The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 211

Chapter 211 Return of an Old Friend
Chu Yanzhi lowered his head and stroked the smooth rim of the cup in his hand. After a long time, he did not say a word.

“Your Highness.” Gu Cheng couldn’t help but shout again.

Chu Yanzhi looked up at Gu Cheng and suddenly smiled, “Compared to me, isn’t the person you should be looking for the most the King of Qin?”

Gu Cheng gradually frowned. He looked at Chu Yanzhi. After a long time, he finally realized what he was talking about. Thus, he hurriedly said, “Your Highness, I’m just bringing that purse to King Qin on behalf of my sister. My sister is really infatuated with King Qin, but who knows what King Qin is doing to her?”

“Ah Cheng, I have my own opinion on this matter. You don’t have to ask anymore.” Chu Yanzhi stroked the edge of the white porcelain cup in his hand and looked at Gu Cheng as he slowly spoke.

Gu Cheng frowned and looked at Chu Yanzhi in disbelief, “Your Highness …”

“What? Didn’t you hear what I said?” Chu Yanzhi’s eyes sank as he swept his gloomy gaze towards Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng’s expression changed, as if he hadn’t expected Chu Yanzhi to be so heartless. He was stunned for a moment.

“Ah Cheng, you can go back first. Don’t worry, your sister will be fine.” Seeing Chu Yanzhi’s deep eyes, Lu Haiyang also felt that something was wrong, but he still reached out to pull Gu Cheng up from the ground.

Gu Chengjian looked at Chu Yanzhi, only to see that he hadn’t responded for a long time. Finally, he flicked his long sleeve and turned around to leave with anger.

As soon as Gu Cheng left, Chu Yanzhi looked at Lu Haiyang and smiled. “You will say something to comfort him.”

“Did I say something wrong?” Lu Haiyang raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Yanzhi with a smile on his face.

Even if Xiao Xiwei went to the Chongde Palace to identify Gu Qingyou to the Emperor as the murderer who killed Chu Tianye, However, behind Gu Qingyou was Gu An, and now there was an additional King Qin. If an ordinary emperor wanted to punish him, he would be punished. However, the Crown Prince was the only one in charge. The Emperor wanted to help Chu Tianye pull out the chess piece. In that case, he had to protect the chess piece that he did not like. Moreover, the Emperor knew better than anyone how King Ning, Chu Tianye, had died.

Looking at Lu Haiyang’s clear expression, Chu Yanzhi smiled. “There are some things that you can always see through without me telling you.”

“But why didn’t His Highness tell A-Cheng about this?” Lu Haiyang asked.

Chu Yanzhi took a deep breath and lowered his head to stare at the exquisite plum blossom painted on the white porcelain teacup in his hand. “A few days ago, I heard that A-Cheng had a fight with your big brother?”

Hearing Chu Yanzhi mention Lu Haichuan, Lu Haiyang frowned at first. Then, he thought that Chu Yanzhi would definitely not mention such a sentence for no reason. A trace of doubt couldn’t help but arise in his heart, “Your Highness, is there anything wrong with this?”

Chu Yanzhi lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

The tea in the cup was already cold. Drinking it, a bitter taste spread from the tip of his tongue to his chest.

“There’s nothing wrong, it’s just …”

It was just that this point in time was too inopportune.

“Your Highness, because A-Cheng is annoyed recently, he was just hit by Lu Haichuan that day. He can’t control his emotions for a while. Don’t you know his temperament?” Lu Haiyang frowned.

Chu Yanzhi looked at Lu Haiyang and thought of the anxious look on Gu Cheng’s face. The doubts in his heart could not disappear easily.

Maybe he was overthinking it. If Gu Chengzhen had betrayed him for Gu Qingyou, he would not have come to him in such a hurry to plead for mercy.

Looking at the gradually dissipating doubts in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes, Lu Haiyang lowered his eyes, a cold smile flashing across the corner of his lips, and an imperceptible icy coldness flashing through the bottom of his ink-colored eyes.

Nowadays, Chu Yanzhi was becoming more and more unfamiliar to him.

If he were to suspect Chengdu today, then his suspicion towards him would be even deeper. Unexpectedly, compared to Gu Cheng, he had done more and more complicated things for him. Thinking about it, he wasn’t even paying attention to the emperor, let alone the’followers’ that followed behind him.

As for Chu Yanzhi, who was lost in his own thoughts, he did not notice the flash of coldness in Lu Haiyang’s eyes.

…

Chu Muzhi came out of the palace and returned to the manor. Just as he sat down, he was about to pour himself a cup of tea when a voice suddenly sounded.

“I’m back.”

Chu Mu was shocked. One of them stood up from his chair, and his hand that was holding the teapot shook. The hot tea was poured onto the back of his hand, causing his face to twist in pain. He hurriedly placed the teapot on the table.

“Pu.” A mocking chuckle rang out.

Chu Muzhi clutched his swollen and hot hand and looked at the person angrily.

Even though it wasn’t that face that appeared in front of him, based on that sneer just now, he didn’t even want to know who this person was.

“Why are you back?” Chu Muzhi frowned. Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly walked outside to take a look. Then, he raised his hand to cover the door and said, “You’re crazy. Don’t you know how many spies Chu Yanzhi has placed in my mansion right now?”

The person smiled and leisurely walked to Chu Muzhi’s seat. Then, he picked up the teacup and elegantly poured two cups of tea. Seeing that Chu Muzhi was still in a daze, he couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows and smiled, “Didn’t you want to drink tea just now?”

