After Being Kidnapped by the Crown Prince - Chapter 253
~End of chapter 252
The crown princess’s stare made Qi Cheng very uncomfortable, and it took him some time to convince himself to ignore the crown princess’s shining gaze.
If it wasn’t for the fact that her eyes were so pure, Qi Cheng would have misunderstood and would have wondered whether or not the crown princess had other thoughts about him.
The intendant Lin gave an eye signal to Ming Zhu’s maidservant, and told her with a suppressed voice, “You should quickly persuade the crown princess to leave, if the crown prince knows about this, some people are going to suffer.”
The maidservant bitterly complained, it wasn’t like she hadn’t tried to persuade her, but it was to no avail.
Chapter 253
(90.4)
Today, Qi Cheng read a few short stories to the little junzhu but then could no longer continue. He turned around and looked at the crown princess with a complicated look in his eyes.
After listening to him, Ming Zhu felt that this young teacher wasn’t annoying: “Am I disturbing you?”
She said, “Alright. Then I’ll go out and wait.”
At the end of the class, she would accompany Qi Cheng out.
Ming Zhu stopped by the kitchen to cook her daughter a bowl of sweet soup. She wasn’t so petty as to only make soup for Xiaoman alone, so Qi Cheng naturally had a share.
When Zhao Zhi returned to the residence and heard that Ming Zhu was in the study, his face slightly turned sharper, “What did she go to the study for?”
His subordinate couldn’t answer.
When Zhao Zhi reached the study, he saw Qi Cheng drinking soup, while Ming Zhu was sitting by the window. She was wearing a pink colored gauze skirt, her skirt was fluttering like the lake water, so beautiful people who saw her had to hold their breath.
The window and the door were wide open, with lot of gusts of wind.
Ming Zhu looked up at the sound of his arrival, but her eyes indifferently swept past him.
Zhao Zhi went forward and held her hand. Feeling they were a bit cold, he closed the window.
Ming Zhu didn’t like heat and didn’t like cold either, so she was immediately upset, and did not care that there was an outsider, “You’re meddling too much.”
Zhao Zhi clutched her hand, “If you stay in the wind for too long, you’ll have a headache.”
Ming Zhu was still pretty when she was unhappy. With a frown, she softly scolded him, telling him he was annoying.
Her voice was very soft.
But Qi Cheng heard it.
He had long heard that this crown princess who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere was highly favored.
It was indeed true.
She was so favored she had gotten arrogant to the point where she was impatiently scolding His Highness the crown prince.
Zhao Zhi swept a glance at Qi Cheng, and then caught sight of the bowl in his hand. Raising his eyebrows, he said, “You go back.”
For some reason, Qi Cheng saw hostility in his glance.
When the person left, Ming Zhu said, “He teaches pretty well.”
His storytelling skills were good, and even she listened with great interest.
Zhao Zhi immediately decided to replace Qi Cheng tomorrow.
Zhao Zhi came back early today because he wanted to take her to the city gate tower to see the fireworks of the festival of the eight month.
He remembered that she loved bustling places in the past, and that she used to sneak outside every now and then.
Ming Zhu did not want to go out. In fact, she did not want to go out with Zhao Zhi.
However, Zhao Zhi did not care if she wanted to go or not, he just clutched her wrist and took her outside.
The street was full of people who wanted to see the fireworks during the festival. Zhao Zhi first took her to a restaurant. Pretexting that she had a headache, she went out to get some air.
On the way, she was stopped by a man. Her father suddenly appeared in front of her, calling out “Zhu Zhu”.
Ming Zhu hadn’t seen her father for many years. Looking at the man in front of her, she actually felt he was a bit unfamiliar.
Her father seemed to know that she would appear here tonight and had waited for her for a long time.
Ming Zhu’s father spoke a lot of words to her, pleasing words, comforting words, in short, he was telling her to be well-behaved and to seek the crown prince’s favor.
Most likely, he must have gotten a lot of benefits from Zhao Zhi.
In the end, he even asked her if she could bring her sister into the crown prince’s residence.
Ming Zhu didn’t say anything to him and told the guards following her to drive the person away.
Passing by the stairs, she also bumped into Sheng Ling.
After not seeing her for a few years, Sheng Ling only hated her more.
As soon as Ming Zhu came back, Zhao Zhi realized that her face did not look right.
Zhao Zhi held her hand, “Who did you see?”
Ming Zhu glanced at him, “Your father-in-law.” She turned her face aside and continued, “And your ex-fiancée.”
There were other people in the room.
There were a few men from renowned noble families who were on good terms with the crown prince.
It was their first time seeing the crown princess’s cold face and mocking look, and they were very surprised.
No one had ever seen a woman who would dare raise her nose so high in front of the crown prince.
(91.1)
Ming Zhu’s attitude really wasn’t good, and the words she spoke were like soft thorns.
Zhao Zhi didn’t mind being given the cold face, he dragged her wrist over, frowning as he asked: “What did he say to you?”
Ming Zhu was currently angry, and struggled to get her wrist free, but Zhao Zhi’s fingers on her wrists were very strong. Not very happy, she said, “He told me to serve you well, and to hold on tightly to the big tree that you are.”
Zhao Zhi frowned when he heard this, he naturally knew what her father was like. He didn’t have much of a backbone, and he wasn’t capable.
Zhao Zhi tightened his arm around her waist, tightly clenching his fingers, not avoiding being close to her in front of others. He inclined his head and coaxed her in a low voice: “Don’t be angry, you don’t need to listen to what he said.”
Ming Zhu’s face was tense and serious, and didn’t even smile.
Seeing this scene, Song Huaqing remained calm. Not having seen her for a while, Ming Zhu seemed to have become even prettier, with bright eyes and a round, pink and white face, just like a freshly plucked peach, sweet and tempting.
He couldn’t help but look at her a few times more.
Translator : Laura
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