Poor Family

As the emperor's son, the fourth prince was in a fight from the moment he was born. When the prince was around, he fought with the prince. The prince fell, and the eldest prince emerged again.

There are actually quite a lot of forces behind the eldest prince. The Zhou family of the Yue family and the banker of Duke Wen's mansion of the grandfather's family are all powerful families that should not be underestimated.

The Zhou family and the Zhuang family have been operating in the capital for several generations, and they have already formed a relatively solid interpersonal network. In addition, they have experienced the change of the throne, and they are very cautious and low-key in their lives. The fourth prince wants to use these two families to deal with the eldest prince. For a while, I really couldn't find any breakthrough.

But Shi Fuxin, the eldest prince's master, is different.

Shennongtang has only been in operation for more than ten years, and it has gained so much prestige on the border, which has already aroused the envy of many people.

In addition, Shi Fuxin is competitive, high-profile, and her reputation outside is not that good, so there are many loopholes that can be exploited.

Previously, the fourth prince still considered Chu Yao's status as the commander of the Supervision Department, and he didn't want to confront those two head-to-head. But after hearing what Dongfang Zhangqing said, Chu Yao and his wife played a key role in the downfall of the prince, and his vigilance towards them reached the peak .

The crown prince has been the crown prince for many years, and with the support of the Wei family and officials, his position is actually very stable. He has been fighting with the crown prince for many years, and he has hardly found a bargain.

In this way, he was easily overthrown by Chu Yao and his wife, so how could he not be frightened and afraid.

If the fourth prince thought that he didn't need to fight the eldest prince to the death immediately, but slowly disintegrated and weakened those who followed him, but at this moment, he was eager to get rid of Shi Fuxin.

Confronting the eldest prince head-on, chips against chips, the fourth prince is not afraid, but he is afraid of variables. Shennongtang and Hongyanxiao rise too fast, and Shi Fuxin is like a variable existence.

The fourth prince returned to the prince's mansion with a lot of worries, because he had something hidden in his heart, and he didn't have a good face towards the concubines who came up to please him.

Seeing that the fourth prince directly dismissed the concubine's room, the fourth prince concubine was a little happy in her heart, but before she was happy for a long time, she heard the fourth prince ask: "I haven't seen Mrs. Li for a long time, how is she?"

The smile on the fourth prince's concubine's face became a bit forced: "Since Li's miscarriage last year, she has been ill. Why did your highness suddenly think of her?"

As a couple, the fourth prince is still willing to tell her some outside things about the fourth prince and concubine: "The Shi family is the master of the boss. I want to know more about it. Aren't the Li family and the Shi family have a deep relationship?"

Hearing this, the fourth prince's concubine's complexion improved a lot: "Then shall I call Mrs. Li over now?"

The fourth prince shook his head, then stood up: "I haven't seen her for a long time, let me sit in her room."

Watching the fourth prince leave, the eyes of the fourth prince's concubine flickered a little: "I'm afraid this Mrs. Li is going to be favored again!"

She knew that after the death of the crown prince, the fourth prince and the first prince were fighting in the court. As the master of the first prince, Shi Shi was naturally the target of the fourth prince.

For the unclear relationship between the Li family and the Shi family, it is enough for the fourth prince to take advantage of it.

The servant girl smiled and said, "No matter how favored Mrs. Li is, she is still a concubine's room, and she can't beat the princess and concubine, so you go."

The fourth prince has quite a few concubines, except for those who can bring direct benefits to the fourth prince or who are particularly favored, most of the concubines do not have separate courtyards.

The Li family has no power, and Li Fuzhi is not very popular with the Fourth Prince, and now she still lives in the same courtyard with the other two concubines.

"Auntie, drink the medicine!"

In the west wing of the courtyard, Li Fuzhi was immersed in embroidering flowers, when she saw the maid coming in with a medicine bowl, she couldn't help showing a look of resistance on her face.

The medicine is too bitter, and she has been drinking it for more than a year, and her health has not improved much.

The dowry maid could tell what Li Fuzhi was thinking when she saw Li Fuzhi's face, and immediately persuaded her: "Auntie, only by raising your body well can you give birth to your Highness' offspring. Although this medicine is a bit bitter, I have prepared candied fruit."

Li Fuzhi also knew that if she wanted to gain a foothold in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, she had to have a child, so she had no choice but to accept the medicine bowl, feeling bored as if dying.

The maid hurriedly handed over the candied fruit and said with a smile: "When my aunt recovers, I will definitely give birth to a child for Your Highness."