Looking at his calm expression, Chu Muzhi became even angrier. “Drink, drink, drink, drink to death!” After saying that, he angrily walked to the side and sat down. Just as he was about to reach out to pick up the teacup, he reached out with one hand and said, “Do it …”

What …

Before he could utter these two words, a stream of liquid poured down from mid-air. Then, a slender hand elegantly placed the empty teacup back on the table.

“I suddenly feel that His Highness Prince Qin is not that thirsty,” the man said as he lifted his teacup and gently blew into the teacup. His slender eyes did not forget to sweep towards Chu Muzhi’s side. “I feel that His Highness Prince Qin is not that thirsty either.”

Chu Muzhi felt as if someone had set his chest on fire. He stood up and said, “You two are enough! I was just taught a dog’s blood basin by your wife in Yongchun Palace. I just got home and didn’t even drink a mouthful of tea. I was so angry that you stole a cigarette. Tell me, did I owe you two in my last life?”

Unfortunately, His Highness Prince Qin’s rage did not attract any sympathy or guilt from someone. Instead, the smile on his face deepened. “Oh, I’m curious, how did Xiwei teach you that? Can you tell me again?”

Looking at the smile on someone’s face, Chu Muzhi finally lost, “Seventh brother, I beg you. I admit defeat, can I admit defeat?”

That’s right.

Right now, sitting beside Chu Muzhi was King Yan Chu Xizhi, who had just returned from Su City.

“It’s boring to admit defeat so quickly.” Chu Xizhi curled the corners of his lips and poured another cup of tea for Chu Muzhi.

Chu Muzhi picked up his teacup and took a sip. He looked at Chu Xizhi worriedly and said, “Seventh brother, why are you back? Aren’t you afraid of falling into a trap?”

In the past, he did not face Chu Yanzhi head-on. In addition, Chu Yanzhi had been hiding behind the former Crown Prince Chu Jingzhi, so he did not feel anything. In the past few days when Chu Xizhi was away, he truly felt that Chu Yanzhi’s scheming was truly unfathomable. Take this matter for example, if Gu Cheng did not have the heart to see Gu Qingyou implicated, then Tian Ye would have been doomed again this time.

“Ye’er?” Chu Xizhi turned his head to look at Chu Muzhi, and his expression became solemn.

If he hadn’t known that Tianye’s’death ‘would have reached his ears sooner or later, he believed that Xiwei would have chosen to hide this information from him.

“Seventh Brother, don’t worry, Tianye is in the Xiang Manor. You know, that person Chu Yanzhi is the most suspicious. Whether it is the Marquis of Loyalty or me, as long as everything is related to us, he is afraid of being stared at. Therefore, the only relatively safe place in the capital is the Xiang Manor.”

“Xiang Manor?” Chu Xizhi’s eyebrows couldn’t help but raise, “Speak, Xiang Mingxuan …”

Chu Muzhi nodded. “If it weren’t for him, even if we knew about Chu Yanzhi’s plan, we wouldn’t have been able to steal Tianye out of the palace.”

Xiang Mingxuan was the deputy commander of the Imperial Army. With his help, they could safely move Tianye out of the heavily guarded palace.

Hearing Chu Muzhi’s words, a complicated emotion flashed through Chu Xizhi’s eyes.

In such an emergency, she could still maintain her composure and come up with a plan to deal with it. Chu Xizhi did not know whether he should be happy or sad. Obviously, he should have stood up to protect their mother and son at this time, but it seemed that every time something happened, she would always stand alone in front of them and carry it on her own.

“Seventh brother.” Sensing the disappointment in Chu Xizhi’s eyes, Chu Muzhi patted Chu Xizhi’s shoulder and smiled at him.

Chu Xizhi looked up at Chu Mu and blinked, “I’m fine.”

“Seventh Brother, you came back this time … Does Imperial Sister-in-law know?” Chu Muzhi carefully looked at Chu Xizhi.

Chu Xizhi glanced at Chu Mu and raised his eyebrows.

Chu Muzhi cleared his throat and whispered, “Seventh Brother, what’s the use of hiding it from me now? Sooner or later, Sister-in-law Huang will know.”

“Then it’s too late.” Chu Xizhi looked at Chu Muzhi and said coldly, his tone carrying a hint of threat.

Chu Muzhi curled his lips and said, “Alright, you are big brother, you have the final say.” Finally, he raised his head and said, “Seventh Brother, you didn’t come back this time to take action, did you?”

Chu Xizhi frowned and scanned Chu Muzhi from head to toe, “Do you think this is the right time?”

Chu Mu Zhi frowned and sighed. Then, he muttered softly, “Since you haven’t taken action yet, why are you running back? Aren’t you afraid of being discovered?”

“If I hadn’t seen that your IQ is so low that I can’t afford to rely on it, how would I have put myself in such a dangerous situation? Just your brain … read more when you have time.” Chu Xizhi’s long and narrow eyes swept across one of Chu Mu’s eyes. Then, he turned around and walked towards the inner room. He had just taken two steps when he suddenly thought of something, “Think of a way for me to meet Xiang Mingxuan.”

“Meet Xiang Mingxuan? Seventh brother, what are you planning to do?”

Chu Xizhi frowned and looked at Chu Mu. Then, he said, “Why are you asking so many questions? Even if I tell you, with your IQ, are you sure you understand?”