The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 167

Chapter 167 Hidden From View
“If Xizhi is really dead, then why would you go all out to get a fake corpse to abandon him? Chu Yanzhi, do you think I’m stupid?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi, his gaze becoming even colder.

“Yeah, you’re not stupid. Can’t you guess?” Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Xiwei with a faint smile.

Xiao Xi looked at Chu Yanzhi slightly, her eyes gradually disappearing.

Seemingly wanting to see Xiao Xiwei completely give up, a faint undercurrent surged out of Chu Yanzhi’s eyes. His icy cold voice continued to jump out, “Don’t tell me you don’t know what he and Xiao Xiyang are plotting in Wu Cheng. If I don’t make a move first, it’s hard to guarantee that some people won’t do anything in between.”

As long as Chu Xizhi died in front of the people of the world, then the Swallow King’s party’s path of retreat would be completely cut off.

‘”Pa!”

The teacup on the table was unconsciously swept to the ground by Xiao Xiwei. At this moment, her eyes were deathly silent. It was as if her life had suddenly been sucked away, and her entire body was like a walking corpse.

His chest seemed to have been heavily scratched by something.

Originally, he should be happy, he should be happy! You see, facts have proved that she, Xiao Xiwei, still chose wrongly in the end. However, why was it that when he saw her dead and empty eyes, his heart felt as if someone had ruthlessly gouged out a piece of it with a sharp blade, causing him to feel uncontrollable pain?

At first, he set up a trap to seize her heart, but why did he not get what he wanted and instead put his heart in her? But when did all of this start? On the way to Chao An Temple, everyone panicked, but even though her face was a little panicked, under her thick eyelashes, her eyes were like water in a deep pond on a winter night, cold and without any fluctuations …

He should have hated her for rejecting him in that way. But why was it that when he saw her accept Chu Xizhi’s hairpin with a smile, his heart felt like it was being bitten by millions of ants, and a raging fire ignited in his chest?

At that moment, he swore that one day, he would make her pay the price for her choice. However, when he saw this numb and deathly silent face in front of him, he could not feel a trace of happiness in his heart. However, he knew that he could obtain both the throne and the people he wanted, because no one could hinder him anymore.

Chu Yanzhi stared fixedly into Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. “Xiwei, I said before that I won’t give anyone a chance easily, except you.”

The person sitting on the couch was like a puppet, not moving at all.

“Xiwei, you don’t know nothing about what he and Xiao Xiyang are planning in Wu City, do you? Now that he is dead, guess what will happen to your brother?” Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Xiwei, his voice carrying a hint of threat.

Finally, those deathly silent eyes moved.

“You, what do you want to do?”

Seeing that she had finally spoken, Chu Yanzhi’s expression finally relaxed a little, as long as she still cared about people.

“What this king wants to do depends on your choice.” The corner of Chu Yanzhi’s cold lips finally raised a knowing smile.

Xiao Xiwei’s deathly silent eyes suddenly lit up with two clusters of dark flames. His snow-white teeth bit his lower lip forcefully, and a trace of blood slowly oozed out.

“Enough.” Chu Yanzhi suddenly stood up and reached out to touch Xiao Xiwei’s lips.

Xiao Xiwei turned her face away in disgust, “Don’t touch me.”

A wisp of darkness swiftly flashed across Chu Yanzhi’s eyes, but very quickly, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. “Alright, this king won’t touch you. As long as you don’t use force to harm yourself, this king won’t touch you.” As he said that, he stood up and took two steps back. “Xiwei, this king has given you time to think about it carefully. When you have thought it through, come and find me.” After saying that, he took out half a jade pendant from his sleeve and carefully placed it on the couch. After doing all of this, he smiled at Xiao Xi and then turned around to leave.

After Chu Yan left, Zi Yan quickly walked in. “Princess, are you alright?”

If Xiao Xiwei hadn’t secretly winked at her at that time, she would have attacked Chu Yanzhi at that time.

Xiao Xiwei shook his head, and his gaze suddenly fell on the half of the jade pendant on the small table.

This half jade pendant was the one he had given her at the Old Lady Monarch’s birthday banquet. Afterwards, it was tied to Xiao Xile’s body by her own hands. It seemed that he had taken this jade pendant from Xiao Xile. That’s right, if he could attack Xiao Xile, how could he still leave his mother’s jade pendant on Xiao Xile’s body?

Following Xiao Xiwei’s gaze, Zi Yan also saw this half jade pendant. “Princess, this servant will throw this jade pendant out now.”

“No need.” Xiao Xiwei faintly raised his eyebrows, “Find a place and put away this jade pendant.”

“Princess, this is” Zi Yan raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Xiwei in confusion.

She really couldn’t understand why Princess Shen had left behind Prince Shen’s things.

At this moment, in the secluded backyard of Prince Yan’s Mansion, Chu Xizhi was standing in front of a plum tree wearing a silver fox fur cape.

After passing through the Night Wind Courtyard, the plum blossom was blooming, and the cold plum fragrance rushed towards his nose.

Suddenly, a figure quietly landed behind Chu Xizhi.

“If only Xiwei were here now.” Chu Xizhi stretched out his hand and broke off a plum blossom tree. He placed it on the tip of his nose and gently sniffed.

The person behind him did not say anything.

Chu Xizhi smiled. He let go of the plum branch in his hand and turned around. The wide cloak swayed slightly in the wind, drawing a perfect arc.

“How’s Wu Cheng?”

“Everything will proceed according to His Highness’ arrangements.”

“That’s good.” Chu Xizhi nodded. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the path on the left.

