The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 182

Chapter 182 The Meaning of King Qin
“Princess, be careful. You have forgotten what Imperial doctor told you. You are weak now. You mustn’t get angry.” At this time, Hong Yu suddenly walked up to Xiao Xiwei and gently advised as he reached out to touch her chest.

Hong Yu’s words instantly pulled Chu Yanzhi back to his senses. He suddenly recalled the thrill of her childbirth two days ago. She almost died because of him. If it was him, his reaction would probably be even more shocking than hers.

Thinking of this, Chu Yanzhi raised his hand and slowly put it down. The killing intent around his body also dissipated a lot.

“Go and boil this snow ginseng.” Chu Yanzhi turned around and instructed Hong Yu.

“Yes.” Hong Yu Fu replied. Then, she turned around and gave Xiao Xiwei a deep look. Then, she bent down and took a few steps back. Then, she stretched out her hand to pull Zi Yan, who was still glaring at Chu Yanzhi angrily on the ground, up and took her out together.

As soon as the two of them left, the room instantly quieted down.

“In the future, I won’t let this happen again.” After a long time, Chu Yanzhi finally spoke.

Xiao Xi looked at Chu Yanzhi quietly. Her thin lips were pursed into a line and she did not speak for a long time.

It was precisely because Chu Yanzhi suddenly attacked Zi Yan that she suddenly lost control. Now that she calmed down, she couldn’t help but feel her heart skip a beat. How could she forget that Chu Yanzhi had always been a cold and emotionless person. He could tolerate her until now only because he had not obtained her, but if she really touched his bottom line, then he would definitely kill her without hesitation!

Right now, the only thing she could do was endure.

Even for Xizhi and Tian Ye, she had to endure it.

“Cough cough.” Xiao Xiwei suddenly lowered her eyes and raised her hand to cover her mouth as she coughed lightly.

Chu Yan was stunned. Then, he quickly turned around and poured a cup of hot tea from the table beside him. He helped Xiao Xiwei up with one hand and handed the tea over.

Xiao Xiwei frowned in disgust. Without hesitation, she raised her hand and knocked off the teacup in Chu Yanzhi’s hand. Perhaps it was due to her weakness, or perhaps it was because she had exerted too much strength. Just as she landed the teacup on the ground, she fell unsteadily into Chu Yanzhi’s embrace.

Chu Yanzhi frowned. Just as he was about to get angry, he suddenly smelled a faint body fragrance. He subconsciously lowered his head and saw Xiao Xiwei’s delicate and smooth skin like white jade. In an instant, the remaining anger in his heart dissipated completely, and he even felt a little dry-mouthed.

“Even if you want to get angry with me, you still need to wait for your body to recover.” Chu Yanzhi pursed the corners of his dry lips and looked at Xiao Xiwei’s deep pupils with a hint of unnaturalness.

Xiao Xi snorted coldly and turned away.

Although he knew that Xiao Xiwei really hated him at this moment, seeing her actions, he felt that she was acting like she was playing tricks on him. Even he didn’t understand why, but the corners of his mouth curved into a doting smile that he hadn’t even noticed.

“Xiwei, you’re so smart. How could you not know that this matter did not come out of my original intention?” Chu Yanzhi thought for a moment and was still prepared to explain to Xiao Xiwei.

If he wanted to get Xiao Xiwei’s heart, then he would definitely not have a thorn in her heart.

Before he met Xiao Xiwei, he had never thought that he would be so humble in front of a woman.

Perhaps, he really had a demonic barrier.

Xiao Xiwei raised his slender eyebrows and turned to face Chu Yanzhi’s eyes. A layer of resentment and resentment appeared in his eyes. “Of course, Your Highness did not want me to die, because His Highness wanted to kill the child in my stomach. However, he did not expect that Nurse An below was thinking of getting rid of the two of us.”

“Xiwei, I swear to God, I don’t know anything about this. I didn’t expect Nurse An to make his own decision. Do you think that I like you so much, and you are seven months pregnant now? Even if I really want to harm the child in your belly, I will not make a move at this moment? If it were to implicate you, wouldn’t I be regretting it? Chu Yanzhi hurriedly explained. After he finished speaking, he carefully looked at Xiao Xiwei’s eyes and found that her eyes seemed to be slightly loose. Thus, he hurriedly said, “Besides, I already said that for you, I am willing to treat this child as my own.”

“Do you think I’ll believe you?” Xiao Xiwei said coldly as he looked at Chu Yanzhi.

“Xiwei, you’ve never tried to trust me. How do you know that I won’t treat you well?” Chu Yanzhi frowned and replied.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi. After a while, she suddenly smiled. It was as if a cold wind blew away the ice lotus on the surface of the pond. Although it was beautiful, it carried an untouchable icy chill. “Does Your Highness really think that you treat me very well?”

Chu Yanzhi frowned, “What do you mean?”

“If Your Highness is really nice to me, how could he let this happen? I’m just a little bit close. If it weren’t for Du E, I’m afraid that my body would already be an ice-cold corpse right now.” Xiao Xiwei said as he stared at Chu Yanzhi’s eyes.

