The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 120

Chapter 120 To Actually Encounter Madam Li
Although she knew that she could not persuade Xi Chun about this matter, she had no choice but to go this time. Only after arriving at the manor did she know that Xiao Xichun was ill.

“Just last night, I said that I had a cold. The doctor also came to see me. I’m fine. Imperial Concubine, don’t worry.” Concubine Zhou said to Xiao Xiwei as she supported her waist with one hand and her mother-in-law with the other.

Xiao Xi nodded slightly, “Thank you for troubling Concubine mother.”

“No, this is all a matter of my status.” Concubine Zhou said respectfully with a smile on her face.

As the two of them spoke, they fell to the Nuanchun Pavilion.

Hearing that Princess Yan and Concubine Zhou had come, Xiao Xichun hurriedly helped Nanny Xiao’s men out of bed. “This official greets Princess Concubine Zhou.”

“You don’t need to be too polite if your body is not good.” Xiao Xiwei glanced at Xiao Xiwei indifferently. “Nanny Xiao, help your young miss to bed.”

“Yes.” Nanny Xiao followed her instructions and helped Xiao Xichun back to bed.

Concubine Zhou’s gaze shifted to Xiao Xiwei and Xiao Xichun. She knew about Xiao Xiwei’s intention of returning to the Storage, so she said, “Princess, I remember that I still have something to ask Nanny Xiao.”

“Then please help yourself, Concubine.”

“Then I won’t disturb the princess.” Zhou Concubine smiled and blessed Xiao Xiwei. Then, he looked at Nanny Xiao and said, “Nanny Xiao, please come with me.”

“Yes.” Nanny Xiao also knew Concubine Zhou’s intentions. She blessed herself and went out with Concubine Zhou.

Xiao Xiwei walked to the bedside and sat down. She reached out to test the temperature on Xiao Xichun’s forehead. “But what else is wrong?”

“Thank you for your concern, Princess. I’m fine.” Xiao Xichun’s voice was somewhat cold.

Xiao Xiwei withdrew his hand and looked at Xiao Xichun quietly with his eyes lowered. “Princess … must you be as cold as me?”

Xiao Xichun pursed his lips tightly and did not snort.

Seeing that she didn’t have any intention of speaking, Xiao Xiwei curled his lips and stared at Xiao Xichun’s eyes. “It’s been warm these past two days. Why are you so cold?” He said calmly.

“It’s just that I wore too many clothes in the ordinary days. I was sweating and was caught by the wind once. It’s not like what the princess thought.” Xiao Xichun hurriedly said.

As soon as she finished speaking, she touched Xiao Xichun’s deep gaze, and her heart suddenly thumped. Only then did she realize that she had misspoken.

“Xichun, you should know that Lu Haiyang is not your beloved. Are you really going to lose your life because of anger?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Xiao Xichun and said.

Xiao Xichun smiled coldly, “Young Master Lu, could it be that he offended the princess and made her hate him so much? Also, why did the princess say that I want to marry Young Master Lu because of anger? How could she know that I don’t really like Young Master Lu?”

“Xichun, there’s still a chance …”

Xiao Xichun closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It took her a while to calm down. “I agreed to this marriage myself. Please don’t bother the princess anymore.”

Xiao Xiwei opened his mouth, wanting to say something else, but was interrupted by Xiao Xichun again.

“Princess, there’s nothing else I want to rest.”

Although she had already expected this outcome, Xiao Xiwei could not help but feel very sad that it was truly acceptable to Xiao Xiwei.

“Xi Chun, the Duke’s Mansion of Lu Country is not as simple as you think.”

Xiao Xichun closed his eyes and didn’t say anything.

“Do you know why Lu Haiyang rushed into the palace to ask the Emperor to welcome you into the manor in advance? Do you think that it was just for the sake of delighting the Duke of Lu?” Xiao Xiwei solemnly stared at Xiao Xichun, who was leaning against the bed with his eyes tightly closed without snorting. “Did you hear that this year’s top student in the new subject was Xiang Mingxuan?”

Xiao Xichun still didn’t make any movements.

“You’re not unfamiliar with this surname, are you?” Xiao Xiwei said slowly.

This time, Xiao Xichun’s eyelashes finally moved. She opened her eyes and looked at Xiao Xiwei, but she still didn’t say anything.

“He takes his mother’s surname.” Xiao Xi paused for a moment before continuing, “His mother was the daughter of the Xiang Clan’s first wife who was exiled from the manor by Uncle Ping An.”

Xiao Xichun sat up straight.

“Lu Haiyang is probably trying to use you to rope him in.”

Xiao Xichun pursed his lips and slowly leaned back on the bed, closing his eyes again.

After waiting for a long time, the people on the bed did not react at all. Xiao Xiwei could not help but sigh. She had already expected that she would not be convinced by Xichun this time. Although she seemed to be soft-tempered, there were some things that would never be changed easily once she made a decision.

“Chun’er, I know that you don’t want to cause trouble for me, but we are sisters! If it were me, would you be indifferent?”

Xiao Xiwei’s eyelashes trembled a few times, but she still didn’t say anything.

Xiao Xi sighed heavily, “Chun’er, if I had known this, I would not have taken you back from the manor.”

Had it not been for her selfishness, Xi Chun would have been a simple and timid child. Although he had been humiliated, he might not have been as dangerous as he was now.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away.

