Chapter 9: Killing People and Destroying Their Hearts
No one knows why the emperor set such a condition.
But now the Queen thinks that this condition is well set. No one in the Fu family studies medicine. Fu Zhaoning has been helping her grandfather find medicine since she was a child, but many people in the capital know that she is stupid and can't remember any medicinal materials at all. The doctor tells her what medicine is needed, draws its appearance, and then she goes up the mountain to look for it.
Is this the right medicine?
Not at all.
Fu Zhaoning dug up a bunch of them and brought them back to the pharmacy to ask the doctor to help see if he had found the right one among the pile.
She once even made the wrong medicine for Mr. Fu.
These things have been spread around the capital as a joke. Xiao Yanjing also dislikes Fu Zhaoning because of this, thinking that she is a fool and will only make people laugh.
Marrying a fool like Fu Zhaoning caused him to be laughed at by others.
The queen really wanted to laugh out loud now.
The condition set by the Emperor is really brilliant!
"Queen, I have forgotten about this," the Queen Mother said in a cold and angry tone, "If you remember, why didn't you tell me before the wedding? Now the girl from the Fu family is already A Yuan's wife."
The Queen did it on purpose!
Although she didn't want Prince Jun to get married, it seemed quite fun to see him tied to a fool like Fu Zhaoning. She could also torment Fu Zhaoning.
The queen smiled apologetically and said, "Your Majesty, I just remembered it. I forgot it before."
I don’t believe you!
"Maybe Miss Fu can really find ten kinds of medicinal herbs in Luoyue Mountain? If she can't find them," the queen smiled again and glanced at Fu Zhaoning, as if she really wanted to do it for her own good, "then Prince Jun can take Miss Fu as a concubine, that's not impossible."
Everyone's heart was startled.
The queen looks smiling, but she is actually killing people!
Miss Fu was supposed to have a grand wedding and become Princess Jun, but now the Queen wants to make her fall to a lowly concubine with just one word!
There is a world of difference between a concubine and a princess.
But who can blame Fu Zhaoning for not having any backing?
Song Yuanlin laughed and clapped her hands, saying, "The Queen's idea is really great!"
Although she was not happy to see someone around Prince Jun, she was just a lowly concubine, so she didn't care! Besides, wouldn't it be easy to kill a concubine in the future?
Although Fu Zhaoning was wearing a red veil and had not yet seen the queen, she had already greeted the queen eighteen times in her heart.
Prince Jun seems to be a troublemaker!
But at this point she had no way out.
Want her to be a concubine? Weld the door shut!
"I agree." Fu Zhaoning spoke clearly.
Prince Jun frowned, "Since I have already married you, I will not let you become a concubine. This matter..."
"A Yuan." The emperor interrupted him, "This is the will of the emperor emeritus. Do you want to disobey? The emperor emeritus loves you the most."
Prince Jun secretly bit his back teeth.
Seeing that he was speechless, the Queen said, "Then let's do this. Tomorrow the palace will send someone to escort Miss Fu to Luoyue Mountain. Miss Fu, you can only go into the mountain alone. And at least half of the ten kinds of medicinal herbs must be relatively valuable. We don't want those ordinary herbs that can be found everywhere. Is there a problem?"
Before Fu Zhaoning could answer, Song Yuanlin spoke first, "This is the order of the Emperor. It was originally agreed that she must go into the mountains alone to find medicine. If she doesn't agree, then she should get out as soon as possible and stop shamelessly staying by Brother Lanyuan's side."
"I'm fine." said Fu Zhaoning.
“Well, let’s temporarily regard today as your wedding day. I wish Miss Fu to successfully complete the task of collecting ten kinds of medicinal herbs and secure her position as Princess Jun.” The Queen relaxed completely.
"Send the princess back to her bridal chamber." Prince Jun said to Hong Zhuofenxing.
"yes."
Fu Zhaoning was sent to the bridal chamber. Originally, the wedding was a success and she had already become Princess Jun. But now that the Queen had done this, the position of Princess Jun was still a little uncertain.
Hong Zhuo and Fen Xing looked at each other and both felt that Fu Zhaoning must be very sad and scared.
As maids, they didn't know what to say, but at this moment, Fu Zhaoning suddenly spoke.
"Is there anything to eat? Bring me something to eat first."
Fu Zhaoning has been holding on until now, but he feels like he is about to starve to death.
Miss Fu might not have eaten anything before she came here, and she had been busy for such a long time that she must be starving.
Because she was too hungry, she didn't have the energy to talk any more to the queen.
"I'll go get food for the princess right away." Fen Xing quickly turned around and walked out the door.
Fu Zhaoning took off her red veil herself and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Princess, aren't you waiting for the prince to come and use the wedding scale to choose your veil?" Hong Zhuo was stunned for a moment.
"He had already lifted it once before the wedding ceremony." Fu Zhaoning said indifferently.
She looked around the new room.
The room was very big, with a big bed too, carved with patterns and beads, and a bright red wedding quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks and lotus leaves in red and gold thread, sprinkled with peanuts, red dates and longans. She picked up two red dates and ate them.
“It’s quite sweet.”
Hong Zhuo opened his mouth, but it was hard to say that this was not edible since the princess had already eaten it.
"Does Hong Zhuo know about Luoyue Mountain?"
Miss Fu had actually been to Luoyue Mountain before, but she didn't dare to go far alone. She went to the foot of the mountain to look for medicine twice, but came back empty-handed both times.
"I know that Luoyue Mountain has many stories."
"Don't listen to the story, just talk about whether it's dangerous or not, and what kind of people usually go there."
"yes."
"Luoyue Mountain is divided into two parts. There is a cliff in the middle of the mountain, dividing the mountain into two halves. The half near the capital is called Shangyue Slope, and the half deep in the mountains is called Xiayue Valley. Shangyue Slope has a beautiful view, so when the weather is good, many people go there to play, and there are also woodcutters and hunters."
"But Lower Moon Valley is much deeper and more secluded. It looks dangerous across the cliff, so generally no one dares to go there."
Fu Zhaoning picked up a few more peanuts on the bed, put them into his mouth one by one, and asked while eating, "Is it easy to cross the cliff?"
"It's not difficult. There is a suspension bridge between Shangyue Slope and Xiayue Valley. It's easy for people with kung fu to cross it, but Princess..."
Hong Zhuo looked at Fu Zhaoning and felt a little worried.
"The suspension bridge is shaky and must have fallen into disrepair. It's dangerous just thinking about it."
Can Fu Zhaoning make it?
Most girls would be scared when looking at the suspension bridge. Not to mention crossing it, they would probably feel weak in the knees just looking at it.
"Has anyone picked herbs here on Shangyuepo?" Fu Zhaoning wanted to know.
Hong Zhuo thought for a while, "Doctors in the city and some poor people also go to dig herbs to sell, but they only dare to go to Shangyuepo, where they can dig some common herbs like rice star grass and snake tongue grass. I haven't heard of digging anything else, and there aren't many varieties."
Fenxing quickly brought over the food, a bowl of sweet eggs and meatballs made of glutinous rice with a peanut inside. They were sweet, sticky and quite delicious.
"Princess, I asked the people in the kitchen and they said that even if there were any medicinal herbs on Shangyuepo, they had already been picked up long ago." Fenxing said anxiously.
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