The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 231

Chapter 231 New Concubine Crown Prince

The hot spring villa in the west of the city was at the foot of Lin Lan Mountain. There were a few hot springs at the foot of the mountain, which were bought by the nobles in the capital to build the villa’s courtyard. The courtyard where Xiao Xiwei lived was a dowry set up by Zhongyong Marquis Mansion. She vaguely remembered that the mountain courtyard next to her belonged to a large family in the court. Thus, when Chu Yanzhi carried her from her family’s mountain home to another family’s courtyard, her face couldn’t help but pale.

“Xizhi, you’re crazy. Aren’t you afraid of being discovered?”

Even though the lord was not in the courtyard, the servants were always left behind to clean and guard it. It would be bad if they were alarmed.

Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s words, Chu Xizhi couldn’t help but laugh, “Idiot, who would notice?” With that, he jumped up and down and landed in a quiet courtyard.

A cherry blossom was planted in the courtyard. Perhaps it was because there was a hot spring beside it. Although the sky was cold, the cherry blossoms were exceptionally dazzling. Under the gentle moonlight, the petals were blooming one after another, and the tip of the nose was wrapped in a faint fragrance of flowers. It was extremely refreshing. What was even more surprising was that there was a small mahogany table under the cherry blossom tree. There were white jade wine bottles and two white jade wine glasses on the trays.

“This …”

It couldn’t be that some lord had purposely set up wine here to wait for them to come as guests, right? Could it be …

“I always feel that this villa is a little small. The two of us don’t think so. We’ll just give Ye’er a few more younger brothers and sisters in the future. I’ll touch them. Why don’t we tear down the wall in the middle? This way, it’ll be spacious.” Chu Xizhi pulled Xiao Xiwei to sit down and said with a smile.

There was nothing Xiao Xiwei didn’t understand when he said this.

At this moment, she smiled lightly and said, “It’s good that you think about it. However, have you asked me?”

Chu Xizhi frowned and sighed faintly. “Wei’er, I’ve always regretted that I wasn’t by your side when you gave birth to Ye’er.” At this point, his words suddenly changed, “Ah, Ye’er is also pitiful. She is alone, and she doesn’t even have a younger brother or sister accompanying her.”

“Did I ever say that I don’t want to give Tianye a younger brother or sister?” Xiao Xiwei’s phoenix eyes turned, and the waves of water rippled under his eyes, causing Chu Xi-yi’s heart to itch.

“Then what did you just say …”

Xiao Xiwei smiled sweetly and raised his eyebrows. His eyes were glittering, “If you demolish the wall, then who owns this house?”

Chu Xizhi was stunned for a moment before he couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “What kind of shrewd and powerful wife did I marry?”

“What? You regret it?”

“I don’t dare to do that. However, since Madam has asked this question, I naturally have to give Madam a satisfactory answer.”

“Then husband, your answer?” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his lips was like the clear water in the spring lake, causing waves of ripples to appear in the hearts of the people for no reason.

Chu Xi smiled and held Xiao Xiwei in his arms. “Even I am yours. Do you need to say anything else?”

In an instant, countless sweetness overflowed his chest, and even his breathing was filled with sweetness.

Xiao Xi slightly reached out and hugged Chu Xizhi’s waist, pressing her face tightly against his burning chest. She only felt that this world was safe and sound, and she had nothing to ask for in her life.

Today was the wedding day of Crown Prince Chu Yanzhi to General Zhang’s daughter, Zhang Duo’er. The entire capital was shrouded in joy and the sound of firecrackers. A set of complicated etiquette came down. It was already dark when the bride returned to the bridal chamber, but the noise outside the Eastern Palace Crown Prince’s Mansion was still loud.

The lights in the room were all bright glass horns, painted with peony flowers that symbolized wealth. When the red candles shone on them, they cast numerous shadows on the ground.

The Crown Princess, Zhang Duo’er, lowered her head and stared at the numerous shadows with fear, fear, and uneasiness through the slits under her handkerchief.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps coming closer and closer from outside caused the door to be pushed open.

Xi Niang, who had been accompanying her the entire time, said happily when she saw the person coming. “Your Highness the Crown Prince is overjoyed.”

Today, Chu Yanzhi drank a lot of wine. He intentionally wanted to get himself drunk, but was persuaded by others. Those people held him and pushed him into his new house.

“Crown Princess, the Crown Prince is happy to have drunk too much wine today. You better wait on him properly. We will leave first.” Lu Haiyang and the few people who had escorted the Crown Prince into the bridal chamber left with a smile.

The Crown Princess, who was covered in a happy handkerchief, unconsciously tugged at the corners of her clothes and pulled out numerous wrinkles on the red wedding dress.

Xi Po smiled and walked forward to incorporate Chu Yanzhi. Unexpectedly, just as she reached out, a sharp gaze swept towards her.

“Get out.”

Xipo was stunned at first, but she lowered her head and thought for a moment before carefully probing, “But Your Highness, we haven’t handed over a cup of wine yet …”

“Get out!” Chu Yanzhi impatiently turned around.

