CH 152

The third Ming master who had been dismissed from his post before watched her get on the carriage. His attitude could be considered amiable, but all his words gave off the feeling of “in the future, don’t come back if you don’t have any matter” or “since you are the crown prince’s person, don’t cause our family any problem”, something along this line of meaning.

Ming Zhu looked as gentle and well-tempered as before, but she retorted back, “Third uncle, it’s all thanks to you that I was able to form a relationship with the crown prince.”

The meaning behind her words was “I’m not forgetting my grudge, don’t think you can escape from the responsibility of the good things you did back then.”

The third Ming master immediately choked. Words of rebuke reached his tongue, but hesitant, he was unable to say them aloud. How could she blame the family for this matter? In the beginning, the broken engagement was all the crown prince’s intention, besides, now she was living a better life than she would ever have if she was married to Wei Chiyu.

She was repaying the kindness with enmity, she was so ungrateful.

The third Ming master watched her leave and now everything he was looking at was an eyesore. He took his anger on the servant beside him, whom he kicked twice, “She’s really gone crazy!”

His wife poured him a cup of cold tea, “My lord, calm down.”

The third Ming master was used to a life of pride and luxury and could not bear even the slightest vexation, so he immediately slapped the table, “You didn’t hear what Ming Zhu just said to me! She would never have dared talk to me like this before!”

The third mistress looked at him coldly, “In the end, back then, we did let her down regarding that incident.”

Without even a greeting, they directly tied her up and carried her into the crown prince’s backyard. It was normal for her to have resentment in her heart.

The third Ming master drank a large mouthful of tea. His burning anger was still difficult to appease, “She spoke as if she was threatening us.”

“She wouldn’t.” The third mistress said, “Ming Zhu’s temperament is not much different from her mother’s, her words are just words, after all, she is a soft-hearted person.”

Even though Ming Zhu’s mother had passed away many years ago, the third Ming master still remembered her mother’s face. Ming Zhu, whose face harmed herself and others, was even more beautiful than her mother.

The third mistress went on to say: “How about you just put up with her?”

Ming Ru would be married soon, right? The crown prince would have another person to take care of him, so naturally he would be a little more distant to Ming Zhu.

“Forget it, anyway, we’re only seeing each other a few times a year.”

The third Ming master was comforting himself, but his heart still was a little unreconciled, “How come the crown prince also pick women based on their beauty?”

He took a fancy to Ming Zhu just based on her face.

The third mistress did not even bother to talk further with him. Which man under the sky did not judge women by appearance? Did not they all like beautiful women? He himself liked to go to the brothels to look for beautiful prostitutes.

“But why did she come back today? She is not even close to Qi’er.” The third Ming master asked.

The third mistress also found it strange and frowned, “She said she came to say goodbye to Qi’er, but I think it’s more like she came to catch up with her old maid.”

“That maid of hers is clever, you investigate, this matter doesn’t look that simple at all.”

“I’ll have someone call that maid to come and ask.”

“You call her over right now and question her carefully.”

***

It started raining outside, Biying first got off the carriage to get an oil paper umbrella and held the umbrella as she helped Ming Zhu off the carriage.

Zhao Zhi also happened to be back from the palace at this hour, his clothes were half wet, and he also felt that something was amiss. It was a bit cold under the rain, so he retrieved his own outer robe from the carriage and put it on her, wrapping her up. Then, as he touched her hand, he coldly ordered the maid to prepare a hand-warming pot.

The weather easily changed at the shift between summer and autumn. The temperature plummeted and the rain that was wetting their clothes was so cold it was bone-chilling.

Zhao Zhi knew that she had returned to the Ming residence today, and while he was warming up her hands, he asked, “Do you want to eat something first?”

Feeling her body being wrapped with his scent inside and out, Ming Zhu was very uncomfortable, and she avoided his eyes, “Mmh, I’m hungry.”

In fact, she had just eaten a few snacks in the carriage, but she still had not eaten enough, this child in her stomach really liked to eat a lot.

Zhao Zhi raised his eyes to look at the maid outside the curtain tent and ordered, “Go prepare some dishes that the miss likes to eat.”

The maid immediately went to the kitchen to relay the order.

Ming Zhu still had the medicine hidden in her sleeve. Her expression was unnatural, she removed her hand out of his palm and hid it behind her.

Zhao Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at her small belly. He held back from touching it, his expression looked as usual as he casually said, “In a few days, when the weather is good, you’ll follow me to the palace to see my mother.”

He had told his mother yesterday that Ming Zhu was pregnant.

Ming Zhu did not make a sound.

Zhao Zhi wrapped his arm around her waist and whispered in her ear, “My mother is probably going to be very happy to see the baby.”