The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 6

Chapter 006 Re-encounter Slag Man
As soon as he got into the carriage, Xiao Xiwei saw a familiar figure-Xiao Xile.

She was dressed in a scarlet embroidered dress. Her eyebrows were as dainty as the distance, and her skin was like the first snow. Her dark green silk curled into a crescent bun, and a pink jade butterfly hairpin was inserted into it. Her long tassels trembled slightly as she moved, making her look even more beautiful.

“Sister, come sit down.” Seeing Xiao Xiwei, Xiao Xile smiled and waved at her.

Xiao Xi smiled and supported Bi Yun’s hand into the carriage.

“Big sister, look” Xiao Xile smiled and pointed at the exquisite food boxes beside her. “Mother said that the journey to Chao An Temple is far. She was afraid that we would be hungry, so she specially made a lot of snacks that Big sister likes to eat.”

Xiao Xile’s biological mother, Li shi, was Xiao Yan’s cousin, Old Granny Jun’s cousin. After Xiao Xiwei’s birth mother, Chen shi, was weakened after giving birth to Xiao Xiwei, and Li shi entered the Marquis Manor, and very quickly gave birth to the third young miss Xiao Xile and the fifth young man Xiao Ximing. She had always thought that Madam Li was gentle and honest, otherwise, her mother would not entrust her to take care of her left pair of children. Unexpectedly, Madam Li was a Zhongshan Wolf who knew people and did not know their hearts …

“Mother is really troubling me.” Xiao Xiwei smiled faintly, “Sister is really beautiful today! But I still feel that there is something missing?” Xiao Xi smiled and a pair of sweet pear eddies bloomed at the corner of his lips. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. “I know what’s missing. Little sister, you’re missing a hairpin that can match you.” As she said that, she took out a golden peony step from her sleeve and shook it into Xiao Xile’s temples. “I got up late today. I didn’t have time to properly choose my clothes and rushed over. I brought this hairpin but it wasn’t worthy of the clothes. It’s just right. I’ll give it to my sister.”

Xiao Xile knew that this Golden Peony Step Shake was a birthday present that Xiao Xiwei’s uncle had specially asked the best craftsmen in Su City to make for her. The jewels on it were carefully chosen and she was overjoyed for a moment. She hurriedly took Xiao Xile’s arm and said with a smile, “Thank you, sister.”

Xiao Xi smiled and patted Xiao Xile’s hand.

“Sister is right!” Xiao Xile answered with a smile.

Xiao Xi lowered his eyes and smiled, a trace of an undetectable sneer flashing across his eyes.

There was still a good way to go from Chao An Temple.

Xiao Xiwei got into the carriage and yawned. Then, he looked at Xiao Xile apologetically and said, “Sister, I didn’t sleep well last night. I want to rest first. Later, if I’m about to arrive at Chao An Temple, please call me.”

Xiao Xile had just accepted Xiao Xiwei’s precious gift and naturally replied.

Xiao Xi smiled and leaned against the carriage, closing his eyes.

If she remembered correctly, then someone would hijack the carriage on the way to Chao An Temple. At that time, the Fourth Prince would descend from the sky to save the beauty of the hero, and she would also be like the idiotic young miss in the drama. Unfortunately …

The carriage left for about an hour and entered a forest.

Xiao Xile was lifting the curtain to look at the scenery outside when suddenly, waves of shouts came from the forest, followed by dozens of black-clothed masked men jumping out of the forest.

“Quick, protect Old Madame and Miss.” The guards were all frightened by the sudden situation and drew their swords to surround the carriage.

“Sister, sister” Xiao Xile was shocked. She put down the curtain in panic and leaned against Xiao Xiwei in horror.

Xiao Xiwei slowly opened her eyes and listened to the murderous sounds outside. A trace of coldness flashed in her eyes.

Finally.

The curtain was suddenly sliced open by the sharp blade of the sword. The cold blade of the sword reflected a cold light under the sunlight

“Ah!” Xiao Xile screamed and quickly pushed the girl behind her out to block the way.

“Miss.” Bi Yun and Hong Yu exchanged a glance, then simultaneously blocked Xiao Xiwei behind them.

The black-clothed man quickly swept into the carriage, then immediately locked onto Xiao Xile and dragged her out of the carriage.

“Help! Help!” Xiao Xile’s shrill cries suddenly rang out. She struggled desperately. Her clothes and hair were in a mess, and her snow-white face was filled with fear.

“Look at this girl, she looks really good!” The man in the lead threatened to touch Xiao Xile’s snow-white face.

“Stop! Who are you? You dare to rob Marquis Mansion’s carriage!” At this moment, the old granny also walked out of the carriage and stared at the black-clothed man with an extremely ugly expression.

“Grandmother, Grandmother, quickly save me!” As soon as Xiao Xile saw the old lady, she seemed to have grabbed onto a life-saving straw and shouted at her desperately.

Unexpectedly, the masked man did not seem to have heard Old Granny Jun’s words. He raised his hand and touched Xiao Xile’s face again, “As expected of the young miss of the brave Marquis Mansion. She is delicate and tender-skinned. Why don’t you follow me back to the mountain to be the madam of the stronghold?”

The matriarch’s expression sank. She held Mama Liu’s hand tightly, and her body couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

The dignified young miss of the Marquis of Loyalty was toyed with so lightly by the gangsters. If this matter were to spread out, the Marquis of Loyalty would be the laughingstock of others, and the entire Marquis of Loyalty would not be able to lift their heads.

