Chapter 50: Decapitated
Her intuition told her that for her Father Consort to summon her five consorts to Xihe Hall at this time, nothing good could come of it.
And indeed, it was exactly as Li Xuanyue had thought.
Hua Shan had called the five consorts over not only to subtly warn them about heirs but also to tell them to take good care of Li Xuanyue.
As for how they were to take care of her, those who understood, understood.
Although the pressure of heirs fell mainly on Jun He, the task of “caring” for Li Xuanyue fell to Lang Hua and the other three consorts.
None of them dared to contradict Hua Shan to his face.
So, when Li Xuanyue arrived at Xihe Hall, she sensed a strange and awkward atmosphere in the air.
She glanced up at Jun He and the others, noticing their varying expressions.
Looking further up at Hua Shan, seated on the high throne, she saw him looking perfectly composed.
As if he hadn’t said a thing.
Li Xuanyue lowered her gaze.
“Father Consort!”
She greeted Hua Shan, her heart full of apprehension.
Hua Shan frowned. “Why are you here?”
He pondered silently, his gaze sweeping over the five consorts before finally settling on Jun He.
“Are you afraid your Father Consort will eat your consorts?”
No one knows a daughter like her father.
Hua Shan knew exactly what Li Xuanyue was thinking.
She was afraid he was giving her five consorts a hard time.
So she had rushed over specifically to rescue them.
She certainly knew how to maintain marital harmony.
Although his words were meant to be teasing, anyone could hear the pressure underlying them.
Jun He naturally felt Hua Shan’s scrutinizing gaze.
He quietly lowered his head, pretending not to notice anything.
Li Xuanyue also noticed Hua Shan’s focus on Jun He.
She brought a clenched fist to her lips and coughed lightly.
“Not at all, Father Consort.”
She stepped forward coquettishly, just like she usually did. “Your child was just bored in her own palace, so I came specifically to find you to play.”
“Why… did you call them all here too?”
The “them” Li Xuanyue referred to was none other than Jun He and the others sitting to the side.
What kind of medicine was her Father Consort selling in his gourd?
Hua Shan’s glazed eyes glanced lightly at Jun He and the others. “Do you know about the Second Prince of the Snake Clan’s pregnancy?”
When Hua Shan mentioned this, Li Xuanyue’s eyelids twitched involuntarily.
She instantly understood why Hua Shan had summoned Jun He and the others.
She couldn’t help but laugh dryly, trying hard to change the subject. “Hasn’t that news already spread throughout the Phoenix Clan?”
“Why bring it up again, Father Consort? You should be more concerned about your child’s health.”
“Your child can’t sleep or eat well these days. I wonder if I can still wait for Uncle.”
Sure enough, as soon as Li Xuanyue mentioned her poor health in front of Hua Shan, his expression as a father immediately became tense.
“Has the poison seeped into your bones?”
Hua Shan’s voice was suppressed very low.
Then, as if remembering something, he turned his gaze to Jun He and the others and gave a simple order.
“You may all withdraw for now.”
At this moment in Hua Shan’s heart, nothing was more important than Li Xuanyue’s health.
Among the group, except for Jun He who vaguely knew some inside information, Lang Hua and the others all wore expressions of confusion.
What did Li Xuanyue mean just now?
What did she mean by not sleeping or eating well every night?
And that she might not be able to wait for her uncle?
Didn’t the Phoenix Consort of the Phoenix Clan have no siblings?
Where did Li Xuanyue get an uncle?
Although Lang Hua and the others were puzzled, they still respectfully withdrew.
For a moment, only Hua Shan and Li Xuanyue remained in Xihe Hall.
“Father Consort, is Uncle… not planning to come?”
Li Xuanyue held Hua Shan’s hand, paused for a few seconds, and asked in a deep voice.
It had been almost a week.
If her uncle truly intended to come, even from thousands of miles away, he would have arrived at the Phoenix Clan by now.
There had been no news of him for so long.
Li Xuanyue suspected that he had stood Hua Shan up.
Hua Shan frowned. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
It was unknown which of Hua Shan’s nerves Li Xuanyue’s words had touched.
But he suddenly became irritable.
It was the first time Li Xuanyue had seen Hua Shan display such a state in front of her.
She was stunned by his shout for a moment.
This side of Hua Shan felt unfamiliar to her.
Hua Shan looked at Li Xuanyue’s dazed expression and finally came back to his senses.
Regret flashed in his glazed eyes.
He quickly composed himself and returned to his previous calm.
“I’m sorry, Yue’er. Father Consort scared you just now. Father Consort was thinking too extremely.”
He hesitantly explained to Li Xuanyue.
“But rest assured, your uncle won’t stand your Father Consort up. He is a man of integrity. Since he promised Father Consort, he won’t break his word.”
Hua Shan understood exactly what Li Xuanyue’s previous reminder meant.
She was afraid he would rejoice for nothing.
Now that he sat in the position of the Phoenix Consort, below only one and above ten thousand, he naturally couldn’t allow such a thing to happen.
“Go back and wait first.”
Perhaps the side he had just shown made it difficult for Hua Shan to face Li Xuanyue for a moment, so after speaking, he began to urge her to leave.
“When your uncle arrives, Father Consort will send someone to notify you immediately.”
Although Li Xuanyue felt there was something strange about it.
She didn’t know what was wrong with what she had just said.
But seeing Hua Shan looking greatly stricken and restless, she felt it inappropriate to stay longer.
She simply performed a grand bow and withdrew.
However, her heart couldn’t calm down for a long time because of this matter.
Was her guess in front of her Father Consort just now true?
Did her uncle really regret it and refuse to come to the Phoenix Clan?
Otherwise, why would her Father Consort have reacted so extremely just now?
“Xiao Ce, do you think I was wrong?”
At this moment, the usually high-and-mighty Hua Shan, seeing everyone leave Xihe Hall, for the first time didn’t refer to himself as ‘This Consort’, but used ‘I’.
And there was a hint of pain and conflict between his brows.
“If I hadn’t done that back then, would he have not ignored me?”
Xiao Ce, hiding in the shadows, didn’t answer.
He was like a listener, quietly listening.
After all, such things had happened more than once or twice in Xihe Hall.
He was long accustomed to it.
As a servant, it was his duty to obediently listen and do things; he had no right to judge.
“Forget it.”
Hua Shan didn’t seem to expect him to answer. He flicked his phoenix robe and waved his hand. “Since This Consort has done it, I cannot allow myself to regret it.”
“Go and pass a message to him. If he doesn’t want his child to be decapitated in the future, he can continue to oppose This Consort!”
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