CH 150

Since Zhao Zhi had made a decision, he would not waver. Ming Zhu saved her saliva, but she did not give up in her heart. She could do it herself. By all means possible, she had to find a medicine to abort the fetus.

Most men were fickle and heartless, the words said today would be forgotten the day right after, and whether it was a serious promise or a sincere pledge, all couldn’t be trusted.

While Ming Zhu was seriously pondering about where to go to get an abortion medicine without anyone knowing about it, she did not even pay attention to what Zhao Zhi was telling her.

Zhao Zhi stretched out his hand and hugged her waist, whispering behind her ear: “Don’t think too much about it, just take good care of your body.”

Ming Zhu was absent-minded, she obviously wasn’t listening to him carefully, and she carelessly hummed as a reply to him.

Even with her agreeing, Zhao Zhi still was unable to rest assured. After today, her diet would have to be even more closely watched, there could be no mistake, even a small one.

It was difficult for Ming Zhu to move around, her belly was becoming more and more apparent. But the news that she was pregnant had been well hidden, thus very few people knew of it.

During the middle of the ninth month, it rained heavily, which finally took away most of the heat from the summer. The weather was getting cooler, and it was not as hot in the morning and evening.

It was soon going to be the tenth month, the crown prince’s wedding was less than a month away.

Although he was only marrying a side consort, the feast wasn’t going to be small.

Zhao Zhi wasn’t paying too much attention on the matter. He watched the servants in the residence getting busy without feeling anything in his heart, he remained cold and indifferent, as if the person who was about to get married was not him.

The intendant, who had been busy for more than a month, had finally arranged everything that had to be arranged.  In the end, he handed over the list of items purchased to the crown prince so that he could check it. Zhao Zhi only swept a glance at it, without any interest.

The intendant began to think that his work wasn’t good enough, “Your Highness, should the plaque in front of the door be replaced with a new one?”

“No need.”

“Then, the red silk…”

Impatient, Zhao Zhi interrupted him, “Let’s talk about it later, you withdraw now.”

The intendant did not dare to say anything more, but after withdrawing, he was muttering in his mind, telling himself that there were three major happy events in one’s life, one of which was getting married, yet judging by the expression on the crown prince’s face, he didn’t seem to be very happy.

The sound of rain started beating against the window outside. Zhao Zhi listened to the crackling sound of rain, unable to calm down. On the contrary, his thoughts were even more in turmoil and his heart grew even more anxious.

On the top right side of his desk, invitations not yet completed were scattered. He originally should have finished writing the invitations earlier, but for some reason, he was unable to lift his brush and write them.

The baby in Ming Zhu’s belly was very thoughtful and never bothered her, he also rarely made her feel unwell. Ming Zhu was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to part with him if she left too much time pass, so she wanted to find a prescription for abortion as soon as possible, but the spies in her courtyard had increased a lot more recently, and even if she went outside, there was no chance she would be left alone.

Ming Zhu had no choice but to ask a favor from Zhao Zhi.

Since she had something to ask, she couldn’t go empty-handed, so Ming Zhu walked to Zhao Zhi’s study while carrying the pastries freshly made by the kitchen.

When the maidservant outside the door saw her coming, she went inside to report her arrival with a bright smile.

Every time miss Ming Zhu came over, His Highness would always be in a better mood, and if any of the maidservants made a mistake, they could get away from being punished.

Zhao Zhi told her to come inside.

Ming Zhu carefully crossed over the threshold and walked to the desk, where she took out the pastries in the food box one by one, “Your Highness.”

Such care did not come out of nowhere. Zhao Zhi could guess her intention without even looking at her.

He remained silent, as he picked a pastry and took a bite to taste. He didn’t finish it.

Ming Zhu swallowed her saliva and gave herself some encouragements before she said, “I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately.”

It was as if Zhao Zhi had not heard her. He raised his hand and gently opened her lips before putting the remaining half of the pastry into her mouth, “How do you find the taste?”

“Not bad.” She took a sip of water and continued the words he had just deliberately ignored, “When there are too many people in the courtyard, I feel stuffy, and I can’t sleep well.”

Zhao Zhi frowned and said expressionlessly, “Then we’ll send them all away. Let’s replace them with a few quiet ones who know how to behave.”

This wasn’t Ming Zhu’s intention, she said calmly, “It’s not necessary, I just want to say that it’s enough for me to have Biying alone to serve me.”

“Impossible.”

“Then you tell them to come to my room less often, I don’t need them to serve me a lot.” Ming Zhu was unsure in her heart, she didn’t know whether he was going to agree or not. She suddenly took his hand and placed it on her slightly protruding belly, “He told me that he wants to sleep.”

Zhao Zhi was amused by her childish words, “You can talk to them yourself.”

“They don’t obey me.”

“They will.”

With these two words, Ming Zhu had a plan in her heart. As long as the maidservants in her courtyard obeyed to her orders, she could make them go away at any time.