The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 108

Chapter 108 The Reputation Has Been Ruined
Seeing Xiao Xiwei enter, Xiao Yan was not surprised at all. “Your grandmother should have told you everything, right?”

“Father is referring to the sequel?” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows and said coldly.

Xiao Yan knitted his eyebrows, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied with Xiao Xiwei’s current attitude. “Seeing that His Highness King Yan is about to leave the Palace Manor, I believe that your marriage will only last for a few months. On your wedding day, we cannot do without a matriarch in our manor.”

“So, father specifically chose a stepmother younger than his daughter for her marriage? If I remember correctly, Miss Lin just got married years ago, right?” Xiao Xiwei said coldly.

Xiao Yan’s expression changed. He slapped the table and stood up, “What kind of attitude is this! Is there anyone who speaks to father like this?”

“Father, do you not know the relationship between the Lin Clan and Prince Shenwang?” Xiao Xiwei said coldly without any hesitation as she faced Xiao Yan’s gaze.

Xiao Yan looked coldly at Xiao Xiwei without saying a word.

Xiao Xi’s slender eyelashes suddenly trembled, and a sour smile appeared on her lips. “What is the most important thing to father? Power? Status? I, Xile, and even big brother, are they children or chess pieces to you?”

“Do you know what you’re talking about?” Xiao Yan said with a cold face.

Xiao Xi smiled and said, “I finally know why mother chose you …”

“Shut up!” Xiao Yan raised his hand and slapped Xiao Xiwei fiercely.

‘”Pa!”

Xiao Xiwei felt a burst of burning pain coming from her right cheek, and her right ear buzzed.

“Miss.” Hearing the commotion, Zi Yan hurriedly barged in.

Xiao Xiwei pulled the corner of her mouth. Even though she moved, her right face hurt badly. “Am I wrong?” Xiao Xiwei turned his eyes to look at the study, “Father, there are so many calligraphy and paintings hanging in your study. Do you really like these calligraphy and paintings? Do you understand these calligraphy and paintings?”

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Xiwei with a calm face.

Xiao Xi smiled and walked to a painting. “Father cherished this’ Qinghe Painting ‘so much that he hung it in the most obvious position, but he didn’t know that this’ Qinghe Painting ‘was actually a fake!” “Actually, your obsession with these paintings is only because of the value of the surface of these paintings. You never understand what these paintings are expressing, just like you never understood your mother …” Xiao Xiwei looked at Xiao Yan coldly.

Xiao Xiwei’s words were like a sharp silver needle that fiercely stabbed into Xiao Yan’s pain, causing him to be speechless.

As for Xiao Xiwei, she could no longer care about this. “Whoever my father marries will be decided by my father. I only hope that my father will not regret that day.” With that, she led the purple cigarette butt out without turning back.

A long time after Xiao Xiwei left, Xiao Yan was still standing there in a daze.

You’ve never understood mother …

Xiao Xiwei’s words echoed in his ears again and again.

Xiao Yan turned around and stiffly walked to the front of the table. Then, he carefully took out a painting and slowly opened it.

A woman stood next to the railing. Her dark green clothes rose in the wind. The corner of her lips curled into a smile as she looked at the blooming lotus flower beneath her feet.

He raised his hand and gently stroked the woman’s cheek. A bitter smile gradually crept up on his lips. “Qingwan, your daughter said that I never understood you. Yes, I admit that I don’t understand you … That’s because you never gave me the chance to understand you …”

Chen Qingwan was the daughter of a merchant and was not worthy of being his direct son. At first, he thought so, but gradually, he felt that it was not that she was not worthy of him, but that he was not worthy of her. At that time, he did not understand why he felt this way. Only when he saw Zhou Musheng did he know that it was because he cared about her, but the person she cared about was not him. How ironic! She was his wife, but there was someone else living in her heart! The moment he knew the truth, he went mad with jealousy, but she didn’t say anything and didn’t give him an explanation. At that time, he thought that even if she made up a lie to lie to him, it would be good! However, she didn’t. He thought that she really didn’t care about him … she didn’t care about whether he would come home at night or not, whether he would accept other women, or whether he would speak coldly to each other …

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He raised his hand and viciously swept the painting to the ground.

After a long time, he gradually calmed down and looked at the scattered laughter on the ground. Finally, he closed his eyes and walked over to pick up the painting again.

In the end, he still had no way to deal with her.

After returning to the Sparse Shadow Pavilion, Zi Yan immediately found an ointment to apply on Xiao Xi.

“Master, you really are right. Why are you attacking so heavily?” Bi Yun looked at the red and swollen palm print on Xiao Xiwei’s face with distress and complained.

Xiao Xi’s face darkened slightly and he pulled down Zi Yan’s hand. “Go, let Xi Zhi find out who his father saw today.”

“Yes.” Zi Yan also knew that this matter was of great importance, so she immediately handed over the ointment to Bi Yun and hurriedly left the house.

Her father, Xiao Di, was suspicious. If he could make a decision so quickly, something must have happened. Could it be that the Emperor had hinted at him? But now, the Crown Prince has not been crippled. Everything is still unclear. Xizhi still said to the Emperor that he still has use value. The Emperor should not be so explicit, right?

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed through his mind.

Xiao Xiwei suddenly stood up.

“Miss, what’s wrong?” Bi Yun was shocked and almost knocked off the ointment in his hand.

Yes! How could she forget that her father had always been suspicious. How could he rashly marry Lin Yushi before he had full confidence? Especially after Chu Xizhi made it clear to him that time. Moreover, if he really made up his mind, why would he use the old lady’s mouth to tell her?

