The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 207

Chapter 207 The So-Called Truth
Yongchun Palace.

As soon as he stepped into the room, a strong smell of moxa appeared on his face.

“Princess, this servant has disobeyed your orders. This servant deserves to die.” As soon as Xiao Xiwei entered, Ruo Su knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to her.

On the bed, the soft and cowardly little man’s face was covered in terrifying red spots. Xiao Xiwei only took a glance, and his eyes darkened, causing his entire body to fall.

The room was in a mess.

Chu Yanzhi pinched his nose and looked at the person on the bed. He winked at Wu Qi beside him and then walked out.

“Your Highness.”

“Did he really die of smallpox?”

Wu Qi bowed his head and bowed, “It is indeed smallpox.”

Chu Yanzhi imitated his eyes, and a trace of doubt flashed across his pitch-black eyes.

All of this was too smooth, smoothly making him feel a little uneasy. It shouldn’t be. Xiao Xiwei was such a smart person. In addition, because of Nanny An’s matter, she was so concerned about Chu Tianye. How could it be so easy?

An idea flashed through his mind.

Could it be that Li fraudulently died …

“Wu Qi, are you sure he’s dead? Or is the child lying inside King Ning really?” Chu Yanzhi stared at Wu Qi with a solemn expression.

Didn’t Xiao Xiwei let Chu Zuizhi swindle him to death?

Wu Qi was shocked by Chu Yanzhi’s words, “Your Highness, this is …”

“Go, go confirm it again. I want to know if that child is Chu Tianye or not.” Chu Yanzhi stared coldly at Wu Qi and said.

He wasn’t to blame for being so cautious. It was true that Xiao Xiwei’s intelligence really made his heart tremble with fear. He couldn’t help but guard against it.

Although Wu Qi felt that Chu Yanzhi was too suspicious in his heart, the moment King Ning exited the smallpox, the entire Yongchun Palace was sealed. Not even a fly could fly in. Not to mention finding a corpse stained with smallpox, Li Daipao was stiff. It was also very difficult to get King Ning out of there. However, Wu Qi only dared to think about this in his heart, but he didn’t dare to reveal the slightest bit of doubt on his face. He bowed his head and bowed to Chu Yanzhi once again, saying, “This lowly official will go now.”

When Wu Qi stepped into the room again, Xiao Xiwei had already woken up. She stood in front of the bed with a cold expression and knelt on the ground behind her. Seeing him enter, Xiao Xiwei’s cold and ruthless gaze suddenly swept towards him. Wu Qi’s heart went cold and he hurriedly bowed to her, saying, “This lowly official greets the princess.”

Xiao Xiwei smiled coldly and walked towards Wu Qi with a chill all over his body. “I gave Ye’er to you, but you didn’t save him! Lord Wu, tell me, what should I do with you?”

Wu Qi trembled as soon as he said this. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, “Princess, I have done my best. However, the Swallow King is still young and has given birth prematurely … I, I am truly powerless to return to the heavens!”

“I don’t care if you’re powerless or not doing your best. In short, my Tianye is gone! Compensate me, Tianye! Compensate me, Tianye!” Xiao Xiwei suddenly grabbed Wu Qi’s skirt and his eyes were so bright red that they almost bleeded.

“Princess … Princess …” Wu Qi was so frightened by Xiao Xiwei’s almost insane gaze that his entire body went limp.

“Princess, don’t do this.” Bi Yun rushed to Xiao Xiwei’s feet and hugged her legs as she cried.

The room was filled with tears.

“What’s going on.” Chu Yanzhi walked in from outside.

Xiao Xiwei suddenly let go of his hand and turned to look at Chu Yanzhi.

Ruthlessness, coldness, resentment, despair, madness, countless complex emotions were rolling in his eyes.

Before Chu Yanzhi could turn his head from Xiao Xiwei’s gaze, a ray of light suddenly flashed through his eyes. Xiao Xiwei suddenly pulled out the scarlet golden phoenix hairpin from his head, and his eyes were completely red as he rushed towards him recklessly …

“Princess” Zi Yan screamed and hurriedly got up to stop Xiao Xiwei.

In the end, the hairpin stopped a millimeter away from Chu Yanzhi’s chest.

Xiao Xi pushed hard, but the hairpin remained motionless. Because, one hand firmly held Xiao Xiwei’s wrist.

“You’re crazy.” Chu Yanzhi stared coldly at Xiao Xiwei, “I said before that I didn’t do it.”

Xiao Xi knitted her eyebrows slightly and pushed the hand holding the hairpin forward desperately.

“What exactly do you need to do to believe me?” Chu Yanzhi frowned as he looked at Xiao Xiwei. A trace of exhaustion and sadness appeared in his ink eyes.

“Then go to hell!” Xiao Xiwei’s phoenix eyes were scarlet red.

Chu Yanzhi forcefully pursed the corners of his lips. He stared at Xiao Xiwei for a long time before his hoarse voice slowly spoke, “Is this what you want?” After saying that, he gently pulled the corner of his lips and let go.

The sharp hairpin stabbed into his chest.

