The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 220

Chapter 220 This Is An Emperor
Quiet.

It was as quiet as death.

The hall was clearly filled with people, but everyone held their breaths for fear of making a sound.

“Your Majesty, the matter should be clear by now. Aren’t you going to say anything?”

Finally, someone spoke, and the voice was extremely soft and pleasant to the ear. However, in the emperor’s ears, it was like a devil’s voice.

Was she forcing him?

The Emperor took a deep breath.

“Royal Father.” In the dead silence, another person spoke with a faint sense of urgency in his voice.

The Emperor slowly turned around.

Chu Yanzhi hurriedly raised his hand and bowed to the Emperor. His expression was extremely serious as he frowned. “Father, as soon as this matter happened, I already faintly felt that the person who planned to assassinate this time was coming for me! And what happened just now has confirmed my conjecture! Father, I beg you to return my innocence!” As Chu Yanzhi spoke, he bowed down and bowed to the Emperor.

“Crown Prince, I only confirmed that Uncle Ping An is lying. It has nothing to do with you. You can’t wait to jump out and let the Emperor return your innocence. Isn’t … a little too anxious?” Imperial Concubine Yan’s eyes turned to look at Chu Yanzhi.

“If you really want to get involved with this palace, I’m afraid that it just happens to match your intentions, according to what Imperial Concubine Gui said!” Chu Yanzhi raised his head and said coldly as he met Consort Yan’s gaze.

“Oh? Could it be that the Crown Prince knows what this palace is most suitable for?” Imperial Concubine Yan’s lips curved into a smile.

Seeing that Chu Yanzhi was being pressed step by step by Imperial Concubine Yan, ‘”Your Majesty, this matter seems to have something to do with the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince has never said that it was ordered by the Crown Prince from the beginning to the end. Sir Chang, my father seems to be trapped in the drum. Please investigate it clearly,” Li Po said.

Obviously, it was impossible for them to push all of this onto King Qin, so the only thing they could do was to take out the Crown Prince. As long as the Crown Prince did not fall, then there was still a sliver of hope for the Li Clan!

Li Po’s words awakened the dreamer.

Originally, Chang Lu, who was kneeling at the side, did not dare to make a sound, and suddenly woke up, “Yes, yes, Your Majesty, even this lowly official was kept in the dark, let alone His Highness the Crown Prince? Please investigate it openly, please investigate it openly!” After Chang Lu finished speaking, he hurriedly fell to the ground.

At this time, Uncle Ping An, who had fainted earlier, also woke up faintly.

He only heard Li Po and Chang Lu’s words and knew that the fire had already burned onto the Crown Prince’s head. If he wanted to gain a chance to live for Bo Fu of Peace, then he could only … sacrifice himself like a cypress.

Thinking of this, Uncle Ping An felt a burst of pain in his heart, but at this point, how could he choose?

“Evil beast, you … you still can’t tell the truth!” Uncle Ping An’s eyes were red as he raised his hand and heavily patted Zhu Rubai’s head.

“Father” Although Zhu Rubai was not as smart as Lu Haiyang, he was still not stupid. How could he not know that he was already doomed? Seeing that Uncle Ping An had woken up, he hurriedly reached out to grab his clothes and cried, “Father, save me … you save me, I don’t want to die … I don’t want to die!”

“Evil beast! Evil beast!” Zhu Rubai watched as she fell to the ground and tugged at her son, her muddy tears continuously flowing out.

“Crown Prince, the assassination was planned by you. Did the Crown Prince know about it?” Li Po didn’t care about Zhu Rupo’s fear at the moment. He only wanted to hear the answer he wanted from his mouth.

However, Zhu Rubai seemed as if he didn’t hear it. He kept tugging at Uncle Ping An’s clothes, staring at him with a face full of thirst. He kept repeating, “Father, save me … save me …”

“Bastard! You still haven’t said anything! Why on earth did you do such a rebellious thing!” In this situation, although Uncle Ping An had the heart to lick a calf, the current situation did not allow him to do so. He could only stiffen his heart and slap Zhu Rubai fiercely. Then, he forcefully pulled open the hand that was pulling his clothes.

Why didn’t he want to save him? He just can’t be saved …

He really can’t save …

“Dad … Dad …” Looking at the empty palm, Zhu Rubai raised his head to look at Uncle Ping An with difficulty, but he could only see despair in his eyes.

Really …

Are you really not going to save me …

“Your Highness! Your Majesty is still waiting for your reply.” Li Po couldn’t help but grab Zhu Rubai’s arm and force him to look at him.

In his opinion, since Zhu Rubai had done such a stupid thing, he deserved to die. What was even more hateful was that he had dragged down a large group of people and even implicated the Crown Prince! Such a person was unnecessary even if he was alive! The only thing he could make up for now was to stand up and clear the Crown Prince’s suspicions!

The intense pain from his arm and the enduring anger in Li Po’s eyes completely extinguished Zhu Rubai’s last bit of desire to survive …

They all wished they could cut him into thousands of pieces, so how could they possibly save him?

Nobody’s gonna save him.

Even his own father had abandoned him. Who else could he count on to save him?

“You blamed yourself for all of this. Do you still want everyone to die with you?” Li Po whispered in Zhu Rubai’s ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

“Yes … it’s me … it’s all up to me.” Zhu Rubai closed his eyes in despair, “I want to show my face in front of the Crown Prince, I want to suppress Hai Yang … That’s why I was confused for a moment …”

Compared to Lu Haiyang and Gu Cheng, he was only an indispensable person beside the Crown Prince, but even though his status was clearly higher than theirs, the Crown Prince trusted them more than him! If it weren’t for this, how could he believe that the counselor had provoked him …

It was already too late.

