The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 179

Chapter 179 Chen Shi Gave Birth
Chu Yan was shocked, as if a thunder exploded in his ears. The buzzing sound that filled his ears did not recede for a long time.

Child?

When did he harm her child?

Even though he had a myriad of questions in his heart, he was unable to utter a single word at this moment, because those eyes did not conceal any hatred and resentment. They were so real that he could not even utter a single word to refute them.

On the other hand, Zi Yan couldn’t help but cry.

The sobbing sound made Chu Yanzhi regain his rationality.

This was not the time to argue about this. If this continued, not to mention protecting the big or the small, it was likely that neither of them would be able to protect themselves.

“What are you still waiting for? Don’t make a move! Keep it big!” Chu Yanzhi’s eyes were filled with hostility as he swept towards the midwife Nurse behind him.

“Yes, yes.” The two midwives, Nurse, came back to their senses and hurriedly ran towards Xiao Xiwei. As they ran, they said, “Quick, bring another basin of hot water and scissors.”

With Chu Yanzhi’s shout, the people in the room immediately started to move. Not long later, scissors, hot water, and everything needed for production were all prepared.

Granny Liu opened Xiao Xiwei’s legs and immediately picked up the scissors from the tray beside her to make a move.

“No … don’t …”

Grief, despair, powerlessness, pleading, countless emotions intertwined in his eyes, finally forming a river.

Chu Yanzhi’s expression was dark and gloomy. A faint trace of darkness surged through his eyes. The corners of his lips moved slightly and he coldly spat out two words, “Do it.”

At that moment, Xiao Xiwei felt that he had returned to the Phoenix Ceremony Hall that night.

He stood outside the hall, his face the same as before, and she was surrounded by a raging fire that burned everything …

The sharp scissors emitted an ice-cold light under the refraction of the candlelight, and what was colder and colder than the scissors was Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. Her originally bright and beautiful eyes were currently filled with countless poisonous venom that was constantly flowing towards Chu Yanzhi.

Chu Yanzhi’s eyelids couldn’t help but twitch. A huge hole appeared on his chest as if it had been corroded by the venom in her eyes.

This woman in front of him was the first person he had ever seen in his life, and perhaps the only one. However, at this moment, she was looking at him with this kind of gaze.

At that moment, he almost wanted to change his mind.

However, when he thought of the price he would pay for his words, it was very likely that it would be her life …

Chu Yanzhi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then strode out.

“Chu Yanzhi, I curse you for the rest of your life, for the rest of your life, for the death of your descendants, for eternity!” Behind him, Xiao Xi’s resentful curse nailed him like a maggot attached to a bone.

Behind the screen, Chu Yanzi closed his eyes. He did not know how he would face Xiao Xiwei’s resentment next. Originally, he wanted to get close to her, but in the end, he pushed her further away.

Perhaps, she would never accept him again in her life …

No.

He would never allow such a thing to happen.

He was going to find someone. Someone must be able to save her.

A trace of determination suddenly flashed through Chu Yanzhi’s gloomy eyes. He raised his foot and was about to leave when he saw a moonlight white figure striding towards him. Behind him was Aunt Chen from Chao An Temple.

“Your Highness.” The visitor was dressed in a crescent-white robe, and his eyebrows were extremely calm and elegant. It was precisely the former Imperial Teacher who had been driven out of the Imperial City by Chu Muzhi not long ago that had crossed over to Calamity.

“How come it’s you?” Chu Yanzhi frowned, but when he thought of the dangerous situation Xiao Xiwei was in behind him, he couldn’t care less about it. He quickly grabbed Du Er’s hand and said in a deep voice, “Quick, quickly go and see Xiwei.”

Du Er also knew that the situation was urgent, so he could not shake off Chu Yanzhi’s hand and let him pull him into the room quickly.

Behind the screen, Zi Yan and Red Rain were pressing down on Xiao Xiwei’s hands and body. Wang Nurse forcefully pulled open Xiao Xiwei’s legs. The other Nurse Liu was holding the scissors that had just been scalded with hot water, preparing to drag the child out of Xiao Xiwei’s stomach.

“Stop.” Du Er hurriedly shouted as soon as he entered the room.

Hearing the noise, Zi Yan and Hong Yu hurriedly turned around. Seeing Du Er, countless hopes surged in their eyes. Zi Yan hurriedly let go of Xiao Xiwei’s hand and walked in front of Du Er. She didn’t care about etiquette and pulled Du Er to Xiao Xiwei’s side. She said anxiously, “Master, hurry up and save my princess.”

When they saw a monk barge into the delivery room, the two midwives were shocked. However, Prince Shenwang had barged in long ago, so they didn’t dare to say anything even though they knew they were at odds with each other. Unexpectedly, if there was someone who could take the risk for them, they would be overwhelmed.

At this time, Xiao Xiwei, who was lying on the bed, was on the verge of death. Her face was as white as a piece of paper, her hair was soaked in sweat, and the corners of her pale lips were biting through with bloody marks. She had lost consciousness and could not even hear her weak breathing.

Imperial Concubine Yan was already on the verge of collapse, her entire body pressing down on Ruo Su. In fact, she didn’t even have the strength to speak anymore. She only looked at Du Er pleadingly.

Du Er stepped forward and rolled Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. Then, he turned to Zi Yan and said, “Miss, can I borrow your hairpin?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Zi Yan hurriedly pulled the silver hairpin off her head. She did not care about the scattered green silk and hurriedly stuffed the hairpin into Du Er’s hand.

Du E nodded, then picked up the silver hairpin and stabbed it between Xiao Xiwei’s eyebrows.

A drop of black blood slowly gushed out.

Du Er’s expression changed. “How could he be poisoned?”

