The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 135

Chapter 135 You’re Asking for a Marriage
Everyone in the room retreated, leaving only Xiao Xiwei and Zi Yan behind.

After hearing Zi Yan’s words, Xiao Xiwei was silent for a long time before he stared at Zi Yan with a serious expression. “So, even you don’t know where His Highness is?”

Zi Yan looked at Xiao Xiwei with a bitter face and shook her head. “Princess, this servant really doesn’t know.” After he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Xiwei still looking at him and hurriedly added, “Night doesn’t know either.”

Xiao Xiwei stared at Zi Yan for a long time. Seeing that her gaze did not dodge in the slightest, the space between her eyebrows gradually knitted.

Perhaps the reason why she cherished Su Yang this time was not to avoid the Emperor’s suppression and surveillance, but to have other plans? But why would he hide it from her?

“Princess …” Seeing that Xiao Xiwei had been speechless for a long time, Zi Yan couldn’t help but shout out worriedly, “Don’t think too much. Your Highness didn’t tell you because he was afraid that you would worry.”

Xiao Xiwei came back to his senses and reached out to caress his flat belly. He lowered his head and smiled, “I know. I suddenly feel a little hungry. Have the kitchen cook me a bowl of jujube lotus seed soup.”

She believed that no matter where he went, as long as she was here, he would come back.

Three days later, the Northern Desert envoy indeed entered the capital.

The emperor hosted a banquet in Zi Chen Hall to welcome the Northern Desert envoys, and announced that the noble relatives of the capital’s marquis would accompany them into the palace. As Princess Yan, Xiao Xiwei was naturally inviting them as well.

Since it was for the palace banquet, there was no lack of singing and dancing.

Xiao Xiwei looked around. Most of the women in the capital who hadn’t left the pavilion had arrived. However, they didn’t see Chu Zuizhi’s figure. This made Xiao Xiwei feel a little relieved.

After singing and dancing, the Northern Desert envoy stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty the Great Yue Emperor, I have come to Great Yue at my command this time to express to Your Majesty my determination to live peacefully with the generations of the Great Yue Emperor. I also present a box of agate jewelry, a thousand cattle and sheep, as well as my Northern Desert beauty. Please accept it with a smile, Your Majesty the Great Yue Emperor.” After the messenger finished speaking, he reached out and patted him three times.

Outside the hall, four beauties dressed in foreign costumes entered. Unlike the Great Yue woman, the Northern Desert beauty’s eyebrows were deep. She was exceptionally beautiful, and under the fiery red veil, her beautiful figure was faintly visible. It was truly dazzling. If the Great Yue woman was gentle and gentle water, then the Northern Desert woman was like a scorching fire, easily taking away everyone’s gaze.

“The Northern Desert King is truly considerate.” The Emperor nodded happily.

Compared to the Emperor’s excitement, the space between Xiao Xiwei’s eyebrows gradually knitted.

“Sister-in-law, what do you mean by the Northern Desert King?” Chu Muzhi also noticed that something was wrong and turned to Xiao Xiwei and whispered.

The northern desert border was mostly a boundless desert. The unique conditions made it easy for the northern desert to defend and difficult to attack. Even though the northern desert was rich in agate, for so many years, no matter how intense the battles between the other countries were, the northern desert had always been out of the question. However, at this moment, Northern Desert suddenly sent an envoy to Great Yue to seek peace. It was both a gift and a gift to a beauty. It was truly unfathomable.

Before Xiao Xiwei could reply, the Northern Desert envoy’s voice sounded again. “In order to show my lord’s determination to befriend Great Yue, I ask His Majesty the Great Yue Emperor to allow me to beg for marriage.” After the Northern Desert envoy finished speaking, he placed his right hand on his chest and bowed towards the emperor.

“So the Northern Desert King sent an envoy here to beg for our marriage?”

“But I heard that the Northern Desert King doesn’t have any offspring!”

