CH 139

Zhao Zhi took Ming Zhu’s hand and led her to another courtyard to eat a vegetarian meal.

The vegetarian meal was light and bland, it couldn’t be said that it was sumptuous at all.

Ming Zhu was not a picky eater, if she was really hungry, even if she did not like a dish, she would still eat it. But looking at the vegetables and white porridge in front of her, she had no appetite, and did not even feel like lifting her chopsticks.

On the contrary, the crown prince sitting across from her, with a calm face, finished eating the vegetarian meal in front of him.

Chapter 139

(50.2)

Ming Zhu lifted her chopsticks, took some time to choose and took two types of vegetables. When she put it in her mouth, she grimaced from the bitterness.

Zhao Zhi saw that she had barely eaten anything from the small bowl in front of her, “Didn’t you say you’re hungry?”

Ming Zhu could not express her discomfort, she was unable to eat this vegetarian meal, it was too bitter and hard to eat, there was not even a little bit of oil.

Zhao Zhi frowned, “You’re not allowed to be picky.”

At the temple, there was no separate kitchen for her, and no one had ever set up a separate kitchen before either. Meat also could not be eaten here.

Ming Zhu couldn’t force herself to eat the food any longer, if she kept eating, she felt like she would end up throwing up in front of him, as her stomach was being assaulted with waves of nausea.

She swallowed her saliva, picked up the small bowl in front of her and drank half a bowl of white porridge, then raised her head and said to him, “Your Highness, I’m full.”

Looking at her thin face, Zhao Zhi frowned, it wasn’t that he was despising her for being too spoiled, but he just thought it was not good for her to be too picky, “Eat the steamed buns.”

Ming Zhu’s eyebrows wrinkled, “They’re too hard.” Just now, she had taken two bites and it was really hard to swallow, she added, “And they’re not sweet.”

Steamed buns should be soft and sweet to taste good.

Ming Zhu herself felt that it was strange, it was not like she had never eaten a vegetarian meal before, but today she really found it hard to eat.

Could it be that her taste had become too difficult from being spoiled by him? As the proverb says, it’s easy to adapt to an extravagant lifestyle after frugality, but difficult to adapt to a frugal lifestyle after being accustomed to an extravagant one?

She was racking her brain about this, when she heard Zhao Zhi sigh, “Forget it if you don’t want to eat.”

The half bowl of porridge she just ate was not enough to fill her stomach, she was actually still hungry and wanted to eat something more nutritious and consistent, whether it was spicy or sweet.

The more Ming Zhu thought about it, the more she was craving for food, she gulped, feeling as if she was even hungrier now.

After eating the vegetarian meal, Zhao Zhi took her back to the guest room.

Ming Zhu asked curiously, “When are we going to go burn incense and pray before the Buddha?”

Zhao Zhi said, “When Master Liaochen returns.”

“Alright.”

Zhao Zhi remembered that there were still some sweet cakes on the carriage and ordered his men to bring in all the snacks that were in the carriage.

“Aren’t you still hungry? Eat.”

Ming Zhu ate five pieces of sweet cakes in one breath and her stomach finally did not feel as uncomfortable as it was just now. Taking a big sip of tea, she couldn’t help but ask: “Your Highness, how many days are we going to stay here?”

Zhao Zhi poured himself a cup of tea. As the aroma of tea diffused in the entire room, his slender fingers gently rested on the lid of the tea. Pondering for a moment, he said, “Three to five days.”

Ming Zhu thought to herself that it looked like recently His Highness was really very idle.

Ming Zhu was reminded of the vegetarian meal just now. If she had to eat that for three to five days in a row, she might really starve to death.

Zhao Zhi seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, but he did not bother to expose her, her delicate little nature was the fruit of his indulgence, he could not blame anyone else.

He said, “You won’t starve to death.”

Ming Zhu thought to herself that this was not certain, she only made one small request, “Can you replace the green vegetables with salted vegetables?”

Even now, remembering the bland and bitter taste of the vegetables she had just eaten still made her feel like vomiting.

As she was thinking about it, it seemed that there was a gush in her stomach. Ming Zhu covered her chest and held back from retching.

Zhao Zhi patted her back and made her drink two sips of warm water. Looking at her with a frown, he asked, “You’re unwell?”

Ming Zhu took the cup of water in his hand and drank most of it, her nausea then got a little better, “Mmh, those green vegetables were really too bitter.”

When Zhao Zhi saw her unwell appearance that made her look really pitiful, his heart turned soft, “Then no more eating vegetarian.”

He spoke as if nothing was the matter, “I’ll order them to make you something else.”

Ming Zhu raised her eyes in surprise, she whispered, “Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?”

Zhao Zhi felt that she was already thin enough now, he didn’t want her to lose the weight she had very difficultly gained in just an instant.

Zhao Zhi indifferently said, “I am the crown prince, I decide.”

“Won’t the Bodhisattva think I’m not pious enough?”

“The Bodhisattva has a merciful heart.”

“What you’re saying makes sense.”

Ming Zhu actually did not know the reason why Zhao Zhi wanted to come to the temple to pray and offer incense, he did not believe in Buddhism, his hands also were not clean, the violent air surrounding his body was also very heavy, could it be that he wanted to rely on offering incense to the Buddha to wash away the blood on his hands?

After Ming Zhu’s stomach was full, she started to feel sleepy, she did not know what was wrong with her, every day after eating she craved sleeping, and after sleeping she wanted to eat again, she was also particularly prone to sleepiness.

During daytime, sleeping five or six hours was still not enough for her.

Zhao Zhi looked at her supporting her head and yawning, “You feel like sleeping again?”

“Maybe because the weather is too hot, I feel sleepy.”

“You’ve slept for almost a day.”

“Not at all.”