CH 143

The always sluggish Ming Zhu had noticed that the residence was bustling with activity, the servants were so busy, their feet were not touching the ground.

Biying would not talk to her about these things, for fear that she would feel uncomfortable in her heart.

One was the respected and proper side consort who would be carried inside the residence with full fanfare, in a palanquin, to be married, while miss Ming Zhu could only be, by compromise, a concubine.

Back then, when they stayed at the Ming residence, Biying was able to see, within the first ten days, that Miss Ming Ru was not someone easily defeated, and that she would definitely use her status as a side consort to pressure miss Ming Zhu in the future.

Chapter 143

(51.3)

While Biying was worrying in her heart, when she turned her head to take a look at Ming Zhu, she saw that the miss was holding a fruit plate and eating happily. Crushed ice had been added to the fruit flesh, which made it refreshing. It was helping her quench her thirst and it was also dispelling the summer heat as well.

Biying did not know whether to be happy or not, about the fact that her miss was still able eat at this particular time.

“Miss, be careful, you will have a stomachache.”

Ming Zhu delivered a few quarters of oranges into her mouth, it was so juicy and sweet that she squinted, and she said, “I haven’t eaten that much.”

“You have already eaten two bowls.” Biying looked at Miss Ming Zhu’s increasingly round face and said, “Miss, you seem to have gained some weight recently.”

The amount of food she was eating was also larger than before.

In the past, even if she was coaxed, she couldn’t even eat two bites, but now there was no need to even watch her eat at all.

She had to eat something every quarter of an hour.

Ming Zhu herself knew that she had gained weight, her face was round and the flesh on her waist was softer to the touch.

She blinked her eyes, “Will I no longer look beautiful if I gain weight?”

Biying shook her head and couldn’t help but laugh, “Even if miss gains weight, you’ll still be even better looking than a celestial goddess.”

This was not flattery, now that miss Ming Zhu’s face was rounder, she would make the people who looked at her feel even more soft in their heart, they would want to reach out and pinch her face, or rub her face, anyway she would make people want to cherish and care for her.

Her childishness did not disappear, she looked as candid as a little bunny that was just out of the burrow. Innocent and pure, gentle, and lovely.

Suddenly, Ming Zhu was unable to eat anymore, she had been back from the temple for several days, yet she was still late for this month’s menstruation.

She wanted to go see a doctor to check her pulse, it would be best if she was just being paranoid and overthinking.

At first, Ming Zhu wanted to go to Zhao Zhi and tell him that she wanted to go outside. But on second thought, even if he agreed, he would definitely order people to watch over her in the shadows.

If she went to see a doctor, he would immediately be informed of it.

Since it was like this, Ming Zhu simply gave up the idea of looking for a doctor to check her pulse.

Raising her head, her clear glass eyes looked at Biying seriously as she asked, “Did His Highness give me the medicine every time before?”

Biying didn’t even know why she brought up this matter, didn’t it hurt her to bring up this heart-piercing matter?

“Yes.”

After the medicine was stopped for a while, His Highness made her drink the medicine yet again after he had a falling out with the miss.

Ming Zhu nodded, “Good.”

She was probably overthinking it on her own.

After a few days, Ming Zhu’s appetite and sleep seemed to have returned to normal, so she finally breathed a sigh of relief and enjoyed her free time by going to the pond in the backyard to look at the red carps she had been raising.

The red carps in the pond were so lively and fat that the color of their scales was glowing in the water.

Satisfied in her heart, Ming Zhu made her way back. On the way she saw the servants carrying big boxes and small chests.

There was the word “fortune” on the top of the boxes and chests, all the items in the boxes were for the big wedding.

Ming Zhu turned to Biying and asked, “What’s the date today?”

“It’s the 20th day of the eight month.”

In other words, there was only one month left before Zhao Zhi and her elder sister’s wedding day.

Ming Zhu asked this and didn’t say anything else.

The silver and banknotes she had hidden away were already enough to cover her expenses for a lifetime, and the flaming torches were also ready.

These days the people in the residence were busy with the big wedding, no one should be caring about her during this period of time.

The more Ming Zhu thought about it, the more satisfied she felt, she smiled, “It’s very good.”

Biying couldn’t tell how much of the smile on her face was real and how much of it was forced.

“Miss, you should not think too much about it.”

“Why would I?”

She felt even more excited and happy than Ming Ru who was going to be a bride.

After walking for a while, Ming Zhu’s waist was sore and she felt tired, she saw the carps and now she was going back to the room, where she planned to take a nap.

Ming Zhu, sleeping sideways on the bed, very soon entered the land of dreams.

She originally thought she would dream again of that unfamiliar Zhao Zhi, the one whom she had not seen before.

But in this dream, the man in front of her was much younger, with a face that would captivate all living beings, the look in his eyes was cold, indifferent. It was the same look he had the first time she saw him.

The man, dressed in a black cloak, stood expressionlessly in the snow. Looking at the snowy white sky, a slight struggle appeared in his gaze, before he closed his eyes and spat out the most heartless words: “Deliver the wine over there.”

When Ming Zhu suddenly heard these words, her heart felt like it was being stabbed with a sharp barb, like countless barbs were tearing apart the soft flesh of her heart.

In her previous life, it was indeed Zhao Zhi who had wanted her death.