The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 255

Chapter 255 A Child in the Belly
“You don’t like tea? You like sour? Madam Xiang, are you pregnant?” Bi Yun’s dripping eyes kept glancing back and forth at Min’er.

She didn’t want to. Hearing Bi Yun’s words, Min’er’s face turned red.

Seeing Min’er’s appearance, Xiao Xiwei couldn’t help but smile and said, “Min’er, are you really pregnant? Have you let the doctor see it? How many months have you been?”

“I’ve already asked the doctor to take a look at the Crown Princess’ words. She said it’s been three months.” Min’er was embarrassed to come back, but Little Tao, who was standing beside her, happily replied.

“Then be careful. Don’t eat anything cold, remember?” Xiao Xi smiled and instructed Min’er.

Min’er blushed and nodded.

Xiao Xiwei wanted to give another order. Suddenly, she heard a retching sound coming from beside her. The space between her eyebrows wrinkled slightly. Just as she turned around, she saw Hong Yu rushing out with her mouth covered.

Bi Yun grew up with Hongyu. Seeing her like this, she panicked. However, because Xiao Xiwei was here, many of them walked away. She could only look worriedly at Hongyu’s back and stomp her feet anxiously. “This was just fine, what happened now?”

Xiao Xi frowned slightly, “Biyun, go take a look.”

Bi Yun couldn’t stand anymore. Now that Xiao Xiwei had said it, she hurriedly blessed her body and quickly chased after Hong Yu in the direction where she had left.

“Madam, why do I look like Sister Hong Yu is pregnant?” Xiao Tao, who was standing beside Min’er, whispered to Min’er in a low voice.

Min’er’s expression changed. She hurriedly turned around and scolded Xiao Tao, “What nonsense!” After saying that, she hurriedly turned her head to look carefully at Xiao Xiwei’s expression, but when she saw Xiao Xiwei’s expression suddenly change, her heart thumped.

Hong Yu was Xiao Xiwei’s personal girl, and she had never betrothed anyone. Hearing that she was pregnant, Xiao Xiwei had such an expression. Could it be that the child’s father would be His Highness the Crown Prince?

Xiao Xiwei didn’t know that Min’er was wrong at this moment, but when she heard that Hong Yu was pregnant, she suddenly remembered that day in Yongchun Palace she smelled the smell of ambergris on Hong Yu’s body …

If Hongyu was really pregnant, then the child in her stomach was …

Chu Yanzhi!

Seeing Xiao Xiwei’s expression getting uglier and uglier, Min’er was so anxious that she didn’t know what to do, but she couldn’t think of anything to comfort Xiao Xiwei.

At this moment, Chu Tianye, who was in Xiao Xiwei’s arms, suddenly started to cry.

Being disturbed by this crying, Xiao Xiwei could only put away her thoughts and stood up to gently pat Chu Tianye to coax him.

“What’s wrong with my little Tianye? I heard you crying from afar. Do you miss your father?” Suddenly, a clear voice accompanied by footsteps sounded.

Min’er hurriedly stood up, only to see Chu Xizhi wearing the royal uniform of a four-clawed flood dragon, walking towards them with a smile on his face.

“Your Highness,” Min’er hurriedly bowed to the girl.

“Oh, Madame Xiang is also here.” Chu Xizhi smiled generously at Min’er. Then, he reached out and carried Chu Tianye from Xiao Xiwei’s embrace. He shook him while smiling at him, “My Little Ye’er, what’s wrong with you? But your mother took advantage of your father to stop bullying you? Tell your father that your father can vent his anger on your mother’s little butt.”

Originally, Min’er was a little nervous when Chu Xizhi came back, but now that she heard him say such words, her heart was even more suspended in midair. Before Xiao Xiwei could get angry, she hurriedly said, “Your Highness, don’t talk about this anymore.” After saying that, he did not forget to give Chu Xizhi a look.

Chu Xizhi hugged Chu Tianye and frowned. He looked at Min’er strangely, “Madam Xiang, what’s wrong with your eyes? What’s wrong? Do you want me to take a look for you?”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!” Seeing Chu Xi’s confused expression, Min’er was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Chu Xizhi frowned. He looked at Min’er and then turned to look at Xiao Xiwei. Finally, he realized that something was wrong. “What’s wrong with you guys? Is something wrong?”

Xiao Xiwei’s expression changed. He raised his eyes to look at Chu Xizhi, and the corners of his lips moved, but he didn’t know how to speak.

Seeing Xiao Xiwei’s unspeakable appearance, Min’er took a deep breath and frowned as she glared at Chu Xizhi. “Your Highness the Crown Prince probably doesn’t know, right? Hong Yu, she, she’s pregnant!”

“Hong Yu is pregnant?” Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face. But very quickly, that surprise was concealed by him. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed a few times. He looked at Xiao Xiwei probingly and said, “Pregnancy is a good thing. I don’t know who the father of this child is. I can also prepare a generous dowry to fulfill this happy occasion. Xiwei, did you say that?”

Although getting pregnant before marriage was a scandal, Hong Yu must have followed Xiao Xiwei for so many years. He did not mind using his status as the Crown Prince to support her and cover it up.

Hearing Chu Xizhi’s words, Xiao Xiwei did not say anything. On the other hand, Min’er’s expression changed. She glanced at Chu Xi and said with a hint of ridicule, “Look at what His Highness the Crown Prince said. Do you still not know who the father of this child is?”

Although Chu Xizhi had not seen Min’er a few times, he knew from Xiang Mingxuan and Xiao Xiwei that Madam Xiang was the most straightforward and unconcealable. Now that she was mocking him, his heart couldn’t help but become even more strange. Could it be that Hong Yu’s pregnancy had something to do with him? It shouldn’t …

She and Xi Wei thought that the child in Hong Yu’s belly was his!

