Upon hearing this, Fu Zhiyi looked at Lu Zhenzhen with indescribable admiration and praise.

"Our fourth grandmother is the most thoughtful one! Let's do as you say! Keep the other party stable first, lest the person behind the scenes does something desperate!" Fu Zhiyi nodded.

Seeing that Fu Zhiyi seemed to have something else to say to Lu Zhenzhen, Nanny Ye said tactfully, "Then leave it to me."

Lu Zhenzhen said hurriedly, "Then I'll trouble you, Madam."

After all, there is something wrong with this meat, and Nanny Ye understands its medicinal properties, so it is most appropriate for her to handle it.

Nanny Ye smiled, took her leave, and told a few maids to follow her to process the beef.

Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen exchanged a glance, and Fu Zhiyi spoke up, "This is most likely Grand Princess Deqing's revenge! I'll have someone investigate secretly to see if she has any other plans."

Lu Zhenzhen nodded and thought for a moment: "We can't just sit there and take a beating! We have to find something for Princess Deqing to do to distract her, so she doesn't keep staring at you and me!"

Fu Zhiyi sneered, "We don't need to do anything about this! I have plans."

Lu Zhenzhen looked over curiously: "What arrangements?"

Fu Zhiyi lowered his voice, "Didn't you hear what Nanny Ye said just now? The late Queen was also implicated by this medicine. I heard that after giving birth to the eldest princess, she was busy investigating this case, and her confinement was so bad that she was bedridden and died of depression."

"The Queen has only one drop of the Princess's blood. What do you think she will do if we reveal this news to her?"

The eldest princess?

Lu Zhenzhen blinked. The last time she went to the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she vaguely saw him once in the hall.

Sitting high up in the seat, he looked difficult to approach.

Moreover, whenever I went to the palace or met the Fourth Princess, I never heard her mention the Eldest Princess.

I wonder how favored this princess is? Also, what's her relationship with the late empress like? Will she confront Grand Princess Deqing over this news?

Lu Zhenzhen's eyes were full of questions.

Fu Zhiyi explained quietly, "The eldest princess is the only legitimate daughter of the current emperor. She is the most honorable and noble of all. She was given the title of Changping, and her fiefdom is not far from the capital. She is granted an estate of 2,000 households and 5,000 acres of permanent farmland! This is the first of its kind among all the princesses in this dynasty."

"The second and third princesses were both granted distant fiefs, one with 500 households and the other with 800 households, and their permanent farmland was only a thousand acres."

"Even though the fourth princess is the most favored by the emperor, her future rewards will not be higher than those of the eldest princess."

"Your Majesty and the late Queen were married for life, sharing joys and sorrows for many years. Since the late Queen's death, Your Majesty has never appointed another Queen. The Queen's former palace has also been sealed, and no one from the harem is allowed to live there again."

"Every year on the anniversary of the late Queen's death, Your Majesty and the eldest princess would stay in the late Queen's palace for a day. The annual reward, given to the eldest princess, would also be shared among all the heirs."

"No matter how favored they are, the princes, princesses, and grandchildren of the emperor are all obedient and respectful in front of the eldest princess."

Lu Zhenzhen blinked. Needless to say, she understood! The eldest princess was the truly powerful one in the royal family, the one most favored by the emperor!

If the eldest princess knew that this was a clue to the incident that led to her mother's failure to take good care of herself after giving birth and being bedridden, she would definitely not let it go!

As long as she finds out about Princess Deqing, the two princesses will compete with each other and it will be unknown who will be more skilled.

But I think that since the eldest princess has such favor, she will definitely not suffer any loss.

After all, if Lu Zhenzhen is the eldest princess and cannot defeat the Grand Princess Deqing, her first reaction will be to go home to find her father!

After all, who can be like the eldest princess, who has a father who is the emperor of the world?

Lu Zhenzhen was completely relieved.

I gave Fu Zhiyi a thumbs up. He really deserves to be the villain in the later period.

This is really a case of thinking three steps ahead. Whenever something happens, he just drags others into it while keeping himself out of trouble.

High, it is high!

He is indeed the man she has chosen!

Since Fu Zhiyi has a set of rules, Lu Zhenzhen doesn't worry about it anymore.

Let Fu Zhiyi continue to review his lessons while she started to focus on other things.

There's something wrong with this beef jerky. I'd rather try something else.

For example, instant noodles?

Lu Zhenzhen thought about it and realized that since Fu Zhiyi could bring a pot with him, he didn’t need instant noodles. She could just give him a bag of dried noodles to bring in.

However, we need to think of something new with the dehydrated vegetable and seasoning packets.

But this is not a problem for Lu Zhenzhen.

Dehydrated vegetable packages are simple. Nowadays, the fresh vegetables purchased in the kitchen every day are cut into small thin slices and small dices. Then, after boiling water in a pot, the cut vegetables are thrown into the pot to blanch, and then they are taken out, drained, and dried on a low heat stove.

As for the seasoning packet, just boil a pot of meat sauce.

The cooks in the kitchen were good at making sauces. Lu Zhenzhen only told them to make mushroom and meat sauce and add a little bit of chili pepper, and the cooks prepared it themselves.

After all, the weather is cold, and eating something spicy can make you feel warmer.

Since the event had created such a huge momentum, Lu Zhenzhen might as well seek some benefits for herself.

Roast some dried fruits and vegetables for yourself.

It’s a pity that it’s winter now, and even in the Ningping Marquis’ Mansion there are not many fresh fruits to eat.

Mostly apples and oranges, nothing else.

Lu Zhenzhen toiled for several days before finally producing a finished product.

Baked dried apples, dried taro, dried pumpkin, dried sweet potato, dried mushrooms, dried green radish...

There are all kinds of things, and they all have half a pocket.

Lu Zhenzhen was not a stingy person, so she tried each of them first. They were all crispy and delicious, and the taste of the food itself was there, without any added home flavor.

The cooks who had worked so hard for the past few days were rewarded with two taels of silver each.

The cooks received the reward and felt that all their hard work over the past few days was worth it.

These things themselves are not that difficult, you just need to be careful and watch the fire more, and it is a bit time-consuming.

It only took a little time to get these rewards, and everyone was very happy. They patted their chests and said that if Lu Zhenzhen needed them next time, she could just let them know.

Lu Zhenzhen looked at the food that filled half the room, and began to sit in a row and share the fruits.

I put some of each item in brown paper, wrapped it up, and started distributing it.

One packet for the Lan family, one for myself; three packets for the old lady and the first and second wives, one for myself; one large packet for the Lan family, one small packet for myself; one packet for Concubine Xiao and the fourth princess in the palace, one packet for myself; and we can't forget the Shu Palace either, at least four packets, and one for myself...

At the end of the distribution, Lu Zhenzhen suddenly felt that if she hadn't put in enough effort, there wouldn't be enough to go around with so many relatives!

She didn't dare give it to the three pregnant women in the mansion. After all, if something happened to the food they took, even if she explained it clearly, it would still ruin the relationship.

It’s better not to give it!

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