CH 171

Chapter 171

(61.4)

“He just drank medicine, he’s still working.”

“Don’t disturb him, find clean girls at the brothel house and send them to Lord Wei’s room tomorrow.”

“Lord Wei doesn’t seem to have much interest in women.”

“That’s because they’re not capable enough.” For some reason, Duan Sui thought of that girl that was selling pastries, if a woman looked like her, no one could resist.

This time, Wei Chiyu had been invited to Yangzhou as a guest but in fact, he also had a personal reason to come, he remembered that Zhu Zhu’s mother seemed to be from Yangzhou.

In the past, before he asked for Ming Zhu’s hand in marriage to the Ming family, Ming Zhu had asked him if he would be willing to accompany her back to Yangzhou in the future to see.

Back then, her face was red, she was shy and timid, and looked especially cute and endearing.

Wei Chiyu never thought that he would hear the news of her death so quickly.

His eyes seemed to be shining with blood, his throat was dry, with an astringent taste. Feeling like he was suffocating inside the room, Wei Chiyu decided to go out. The sky was getting dark, the overcast sky looked like it was about to start raining.

As Wei Chiyu walked on the paved road, on the corner of an alley, two voices vaguely resounded.

“Hong Ling, you don’t have to steal food in the future, if you want to eat something, then you tell me, I will make it for you especially.”

“I’m afraid you’ll scold me.”

“How could I ever?” A warm and soft voice traveled to his ears along with the evening breeze, “Let’s quickly go home to count how much money we earned today.”

Wei Chiyu, in a trance, hesitated. When the voice started to drift away, his face changed, and he started to chase after it.

***

Zhao Xin had been grounded by her elder brother, Wei Liu was like a watchdog, guarding her closely.

She could go wherever she wanted in the palace, but it was impossible for her to actually leave the palace.

Zhao Xin, in a fit of temper, started to smash at things, she even found a three-foot long white silk sheet, threatening that she would hang herself.

Wei Liu did not reveal any emotion at all, as he coldly cut the white silk sheet with a sword, “Your Highness, do not make things difficult for this officer.”

Zhao Xin, furious, pointed her finger at him, “Quickly scram! On what grounds are you keeping watch on me?”

Wei Liu said, “The crown prince has orders, you can go wherever you want.”

Except for the temple.

Zhao Xin really felt too wronged this time, she felt really helpless as everything she did was useless. Her hands trembled as she repeated three time in a row the word “good.”

Turning around, she ran towards her mother’s palace.

She had a basket full of grievances to report to tell her mother, but she also didn’t dare to tell her mother.

Zhao Xin started to cry, frustrated with herself, the more she thought about it, the sadder she became. She was most sad for Ming Zhu.

She used her sleeve to wipe her eyes and thought about it. Regarding this matter, she still had to go and beg her cold-hearted brother.

Although her brother was very cold, but since childhood, he couldn’t stand to see her cry, as long as she cried, he would definitely give in.

Zhao Xin ran to Zhao Zhi with tears in her eyes, her eyes looked especially pitiful as she said, “Brother, I’m begging you, please let Ming Zhu and my little niece go on their way with dignity.”

Zhao Zhi’s fingers paused, he made a mistake on the sheet of paper, the ink overflowed and ruined the words he had just finished writing.

Standing under the light, his complexion looked white, like a cold moon. As he lowered his face, his expression looked emotionless, without any ripples.

Zhao Xin was now shedding real tears, her thin shoulders were trembling slightly, grabbing his cuffs, she sobbed, “Brother, you really can’t do this to Ming Zhu.”

Zhao Zhi slowly lifted his face, his throat was dry, “Don’t cry anymore.”

Zhao Xin knew that her brother would definitely feel distressed for her, she hurriedly wiped the teardrops on the corners of her eyes.

Zhao Zhi’s head was aching very much. Looking closely, one could see that his eyes were brimming with blood streaks. He said, “I’ll have people escort you to the village to play for a few days. You can come back after some time.”

Zhao Xin really could think of no other solution, her arms and legs felt strengthless. At this very moment, she didn’t even want to say one word to him.

After sending her away, Zhao Zhi opened the window. The blazing golden light of the ascending sun shone on his face, slightly stinging his eyes.

His eyes were full of darkness and gloominess gathered around his eyebrows. From the soles of his feet, he emitted a cold aura, and even as he stood in the hot sun, his whole body was still cold.

These days, Zhao Zhi had been sleeping in the study, the bed, pillows, and quilt seemed to still carry Ming Zhu’s smell, a faint sweet fragrance. It was unsure whether he was the one imagining the scent or whether it really existed.

He suddenly felt that he was a little pathetic.

It seemed that all he had left was this seemingly non-existent scent. When he breathed in the scent on the pillow, it seemed like his entire body was sinking into the mud, falling deeper and deeper.

When Zhao Zhi closed his eyes, the corners of his eyes became flooded with a crystal watery luster as he frowned in pain. The delayed pain felt like vines densely wrapping around him, locking him up.

Zhao Zhi recognized that he was deliberately not letting her rest in peace. He refused to acknowledge that she was dead.

And the child too. If she still alive and well, the child would be five months old in her womb now.

All the clothes that the little baby girl was going to wear that had all been prepared long ago, as well as the pair of silver necklaces, he had locked all of these into a box.