The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 131

Chapter 131 The Uprising of the Victims
As soon as Xiao Xiwei returned to the palace, the reward from the palace arrived. Gold, silver, jewelry, antique jade, silk and satin, eight large boxes filled with red, lacquer, wood, and black nails. The eunuch who came to announce the decree was the most trusted chief eunuch of the emperor. For a moment, the entire Yan Palace attracted much attention.

After sending off the people in the palace, Xiao Xiwei held Ruo Su’s hand and sat back on the couch. He raised his eyes and stared at Hong Yu seriously, “Hong Yu, put these rewards from father into the warehouse. After counting them, lock up the warehouse. Remember to be careful.” “Also, from today onwards, let everyone in the manor be alerted. Anyone who has anything to say will be punished with forty boards, and then they will be driven out of the manor.”

“Yes.” Hongyu hung down for a moment, and then she brought someone up to carry out the red-lacquered wooden black nail chest in the hall.

Ruo Su listened to Xiao Xiwei’s instructions, and her originally hanging heart relaxed.

It seems that His Highness did not marry the wrong person.

After Hong Yu left, Xiao Xiwei raised his hand and pressed down on his temples, and his eyebrows couldn’t help but show some exhaustion.

The heavier the Saint Family was, the heavier the suspicions and precautions would be.

Just as Xiao Xiwei was thinking, a pair of hands gently rubbed her temples. When she opened her eyes, she heard Ruo Su’s voice ringing above her head.

“Your Highness often had headaches when she was young, so this servant followed Taiyi to massage her acupoints. Princess, is this servant’s strength okay?”

Xiao Xi smiled and said, “Sorry to trouble you, Nanny.”

Ruo Su also smiled, her hand movements unchanged.

Xiao Xi closed her eyes slightly. Just as her tense nerves relaxed, Zi Yan entered.

“Princess.”

“How is it?” Xiao Xiwei abruptly opened his eyes, and the pleasure he felt just now faded away.

“The number of hidden guards hiding around the palace has increased again.” Zi Yan said with a serious face.

Xiao Xiwei knitted her eyebrows and lowered her eyes. She raised her subordinate to her flat abdomen and sighed softly, “I was too careless.”

If she had noticed that she was pregnant earlier, she would have tried to hide the news. However, she did not notice it at all. What was even more foolish was that she had asked Imperial doctor to take a pulse in the palace. She could not hide it even if she wanted to, so she had walked into this situation. She was really wrong, wrong step by step. She had put this child in danger for nothing. What she was even more afraid of was that the person from the Revered Virtue Palace would use her and this child to threaten Xizhi. This was what she was most worried about.

“How can this be blamed on the princess? There are some things that are decided by the heavens. Right now, the most important thing is to take good care of your body. The first three months of pregnancy are the most forbidden for you to think too much. The princess has to worry about other things. Please relax, princess.” Ruo Su gently advised.

Xiao Xi exhaled slightly and nodded slightly.

At this point in time, it was useless to think too much, so he could only be on guard.

“Princess, Your Highness ordered Dark Night to secretly protect you before leaving. Don’t worry, just …” Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at Xiao Xiwei. “Your Highness, do you want to go to Su Yang to report your happiness to Your Highness?”

“You sent someone?” Xiao Xiwei suddenly raised his head and stared at Zi Yan.

“No.” Zi Yan hurriedly shook her head, “This servant knows that this matter is of great importance and dares not make a decision without authorization.”

“Princess, according to this servant’s opinion, let Zi Yan report a letter to His Highness. First, this was originally a joyous occasion, and secondly, so that His Highness could be prepared in his heart.” Ruo Su said calmly as she looked at Xiao Xiwei’s eyes.

That’s right. If that person from the Chongde Palace Hall were to make a fuss about the child in her belly, Xi Zhi would at least have a plan in her heart. Besides, she would also take this opportunity to let people see how Su Yang’s calamity was going.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xiwei turned to Zi Yan and said, “You can arrange this.”

“Yes.” Zi Yan replied, turned around and retreated.

Su Yang.

The city gates were tightly closed. The soldiers guarding the city were guarding the city gates with long spears on their faces, while the thousands of victims in front of the city gates were facing the soldiers guarding the city with fury.

Chu Xizhi stood under the porch in front of the house with his eyes closed and hands behind his back, feeling the scorching temperature of the sun shrouding him.

It had been more than a month since he had arrived in Su Yang.

“Your Highness, this is bad. Those unruly people are making trouble again. Young Master Chen has been gone for so long, why hasn’t he brought the grain over yet?” Magistrate Su Yang, Cui Zhihe, hurriedly ran over.

Chu Xizhi opened his eyes and looked sideways at Cui Zhihe. He raised his sharp eyebrows with a murderous intent, “What are you panicking about?”

“How can we not panic! Those unruly people, they, they are going to rebel.” Cui Zhihe said anxiously.

“Rebellion?” Chu Xizhi smiled coldly and swept his sharp gaze towards Cui Zhihe. “Is Lord Cui joking with this king? He can rebel just because he hasn’t eaten or drunk for three days? Are the soldiers of Suyang City eating free food?”

Being swept by Chu Xizhi’s gaze, Cui Zhihe felt a chill in his heart, but he still didn’t force himself to prop up, “But those people … those people haven’t eaten or drunk for three days, and they’re all crazy from hunger. What if … what if they attack and enter the city?”

