The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 195

Chapter 195 He Was Already a Demon in His Heart
The journey from Chao An Temple to the capital was not far, but it was definitely not near. In addition to the heavy snow sealing the mountain, the road was not easy to walk. When the carriage arrived in the capital, it was already dusk.

Under the faint golden sunlight, the gorgeous palace was already in front of him.

Xiao Xiwei lowered her head and looked at the baby who was sleeping soundly in her infancy. She felt soft and heartache in her heart.

Originally, she should have given him a safe and warm environment so that he could grow up without worry, but now, she could only watch him step by step into danger.

The carriage rolled over the bluestone paved road and emitted a wheeling sound. This sound seemed to constantly remind her that the short period of calm had already been gradually left behind, and countless bloody storms were waiting for her in front of them.

At this moment, she looked at the sleeping child in her arms. Her eyes were inexplicably moist, and she suddenly began to miss him crazily.

If only Xizhi was here.

Finally, the carriage stopped.

“Princess, we’re here.” Outside the carriage, the eunuch’s shrill voice sounded.

Before Xiao Xiwei could move, she heard a series of sounds from outside.

“This servant greets His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Several gazes in the carriage looked towards Xiao Xiwei. Xiao Xiwei raised his head and hugged the baby in his arms. The softness and confusion in his eyes faded away cleanly. The fog retreated into his eyes like a lake in winter. Although it was clear, it revealed a chill.

Ruo Su glanced at Xiao Xiwei and finally got out of the carriage first. Then, she lifted the curtain. In the carriage, Hong Yu, Bi Yun, and Zi Yan got out of the carriage one after another, and finally, Xiao Xiwei.

She was wearing a fox fur cloak embroidered with light purple plums. This color made her icy cold eyebrows and eyes faintly emit a trace of charm. It was like a plum blossom blooming in the snow. Although it was icy cold, there was a faint fragrance that assaulted people, causing people to not be able to move their eyes away at all.

“Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince.” Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and held the child in his arms.

Unlike other women’s soft and soft whispers or clear and melodious voices, Xiao Xiwei’s voice was always maintained at the same degree. Since it was neither high nor low, it was so steady that no one could pick out a single mistake. It was also impossible to tell from her voice whether she was happy, sad, or hateful. He suddenly wanted to know, did she say the same thing in front of Chu Xizhi?

Chu Yanzhi frowned slightly, but then he unfolded, “You’ve lost weight …”

Xiao Xiwei’s delicately trimmed willow-leaf eyebrows gently raised. Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on the corners of his lips. “Your Highness is joking.”

The space between Chu Yanzhi’s eyebrows moved. For a moment, he felt that he was dazzled, because the woman in front of him had never smiled at her so softly.

Suddenly, that faint smile suddenly disappeared. Xiao Xiwei’s entire body lightly shook.

“Princess.” Zi Yan panicked and hurriedly reached out to support her, while Hong Yu neatly carried the child in Xiao Xiwei’s hand over.

Chu Yanzhi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly walked over to Xiao Xiwei. “What’s wrong?”

“Your Highness, you don’t have any instructions. Why don’t you let the princess go back and rest first? The princess is just out of the moon, and her body is weak. She can’t see the wind.” Ruo Su said to Chu Yanzhi.

Chu Yan was stunned. Looking at Xiao Xiwei’s pale and somewhat weak face, he suddenly felt his heart tighten. “Then what are you still waiting for? Why aren’t you helping the princess into the sedan chair?”

Ruo Su blessed himself and immediately turned around to instruct Bi Yun, “You go to the Grand Hospital and ask Wu Imperial doctor to come to Yongchun Palace immediately.”

Bi Yun nodded and trotted towards the Taiyuan Hospital.

Yongchun Palace.

Wu Imperial doctor respectfully stood in front of Chu Yanzhi and said, “Your Highness, Princess Yan is suffering from a postpartum blood loss. You must take good care of her. You must never see the wind again. Otherwise …”

Wu Imperial doctor didn’t continue with his last words, but judging from his expression, he could tell how serious the outcome would be otherwise.

Actually, although Xiao Xiwei suffered from dystocia and injuries to her body, there was Du E who went into the mountains to find rare and good medicine for her, and then there were all kinds of ginseng porridge prepared by Consort Yan for her to replenish her blood and qi, as well as the medicinal ingredients that the Chen Clan spent heavily to buy. Therefore, although she was suffering from a blood loss, it was not as serious as Wu Imperial doctor had said. However, the emperor wanted to hold a full moon wine for the King Yan Crown Prince, and ordered the Internal Affairs Department to decree Chu Tianye as the Prince. At this moment, the Crown Prince, Chu Yanzhi, wanted Princess Yan’s illness to be so concerned. All sorts of signs made Wu Imperial doctor feel that it was better to say these words carefully.

“Otherwise what?” Xiao Xi leaned against the warm couch and looked sideways at Imperial Physician Wu. Her exquisite willow leaf eyebrows raised slightly and she immediately smiled, “Will she die?”

The nobles in the palace had always taboo the word’death ‘, so they never said it easily. This was the first time Wu Imperial doctor had heard such a clear word from a noble’s mouth. For a moment, his face was filled with surprise and fear, but he was more at a loss for what to do. Because he didn’t know how to answer this question, he could only hang his head awkwardly.