Thinking of this, Chu Xizhi’s expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly turned to look at Xiao Xiwei and said, “Wei’er, the child in Hong Yu’s belly has nothing to do with me! Don’t misunderstand!”

Xiao Xiwei did not expect her to be so absent-minded that Min’er and Chu Xizhi would actually be so distracted. Seeing Chu Xizhi’s panicked appearance, she did not know whether to laugh or cry in her heart.

“Who told you that the child in Hong Yu’s stomach is yours!” Xiao Xi glanced at Chu Xi with slight anger.

Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s words, Chu Xizhi heaved a long sigh of relief. “It’s good that you didn’t misunderstand!”

He really thought that Xi Wei had misunderstood the situation just now and almost scared him to death.

Chu Xizhi let out a long sigh of relief, but Min’er was stunned. “What? Isn’t the child in Hong Yu’s belly the Crown Prince’s?”

If it wasn’t for the Crown Prince, then why was Xiao Xiwei’s expression so ugly?

The corners of Xiao Xi’s lips moved slightly, but she really didn’t know how to explain Hong Yu’s matter, so she could only purse her lips and remain silent.

Seeing Xiao Xiwei’s appearance, Chu Xizhi knew that there must be some hidden information about Hongyu’s pregnancy. Thus, he turned to Min’er and said, “Madam Xiang, I was dragged down by Lord Xu to drink a lot of wine. I should be returning to the manor now. Do you want to go back and take a look?”

“Did he drink again?” Min’er frowned. She couldn’t help but feel a little anxious and worried. She couldn’t care less about what was happening here. She hurriedly bowed to Chu Xizhi and Xiao Xiwei and hurriedly left with the girl.

As soon as Min’er left, Chu Xizhi turned to look at Xiao Xiwei and said, “How about it? Can we talk about it now?”

Xiao Xiwei knitted her eyebrows and looked at Chu Xi. Then, she sat back on the stone chair. She lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, “I know who the child in Hong Yu’s stomach is, but …”

“Just what?”

“I just don’t know what Hongyu thinks of this child.”

Hong Yu had never mentioned Chu Yanzhi in front of her, and it was precisely because of this that she thought that what happened in Yongchun Palace that day was just her overthinking, but now it seemed …

“Since you don’t know, then ask her.” Chu Xizhi reached out and held Xiao Xiwei’s fingertips as he said gently.

Xiao Xi raised her eyes slightly and looked towards Chu Xizhi. “Don’t you ask who the child in her belly belongs to?”

“I don’t think it’s time for me to know.” Chu Xizhi looked at Xiao Xiwei with a bright smile on his lips.

If she could say it, she wouldn’t have frowned ever since he came in.

“Xizhi …”

“Alright, Tianye seems to be asleep. I brought him in.” Chu Xizhi smiled at Xiao Xi, then walked into the room with Chu Tianye in his arms.

Xiao Xiwei’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

If my husband is like this, what else can I ask for?

When Hong Yu stepped into the room, Xiao Xiwei was sitting in front of the couch. There was a game of chess on the table on the couch, and Xiao Xiwei was currently holding a chessboard on the table that the white man was silently watching, as if she was thinking about how to drop the piece.

“Miss” Hong Yu leaned forward and knelt on the ground.

Xiao Xiwei did not respond, not even reacting in the slightest.

Hong Yu’s eyes turned red, and her tears couldn’t help but fall. However, she gritted her teeth and didn’t dare to make a single sound.

Xiao Hong Yu couldn’t help but sigh when she saw Xiwei’s enduring appearance. She threw the chess piece on the chessboard and said, “Hong Yu, in the past, you definitely wouldn’t hide anything from me. But now … did you change? Or did I change?”

“Miss, I didn’t mean to hide anything from you.” Hong Yu said with red eyes.

“That child should be his, right?” Xiao Xi turned around and calmly looked at Hong Yu.

Hong Yu lowered her head and remained silent.

“Counting the days, you should be pregnant for more than three months. It’s impossible for you not to know, right?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Hong Yu and whispered.

Hong Yu bit the corner of her lips forcefully and did not snort.

Seeing Hongyu’s appearance, Xiao Xiwei let out another long sigh.

She already knew that she was pregnant. Since she didn’t say it out loud and didn’t knock the child out, then the only possibility was …

“You want to keep this child?”

Hearing Xiao Xiwei’s words, Hong Yu bit her lips. She was silent for a long time. Finally, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Xiwei as if she had gathered enough courage. “Miss, the child is innocent, can …”

“You’re crazy!” Xiao Xi raised her hand abruptly and swept all the pieces on the chessboard onto the ground with a’pa ‘. This time, she used all her strength. A few pieces of chess pieces smashed into Hongyu’s face, leaving behind a few faint red marks. However, Xiao Xiwei still felt uneasy. She glared at Hongyu forcefully and said, “Do you know what you’re talking about?”

“Miss.” Hong Yu’s tears gushed out.

Seeing Hongyu’s solemnity and forbearance, and seeing her kneeling on her own side begging for help and calling her young miss over and over again, even though Xiao Xiwei was filled with anger, she was still unable to vent her anger on such a face.

“What exactly is the reason? Why do you insist on keeping him? Do you know what it means to keep him? Hong Yu, have you thought about it clearly?” Xiao Xiwei looked at Hong Yu and said sadly.

“Miss, this is my only request.” Hong Yu crouched on the ground with her head lowered. Although her voice was soft, it was exceptionally firm.