The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 205

Chapter 205 Sudden Outbreak Of Smallpox
A slender finger suddenly pressed against the corner of Chu Yanzhi’s lips. Immediately after, his embrace emptied. The light purple person flashed in front of his eyes. When he regained consciousness, Xiao Xiwei had already stood in front of him. Her phoenix-like eyes were slightly sullen.

“If Your Highness really wanted me to feel at ease, I wouldn’t have acted so rashly. In Your Highness’s eyes, what is a concubine?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi and said coldly.

Looking at the anger in Xiao Xiwei’s eyes, Chu Yanzhi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, “Xiwei, I don’t mean to underestimate you.”

Xiao Xiwei coldly curled her lips, “Your Highness, you should keep these words for later.”

Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s words, Chu Yanzhi was already a little unhappy. “Wei’er, what do you mean by that? Don’t you believe me?”

Xiao Xiwei stared at Chu Yanzhi’s eyes. The corner of his lips suddenly rippled slightly. However, his clear eyes were very cold, and even revealed a trace of indifference. “Your Highness the Crown Prince, trust is mutual. Your Highness, have you ever truly trusted me? “Miss Gu, take a step forward. Your Highness, you will arrive soon. Your Highness, do not tell me that this is just a coincidence?”

Chu Yanzhi’s eyes widened as he looked at Xiao Xiwei and did not say anything.

Yes, he liked Xiao Xiwei, but just because he liked Xiao Xiwei did not mean that he believed her completely. Because she was too smart. She was like a veil in front of him forever, making it impossible for him to see it clearly.

Seeing that Chu Yanzhi didn’t say anything, Xiao Xiwei lowered his eyes and smiled, “Your Highness, now you know why we can’t walk together …”

“So, are you blaming me now?” As Chu Yanzhi spoke, he stood up, his eyes slightly displeased.

She had never committed herself to him, so why would she ask him to trust her wholeheartedly!

Xiao Xi slightly met Chu Yanzhi’s suspicious and unhappy gaze. After a moment, she lowered her head and slowly blessed him. Her voice was so cold that there wasn’t even a trace of fluctuation. “Concubine, I don’t dare.”

A single sentence and three words pulled away the intimate relationship that they had originally been close to.

Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei’s indifferent and distant face. His chest seemed to be blocked by something. He frowned, but in the end, he still swallowed it softly. “Wei’er, I also want to believe you, but you don’t say anything in your heart. How can I be at ease with you like this?”

“Your Highness, what are you worried about now? Your Highness has many other choices besides me, but I’m different” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows slightly, and his cold voice was filled with inexplicable sour and helplessness.

Thinking about it, it was also true. If it was a woman beside her, she could still marry another lover if she was young and widowed. However, Xiao Xiwei was different. The person she married was a noble member of the Tian Clan, the prince, Long Sun. Even if she wanted to marry another woman with such an identity, who would dare to marry her without her life? Thinking about it, he was indeed the only one she could choose.

Thinking of this, the suspicions in Chu Yanzhi’s heart dissipated quite a bit.

“How could that be? Wei’er, this palace is wholeheartedly devoted to you. Otherwise, I would not have refused my father’s offer of marriage. This palace has always remembered my promise to you.” Chu Yanzhi walked in front of Xiao Xiwei, stretched out his hand and pulled her to the warm bed and sat down. He said to her in a gentle tone.

Seeing that Chu Yanzhi’s tone softened, Xiao Xiwei’s expression naturally softened. Seeing that he mentioned Gu Qingyou, he said, “Speaking of bestowing marriage? Why did His Highness watch His Majesty marry Miss Gu to King Qin that day? Aren’t you afraid that King Qin will take this opportunity to pull the Gu Family into a cage?”

Chu Yanzhi’s eyes flashed, “Then Yi Wei’er, what do you mean?”

“Is Your Highness testing me?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi and faintly raised his eyebrows.