“Could it be the Northern Desert King himself … No way, I heard that the Northern Desert King is already over 50 years old. Besides, our Dayue Princesses are all married, and the only Ninth Princess who hasn’t left the pavilion has yet to get married?”

As soon as the Northern Desert envoy’s words fell, the people below began to discuss.

Xiao Xi picked up the teacup and drank tea unintentionally, but the remaining light in his eyes kept looking at the Emperor. He saw that he was not surprised at all when he heard the Northern Desert envoy’s words, but his original smile gradually diminished a bit.

Did he already know about this matter, or did he have some calculations?

Xiao Xiwei’s eyebrows furrowed a little.

“May I know for whom the Northern Desert King begged for a kiss?”

‘”Since they are good friends with Qin Jin of the two kingdoms, they naturally came to ask for a marriage for my lord. My lord heard that the Great Yue woman knows how to read and salute, so he sent a lowly person to ask for a marriage for Great Yue.”

It was really a marriage request …

Xiao Xi’s hand that was holding the teacup couldn’t help but turn slightly pale.

Are we going to repeat the tragedy of last time?

“Since we are going to marry Qin Jin, I will naturally not refuse …”

“Ah” Suddenly, a voice interrupted the Emperor’s words.

Beside Princess Yan Xiao Xiwei, a teacup fell to the ground, and the light yellow tea splashed all over the ground.

“Xiwei, what’s wrong with you?” Imperial Concubine Yan said before the Emperor got angry.

Xiao Xiwei hurriedly stood up and blessed the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Yan. His face was pale as he said, “Imperial Concubine Father and Imperial Mother, please forgive me. Your son has been rude.”

“Sister-in-law, what’s wrong with you?” Chu Muzhi hurriedly stood up and looked at Xiao Xiwei worriedly.

Xiao Xiwei gritted his teeth and lowered his head without saying anything.

“Royal Father.” Chu Muzhi hurriedly walked out and bowed to the Emperor. “Father, I heard that Imperial Sister-in-law’s health has been bad since she became pregnant. The imperial physician instructed Imperial Sister-in-law to rest quietly. Today, Father Emperor invited the emissaries and guests to a banquet, but it was a bit noisy for Imperial Sister-in-law. I thought that Imperial Sister-law should not allow Imperial Sister-law to go back first.”

“Your Majesty, Princess Yan’s pregnancy is indeed not suitable for such a scene.” A minister in the hall also stood up and spoke up for Xiao Xiwei.

The Emperor stared at Xiao Xiwei and saw that her face was pale. On the surface, she was indeed frightened. Could it be that the action of interrupting him just now was really unintentional? But how could a cautious person like her be so careless? Or did she know something? However, she had stayed in Prince Yan’s Mansion for the past two months, so how could she know what he was thinking?

For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through the Emperor’s mind.

“Forget it, it’s also because I didn’t think carefully.” In the end, the Emperor waved his hand.

Even if he really wanted to punish Xiao Xiwei, he couldn’t do so at this time. No matter what, she was still Princess Yan on the surface, the main wife of his most’doted ‘son. Moreover, she was still pregnant now.

“Ruo Su, don’t help the princess out.” Imperial Concubine Yan hurriedly instructed Ruosu.

“Yes.” Ruo Su blessed himself and hurriedly helped Xiao Xiwei out of Zi Chen Palace.

After leaving Zi Chen Palace, there was already a carriage waiting outside.

Xiao Xiwei got on the carriage and looked at Ruo Su quietly.

Ruo Su had been in the palace for decades, and in addition, she had been taking care of Xiao Xiwei in Prince Yan’s Mansion these past few days. How could she not know what she was thinking at this moment?

“Go to the Yu Li Palace in front. The princess is not feeling well and needs to lie down for a while.”

If Xiao Xiwei had heard three days ago that there was an envoy from the Northern Desert, Jun, who was worried about her own people, she did not expect that the envoy from the Northern Desert would actually come to Great Yue to ask for a marriage. Then, could it be that the princess had expected that the envoy from the Northern Desert would ask for a marriage with the Ninth Princess?

