The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 208
Chapter 208 Father And Son Split
Gu Qingyou.
The moment these three words were spoken, the Emperor’s gaze suddenly froze.
Unexpectedly, even Gu An had been roped in by him.
At this moment, the Emperor felt as if he was standing alone on the edge of a cliff. Behind him stood his son, who he held in one hand, and his subordinates, who were once loyal to him.
Was he trying to override his power as an emperor …
At this moment, the Emperor felt as if the wind and horses were rattling in his ears. Thunder rumbled, and a trace of the Azure Emperor’s powerlessness slowly spread in his heart.
Since when had this son, who he had painstakingly praised as the Reserve Monarch, been out of his control, and even attempted to take control of him?
The emperor looked at the already sharp son in front of him, his heart filled with mixed feelings, but there was a faint sense of powerlessness slowly spreading …
Looking at the Emperor’s expression, Chu Yanzhi smiled and bowed to the Emperor. “If Father Emperor has nothing else, please let me leave first.” With that, the corners of his lips curled up and he turned around to leave.
“Aren’t you afraid that what you said in the Chongde Palace Hall will spread out today?” The Emperor stared coldly at Chu Yanzhi’s back and said.
Chu Yanzhi stopped. He turned around and looked at the Emperor with a smile. “If Father wants to see the Ximen Cavalry attack the territory of Great Yue, then just let these words get out.” After saying that, he walked towards the door without turning his head.
Countless lights surged in, illuminating Chu Yanzhi and casting a huge shadow behind him.
The Emperor was currently enveloped by this shadow. Suddenly, his footsteps staggered and he crashed into the book table behind him.
He had no choice but to admit that Chu Yanzhi was certain that even if the truth was true, he still had to conceal it for him in the end, because he had no choice. Once Xiao Xiwei knew the truth of the matter, no one could predict what crazy actions he would take under the double blow of losing his husband and son. As the monarch of the Great Yue, he definitely couldn’t allow this to happen.
“Your Majesty.” Zhang Shichang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, a trace of worry flashing through his eyes.
The Emperor stared at the empty door with his eyes wide open, and countless dark eyes kept rolling under them. “Little Chang Zi, tell me, what will he do next …”
He knew that the son who he had painstakingly praised as the Reserve Lord had already grown full wings. He no longer needed his escort. In fact, he had already become a blocking stone for him to reach the peak. He has already eliminated King Ning. The next target must be King Qin. Once … once King Qin falls, then it’s his turn …
“Your Majesty.” Zhang Shichang bowed his head and knelt on the ground in horror.
The Emperor lowered his head and glanced at Zhang Shichang, then laughed self-deprecatingly, “Little Chang Zi, do you think this is retribution?”
“Your Majesty, you must not think like this!” Zhang Shichang raised his head and looked at the Emperor worriedly.
The Emperor held the corner of his mouth and said, “What else can I think?”
Only at this moment did he suddenly feel that he didn’t understand his son at all? In the past, warmth and filial piety were just his disguise. Actually, he hated him more than his other sons. Unfortunately, he knew too late …
It would be good if Xi Zhi was still here …
The emperor suddenly remembered the son who had made a fuss in front of him. It was only at this moment that the Emperor came to a sudden realization. Perhaps, among his many sons, only Chu Xizhi treated him like a father, while the others, including Chu Yanzhi, only treated him like an emperor.
“Little Chang Zi, tell me, did I do something wrong” The Emperor lowered his head and looked at Zhang Shi Chang with an indescribable sadness in his eyes.
Zhang Shichang pursed the corners of his lips and frowned as he looked at the Emperor. A moment later, he slowly said, “Your Majesty, you are the Emperor, the Monarch of the entire Great Yue. Everyone will do wrong, but you will never do anything wrong.”
The Emperor stared into Zhang Shichang’s eyes. Suddenly, a cold smile flashed across the corners of his lips. The misery in his eyes instantly disappeared completely and was replaced by an absolute ruthlessness. “You’re right, everyone in this world can be wrong, but I, absolutely won’t!”
He is the monarch of this Great Yue, and Chu Yanzhi …
Since he could carry him to this position, he could naturally push him down.
“Go, send someone to visit Imperial Concubine Yan in Chao An Temple. She is King Ning’s biological grandmother, so I always have to inform her. Besides … it’s already been closed in recent years, and there should be someone in the palace who will be in charge of the overall situation.” The Emperor stared at Zhang Shichang and said in a low voice.
Zhang Shichang raised his head to look at the Emperor. With a single glance, he understood that the Emperor was preparing to attack the Crown Prince.
“This servant obeys the decree.”
Chu Yanzhi came out of the Chongde Palace Hall. He had just taken a few steps when snowflakes suddenly floated in the sky.
He stretched out his hand and saw that the snow-white light disappeared without a trace the moment it landed on his palm. He curled his lips and smiled. He turned to look at the Song De Palace in the boundless snow mist.
Mother, very soon, I will let you enjoy the most respected status in this world!
I will let everyone in the world know that you are Chu Yanzhi’s mother, the most respected woman in the entire Great Yue Kingdom.
As for the man who betrayed you …
Very soon, I will have him personally confess to you what he did to you back then.
Thinking of this, an extremely cold smile flashed across Chu Yanzhi’s lips. Finally, he turned his head and strode forward.
As soon as he stepped into Yongchun Palace, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right.
Wu Qi and a few Imperial doctor knelt on the ground, while Xiao Xiwei sat on the couch and stared coldly at a tray placed on the black wood table without moving.
Chu Yanzhi approached and saw an exquisite purse placed on the tray.