“Nonsense.” Imperial Physician Wu did not answer, but Chu Yanzhi, who was standing at the side, furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Xi with some displeasure.

Xiao Xiwei curled her lips and looked at Chu Yanzhi. “Everyone is going to die. It’s just a matter of time. Besides …” At this point, the smile on her lips increased a little. “There are too many people here who want me to die.”

These words were not something a Imperial doctor like him could hear.

Wu Imperial doctor’s face turned pale. Moreover, Xiao Xiwei’s gaze was too obvious. He was suddenly worried about the reaction of the Crown Prince beside him.

“You know.”

Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince, Chu Yanzhi, was not as embarrassed or angry as he had imagined. His eyes were as deep as ever, but there was something that he couldn’t understand floating beneath the depths.

Xiao Xi met Chu Yanzhi’s deep gaze. The smile on his lips did not change. However, there was a hint of mockery in his eyes. “Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, for your concern. However, as for how long I can live, there is no need for Your Highness the Crown Prince to worry about me.”

Knowing that she would return to the palace today, he ordered people to pay attention to the commotion early in the morning. When he knew that she would return to the palace, he immediately left behind a pile of important things in his hands and ran to pick her up. However, he waited for her to ridicule her like this. Normally, he should be angry, but when he saw the stubbornness on her pale face, he felt heartache.

Thinking of this, Chu Yanzhi suddenly felt that it was a little funny.

It was because he suddenly realized that perhaps Xiao Xiwei was not just an obsession to him, but his inner demon.

Unknowingly, she had become his inner demon.

Perhaps, as Xiao Xiwei had said, because she couldn’t get it, she was always worried about it. However, after being repeatedly rejected by her and even mocked coldly, he still couldn’t let go. He still remembered what else could he be other than a demon in his heart.

“Xi Wei, do you think I owe you something in my previous life?” Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei, the corner of his lips suddenly curled into a smile, and a trace of doting appeared in Qi Mo’s eyes that even he did not notice.

Xiao Xiwei was stunned, and a trace of complexity flashed through his clear eyes.

However, Chu Yanzhi had already turned his head to instruct Wu Imperial doctor, so he did not notice the strange look in Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. “Go down and prescribe the medicine.”

“Yes.”

Wu Imperial doctor was eager to leave this place as soon as possible, because the Crown Prince’s attitude towards Princess Yan was too ambiguous. Looks like the rumors about the Crown Prince and Princess Yan in the palace really aren’t empty rumors. However, it was fine to hear these rumors. If a person was to be careful, what awaited him would be something that he truly did not dare to imagine.

Thus, when Chu Yanzhi spoke, Imperial Physician Wu lowered his head and replied. He took a few steps and hurriedly walked out.

When Chu Yanzhi turned around, Xiao Xiwei’s expression had returned to normal. In fact, the corners of her lips curled into a cold smile. “Your Highness the Crown Prince really knows how to joke.”

Chu Yanzhi smiled and didn’t care about Xiao Xiwei’s cold words. “Perhaps it was a joke to others, but I never joked with you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Xiwei’s cold smile gradually faded away. The space between her eyebrows was slightly knitted, and a trace of complexity appeared in her indifferent eyes. “Chu Yanzhi, what exactly do you want to do?”

It was clearly just a question, but after listening to her cold sarcasm towards him, or her false response, such a question suddenly became extremely precious to Chu Yanzhi. It was as if he had finally seen a faint glimmer of dawn in front of him under the endless impact of the wall.

This was the first time she had finally faced herself head-on.

Even though it was just a question, it was enough to make him ecstatic.

“Xiwei, you’ve always understood what I want …” Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei with undisguised joy in his eyes.

Four eyes intertwined.

After a long time, no one looked away.

Finally, Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and smiled. This time, there was no ridicule in that smile, but there was an indescribable bitterness. “In the past, I trusted someone wholeheartedly. I believed everything he said, and I did whatever he wanted me to do. But do you know what he did to me?”

Seeing the bitterness and self-mockery on Xiao Xiwei’s face, Chu Yanzhi felt an inexplicable stagnation in his chest. He subconsciously said, “What did he do …”

Xiao Xi curled his lips slightly, and the coldness and venom in his eyes seeped out bit by bit. “He set a fire …”

The resentment in his eyes was like a venomous snake spitting out a letter, tightly wrapping around him. At that moment, Chu Yanzhi suddenly felt that he could not move. He wanted to say that no matter what that person had done to her, he would not. He would definitely protect her. However, the moment he touched her eyes, he suddenly couldn’t say anything.

At this moment, Xiao Xiwei had already stood up. She walked step by step to stand in front of Chu Yanzhi, then stood on tiptoe, put her lips close to Chu Yanzhi’s ear, and opened her mouth gently.

A warm breath sprayed into Chu Yanzhi’s ears, but his face was not as red as he had imagined. In fact, he felt his heart being pulled tightly by a pair of invisible large hands, and a cold aura surged up from the soles of his feet.

Because what she said was–and then he stood outside and watched the fire burn everything, including me.