Her gloomy eyes startled the granny. She didn’t dare to say anything about discord and hurriedly led the maids out of the room. As for the Nurse and the girl who had married the Crown Princess, they looked at the Crown Princess sitting on the bed worriedly and couldn’t decide whether to leave or not. However, when Chu Yanzhi’s gloomy gaze swept over, their hearts went cold and their feet subconsciously moved towards the door.

Only Chu Yanzhi and Zhang Duo’er remained in the room.

Even though Zhang Duo’er was separated by the crimson handkerchief, she could still feel Dao Sen’s cold gaze staring at her. Even though Nurse had instructed her over and over again when she arrived, she couldn’t help but tremble slightly at this moment.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

Suddenly, a pair of black boots with white soles appeared in front of her. There were five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on the boots with money. She subconsciously held her breath and did not even dare to breathe.

Beads of sweat fell from his forehead.

She stared at the pair of boots and felt her mind go blank.

Suddenly, Xi Pa, who was hanging in front of her, was suddenly lifted open. A burst of light surged in, and she suddenly felt a little stuffy in her chest.

In front of her was an extremely obedient face. Even though she was wearing thick bridal makeup, she was still unable to conceal the clean and obedient aura on her body.

After a whole day of suppression, he finally felt a little tense when he saw that red face. He could not help but nod his head and said with a smile, “Fool, breathe in!”

Zhang Duo’er took a deep breath as if she was suddenly woken up, and then she let out a long breath.

She said that just now, she felt stuffy in her chest and dizzy in her head. It turned out that she had forgotten to breathe. It was all because she was too nervous just now.

Looking at the shy face in front of him, Chu Yanzhi suddenly felt that he could not get angry.

Zhang Shu, how could a martial artist give birth to such a daughter?

Recovering from her shock, Zhang Duo’er quietly raised her head and saw an extremely handsome face. The bright red color on her body still couldn’t hide the sharp aura between his eyebrows, and her face immediately turned red.

She had never seen such a handsome man before. Was she really married to this heavenly deity?

“Hall … Your Highness …” She suppressed the excitement in her heart and shouted with a red face.

“Yes.” Inexplicably, Chu Yanzhi replied.

Zhang Duo’er hurriedly lowered her head and smiled contentedly.

His originally somewhat anxious and gloomy heart had inexplicably calmed down at this moment.

“Your Highness … Your Highness …” Suddenly, a terrified voice came from outside.

Chu Yanzhi frowned. At this moment, the door of the new room was pushed open and Lian Xia ran in panicking.

Seeing the gloominess in Chu Yanzhi’s eyes, Lian Xia was so frightened that she took a step back. She covered her mouth with her hand and stammered, “Hall, Your Highness, I didn’t do it on purpose. It’s just that … Lord Lu … he …”

The two girls that he had arranged to serve Xiao Xiwei in Chao An Temple did not want to, but were instructed by Nurse An, After disobeying his instructions, he had people buy new maids from outside to discipline Nurse in the manor. He thought that one day when he sent these girls to take care of Xiao Xiwei, they would not be used by others. Therefore, the first thing they did after entering the manor was to recognize their master. Lian Xia was one of the maids.

Now, when he heard her mention Lord Lu, the first person that popped up in his mind was Lu Haiyang.

“What did you see?” Chu Yanzhi said with a gloomy face.

Hearing Chu Yanzhi’s words, Lian Xia seemed to have thought of something, and her face turned even paler. “This servant, this servant saw that Mama Liu was busy in the kitchen today, so I helped her carry some snacks. Then … I saw Lord Lu walk out the back door with a heavy face. I didn’t know why he had an argument with Lord Gu. Later … this servant saw him knock Lord Gu unconscious.”

“Lord Gu? Which Lord Gu?”

“The one who used to come to our mansion.” Lian Xia said with her eyes wide open. After saying that, she lowered her head and unconsciously rubbed the handkerchief in her hand. There was a hesitation on her face. “Actually, this servant … this servant only heard a little bit of their argument … Lord Lu seemed to be going to some villa to kill someone. Lord Gu seemed to disagree. He said that he was afraid that the Crown Prince would scold him …”

Hearing the words from before, Chu Yanzhi was originally fine, but when he heard the words from behind, his expression changed abruptly. He grabbed Lian Xia’s hand and said, “Gu Cheng?”

Lian Xia’s entire face was twisted with pain, and her tears kept falling out of her eyes. However, under Chu Yanzhi’s pressure, she did not dare to remain silent. She could only point out her hand and say, “At the rockery in the back garden, this servant was afraid and … ran away …”

Hearing that, Chu Yan immediately let go of her hand and walked out.

Behind her, Lian Xia shook her painful wrist and forcefully forced back the tears that were about to fall. She took a deep breath and was about to leave when she caught a glimpse of the ignorant bride behind her. In an instant, the tears that she had just forced back gushed out again. With a wronged expression, she cried to Zhang Duo’er, “Crown Princess, did this servant say something wrong just now?”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Duo’er, who heard Lian Xia’s words, stood up in panic. She waved her hand at Lian Xia and said, “No, no, you didn’t do anything wrong.” After saying that, he stood quietly by the side like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing this, Lian Xia, who was originally crying fake, couldn’t help but think, “Is this Crown Princess a fool?”