The bright red blood quickly spread out on his clothes …

As if shocked by the scarlet blood, Xiao Xi loosened her hand and staggered back several times, her face full of shock. “You … you …”

Chu Yanzhi pulled out the hairpin from his chest and threw it on the ground. He expressionlessly looked at Xiao Xiwei and said, “Now, you’re satisfied …”

Xiao Xiwei stretched out her hand and tightly grabbed the skirt on her chest. She couldn’t help but cry, “Who else would it be if it wasn’t you? Tell me, if it wasn’t you, who else would it be?”

The veins on Chu Yanzhi’s forehead suddenly bulged. He walked towards Xiao Xiwei step by step with a sullen face, like a furious beast.

“Princess.” Seeing this, Zi Yan raised her foot to block Xiao Xiwei’s path.

However, Chu Yanzhi did not make any movements. He stared coldly at Xiao Xiwei. Finally, he brushed his sleeve and glared fiercely at the palace maid eunuch kneeling on the ground behind him. “Investigate! Investigate for this palace!”

“Your Highness.” Suddenly, a voice sounded.

Chu Yanzhi looked at the door with a cold face.

Zhang Shichang walked over to Chu Yanzhi and blessed himself, “Your Highness, Your Majesty, please go to the Chongde Palace.”

Hearing Zhang Shichang’s words, Chu Yanzhi did not raise the corner of his eyes. He turned to look at Xiao Xiwei and sneered, “Have you ever thought that perhaps someone wants him dead more than me?” After saying that, he walked out without adding his head.

Zongde Palace.

The Emperor looked down at the son in front of him with the same face. However, this face was now filled with sharp arrogance. There was no longer the slightest bit of warmth or patience left on it. It was like a sword that had finally been unsheathed, and its entire body emitted a sharp light.

“I thought you wouldn’t attack a child.” Finally, the high and mighty Emperor opened his mouth.

He thought that he cared so much about Xiao Xiwei, and even gave the precious pearl to his Mother An for her sake. He thought that he shouldn’t be so ruthless against Chu Tianye, at least he wouldn’t make a move until he got Xiao Xiwei, but he still underestimated him.

Chu Yanzhi smiled coldly, “Why does Father Emperor think that I did it?”

“You dare say it’s not you!” The Emperor coldly stared at Chu Yanzhi.

Facing the Emperor’s deep eyes and looking at the suppressed anger inside, a cold smile suddenly crept up from the corner of Chu Yanzhi’s lips. “Not so much me as you, Father Emperor. You are the one who killed Chu Tianye … Father Emperor, don’t you forget that it was you who dragged Chu Tianye into this vortex!”

“You!” The Emperor’s dark eyes stared at Chu Yanzhi, his expression so gloomy that he almost wanted to drop water.

Chu Yanzhi raised his eyes to meet the Emperor’s cold gaze, and the smile on his lips deepened. “Didn’t Father Emperor think about what would happen to him when he dragged him in that day? Father Emperor should have already predicted such a result. Since that’s the case, why would he still come to question my son?”

The Emperor stared coldly at Chu Yanzhi. After a while, he sneered coldly, “I have indeed misunderstood you. I have always been afraid that you would be deceived by beauty, but now it seems that … that woman is nothing more than that in your heart.”

“There is only one woman in this world who has enough weight in my heart, but … that woman is already dead.” Chu Yanzhi’s eyes did not change at all. At this point, Chu Yanzhi smiled coldly again. “I presume that Father Emperor should be very clear about this. As for Xiao Xiwei, I admit that … I am indeed tempted by her, but don’t men hold a grudge against the women they can’t get?”

He definitely wouldn’t simply think that the Emperor’s words were merely superficial. He must be trying to probe Xiao Xiwei’s position in his heart …

After losing Chu Tianye, the chess piece that restrained him, could it be that he wanted to turn his gaze to Xiao Xiwei?

“So, you don’t care how much she hates you after she finds out the truth …” The Emperor looked at Chu Yanzhi. The anger in his pitch-black eyes had disappeared without a trace and was replaced by an unfathomable calm.

Hearing the Emperor’s words, Chu Yanzhi suddenly laughed, “Since I want to get this woman, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I will definitely prepare a so-called’truth ‘for her.” As Chu Yanzhi spoke, he suddenly blinked his eyes. “Royal Father, you might as well guess who this’truth ‘will point to in the end?”

Now that Chu Tianye was dead, the only person in the court who had the chance to oppose him was Chu Muzhi.

“You want to push it on Mu Zhi’s head?” The Emperor raised his eyebrows and sneered, “Do you think Xiao Xiwei will believe me?”

Chu Yanzhi lowered his head and smiled. “Naturally, she didn’t believe it in the past. Is it like this now?” He reached out to cover his faintly painful wound.

Xiao Xiwei only trusted Chu Mu because of Chu Xizhi. However, Chu Xizhi was already dead. Without him among them, it was impossible for her and Chu Muzhi to completely trust each other. In addition, Chu Muzhi now wanted to replace Chu Xizhi and compete with him for the position of Great Yue River Mountain. Just because of this, he had enough reason to fulfill the’truth ‘he had said.

The Emperor’s face darkened. Just as he was about to say something, Chu Yanzhi’s voice sounded again.

“Father, don’t you want to know who did this to Chu Tianye?” Chu Muzhi looked at the Emperor with a strange smile on his lips. “Gu Qingyou, this name should be very familiar to Father Emperor, right?”