On the other side, Chu Muzhi’s face was full of anxiety as he took three steps and two. In a few seconds, he walked in front of Chu Xizhi and said, “Seventh brother, you’re crazy. Why did you run out?”

This is the Imperial City. I wonder how many spies Chu Yanzhi has laid on the surroundings of Prince Yan’s Mansion. If he doesn’t stay in the secret room, he actually runs out to admire plums. Aren’t you afraid that Chu Yanzhi’s people will discover him?

“Don’t worry, the moment the news of King Yan’s death came from Wu City, he completely lost interest in Prince Yan’s Mansion.” Chu Xizhi smiled faintly.

“That’s not necessarily the case. A suspicious person like Chu Yanzhi, aren’t you afraid that he might retain his hand?” Chu Muzhi frowned and said worriedly.

“I know that, so I deliberately let people relax their vigilance a while ago so that his people can enter Prince Yan’s Mansion to explore. Besides, even if he suspects that I’m still alive, he would never have imagined that I would hide in front of him and hide in Prince Yan’s Mansion. The so-called dangerous place is the safest place. “Now that his greatest enemy, King Yan, is dead again, how can he spare time to pay attention to this defeated Yan Palace?” Chu Xizhi said. Seeing that Chu Muzhi was still frowning, he couldn’t help but pat him on the shoulder. “It’s you, what’s the matter with running over in such a hurry?”

Hearing Chu Xizhi’s words, Chu Muzhi finally remembered his purpose of coming here. He pushed away Chu Xizhi’s hand on his shoulder and frowned, “Seventh Brother, you still have the heart to reward Mei here. Do you know that Chu Yanzhi has already inspected your thoughts?”

“My thoughts? What thoughts do I have?” Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Muzhi with amusement.

“Seventh brother, since when are you still playing tricks on me?” Looking at Chu Xizhi’s calm expression, Chu Muzhi was so anxious that he almost jumped off his feet.

“You still can’t calm down. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have told you.” Chu Xizhi looked at Chu Muzhi and sighed with a smile.

“You’re not telling me?” Chu Muzhi frowned, “Seventh brother, what do you mean by that?”

“Do you think that with your seventh brother’s little ability, Chu Yanzhi can take me out with a casual move?” Chu Xizhi smiled as he looked at Chu Muzhi.

Looking at Chu Xizhi’s confident appearance, Chu Muzhi finally calmed down. He stared into Chu Xizhi’s eyes and slowly began to analyze, “He said that you are dead, and that you look very certain.”

Chu Xizhi nodded, “Indeed, the ‘King Yan’ in Wu City is indeed dead.”

“King Yan in Wu City?” Chu Muzhi quickly grabbed the main point from Chu Xizhi’s words. Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his mind, “Seventh Brother, you also placed a substitute in Wu City.”

Chu Xi smiled as he raised his hand and lightly tapped Chu Muzhi’s head. “It’s not easy. After so many years, it’s finally enlightened.”

“But why would someone as cautious as Chu Muzhi fall for it?” Chu Muzhi still couldn’t understand some things.

“Perhaps it’s because he believes too much in himself.” Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows and curled the corners of his lips.

“Seventh Brother, Seventh Emperor Brother, don’t make a fuss, quickly tell me.” Unable to endure Chu Xizhi’s mystery, Chu Muzhi urged repeatedly.

He really didn’t understand a lot of things.

“What is there to be confused about, After I rescued Zui Zhi from the Northern Desert, “It’s true that she took him to Wu Cheng. This is exactly the same as the information Chu Yanzhi received. In addition, Xi Yang and I were both focused on Lin Yushi at that time. When we both thought that Lin Yushi was the spy sent by Chu Yanzhi, the other people would naturally have a better chance of succeeding. Therefore, he would believe that it’s not surprising.”

“Someone else?” Chu Muzhi frowned.

Only then did he recall that Chu Yanzhi had indeed told him that Lin Yushi was not a spy he had sent. It turned out that he had already arranged for someone else.

“Just like that, he believed me?” Chu Yanzhi still couldn’t believe it.

“Isn’t there still you?” Chu Xizhi looked at Chu Yanzhi and blinked his eyes.

“Me?” Chu Yanzhi knitted his eyebrows again. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, “Seventh Brother, the reason why you hid it from me is because of this, right?”

Afraid that he would reveal a flaw in front of Chu Yanzhi, he deliberately didn’t tell him the truth.

He had always believed that Chu Xizhi wanted to rebut him after Chu Yanzhi announced the news of King Yan’s death, causing him to lose his reputation. Therefore, when Chu Yanzhi pointed out this point, he couldn’t control it and revealed a flaw. However, this was exactly what Chu Xizhi wanted Chu Yanzhi to see. Only in this way could Chu Yanzhi completely dispel the doubt in his heart.

“Seventh Brother, no, Royal Brother, you really are a hidden old fox! I thought that Chu Yanzhi was already treacherous enough, but you … tsk tsk, compared to you, Chu Yanzhi can only be considered a newborn cub. It’s really not enough to see!” Chu Muzhi said to Chu Xizhi with a thumbs up.

Chu Xizhi stretched out his hand and patted off his hand, “Go! He is considered a newborn cub, then you, what are you!”

“I, I am nothing.” Chu Muzhi, who knew everything, immediately relaxed and teased Chu Yanzhi with a smile.

Chu Xizhi curled his lips, and a sense of worry gradually rose between his eyebrows.

I wonder how Xi Wei is doing now? Chu Yanzhi would definitely test her. He knew that Xi Wei would not reveal any flaws, but he was still slightly worried …