Your Heart Isn't Sincere!

Lord Xiao followed Zhou Wanwan into the inner room, and Chen Ankang followed in as well.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Lord Xiao and said, "The Crown Prince has taken a liking to your daughter, but he doesn't want to marry her as his principal wife, so your family is actually unwilling to accept this arrangement."

Lord Xiao stared at Zhou Wanwan in astonishment, a hint of fear in his eyes. "This matter was kept very well hidden from everyone, not even anyone in my family knew about it. How did you find out?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly, "Never mind how I know, Lord Xiao. I'm just asking you, is my daughter willing to become the Crown Prince's concubine?"

Lord Xiao sighed and said, "I'm unwilling, but the Crown Prince certainly won't let my daughter go."

The crown prince is the heir apparent; if he wants a concubine, it's just a matter of a word.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Lord Xiao and said, "Actually, this matter is quite simple. I can help you come up with a plan, but..."

Lord Xiao thought for a moment, then took out 1,000 taels of silver from his pocket.

Upon seeing the 1000 taels of silver notes, Zhou Wanwan immediately stood up and turned to leave.

Lord Xiao sighed and said, "Oh! Miss Zhou, don't be in such a hurry! I'm a little slow taking out my money, please wait a moment."

He then pulled out several silver notes, and Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"It's just the Crown Prince, isn't it? Leave this to me, don't worry!"

I will absolutely do this perfectly for you.

Lord Xiao looked at the silver notes in her hand and said, "Zhou Wanwan, you're not lying to me, are you? This is 5,000 taels of silver."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said:

"Lord Xiao, go ask around the entire Dongshan Prefecture and see if I, Zhou Wanwan, have ever gone back on my word."

Don't worry! It's nothing serious.

Lord Xiao looked at her and said:

"Is this a minor matter? Do you know the consequences of offending the Crown Prince?!"

Let me make this clear to you: that prince is no ordinary person, and he's extremely petty.

You can't ruin my daughter's reputation!

Zhou Wanwan scoffed coldly, "It's not that serious, don't worry! It's no big deal."

If you take the money, you have to do the work.

Zhou Wanwan went out to continue her deception.

Seeing this, the surrounding officials, including Lord Yuan, Lord Tang, Lord Zheng, and Lord Wang, quickly gathered around, all chiming in with their questions. "Old Xiao, is what this girl said true? Is it accurate or not?"

Lord Xiao had completely lost his previous arrogance; his face was full of sincere admiration, and he nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Accurate, so accurate! Every word hits home, it's like a god descended to earth."

If you have any worries, consulting her for a reading is definitely the right thing to do!

Old Xiao had just spent 5,000 taels of silver, and now his heart was bleeding.

I have to trick my brother a little, no matter what.

Lord Wang looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Why don't we go inside and have a proper chat?"

Zhou Wanwan led him inside, and Zheng Xing'an brought out a pot of milk tea. Zhou Wanwan took a sip of the milk tea and said, "Lord Wang, do you want to try this milk tea?"

Lord Wang nodded quickly, Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Xing'an, bring Lord Wang a cup of milk tea."

Lord Wang took a sip of milk tea and said:

"Oh, the food from Dongshan Prefecture is really delicious."

Before we came, we heard that Dongshan Prefecture was very poor, but we didn't expect you to eat so well every day.

Zhou Wanwan didn't explain further. Was it possible that her family just ate exceptionally well?

Those seafood items were all hauled from the sea by those trees at night; they were incredibly fresh.

So now Zhou Wanwan includes several seafood dishes in her daily meals, and she especially loves seafood.

Lord Wang looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "I think none of my three sons are any good!"

Is this an attempt to trick her into revealing information?

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "I don't do fortune telling for free."

Lord Wang pulled a gold ingot from his pocket, Zhou Wanwan waved her hand and said, "Your intentions aren't sincere!"

Lord Wang coughed and took out another gold ingot.

Zhou Wanwan shook her head. Lord Wang took out another gold ingot and said, "That's enough! I don't even know if you're telling the truth, don't push your luck."

Zhou Wanwan accepted the three gold ingots, looked at him, and said, "You do have three sons, but your three sons are indeed quite useless."

Lord Wang's face turned red with anger. "What do you mean by this? Are you trying to extort my gold?"

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "Can't you wait until someone finishes speaking?"

Lord Wang lowered his head, Zhou Wanwan said, "Your three children are useless, each one more useless than the last, but you have more than just these three children."

"Nonsense! You'll say anything to make money."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "You don't believe me? Do you remember you had a concubine?"

Lord Wang thought for a while before saying, "There was indeed a concubine. Later, I married my current wife, and that concubine was sent to the estate."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "That's right! This concubine has a son who's been raised quite well; he's better than your three sons."

"Really?"

Zhou Wanwan fell silent. Lord Wang looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "If it's true, I'll send you two more ingots of gold later."

Zhou Wanwan said:

"Why don't you just hand over the gold now! Once you get to the capital, when will you ever be able to reach Dongshan Prefecture?"

Your son is now a successful candidate in the imperial examinations.

"Really?"

Lord Wang didn't believe it at all, but what Zhou Wanwan said was indeed possible.

Zhou Wanwan said impatiently, "Why are there so many truths and lies? I'm so busy every day, how could I have time to lie to you?"

"Alright, alright, if it's true, then spending those five ingots of gold wasn't a waste."

He took out his money and left without hesitation.

As soon as he went outside, the others surrounded him, asking, "Is it accurate? Is it accurate?"

Lord Wang nodded and said:

"It's guaranteed to be accurate! You can ask me anything you want, it's just a bit pricey."

This kid is amazing! How did he know all this?

Lord Yuan looked at Lord Wang and said, "What exactly did she say? I'm quite curious too."

Lord Wang touched his nose and said:

I need to go back and verify this.

Anyway, they've made it sound so convincing, so if you have anything to say, go in and ask them!

He offered five ingots of gold; he absolutely couldn't let these guys leave empty-handed.

Lord Yuan looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Shall we have a chat?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Lord Yuan and said, "Let's chat, but you only have one valuable thing on you. Are you sure you want to give it to me?"

Lord Yuan was startled and exclaimed, "You even know this? That's incredible!"

Lord Yuan followed Zhou Wanwan directly into the inner room. Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

"You don't seem to be filial to your parents on the surface."

But actually, it was out of necessity. Who told you to have a shrew in your family?

Lord Yuan stared wide-eyed at Zhou Wanwan in horror and said, "You little brat, you actually knew?"