“What’s wrong? This is?” Chu Yanzhi frowned and raised his eyes to glance at the person kneeling below.
Wu Qi stood up and said to Chu Yan, “Your Highness, it’s this purse. I found an extremely shallow white spot on this purse. By my identification, this extremely shallow spot was contaminated after the smallpox syrup broke …”
The light in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes sank. “You’re saying that someone intentionally wanted to kill King Ning! Come, immediately send someone to the Internal Affairs Department and Needle Money Workshop to investigate. I’d like to see who has the guts to do so!” Chu Yanzhi shouted loudly.
“Enough.” Xiao Xiwei raised his hand and threw the tray on the table to the ground.
Imperial doctor and the palace servants, who were kneeling on the ground, hurriedly dodged to the side, afraid that they would get into the purse on the tray.
“Even now, Your Highness, are you still pretending to be foolish?” Xiao Xiwei smiled coldly. His gaze towards Chu Yanzhi was as cold and sharp as a dagger.
“Wei’er, do you still suspect me?” Chu Yanzhi faced Xiao Xiwei’s gaze and frowned.
Xiao Xiwei suddenly laughed. His laughter was filled with despair and despair. “Now that Xizhi is dead, Tianye is gone. I have nothing for His Highness the Crown Prince to worry about … Even if His Highness tells me the truth, I can’t do anything. What else can His Highness hide?”
Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei with his eyes. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said, “Since you must be made by this palace, I presume that this purse must have something to do with this palace?”
At this moment, Chu Yanzhi had already changed his self-proclamation to this palace.
Obviously, he was already a little angry.
Xiao Xiwei smiled coldly, “Your Highness, are you going to continue pretending?”
Chu Yanzhi’s expression suddenly sank. He turned his head and looked at the nurse kneeling on the ground with a gloomy expression. “You are King Ning’s nurse. Whose purse do you think it belongs to?”
The nurse was swept by Chu Yanzhi’s sharp gaze, her entire body trembled, and she hurriedly bent down to the ground. After a long time, she recovered her voice in horror and said, “This purse … this purse was sent by Miss Gu.”
“Miss Gu?” Chu Yanzhi imitated his eyes and then turned to look at Xiao Xiwei, “Gu Qingyou!”
Looking at the surprised look in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes, Xiao Xiwei sneered coldly, and the corner of his mouth curled into a mocking smile, “Your Highness, why are you pretending to be so surprised? Isn’t this your Highness’ orders? Gu Qingyou and I have no grudges, and Tianye can’t stand in her way. What reason does she have to put so much effort into harming my Tianye? It’s you! It’s you!” Xiao Xiwei pointed at the tip of Chu Yanzhi’s nose, his eyes almost spitting out fire.
Chu Yanzhi’s eyes suddenly flashed with anger, and his chest suddenly rose and fell violently. He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, the space between his eyebrows suddenly knitted, and he reached out his hand to quickly press down on his chest.
“Your Highness, what’s wrong with you? Is there a tear in your wound?” Wu Qi said nervously.
“Fuck off!” Chu Yanzhi abruptly turned his head, his gaze viciously sweeping towards Wu Qi, “Get the hell out of this palace!”
Wu Qi was shocked by Chu Yanzhi’s ferocious expression. He hurriedly got up and led everyone out.
Inside the room, only Chu Yanzhi, Xiao Xiwei, and the girl beside Xiao Xiwei remained.
The bright red blood quickly dyed the clothes on Chu Yanzhi’s chest red. However, the scarlet color in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes was even more seductive than the blood on his chest.
“What makes you think that Gu Qingyou was ordered by this palace? Just because she is Gu An’s daughter?” Chu Yan approached Xiao Xiwei step by step and finally stood a step away from her. “Do you think that Zi Chen Hall’s Gu Qingyou confessed to Chu Mu that day and that the marriage was also planned by this palace? In order to let her borrow Chu Mu’s fianc é e’s identity to make you unprepared against her in order to attack Chu Tianye?”
“Isn’t that so?” Xiao Xiwei was not the slightest bit afraid of the blood in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes. Her cold gaze met him without the slightest bit of retreat.
Chu Yanzhi’s pitch-black eyes became even colder. “Then have you ever thought about what would happen to Gu Qingyou if I really did this?” At this point, Chu Yanzhi smiled coldly. His cold eyes were still fixated on Xiao Xiwei. “Even if Gu Qingyou was so stupid that she didn’t even want to die for me, do you think Gu An would be estranged from this palace because of this matter, and even reveal this matter to Father Emperor?”
Hearing Chu Yanzhi’s words, Xiao Xiwei smiled coldly and remained unmoved. “Who knows? In the eyes of all of you, brothers and daughters are nothing? What can compare to the temptation of power …”
“Xiao Xiwei.” Chu Yanzhi suddenly shouted.
The corner of Xiao Xiwei’s eyes twitched, and the tassels beside his ears shook violently, producing a slight collision sound.
“In your eyes, what is my feelings for you? I put down my self-esteem and tolerated you again and again, accommodating you again and again! But, you? Have you ever trusted me in the slightest! That’s right, Father Emperor wants to use Chu Tianye to restrain me, but that is only to restrain me. My status will not waver at all! Besides, you also promised me that you would send Chu Tianye out of the palace! Since he can no longer threaten me, then what reason do I have to harm him for? Chu Yanzhi shouted at Xiao Xiwei in a hoarse voice.
As he howled, crimson blood quickly spilled out and dripped down his fingers that were clutching the wound.
Xiao Xiwei lowered her head and watched as the pool of blood on the ground grew bigger and bigger. The cold in her eyes slowly retreated.
