A Good Thing, a Great Tonic

Prefect Fang was so angry that his liver ached.

"How dare you seize my concubine! You are utterly lawless!"

Don't think you can stand up to the imperial court just because you're leading a bunch of bandits. I just don't want things to escalate.

If you go any further, believe me, I'll write a memorial impeaching you.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said:

"If you dare to impeach me, I'll make sure your Fang Family family is in chaos. You know I can do it."

I don't know if others are having a good time, but if you make me miserable, I'll make your whole family miserable too.

And you, the concubine, and that daughter born to her—can't you discipline them properly?

Why do you always shift all the blame onto me when something goes wrong? What have I done to deserve this at home?

Your daughter wants everything she sees, and she even wants to take all my gold and jewelry.

"Your concubine is even more ridiculous, bringing a whole bunch of people to arrest me. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Prefect Fang was choked half to death. Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"Think carefully about how you should talk to me next."

Furthermore, I was frightened by your concubine and her daughter. Don't you think you should make amends to my young heart?

Prefect Fang gritted his teeth and said:

"A young heart? Why don't you say you'll try to make amends to my fragile old heart?"

Just tell me! What kind of compensation do you want?

He couldn't beat them in a fight, nor could he out-argue them; he had no choice but to accept his defeat.

Zhou Wanwan propped her head up and looked at him, saying:

"I heard you've recently made contact with the Persia, and they even gifted you a rare and extremely valuable treasure."

"Let me enjoy it for a couple of days, I'll take a look and then return it to you."

Prefect Fang was both shocked and furious:

"Zhou Wanwan, you've gone too far!"

How did you know about this top-secret matter? Who told you?!

Zhou Wanwan spoke casually:

"What's the rush? It's not a big deal. Your little schemes have been known all over the place by now."

Just say it: will you give it to me or not?

Prefect Fang's face turned pale and then red. "Here you go, I'll send someone back to the prefecture to get it right now, is that alright? Release the person first."

Zhou Wanwan decisively shook her head:

Your family's reputation is worthless to me.

"We'll release them once the items are delivered to us intact."

Before half an incense stick had burned, several servants arrived, panting, carrying a large wooden box.

Upon opening it, it was found to be filled with rare jade stones imported from Persia.

There were icy moonstone, lapis lazuli, turquoise, banded agate, as well as various translucent chalcedony, malachite, and garnet—a whole box Manman.

Prefect Fang sighed and said:

"Now you see?"

It's just a box of stones, nothing special.

How about this? I'll give you five thousand taels of silver, and this matter will be over."

Zhou Wanwan picked up the chalcedony with trembling hands, and a warm, smooth feeling washed over her.

She coughed and said:

"Lord Fang, I really like stones. Next time you have a stone like this, please send it to me."

I'm really too tired today, let's get together another day.

By the way, remember to give your good daughter a good talking-to.

If you can't train them well, I'll train them for you. I'm very experienced in training people, and you know my livestock all listen to me.

Lord Fang nearly burst into tears. He pointed tremblingly at the box of jade and said, "This was a gift from Persia, when are you going to return it to me?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "I'll give it back to you after I'm done playing with it. Why are you so stingy?"

Fang Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Dad, Wanwan likes it, let her take it! It's not like it's anything good."

Prefect Fang glared at him angrily and said:

"Is your brain full of shit? If that's not good, then what is?"

What good stuff have you seen? You piece of trash, get out of here!

Zhou Wanwan has a keen eye for quality; those chalcedony pieces alone are a great tonic for her and those trees.

Lingbao struggled in the bag, crying, "Wanwan, let's go back quickly! I'm so hungry! This is jade marrow! It's a wonderful thing, a very nourishing substance!"

Zhou Wanwan patted its head and said, "Okay, okay, aren't we going back now?"

Zhou Wanwan only then realized that chalcedony was even rarer than the finest jadeite.

Others might think that chalcedony is just so-so!

But plants are different.

After Zhou Wanwan returned home, she began to channel energy into them. As Lingbao absorbed the energy, it said, "Mmm... it feels so good, Wanwan. Look, my roots are multiplying."

Lingbao slowly shook all the roots off his body, and they fell to the ground in dense clusters.

Zhou Wanwan looked at these roots and said:

"If we cultivate them all into ginseng, we'll be rich."

However, we now have quite a few ginseng plants in our ginseng garden.

However, those ginseng roots are all less than a hundred years old; at most, they're only a few decades old.

However, these ginsengs looked even better than wild ginseng, so Zhou Wanwan decided to urge them to grow faster.

Then she had her uncles take her to the capital.

The village has become increasingly well-stocked, with everything from clothing and food to shelter and transportation readily available.

As a result, Zhou Wanwan's business grew bigger and bigger.

Zhou Wanwan transferred energy to Lingbao, Grandpa He Shou Wu, Sister Huang Jing, and Brother Lingzhi.

Then he turned around and channeled energy into the trees in the village for another hour.

The Old Scholar Tree shook and said:

"I feel that the energy this time is purer, and many impurities in my body have been expelled."

My skills have also improved significantly. Now, if I were to fight a master ranked below 50th on the Earth Ranking, it would be effortless.

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "It seems that this chalcedony is quite useful."

Other saplings nodded and said, "I feel like I've gotten a whole size thicker!"

I feel like I've grown a lot taller.

"I feel like we used to have to recharge every day, but after using chalcedony, we can recharge every two days."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Zhou Wanwan hadn't expected these chalcedony pieces to be so useful; she planned to visit Persia when she had the chance.

She returned to the Zhou Family and went straight to sleep.

Fang Ting was different; she was so angry she cried inside the house.

"Zhou Wanwan. I don't know what she said to my dad, but he told me not to mess with her."

Why should I put up with her attitude? Who does she think she is?

Chunhua sighed and said, "Master, we really can't afford to offend her. Please don't provoke her anymore."

"If even you say that, then what's the point of my life?"

"I married into Zhou Family Village to rule as the king, but now look what happened, I'm ranked below her." Fang Ting was full of resentment.

Qiuyue hated Zhou Wanwan so much that she gritted her teeth and said:

"If we can't deal with her, I refuse to believe that no one can! Those young ladies from the Upper Capital City hate her to death now."

Especially Lu Xuening and Shangguan Wan'er...