“Xiwei, don’t think too much. I just want to know what you think.” Chu Yanzhi said without changing his expression.

“Presumably, Your Highness already knows what I said to Miss Gu.” Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi with a faint smile on his lips.

Chu Yanzhi smiled. He lowered his head and looked at the tea cup placed on the small black table in front of him. “This tea must have cooled down,” he said.

Hearing Chu Yanzhi’s words, Hong Yu came over and went forward to bless him. Then, he removed the tea cup from the small table and brewed another cup of new tea.

If he didn’t say anything, he would naturally acquiesce.

After drinking the tea, Chu Yanzhi finally turned his gaze to Xiao Xiwei again. “Wei’er, what are you thinking? Do you really not want to promote the marriage between Gu Qingyou and King Qin?”

He wouldn’t naively think that Xiao Xiwei was doing this for him, and that Chu Muzhi’s relationship with Chu Xizhi was actually there? With Chu Xi’s death, she might even be like the rest of Chu Xi’s faction in the court that was attached to Chu Mu Zhi, and even helped Chu Mu Zhi deal with him.

Xiao Xi meets Chu Xizhi’s gaze without dodging, “I won’t naively think that I can compete with His Highness just by relying on Qin King’s strength.” If His Highness’ promise to me was true, then why would I take such a big risk to help King Qin? Even if Prince Qin really can ascend to the throne in the future, what can I get? “If he doesn’t succeed, then I will not only pay for myself, but also the entire Marquis of Loyalty … If it were His Highness, which path would you choose?”

Chu Yanzhi pursed the corners of his lips and smiled, “Looks like I’ve really thought too much.”

He had to admit that every word Xiao Xiwei said reached his heart.

“Besides … I don’t want to let the Prince of Qin see hope because of this marriage. He must have … called me the royal sister-in-law for so long.” When Xiao Xiwei said this, his slender eyelashes trembled and a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.

If Chu Yanzhi still had some doubts about the first few sentences, then Chu Yanzhi really did not have any doubts about the last sentence.

It seemed that she really didn’t want to see Gu Qingyou marry Chu Yanzhi.

“Your Highness, why didn’t you stop this marriage?” Xiao Xiwei suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Chu Yanzhi suspiciously.

Chu Yanzhi unconsciously stroked the white porcelain cup in his hand, which was painted with plum blossoms. “At that time, Xu Sheng and Elder Zhang were pressing forward step by step. If I wanted to stop them, wouldn’t I have to watch Gu An bear the charge of bullying the monarch? Therefore, I can only push the boat along the river.” At this point, Chu Yanzhi smiled and looked at Xiao Xiwei. “Actually, this is also good. Not only did he sell Gu An a favor so that he wouldn’t have any suspicions about this palace’s refusal to marry, but he could also take this opportunity to place a spy on Chu Muzhi.”

“But I don’t think Miss Gu is willing to be used by His Highness.” Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi and lightly curled his lips.

“Whether she is willing or not doesn’t really matter. The important thing is to convince Chu Muzhi that she is actually someone arranged by this palace.” Chu Yanzhi smiled and looked at Xiao Xiwei.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi with a flash of light in his eyes.

Midnight.

Xiao Xiwei was half asleep and half awake when Bi Yun’s hurried voice suddenly sounded from outside the door. “Miss, it’s not good. Little Prince has a high fever.”

Xiao Xiwei hurriedly got up from the bed. She didn’t even have time to put on her clothes, so she hurriedly put on a cloak and ran out with disheveled hair.

In the room, Chu Tianye’s voice was already hoarse. Hong Yu was squatting in front of the bed and putting the twisted handkerchief into Ruo Su’s hand. Ruo Su took the handkerchief and immediately changed the handkerchief that had originally covered Chu Tianye’s forehead.