“Xiwei, I swear that this kind of affection will never happen again. When I return to the palace, I will immediately send Nanny An out of the palace to send her back to her hometown. Don’t worry, no one will hurt you in the future.” Chu Yanzhi swallowed his breath after a long while.

“Your Highness is so sure that only Nanny An wants my life?” Xiao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and sneered.

Chu Yanzhi’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Xiao Xiwei. The space between his eyebrows gradually formed a knot, “What do you want to say?”

“The medicine that Nurse An put in the hot water wasn’t fatal to me. The gas that was produced by the heat could only cause people to faint until they gave birth prematurely. What really killed me was something else.” Xiao Xiwei’s gaze was burning as he stared at Chu Yanzhi. “Someone switched the pills Du E gave me.”

“Who are you talking about? Tea fragrance and tea?”

Xiao Xiwei smiled coldly. “They are the people you sent. How could I give them the chance to come into contact with such an important thing? How could His Highness, the one who really switched pills, be so smart? Other than Nurse An, who else beside His Highness wants to kill me?”

Chu Yanzhi’s eyes widened, and three words suddenly popped out of his mind.

Lu Haiyang.

Suddenly, a trace of coldness flashed through his eyes.

When he left the capital, he had warned him not to attack Xiao Xiwei, but he didn’t expect that all of them would secretly disobey his orders.

When Xiao Xi noticed the gloomy coldness in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes, a trace of an imperceptible sneer flashed across the corner of his lips. A moment later, her slender eyelashes drooped down and her voice sounded tired. “Your Highness, my body is tired.”

Chu Yanzhi lowered his head.

Xiao Xi’s slender eyelashes covered her watery eyes. Her thin bedclothes wrapped around her thin body. The skin on her face was almost transparent, carrying a kind of morbid pallor. She looked so tired and weak that it made his heart ache slightly.

“It’s snowing heavily outside. Take good care of yourself.” Chu Yanzhi quietly looked at Xiao Xiwei, then stood up and walked out.

He did not see that the moment he stepped out of the room, the weak and exhausted woman in his eyes slowly raised her head, her gaze flickering with a chilling coldness.

Chu Yanzhi, didn’t you say that you like me? Do you want to be nice to me? I wonder, then, what will you do when all the people close to you want to kill me?

Outside the window, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the goose-feathered snow soon covered several nearby mountains with a thick snow coat.

Normally, no one would go out in such heavy snow, but in the woods behind Chao An Temple, there were two people standing in this world of ice and snow. One of them wore an ink cloak and was tall. He was Chu Muzhi, who had just ascended the mountain.

“Stupid! How can I let them be captured by Chu Yanzhi’s people? Now, can you find out where they are locked up by Chu Yanzhi?” Chu Muzhi scolded the black-clothed man standing beside him with a heavy face.

The black-clothed man lowered his head and did not say anything.

Chu Mu Zhi’s expression darkened even more. “What are you still waiting for? Hurry up and find out. When necessary …” Chu Mu Zhi didn’t say anything further, but the cold killing intent in his eyes instantly made the black-clothed man understand.

Very quickly, a black shadow disappeared from the forest.

Chu Muzhi shook the snowflakes on his body, then turned around and walked towards An Temple. The snow behind him left behind a long string of footprints, but he knew that not long after, the snowflakes would completely drown these footprints, leaving no traces behind.

Just as Chu Muzhi’s figure was about to disappear at the end of the road, not far from where he had originally stood, a figure suddenly floated down from the tree.

That person glanced in Chu Muzhi’s direction, and then quickly rushed back to Chao An Temple from another path.

Chu Mu returned to his room as if nothing had happened. Just as he opened the door, he saw a familiar face. A trace of panic flashed across his eyes, but he quickly calmed down. “Why is Fourth Brother here?”

Chu Yanzhi leisurely tasted a mouthful of tea. His slender eyes swept past Chu Muzhi and finally landed on his cloak that was still stained with snowflakes. “Eighth brother just came back from the outside?”

Chu Muzhi lowered his eyes and smiled, “I heard that Du Er went to the forest to pick herbs for Seventh Sister-in-law. I was worried that Seventh Sister-in-law’s body would be fine anyway, so I went around the forest to try my luck and see if I could meet Master Du Er.”

“Looks like Eighth Brother’s luck isn’t very good.” Chu Yanzhi smiled and said.

Chu Muzhi shrugged his shoulders, then walked to the sandalwood chair beside Chu Yanzhi and sat down. “As Fourth Brother said, my luck is indeed not very good. However, as long as some people put away those bad thoughts, I believe that even without Master Du E’s medicine, Sister-in-law and Tian Ye will be safe and sound.”

“Does Eighth Brother really care about Xiwei? Or is he just talking about it?” Chu Yanzhi looked at the translucent white porcelain teacup in his hand, the corners of his lips curved into a trace of Mo Ming, and the corner of his eyes watched Chu Muzhi’s every move without a trace.

“Why can’t I understand Fourth Emperor Brother’s words?” Chu Muzhi blinked and looked at Chu Yanzhi with an innocent smile.

“I heard that Eighth Brother sent someone to Su Yang, but halfway through, he inexplicably knocked him back to his seat. I wonder why?” Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Muzhi with a smile.