The eunuch who was carrying the carriage moved quickly and soon arrived in front of Yu Li Palace.

Looking at the tightly shut door of Yu Li Palace, Xiao Xiwei’s heart suddenly felt sad.

Ever since her brother married and went to Wu City, she had never seen Chu Zuizhi again. She had always locked herself up in Yu Li Palace and no one had seen her. She had been blocked several times. However, after she learned that she was pregnant, she had sent a palace maid to deliver a jade lock.

Ruo Su stepped forward and knocked on the door lock of Yu Li Palace.

The dull voice broke the silence of the night.

After a while, a palace maid opened the door.

“Quickly report to the Ninth Princess. Tell her that Princess Yan’s stomach hurts and she urgently needs to rest.” Ruo Su said before the palace maid.

Seeing Ruo Su’s anxious expression, the palace maid leaned her head and saw Xiao Xiwei sitting on the carriage, so she hurriedly turned around and ran back. Not long after, the palace maid ran back covered in sweat. “Princess, please enter.”

As soon as Xiao Xiwei entered the room, her originally pale and weak face changed. Her voice was a bit cold as she harshly said to the palace maid, “Your princess, where is she now?”

The palace maid was shocked by Xiao Xiwei’s sudden change of face. It took her a while to react, “Gong, the princess is over there.”

“Take me there!” Xiao Xiwei said in a deep voice.

“Yes, yes.” The palace maid was shocked.

“Auntie, I’ll leave this to you.” Xiao Xiwei gave Ruo Su a heavy look.

Ruo Su pursed her lips and nodded, “Princess, don’t worry. Doctor Song Yu won’t talk too much. This servant will take care of everything.”

Imperial Consort Yan had been in the palace for so many years, so this was the only foundation she had. Therefore, Xiao Xiwei was very relieved.

In the bedroom.

Chu Zuizhi sat on the ground. His long black hair was disheveled, covering most of his face. His plain white clothes were wrapped around his body. His originally plump body had lost more than half of its weight. He was holding a wine bottle in his hand, and there were several empty wine bottles piled at his feet.

“Princess, Princess, Princess, she’s here.” The palace maid stammered in front of Chu Zuizhi.

Xiao Xiwei could not hold back her tears as she smelled the strong smell of alcohol in the room and looked at Chu Zuizhi’s appearance. She rushed forward and grabbed the wine bottle from Chu Zuizhi’s hand and smashed it fiercely onto the ground. “What are you doing? Look at what you look like now!”

The shrill cracking sound brought Chu Zuizhi back to his senses. She slowly raised her head, and the strands of hair on her face gently slid open, revealing her pale face. The flesh on her cheeks had long since disappeared without a trace, and her red and swollen eyes were empty, causing others to feel bursts of sour.

“Drunk” Xiao Xiwei just shouted as tears rolled down her cheeks. She reached out and held Chu Zuizhi in her arms. She kept saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I should have come to see you earlier! But how could you do this to yourself! Even if you don’t love yourself, you should love yourself for the person you like! “If you do this, I’ll let my brother know how much he should be distressed!”

She had always thought that drunkenness was understandable.

Chu Zuizhi was hugged by Xiao Xiwei. “Heartache … Will he be heartache? No, he won’t love me … He doesn’t like me at all! I begged him so much, but he refused to take me away! He’s not heartache! Nobody’s heartache … nobody’s heartache for me …”

Chu Zuizhi’s words cut Xiao Xiwei’s heart like a knife.

“No, it’s not like that. Brother, he … he likes you, but he can’t help it.” Xiao Xiwei hurriedly helped Chu Zuizhi up and stared into Chu Zuizhi’s eyes with a solemn expression.

Originally, she didn’t want to tell Zui Zhi about these things, but now that things had reached this point, she had no other choice.