The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 158

Chapter 158 If We Start Over
Under Cage Smoke’s eyebrows was a pair of clear autumn water eyes. She was dressed in a plain white palace dress embroidered with magnolia orchids. There was only a simple bun on her head, and there was only a pink jade magnolia hairpin inserted on it. Even though it was so pure, it was still difficult to conceal her beauty. However, when his gaze descended and he saw the bulging belly under his skirt, the faint smile in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes instantly disappeared without a trace and was replaced by a faint coldness.

She’s pregnant.

In that belly was Chu Xizhi’s child.

“Your Highness.” Xiao Xi lowered her eyes slightly and blessed her body.

Zi Yan and Bi Yun glanced at each other. Although they were unhappy in their hearts, they still nodded towards Chu Yanzhi.

A faint warmth gradually appeared in his cold eyes. Chu Yanzhi pulled the corner of his mouth and said, “Won’t the princess invite this prince to sit down?”

Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and curved the corners of his mouth. He stepped aside and said, “Your Highness, please.”

Chu Yan smiled and walked to the mahogany chair beside Xiao Xiwei and sat down.

“Biyun, watch the tea.” Xiao Xi smiled and instructed Bi Yun.

“Yes.” Bi Yun blessed Xiao Xiwei and immediately poured a cup of tea for Chu Yanzhi. After that, he retreated behind Xiao Xiwei.

Xiao Xi smiled and raised his hand, “Your Highness, please.”

Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei. A moment later, he smiled. He reached out and picked up the teacup on the table. He lowered his head and took a sip. After a long time, his lips curved into a faint smile. “This tea tastes mellow and sweet, and its fragrance lasts for a long time. If I’m not mistaken, it should be Yellow Mountain’s Mao Feng.”

Xiao Xi slightly pursed his lips and smiled. “Your Highness Prince Su Wenshen is the best at drinking tea, but he is comparable to the Tea Saint Lu Yu of the previous dynasty. When I saw him today, his reputation was indeed well-deserved.”

Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei and suddenly smiled, “I wonder what it’s like to be compared to the Swallow King?”

“I and His Highness Prince Swallow are not as elegant as His Highness Prince Shen. In the eyes of me and His Highness Prince Swallow, tea is only used to quench thirst. Therefore, I naturally cannot compare to Your Highness.” Xiao Xi looked at Chu Yanzhi and smiled faintly.

“If it’s not tea, then it’s only human?” Chu Yanzhi looked straight into Xiao Xiwei’s eyes and suddenly said.

Xiao Xiwei’s eyes did not fluctuate at all, and even the curve of her lips did not change at all. “Forgive me for being stupid, I do not understand what Your Highness is saying.”

“Don’t you understand” Chu Yanzhi suddenly laughed a few times. Suddenly, he pulled out his hand and grabbed Xiao Xiwei’s wrist.

“Princess.” Zi Yan was shocked and was about to make a move subconsciously, but she was restrained by Xiao Xiwei’s cold gaze.

“What is Your Highness doing?” Xiao Xiwei’s expression did not change as she looked at Chu Yanzhi.

“If, if I gave you another chance, would you still choose him?” Chu Yanzhi stood up without a trace of a smile on his face. His gaze was as bright as a torch as he stared straight into Xiao Xiwei’s eyes, not allowing her to dodge in the slightest.

A layer of fine frost gradually appeared in Xiao Xiwei’s gentle eyes. She slowly pulled her hand back from Chu Yanzhi’s hand, and a mocking smile flashed across her lips. “Is Your Highness joking with this concubine?”

Chu Yanzhi’s ink-colored eyes sank, and his expression suddenly turned cold. “Xiwei, I am willing to give you another chance to choose again.”

Xiao Xi raised her face slightly. Her pitch-black eyes were ice-cold, but her words were even colder than hers. “Then did Your Highness ever think that I would like this opportunity given to me by Your Highness?”

Many times in the middle of the night, she dreamed of the fire in Phoenix Ceremony Palace. She was devoured by the blazing fire inch by inch. She struggled desperately in the fire, but the person standing outside the door stared at her coldly and ruthlessly …

Chu Yanzhi, you won’t know how grateful I am to the heavens for giving me a chance to choose again. Because, I can finally walk out of that nightmare and live a real life that belongs to me, Xiao Xiwei.

Without you, Chu Yanzhi’s life.

Chu Yanzhi stared at Xiao Xiwei tightly. Her eyes were as cold as ice, and there was even a hint of resentment in them.

“Xiwei, they all said that you are smart and quick-witted. Since that’s the case, you should have already noticed that he is not Father Emperor’s choice.” Chu Yanzhi said coldly as he looked at Xiao Xiwei.

He didn’t know why he was so obsessed with her. When did this persistence begin? Did she give Xiao Xile the jade pendant that she lied about? Or did she accept Chu Xizhi’s proposal? Or perhaps it was the dream he had when he learned that she was going to marry Chu Xizhi … Under the bright red handkerchief, that beautiful person blushed with embarrassment, but there was an indescribable radiance in his eyes …

She should be his bride!

“So?” Xiao Xi slightly tilted her head and looked at Chu Yanzhi with a faint smile.

Chu Yan was stunned, and his eyes instantly grew deeper.

So …

Therefore, she knew that the person her father chose was not Chu Xizhi, but she still chose him! It was as if Chu Yanzhi’s chest had lit a fire, and the burning flames caused his chest to ache faintly.

