CH 130

In the end, Song Luan got herself drunk as a lord. She shouted that she was going to sing on the roof. After being stopped by people, she stared at Ming Zhu again, and pinched her plump with water little face, fondling it with affection.

“In the future, why don’t you move to the palace to live with me? How about that?” Song Luan’s eyes brightened as she looked at her and asked.

Ming Zhu didn’t say anything.

Song Luan then pointed at Zhao Zhi and said to her, “If you don’t like him anymore in the future, just use his money to keep a few white-faced pretty boys that you find pleasing to your eyes.”

Ming Zhu swallowed her saliva, thinking that this was really a good idea.

Song Luan said drunkenly, “Although white-faced pretty boys are all good-for-nothing, but they know how to make you happy, and they have to get your approval to do anything.”

Ming Zhu thought of the line of men she had seen in Chunxiang House the last time she went with the princess there and it did seem like that was indeed the case. They were not only good-looking, but they also knew how to coax people and make them happy.

As long as one had money, one could buy anything.

She finally knew who the princess took after, it turned out that she was like her mother. Both were spontaneous and wonderful people.

Zhao Zhi ordered the servants to help his mother go to sleep, while he himself grabbed tightly Ming Zhu’s hand and walked out. He said, “Don’t take my mother’s words to heart.”

Whenever Ming Zhu thought about how he had lost his temper the last time, she was terrified. These days, she was becoming more and more familiar with the skill of agreeing on the surface but opposing in the inside. She said perfunctorily, “I didn’t.”

Zhao Zhi today was wearing a dark colored cross-collar long gown, with a wide black belt with tiger stripes fastened around his waist. He raised an eyebrow as he said indifferently: “My mother is keeping eight to ten gigolos outside, and my father isn’t not saying anything about it.”

He closed one eye and kept the other open, pretending he was not clear about what was happening. If he was angered too much, he would kill one or two among the group to vent his anger.

After a pause, Zhao Zhi, while she gave him an astonished look, continued: “But if you dare to do such a thing, don’t think about having legs anymore.”

“Oh.”

If she had money, she would definitely look for some, she would even choose them based on the features she preferred and let them take turns coaxing her.

She had been scared like this by him so many times that she was not so afraid of him anymore now.

Zhao Zhi wasn’t sure if she was listening, “I still have other things to take care of.”

Ming Zhu said, “Okay.”

There was not a single trace of reluctance on her face, even her submissive attitude towards him was extremely perfunctory.

She did not care whether he married someone or not, she did not care if he became entangled with other women or not.

Even a stone should have started to warm up by now, how come her heart was still so hard and cold like stone?

The corners of Zhao Zhi’s mouth twitched, “I’ll have someone escort you back.”

***

Biying thought that after this day, the frozen and stiff relationship between the crown prince and miss Ming Zhu had finally cracked the ice, they should be reconciled now.

When Ming Zhu came back from the palace, she recounted her small treasury. The major part of it was constituted of the money the princess had lent her last time, there were several thousand taels of silver.

She still wanted to cheat some money out of Zhao Zhi’s pocket, if she could not spend a penny of his money, she would really feel unsatisfied.

Ming Zhu sat by the window to seriously think about what excuse to use to ask for money. She really could not think of any good excuse for the moment.

Zhao Zhi did not say it with his mouth, but in his heart, he was still guarding against her taking money and escaping.

The room was not as hot at night as it was during the day, and Biying took away the ice cubes placed by the bed.

Ming Zhu was listening to the sound of the cicadas. It was getting closer and closer to the tenth month.

Ming Zhu suddenly called out to Biying and asked her, “My sister is getting married, shouldn’t I give her money as a wedding gift?”

Biying saw that the look in the miss’s eyes was sincere, and she clearly saw that she was not joking.

Biying’s eyes darkened, “Miss, don’t use this matter to anger His Highness.”

Ming Zhu was confused, “I didn’t intend to anger him.”

Biying felt that it did not look like she was pretending and she hurriedly said to her, “You don’t need to give any money.”

Ming Zhu thought that she was right, a small concubine giving money to the side consort, this kind of behavior would look too much like provocation arising from jealousy.

Her intention was just to use this excuse to ask Zhao Zhi for some money, but since this way wouldn’t work, she would have to forget about it.

“But I’m short of silver to spend right now.”

“What would you like to buy? This servant will help you buy it.”

“You going shopping for me and me shopping myself is not the same ah.” If Ming Zhu could not scam Zhao Zhi’s money, she would not be happy, but she was not incapable of earning silver on her own.

But Zhao Zhi had bullied her for so long, if she did not take some silver before patting her butt and leaving, how could it work?

She had to think of a way to scam a little more of money. An amount so big that he would vomit blood out of anger whenever he would be reminded of it.

But Zhao Zhi was more cunning than a fox, wanting to scam money out of him was really too difficult.

Biying looked at her worried face, “What is miss concerned about?”

She shook her head, listlessly: “Nothing.”