“Poisoned? Did you say that the princess gave birth prematurely because of poisoning?” Zi Yan’s expression suddenly changed. Then, she thought of the rich fragrance in the room where the Princess was bathing before nightfall. Immediately, she turned her eyes to stare at Chu Yanzhi with resentment.

Chu Yanzhi’s eyebrows twitched.

Poisoned?

It can’t be? Not to mention that Xi Wei had Hong Yu and Zi Yan by her side, other people couldn’t interfere. Even though the courtyard was filled with her people, it was impossible for others to make a move. Moreover, who in Chao An Temple was going to poison her?

Nurse An.

A face suddenly popped out of Chu Yanzhi’s mind.

Xi Wei’s courtyard was his own, and no one else could do anything except her. The reason for that was because the two palace maids that he had arranged for Xiao Xiwei, the marquis of the Chao An Temple, the tea fragrance and the tea leaves, were all transferred from the Jing Yang Palace, and Nanny An was the head nanny of the Jing Yang Palace.

Could it be that because he didn’t listen to her, she wanted to attack Xi Wei?

In an instant, countless rage surged in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes.

At this moment, Hong Yu had no time to worry about this. She anxiously said to Du E, “Master, what should we do now?”

Now is not the time to investigate how the princess was poisoned, but to think of a way to pull the princess and the little prince back from the gates of hell.

“Pills? Didn’t I leave a few pills for the princess?” Duer turned to look at Hong Yu and said.

“After the princess saw Hong, this servant had already fed one to the princess, but the princess …” Hong Yu frowned and looked at Du E worriedly.

“Impossible.” Duer frowned and cut off Hong Yu’s words.

“Cut the crap, can you save me or not? If you can’t, then get out of the way. Don’t waste the time.” Chu Yanzhi stared at Du Er with murderous intent.

Du Er did not look at Chu Yanzhi and only raised his hand to say, “Amitabha.” Finally, he took out a small white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and poured a red pill into Hong Yu’s hand. “Please feed this pill to the princess.”

Hong Yu took the pill and before Du E could finish speaking, she helped Xiao Xiwei up and carefully stuffed the pill into her mouth.

The pill melted as soon as it touched the water and turned into red blood as soon as it entered Xiao Xiwei’s mouth.

Seeing this, Hong Yu hurriedly reached out and stroked Xiao Xiwei’s chest again and again.

After a long time, Xiao Xiwei didn’t make any movements, not even breathing.

“Young miss, the plum blossoms in the garden of Prince Yan’s Mansion have bloomed. You said that once the child is born, you will brew a pot of green plum wine and bury it under the tree. When he marries, he will take it out. At that time, it will definitely not be interesting … Young miss, do you still remember?” Hong Yu held Xiao Xiwei’s hand, tears falling down his cheeks.

Zi Yan, who was standing beside Xiao Xiwei, finally couldn’t help but pounce on her bed, crying until she couldn’t stop herself from crying. Imperial Concubine Yan finally couldn’t hold on and staggered into Ruo Su’s embrace.

“Amitabha.” Behind the screen, Aunt Chen slowly closed her eyes and sighed as she chanted the Buddha’s name.

The room was filled with tears.

In the shadows of the Cui Zhu in the courtyard outside, there was a figure standing faintly. Hearing the cries in the room, the corners of her lips gradually curled into a cold smile.

Finally, she died at her hands.

Xiao Xiwei, don’t blame me. If you want to blame me, blame you for being the wrong person in the primary selection.

“Nurse, I’ve done everything you wanted me to do …” Tea Fragrance looked at the person in the shadows carefully and whispered.

“Don’t worry, I’ll have someone give five hundred taels of silver to your brother tomorrow.” Ann Nurse turned to look at the fragrance of the tea and said faintly.

Cha Xiang’s face was filled with joy as she hurriedly blessed Ann Nurse. “Then this servant thanked Auntie for being here.”

Ann Nurse smiled coldly and turned around to leave. Just as she took a step forward, a pleasantly surprised voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

“Princess, Princess is awake.”

Xiao Xiwei had just woken up, but before she could open her eyes, the tearing pain in her lower abdomen was gone for a while, and Zi Yan’s joyful voice rang in her ears.

“Princess, do you still have the strength?” Soon after, another gentle voice sounded.

Xiao Xiwei struggled to open his eyes and saw the gentle look on his face.

It was as if a candle suddenly lit up in the pitch-black night. In an instant, it was as if she saw hope in Du Er’s eyes.

Yes.

She still couldn’t give up! How could she give up! Even if it was for her child, she still had to risk it!

Thinking of this, she nodded her head towards Duhe forcefully.

Du Er smiled and took out a blue and white porcelain vase from his bosom and handed it to Hong Yu. “Later on, open this and put it at the tip of the princess’ nose. Every once in a while, let the princess smell it. Princess, all you have to do is to inhale heavily. This will make you feel no pain in your abdomen.” After saying that, he turned to the two midwives who were still in a daze and said, “Now, you can do what you want.” After saying that, he chanted another Buddhist ritual and walked out.

The two midwives, Nurse, hurriedly cast their gazes at Chu Yanzhi.

Chu Yanzhi nodded towards them forcefully, and then followed behind Du Er.

“Nurse, hurry up and help.” Zi Yan hurriedly shouted at the two of them.

The two midwives came back to their senses and got busy with their work.

Outside the house, the sky had already turned pale.

Basin after basin of hot water was brought in, and another basin of blood was sent out.

However, Xiao Xiwei’s mournful shouts no longer sounded from inside.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Finally, a loud and clear cry sounded in the room. At the same time, the bell of Chao An Temple suddenly rang.

Dang … Dang … Dang …

Chu Yanzhi stared at the horizon. It was the 28th day of the 10th month of the 37th year of the Yuanwu Reign.