The Princess of the Fairy Phoenix Road

Chapter 4
Chu Xunyang leaned against a corner of the wall, bent one knee, and sat quietly in a casual and unrestrained posture. The candlelight on the table next to her added a few wisps of unnatural blush to her pale face.

Her eyes were clear but empty, and she raised her head slightly, staring at a strand of spider silk that hadn't been cleaned up on the beam.

After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by steady and rhythmic footsteps, a tall and straight figure of a man appeared on the entrance steps.

He went down the steps, and waved back the maidservant at the door who came slowly.

Chu Xunyang squinted at him from the corner of his eye, but still leaned against the corner of the wall, motionless.

Changing from his cold and decisive style in the small building that day, Chu Qiyan walked up to her with a dignified and deep expression, squatted down, and took her hand and held it in his palm.

"Xunyang, don't blame me, in order to protect you, I can only do this!" Chu Qiyan said, "The emperor issued an order to wipe out your east palace. Even if I don't go, there will be others."

"Where's my second brother?" Chu Xunyang didn't move, and even the expression on his face didn't change a bit, he just asked straight to the point, "I didn't see him at the execution ground yesterday."

"Xunyang—" Chu Qiyan sighed, her expression was full of helplessness and pity, she got up and sat beside her and shook her hand vigorously, then said bitterly: "At midnight the day before yesterday, at the bell In the secret room of the imperial palace, long before your family was taken to the execution ground, he—had already been poisoned to death by the emperor!"

"Heh—" Chu Xunyang let out a breath of relief when he heard the words, closed his eyes and laughed mockingly.

"Xunyang!" Chu Qiyan held her hand firmly, and said in a more helpless tone, "You know the emperor's temper very well. Even though he has always valued Qifeng, he loves and hates Qifeng deeply. Chao Yigu, you think and know that it will end like this."

"Why do you lie to me now?" Chu Xunyang opened his eyes again, light and shadow flickered in the rippling pupils, with a kind of inexplicable sadness, she fixedly looked at the handsome face of the man in front of her, a He said each word very clearly but slowly: "Second brother and I grew up together, almost inseparable. No one knows better than me whether he is father's son or not."

The expression in Chu Qiyan's eyes froze for a moment. Although the expression on his face was flawless, there was a string in his heart that was slowly tightened.

"You know everything?" Chu Qiyan asked, her thick eyebrows furrowed deeply, her expression complicated.

"They are all my relatives." Chu Xunyang looked directly at him and smiled slowly, but there was too much desolation in that smile, "If one of the father's children must be a remnant of the previous dynasty, Then there is only one answer - that person can only be me!"

She said it with certainty, leaving no room for comment at all.

Chu Qiyan's eyes flickered, and her gaze was fixed on her face, but she didn't say a word for a long time.

This woman is courageous and strong, and what is even rarer is her unusually keen observation and judgment in military and political affairs.

This point can be seen from the fact that she has been stationed on the border of Nanhua Kingdom for six years, but she has never lost any battles.

He likes her beauty and intelligence, admires her courage and courage, and is unable to extricate himself like a demon, but at the same time——

It is even more deeply fearful, always on guard and vigilance.

Because there is a faint feeling that this woman, who is so rebellious, is not something he can completely control.

But now, she has lost her background and support, and she doesn't even have the ability to fight back. He can finally have her without any burden.

"Xunyang, it's all over!" With a sigh of relief in his heart, Chu Qiyan took the woman into his arms and gently hugged her, "After yesterday, I have arranged for a female prisoner who looks like you to go to the emperor to hand in a job No matter what the truth of the matter is, no one in this world will know your real life experience, you can stay by my side with peace of mind, and when the time passes, I will give you a new identity. As for the things before today, I have forgotten Bar."

Chu Xunyang closed his eyes, and shook his head indifferently: "After so long, you still don't understand me. Do you think I can continue to live with peace of mind after knowing that they died for me?"

"I knew you would do this, and I was most afraid of you." Chu Qiyan frowned, straightened her shoulders, and looked at her with pain in her eyes, "Xunyang, you should understand the emperor's thoughts very well. In order to protect you, he even You may not even want your life, but now you have managed to get a sliver of life for you, if you commit suicide again, how can you be worthy of the hundreds of lives buried in the entire Eastern Palace?"

"Should I still be alive?" Xun Yang always had a gorgeous smile on his lips. Even though his face was pale, this face was still unmistakable, and the poignant beauty was even more thrilling.

Chu Qiyan's heartbeat suddenly stopped for a moment.

Chu Xunyang had already pushed him away and stood up. His pale and slender fingertips passed over the cracks in the bricks next to him. Then he walked to the table in the middle and poured two glasses of wine from the jade pot in his hand.

Chu Qiyan got up and followed, looking thoughtfully at the beautiful color of her delicate fingertips reflected on the jade pot.

Chu Xunyang handed him a cup of wine that he had poured: "Come with me to see off father!"

Chu Qiyan hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out to take it.

Chu Xunyang smiled, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, then lifted the wine pot, and sprinkled the rest of the wine on the ground.

Chu Qiyan couldn't shirk anymore, so she had to drink.

With a slight smile on his lips, Chu Xunyang suddenly glanced around the room and said, "This is the secret room behind my father's study, and if you can place me here, it means that the Second Emperor has already enjoyed the East Palace. Congratulations, the new one—His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson!"

At the end, there was a pleasant smile in her voice suddenly.

And when Chu Qiyan heard her first sentence, her expression changed drastically.

"It's surprising how I know this secret room is it?" Chu Xunyang just smiled calmly, "Father has no secrets from me, and similarly, this East Palace has no secrets from me."

"Xunyang—you—" There was a sudden rush of blood in his chest, and Chu Qiyan staggered, and took two steps back on guard.

"I know you are very wary. Before sending me here, you have cleaned up everything on your body, but what about this secret room?" Chu Xunyang smiled, turning his eyes and glanced at the front She stroked the cracks in the wall tiles with her fingers, "Do you think that if my lute bone is pierced and my martial arts is abolished, then there is nothing I can do? If I want to kill, I can do it at any time, regardless of the occasion."

"Why—" the viscera turned upside down, as if being torn apart by something, Chu Qiyan's entire face changed color, "I have made the biggest concession for you, even going against the emperor's imperial decree to save you. Take your life, and you treat me like this?"

(End of this chapter)