The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 232

Chapter 232 King Yan Is Not Dead
In the middle of the night, the lights in the villa had already turned off. Everyone had already fallen asleep. Therefore, Lu Haiyang was not stopped when he broke into the hot spring villa. He easily found Xiao Xiwei’s bedroom to rest in. The window of the bedroom was half open, and a wind blew in. It blew into the snow-white veil in front of the curtain. Through the veil, one could vaguely see a figure with his back facing him.

Lu Haiyang’s eyes widened as countless resentments gathered under his eyes.

This woman had been plotted against him three times and four times. The poison in her mind was so deep that it was hard to estimate. Leaving her in the world was a threat to him and the Crown Prince.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and the curtain veil in front of him suddenly fell. Then, Xiao Xiwei’s plain white face appeared in his line of sight.

A sneer silently flashed past his lips, followed by a cold light that shot straight towards the person in bed.

Just as the cold light was about to cut across his neck, his eyes suddenly opened.

It was ice-cold, indifferent, and without the slightest ripple.

Even more shocking than this pair of ice-cold eyes, Lu Haiyang tightly clasped his wrist with both hands.

Lu Haiyang was shocked. He was about to pull his hand back, but unexpectedly, the man flew past the bed and jumped over his shoulder by his movements, forcing him to slash the dagger towards his neck.

“You’re not Xiao Xiwei! Who are you?” Lu Haiyang spun and dodged the attack of the dagger in his hand.

The person with Xiao Xi’s face was expressionless as he quickly flew up and kicked towards Lu Haiyang.

Lu Haiyang was shocked and hurriedly stretched out his arm to block the attack, while he was forced to retreat by that.

This person’s martial arts were extraordinary. ‘She’ was definitely not Xiao Xiwei. Could it be that he was one of the few hidden guards that Chu Xizhi left behind to protect Xiao Xiwei in the capital? However, Chu Xizhi was already dead. Could it be that these hidden guards still obeyed her orders?

The thoughts in his mind spun quickly, but at this moment, his hand suddenly emptied. He fixed his eyes and saw that the person who had been hanging in the air had actually disappeared. He hurriedly turned around, but there was still no one behind him.

In the room, only the night breeze came in and blew the curtains to make a faint rustling sound. There was not a single sound in the lonely manor, like a man-eating beast lurking in the darkness.

Lu Haiyang hurriedly crossed the dagger to his chest and used the defensive information. His eyes were vigilant as he stared at the surroundings.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him.

He hurriedly turned around and saw nothing in the room.

“Who the hell are you? Xiao Xiwei? Where is Xiao Xiwei!” Lu Haiyang said loudly.

The voice echoed in the empty room, but there was not a single person in the room.

“Are you looking for me?” In the darkness, a cold voice sounded.

The originally tightly closed door suddenly opened with a’squeak ‘, and a white shadow slowly stepped on the moonlight and walked in. Even with the light on her back, Lu Haiyang could still clearly see that face. There was a white veil covering her head. Other than Xiao Xiwei, who else could there be?

“Young Master Lu, how are you?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Lu Haiyang’s tense face and the cold sweat on his forehead. He couldn’t help but pull the corner of his mouth and smiled.

“Xiao Xiwei.” Lu Haiyang stared fixedly at the face in front of him. Every word he said made his voice emit a chill. “Looks like I underestimated you again.”

Hatred, anger, powerlessness, and admiration that even he himself was unwilling to admit. All of these emotions mixed together made him feel as if he had been bitten by ten thousand ants at the same time. The burning pain spread throughout every corner of his body as his heart beat.

Even if he didn’t want to admit it, he still had to submit to reality.

He fell into her trap again.

This woman!

Too cunning!

Xiao Xiwei’s phoenix eyes twitched, and the smile at the corner of his mouth rippled like water. “Young Master Lu, what did you say? Have you ever overestimated me?” ‘”Oh, no, actually you overestimated me once. For example, when you tried to persuade the Crown Prince to stay away from me. Unfortunately, he didn’t believe you.”

“You’re finally willing to admit that you actually have other plans to stay by the Crown Prince’s side. You wanted to avenge King Yan and King Ning, so you stayed by the Crown Prince’s side, right?” Lu Haiyang gritted his teeth and said coldly.

“If I say no,”

“You dare deny it!” Lu Haiyang smiled coldly, “Now that I’ve fallen into your hands, what else do you have to hide!”

“Indeed, since you have already fallen into my hands, then what else can I hide? I did not stay by Chu Yanzhi’s side to avenge Xizhi and Tianye, because …” Xiao Xiwei looked at Lu Haiyang and smiled sweetly. “My husband and children are both alive and well. Why should I avenge them?”

“You … what did you say …” Lu Haiyang was so shocked that he almost couldn’t even hold the dagger in his hand.

“Looking at Lord Lu’s appearance, it seems like he doesn’t believe it?” Xiao Xiwei smiled and suddenly turned to look behind the door. His clear voice sounded again, “Husband, Lord Lu doesn’t seem to want to believe that you’re still alive. Do you want to come out and see him?”

“Madam, how dare I not listen?” A deep voice rang out in the darkness with a few dotes in it.

Lu Haiyang shook.

This voice …

Before he could turn around, a figure slowly walked in from outside the door and finally stopped beside Xiao Xiwei. Sword-eyebrows flying into his temples, black eyes like ink jade, straight nose bridge, raised lips …

Unexpectedly, it was really Chu Xizhi!

