!”
The resentment in Xing Tianye’s eyes grew deeper, and he cursed without thinking, “Father King, you’re abolishing me, are you planning to appoint that useless Xing Shiyun as Crown Prince? Their child will probably be born stillborn.”
“Ah!” Amidst Xing Tianye’s malicious curses, my body suddenly spasmed with pain; I was going into labor.
“Hahahaha! See, it’s a stillbirth—”
In his frenzied screams, a golden light suddenly tore through the sky.
“Roar!”
A tender yet majestic tiger’s roar burst from the newborn beastkin’s mouth. All the beastkin in the hall, even the Tiger King, couldn’t help but fall to their knees.
Xing Tianye on the ground was suppressed by this aura and coughed up blood.
Catching sight of the golden light, the Imperial Advisor, who had been in seclusion, transformed into his beast form and rushed to the scene.
Seeing the shimmering golden tiger cub in my arms, he trembled, his face filled with fervent ecstasy.
“A Golden Tiger… it’s the Golden Tiger bloodline that vanished for a thousand years…”
The other beastkin, who were still somewhat unclear about the situation, erupted in exclamations upon hearing the Imperial Advisor’s words.
“It’s actually a Golden Tiger! Oh my heavens, in my lifetime, I am actually fortunate enough to witness the Golden Tiger’s descent!”
“This is truly Heaven blessing the Tiger Clan! Heaven blessing the beastkin!”
“The Second Imperial Prince Consort must be the natural womb!”
Everyone stared at the golden tiger cub with devout and fervent gazes.
The golden tiger cub merely shook its tiger-like head and burrowed into my arms, whimpering.
“No!” A mournful cry rang out.
Xing Tianye struggled to lift his head, his eyes fixed on the golden tiger cub.
“Xing Shiyun is a useless * who doesn’t even have 20% purity; how can he give birth to a Golden Tiger? This Golden Tiger definitely isn’t his child; it should be my child! Only I, Xing Tianye, can give birth to the strongest Golden Tiger!”
Hearing someone slander his own father, the golden tiger cub glared, and Xing Tianye immediately coughed up blood and fell back to the ground.
Xing Shiyun suddenly knelt on the ground.
“Father King, actually, I’ve also been using forbidden drugs all these years.”
Xing Shiyun’s words astonished the Tiger King.
Xing Shiyun transformed back into his beast form, and a mottled, mixed-furred beastkin appeared.
I took the rice wine from the imperial physician’s hand and slowly wiped Xing Shiyun’s fur.
The black and yellow colors gradually faded, and finally, what appeared before everyone was indeed a snow-white tiger with not a single trace of mixed fur.
“This… this…” The Tiger King was completely speechless.
The successive pleasant surprises had already elevated the Tiger King’s emotions to their peak.
The Imperial Advisor remained relatively calm and asked, “Second Imperial Prince, do you know that our Tiger Clan has not seen a pure white tiger for centuries? Since you are a pure white tiger, you would naturally enjoy our clan’s reverence. Why did you instead use forbidden drugs to conceal yourself?”
Xing Shiyun transformed back into human form, his face pale, and replied, “My mother’s status was humble; she dared not contend with the Tiger Queen.”
Everyone’s faces showed understanding.
The Tiger Queen, the First Imperial Prince’s mother, was born into the most powerful noble family in the Tiger Clan, apart from the imperial family.
Her personality was extremely overbearing; the other women in the Tiger King’s harem were suppressed by her to the point of being unable to breathe.
For so many years, all other pregnant women miscarried.
If the Second Imperial Prince’s mother hadn’t been of humble, inconspicuous status, perhaps the Second Imperial Prince would not have survived either.
No wonder the Second Imperial Prince’s mother was so timid, taking every possible measure to conceal traces of the white tiger with forbidden drugs.
Even after the Second Imperial Prince grew up, he had to cautiously conceal his white tiger identity.
The Tiger King’s face was filled with pity.
This was a white tiger that hadn’t appeared in a hundred years! Heaven allowing him to give birth to a white tiger was surely an affirmation of him.
Such a precious white tiger had been hidden away in the deep palace, even being neglected and discriminated against everywhere.
“Good child, in the past, Father King neglected you. From today onwards, you can openly resume your true form. Not only that, from today onwards, you will handle clan affairs together with Father King.”
The Tiger King laughed heartily, looking up at the sky, “As for our Tiger Clan’s Supreme One, the Golden Tiger, he shall be established as the next Crown Prince!”
“Qiuran, bearing the natural womb, is a treasure bestowed upon our Tiger Clan by heaven. She shall be conferred as the Saintess of the Tiger Clan and, like the Imperial Advisor, shall enjoy the reverence of the entire clan.”
The Golden Tiger’s descent brought joy to everyone, except for the deranged Xing Tianye on the ground.
He kept mumbling, “I want to go back to the previous life, I want to start over. The natural womb belongs to me, and the Golden Tiger also belongs to me. Qiuran, you should have given birth to my child.”
The Tiger King looked at him with utter disgust.
“Xing Tianye has gone mad. Strip him of his imperial status. From today onwards, he shall be confined in the dungeon, and not allowed to take a single step out!”
When I visited Xing Tianye again, he was sitting on the ground, crying and laughing.
Seeing me, his clouded eyes suddenly lit up, “Qiuran, you’ve come to take me back, haven’t you? Let’s go back together, back to the previous life. It doesn’t matter if we can’t have children; we don’t need children, just the two of us.”
“I regret it. I shouldn’t have killed you. Please, take me back.”
I touched my swollen belly and couldn’t help but sneer, “In the previous life, you thought I was infertile and directly killed me.”
“Now that you know you’re the one who’s infertile, it doesn’t matter if we have children, does it?”
“If I have a loving husband and beloved children, why would I go back with a useless * like you?”
“In this life, live like a bug in this dark, sunless dungeon!”
Ignoring Xing Tianye’s hoarse cries behind me, I resolutely turned and left.
A few rays of light emerged from the dungeon entrance. I stepped into the light, and towards my bright future.
(End of text)
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