Li Fuzhi ate a candied fruit, but still couldn't get rid of the bitter taste in her mouth, when the maid talked about her children, she couldn't help but think of the child who was tricked last year, and her heart ached.

In order to relieve the pain in her heart, Li Fuzhi picked up the embroidery shed again.

Seeing this, the servant girl hurriedly said: "Auntie, you have been embroidering for a long time, take a break, the rest of the slaves will come to embroider, and I promise you won't miss the delivery date."

Hearing this, Li Fuzhi's mood became more and more blocked.

In the past, she was also a well-loved lady, but now she has been reduced to a situation where she can barely survive by selling embroidery.

Li Fuzhi recalled the time when she lived in the Wuchang uncle's mansion. At that time, she was carefree. She only needed to dress herself up and play happily with her sisters. Nothing to worry about.

But with the sudden appearance of Shi Zhenghe's family, those days are gone forever!

It would be great if Shi Zhenghe's family never showed up. She is still a girl from Wuchang Bo's family, and she will marry into a good family to be the main wife, instead of living in a small courtyard as she is now.

She hated Shi Zhenghe's family very much in her heart, because of this family, her life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

She also felt disgusted from the bottom of her heart that Mr. Li's family was making the Li family worse off day by day and living in a more miserable life.

Faced with the old man Li and Mrs. Li who were always dragging their feet, she didn't want to call them grandparents.

Just when Li Fuzhi was thinking about this, and her brows were getting tighter and tighter, the servant girl suddenly exclaimed: "Auntie, Your Highness is here."

Li Fuzhi regained her senses, looked up towards the door of the room, and saw the fourth prince walking in with a smile, she was extremely surprised and said, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

The fourth prince looked at Li Fuzhi amusedly, and joked: "From your tone, it seems that this prince is not welcome."

Li Fuzhi quickly shook her head: "No, no, Your Highness, don't get me wrong, this concubine was too late to expect you to come, I was too surprised just now."

The fourth prince walked to Li Fuzhi's side, and naturally took her hand: "I was too busy a while ago, so I left you out in the cold. In the future, my prince will come to see you often."

A shy smile suddenly appeared on Li Fuzhi's face: "The business is important. If His Highness can think about the concubine, the concubine will be satisfied."

The fourth prince pulled Li Fuzhi to sit down, the maid hadn't taken away the medicine bowl, saw the medicine bowl on the table, and couldn't help asking: "Why, your body hasn't recovered yet?"

Li Fuzhi smiled bitterly.

The servant girl saw her and hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, my aunt has been drinking medicine for almost a year, but she hasn't improved. The doctor always said to take good care of her, but the more she raises her, the more she loses her energy."

After hearing this, the fourth prince directly said to the personal eunuch standing at the door: "Then I will post my post to the imperial hospital to find an imperial physician and come over and show it to Aunt Li."

Li Fuzhi was a little flattered to see that the fourth prince actually invited the imperial physician to come over to see her.

Seeing Li Fuzhi looking at him in surprise, the fourth prince stroked the broken hair on her sideburns, and said with a smile: "Your body is what this prince cares about the most. After you take care of it, you will give birth to a little grandson for this prince as soon as possible." ah."

Li Fuzhi blushed, lowered her head and gave an 'hmm'.

The fourth prince cared about Li Fuzhi a few more words, and then started to get down to business: "You haven't been back to your natal home for a long time, after the imperial doctor has seen it, you can go back to your natal home to have a look."

Li Fuzhi was surprised that the fourth prince suddenly mentioned her natal family, but she nodded obediently, pretending to listen to the fourth prince.

While stroking Li Fuzhi's hand, the fourth prince continued: "This prince wants to know about the situation of Shizhenghe's family. After returning, I will ask your grandparents more."

Li Fuzhi's heart tightened, at this moment she seemed to understand why the fourth prince suddenly came to her room.

"What does Your Highness want to know? After I go back, I must ask my grandparents."

The fourth prince: "Let's ask everyone." As he spoke, he looked at Li Fuzhi with a smile, "Shizheng and his family are getting better and better, why is your family getting worse?"

Li Fuzhi lowered her head uncomfortably.

The fourth prince said again: "I don't like that family, there are no rules, and your family is more my heart. Seeing that family jumping around in front of my eyes is really unlucky. It would be great if they weren't here .”

Li Fuzhi understood what the Fourth Prince meant, and this time she was asked to go back to her natal family, presumably to let her find out information about Zhenghe's family at a disadvantage.