Fortunately, the matriarch wasn’t angry for long. An arrow suddenly pierced through the air and hit the masked man’s chest. Immediately after, twenty to thirty cavalry appeared at the intersection. The man in the lead was dressed in white, and his face was like jade as he rushed over.

Xiao Xiwei’s eyes couldn’t help but feel a trace of coldness overflowing out of them. Her hands that were hidden in her sleeves also unconsciously clenched tightly, and her sharp fingernails stabbed into her palms causing bursts of pain. However, the pain was far inferior to the dull pain coming from her chest.

Chu Yanzhi.

Sure enough, he was still in time!

Xiao Xiwei’s gaze unconsciously looked towards Xiao Xile. As expected, her eyes were filled with gratitude and longing. Her expression was exactly the same as the one in her previous life …

Very quickly, the dozen or so black-clothed men were all beheaded by Chu Yanzhi’s men.

In the woods, there was a strong smell of blood floating in the air.

When the last person was beheaded by the sword, one of them walked up to Chu Yanzhi and knelt down. “Fourth Highness, the thieves have all been killed.”

Chu Yanzhi nodded and walked towards the Xia Clan.

“Matriarch, are you alright?”

The matriarch bowed towards Chu Yanzhi. “I greet His Highness the fourth prince. Thank you for saving my life, Your Highness the fourth prince.”

“Old Lady Jun is too courteous.” Chu Yanzhi hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Madam up. “I happened to be passing by as well. I can’t afford to thank Old Granny Jun for this.”

“I don’t dare, I don’t dare.” The matriarch hurriedly said.

“Miss, are you alright?” As if recalling something, Chu Yanzhi suddenly turned to look at Xiao Xile with concern.

Xiao Xi Le was originally grateful to Chu Yan Zhi for saving her from the devil’s palm, but now that she was so concerned about him, her heart instantly crashed like a deer. Her originally pale face flushed suspiciously, “Xi Le thanked His Highness for saving her life.”

The corner of Chu Yanzhi’s mouth curved into a perfect arc, “Second Miss, you’re too polite.”

“Third Miss, are you alright?”

Before Xiao Xile could reply, Hong Xiu, her personal maid, ran over and said timidly.

Xiao Xile originally wanted to get angry, but in front of Chu Yanzhi, she could only suppress her anger and forced out a smile. “I’m fine, don’t worry.” After saying that, he secretly raised his eyes to look at Chu Yanzhi.

The curve at the corner of Chu Yanzhi’s mouth was still the same, but his eyes flashed.

Isn’t it Second Miss? How did she become the third young miss?

“Grandmother, are you alright?” Xiao Xiwei didn’t seem to have seen all of this, so she walked over to the matriarch and asked with concern.

The matriarch looked at the corpses all over the ground and hurriedly pinched the red coral bead string in her hand. She said a few words, “Amitabha, what a bodhisattva!”

“Matriarch, I originally wanted to ask for a peace talisman from An Temple on behalf of Mother Concubine. Why don’t you come with me?” Chu Yanzhi turned to Old Lady Zhou and said.

After such a big incident, the Matriarch originally wanted to return to Marquis Mansion, but upon hearing Chu Yanzhi’s words, she hesitated.

It was not easy to choose a day to worship Buddha at Chao An Temple. It would be unlucky to return. Moreover, such a big thing had happened, so it was better to concentrate on worshipping Buddha and beg for peace.

Thinking of this, the matriarch nodded, “Then I’ll trouble the fourth prince.”

Under Chu Yanzhi’s escort, the carriage arrived safely at Chao An Temple.

The abbot and sister-in-law of the temple had already received the news and stood at the temple’s entrance to greet them.

Everyone followed the gentle bluestone steps and entered the mountain gate. Above the mountain gate were the three large golden words’ Chao An Temple ‘personally inscribed by the empress dowager of the current dynasty. After entering the mountain gate was the main hall. Speaking of which, this was not the first time Xiao Xiwei had come to Chao An Temple. In the past, she only felt that the main hall was dignified and solemn, but this time, when she looked at the empty main hall, she felt an indescribable pressure and emptiness. The benevolent-looking Buddha looked down at the living beings from above, looking down at the various desires and greed of the ant-like people below. In fact, they were secretly sneering in their hearts …

“What is Second Miss laughing at?” Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted.

Xiao Xiwei turned around and saw Chu Yanzhi’s extremely handsome face.

The hand hidden in his sleeve unconsciously tightened again, and the tearing pain in his heart came again.

“Your Highness may have misjudged me, but I’m not smiling.” Her slender eyelashes slowly lowered, hiding the sharp cold light and bone-chilling hatred in her eyes.

“Is that so?” The corner of Chu Yanzhi’s lips curled into a smile, and his eyes unconsciously flashed.

“Your Highness, sister, what are you talking about?” A crisp voice suddenly interrupted. Xiao Xile smiled and interrupted. She affectionately held Xiao Xiwei’s arm, but her bright eyes kept looking at Chu Yanzhi.

Everything was the same as in his previous life.

As long as she was slightly close to Chu Yanzhi, there would always be a delicate voice interrupting her.

It turned out that Xiao Xile had fallen in love with Chu Yanzhi from the beginning. Unfortunately, in her previous life, she was clumsy and blind, yet she had never been able to see through her thoughts.

However, since she liked Chu Yanzhi so much, why did she marry Chu Xizhi back then?