Lihua watches in frustration, however the green poisonous gas start to disappear.  Lihua flicks around towards the melting body of the Red Maiden lying on the on the floor.  Her breathing hitched faster as Lihua walks towards her.  She couldn't move, three lions have taken upon themselves to lie on top of her.  All the qi in her body have been used up fighting the lions.  Her human strength alone couldn't even compare to the strength of one lion. 

Lihua calls out her tiger as her tiger jumps out from her neck down to the ground.  The Red Maiden eyes widen in surprise.  Never in her life has she ever seen such a scene before.  The tiger steps forward and with a swipe of it's claws, it scratches the Red Maiden over her face.  She was already in pain, however she screams out in frustration that her beautiful face was now ruined.  

The lions get up and sits around the Red Maiden, guarding her paralyzed body.  Fear struck her as she couldn't do anything but watch as a strong wind blows the poisonous gas into a tornado and away from them.  

The rush of guards surround them as a dark and fearsome force covers the sun.  Her heart beat faster as the man approaches.  She wishes she could bite down on the poison pill in her mouth, but with her body paralyzed, all she could do is watch and listen.  

"Are you okay?"  Takeshi said as he walks up to Lihua.  He walks around her to make sure that she isn't injured before taking her into his arms. He hugs her tightly, holding on to her, calming his heart and his anger.  

When his soldiers finally woke him up, the first thing he did was feel the cold space beside him.  She left him alone in bed again.  His anger spiked at her, but when he was told that she ordered a lock down and his Devil's Soldiers to try to keep on waking him up, he calmed down enough to dress himself and make their way towards Lihua where his guards were reporting of a green poisonous gas in the cherry blossom and plum blossom forest.  When they got there, Xin, Ethan and Eli reported to him of the current situation.  

He wanted to fly over the poisonous wall, however they told him that the moment the gas touches the skin, the poison would activate.  Takeshi's heart beats faster with the thought of Lihua in danger.  Not caring to wait for Lihua to fight the intruder alone, Takeshi swipes his arm in an arch.  The wind picked up as a tornado starts to build up next to them.  The tornado sucks up the poisonous gas and carries it above the clouds. He moves the poison gas over the city before disbursing it out of the city. 

Six lions were sitting and laying down around their Mistress as the Tiger walks back and forth behind her as it watches them approach. As he holds her in his arms, he breaths her scent in and calms himself.  He didn't want to yell at her for her foolishness in front of his men.  He didn't want to shame her when all she did was protect them.  

"Take her to the dungeons."  Takeshi ordered as he still held on to Lihua. 

"Be careful."   Lihua tells them.  "Her skin is melting off. Its better if you roll her onto a blanket then carry her in the blanket to the dungeons."  

Some guards look at the body on the floor in horror of the mention of melting skin.  However they were also wondering about the lions and tiger that surround Lihua.  When a shadow falls over them, they finally notice the phoenix flying above them in circles.  It lands on one of the lions and screeches at the humans, telling them to notice her, fear her and respect her. For she is the Queen of all animals and everyone should bow to her. The lions and tiger, in return roar loudly back to the phoenix in response.  They then notice the butterfly as it lands on the tiger flapping its wings.  

Takeshi pulls Lihua away from him, to finally look at her face.  When he first saw her after the poisonous wall disappeared, he only looked at her body, to make sure she wasn't hurt, but when he saw the butterfly land on the tiger, he knew the poison marking on her face was gone as well.  

Takeshi knew Lihua was already a beautiful woman, but without the poison marking covering her face, Lihua's beauty astounded him and struck him to the bones.  His brain blanked out as he kept staring at his breathtaking wife.  Anyone who saw her would start wars for her and burn down cities to get to her.  

"Takeshi."  Lihua said.  "Takeshi?" 

Lihua said slowly as she cupped his cheek with her  hand.  "Are you okay?"  

Takeshi blinks slowly making sure the woman he held in his hand is the same woman he married.

"Do you not recognize me now that the poison marking is gone?" Lihua teased.  "Is this wife too ugly for you to speak to?"

Takeshi's cheeks flared up pink then he crushed her head to his chest.  He pushed his lust down as remembers where they are and why they're there. "You are not to let anyone see you without a veil."  Takeshi commands. 

"Because your wife is too ugly?"  Lihua chuckled.  

"This King doesn't want the world to see your poison markings." Takeshi agreed.  

"Because you're ashamed of the ugly face that your wife bares."  

"Em." Takeshi said as he gave his soldiers a hard stare, making them look away.  "My wife is too ugly for others to look at.  You must always wear your veil so you won't ruin their eyes."  

Lihua smirked as she pinches his side.  Lihua found out one night that he was easily ticklish.  As Takeshi's body reacts to her pinching, Lihua slips out of his embrace and runs towards her animals.  

"How can you say your wife is ugly?"  Lihua calls out in a fake distressing manner as the soldiers attention snaps back to their Mistress.  

They all stopped what they were doing and stared at their beautiful Mistress.  Her black shiny hair enhances her milky smooth skin.  Her large phoenix eyes lit up as her red lips curve into a smile.  They stared at her in surprise.  Most of them have only seen her with a veil.  Those that have seen her without the veil have told the others of her poison marking on her face.  However they always said that she was still beautiful even with the poison marking.  Those that have not seen her only thought the guards that seen her was only being nice calling her a beauty.  But now, seeing her with out the poison markings did they finally understand why their Master have told her to wear the face veil.  

Her elegant and enchanting beauty captivated everyone.  The gracefulness of her body moving made her look ethereal.  Her laughter bewitched them as they all stared at her. 

"Children."  Lihua calls out to her animals.  "Your Master's husband thinks your Master is ugly."  

The animals roars and cries out loudly at Takeshi.  Their dark aura of anger whipping around them.  How dare he insult their Master! They must get revenge for insulting her!  

"What is your Master to do?"  Lihua said as she sits between her lions while her tiger lays itself in front of her and her phoenix lands herself in Lihua's lap so Lihua could pet her. "Master just married him yesterday.  What kind of life is Master suppose to live, with Master's husband thinking this way?"  

Her animals roared loudly and her pheonix screeched louder demanding justice for their Master.  Lihua brightly smiled at her animals.  Petting them to let them know that they are good animals. 

"Only my animals can love Master the way Master is."  Lihua said to them as she played the victim.  Her hands pet them to calm them down.  "Only my animals can love an ugly Master such as myself." 

Her smile turned more mischievously when it landed on Takeshi.  He too smiled back at her knowing she was being shameless and wanted to tease him.  If she didn't stop teasing him soon, she was going to pay for her shameless ways.