The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 67

Chapter 067 Sudden Death Cardiac Disease
“You … what did you just say? Who’s gone? Who’s gone?” The matriarch grabbed Xiao Xiwei’s hand and stared fixedly at Xiao Xiwei.

Xiao Xiwei’s tears gushed out, “Grandmother, you are the backbone of our Marquis Mansion. At this time, you … you must not fall!”

The old lady’s sharp fingernails stabbed into her skin, but she didn’t feel any pain at all. Because the pain in her hands could not compare to her heartache.

“Nonsense! How could there be no good people left!” The matriarch pushed Xiao Xiwei away with all her might and stood up. Just as she took a step forward, she felt the world spin. With a tilt of her head, her entire body fell.

“Grandmother …”

“Matriarch …”

Xiao Xiwei and Nanny Liu cried out in alarm and hurriedly reached out to support the old lady.

Doctor Zhang, who had been waiting in the outer courtyard, hurriedly rushed in when he heard the voice. He took the pulse of the old lady and hurriedly fed her the heart-saving pills he had brought.

“Doctor Zhang, how is my grandmother?” Xiao Xiwei hurriedly said.

Doctor Zhang sighed. He looked at Xiao Xiwei and said, “Fortunately, Second Miss has already made preparations. She told me to prepare a heart-saving pill and wait in the front hall. Otherwise” Doctor Zhang sighed again.

This Marquis of Loyalty Manor is really troubled now. Last night, the Fifth Young Master disappeared, and now the Matriarch has become like this … If it weren’t for the fact that the Marquis of Loyalty Manor had treated him well all these years, he really wouldn’t have wanted to go this time.

“Thank you, Doctor Zhang.” Xiao Xiwei stood up and blessed Doctor Zhang solemnly.

Doctor Zhang hurriedly returned the bow in fear, “Second young miss, please don’t be like this, I can’t afford to be so young!”

Xiao Xiwei was not only the second young miss of the Marquis of Loyalty, but also the future Seventh Prince Concubine. He could not afford to offend such a person.

“Nurse, please take care of grandmother first. I’ll send Doctor Zhang out first.” Xiao Xiwei turned to look at Nurse Liu and said.

Everything happened so suddenly last night that her mind was in a panic, so she didn’t have time to ask many things.

Nurse Liu nodded.

She knew that Second Miss definitely had something to ask Doctor Zhang.

Granny Liu knew, so of course Doctor Zhang knew.

Xiao Xiwei walked out of the old lady’s room and brought Doctor Zhang to a small pavilion beside the quiet garden. The surroundings were empty, and anyone who came could tell with a glance.

“Zi Yan, Bi Yun, you guys wait outside.” Xiao Xiwei calmly instructed the two of them.

Hongyu was calm, so she helped Nanny Gui take care of the funeral together. Therefore, she only had two maids with her, Violet Smoke Bi Yun.

“Second young miss, this little one knows what you want to ask? However, this little one doesn’t know anything.” Before Xiao Xiwei could speak, Doctor Zhang said impatiently.

Fifth Young Master walking so strangely at such a young age naturally made people suspicious. It wasn’t a year or two since he visited the Marquis’ Mansion, He was very clear about the relationship between the master of the Marquis Manor. It was very likely that the one who killed the Fifth Young Master was the master of the Marquis Manor. Perhaps it was the Second Miss who looked like a fairy in front of him … Perhaps, the reason why the Second Miss had recruited him into the manor was because she was afraid that he would know something and wanted to kill him.

Thinking of this, Doctor Zhang’s back inexplicably turned cold.

The so-called “knowing people, knowing faces, not knowing hearts”, he was just a commoner, he really didn’t want to get involved in these big clans’ true battles, and he didn’t want to lose his life innocently. So, it’s best not to know anything.

Xiao Xiwei only glanced at Doctor Zhang and knew what he was thinking. “Doctor Zhang thought that tomorrow’s death was related to me, didn’t he?”

