You tell your daughter that you absolutely forbid the marriage and that you will arrange a suitable marriage for her. Before you can the Emperor is overthrown. The new Emperor is vigorous in rooting out corruption. Your bribery of the old court officials is exposed and all of your wealth is seized. The young apothecary offers to marry your daughter and take you in.

You spend the rest of your life in poverty subsisting upon the charity of a man you once thought not good enough for your daughter.