“Just because you want to show your face in front of the Crown Prince, you dare to plot an assassination attempt against me? This reason doesn’t seem to be enough … Besides, this is just your one-sided statement.” Imperial Concubine Yan said coldly as she looked down at Zhu Rubai from above.

“Your Highness, aren’t these suspicions one-sided? Besides, there are quite a few suspicions in today’s matter, but Your Highness doesn’t seem to be able to see them at all. Instead, she wants to confirm that this assassination was planned by this palace. Is there any deeper meaning behind it?”

Hearing Chu Yanzhi’s words, Imperial Concubine Yan smiled faintly. “What meaning can this palace have? This palace is just worried about the safety of the Emperor. As for the murderer behind this plot …” Imperial Concubine Yan suddenly turned around and blessed the Emperor. “I believe His Majesty has his own decision.”

Chu Yanzhi’s eyes widened as he hurriedly cast his gaze towards the Emperor who had not spoken on the throne.

The emperor’s temples on the throne had turned slightly frosty at some unknown time, and the corners of his eyes had also quietly climbed onto the lines of discord. All of this reminded everyone that the emperor above the thousands of people in Great Yue was already old, but his eyes, which were no longer sharp and forceful, had already revealed a sinister look that caused people to feel a chill in their hearts.

The moment he touched the Emperor’s eyes, Chu Yanzhi’s heart suddenly turned cold.

In the end, he still underestimated Consort Yan.

Actually, the most exquisite thing about this game was not that she had pulled him into the game. The most exquisite thing was that she had accurately calculated the thoughts of the person on the throne.

An old emperor who feared that his son would have plump wings.

Perhaps he had already seen clearly that this was a game set up by Imperial Consort Yan, but so what? He needed this game. He needed to use this game to cut off his left and right arms, to damage his prestige in the court, or even … he might be one of the people behind this game.

Thinking of this, Chu Yanzhi’s eyes suddenly shuddered.

When he touched Chu Yanzhi’s cold gaze, the Emperor’s deep eyes narrowed. However, this time, he did not back down.

“I …”

“Royal Father!” Suddenly, a voice interrupted the Emperor’s voice. Chu Yanzhi raised his eyes and stared at the emperor on the throne. His eyes were as cold as a lake sealed in ice for ten thousand years. He raised his right hand, and a cold voice sounded in the spacious hall again. “I swear on behalf of my birth mother, Imperial Concubine Li, that this matter has nothing to do with me. If my words are half false, I will make it difficult for my birth mother to be safe day and night under the Yellow Springs!”

“Bastard!” As soon as Chu Yanzhi finished speaking, the veins on the Emperor’s head burst out. He slammed the table and suddenly stood up. His eyes quickly turned scarlet red. “You, you dare to curse your Mother! You unfilial son!” The Emperor pointed at Chu Yanzhi, his voice sharp and ear-piercing.

Facing the Emperor’s fury, the hall was depressed and quiet. Even the corners of Honored Consort Yan’s eyes couldn’t help but jump. However, Chu Yanzhi, who was standing in the middle of the hall, didn’t seem to be affected in the slightest. He didn’t even change the curve of his mouth.

“If Imperial Concubine Mother knew that someone had framed her son like this, even if I didn’t curse, does Imperial Father think that she can be at ease?” Chu Yanzhi coldly looked at the Emperor and said word by word.

The emperor trembled, and his body couldn’t help but stumble, “You … you …”

Chu Yanzhi silently withdrew his gaze, raised his hand, lifted the corner of his clothes, and knelt down, “Father Emperor, please thoroughly investigate this matter, and return justice to this son, so as to console mother and imperial concubine’s spirit in heaven!”

Seemingly aware that this was a turning point, Peter Ping An, Chang Lu, Gu An, Li Qingfeng, and Li Po hurriedly followed behind Chu Yanzhi and said to the Emperor in unison, “Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly and return the innocence of His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Actually, after the Emperor made Chu Yanzhi Crown Prince, he immediately chased after the Crown Prince’s birth mother, Li Concubine, to be his imperial concubine. Later, there were some rumors in the capital that the emperor was deeply attached to the late Consort Li. Whether it was the former Crown Prince or King Yan, they were all just trying to praise the Crown Prince’s stepping stone to the throne. Thus, the moment Chu Yanzhi said those words, the hall instantly went completely silent. Everyone held their breaths and secretly looked at the father and son confronting each other in the hall. As for Chu Muzhi, who was well aware of the situation, his chest felt slightly hot. He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Imperial Concubine Yan in the hall, only to see Imperial Concubine Yan standing quietly beside the Emperor in her luxurious clothes. Her eyebrows were exquisite, and she did not show the slightest bit of emotion because of Chu Yanzhi’s words. Seeing her so calm, Chu Muzhi gradually calmed down.

After a long period of silence, the eyes of the emperor on the throne disappeared several times. In the end, he still spoke.

Imperial Concubine Yan’s phoenix eyes lowered slightly, and the smile on her lips carried an imperceptible mockery.

In the end, the most important thing to Chu Lian was himself and the power he held in his hands that no one could touch. Even the woman he loved the most could not be compared to him …

This was the emperor!