“What’s going on? Why does he have a fever when he’s well-behaved? He’s too much of a doctor. Why hasn’t he come yet?” Xiao Xi looked at Chu Tianye, whose face was flushed red from the heat, and she was so flustered that her tears almost fell out of her eyes.

“Princess, don’t worry. Miss Zi Yan has already sent the imperial physician.” Chu Tianye’s nurse hurriedly said.

Xiao Xiwei knelt in front of the bed and reached out to touch Chu Tianye’s hot little hand. Finally, tears could not help but fall down, “Ye’er, you must not scare mother! Biyun, you, quickly go and see if Zi Yan has returned.”

“Yes.” Bi Yun answered. She turned around and quickly ran outside the door. As soon as she ran to the door, she saw Zi Yan dragging a Imperial doctor in. She was delighted and said in a high voice, “Princess, Imperial doctor is here, Imperial doctor is here!”

Hearing Bi Yun’s words, Xiao Xiwei hurriedly let go of Chu Tianye’s hand and stood up, “Quick, quickly see what happened to Ye’er.”

Before Li Imperial doctor could even wipe his sweat off, he was dragged to the bed by Zi Yan. He stretched out his hand to take Chu Tianye’s pulse and carefully opened his eyelids to take a look. A moment later, he suddenly stood up with a panicked expression, “Princess, Little, His Highness Prince Ning’s symptoms are like … smallpox!”

“What did you say? You, you say it again” Xiao Xiwei stared at Li Imperial doctor in disbelief, his gaze as sharp as a dagger, shining with a cold light.

Li Imperial doctor’s face turned pale and pale. He knelt on the ground and said, “Princess, this lowly subject has little medical skills and does not have much knowledge of smallpox … But Lord Wu of the Grand Hospital once diagnosed smallpox for Prince Xian Lu. Look …”

Just as Li Imperial doctor finished speaking, Xiao Xiwei staggered. Fortunately, Zi Yan and Bi Yun reached out to support her at the same time.

Xiao Xiwei held Biyun’s hand tightly with both of her hands. Her sharp fingernails stabbed deeply into her arm. She forcefully held her breath for a long time before she forcefully spat out a sentence, “Go, quickly go to Xuan Wu Qi!”

“Princess, Lord Wu is not in the palace today.” Zi Yan frowned and said anxiously.

“Then go find him in his mansion!” Xiao Xiwei turned his head and roared at Zi Yan with scarlet eyes.

Zi Yan’s face turned pale and she was about to leave when Ruo Su hurriedly stood up and said, “Zi Yan, you go to the palace entrance first. Bi Yun, you go to the Chong De Palace to petition immediately.”

Zi Yan and Bi Yun glanced at each other and immediately replied, “Yes.” Immediately after, the two of them hurriedly ran out.

“Tianye” Xiao Xiwei finally couldn’t help but cry. She was about to hug Chu Tianye when Ruo Su suddenly stopped her.

Ruo Su’s expression was extremely cold. “Princess, if Little Prince really has smallpox, just in case, you’d better not touch him.”

The panicked Imperial Physician Li hurriedly replied after hearing Ruo Su’s words, “Right, right, right. It’s best to immediately send someone to prepare moxa and limewater. It’s best to isolate this place where the Little Prince lives” At this point, Imperial Physician Li carefully looked at Xiao Xiwei and said, “Princess, it’s best for you not to stay here right now …”

Before Imperial Physician Li could finish his sentence, Xiao Xiwei’s ruthless gaze swept over.

“Princess! If you still want to protect Little Prince, the most important thing right now is to protect yourself!” Ruo Su stared hard into Xiao Xiwei’s eyes as she gritted her teeth and said word by word.

Xiao Xi was slightly shocked. After a while, she slowly shifted her gaze to Chu Tianye.

Sparkling tears rolled down her cheeks. She bit the corner of her lips forcefully. Her snow-white teeth left a row of bright red teeth marks on her lower lip. After a moment, she finally turned her head away and took hard steps …