CH 76

Chapter 76

(26.3)

Looking at him, she asked, “Do the words you said last time still count ?”

As Zhao Zhi faced her, his face seemed to soften a little.

He had actually been very busy these days and hadn’t seen her for several days.

He walked up to her and held her hands. His eyebrows furrowed slightly, her hands were ice-cold.

Zhao Zhi asked, “What words?”

Ming Zhu said, “That if I embroidered a pouch for you, you’ll let me go outside.”

Zhao Zhi had not forgotten this promise. He asked in a low voice, “Are you already done embroidering it ?”

Ming Zhu’s body seemed to carry a soft fragrance, it was only when she leaned close that one could smell it. She hummed, then handed him the pouch she had in her palm, “Take a look.”

The pouch was embroidered with a bamboo pattern, the style was simple and didn’t take a lot of efforts.

But even if it was a pouch that didn’t take much time to embroider, it still looked better and more delicate than the ones others would make.

Zhao Zhi took it in his hand and took two glances at it. After a moment of silence, he did not say whether he liked it or not and just put it aside, “You can go and come back early.”

Hearing these words, Ming Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, “Okay.”

It was good to be able to go outside and walk around, that way she wouldn’t get moldy.

Ming Zhu’s gaze fell on the jade ornament hanging at the man’s waist. Her eyes froze for a moment. She had never seen this jade pendant before, and this pendant didn’t look like one he would wear, it looked more like one a woman’s.

She was reminded of the rumors she had heard two days ago. Maybe they were true.

The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier and the sound of rain was coldly ringing, startling the tree branches.

Under the dim light of the candles, with a beauty by his side. Zhao Zhi wrapped his arm around her waist, lowered his head and kissed her on the corner of her mouth as the sharp tip of his teeth rubbed against the soft lips of the young girl. This time, he restrained himself very well and didn’t bite her.

Her calves turned weak and her cheeks were burning hot.

Although Zhao Zhi hadn’t kissed her enough, he still let go of her before draping his cloak over her shoulders, “I’ll have someone accompany you on the way back.”

The corners of Ming Zhu’s mouth were still hurting a little, when she heard what he said, she immediately nodded, “Okay.”

The maid opened the oil paper umbrella and accompanied her back to her courtyard.

Zhao Zhi looked at the pouch placed on the corner of the table and stared at it silently for a long time. His memory was good and thus he remembered that the seal engraved on that jade crown last time was also a bamboo pattern.

Zhao Zhi squeezed this small pouch with so much force, the veins of his wrist became prominent. He laughed somberly and tossed the pouch aside, not intending to let it have a chance to see the light of day again. Out of sight, out of mind.

Seeing miss Ming Zhu returning from the study so quickly, Biying almost couldn’t believe her eyes. She originally thought the miss would be spending the night there.

Ming Zhu entered the room and took off Zhao Zhi’s overcoat and, hanging it aside, she asked Biying to return it to him tomorrow.

While she was arranging her clothes, Biying asked cautiously, “Miss, did His Highness not say anything?”

Looking in the mirror, Ming Zhu discovered that the corners of her mouth were swollen again. She would have to put on lipstick tomorrow to cover it up properly, so as not to let people see a joke, “He allowed me to go out.”

“Not that, miss ……” Biying didn’t even know where to begin. Before, the crown prince was well-known for not being close to any woman, but he was different towards miss Ming Zhu. But now, he also didn’t seem to be any different.

Could it be that that famous beauty from Chunxiang House really had taken away His Highness’s heart?

That he was giving his old love the cold shoulder now that he had a new one ?

Besides, His Highness didn’t have many women in his backyard, if he took another concubine, no one would dare to gossip about it.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” She shook her head, anyway miss Ming Zhu didn’t care about it, so she’d better not mention it.

The warm candlelight was delicately casting light on the person reflected in the mirror. Ming Zhu removed her earrings and asked, “What do you think I should wear tomorrow?”

Biying knew the miss’s character. She liked to keep a low profile and didn’t want to cause any trouble, “How about wearing something plain?”

But Ming Zhu shook her head, “It won’t look good if it’s too plain.”

Biying was so surprised that she asked, “Won’t it be too ostentatious if you wear red?”

Ming Zhu still had a set of matching red jacket and skirt, made of silk and satin in her cabinet, which looked especially flattering on her figure, making her appear as a precious jewel, bright and beautiful.

Ming Ru had invited her to go on a outing with her, in order to precisely taunt and mock her. She wasn’t going to be a soft bag for her to bully.

The next day, Ming Zhu took the carriage that had been arranged in advance for her and went to the lakeside where the rendez-vous was made. When she got off the carriage, several pairs of eyes stared at her all at once.

With this kind of beauty, no wonder the crown prince favored her.