“Then Lord Cui, Magistrate Su Yang, can only come here.” Chu Xizhi coldly glanced at him and then walked out.

Cui Zhihe looked at Chu Xizhi’s cold and arrogant back, and the corners of his mouth moved. In the end, he still did not follow him.

Regardless of what His Highness thought of His Highness King Yan, he didn’t put it on the surface. Therefore, he still had some misgivings about him. At the very least, he couldn’t openly tear his face apart. However, the food delivered by the Chen Clan had already been used up. Now that the Chen Clan’s Young Master had delayed his future, he probably wouldn’t be able to deliver the food on time. However, the victims of the disaster in the entire city couldn’t wait!

Thinking of this, Cui Zhihe couldn’t help but reveal a smug smile.

Then, he waved his hand to summon a servant and whispered to his ear, “Go, let them agitate those unruly people again.”

“Yes, this little one will inform Ah Liu immediately.”

“Go.” Cui Zhihe smiled and waved his hand.

He wanted to see how His Highness King Yan, who was well-off in the capital, would cope with the current situation.

Just as Chu Xizhi left Cui Zhihe’s line of sight, a figure quickly walked to his side, “Your Highness.”

“How is it? Have you investigated it clearly?”

“Find out. Apart from those people who were planted by Cui Zhihe, there are also many servants of the various rich merchant houses in Su Yang City.”

“Heh.” Chu Xizhi sneered, “It’s really difficult for them.”

Before he came to Su Yang, he had already written a book to Chen Mubai to prepare food for him to secretly send to Su Yang. Although there would definitely be people blocking the way of sending food to Su Yang, the Chen Clan had been stationed in the south of the Yangtze River for all these years. There would always be a way to safely send food to Su Yang. It would at most take a bit of effort. However, he did not expect that there were so many victims in Su Yang. At that time, he became suspicious. His information could not be wrong unless someone had done something to the victims. Since the person from the Song De Palace sent him to Su Yang to relieve the disaster, he naturally thought that the Chen Clan would help him, so how could he watch helplessly? Thousands of’victims’ had been blocked outside Suyang City for more than a month, Even if the Chen Clan was wealthy enough, it was impossible for them to take out so much food at once. Furthermore, when the Chen Clan purchased food, there were people who secretly raised the price. In this Su Yang disaster, the person from the Chong De Palace clearly wanted to take this opportunity to hollow out the Chen Clan behind him, and even more so to use this disaster relief to deal him a heavy blow. Therefore, he had been waiting for an opportunity …

“Can you find out where the food in the city is hidden?” Chu Xizhi said.

“I’ve already investigated it clearly. As His Highness expected, Cui Zhihe actually hid the food in His Highness’ courtyard.”

“Has Zhao Yi’s men arrived?”

“They’ve already disguised themselves as hiding in the city.”

“Since everyone is here, let’s go outside the city.” The corner of Chu Xizhi’s lips hooked up as he strode forward.

Outside Su Yang City, The victims’ momentum was boiling and black as they charged into the defensive barrier formed by the soldiers guarding the city. Seeing that they were about to approach the city gate, Suddenly, a coarse voice sounded, The tightly shut city gate actually opened. A purple-clothed man walked out leisurely. He wore a white jade crown and had a pair of slender phoenix eyes beneath his sharp eyebrows. Although the corners of his lips carried a hint of a smile, his entire body emitted a natural aura of honor and nobility. He made people feel ashamed after just a glance. They didn’t dare to look at him a second time.

After Chu Xizhi walked out, the originally boiling reputation suddenly quieted down.

“Your Highness.” The leading soldier wiped the sweat off his forehead and hurriedly came out to greet Chu Xizhi.

However, Chu Xizhi did not look at him. Instead, he swept his gaze towards a soldier with a gun. His expression was somewhat cold and fierce, “What are you doing?”

The soldier was shocked and before he could regain his senses, the spear in his hand was thrown to the ground. When he regained his composure, he saw His Highness King Yan, who looked like a divine being, lift his hand and rip off his clothes. He calmly bandaged the wound of the victim who had been stabbed by him.

The soldier was shocked and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Not only this soldier, everyone who saw Chu Xizhi’s actions was shocked. As soon as the soldier knelt, the other soldiers also knelt down. Four or five victims knelt down, and more and more victims knelt down. The people Cui Zhihe dispatched to pretend to be victims did not expect the situation to turn around. Seeing everyone kneeling down, they looked at each other and finally knelt down.

The old man who was rescued from the muzzle of Chu Xizhi’s gun suddenly knelt in front of Chu Xizhi and pleaded, “Your Highness, please save my grandson and give him a stutter.”

Someone took the lead and the others followed suit.

“Don’t worry, with this king here, I naturally won’t watch you starve. The grain will arrive at Su Yang by tonight at the latest.” Chu Xizhi raised his hand and helped the old man up.

“Really” The old man’s eyes were filled with tears, and his voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

“Really.” Chu Xizhi smiled and nodded.

“That’s great.”

“We’re saved.”

The crowd burst into excited discussion.

“Your Highness, I heard that the Chen Clan, which transports grain, has not received any news. Are you lying to us?” Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.

Chu Xizhi raised his eyes and swept his sharp gaze over, quickly locking onto the person who spoke.