Doctor Zhang hurriedly waved his hand in panic and said with an anxious expression, “No, no, no, second young miss, the little one didn’t say that before.”

It wasn’t Doctor Zhang’s fault. There were only a few masters in the manor, and the only one who had the most motivation to harm Xiao Ximing was her, who had the same potential as Xiao Ximing’s biological mother.

Xiao Xiwei’s lips curled into a bitter smile. “If I told Doctor Zhang that the glass of poisonous wine was originally meant for me? Tomorrow he … he just drank the wine that was served to me by mistake.”

“What!” Doctor Zhang suddenly opened his eyes wide.

“So, I must really know the truth.” Xiao Xiwei stared at Doctor Zhang with a burning gaze. Sihao did not allow him to refuse, “Doctor Zhang, I know what you are worried about. Don’t worry, just tell me what you know. Afterwards, I will ask someone to give you five hundred taels of silver and promise not to involve you in it.”

Five hundred taels.

Doctor Zhang’s eyes lit up.

However, when he thought deeper, he hesitated again. That’s right. Five hundred taels of silver is a lot. He might not be able to earn five hundred taels in a lifetime if he treated these noble people. However, he knew from Xiao Xiwei’s words that five hundred taels of silver was not easy to earn.

“Doctor Zhang, there are some things that you don’t have any effect on me. After a while, there will be an imperial physician in the palace to examine my fifth brother. However, I think you saw the symptoms of my fifth brother’s illness with your own eyes and took his pulse personally. That’s why I want to hear from you first.” Xiao Xiwei coldly stared at Doctor Zhang.

After hearing that there would be an imperial physician to examine Xiao Ximing’s corpse, Doctor Zhang felt relieved as if he had taken a calming pill.

With the imperial physician here, what he said was not that important. If he was afraid that the Marquis’ Manor would turn over the old accounts, he would not be able to go with these five hundred taels of silver.

“Second young miss, it’s actually not a small one. It’s just that the Fifth Young Master doesn’t seem strange, but it’s not a poisoned image.” Doctor Zhang paused for a moment and carefully looked at Xiao Xiwei. “May I ask Second Miss, is Fifth Young Master suffering from a heart disease or something like that?”

“My fifth brother has always been healthy.” Xiao Xi frowned slightly and raised his eyebrows to look at Doctor Zhang. “Doctor Zhang, you’ve been attending to our Marquis for all these years. Don’t you know that my fifth brother’s heart is sick?”

Doctor Zhang said, “Because the reason why Fifth Young Master died suddenly was because of a heart disease …”

That was why he was puzzled. Over the years, he had been the one to check the pulse of the masters of the Marquis of Zhongyong Manor who had some typhoid fever and headaches. In his impression, the Fifth Young Master did not have a heart disease, but he died of a sudden heart disease. This was really too strange.

“Heart disease?” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows. “But tomorrow, he doesn’t have any heart problems. Doctor Zhang should be very clear about this!”

“That’s why … that’s why the little one feels strange.” Doctor Zhang said.

“Are you saying that someone drugged my fifth brother to suddenly die of heart disease?” Xiao Xi narrowed her eyes slightly, her phoenix eyes flashing with a trace of coldness and ruthlessness.

“This … this little one doesn’t dare to speak nonsense.” Doctor Zhang answered carefully, his back covered in cold sweat.

The girl in front of him was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but the sharpness in her eyes made him, who was in his forties, not dare to look at her.

Xiao Xiwei stared at Doctor Zhang for a long time and saw that his expression did not seem to be lying.

“Biyun, take five hundred taels of silver and send Doctor Zhang out.” She raised her voice and instructed Bi Yun, who was guarding the pavilion.

“Thank you, Second Miss.” Doctor Zhang thanked Xiao Xiwei happily, and then followed Bi Yun down to get the silver.