Xiao Xichun finally slowly opened her eyes. The tears that had gathered for a long time rolled down her face. She turned around and looked at the empty door. Gritting her teeth, she softly spat out, “Second sister, I’m sorry …”

“Miss, didn’t you convince Fourth Miss? Fourth Miss really is. Miss, you were kind, but she was full of dog lungs at that time.” When Zi Yan saw Xiao Xiwei’s gloomy expression on the carriage, she couldn’t help but ask.

“What do you know!” Xiao Xiwei coldly glanced at Zi Yan.

Back then, Lu Haiyang’s design ruined Xi Chun’s reputation in front of everyone, After hearing Chu Muzhi reject her proposal to propose marriage to Xi Chun, Xi Chun was already disheartened under the double blow. He did not want to see Lu Haiyang threaten her with this matter again. Xi Chun knew that this matter was irreversible, and he was afraid of implicating his sister. Only then did he know that it was a tiger’s den and she had no choice but to enter.

Being scolded by Xiao Xiwei, Zi Yan stuck out her tongue and didn’t dare to say anything else.

Just at this moment, the hiss of a horse suddenly sounded from outside. Before Xiao Xiwei could react, her entire body smashed backwards heavily. Fortunately, Zi Yan quickly protected Xiao Xiwei, but all the fruit plates on the table in the carriage fell down.

After the carriage stopped, Zi Yan let go of Xiao Xiwei and lifted the curtain. “What’s going on?” She said angrily.

The coachman hurriedly turned around and bowed to Zi Yan. “It was a crazy woman who suddenly ran over. She couldn’t react for a moment … She shocked the princess and asked her to forgive her.”

After listening to the coachman’s words, Zi Yan finally saw what a crazy woman was cramming into her mouth with her unkempt face in front of the carriage, followed by several clerks holding sticks.

When the carriage stopped, the few guards that followed Xiao Xiwei had already surrounded them. The men with sticks saw this, After hearing the coachman’s words, a princess also knew that she had alerted an extraordinary character, so she hurriedly explained, “It’s not small. The little one is the assistant of the Drunken Immortal Building. It was this crazy woman who suddenly ran into the restaurant and snatched the guests’ snacks. Only then did we chase after her. We didn’t want to alert the princess. Please forgive her.”

Zi Yan jumped out of the carriage and saw that the crazy woman was still desperately eating, and her body was still emitting a strong stench. Immediately, she couldn’t help but frown in disgust, “What are you guys still waiting for? Why aren’t you throwing this crazy woman aside? Didn’t you see that she was in the way of the princess?”

“Yes.” The two guards answered and walked towards the crazy woman, but before they could meet the crazy woman, the crazy woman screamed.

“Go away! Go away! This is mine! This is mine! You can’t steal it from me! This is my shop! This is my money! This is my pleasure!”

The shrill voice caused Xiao Xiwei in the carriage to tremble. She reached out and lifted the curtain.

“Princess, why did you come out?” Zi Yan hurriedly helped Xiao Xiwei out of the carriage.

Xiao Xiwei looked at the crazy woman lying in front of the carriage. Perhaps she ate too fiercely and hurriedly. At this moment, she seemed to have stuck her throat and could not lift it up in one breath. She was pinching her throat and kicking heavily. Her hair was messy and her face was covered in stains, making it impossible to see her face clearly. But even so, Xiao Xiwei still recognized her.

Madam Li.

This crazy woman was actually Madam Li.

It had been more than half a year since Madam Li was divorced, but she never expected that seeing her again would be like this. Hearing what she said just now, the Qi Clan must have used some means to snatch away all the shops that Madam Li had accumulated in the Marquis Mansion over the years, and even chased her out. Otherwise, how could she be reduced to this state and run to the Drunken Spring Pavilion to snatch food and eat?

“Bring her a glass of water.” Xiao Xiwei looked at Madam Li and said indifferently.

“Yes.” A guard answered, turned around and went to the nearby shop to ask for water and handed it to the crazy woman.

When the crazy woman saw the water, she hurriedly snatched it over and drank it.

Xiao Xiwei took a few steps towards the crazy woman. He looked down at her condescendingly and whispered, “Madam Li.”

The crazy woman was stunned, and the bowl in her hand suddenly fell down, smashing into pieces.

“Looks like you’ve already recognized my voice.” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyes and smiled softly. “You can hear my voice. It seems that you are not crazy. Since you are not crazy, why would you run to the Drunken Immortal Building to steal other people’s food? This is not like you.”

“I’ll kill you, bitch!” Madam Li suddenly bounced up and pounced towards Xiao Xiwei.

However, before her hand touched Xiao Xiwei, she was kicked to the ground by Zi Yan’s leg, and countless knives landed on her neck.

At this moment, Zi Yan recognized the crazy woman in front of her, “Holy shit, it’s actually you! Princess, look …”

Xiao Xi slightly reached out to stop Zi Yan from continuing.

“Little bitch! You can’t die so easily! You killed Ming’er and caused Le’er to suffer so badly! You can’t die so easily! I curse you for not dying so easily!” Madam Li was not afraid of the saber and sword on his neck. He stared at Xiao Xiwei with venomous eyes and shouted in a shrill voice.

“Madam Li, so far you have not repented at all! Tomorrow’s death and Xiao Xile’s fault are all because of you! It was your church that allowed Xiao Xile’s viciousness to cause today’s tragedy! Actually, you and Xiao Xile deserve what happened today! However, tomorrow … “Xiao Xiwei took a deep breath when he mentioned Xiao Ximing.” You are not worthy of being Ming’er’s mother. Father has already abandoned you. Tomorrow is also hanging in my mother’s name. From now on, it has nothing to do with you. ” Today, for tomorrow’s sake, I won’t make things difficult for you. You can leave! “