The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 70

Chapter 070 Past Events
Xiao Xiwei quietly returned to the manor.

At this time, Xiao Ximing’s mourning hall had already been set up. The white silk floated gently. He lay in the nanmu coffin with a calm expression, as if he had fallen asleep.

“Miss, according to your instructions, this servant has already sent out the news of the death of the Fifth Young Master.” Manager Wang walked over to Xiao Xiwei and bowed his head.

Xiao Xi nodded slightly, “Alright, I understand.”

Seeing Xiao Xiwei’s gloomy expression, Steward Wang also dared to say more. He bowed to Xiao Xiwei and retreated.

The mourning hall fell silent.

Xiao Xiwei looked at the beating white candles and his dry eyes became wet again. She lifted her foot and walked step by step to the coffin. She slowly extended her hand out of the coffin towards the people inside, trembling.

“Madam, you can’t go in …”

“Hurry, hurry, stop Madam …”

A loud noise came from outside the mourning hall.

Xiao Xiwei turned his head and saw Madam Li barge in with a pale face and disheveled hair. The moment she saw Xiao Ximing lying quietly in the coffin, she felt the blood in her entire body reverse. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her eyes were scarlet as she stared at Xiao Ximing, unable to make a sound for a long time.

“Second young miss, this servant … this servant cannot stop Madam.” The little girl outside said timidly to Xiao Xiwei.

“You can go down.” Xiao Xiwei lightly waved his hand at the little girl.

The Marquis Mansion was in a mess at this moment, so she couldn’t take care of herself, so she naturally didn’t send anyone to inform the Li Clan of Xiao Ximing’s death. So, how did Madam Li know? Xiao Xile didn’t have the face to tell Madam Li, so only Zhou Shumei and Third Concubine Xiang were left …

“Tomorrow … wake up, mother is here … mother has come to see you.” Madam Li stretched out his hand trembling towards Xiao Ximing. When she touched Xiao Ximing’s cold and stiff face, tears gushed out like a river that had burst its banks. “Tomorrow, don’t scare Mother, wake up! Wake up! Stop sleeping, wake up! Don’t scare Mother! My tomorrow …”

Seeing Madam Li’s sorrowful and desperate appearance, even though she hated Madam Li like Xiao Xiwei, she was still slightly moved.

Suddenly, Madam Li’s expression became somewhat ferocious. She gritted her teeth and raised her hand to slap Xiao Ximing fiercely.

The crisp voice suddenly broke the silence in the hall.

“What are you doing!” Xiao Xiwei frowned.

With a twist, he reached out and tugged at Mrs. Li.

Being surrounded by Xiao Xiwei’s strength, Madam Li staggered back a few steps.

She had used up all of her strength with that slap just now, but the little guy still didn’t react at all.

The faint light in Madam Li’s eyes finally dimmed.

Her son is dead!

Her son is really dead!

“Hahaha … Hahaha …” Mrs. Li suddenly raised her head and laughed, her laughter filled with sorrow and despair. “Dead! Dead! My son is dead!” She smiled. Suddenly, she turned her face. A strong hatred burst out from her scarlet eyes as she stared at Xiao Xiwei. “You little bitch! Whatever enmity you have, come after me! Why did you want to kill my son! Why did you want to kill my son!” After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she suddenly took out a sharp pair of scissors from her sleeve and pounced towards Xiao Xi.

“Miss.” Bi Yun screamed and subconsciously blocked Xiao Xiwei’s path.

“Bi Yun.” Xiao Xiwei’s face turned pale from fear as she looked at the cold light flashing on the scissors. She reached out to drag Bi Yun away. At this moment, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed Madam Li’s hand tightly.

The ice-cold scissors suddenly stopped in front of Bi Yun’s chest, but they were unable to move a single bit.

Zi Yan stared coldly at Madam Li. The corner of her lips hooked and her right hand exerted a slight force. Madam Li screamed miserably. The scissors in her hand suddenly fell, and then she was knocked over by Zi Yan.

Such a big commotion in the mourning hall naturally alarmed the servants guarding outside. For a moment, a group of people from the originally quiet mourning hall swarmed in.

Xiao Xiwei pushed away Madam Li, who was so scared that he was dumbfounded. He walked over to Madam Li step by step with a heavy face, “You want to kill me?”

Fortunately, Zi Yan knew kung fu, otherwise, she would have already lost her life!

“You vicious little bitch! You killed me tomorrow! I want to avenge him!” Mrs. Li struggled to get up and rush towards Xiao Xiwei while screaming, but as soon as she received Xiao Xiwei, Zi Yan lifted her foot and swept it, causing her entire body to fall heavily.

A muffled sound came from his forehead touching the cold floor.

The bright red blood dyed half of Madam Li’s face red, making her look even more sinister and resentful.

“You little bitch, tomorrow I will have no enmity with you. He is your younger brother! You actually killed him so ruthlessly! You will be punished! You will be punished!” Madam Li glared at Xiao Xiwei and howled.

“It’s not me.” Xiao Xi said coldly as he stared at Mrs. Li.

Originally, she was disdainful of explaining to Madam Li, but for Xi Ming’s sake.