After Doctor Zhang left, Xiao Xiwei turned to look at Zi Yan calmly and said word by word, “Zi Yan, I want to see him.”

Zi Yan was stunned for a moment before nodding.

As they waited for the door, an ordinary carriage slowly drove out. After leaving the East Street where the officials were gathered, it turned right and entered the West Street where the civilians lived. Then, it turned into a few remote alleys. Finally, the carriage stopped in front of an inconspicuous cabin.

Zi Yan jumped out of the carriage and walked to the hut. She raised her hand and knocked three times in a row. She paused for a while and knocked twice again.

The door creaked open.

A man around twenty walked out and laughed when he saw Zi Yan. “Oh, Zi Yan! Why are you free today? Do you miss the night?”

Zi Yan blushed, “Stop messing around, Miss is here.”

The man hurriedly put away his smile and looked at the carriage. He saw a woman slowly getting out of the carriage. The cloak on her body covered most of her face, but even so, it was hard to hide her beauty.

“Quickly invite Miss in. I’ll go invite Master right now.” The man hurriedly moved aside.

This was a very ordinary courtyard. In the corner of the courtyard, Zero Seven was piling up some firewood. The room was furnished with rough wood, and the cups for tea were made of rough porcelain, as if they were a farmyard.

“Young miss, this is the place where we usually contact each other.” Zi Yan hurriedly said when she saw Xiao Xiwei sizing up the room.

Xiao Xiwei nodded.

At this moment, she really wasn’t in the mood to care about this.

“Miss, have a cup of tea first.” Zi Yan also knew Xiao Xiwei’s current mood, so she hurriedly picked up the teapot on the table and wanted to pour a cup of tea for Xiao Xiwei. As soon as he picked it up, he discovered that the teapot was empty, and his face couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. “Miss, this servant will go down and make tea for you.” As he spoke, he retreated.

Before Zi Yan’s tea could be boiled, Chu Xizhi arrived first.

“Xiwei.”

Upon receiving the news from Duo, he immediately rushed over.

Seeing Chu Xizhi rushing over, a strange emotion flashed through Xiao Xiwei’s eyes. She stood up and blessed Chu Xizhi, “Your Highness.”

Xiao Xiwei’s faint estrangement made Chu Xizhi’s heart somewhat sour.

He couldn’t understand why she had such a big reaction when she knew that he had also been reborn. Was it because he didn’t tell her early in the morning? However, how could he dare to say that he was not sure that she had also been reborn?

“Your Highness, I haven’t thanked Your Highness for what happened last night.”

At that time, her heart was filled with pain and despair. She completely forgot everything. Fortunately, Chu Xizhi was helping her brother take care of it. Otherwise, the Marquis wouldn’t know what kind of chaos would have occurred.

Chu Xizhi looked at Xiao Xiwei with a trace of pain in his eyes. “Wei’er, do you still need to say this between us?”

Xiao Xiwei pursed his lips and suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Chu Xizhi sighed, “You came to me today. Do you want to know the cause of Xiao Ximing’s death?”

“You’ve already found it?” Xiao Xi was slightly shocked.

Chu Xizhi frowned. “I heard from Zi Yan about the situation at that time, so I immediately decided that someone must have dropped something in the wine. However, when I inspected it, I found that there was nothing wrong with the wine.”

“No problem? How is that possible?” Xiao Xiwei did not believe it.

If there weren’t any problems, how could Xi Ming suddenly die for no reason!

“There is indeed no problem with wine. Otherwise, how could Xiao Xile drink it by herself?” Chu Xizhi’s eyes sank, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. “The real problem is the wine cup. She applied a secret medicine to the side of the wine cup.”

“Secret medicine?”

“That kind of secret medicine can cause heart failure and suffocate people’s hearts in an instant. It looks like a heart disease. It’s impossible to find out what you don’t know.” When Chu Xizhi spoke up to here, a yin coldness suddenly burst out from his long and narrow eyes. “And this secret appeared in the harem in the early years!”