The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 154
Chapter 154 Eat One’s Own Evil Consequence
Upon entering the study room, Zhou Shumei saw Xiao Qi silently sitting on a red sandalwood chair, looking at the white jade ring in her hand with a solemn expression. As she went forward to bless herself, she gestured for the girl to bring the bird’s nest porridge out of the food box. “Master, use some porridge.”
“Take it down.” Xiao Xi still lowered his eyes and touched the finger ring in his hand. His voice was cold and he could not hear the slightest fluctuation.
“Master, this porridge was specially cooked for you by Princess Yan. You must not let Princess Yan down. I have already sent it to you. Look … you should eat more or less.” Zhou Shumei gently advised.
Xiao Yan raised his head and looked straight at Zhou Shumei with a deep gaze. “You want me to eat.”
Zhou Shumei’s smile stiffened for a moment, but very quickly, she smiled, “Master, it’s not just me. This is also what the princess is looking forward to. I know that the old lady has left, so you are sad in your heart, but no matter how sad you are, you have to pay attention to your health.”
The corners of Xiao Yan’s lips curled up as he lowered his eyes and laughed dryly, “I didn’t know you cared so much about me.”
Zhou Shumei smiled and was about to say something when Xiao Yan’s voice sounded again.
“You can eat.”
“Master, this porridge was specially prepared for you by Princess Yan. How can I …”
“Eat.” Xiao Yan suddenly interrupted Zhou Shumei in a deep voice.
Zhou Shumei’s entire body trembled, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Xiao Yan’s expression turn fierce. Her deep eyes were filled with a frightening gloomy coldness, “Master, what … what’s wrong with you?”
“I told you to eat this bowl of bird’s nest porridge.” The sharpness in Xiao Yan’s eyes did not change, and there was even a hint of coercion in his eyes.
A thin layer of cold sweat gradually emerged from his back.
What exactly happened? Xiao Yan’s expression wasn’t right! Could it be that he had discovered something?
Just as Zhou Shumei was secretly guessing, Xiao Yan suddenly slammed the table and stood up. His face was ashen as he said, “Didn’t you hear what I said?”
“Master, what’s wrong with you” With Xiao Yan’s roar and the fact that there was a ghost in her heart, Zhou Shumei’s pretty face immediately turned pale like paper. Large drops of tears rolled down her face, and she pitifully covered her face and cried.
However, Xiao Yan remained unmoved. “Drink it and I’ll pretend nothing happened.” After saying that, he paused, “Perhaps, you want me to call someone to feed you.”
Zhou Shumei trembled and subconsciously looked at the bowl of bird’s nest porridge on the table.
The bird’s nest porridge on the table was still boiling hot, but Zhou Shumei felt as if she had fallen into an ice hole, her entire body emitting an inexplicable chill.
Things turned around so quickly that she did not understand where she had revealed her weakness.
Seeing Xiao Yan’s words and actions, she clearly knew that there was something wrong with the bird’s nest porridge, but she was clearly very careful.
“Since your master refuses to eat, then feed her.” Xiao Yan’s hostile gaze suddenly swept towards the girl beside Zhou Shumei, Yanhong.
Yanhong was shocked and hurriedly knelt down. “Slave, this servant doesn’t dare.”
“I don’t dare! Could it be that you want to drink this bowl of porridge for your master?” Xiao Yan sneered.
Yan Hong’s face was filled with fear as she shook her head repeatedly, “No, no, this servant didn’t mean that.”
Xiao Yan’s words caused Zhou Shumei to sweat profusely, and her heart trembled with fear. It was as if she was walking a tightrope on a cliff, and if she accidentally fell to pieces. “Master, what are you doing? Did I do something wrong? This bird’s nest porridge was sent over by Princess Yan. I really don’t know anything!”
“Mother really doesn’t know anything?” At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded.
Zhou Shumei hurriedly turned her head, only to see Xiao Xi supporting Hong Yu’s hand and leading Zi Yan Bi Yun through the door.
Seeing Xiao Xiwei suddenly appear here, Zhou Shumei was stunned for a moment, and then her heart felt as if someone had thrown it into ice water, from head to toe.
It turned out that the so-called porridge delivery was not an opportunity bestowed by heaven, but a way to lure a lord into the urn.
Xiao Xiwei!
Xiao Xiwei!
Xiao Xiwei!
This woman was truly too terrifying!
“That’s right. I did order someone to give me the bird’s nest porridge. I also asked my mother to give it to my grandfather and father on my behalf. However, I don’t think I asked my mother to put anything else in the porridge.” Xiao Xiwei walked over to Zhou Shumei and smiled at her.
“I, I don’t understand what you’re saying.” Although his heart was in a state of utter panic, he could only refrain from propping himself up.
Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and smiled. Then, he took out a prescription from his sleeve and casually threw it in front of Zhou Shumei. “Then you should know about this prescription, right?”
On the snow-white paper, Gui Wei, Hong Hua, Dan Bi, Fu Zi, Rhubarb … rows of herbs were all used for abortion.
This, how could this prescription be in Xiao Xiwei’s hands?
Zhou Shumei bit her lips forcefully, her entire body trembling uncontrollably.
“Bitch!” Seeing Zhou Shumei’s expression, Xiao Yan knew that what Xiwei told her was the truth. Immediately, he could no longer suppress the rage in his heart and kicked Zhou Shumei fiercely.
The intense pain in her chest woke Zhou Shumei up. She crawled up to Xiao Yan regardless of the pain and reached out to hug his leg. “Master, I was forced, and I can’t force it! He used Rui’er to force me, I have no way … I have no way …”
“Get lost!” The veins on Xiao Yan’s forehead jumped, and he raised his leg and kicked him again.
