Chapter 784: End of fate
Chen Haobing was stunned after hearing what his mother said.
She did know before that if she was hunted by the wife of the principal wife, how could she be the legitimate daughter?
But this was the first time that her mother told her so clearly and personally: she was a concubine's daughter.
"But, but, if I am a concubine's daughter, why do you always say that I have an extraordinary background?" Chen Haobing always felt confused.
She's already grown up, why don't you tell her the truth?
If she was just a concubine's daughter, how could she be called a noble lady? How could she be called a daughter of a rich family?
Mrs. Chen was stunned by her question.
How should she answer this question?
"Mom, please tell me quickly, who is my father?"
"Bing'er, it's getting late, go to bed quickly, let me think about it, and I'll tell you in detail in a few days. It won't do you any good to tell you now."
"mother!"
No matter how she asked, Mrs. Chen just didn't tell her.
Fu Zhaoning knew who Chen Haobing's father was.
But what she didn't know now was what conditions Prince Qiong was using to negotiate with the Emperor.
Fu Jinchen seemed to have an idea about this matter.
"Zhao State has been hit by natural disasters over the past few years, the treasury is empty, and all industries have almost stagnated and have not made any progress."
Fu Jinchen brought an old book to her and said, "Take a look at this."
Fu Zhaoning took a look at it. It had no cover and was just an old book with some wormholes. It was a bit thin and had only a few pages in total.
"What is this?" Fu Zhaoning asked.
Fu Jinchen gestured for her to flip through it and find out.
Fu Zhaoning flipped through it and came across a passage written in traditional Chinese characters, but she could understand it.
The destiny of the country?
She glanced at Fu Jinchen, then shifted her gaze back to the book.
The meaning of this passage is that the destiny of a country is predetermined, and the emperor's star also has its destiny of waxing and waning.
A hundred years is considered a long time for a country to survive, but whether its fate has come to an end can be judged from several aspects.
Natural disasters, man-made disasters, and the nation’s spiritual energy.
If you want your country to prosper and continue to prosper, as an emperor, you can start from several aspects.
People, minerals, and talents.
Fu Zhaoning flipped the page again and found that Zhaoguo and Dahe were mentioned at the back.
According to what is written above, the fate of Zhao State and Dahe State should have come to an end thirty years ago.
The reason why these two countries are written is because Dahe and Zhao are adjacent to each other, and their fortunes overlap for a period of time, and the two countries have a destiny that complements each other.
If you don't want to follow the right path and want to improve your luck through other means, you have to borrow help.
It’s just a matter of how to leverage the force, there is no more to do.
She turned to the last page and it looked like there was more to it, as if it had been torn off.
"There should be a few more pages at the end," Fu Jinchen said, "This is a fragment I accidentally found before, but when I got it, I could tell that it had been flipped through for a long time, and many people must have read it. I think the emperor or the emperor may have read this book, and even the emperor Dahe may have read it."
Fu Zhaoning was stunned for a moment. "Why do you say that?"
"Your mother and I have been fleeing and hiding for many years. We have met many people and heard many things. These days we have been thinking back little by little, remembering some useful people and things, so we have also connected some seemingly unrelated details."
Fu Zhaoning was a little surprised to hear him say that.
It seems that although they have not been back for long, they have indeed done a lot.
"I found this book from a beam in a guest room after I remembered something. I always felt something was wrong after reading it before, so I hid it away."
Fu Jinchen smiled bitterly, "It's a good thing I hid it back then, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find it now."
That's true.
When Fu Ersansi and his family lived here, they took all their belongings for themselves. Some of the things they thought were useless were thrown away, and some were given away.
If a torn book like this falls into their hands, I don't know whether they will find some mystery in it and give it away, or just think it is garbage and throw it away.
After she drove those people out and cleaned up the house, she didn't even notice the fragment of the scroll hidden there. It seems that Fu Jinchen is also quite good at hiding things.
"But what does this have to do with King Qiong and the others?"
"Decades ago, a group of people from Dongqing went on a diplomatic mission to Dahe. Later, Dongqing got into trouble and these people were stranded outside, with no homeland to return to. At that time, Dahe and Zhaoguo both benefited from Dongqing."
"so what?"
"I once met an old man from Dahe who had retired from the army. He said that Dahe and Zhaoguo borrowed the luck from Dongqing, and they borrowed it by force. Dongqing's luck was taken away, so Dongqing was destroyed."
As Fu Jinchen said this, he looked at Fu Zhaoning steadily.
Fu Zhaoning was suddenly startled.
How could this be possible? It sounded like the Arabian Nights to her.
"How can we borrow or steal luck? This is something that cannot be seen or touched, and it is so mysterious that it is hard to say whether it exists or not. How can we steal it?"
"I don't know about this either. But it is true that Dahe and Zhaoguo received benefits from Dongqing back then. Only the royal families of the two countries know what they got. And Dongqing did suddenly collapse at that time and disappeared from the world."
Fu Zhaoning frowned.
She suddenly thought of the emperor's unique love for Xiao Lanyuan, and how he saved Dong Qing's things for him and gave them back to him -
Could it be that the emperor felt guilty towards him? Because he felt guilty towards Dong Qing?
"Back then, there was a terrible disease in Dahe and Zhao countries that spread very quickly. People were dying every day. Not long after, a batch of medicine suddenly appeared and stopped the plague. But no one knows where the medicine came from or which doctor handled it."
Fu Jinchen added, "We did go to a small town, and there was a centenarian there who talked to us about this. So, it happened not long before the Dongqing envoy arrived in Dahe."
At that time, the emperor was still just a young man, and it has been several decades since then.
"Do you know where that town is? Qiongzhou Prefecture."
Fu Zhaoning was startled again and looked at Fu Jinchen, "So you have been to Qiongzhou Prefecture?"
Fu Jinchen nodded.
"So I suspect that Prince Qiong must have heard about what happened back then. Moreover, those things are related to Dongqing. There are also hidden stories behind Dongqing's demise. It involves Zhaoguo and the Dahe royal family, so it must not be spread out casually. Prince Qiong knows more details, and he may have used these things to negotiate a deal with the emperor."
Fu Jinchen's eyes were a little deep, "Because even if Zhaoguo borrowed the luck back then, now after decades, Zhaoguo is on the end of its national destiny again."
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