I'm the Farmgirl You Can't Mess With

Chapter 1322: Side Story: Little Fu (2)

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Little Fu looked at his mother aggrievedly and shouted, “But I can’t take it any longer. I can’t eat my fill and can’t sleep well. They even trip me when I walk. My school bag is all messed up because of them. Mother, can you help me beat them up?”

Little Madam Xia smiled bitterly. “Child, I’m not your Fourth Aunt.”

Mu Yangling could beat up the princes because she had raised the Crown Prince before. Furthermore, she was the one who set the rules in the Royal School, so she could beat up the princes whereas Little Madam Xia could not. There was, after all, a difference in status between the ruler and the subjects. The subjects had to submit to the ruler.

However, Little Madam Xia had her own way of dealing with it. Little Fu was her youngest son. With Little An by Qi Haoran’s side, she only had one son left by her side, so she naturally couldn’t bear to see him suffer.

Hence, Little Madam Xia entered the palace that day and asked to see the Empress. After begging her to take care of Little Fu in the palace, she went to Little Fu’s two study companions’ houses without stopping.

It could be seen that the Emperor trusted Fan Zijin very much. After Tiger Head and the others had left the Royal School, the Emperor was worried that the children would neglect their studies, so he recruited study companions for them.

Seeing as Little Fu could have two study companions just like the other princes, this was equivalent to Little Fu being accorded the treatment of a prince.

Indeed, Little Madam Xia could not beat up the princes and could not even express her dissatisfaction with them. However, there were only the princes and study companions in the Royal School, and there were a total of ten study companions. As long as she could rope in a few more to support her son, even if her son would still be bullied, it would be much less severe.

Not only was she Princess Consort An, but she was also the wife of the Cabinet’s auxiliary minister, making her the equivalent of a Prime Minister’s wife. For the sake of her son, she did not mind doing the families of these study companions a favor.

While she couldn’t ask her husband to abuse his power, she could introduce the women in those families to people of her class, so as to expand their connections.

After visiting many houses, Little Madam Xia quickly roped in a few study companions for her son.

Back when King Rong rejected the fief, the futures of the few princes were already destined—they would not have fiefs and could only serve in the imperial court. Therefore, they would not have much power. In comparison, Fan Zijin, who was favored by the Emperor, held much more weight.

Of course, they couldn’t openly form a clique. At most, they would instruct their children to take care of the youngest Little Fu in the Royal School and not get involved when the princes urged them to bully him. Because they knew that Little Madam Xia had visited the family of every study companion, they weren’t worried that their children would be ostracized because of this.

Because no one would reject Princess Consort An’s request.

After two days of sick leave, Little Fu bade farewell to his mother and went to the palace to study with tears in his eyes. On this day, he was still bullied and even suffered some light injuries.

Because the Fourth Prince realized that his study companions were no longer willing to follow orders to bully Little Fu, he could only do it himself.

Little Fu had also been bratty in the past and had once led the boy-girl twins, in addition to creating mischief under the lead of his big brother, Tiger Head, and Little Lion. How could he allow others to easily bully him?

Therefore, after being tripped over in the martial academy, Little Fu flew into a rage and punched the Fourth Prince.

He remembered what Brother Little Bear had said. To capture the bandits, one had to capture the leader first. Since the Fourth Prince had taken the lead to target him, he naturally had to defeat the Fourth Prince first.

Alas, reality was cruel. Not only was Little Fu young and short, but he was also weak. The Fourth Prince easily threw him off with one arm, then pressed him down and beat him up.

If not for the fact that the martial academy teacher had been watching and pulled away the Fourth Prince in time, Little Fu’s face would have been injured. However, even so, he still incurred some injuries from the fall. He limped towards the martial academy teacher and openly requested for two days’ leave.

The Royal School had not been peaceful for the past few days, and the teachers had all sensed it. The martial academy teacher also feared that something would happen to Little Fu if he stayed behind, so he nodded and agreed. He even asked the palace maids to carry him back personally.

Seeing that her son was sent back in the afternoon, Little Madam Xia looked at his slightly swollen calf and immediately burst into tears.

However, Little Fu’s eyes were filled with hostility as he said, “Mother, don’t cry. Watch me. I won’t let them bully me for nothing.”

Little Madam Xia immediately hugged his head and said, “Silly child, that’s a prince. You’re not allowed to mess around. We won’t attend school in the palace anymore. When your father comes back tonight, I’ll tell him that we’ll find an academy outside and stop going to the palace.”

“No.” Little Fu stubbornly said, “Big Brother, Brother Tiger Head and the others all studied in the palace. In the future, Little Leopard will also attend the Royal School. I also want to graduate from the Royal School!”

Little Fu grew up with a group of brats. Putting aside Tiger Head and Little Lion, Little An was the most domineering and unyielding one in the group. Moreover, he had a high IQ. While he didn’t dare to hope to surpass his big brother, he at least wouldn’t be a coward. How could he not retaliate after being bullied like that?

Little Fu said to his mother self-righteously, “Previously when I refused to go to school, you were the one who insisted that I go. Now, I want to continue attending. I want to see how they’ll bully me tomorrow!”

After all, he was Fan Zijin’s son. Even if he had led a blissful life since he was young, he was still good at fighting back. This child knew how to win people’s hearts.

He didn’t instruct anyone to get physical, and only brought along more money to the palace. Ultimately, money talks.

Didn’t the princes like to snatch his food?

Little Fu didn’t fight with them because it wasn’t as if he’d win if he tried anyway. However, when they opened his food box and wanted to steal his food, he poured rancid tea in…

Now, not only was the food in his food box inedible, but even their food boxes were affected. How could the pampered princes eat it?

Little Fu looked at them smugly and said, “Go ahead and complain!”

However, could they complain?

No!

Royal Father asked the brothers to care for each other. If they went to complain, it was as good as informing their Royal Father that they were bullying Little Fu.

The group of people gritted their teeth at him.

However, Little Fu went to look for the palace servants of the Royal School smugly and gave them some silver. “This is a reward from me. I accidentally dropped my food box on the ground. Go to the kitchen and get me another serving.”

Seeing this, the others could only instruct the palace servants to retrieve another serving.

However, there was a huge difference between paying and not paying. Even if the dishes were the same, there was a difference in the quantity, the temperature, and even whether there was more meat or more vegetables.

However, this time, the palace servants personally delivered the food box to each master and did not place it in the corner. As a result, the other princes could not fight for it.

After Little Fu finished eating, he decided not to nap in the afternoon. Instead, he carried a book and ran to the classroom to rest with his eyes closed. If the princes who also decided not to nap came to disturb him, he would “play” with them.

The princes quickly realized that they had been counterattacked. First, they found bugs under their blankets. Then, when they stretched out their feet to trip Little Fu, he stepped on them.

What was even more hateful was Little Fu’s suppression of them in school. The hatred between the two sides deepened, and it was impossible for the study companions to stay out of it. Soon, they were divided into two factions.

Little Fu’s side was obviously disadvantaged in terms of numbers, but this child had many tricks up his sleeve. Although he was always bullied, he could always counterattack. Neither side had a clear advantage.

Little Fu thought that if his father hadn’t made a prompt decision to send him to Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt’s side, he would probably have gone further and further down this path. In the end, he might become even gloomier than his father.

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