Divine Punishment

The whole ride was uncomfortable for her, her headache just kept getting worse.

"I never knew you could tell fortune." Xiao Qi said out of nowhere, her eyes slowly opened as she stared at Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing held her head with one hand as she turned to her. "Um."

Xiao Qi scoffed, she remembered every word Zhao Xing had said today at the restaurant. She couldn't wait to be able to tell on her. Once her master heard this, he would no longer treat her so nicely. "People who look into what they shouldn't would receive punishment, better beware."

"Tch." Hearing her Zhao Xing rolled her eyes, if her headache got any worse, she'd blame Xiao Qi for jinxing her. Besides, it wasn't her looking into other people's lives, all she saw came on their own. What punishment?

Than she thought of the headache she was having.

'Well, there's still the poison, the poison must be the one causing the headache.'

Nuo Nuo and Lan'er also wanted to ask about this, but they didn't know how to bring it up, especially after they had seen Zhao Xing shed tears before.

"Mistress actually knows how to tell fortune!" Lan'er couldn't believe her ears, she thought her mistress was just bluffing before.

"Mistress, can you tell my fortune and see if I have good luck?"

Nuo Nuo's eyes widened when she heard this, she turned and glared at Lan'er, but the later had been too spoiled by their mistress this evening she didn't care anymore.

Zhao Xing thought it would be a good idea, she was just wondering if her ability would be ignited if she checked a person's pulse.

"Alright." Zhao Xing quickly took her hand and checked it.

Nothing.

Zhao Xing frowned. The frown alerted Lan'er, as her excited smile dropped.

"Mistress?"

Zhao Xing looked up at her. "It's nothing, you have good fortune and a bright future." Zhao Xing lied with a smile.

Lan'er was relieved when she heard this, she turned to Nuo Nuo with a triumphant smile, while Nuo Nuo helplessly shook her head.

"What bright future could you have?" Xiao Qi mocked. She didn't believe Zhao Xing could tell people's fortune. Moreover, Lan'er was Zhao Xing's personal servant, and everyone close to Zhao Xing would have no bright future, after she tells the Crown Prince of Zhao Xing's real intentions even the two maids wouldn't escape the wrath of the Crown Prince.

Lan'er didn't dare answer her back, but her face showed her annoyance. Unfortunately they weren't in the Crown Prince Manor. Xiao Qi didn't even put the Mistress in her eyes, if she dared offend her, she wasn't sure how she would retaliate.

Zhao Qing arrived at the Fourth Prince manor and got off the carriage.

To her surprise, the Fourth Prince didn't have people waiting for her at the entrance like he normally would each time she ran away.

She walked past the gates, other than the guards, no one stopped her yelled at her or did anything at all. It felt so unreal she thought she was dreaming.

Though this seemed to be a good thing at first thought, it didn't make Zhao Qing feel relieved at all.

"Miss Zhao, the Master is looking for you at the main hall."

Zhao Qing's heart sank when she heard this.

He probably didn't send people to drag her into that dark room like normal, because he wanted to do it himself.

He had never done that before. Zhao Qing wondered if it was because she met up with the Crown Prince's people.

She walked into the hall, the Fourth Prince sat there drinking tea.

"I waited all evening, you finally came."

Zhao Qing shivered when she heard his voice. She thought of what Zhao Xing had said about her fortune, 'A huge disaster'. Was it about to happen?

The Fourth Prince signaled for her to take a seat close to him, which Zhao Qing complied to hesitantly. He hated it the most when she avoided him. His reaction would be worse when he wasn't in a good mood. Looking at the present situation, he was most likely very angry, but still masked it with his usual smile. A person is even scarier when their expression couldn't be read, and their feeling are masked.

Zhao Qing didn't know what to say to him. She took the chance today when the security was lax and managed to escape along with a maid that was leaving the mansion. What she went to achieve she got, so she had no regrets.

She was just about to confess.

She had spent her ride back here thinking about how to answer him once he stared yelling, who would have known she would meet this Fourth Prince when she returned.

Before she could open her mouth, the Fourth Prince beat her to it. "Had a good time?"

Another shiver went down her spine when she heard him say this. She bowed her head waiting for her doom.

"In the future if you want to go out just go ahead and tell Steward Li, you're free to take any servant you trust along."

Zhao Qing's head abruptly raised up. She stared at him with wide eyes.

Did she hear wrong?

The Fourth Prince's smiled even brighter when he saw her expression.

"Not happy?"

Happy? These two years spent here by his side, she had long forgotten what that meant. But she was indeed relieved at that moment. She didn't care if he had other motives, she was just glad she was free to move around without being afraid of the consequences.

"Thank you..."

The Fourth Prince smiled when he heard this.

Well whether it was the poison that caused Zhao Xing's headache, that night, or divine punishment for looking into 'heaven's secret', Zhao Xing was down with a fever for the next few days. She could only curse her luck.

But she didn't think it was a completely bad thing, after all, the banquet arranged by The Fifth Miss of the Lu Family was near, if she was still sick by then, then that would mean she wouldn't have to go.

She lay in bed as she thought about this and smiled. "Hehe."

Nuo Nuo walked in with the bowl of medicine. "Mistress, word has already reached the Crown Prince, he said he would be visiting Mistress soon."

When Zhao Xing heard this she suddenly thought it had been a while since she saw that Smiley Face. She wondered what he had been up to all this time.