Chapter 43: Poor as Hell
The things that the retired emperor left for Prince Jun, including the key and location, were given to three people. Each of them held a token in his hand. Only when all three people were present at the same time and got the three things would the king succeed.
But even the emperor didn't know who these three people were.
The Emperor and the Empress both tried to ask the Empress Dowager indirectly, but in the end the Empress Dowager didn't know either.
This is also a concern of the emperor.
Obviously, he was the one who was most qualified to inherit the throne, and the throne was indeed passed to him in the end, but the emperor was obviously biased towards Prince Jun.
His mother was the first empress. The current empress dowagers entered the palace later. Once they entered the palace, they did not even have to fight with the concubines and directly took the throne of queen.
And there is Prince Jun who was born outside. If he was in an ordinary family, he should be called a bastard. The retired emperor gave birth to him secretly outside the palace and did not bring him back until he was two years old. The emperor already had several princes, but he still spoiled this late-born son like a treasure.
The Emperor and the Empress thought they had discovered the truth and knew that the Queen Mother was forced to acknowledge this son. Now they were telling the public that this was the Queen Mother's biological son, but in fact, the Queen Mother hated him so much.
"They should know soon that Fu Zhaoning has passed the test." The eunuch had been with the emperor for a long time and knew what the emperor was thinking. After thinking it over, he said to the emperor, "But no one knows when they will show up. Otherwise, send someone to guard Prince Jun's mansion?"
No one knows when those three people will show up. If the emperor wants to know in time what the retired emperor left for Prince Jun, he must of course send someone to guard it.
"Well, we should send someone. Isn't Prince Jun feeling unwell? I need to be concerned about him. Send Imperial Physician Shen to Prince Jun's mansion and let him stay there so that he can see Prince Jun at any time." The emperor nodded.
In fact, it is just to let Imperial Physician Shen keep an eye on it, it sounds so nice.
The Queen also had an idea.
"Fu Zhaoning is a poor little girl, she must know nothing about the etiquette of the royal family. Now that she has become the Princess of Prince Jun and a member of the royal family, she must learn the rules and etiquette of the palace. So I will send a capable tutor to Prince Jun's mansion to teach her."
Doctor Li thought that the Queen's idea was a good one. The teaching nanny could also take the opportunity to make things difficult for Fu Zhaoning and give her a hard time!
"The Queen is indeed very broad-minded. She is thinking about Fu Zhaoning like this."
"That's natural."
The queen sneered, but she felt extremely angry in her heart.
Fu Zhaoning, a poor little girl, suddenly became her sister-in-law. Don't you think it's infuriating?
Fu Zhaoning didn't know that the Queen had also sent a nanny to teach her a lesson.
She slept soundly at Fu's house that night.
After three days in the mountains, she was really exhausted. After all, in addition to finding and digging for medicine, she also had to deal with wild beasts and poisonous snakes, and there were also people who wanted to kill her.
So she slept until the afternoon of the next day. When she woke up, she was still a little dazed and couldn't remember where she was for a while.
"Xiao Tao."
She shouted, and Xiaotao, who was dozing off outside, stood up suddenly.
"Miss, I'm here. Are you awake?"
She breathed a sigh of relief because Fu Zhaoning had really slept for a long time. She was worried that something had happened and wanted to sneak in several times to see if Fu Zhaoning was still breathing.
"Well, bring me some hot water."
"Okay, I'll be right there!"
Xiaotao quickly ran off to get busy.
"Xiaotao, is the young lady awake?" Aunt Zhong asked.
"Yes."
"Then I have to heat up the food quickly." Aunt Zhong also started to get busy.
Uncle Zhong fed the horse and was sweeping the yard. He smiled when he heard Fu Zhaoning woke up. For some reason, when Fu Zhaoning was asleep, all of them seemed to be tense and tense.
Now that they heard that she had woken up, they felt relieved.
After Fu Zhaoning washed up, Aunt Zhong had already brought over the food.
"Did Grandfather wake up and say anything?"
"After the old man woke up, we told him that you were sleeping in the room, but he didn't say anything. He probably wanted to wait until you woke up before talking to him," said Xiao Tao.
"The old man seems to be in better spirits. He took the pills given by the young lady twice. He was able to eat something at noon and took another nap."
Aunt Zhong and the others felt that the small bottle of pills Fu Zhaoning gave them yesterday was very effective, because after Old Master Fu took it twice, last night and today, he was able to eat again.
He couldn't eat anything before.
"I'll go see my grandfather first."
"Miss, you haven't eaten since you came back yesterday. Please eat first. The old man is still sleeping." Xiao Tao stopped her.
Fu Zhaoning's stomach growled.
She felt a little embarrassed for a moment, so she walked to the table and prepared to eat first.
But when he saw the food on the table, Fu Zhaoning frowned.
"Is this the kind of food you guys eat these days?"
The rice Aunt Zhong brought her was not quite full, and it was slightly yellowish with some black spots on it. When she picked it up and smelled it, it didn't smell like rice at all, but rather had a strange musty smell. This was clearly old rice, and no one knew how long it had been stored.
There were two dishes. One was fresh, but it was fried without any oil, so it looked a little yellow. The other was pickled vegetables, which were black and you couldn't tell what they were.
Fu Zhaoning dug out from her memory that before she got married, the Fu family at least had some decent meals.
Now what on earth is this?
Moreover, the food served to her was like this, and Zhongbo and the others had no idea what they were eating.
Aunt Zhong and Xiaotao looked at each other and both lowered their heads.
"Where is our rice?"
Fu Zhaoning put down her chopsticks. Although she was very hungry, she didn't want to put herself in a difficult position in the mountains and hunt for barbecue.
"Don't tell me that my grandfather also ate this kind of food."
Old Master Fu's health is already so poor. If he eats such food, it will be even worse for his fragile stomach.
"Miss, our rice was almost gone, and the old master was afraid that you would know, and that you would not be able to eat your favorite rice in the future, so he was anxious to let you marry into Prince Xiao's mansion, thinking that you would at least be able to live a life of luxury."
It doesn't matter for the rest of them, as long as they have something to eat.
But I didn't expect Fu Zhaoning's marriage to be like this, and he came home in just a few days.
"There's no money left at home?"
Fu Zhaoning had never cared about these things before and had no idea that the Fu family had reached this point.
"The old man has spent too much money on buying medicine and hiring doctors over the years, and he still owes money to several medical clinics and drugstores. Before the young lady got married, the old man took out all his savings, saying that he wanted to pay off all the debts, so that these people would not come after the young lady after he passed away." Aunt Zhong wiped away her tears.
So, now they are really penniless.
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