“Xiao Xiwei, do you know what you’re talking about?” Chu Yanzhi stared at Xiao Xiwei, a trace of coldness flashing across his ink-colored eyes.

Didn’t she choose Chu Xizhi because she thought that Chu Xizhi was her father’s favorite prince? Now that she already knew that Chu Xizhi was actually only a chess piece in the hands of her father, why didn’t she regret it? Could it be …

Chu Yanzhi’s gaze suddenly landed on Xiao Xi’s slightly bulged lower abdomen.

“Is it because of this child?” Chu Yanzhi’s eyes moved, and his expression relaxed a little. “If you really like him so much, I can allow you to keep him.”

I can allow her to keep him …

“Haha” Xiao Xiwei suddenly covered his lips and chuckled softly, “Your Highness, did you misunderstand something?”

Chu Yan’s face sank. His face was covered with a layer of ten thousand years of frost, and a frightening cold light burst out from his eyes.

Xiao Xiwei and she rejected him again.

There was not even the slightest hesitation.

“Xi Wei, I never give anyone a chance easily.” Chu Yanzhi stared at Xiao Xiwei with a deep and cold gaze.

“Coincidentally, my body never needs an opportunity given by others.” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyes to meet Chu Yanzhi’s gaze and smiled faintly.

Someone else.

He was actually someone else in her eyes.

Chu Yanzhi sneered a few times and slowly took two steps back towards Xiao Xiwei.

Nothing more than three. Xiao Xiwei had already rejected him three times.

“I hope you don’t regret what you said today.” Chu Yanzhi’s cold gaze swept across Xiao Xiwei, and then he turned around and strode out.

“Princess.”

After Chu Yan left, Bi Yun and Zi Yan hurriedly walked to Xiao Xiwei.

Xiao Xiwei looked at the sunlight gushing in from outside the door, and a faint coldness gradually condensed in his eyes.

Chu Yanzhi came back this time with such confidence. It seems that he is already prepared to take action against him. Unfortunately …

Xizhi, where are you.

Wu Cheng.

“Zimu, you really want to go back to the capital.” Xiao Xiyang frowned slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi worriedly.

Chu Xizhi nodded.

“Zimu, you have to think clearly. Prince Shenwang has already returned to the capital. Now that the capital is full of dangers, aren’t you going to trap yourself?” Xiao Xiyang frowned.

“I’m worried about Xiwei.” Chu Xizhi said with a frown.

Ever since he found out that Xi Wei was pregnant, his heart had been hanging in the air all the time. If he had known that Xi Wei was sick earlier, he would not have left the capital no matter what. Moreover, Xi Wei was being taken into the palace to be closely guarded. As long as he thought of it, he would find it difficult to eat. Didn’t he want to protect her for the rest of his life? But now that she was in danger, how could he let her go?

Hearing Chu Xizhi’s words, Xiao Xiyang sighed guiltily, “It’s all my fault.”

He set up three consecutive ambushes on Chu Yanzhi’s way back to the capital, but he didn’t expect that Chu Yanzhi would hide in the capital. Otherwise, Chu Xizhi wouldn’t need to rush back to the capital in such a hurry.

“Don’t blame yourself. If Chu Yanzhi doesn’t even have this ability, then it won’t be him.” Chu Xizhi patted Xiao Xiwei’s shoulder and smiled.

Chu Yanzhi had been on guard against him for a long time. Not only did he perform an empty city plan and leave the northwest in disguise, he also brought along several extraordinary hidden guards with him. Whether it was him or Xiao Xiyang, it was impossible for them to openly rob and kill him. Therefore, Chu Yanzhi’s escape was within his expectations.

“But Zimu …”

Xiao Xiwei was still worried about trying to persuade Chu Yanzhi. At this moment, a person suddenly walked in from outside the room.

“Your Highness, Su Yang’s letter.” Liu knelt on the ground and handed the letter in his hand to Chu Xizhi.

Chu Xi took a step forward and took the letter from Liu Xi’s hand before unfolding it.

There were only six short words on the snow-white letter.

Everything goes according to plan.

“Zimu, is something wrong with Su Yang?” Xiao Xiyang said.

Chu Xizhi turned to look at Xiao Xiyang and smiled knowingly, “Don’t worry, everything is in the plan.”

“Plan?” Xiao Xi frowned slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi in puzzlement.

Chu Xi smiled and said, “I think the capital will soon receive news of the Swallow King’s sudden disappearance while he was checking the situation.”

Hearing this, Xiao Xiwei’s worried heart relaxed slightly. He smiled and patted Chu Xizhi’s shoulder, saying, “You brat, you originally planned this a long time ago, making me worry for you for a few days.”

Chu Xizhi pursed the corners of his lips and smiled, “Don’t worry, I promised Xiwei that I would let her live a peaceful life.”

No matter what the price.

“Zimu, I know I can’t persuade you. You, be careful. I’ll leave Xiwei and Xiwei to you.” Xiao Xiyang looked at Chu Xizhi and solemnly explained.

Chu Xizhi’s slender eyes suddenly flashed, and the corner of his mouth curved into an attractive arc. “If you leave your sister in my care, then my sister will have to trouble you.”

Xiao Xiwei was stunned. A strange light flashed through his eyes, but he did not avoid Chu Xizhi’s gaze. “Yes, I will take care of the Ninth Princess.”

Chu Xizhi curled his lips and patted Xiao Xiyang’s shoulder. “I know that a person’s life is actually very short, so cherish the person you cherish.”

Because, not everyone has the chance to start over again.