Chapter Twenty-one 

When Nan Gong Jing accidently held Ying Zetian pulse while carrying him up, his eyes widen. Ying Zetian is really a female! No wonder Nan Gong Jing earlier in the day had smell the subtle smell of snake mint flower, an important component in the making of medicine that will change a female body features to that of a male.

Nan Gong Jing released the tie on Ying Zetian's silky long hair and mess it up to make it seems that they were in the middle of heating up the bed. Nan Gong Jing spray some perfume in the air to cover the bloody smell in the room. And at this moment, the law officials kick their way into the room.

Nan Gong Jing angle his body to cover Ying Zetian and yelled at the law officials.

"didn't you see I am in the middle of something? Who are you to disturb me?"

The law officials through the light reflected from their touches and candles in the room recognize the mask that belonged to the empire's teacher, Nan Gong Jing. The law officials knew that even the four gentry families also do not dare to go against Nan Gong Jing, so they apologize profusely while stumbling out of the room in fear.

Nan Gong Jing turned towards Ying Zetian and his heart clenched in pain suddenly. Nan Gong Jing was curious about Ying Zetian not only because he had read a dragon and phoniex future in this student. One more reason is because around Ying Zetian, Nan Gong Jing will infrequently feel pain clenching his heart. This pain make Nan Gong Jing feel as if a treasure is in his hands, but he forever will be destinated not to own this treasure.

The pain almost makes him thought that he Nan Gong Jing is in love with a male and his students of all things. Nan Gong Jing smile and pinch Ying Zetian face and said smart girl. Snake mint flower is a rare flower that only grew in the mountains of You Ye, his homeland and quite hard to harvest. Out of curiosity, it was only recently Nan Gong Jing had successfully in one of his experiments use snake mint flower to make a more advanced medicine.

And this advanced medicine will fare better in letting a female dress up as a male without anyone knowing. Nan Gong Jing wanted to experiment in such medicine as You Ye also have strict control on it's females and he wanted to give such medicine to his younger sister. The pain in his heart let Nan Gong Jing realized the importance of living in the moment and he thus decide to chase after Ying Zetian. After all, now that he knew Ying Zetian really is a female, there will be nothing stopping him Nan Gong Jing in trying his luck at chasing Ying Zetian.

Of course, not only Nan Gong Jing may like Ying Zetian but he was also curious how this small female will fulfill the future that he read for her. A dragon and phoniex future means that this small girl is destinated by the heavens to have the ability to either be a emperor or empress depending on her wishes. Nan Gong Jing give in to his urge to kiss Ying Zetian before attending to her injuries but before he could really do so.

Another person crash into his room again. It was Tang Wudi and he had just use his tracing snake to trace Ying Zetian to this room. Tang Wudi had heard the yelling outside of Ying Zetian's room and he worried for Ying Zetian. Tang Wudi never expected that his snake will trace Ying Zetian to Nan Gong Jing's room. Tang Wudi also never expected the scene that he will see in front of him when he opens the room door.

A burning fire starts to burn like a bonfire in his heart and Tang Wudi rush like smoke and push Nan Gong Jing aside while carrying Ying Zetian into his arms. Tang Wudi sigh in relief when had stopped Nan Gong Jing in time from kissing Ying Zetian. Tang Wudi do not care who Nan Gong Jing is but now that he knew he love Ying Zetian, the whole of Ying Zetian belongs to him including his kisses.

Nan Gong Jing crash his hand into his bed in frustration, it was just so close that he could have a taste of Ying Zetian's lovely red lips. Strangely enough it was the first time in Nan Gong Jing life that he had meet someone he fears. Tang Wudi, the third prince of Tai Ping was just too deadly cold that make him seems that he was from the pits of hell. With this and the fact that Nan Gong Jing had read the future of a dragon for Tang Wudi, Nan Gong Jing knew that he must be careful around Tang Wudi. Although curiously, these two students of him their dragon future is much stronger than any of the current emperors of the four countries that Nan Gong Jing had meet in his career as an empire's teacher.