Even though Xi Wei and Nanny Liu had told him all of her words and deeds in front of him, he still had some luck in his heart towards her until this bowl of bird’s nest porridge just now.
What exactly did he do, and why did they betray him one by one!
Why?
“Master … I couldn’t help it. That time, I went to the An Temple to beg for the Peace Talisman for Rui’er, but I didn’t expect it to be … but it was designed by that bastard.” Zhou Shumei sobbed as she spoke. Suddenly, she turned her gaze to Xiao Xiwei and said, “Princess, I have no enmity with him. The only reason I have enmity with him is … because I helped you that time!”
Xiao Xiwei merely glanced at Zhou Shumei. Then, she looked at Xiao Yan, who was standing beside her. “Father, this has already happened. It’s fine if you’re angry. Now, look …”
Xiao Yan’s eyes flashed with hostility as he stared fixedly at Zhou Shumei.
Zhou Shumei’s entire body trembled from Xiao Yan’s gaze. The color on her face disappeared. She hurriedly climbed up to Xiao Yan again. Her hands tightly grabbed the corner of his sleeves and cried as she pleaded, “Master, I’m also confused for the sake of our relationship … Oh right, Rui’er, Rui’er is still so young, he can’t be without a mother! Master …”
Xiao Yan was too lazy to look at Zhou Shumei’s face. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Xiwei, “I’ll leave everything to you.” After saying that, he stretched out his hand and forcefully broke Zhou Shumei’s hand. He raised his leg and walked out of the door.
“Master …”
Behind her, Zhou Shumei’s desperate voice rang out. This scene was similar to the scene when Madam Li was divorced from the manor.
“You don’t have to shout. He won’t forgive you for being like father.” Xiao Xi looked at Zhou Shumei and said coldly.
Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s voice, Zhou Shumei slowly turned around. She reached out to wipe her tears and raised her eyebrows to look at Xiao Xiwei. “I thought that even if we weren’t friends, we shouldn’t be enemies.”
“Yes, I thought so before last night.” Xiao Xiwei looked at Zhou Shumei quietly. “What I gave you was that you didn’t cherish it yourself.”
“You gave me a chance?” Zhou Shumei was stunned for a moment, then she remembered what Xiao Xiwei had said to her in the Rain Pavilion yesterday. A bitter smile slowly crept onto the corner of her mouth. “So, you already knew.”
“The person who knows about this is not me, but grandmother.” Xiao Xiwei looked coldly at Zhou Shumei.
This time, even Zhou Shumei couldn’t help but be surprised.
Unexpectedly, it was the Matriarch who found out about this matter. Then why didn’t she say anything?
Xiao Xiwei seemed to have noticed Zhou Shumei’s doubts and continued, “Grandmother, it’s not that she didn’t say anything. She just doesn’t know how to speak to her father. Moreover, based on Grandmother’s current health, even if she wanted to deal with you, she would still be powerless.”
Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s words, Zhou Shumei lowered her head and suddenly laughed, “Then what do you plan to do with me now? Kill me?”
Xiao Xi glanced at Bi Yun slightly. Bi Yun blessed himself and immediately took out a bowl of bird’s nest porridge from the food box he brought with him and placed it on the table.
“This is the Five Stones Powder in the porridge.”
“You want to poison me to death!”
“You know, the matriarch hasn’t been buried yet, so the Marquis can’t spread the news of the sudden death of the matriarch.” Xiao Xi looked at Zhou Shumei calmly and said, “Therefore, this bowl of porridge won’t let you die. It will only make you look a little abnormal.”
“You want to poison me!” Zhou Shumei suddenly stood up and glared at Xiao Xiwei with venomous eyes. “No! I can’t eat! Marquis Mansion can’t spread the news of Mother’s’sudden death ‘, can it spread the news of Mother’s madness?”
“During the funeral of the Matriarch Marquis Mansion, the young master accidentally died of a cold. He was so excited that he had a sudden epilepsy.” Xiao Xiwei looked at Zhou Shumei and said word by word.
Zhou Shumei took a few steps back when she heard this. She pointed at Xiao Xiwei’s fingers and kept trembling. Her voice was filled with fear and resentment, “You, what are you doing to my Rui’er?”
“What I want to do to him depends on what you do.” Xiao Xiwei calmly looked into Zhou Shumei’s eyes and said.
“You, you’re threatening me.” Zhou Shumei gritted her teeth and looked at Xiao Xiwei.
Xiao Xiwei looked at Zhou Shumei and didn’t say anything.
Zhou Shumei pursed her dry lips.
“How do I know if you’re lying to me?”
‘”No matter what, Rui’er is still my younger brother. If you go crazy, he is so young, and he is no threat to me or my older brother, so I have no reason to harm him. Besides, even if I really want to do something to him, you can’t stop him, can you?” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Shumei. “Now, you can only choose to believe me.”
Looking at Xiao Xiwei’s clear and cold face, a weak smile gradually appeared at the corner of Zhou Shumei’s mouth.
What she said was fine. Up until now, she could only choose to believe her.
Step by step, Zhou Shumei slowly walked to the table and reached out her trembling hand to slowly pick up the bowl of porridge.
What a joke. She was clearly the one who brought porridge to Xiao Yan to drink, but when the time came, the person who drank the porridge became her.
It was truly a step in the wrong direction.
If she had known this, she should have confessed to Xiao Yan back then. In this way, at least she was not a vicious woman who wanted to kill her husband like she was now.
The cold bird’s nest porridge slowly flowed down his throat.
After a long time, Zhou Shumei slowly opened her eyes. She looked at Xiao Xiwei with tears in her eyes. Her eyes were calm as never before, “I’m sorry.”
Xiao Xiwei looked at her quietly, then turned around and led the girl out of the room.