Swallow King Chu Xizhi, who had been dead for a long time!

Lu Haiyang trembled and took a few steps back. At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed past him. His throat tightened and something was thrown in.

“You! What did you give me to eat!” He panicked, ignoring the dagger in his hand, rushed to the table, poured a few cups of tea, and poured water into his mouth.

Xiao Xiwei quietly looked at him and did not stop him. When he was almost drunk, she suddenly smiled, “Didn’t Young Master Lu think he was smart? Since that’s the case, why would he drink the tea in my room?”

Lu Haiyang’s hand that was holding the teacup paused. A trace of fear flashed across Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. “You … you …”

This woman’s schemes were truly terrifying.

What Chu Xizhi? She could let someone pretend to rob her and lure him into a hook? Why couldn’t she let someone rob her like Chu Xizhi? Why was he tricked by her? He was actually absent-minded and allowed her to take advantage of this opportunity to drug him?

Thinking of this, Lu Haiyang was both regretful and annoyed.

“Why, everyone doesn’t believe me anymore?” Xiao Xiwei turned around and frowned slightly as he looked at Chu Xizhi.

“Probably Madam, you’re too good at deceiving people, aren’t you?” Chu Xizhi lowered his head and looked at Xiao Xi dotingly with a smile.

Xiao Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, “Oh? You think so too?”

Chu Xizhi pursed his lips and nodded solemnly, “Imperial Concubine Mother told me something from childhood. She said that the more beautiful a woman is, the more deceptive she will be.”

“Are you sure Mother Concubine said this, not you?”

Chu Xizhi touched the tip of his nose and said, “Alright, I admit that I made this up casually.”

“You … you really …”

He really couldn’t say the word ‘King Yan’. But looking at the flirtatious looks of the two people in front of him, especially Xiao Xiwei’s eyes filled with tenderness, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind …

Perhaps, the Swallow King really wasn’t dead.

“Are you shocked? You clearly saw this king’s corpse buried with your own eyes. Why is this king still alive?” Chu Xizhi looked up at Lu Haiyang and whispered.

Lu Haiyang shook, “You … you really aren’t dead, then why are you …”

“Why do you keep pretending to be dead?” Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows and spoke for Lu Haiyang.

Lu Haiyang remained silent with a heavy face.

“If I don’t’die ‘, how can the true face of Crown Prince Chu Yanzhi appear? A person can only reveal his hidden face when there is no one who can threaten him. I think … Right now, my good father Emperor must have some objections to this new Crown Prince.” Chu Yanzhi smiled faintly.

Lu Haiyang’s eyes darkened a few times. In the end, he said in a deep voice, “Even if His Majesty really has a problem with the Crown Prince, he will not cripple the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is His Majesty’s most beloved son!”

“Of course. I never deny that. However, when this son made up his mind to eliminate him, do you think … that good father Emperor of mine will give this beloved son another chance?”

“You want to frame the Crown Prince!” Lu Haiyang raised his pitch-black eyebrows, and a trace of hostility flashed through his eyes.

Chu Xizhi’s eyes suddenly turned cold, and a trace of mockery flashed through his eyes. “You still need me to make a move. What do you think he was trying to get that Taoist priest into the palace for?”

His father had been an emperor for many years, and he was extremely controlling. Even if Chu Yanzhi was his beloved son, he would not easily hand over the imperial power in his hand to him. At the very least, before he closed his eyes, he would still firmly grasp the power in his hand. Unfortunately, the son he chose was not as obedient as he had imagined. His thirst for power was no less than his father’s. Therefore, once he was placed in the crown prince’s shoes, He immediately rushed forward to rope in quite a few factions, And these were absolutely not allowed by an emperor, Especially when the emperor was still in his prime, He felt that his status had been threatened and provoked, so he immediately became alert. He reacted, wanting to help Tianye to suppress the current Chu Yanzhi, just like how he helped Tai Chu Jingzhi suppress him back then. Unfortunately, his actions were not accepted by his son Chu Yanzhi, so Chu Yanzhi attacked Tianye. In this way, the Emperor’s dissatisfaction and fear towards his son deepened. Therefore, he wanted to eliminate a portion of Chu Yanzhi’s faction. That was why Gu An was demoted and Uncle Ping’an’s mansion was robbed. All of this was aimed at Chu Yanzhi. At this moment, Chu Yanzhi also deeply understood that as long as the Emperor was around, he would be controlled by him one day. It was impossible for him to truly hold power. Therefore, he took action and sent a Taoist priest into the palace …

“No … impossible.” Lu Haiyang shook his head repeatedly.

He did not believe that the Crown Prince would be such a vicious and selfish person.

Even if he had a grudge against the Emperor, it was his father, and he would not do so.

Hearing Lu Haiyang’s words, Chu Xizhi smiled. “It’s hard for you to believe him like this. It’s worth it for Chu Yanzhi to have a good brother like you. Unfortunately …” As Chu Xi spoke, the smile on his lips became slightly strange.

“What a pity!” Lu Haiyang couldn’t help but reply.

Right now, he wanted to delay because he knew that Chu Yanzhi was on his way here. As long as he saw that Chu Xizhi was still alive, everything could be easily resolved.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Lu Haiyang’s expression and suddenly smiled sweetly, “Are you stalling for time to wait for him to come?”

Lu Haiyang was stunned and looked at Xiao Xiwei with a pale face.

She even knew that?