He was testing himself!

Such an answer made Xiao Xiwei take a deep breath.

In the deepest depths of Xiao Xiwei’s heart, she had always looked down on Xiao Yan, but no matter what, she never thought that he would come up with such a method to test her!

The coolness of the ointment gradually forced away the burning pain on her cheeks, but the icy cold gradually soaked into her heart, causing her to tremble slightly.

In the next few days, Xiao Yan did not mention anything about Yu Xian at all, and there was no movement in the manor.

Chu Xizhi sent a message, saying that a few days ago in the Chongde Palace, the Minister of War, Liao Feng, casually mentioned to the Emperor that he wanted to protect the media for Xiao Yan. The Emperor casually asked who the girl was, and Liao Feng smiled and said that it was the daughter of the Lin Clan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Officials. At that time, the Emperor only smiled and did not say anything. However, these simple words made Xiao Yan suspicious in his heart. In addition, the Emperor had sent Chu Yanzhi to the northwest instead of Chu Xizhi. Therefore, he began to probe Xiao Xiwei’s thoughts.

Just as Xiao Xiwei was recovering from his injuries, the emperor’s princes moved into the palace one after another.

Xiao Xiwei did not go forward to congratulate her, nor did Chu Xizhi come to Shuying Pavilion to see her in the dark. I heard that Duke Zheng of the Sect already knows that the two of them are colluding with Northern Desert. The Emperor has ordered Marquis Mansion and the Fourth Prince to bring the two of them back to the capital. After more than a month of imprisonment and this blow, he immediately left. I heard that Imperial Concubine Shen knelt on the road to court to plead for her father and nephew. Even the Crown Prince, who had been grounded in the Eastern Palace, couldn’t help but write a blood letter to play Chu Xizhi, causing the crowd to stir. The Emperor also seemed to intentionally or unintentionally want to suppress Chu Xizhi, so he let it go. Although Chu Xizhi wasn’t afraid of these things, he still had some strength to deal with them. Because of this, Xiao Xiwei did not dare to let Zi Yan tell Chu Xizhi that she had been slapped by Xiao Yan.

“Miss.” Hong Yu walked in, her face filled with a rare panic.

Seeing Hongyu’s expression, Xiao Xiwei couldn’t help but stand up. “What’s wrong?”

Hong Yu pursed her lips and said, “Miss, it’s better to go out and take a look.”

At the entrance of Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, a carpet-green carriage quietly stopped. Beside the carriage stood a man dressed in brown cloud patterns. He was tall and had sharp edges. He was surprisingly the Duke of Lu’s son, Lu Haiyang.

That day, when he heard Chu Xizhi’s words in the carriage, it seemed that Duke Lu, this concubine, had already surrendered to Chu Yanzhi early in the morning. Why didn’t he follow Chu Yanzhi to help him this time when he went to the northwest?

However, Xiao Xiwei didn’t have the time to think about all of this, because Xiao Xichun’s low cries could be heard from the carriage.

“Second Miss Xiao.” Seeing Xiao Xiwei come out, Lu Haiyang’s lips curled into a faint smile. However, if one looked carefully, one could see that his smile had not reached the bottom of his eyes.

Xiao Xiwei lightly nodded at him, then quickly jumped over him and lifted the curtain on the carriage, “Chun’er, what’s wrong?”

Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s voice, Xiao Xichun, who was crying slightly with his arms crossed, raised his head and said, “Second … Second sister.”

Just now, Xiao Xiwei was only worried. Only now did she realize that Xiao Xichun’s hair was in a disheveled bun. Her face was as pale as paper and full of tears. Most importantly, she was actually wearing a man’s coat.

Her brain exploded.

At this moment, Nurse Xiao, who had heard the news, also rushed out of the mansion. When she saw Xiao Xichun’s current appearance clearly, her feet immediately went limp with fear. “My good young miss, you, what’s wrong with you?”

Seeing Xiao Xiwei and Nanny Xiao’s worried expressions, Xiao Xichun reached out and hugged his arms and cried even more ferociously.

Xiao Xiwei’s expression darkened. She turned around and looked at the two similarly panicked girls in the carriage. “Didn’t you follow to take care of the young miss? What exactly happened?”

The faces of the two girls were snow-white, as if they were also alarmed and cautious, and they could not say what was going on.

“Second Miss Xiao, let me tell you.” At this time, Lu Haiyang cleared his throat.

Xiao Xiwei turned around and looked at him coldly.

Lu Haiyang spread out his hands and said apologetically, “Actually, you can’t blame Fourth Miss Xiao for this. Today, when I came out of the Drunken Immortal Building in Nantong City, I left in a hurry. Therefore, the fan accidentally hooked the corner of Fourth Miss Xiao’s sleeve …”

Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his lips forcefully. If his gaze could kill, Lu Haiyang would have already died a thousand times.

She was certain that Lu Haiyang had done it on purpose!

However, even if she knew that he was doing it on purpose, what could she do? At that time, she shouldn’t have let Xichun go to the Drunken Immortal Building to buy desserts for Old Lady Jun. There were so many girls in the manor, why did she let Xichun go?

“However, Second Miss Xiao, don’t worry. I’m not someone who doesn’t know what to do. This matter was caused by me, so I will definitely be responsible for it.” Lu Haiyang smiled.

He had no intention of concealing it at all. In fact, he had deliberately let Xiao Xiwei know about this!

Xiao Xiwei gritted his teeth and said, “Young Master Lu, don’t worry about this.”

With that, she lifted the curtain again.