Fu Yurou was shocked: "The Queen's people, why are you looking for me? I have nothing to discuss with you."
"Concubine, oh no, Miss Fu, don't be so hasty to refuse. Your father was a low-ranking official of the fourth rank, and it was not easy for you to marry Prince Mo and become a concubine. But now Prince Mo has been demoted to a commoner, and you have become an ordinary citizen.
In fact, you are worse than ordinary people. After all, you have seen everyone's attitude. No one will sell you a bite of food. Are you sure you want to continue to suffer with King Mo? "The man snorted coldly.
Fu Yurou's face was extremely ugly, and she glared at him angrily: "Prince Mo's demotion is only temporary. When His Majesty calms down, he will definitely let Prince Mo return to the capital."
"Humph, you are still thinking about Prince Mo returning to the capital. To tell you the truth, he may never come back to the capital in his lifetime, so you'd better make plans for yourself as soon as possible." The man replied.
"What do you mean?" Fu Yurou couldn't believe it.
"Your Majesty is already critically ill, and the Crown Prince is now the regent. The Crown Prince was appointed by Your Majesty himself, and as soon as Your Majesty dies, the Crown Prince will immediately ascend the throne.
You must be aware of how Prince Mo and Concubine Xuan harmed the Crown Prince in the past. Do you think that the Crown Prince will be able to tolerate Prince Mo when he ascends the throne?
Even if the prince takes his status and his brothers' knowledge into consideration, the queen will never allow anyone to become a stumbling block on the prince's path to the throne.
King Mo used to have many powerful subordinates. You have been assassinated and framed all the way to Lincheng. Even though you had such a miserable life in Lincheng, King Mo’s subordinates did not show up. Don’t you find it strange?
It’s not that they don’t want to come and help, but from the moment Prince Mo left the capital of Cangyue Kingdom, the Queen and the Regent’s people have been undermining Prince Mo’s power.
Therefore, the current King Mo is just a paper tiger, and no one is helping him. If you follow him, you will only end up dead. How long can such a conceited man who is so obsessed with face last?
As long as you figure it out and cooperate with me, I will guarantee you a life of wealth and glory after the success, and you will never be humiliated by others for a little food again." After the man finished speaking, he stuffed the roast chicken in his hand to Fu Yurou.
"I can't have it." Fu Yurou refused.
"You are afraid that I put poison in it. Don't worry, there is no poison. If I wanted to kill you, you would be a corpse now. There is no need to do this. I am still waiting for you to cooperate with me." The man explained.
"I won't cooperate with you."
"Don't rush to refuse. When you have figured it out, come to Qingshan Restaurant to find me." The man said and turned away.
Fu Yurou took the roast chicken in her hand and originally wanted to throw it away, but she hesitated when she thought of what this man said.
Now she went out and didn't buy anything, so this chicken was her only food.
Just like he said, if he really wanted to harm himself, there was no need to poison him.
So Fu Yurou hesitated for a moment, then turned around and went back with the roast chicken.
Cang Tingchen in the yard was already very hungry, but he was unwilling to go out to buy food for the sake of face, so he could only endure it.
"Why hasn't the capital replied yet? My people are all in the capital. Now that I'm in trouble, don't they know to send something?" Cang Tingchen asked angrily.
One of the subordinates whispered, "Your Highness, there is indeed no news from the capital, and no one has sent anything. How about I go out and see if I can buy some vegetables from the vegetable garden?"
"You are not allowed to go. It's just a few meals. I don't believe you can starve to death." Cang Tingchen said angrily.
The subordinate's face was tense and he was also very hungry. If he continued like this, he would really starve to death.
"But Your Highness, we haven't eaten for two days. We can't go on like this," the subordinate advised.
"Even if I starve to death, I will never let the prefect succeed." Cang Tingchen snorted coldly.
Fu Yurou, who had just returned, happened to hear this and her face became a little tense.
In fact, Fu Yurou has been a little disappointed with Cang Tingchen these days. As the saying goes, as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Why should she still care about face at this time?
Being alive is the most important thing.
Cang Tingchen just happened to see the person coming in: "Rou'er, you're back, how are you?"
Fu Yurou's face regained its usual gentleness and she came over: "I bought a roast chicken, Your Majesty, please eat some."
Cang Tingchen was delighted: "Rou'er still has a way."
The subordinates took one look at the roast chicken and were envious, but they did not dare to say that they wanted to eat it.
Cang Tingchen took the roast chicken, untied a chicken leg and started eating it directly.
Fu Yurou froze, looking at King Mo who was eating by himself, feeling a little disappointed. He didn't even ask her how she bought the roast chicken, nor did he ask what happened to her, and he didn't even bother with her and ate first.
Seeing that Fu Yurou didn't move, Cang Tingchen spoke up, "Rou'er, why don't you eat? Come and eat together."
"Okay." Fu Yurou sat down.
Cang Tingchen broke off another chicken leg and handed it over. Fu Yurou's expression looked better then and she reached out to take it and started eating.
I never took roast chicken seriously before, but now I think this chicken is the most delicious delicacy in the world.
The subordinate standing by swallowed hard while watching these two people eating so happily, he also wanted to have a bite.
"Your Highness, could you please leave a bone for me?" the subordinate asked tentatively in a low voice.
Cang Tingchen rolled his eyes at him coldly: "This roast chicken was bought by Rou'er. What qualifications do you have to eat it? Stop being an eyesore and leave."
The subordinate was confronted and looked a little unhappy, but he still retreated.
But he cursed King Mo in his heart. He was almost starving to death but still wanted to save face. If he hadn't stopped him, he would have gone to find something to eat long ago.
Now that the concubine brought back food, he didn't even let himself have a single bite. He seemed to want to starve himself to death.
The men were so angry that they left the yard directly.
He didn't want to see King Mo waiting to die. He suddenly felt that such a master was not worthy of his loyal following.
It is said that a person's ability can be seen from a small matter. It turns out that King Mo is selfish.
In the yard, Fu Yurou only ate a chicken leg, and then Cang Tingchen took the roast chicken and gobbled it up, eating it all by himself.
Fu Yurou was speechless. The prince used to think of her when he had good things, but he only cared about eating himself. He even brought this chicken back by himself.
Fu Yurou began to doubt whether she should really listen to that person.
She was really fed up with days like this.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, there's a letter from the capital." A delighted voice came from outside the yard, and another subordinate ran in.
Cang Tingchen looked delighted and said, "That's great. There's finally a letter from the capital. Give it to me quickly." He took it.
But when he opened the letter, he was stunned and his face turned pale and full of resentment.
"My Lord, what happened?"
"Damn it, my father is seriously ill, and the crown prince is acting as regent. This must be a conspiracy between the queen and the crown prince. My father has always been in good health, so how could he suddenly become seriously ill?
No, I must go back to see my father and I must not let the Queen and the Crown Prince succeed in their conspiracy!" Cang Tingchen said angrily, and was about to stand up.
"Your Highness, you have forgotten that His Majesty does not allow you to leave Lincheng." The subordinate advised.