“It’s not you! Haha … Xiao Xiwei, do you think I’m an idiot? Who else would harm me? It’s you! It’s you! You bitch! Back then, I should have poisoned you like I poisoned your mother!”

Xiao Xiwei’s eyes suddenly turned cold, “You poisoned my mother to death!”

Madam Li laughed sinisterly, “Otherwise, why did you do it! I only put a little bit of chronic poison into her diet. With just a little bit of it, no one can find anything! Hahaha …”

“What are you talking about!” Suddenly, a cold and fierce voice sounded from the crowd. Madam Li paused and turned around, only to see Xiao Yan walk over with a gloomy face.

After a night, he had calmed down. He wanted to come to the mourning hall to take a look, but who would have thought that he would hear Madam Li’s words?

Xiao Yan walked over to Madam Li with a sullen face. His eyes were so gloomy that they almost dripped with water. “Tell me, you poisoned Qingwan to death!”

“I…”

Just as Mrs. Li spat out a word, Xiao Yan slapped him.

Xiao Yan used all of his strength in this palm strike.

Mrs. Li was slapped to the ground by him. Half of her cheeks were swollen and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

“You poisonous woman! Why did you do this! Qingwan is not in your way! You want to harm her like this!” Xiao Yan stared ruthlessly at Madam Li’s bloodstained face. His chest rose and fell, and he was already furious.

“Why would I do that?” Madam Li covered his face and looked at Xiao Yan, his gaze filled with sorrow and resentment. “Why did you say I did this? Have you forgotten what you said to me? You said you wanted to marry me as your wife! You said you would treat me well for the rest of your life! But then … you married Chen Qingwan!”

“Qing Wan’s father is grateful to Marquis Mansion. It’s my father’s fate to marry her! Don’t you know this!” Xiao Yan took a deep breath and coldly stared at Madam Li.

“Yes … at first it was my father’s order! As long as you have me in your heart, I don’t mind giving her the position of wife, but … but later, it was all her! When she gave birth to Xiao Xi Yang, you insisted on accompanying her in the delivery room regardless of other people’s eyes, and I … my child is gone, did you care about it! Did you care about it?” Madam Li roared at Xiao Yan with a ferocious expression.

“Is that why you want to kill her? That’s right! I’m sorry, you have a grudge against me! What the hell are you doing?”

“He Gu … hehe … you’re still speaking up for her today! You treated her so well, but how did she repay you! She doesn’t love you at all! She loves another man in her heart …”

“Shut up!” Xiao Yan ruthlessly interrupted Li shi’s words. His face became gloomier and the veins on his forehead jumped.

Before she could finish her sentence, Madam Li’s entire body was sent flying and several girls were knocked down. “What, did you poke your sore spot? I’m going to say, that bitch doesn’t even have a heart at all …”

Seeing the furious Xiao Yan, Xiao Xiwei was also shocked.

Mother, Madam Li, and Xiao Yan’s past she didn’t know at all. She had always thought that her father doted on his wife and wiped out his concubines, causing her mother to die of depression. But hearing Madam Li’s words, could it be that there was something else hidden in it?

No one in the mourning hall dared to speak.

The girls who were knocked down by Madam Li knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound, while Madam Li lay motionlessly on the ground.

Xiao Xiwei glanced sideways at Zi Yan.

Zi Yan understood and hurriedly walked over to Madam Li to check her breath.

“Miss, Li … Madam, she fainted.” Zi Yan said.

“Father, let someone help mother down and bandage her wounds first! Later, it’s time for a guest to pay his respects.” Xiao Xiwei walked over to Xiao Yan and whispered.

Xiao Yan turned to look at Xiao Xiwei’s face, which looked like Chen Qingwan’s, and heard her say that there would be guests to pay their respects later. The anger around him gradually subsided, “You can do as you please.” Dropping this sentence, he turned around and walked out. He didn’t even look at Madam Li, who had fainted on the ground.

“You guys, why don’t you help Madam down?” Xiao Xiwei’s cold eyes swept across the few girls who were kneeling on the ground trembling.

“Yes.” The girls answered and hurriedly put Madam Li up with all sorts of hands and legs.

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Xi’s gaze swept across the crowd with a cold gaze, “What happened today, I don’t want to hear any more rumors after leaving this sect. Otherwise …”

“Yes.” The servants and maids in the mourning hall bowed their heads and replied.

“Everyone, get out!” Xiao Xi waved her hand slightly, her expression unable to conceal her exhaustion.

Wu Guanyang’s people immediately retreated.

Xiao Xiwei looked at the pool of blood on the ground. His expression, which had already eased up, suddenly turned ice-cold. “Zi Yan, go investigate! Let’s see who went to the Western Garden today and who Madam Li has seen since coming out!”

“Yes.” Zi Yan blessed Xiao Xiwei and quickly left the mourning hall.

Xiao Xiwei walked to the coffin and his cold and sharp eyes gradually eased.

Madam Li was so sure that she had killed Ximing and wanted to kill her to avenge him. However, if Zhou Shumei or Madam Xiang were to provoke her, Madam Li’s temperament might not believe it unless …

That person was Xiao Xile!

At this point, she didn’t feel guilty or regretful, and she actually pushed all of this onto her!